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On 29 September 2007, Guam increased the tax assessment on real property from 35% to 70%, while halving its land tax rate to 1 ⁄ 8 % and 1 ⁄ 2 % respectively. [14]: 152–154 On 11 May 2009, Camacho signed a nearly identical provision into law, increasing the assessment to 90% while reducing the taxes to 7 ⁄ 72 % and 7 ⁄ 18 % respectively.
Under the authority granted by the U.S. Congress under Public Law 94-584, [2] Guam Senator Frank F. Blas introduced Bill 978, which would establish the Guam Constitutional Convention. The bill was substituted by the Committee on Rules and passed the Guam Legislature unanimously with 21 votes, and was enacted as Public Law 13-202 by Governor ...
Further, Public Law No. 108-378 authorized the Supreme Court of Guam to create divisions of the Superior Court and other local courts of Guam, and stated that the Supreme Court of Guam "shall be the highest court of the judicial branch of Guam (excluding the District Court of Guam) and shall: (1) have original jurisdiction over proceedings ...
25th Guam Legislature: 26th Guam Legislature: 27th Guam Legislature: Vicente "Ben" C. Pangelinan (1955–2014) January 6, 2003 – January 3, 2005 Democratic: 28th Guam Legislature: Mark Forbes (b. 1954) January 3, 2005 – March 7, 2008 Republican: 29th Guam Legislature: 29th Guam Legislature: Judith T. Won Pat (b. 1949) March 7, 2008 ...
The Guam Legislature reconsidered and passed the new bill in January 2016. [22] Governor Calvo vetoed the new bill. An attempted override of the new bill failed. [23] Senator San Nicolas introduced a bill in 2017, which would reduce the salaries of elected and appointed officials that had been raised by Public Law 32-208. [24]
This law was challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and struck down by the ninth circuit court of Guam in a case called Guam Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists v. Ada in 1997. [3] [4] [5] Future governor Lou Leon Guerrero, then serving as president of the Guam Nurses Association, testified in opposition to the ban. [6]
The Public Auditor of Guam is an elected territorial office independent of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the Government of Guam. Five individuals have held the office of Public Auditor since its creation in 1994.
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