§ 1423h. Regular and special sessions

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 § 18 · 64 Stat. 384

   Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 1423h

   Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 18, 64 Stat. 388

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 18, 64 Stat. 388

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 18. Regular sessions of the legislature shall be held annually Sessions. for a period or periods not to exceed in the aggregate sixty calendar days, as the legislature may determine. Such sessions shall convene in Agana on the second Monday in January. The Governor may convene the legislature in special session at such time and place as he may deem it necessary but no special session shall continue longer than fourteen days, and no legislation shall be considered at such session other than that specified in the call therefor or in any special message by the Governor to the legislature while in such session. All sessions of the legislature shall be open to the public.

2. 1968

   Guam Elective Governor Act

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

   Changed · 48 U.S.C. § 1423h

   Pub. L. 90–497 removed 60-day limitation on the length of regular sessions and 14-day limitation on the length of special sessions of the legislature

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 90–497 removed 60-day limitation on the length of regular sessions and 14-day limitation on the length of special sessions of the legislature.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, section 18 of the Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 384, 388; 48 U.S.C. 1423h) is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 18. Regular sessions of the legislature shall be held annually, commencing on the second Monday in January (unless the legislature shall by law fix a different date), and shall continue for such term as the legislature may provide. The Governor may call special sessions of the legislature at any time when, in his opinion, the public interest may require it. No legislation shall be considered at any special session other than that specified in the call therefor or in any special message by the Governor to the legislature while in such session. All sessions of the legislature shall be open to the public.”

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 90–497, § 6(a), 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.

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