Annual Budgetary Appropriations

(a)The Executive Director of GEC shall submit an annual fiscal year budget to the Guam Election Commission for review and approval no later than January 31 of each calendar year.

(b)The Guam Election Commission shall review and approve a fiscal year budget necessary to meet all of the GEC’s statutory requirements and abide by all policies and procedures set forth in this Title, and its rules and regulations.

(c)GEC’s Executive Director shall submit the approved annual budget for each fiscal year, no later than a date prescribed by I Liheslaturan Guåhan, and shall include a detailed breakdown of the funding level necessary to meet all of its statutory requirements and abide by all policies and procedures set forth in its rules and regulations.

(d)The annual Guam Election Commission budgetary appropriation approved by I Liheslaturan Guåhan, and signed into law by I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan, shall be exempt from the Bureau of Budget and Management Research budgetary allotment control as generally provided in § 1303 of Article 3, Chapter 1, Title 5, Guam Code Annotated.

(e)The GEC may draw against its respective appropriations as needed to meet its obligations in accordance with a drawdown schedule that the GEC shall submit to the Director of Administration no later than October 31 of each fiscal year. If the GEC fails to submit its drawdown schedule by October 31, the Director of Administration may withhold a drawdown request for the current fiscal year until such time the GEC submits its drawdown schedule for the entire fiscal year. The Director of Administration shall not, for any reason, withhold any amount appropriated by I Liheslaturan Guåhan to the Guam Election Commission.