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[CITE: 48USC1422a]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                            CHAPTER 8A--GUAM
 
                   SUBCHAPTER II--THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
 
Sec. 1422a. Removal of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or member 
        of legislature; referendum election
        
    (a) The people of Guam shall have the right of initiative and 
referendum, to be exercised under conditions and procedures specified in 
the laws of Guam.
    (b) Any Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or member of the legislature 
of Guam may be removed from office by a referendum election in which at 
least two-thirds of the number of persons voting for such official in 
the last preceding general election at which such official was elected 
vote in favor of recall and in which those so voting constitute a 
majority of all those participating in such referendum election. The 
referendum election shall be initiated by the legislature of Guam 
following (a) a two-thirds vote of the members of the legislature in 
favor of a referendum, or (b) petition for such a referendum to the 
legislature by registered voters equal in number to at least 50 per 
centum of the whole number of votes cast at the last general election at 
which such official was elected preceding the filing of the petition.

(Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, Sec. 7, 64 Stat. 387; Pub. L. 90-497, Sec. 2, 
Sept. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 844; Pub. L. 97-357, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 
19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1705.)


                               Amendments

    1982--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-357 added subsec. (a).
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-357 redesignated existing provisions as 
subsec. (b) and inserted provisions relating to the removal of a 
Lieutenant Governor or member of the legislature of Guam.
    1968--Pub. L. 90-497 substituted provisions for the removal of the 
Governor of Guam through a referendum election for provisions for the 
appointment, tenure, powers, and duties of the Secretary of Guam.


                    Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 90-497 necessary to authorize the holding of an 
election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor on Nov. 3, 1970, effective 
Jan. 1, 1970, and all other amendments unless otherwise provided 
effective Jan. 4, 1971, see section 13 of Pub. L. 90-497, set out as a 
note under section 1422 of this title.
