ELEVENTH GUfu'lLEGSLATURE 972 (SECOND) Regular Sesson Guam Terrtoral Law Lbrary 4 San Ramon Rd. Agana GaaB 9690 CERTFCATON OF PASSAGE OF AN ACT TO THE C'()VEfu\fOR Ths s to certfy that Bll No. 723 An l>.ctto repeal ad reenact Secton 4233 of the Government Code of Guam relatve to retrement benefts for members of the Legslature was on the nd day of November 972 dly and regularly passed. -------a::r- J-f F. T. RPJREZ /' ATTESTED: Speaker _. _ Ths Act was receved by the Governor ths t 3[)W day of n) P/Y wh) 972 at.3: <tr) 0 clock l-l. - J APPROVED : ) VNCENT T. PEREZ Attorney General of Guam ::> '-Jg--tla(..(J.lACHO Governor of Guam DATED: 0 E C 2 872 QuJv tmr /l-qs- J-:O 5' D»)..-' MAR 6 986 GUAM TERRTORAL LAW LBRARY '_'_._ -.. ---.........._...:-...... :.-..-_.. :-.: s......'..... _. )
ELE/ENTH GUAH LEGSLATURE 97 (FRST) Regular Sesson Bll No. 723 Substtute Bll by CoLtee on General Governmental Operatons -.... :::J 7 8 9 2 23 3 20-0 234-2 4-56789 ntroduced AN l\ct TO REPEAL AND REENACT SECTON 4233 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE OF GUfu RELATVE TO RET?EMENT BENEFTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE LEGSLATURE. J. A. Perez BE T ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE TERRTORY OF GUAM: Secton. Secton 4233 of the Government Code of Gu S hereby repealed and reenacted to read as follows: Secton 4233. Members or the Legslature. The provlsons of ths Chapter shall apply to any person who has served as a member of the Legslature or who shall bv l hereafter serve as such a member and any such person shall be consdered a member of the fund enttled to all ṭ the Legslature shall mean the average annual.. - the benefts of a member based UDon the followng addtonal provsons: (a) Defntons and rules of constructon. For purposes or ths Chapter the followng defntons and rules of constructon shall apply to members of the Legslature: () 'Legslature' means the Guam Legslature created by the Organc Act of Guam (2) Servce as a member of the Legslature durng a regular sesson for anyone () calendar year shall be deemed a full yearof servce regard- less of the length of the sesson (3) 'Average annual salary' for any member of salary receved by a member for the three (3) '}... :0.... _.9 _''' _.....':'...:...::.-...--'..... --.:-...-_...... '- _.'_''''''''''''' _....:...-\....... _. =4. '_...._... -' - _.... _ #. _. t
-r- 2 3 + 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 5 7 - Q. 9 2G '. J. : : U :r : ' f f hghest conseclltve years wthn the last ten (0) years of credted servce or the average salary recved for the two (2) hghest consecutve years of servlce as a member of the Legslature whchever s hgher (b) Credtable servce: membershp credt: subsequent credt. Any person clamng credtable servce as a member of the Legslature under the provsons of ths Secton shall be enttled to receve credt for vears of servlce n the Legslature as follows: () Servce crept for all servces rendered \ as a member of the Legslature provded that such Derson shall have made a contrbuton to the Fund n accordance wth Subparagraphs (c) () (c) (2) or (c) (3) of ths secton and (2) Servce credt for any year or years followng hs servce as a member of the Legslature for whch such person shall have made a contrbuton to the Fund n accordance wth Subparagraphs (d) () (d) (2) or (d) (3) of ths secton provded that..l. 23 24 27 28 29 30 3 32 33 no persons shall make contrbutons or may recelve credt under ths subparagraph for any year followng hs tenure n the Legslature for whch he qualfes for credt for the same year under any other provson of ths Chaoter. (c) Contrbutons for servce. Any person clamng credt for servce as a member of the Legslature shall make contrbutons to the Fund n accordance wth the followng: () To receve credt for servce rendered as a member of the Legslature durng the perod from 95 to 966 such persons shall pay before January 977 as hs contrbuton to the Fund an amount - 2 -... -_...----------------------------------------_. ------- J_r
' : r t -rr : ': : : H ' H tj 4Q. ).J : 35 : H ) n 68 '. o 0. d: 2 ' 3 4 / 5 / ' : t ). 8-9 : 2f :.: 20 : :? oj - 24-... /'..< 3 2S 29 30 27 p & ' 0 28 H 7 equal to One Hundred Ffty Dolas ($50.00) for each vear of servce as a member of the Legslature dung that perod. (2) To eceve credt for sevce rendered / as a Dember of the Legslature durng the perod from 966 to 973 such person shall pay before January 977 as hs contrbuton to the Fund an ount equal to Sx percent (6%) of hs annual salary for each year of servce as a member of the Legslature durng that perod. (3) To receve credt for servce rendered as a member of the Legslature after January 8 973 such person shall pay as hs contrbuton to the Fund > an ount eaual to sx d one half pecent (6 /2%) of hs annual saarv to be deducted from the b-weekly salary payments to hm for each year of servlce as a meer of the Legslature after January 8 973. (d) Contrbutons fo subsequent credt. Any person clalng servce credt for any year or years followng hs servce as a member of the Legslature shall make contrbutons to the Fund n accordance wth the followng: () For each year of such subsequent servce credt clamed durng the perod from 95 to 966 such person shall pay before January 977 as hs contrbuton to the Fund an amount eaual to One Hundred Ffty Dollars ($50.00). (2) For each year of such subsequent servlce credt clamed durng the perod from 966 to 973 such person shall pay before January 977 as hs contrbuton to the Fund an amount equal to Three Hundred and Sxty Dollars ($360.00). t ) - 3 -------
r- 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 S 7 8 9 20 2 23 2t. 26 27 (3) For each year of such subsequent servce credt clamed after January 8 973 such Derson shall pay quarterly as hs contrbuton to the Fund an amount equal to one and fve-eghths percent ( 5/8%) of the annual salary receved by hm durng _ hs last year of servce as a member of the Legslature. (e) Applcaton and notce. () The provsons of ths secton except as herenafter provded n Subparagraph (f) shall be mandatory for any person who shall be a member of the Legslature onjanuary 8.373 or who there- \ \ after become such a member and the Board shall gve notce of the applcaton of ths secton to any such Derson wthn one () month of the date on whch he takes an oath of offce as a member of the Legslature. (2) The Board shall gve notce of the provsons of ths secton to any person who has served as a member of the Legslature durng the perod of 95 to 973. (f) Notwthstandng any other provson or ths secton the provsons hereof shall not apply to any person who has served as a member of the Legslature or who shall hereafter serve as such a member f such member has already begun to receve benefts under ths Chapter. - --- --.--- - '. f.