Terms Used In 12 Guam Code Ann. § 5106

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article relating to rentals of, preferences or eligibility for admission to, or occupancy of dwellings in housing projects, during the period when the Authority determines that there is an acute need in its area of operation for housing to assure the availability of dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities or for victims of a major disaster, the Authority may undertake the development and administration of housing projects for the Federal Government, and dwellings in any housing project for the Federal Government, and dwellings in any housing project under the jurisdiction of the Authority may be made available to persons engaged in national defense activities or to victims of a major disaster, as the case may be.

(b) The Authority is authorized to contract with the Federal Government or the government of Guam or public agencies thereof for advance payment or reimbursement for the furnishing of housing to victims of a major disaster, including the furnishing of the housing free of charge to needy disaster victims during any period covered by a determination of acute need by the Authority as herein provided.

SOURCE: GC § 13905.

2017 NOTE: Subsection designations added pursuant to the authority of 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.