Director: Duties

The Director shall have the following duties:

(a)Except for the use of sports fields, pools, playgrounds, and youth centers by bona fide youth sports, groups, non-profit youth organizations, public or private school youth sports activities or other youth league sporting activities, competitions or tournaments, to establish fees, rules and regulations to accomplish the purpose of the Department;

(b)To administer the Department through such organizational units which he may establish;

(c)To attend, ex-officio, all meetings of the Commission;

(d)To prescribe the duties of assistants, deputies, agents and other persons employed by the Department;

(e)To determine which properties constitute the Guam Territorial Park System and to classify such properties, pursuant to § 77108 and § 77110;

(f)To manage the Parks Fund pursuant to § 77112;

(g)To be State Liaison Officer for the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, and State Liaison Officer for Historic Preservation; COL1/11/2022 CH. 77 PARKS & RECREATION

(h)To manage the sports fund for off-island travel pursuant to § 26020.

(i)To designate “Alcohol Free Zones” within the Guam Territorial Park System. The Director shall develop policies and procedures for the effective designation, implementation and administration of “Alcohol Free Zones” in accordance with the Administrative Adjudication Act. “Alcohol Free Zone” designation shall not exceed more than fifteen percent (15%) of the combined total number of beaches and parks, not inclusive of playground-only parks under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation;

(j)To, notwithstanding any other provision of law, administrative rule, or regulation, determine the appropriate number of vendors for each park under the Department’s jurisdiction, provided that such determination shall not unduly impede park use or access by the general public.