Each year, the Governor is authorized and requested to publicly proclaim the second Saturday and Sunday of April as White Cane Safety Days. He shall issue a proclamation in which:

(a) Comments are made upon the significance of White
Cane Safety Days;

(b) Residents of Guam are called upon to observe the provisions of 19 Guam Code Ann. §§ 2114-2120 relative to the rights of visually handicapped persons and to take precautions necessary for the safety of disabled persons;

(c) Residents of Guam be reminded of the policies with respect to disabled persons declared in 19 Guam Code Ann. § 2114 through § 2119 and in which he urges the residents to cooperate in giving effect to them.

(d) Emphasis shall be made on the need of the residents to be aware of the presence of disabled persons in the community and to keep safe and functional for the disabled the streets, highways, sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public facilities, and other public places, places of public accommodation, amusement and resort, and other places to which the public is invited, and to offer assistance to disabled persons upon appropriate occasions.

(e) It is the policy of the Territory to encourage and enable blind persons, visually handicapped persons, and other physically disabled persons to participate fully in the social and economic life of Guam and to engage in remunerative employment.

SOURCE: CC § 54.7, added by P.L. 11-96.

NOTE: Prior publications of the GCA included the following comment from the previous Compiler of Laws:

COMMENT: This section was formerly contained in Civil Code § 54.7 in a new group of sections dealing with the rights of blind
persons. This Section should be in this Title along with the rest of the special days and events, rather than in the Civil Code.