3 GCA § 16206
Same: Majority Required; Effective Date
View official PDF ↗An initiative must be approved by fifty percent (50%) plus one
(1)of all voters who go to the polls to vote in the special or biennial general election at which the initiative was placed on the ballot. Any initiative so approved by fifty percent (50%) plus one
(1)of all voters who go to the polls to vote at said election shall take effect no earlier than the first
(1st)day of the month of February of the succeeding year after certification of its passage by the Commission; and after all requisite government rules, regulations, permits pertaining to the initiative are officially adopted and effectuated by relevant department and agencies of the government of Guam.
§ 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. 17-63 § 13 (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
- Amended by P.L. 31-283 § 2 — introduced as Bill 532-31 · introduced by Judith P. Guthertz, DPA + 2 cosponsors
Interpreted by the courts:
- 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. · cited at ¶129
Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.