3 GCA § 16301
Referendum: Proposal of
View official PDF ↗A referendum measure may be proposed by presenting petitions to the Election Commission, as set forth in this Chapter, signed by voters equal in number to twenty percent (20%) of all votes counted for all candidates for I Maga’låhen Guåhan at the last preceding general election at which I Maga’låhen Guåhan was elected. The proposed referendum measure shall not exceed five hundred
(500)words.
§ 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.
Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.