Terms Used In 11 Guam Code Ann. § 9109

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
There is hereby created, separate and apart from all other funds of the government of Guam, the Cannabis Control Fund (Fund). All fees, fines, penalties, and other charges resulting from the licensing and enforcement of adult cannabis use on Guam shall be deposited in this Fund.

(a) Expenditures of the Fund shall be by appropriation from I Liheslaturan Guåhan, except that sixty percent (60%) of all funds shall be appropriated to the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center for the following purposes:

(1) Twenty percent (20%) of the sixty percent (60%) appropriation to GBHWC shall be used for cannabis prevention and education programs for those under twenty-one (21) years of age;

(2) Forty percent (40%) of the sixty percent (60%) appropriation to GBHWC shall be used for substance abuse, treatment, prevention and education programs; and

(b) The remaining forty percent (40%) of all funds deposited in the Fund shall be appropriated to the Department of Revenue and Taxation for carrying out enforcement and regulation of adult use cannabis and to support its responsibilities as set out in this Chapter.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 35-005:3 (April 4, 2019). Amended by P.L. 36-
107:XII:43 (Sept. 12, 2022).