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12 GCA § 11103

Establishment of the Public Defender Service Corporation

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 12 — Autonomous Agencies
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In order to provide effective public legal services to those persons in Guam, there is created a public corporation to be known as the Public Defender Service Corporation. The Public Defender Service Corporation is established as an entity within the government of Guam subject to the Supreme Court of Guam and I Liheslaturan Guåhan’s inherent, statutory, and Organic Act authority. The Corporation shall have authority to oversee, supervise, administer and budget for public legal services in Guam.

§ The story of this section

  1. Affected by P.L. 13-51 § 1 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)
  2. Amended by P.L. 38-48 § 2 — introduced as Bill 97-38 · introduced by Frank Blas Jr + 9 cosponsorsWatch the public hearing · Apr 29, 2025

Interpreted by the courts:

  • 2000 Guam 1Guam Radio Services, Inc. d/b/a KOKU-FM Hit Radio 100 vs. Guam Economic Development Authority (2000) · per Peter C. Siguenza, J. · cited at ¶31

Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.