§ 1423b. Selection and qualification of members; officers; rules and regulations; quorum

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 § 12 · 64 Stat. 384

   Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 1423b

   Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 12, 64 Stat. 388

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 12, 64 Stat. 388

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 12. The legislature shall be the judge of the selection and qualification of its own members. It shall choose from its members its own officers, determine its rules and procedure, not inconsistent with this Act, and keep a journal.

2. 1968

   Guam Elective Governor Act

   Pub. L. 90–497 § 6(b) · 82 Stat. 842

   Inserted · 48 U.S.C. § 1423b

   Pub. L. 90–497 inserted a quorum requirement, provided that a quorum of the legislature consist of eleven of its members, and made presence of a quorum requisite to passage of a law

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 90–497 inserted a quorum requirement, provided that a quorum of the legislature consist of eleven of its members, and made presence of a quorum requisite to passage of a law.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, section 12 of the Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 384, 388; 48 U.S.C. 1423b) is amended by adding after the last sentence thereof the following: “The quorum of the legislature shall consist of eleven of its members. No bill shall become a law unless it shall have been passed at a meeting, at which a quorum was present, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present and voting, which vote shall be by yeas and nays.”.

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 90–497, § 6(b), Sept. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 846, provided that the amendment made by that section is effective on date of enactment of Pub. L. 90–497, which was approved Sept. 11, 1968.

3. 1998

   Guam Organic Act Amendments of 1998

   Pub. L. 105–291 § 3 · 112 Stat. 2785

   Substituted · 48 U.S.C. § 1423b

   Pub. L. 105–291 substituted “a simple majority” for “eleven”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 105–291 substituted “a simple majority” for “eleven”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 3. LEGISLATIVE QUORUM. Section 12 of the Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1423b) is amended by striking “eleven” and inserting “a simple majority”.

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