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[CITE: 48USC1421g]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                            CHAPTER 8A--GUAM
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1421g. Establishment and maintenance of public bodies and 
        offices
        

(a) Public health services

    Subject to the laws of Guam, the Governor shall establish, maintain, 
and operate public-health services in Guam, including hospitals, 
dispensaries, and quarantine stations, at such places in Guam as may be 
necessary, and he shall promulgate quarantine and sanitary regulations 
for the protection of Guam against the importation and spread of 
disease.

(b) Public educational system

    The Government of Guam shall provide an adequate public educational 
system of Guam, and to that end shall establish, maintain, and operate 
public schools according to the laws of Guam.

(c) Office of Public Prosecutor; Office of Public Auditor

    The Government of Guam may by law establish an Office of Public 
Prosecutor and an Office of Public Auditor. The Public Prosecutor and 
Public Auditor may be removed as provided by the laws of Guam.

(d) Attorney General

    (1) The Attorney General of Guam shall be the Chief Legal Officer of 
the Government of Guam. At such time as the Office of the Attorney 
General of Guam shall next become vacant, the Attorney General of Guam 
shall be appointed by the Governor of Guam with the advice and consent 
of the legislature, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor of 
Guam.
    (2) Instead of an appointed Attorney General, the legislature may, 
by law, provide for the election of the Attorney General of Guam by the 
qualified voters of Guam in general elections after 1998 in which the 
Governor of Guam is elected. The term of an elected Attorney General 
shall be 4 years. The Attorney General may be removed by the people of 
Guam according to the procedures specified in section 1422d of this 
title or may be removed for cause in accordance with procedures 
established by the legislature in law. A vacancy in the office of an 
elected Attorney General shall be filled--
        (A) by appointment by the Governor of Guam if such vacancy 
    occurs less than 6 months before a general election for the Office 
    of Attorney General of Guam; or
        (B) by a special election held no sooner than 3 months after 
    such vacancy occurs and no later than 6 months before a general 
    election for Attorney General of Guam, and by appointment by the 
    Governor of Guam pending a special election under this subparagraph.

(Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, Sec. 29, 64 Stat. 392; Pub. L. 99-396, Secs. 5, 
13, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 839, 842; Pub. L. 105-291, Sec. 2, Oct. 27, 
1998, 112 Stat. 2785.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105-291 added subsec. (d).
    1986--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-396, Sec. 13(a)(1), substituted 
``according to the laws of Guam'' for ``at such places in Guam as may be 
necessary''.
    Pub. L. 99-396, Sec. 5, substituted ``Government of Guam'' for 
``Governor''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-396, Sec. 13(a)(2), added subsec. (c).
