Bill 233 was passed by the legislature
on June 18, 2004 and signed into law by Governor Camacho on June
26.
On Wednesday, December 10, 2003, I introduced Bill 233 to update
the Open Government Law.
It is worth noting that all 15 senators co-sponsored the bill. Clearly,
there was unanimity that open government is an important issue.
Bill 233 changed Guam’s Open Government Law to include all
elected as well as appointed boards. Currently the Open Government
Law only applies to boards, commissions, or comparable units of
the government whose members are appointed by the Governor or appointed
by the Legislature.
In recent months there has been some confusion about the Open
Government Law. This simple change to include elected boards and
commissions will eliminate any misunderstanding of this very important
law.
Most notably, Bill 233 updates the Open Government Law to make
it applicable to the Guam Education Policy Board and the Consolidated
Commission on Utilities
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