GUIDANCE FOR FORMATTING RULES AND REGULATIONS (GAR)

The Office of the Compiler of Laws is statutorily mandated to "[u]ndertake the publication of the continuing Administrative Rules and Regulations" of Guam. 1 GCA § 1602(c). The authority for the rule-making procedures of government of Guam agencies, departments, and other entities are set forth in Title 5, Guam Code Annotated, Chapter 9, Article 3, entitled "Rule-making Procedures." As part of this process, the rules are statutorily required to be "in a form approved by the Compiler of Laws." 5 GCA § 9303(a).

To assist government of Guam agencies, departments, and other entities, with the process of publishing submissions for including in the Guam Administrative Rules & Regulations (GAR), the Office of the Compiler of Laws has prepared this document to give guidance in the drafting process. It is strongly encouraged that those responsible for drafting rules and regulations review the recommendations and utilize the standard format herein, which was approved by the Guam Code Advisory Commission on June 21, 2005. Compliance with the recommended format will be de facto indication that that the submission is in a format approved by the Compiler of Laws.

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