3 GCA § 16102
Definitions
View official PDF ↗As used in this Chapter:
(a)Initiative is the power of the voters to propose statutes, and to adopt or reject them at the polls.
(b)Referendum is the power of the voters to initiate action to repeal existing statutes or parts of statutes, except statutes calling for elections or appropriations for usual current expenses of Guam.
(c)Legislative Submission means the power of the voters to approve or reject legislation which has been referred to them by I Liheslatura (the Legislature).
(d)Measure refers to the action proposed or question presented on the initiative, referendum or legislative submission.
§ The story of this section
- Enacted by P.L. 14-23 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)
- Amended by P.L. 17-25 § III (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)
- Amended by P.L. 31-255 § 2 — introduced as Bill 413-31 · introduced by Dennis G. Rodriguez, Jr + 2 cosponsors
Interpreted by the courts:
- 2006 Guam 15 — Robert L.G. Benavente, Trini T. Torres, Frank Duenas Cruz, Peter Anthony San Nicolas, James Thomas McDonald, Petitioner (2006) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J.
- 2006 Guam 16 — Robert L.G. Benavente, Trini T. Torres, Frank Duenas Cruz, Peter Anthony San Nicolas, James Thomas McDonald, Petitioners (2006) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J.
- 2014 Guam 24 — In re Request of Mina'Trentai Dos Na Liheslaturan Guahan Relative to the Power of Legislature to Prescribe by Statute th (2014) · per Robert J. Torres, J.
Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.