Legislature amends bill to allow 6–9 month temporary certification for peace officers; bill authorizes manpower development fund

Senator Comitato moved to reconsider and amend Bill No. 103-38 COR to change the period for temporary certification of peace officers. On the floor, he moved ‘‘to amend on line 15, page 3 to read 6 to 9 months of temporary certification’’ as recommended by the committee. The motion to amend was called and carried with no objections. Senator Metalta then moved to place Bill 103-38 COR as amended on the third reading file and to return it to its same place; that motion carried without objection. Later in the session the clerk read the title indicating Bill 103-38 COR amends chapter 51, title 17 and section 7 1 2 0 of chapter 7, title 2, Guam Code Annotated, to authorize temporary certification of peace officers and to authorize a manpower development fund for certification courses required by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission. The bill passed on the third reading; the clerk announced the bill received 14 yays and 1 excused. The floor record shows the amendment changed the temporary certification window and that the bill also authorizes a manpower development fund tied to the training and certification courses required by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission; the transcript does not contain additional implementing details such as fund size, administrative rules, or exact qualifying criteria for temporary certification beyond the amended temporary period.