(a) A person must not, without the approval of the Guam Surveyor, destroy or damage a 1993 Guam Geodetic Network mark. A penalty of $5,000 will be incurred if a person destroys or damages a 1993 Guam Geodetic Network mark.

(b) Where a person proposes to carry out any work in a Proclaimed Survey Area likely to destroy or damage a 1993 Guam Geodetic Network mark, that person shall give notice to the Guam Surveyor, who shall take all necessary steps to safeguard the mark,

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and the proposed work shall not commence until such steps have been taken.

(c) The cost of any work carried out by the Guam Surveyor pursuant to subsection (b) above shall be recovered from the person carrying out the work.

(d) When the Court finds a person guilty of willfully destroying or damaging a 1993 Guam Geodetic Network mark, in addition to the punishment imposed by the Court, the person shall pay the Guam Surveyor the full cost of replacing and re- coordinating the mark, in addition to the penalty stated above.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-031:6 (June 27, 1995).

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

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ARTICLE 6
SURVEY OF GOVERNMENT LAND

SOURCE: P.L. 09-028 (Mar. 3, 1967) added Chapter 12 to Title XIV of the Government Code (§ 13970). Codified as 21 Guam Code Ann., Chapter 2, Article 6 by the Compiler pursuant to authority 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1602.