§ 1421g. Establishment and maintenance of public bodies and offices

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1950

   Organic Act of Guam

   Pub. L. 81–512 § 29 · 64 Stat. 384

   Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 1421g

   Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 29, 64 Stat. 392

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 29, 64 Stat. 392

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 29. (a) Subject to the laws of Guam, the Governor shall Public-health services. establish, maintain, and operate public-health services in Guam, including hospitals, dispensaries, and quarantine stations, at such places in Guam as may be necessary, and he shall promulgate quarantine and sanitary regulations for the protection of Guam against the importation and spread of disease. (b) The Governor shall provide an adequate public educational Public education. system of Guam, and to that end shall establish, maintain, and operate public schools at such places in Guam as may be necessary.

2. 1986

   Pub. L. 99–396 § 13(a)(1) · 100 Stat. 837

   Substituted · 48 U.S.C. § 1421g(b)

   Pub. L. 99–396, § 13(a)(1), substituted “according to the laws of Guam” for “at such places in Guam as may be necessary”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–396, § 13(a)(1), substituted “according to the laws of Guam” for “at such places in Guam as may be necessary”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) by striking “at such places” and all thereafter in subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof “according to the laws of Guam.”; and

3. 1986

   Pub. L. 99–396 § 5 · 100 Stat. 837

   Substituted · 48 U.S.C. § 1421g(b)

   Pub. L. 99–396, § 5, substituted “Government of Guam” for “Governor”

   Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 99–396, § 5, substituted “Government of Guam” for “Governor”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. Section 29(b) of the Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 392) is 48 USC 1421g. amended by striking out “Governor” and inserting in lieu thereof “Government of Guam”.

4. 1986

   Pub. L. 99–396 § 13(a)(2) · 100 Stat. 837

   Added · 48 U.S.C. § 1421g(c)

   Pub. L. 99–396, § 13(a)(2), added subsec. (c)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99–396, § 13(a)(2), added subsec. (c).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: “(c) The Government of Guam may by law establish an Office of Public Prosecutor and an Office of Public Auditor. The Public Prosecutor and Public Auditor may be removed as provided by the laws of Guam.”.

5. 1998

   Guam Organic Act Amendments of 1998

   Pub. L. 105–291 § 2 · 112 Stat. 2785

   Added · 48 U.S.C. § 1421g(d)

   Pub. L. 105–291 added subsec. (d)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105–291 added subsec. (d).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 2. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF GUAM. Section 29 of the Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1421g) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(d) (1) The Attorney General of Guam shall be the Chief Legal Officer of the Government of Guam. At such time as the Office of the Attorney General of Guam shall next become vacant, the Attorney General of Guam shall be appointed by the Governor of Guam with the advice and consent of the legislature, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor of Guam. “(2) Instead of an appointed Attorney General, the legislature may, by law, provide for the election of the Attorney General of Guam by the qualified voters of Guam in general elections after 1998 in which the Governor of Guam is elected. The term of an elected Attorney General shall be 4 years. The Attorney General may be removed by the people of Guam according to the procedures specified in section 9–A of this Act or may be removed for cause in accordance with procedures established by the legislature in law. A vacancy in the office of an elected Attorney General shall be filled— “(A) by appointment by the Governor of Guam if such vacancy occurs less than 6 months before a general election for the Office of Attorney General of Guam; or “(B) by a special election held no sooner than 3 months after such vacancy occurs and no later than 6 months before a general election for Attorney General of Guam, and by appointment by the Governor of Guam pending a special election under this subparagraph.”.

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