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 PUBLIC LAW 105-291—OCT. 27, 1998 112 STAT. 2785 Public Law 105-291 105th Congress An Act To amend the Organic Act of Guam to clarify local executive and legislative Oct. 27, 1998 provisions in such Act, and for other purposes. [H R 2370] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Guam Orgjinic Act Amendments SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. of 1998. 48 USC 1421 This Act may be cited as the "Guam Organic Act Amendments note. of 1998". SEC. 2. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF GUAM. Section 29 of the Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1421g) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(d)(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 Genersil shall be 4 years. The Attorney General may be removed by the people of Guam according to the procedures specified in section 9-A of this Act 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, gmd by appointment by the Governor of Guam pending a special election under this subparagraph.". SEC. 3. LEGISLATIVE QUORUM. Section 12 of the Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1423b) is amended by striking "eleven" and inserting "a simple majorit}^".

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