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In order to establish the official names of streets and highways in Guam, the Commission shall adopt and submit to the Legislature a precise plan as is required for the systematic naming of said streets and highways in Guam.

SOURCE: GC § 13209. Amended by P.L. 24-171:4 (Apr. 17, 1998). Reenacted by P.L. 25-020:2 (May 26, 1999).

2023 NOTE: Reference to “”territory”” removed and/or altered to “”Guam””
pursuant to 1 Guam Code Ann. § 420.

§ 60407. Same: Same: What Street Naming Plan Shall
Include.

The street naming plan shall include:

(a) proposed names for all streets and highways within Guam (except such streets and highways as are located upon military reservations of the United States) not in conflict with street names already adopted by virtue of the provisions of the Zoning Law or of the Subdivision Law of Guam (Chapters 61 and 62 of this Title 21, GCA);

(b) recommendations, if any, of new names for streets and highways already named, either under the provisions of Chapters 61 and 62 of this Title of the Guam Code Annotated or by common usage within Guam.

(c) a map incorporating proposed highway and street names of all the streets and highways of Guam (except such streets and highways as are located upon military reservations of the United States), including in such map both those names already established and accepted and the new names proposed by the Commission.

COL 7/27/2023

21 Guam Code Ann. REAL PROPERTY
CH. 60 LAND MANAGEMENT

(d) in determining highway and street names, the plan shall include as far as practical Chamorro or Spanish words for the terms street, drive, avenue, alley, and similar words, utilizing in lieu thereof Chamorro words as chalan or Spanish words as camino.

SOURCE: GC § 13210. Subsection (d) added by P.L. 10-051. Amended by P.L. 24-171:4 (Apr. 17, 1998). Reenacted by P.L. 25-020:2 (May 26,
1999).

2023 NOTE: Reference to “”territory”” removed and/or altered to “”Guam””
pursuant to 1 Guam Code Ann. § 420.

2017 NOTE: Reference to “”Territory”” and “”territory”” removed and/or altered to “”Guam”” pursuant to 1 Guam Code Ann. § 420.