Terms Used In 10 Guam Code Ann. § 51502

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
The Task Force shall be comprised of the following:

(a) the Administrator of the Guam Environmental
Protection Agency or his/her designee;

(b) the General Manager of the Guam Solid Waste
Authority or his/her designee;

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(c) the General Manager of the Guam Power Authority or his/her designee;

(d) the Speaker of I Liheslaturan Guåhan or his/her designee;

(e) the legislative committee chairperson with jurisdiction on the environment or his/her designee, who shall have the option of appointing a member of the Legislature’s environment committee to also serve as a member of the Task Force;

(f) I Maga’låhen/Maga’hågan Guåhan or his/her designee;

(g) the Administrator of the Guam Economic
Development Authority or his/her designee;

(h) the legislative committee chairperson with jurisdiction on power and energy utilities or his/her designee; and

(i) a member of the general public to be appointed by
I Maga’låhen/Maga’hågan Guåhan.

The legislative committee chairperson with jurisdiction on the environment shall serve as Presiding Officer of the Task Force. The members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation.