3 GCA § 16501
Draft of Argument Favoring Measure
View official PDF ↗(a)Whenever I Liheslatura (the Legislature) submits any measure to the voters, the author of the measure and one
(1)Member of I Liheslatura (the Legislature) who voted with the majority for the submission of the measure shall be appointed by the Speaker to draft an argument for the adoption of the measure. This argument shall not exceed five hundred
(500)words in length.
(b)If the author of the measure desires separate arguments to be written in its favor by each person appointed, separate arguments may be written but the combined length of the two
(2)arguments 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.
Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.