Public Law 89–552

That section 10 of the Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1423), is amended to read as follows:

(a)(a)

The legislative power and authority of Guam shall be vested in a legislature, consisting of a single house, to be designated the ‘Legislature of Guam’, herein referred to as the legislature.

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“(b)“(b)

The legislature shall be composed of not to exceed twenty-one members, to be known as senators, elected at large, or elected from legislative districts, or elected in part at large and in part from legislative districts, as the laws of Guam may direct: Provided, That any districting and any apportionment pursuant to this authorization and provided for by the laws of Guam shall not deny to any person in Guam the equal protection of the laws: And provided further, That in any elections to the legislature, every elector shall be permitted to vote for the whole number of at-large candidates to be elected, and every elector residing in a legislative district shall be permitted to vote for the whole number of candidates to be elected within that district.

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“(c)“(c)

The laws of Guam shall not alter the manner in which members of the legislature are to be elected as provided in subsection (b) of this section more often than at ten-year intervals: Provided, That any districting and related apportionment pursuant to this section shall be based upon the then most recent Federal population census of Guam, and any such districting and apportionment shall be reexamined following each successive Federal population census of Guam and shall be modified, if necessary, to be consistent with that census.

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“(d)“(d)

General elections to the legislature shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, biennially in even-numbered years. The legislature in all respects shall be organized and shall sit according to the laws of Guam.”

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Sec. 2.

As soon as practicable after enactment of this Act, and subject to the conditions and requirements of section 10 of the Organic Act of Guam, as amended by section 1 hereof, the laws of Guam shall be amended to make provision for the manner of the election of members of the legislature. Until the laws of Guam shall make such provision, the method of electing the legislature shall remain as it is upon the date of enactment or this Act.