2013 US Code
Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 8A - GUAM (§§ 1421 - 1428e)
Subchapter III - THE LEGISLATURE (§§ 1423 - 1423l)
Section 1423b - Selection and qualification of members; officers; rules and regulations; quorum
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS CHAPTER 8A - GUAM SUBCHAPTER III - THE LEGISLATURE Sec. 1423b - Selection and qualification of members; officers; rules and regulations; quorum |
| Contains | section 1423b |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, §12, 64 Stat. 388; Pub. L. 90-497, §6(b), Sept. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 846; Pub. L. 105-291, §3, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2785. |
| Statutes at Large References | 64 Stat. 388 82 Stat. 846 112 Stat. 2785 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 90-497, Public Law 105-291 |
Download PDF
The legislature shall be the judge of the selection and qualification of its own members. It shall choose from its members its own officers, determine its rules and procedure, not inconsistent with this chapter, and keep a journal. The quorum of the legislature shall consist of a simple majority of its members. No bill shall become a law unless it shall have been passed at a meeting, at which a quorum was present, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present and voting, which vote shall be by yeas and nays.
(Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, §12, 64 Stat. 388; Pub. L. 90–497, §6(b), Sept. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 846; Pub. L. 105–291, §3, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2785.)
AMENDMENTS1998—Pub. L. 105–291 substituted "a simple majority" for "eleven".
1968—Pub. L. 90–497 inserted a quorum requirement, provided that a quorum of the legislature consist of eleven of its members, and made presence of a quorum requisite to passage of a law.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENTPub. L. 90–497, §6(b), Sept. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 846, 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.
Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. The United States Government Printing Office may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the US site. Please check official sources.
