12 GCA § 3103
Purposes and Authorized Activities
View official PDF ↗(a)It is the purpose of this Chapter to create a public corporation which will present educational television to the people of Guam and which will involve the people of Guam in its activities to the maximum extent possible.
(b)The Corporation is authorized to own, and be the licensee of that television facility now having the station call sign of KGTF, and any other like facilities which the Corporation may hereafter acquire, all for the purpose of fostering cultural and educational growth for the people of Guam, through the medium of television and electronic visual media.
(c)The Corporation is authorized to make studies, cause to be conducted investigations into the needs of the people of Guam, and their desires as it relates to the productions of the Corporation and programs shown by it.
(d)The Corporation is authorized to promulgate through its facilities such educational and cultural programming as it determines is proper, and to accept from any similar educational and cultural television stations or networks any programming which the Corporation desires to present on Guam.
(e)The Corporation is authorized to affiliate itself with any educational and cultural television station or network which would aid its functions on Guam, including, but not limited to such entities as the Public Broadcasting Service, and any educational satellite service which may be available. COL1/24/2020 CH. 3 GUAM EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
(f)The Corporation is authorized to obtain land belonging to the government of Guam as required to carry out its purposes and objectives, under such terms and tenure as the Legislature may prescribe by appropriate legislation.
(g)The Corporation at no time may be authorized to broadcast commercially.
(h)The Corporation is authorized to create and administer the Guam Film Office in order to advocate for the Håfa Adai spirit globally.
§ The story of this section
- Enacted by P.L. 35-48 § 3 — introduced as Bill 152-35 · introduced by Tina Rose Muna Barnes + 1 cosponsor
Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.