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[CITE: 48USC1423h]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                            CHAPTER 8A--GUAM
 
                     SUBCHAPTER III--THE LEGISLATURE
 
Sec. 1423h. Regular and special sessions

    Regular sessions of the legislature shall be held annually, 
commencing on the second Monday in January (unless the legislature shall 
by law fix a different date), and shall continue for such term as the 
legislature may provide. The Governor may call special sessions of the 
legislature at any time when, in his opinion, the public interest may 
require it. No legislation shall be considered at any special session 
other than that specified in the call therefor or in any special message 
by the Governor to the legislature while in such session. All sessions 
of the legislature shall be open to the public.

(Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, Sec. 18, 64 Stat. 388; Pub. L. 90-497, 
Sec. 6(a), Sept. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 846.)


                               Amendments

    1968--Pub. L. 90-497 removed 60-day limitation on the length of 
regular sessions and 14-day limitation on the length of special sessions 
of the legislature.


                    Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

    Section 6(a) of Pub. L. 90-497 provided that the amendment made by 
that section is effective on date of enactment of Pub. L. 90-497, which 
was approved Sept. 11, 1968.
