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[CITE: 48USC1423i]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                            CHAPTER 8A--GUAM
 
                     SUBCHAPTER III--THE LEGISLATURE
 
Sec. 1423i. Approval of bills

    Every bill passed by the legislature shall, before it becomes a law, 
be entered upon the journal and presented to the Governor. If he 
approves it, he shall sign it, but if not he shall, except as 
hereinafter provided, return it, with his objections, to the legislature 
within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to 
him. If he does not return it within such period, it shall be a law in 
like manner as if he had signed it, unless the legislature by 
adjournment prevents its return, in which case it shall be a law if 
signed by the Governor within thirty days after it shall have been 
presented to him; otherwise it shall not be a law. When a bill is 
returned by the Governor to the legislature with his objections, the 
legislature shall enter his objections at large on its journal and, upon 
motion of a member of the legislature, proceed to reconsider the bill. 
If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of all the members of the 
legislature pass the bill, it shall be a law. If any bill presented to 
the Governor contains several items of appropriation of money, he may 
object to one or more of such items, or any part or parts, portion or 
portions thereof, while approving the other items, parts, or portions of 
the bill. In such a case he shall append to the bill at the time of 
signing it, a statement of the items, or parts or portions thereof, to 
which he objects, and the items, or parts or portions thereof, so 
objected to shall not take effect. All laws enacted by the legislature 
shall be reported by the Governor to the head of the department or 
agency designated by the President under section 1421a of this title. 
The Congress of the United States reserves the power and authority to 
annul the same.

(Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, Sec. 19, 64 Stat. 389; Pub. L. 90-497, Sec. 8, 
Sept. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 847; Pub. L. 93-608, Sec. 1(14), Jan. 2, 1975, 
88 Stat. 1969.)


                               Amendments

    1975--Pub. L. 93-608 struck out requirement that reports be 
transmitted to Congress by the Secretary concerned.
    1968--Pub. L. 90-497, Sec. 8(a), struck out President's authority to 
veto territorial legislation referred by the Governor after such 
legislation had been passed by the legislature over the Governor's veto.
    Pub. L. 90-497, Sec. 8(b), struck out provision that, if Congress 
did not annul laws passed by the legislature and reported to Congress 
within one year of the date of its receipt by Congress, such laws were 
deemed to have been approved by Congress.


                    Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

    Section 8(b) 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.
    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.
