PUBLIC LAW 28-133

 

I MINA' BENTE OCHO NA LIHESLATURAN GUÅHAN

2006 (SECOND) Regular Session

 

Bill No. 268 (EC)

As amended on the Floor.

 

Introduced by:                                                                            Mark Forbes

                                                                                                F. B. Aguon, Jr.

                                                                                                J. M.S. Brown               

                                                                                                Edward J. B. Calvo

                                                                                                B. J.F. Cruz

                                                                                                Mike Cruz

                                                                                                L. F. Kasperbauer

                                                                                                R. Klitzkie

                                                                                                J. A. Lujan

                                                                                                A. B. Palacios, Sr.

                                                                                                R. J. Respicio

                                                                                                Ray Tenorio

A.      R. Unpingco

J. T. Won Pat   

 

AN ACT TO ADD A NEW SECTION 80105 TO TITLE 21 G.C.A. RELATIVE TO DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE ZONING PLAN FOR ANCESTRAL LANDS.

           

            BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF GUAM:

            Section 1.           A new Section 80105 is hereby added to Title 21 G.C.A. to read:

            “Section 80105.            Comprehensive Zoning Plan. 

(a)        A Provisional Commission for the Zoning of Ancestral Lands, hereinafter referred to as the “Provisional Commission”, is established to include the Executive Director of the Guam Ancestral Lands Commission, the Director of Land Management, the Administrator of the Guam Environmental Protection Agency, the Director of Agriculture and the Director of the Bureau of Statistics & Plans.  The Executive Director of the Guam Ancestral Lands Commission shall serve as chairperson of the Provisional Commission.  Members of the Provisional Commission shall assign employees from their respective departments to assist the Commission in its work. 

(b)        The Provisional Commission shall complete a comprehensive zoning plan for all properties and parcels under the jurisdiction of the Guam Ancestral Lands Commission, including parcels that have been previously deeded to ancestral land claimants in accordance with the statutes, rules and regulations governing the Guam Ancestral Lands Commission but have not, as of the effective date of this Act, been zoned or rezoned by any means.  If a parcel under the jurisdiction of the Guam Ancestral Lands Commission, including parcels that have been previously deeded to ancestral land claimants in accordance with the statutes, rules and regulations governing the Guam Ancestral Lands Commission, has been previously zoned or rezoned by any means other than that mandated herein, said parcel shall not be rezoned by the comprehensive zoning plan mandated by this Section. 

(c)        In formulating the comprehensive zoning plan, the Provisional Commission shall request and consider the opinions of all affected ancestral land claimants.  The Provisional Commission shall conduct hearings and present a draft zoning plan to claimants before it adopts the plan.

(d)        The Provisional Commission shall approve the plan by the  affirmative vote of at least three (3) of the five (5) members before  transmittal to the Ancestral Lands Commission.  

(e)        After the Provisional Commission approves the comprehensive zoning plan, it shall transmit the plan to the Ancestral Lands Commission, which shall approve the plan by a resolution signed by a majority of its members.  The Ancestral Lands Commission shall attach this resolution to the plan and transmit the same to I Maga’lahi. 

(f)         I Maga’lahen Guåhan shall approve the comprehensive zoning plan by a written memorandum which he shall attach to the plan and the approval resolution of the Ancestral Lands Commission and transmit the same to I Liheslaturan Guåhan. 

(g)        The comprehensive zoning plan mandated by this Section shall be subject to the approval of I Liheslaturan Guåhan in bill form.”