(a) (1) The Director of Revenue and Taxation is hereby authorized to make necessary rules and regulations, subject to the approval of I Maga’lahi, for the administration and enforcement of inspections required under § 3601, including designation of the period or periods of time within which said inspections shall be made and for the issuance and use of decalcomania or other identification to be attached to vehicles with reference to inspection status.

(2) The Director shall, commencing on January 1, 2015, and every two (2) years thereafter, review the safety inspection fee, and may increase the fee by an amount not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the fee on December 31, 2014. This adjustment shall not require the concurrence of I Liheslaturan Guahan (the Legislature) nor require compliance with the AAL, but the Director shall cause a notice describing the original fee and the increase to be published on its website and in a newspaper of general circulation in Guam; and to be given to the media and to the Speaker of I Liheslaturan Guahan at least sixty (60) days prior to the implementation date. A proposed increase in excess of ten percent (10%) of the fee on December 31, 2014, shall require the Director to conduct the rate review and adoption process of the proposed increase pursuant to Article
3, Chapter 9 (Administrative Adjudication Law), Division 1,
Title 5,Guam Code Annotated.

(b) (1) The fee to be charged for each such inspection shall be Fifteen Dollars ($15.00), inclusive of the administrative fee (also known as the Official Vehicle Inspection Safety (OVIS) Fee), which shall be calculated at twenty percent (20%) of the current fee; provided, that the existing OVIS Fee of Three Dollars ($3.00) shall not be adjusted below this amount. OVIS fees shall not be considered as a component of gross income for safety inspection stations for the purposes of assessing and collecting business privilege taxes.

(2) The fee for reinspection done pursuant to § 3601(c)

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(3) shall be Two Dollars ($2.00).

(3) Commercial and Armed Forces of the United States vehicle safety inspection stations shall retain all fees collected, as payment for inspection services rendered, however, such stations shall be required to purchase official inspection administrative forms from the Department of Revenue and Taxation.

(4) All OVIS Fees shall be deposited into the “Police Patrol Vehicle and Equipment Revolving Fund”, a separate account established pursuant to § 77135 of Article 1, Chapter
77, Title 10, Guam Code annotated, for that purpose.

SOURCE: GC § 23147, enacted by P.L. 4-062 (Mar. 4, 1958) amended by P.L. 12-155 (July 10, 1974). Original Subsection (c) repealed/ reenacted by P.L. 13-128:1 (Jan. 27, 1976); (b) repealed by P.L. 14-128:2 (June 10,
1978); (c) renumbered to (b) and amended by P.L. 14-128:3 (June 10,
1978); further amended by P.L. 18-030:9 (Feb. 19, 1986). Amended by P.L. 29-015:2 (Sept. 7, 2007) and P.L. 32-205:2 (Oct. 18, 2014). Subsection (b)(1) Amended by P.L. 34-138:2 (Dec. 12, 218).

2015 NOTE: Subitem designations added/altered in subsection (c) to adhere to the Compiler’s codification scheme pursuant to authority granted by 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.