4 Guam Code Ann. § 6503
Terms Used In 4 Guam Code Ann. § 6503
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
SOURCE: GC § 4110.2. Codified as § 6215, transferred by P.L. 21-
059:7(e) (Sept. 27, 1991) and recodified to this section by the Compiler.
2017 NOTE: Past publications of the GCA have included § 6503.1
entitled “”Uniform Allowance,”” an uncodified provision added by P.L. 29-
019:VI:58 (Sept. 29, 2007) which was codified by the previous Compiler. Since its codification, the applicability and the amount of the uniform
allowance was amended by subsequent annual appropriations acts. Public
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Law 30-055:XIII:18 (Sept. 4, 2009) seemingly expanded the applicability of the uniform allowance beyond law enforcement and public safety uniformed personnel, as follows: “”Uniform allowance authorized in this Act shall not be less than Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($350) for the Fiscal Year and shall be issued to the employees no later than the end of the first quarter of FY 2010.”” This language and amount applied to the uniform allowance for FY2011 pursuant to P.L. 30-196:XIII:17 (Sept. 1, 2010). Starting with FY2012, the amount of the uniform allowance was reduced to $150 for each fiscal year. See P.L. 31-077:XIII:17 (Sept. 20, 2011) (FY2012); P.L. 31-233:XIII:18 (Sept. 7, 2012) (FY2013); P.L. 32-
068:XIII:15 (Sept. 11, 2013); P.L. 32-068:XIII:15 (Sept. 11, 2013) (FY2014); 32-181:XIII:10 (Sept. 5, 2014) (FY2015); P.L. 33-066:XIII:11 (Sept. 5, 2015) (FY2016); and P.L. 33-185:XIII:11 (Sept. 10, 2016) (FY2017); P.L. 34-042:XIII:11 (Sept. 17, 2018) (FY2018); P.L. 34-
116:XIII:10 (Aug. 24, 2018) (FY2019).
Because § 6503.1 is essentially an annual appropriation amount, it is inappropriate for codification, and will be removed from future publications of the GCA pursuant to the authority granted to the Compiler by 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606. Determining the amount of the uniform allowance, if any, requires consulting the annual appropriations act for the relevant fiscal year.