Transition Provisions: Personnel, Equipment,

Supplies and Funds.

(a)Personnel. The incumbent Compiler of Laws shall remain an Attorney at the Office of the Attorney General subject to the appointing authority of the Attorney General and all funds appropriated for his or her personnel costs shall remain within the budget of the Office of the Attorney General, subject to his continued employment.

(b)Office, Equipment, and Supplies. All computer equipment, including hardware and software (either prepackaged or developed by or at the direction of the Compiler of Laws), and office supplies and equipment purchased, assigned, owned, or leased by the Office of the Compiler of Laws or the Attorney General with public funds for use in the official duties of the Compiler of Laws, and the Office itself, shall be transferred from COL6/5/2019 CH. 16 COMPILER OF LAWS the Office of the Attorney General to the Supreme Court of Guam. Such transfer shall take place on the next most convenient date for accounting purposes following the effective date of this Act, provided, however, that such effective date of transfer shall not exceed thirty

(30)days from the effective date of this Act. Nothing in this Act shall require the physical transfer of the office of the Compiler of Laws, from those premises in which it is currently located.

(c)Appropriations and Funds. All funds in the custody of the Compiler of Laws or under his control, including all appropriations made to or allocated to the office, regardless of what fund, except for the personnel costs of the incumbent Compiler of Laws, shall be transferred to the Supreme Court of Guam. All encumbrances and purchase orders outstanding at the time of the transfer shall remain valid following the transfer and shall be transferred.