Terms Used In 5 Guam Code Ann. § 7102

  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
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5 Guam Code Ann. GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
CH. 7 ENFORCEMENT OF PROPER GOVERNMENT SPENDING

Any officer, agent, contractor, or employee of the Executive Branch of the government of Guam who is charged with or assumes responsibility for the certification of availability of funds or the spending of money belonging to the territory of Guam, including the Governor and Lt. Governor of Guam, stands in a fiduciary relationship to the people of Guam in regard to the management of public money. Any such officer, agent, contractor, or employee of the Executive Branch shall discharge their duties with respect to the management of public money solely in the interest of the people of the territory of Guam. Any such officer, agent, contractor, or employee shall discharge his duties with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of like character and with like aims.

SOURCE: GC § 6280(b) added by P.L. 18-09.