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Guam Legislature substitutes bill clarifying predevelopment financing for Simon Sanchez project amid procurement objections
Summary
The Legislature voted to substitute and advance Bill 235-38 — clarifying allowable predevelopment uses of a prior $16M appropriation for Simon Sanchez High School — after floor debate about procurement risks, fiscal notes, and whether added financing language was publicly heard.
The Guam Legislature on the floor substituted and moved Bill 235-38 into the third-reading voting file after extended debate over new financing language and whether the change risks interfering with an ongoing procurement for the Simon Sanchez High School rebuild.
Unidentified Speaker 2, the bill’s author on the floor, moved to place the substitute bill into the third-reading file and said the amendment simply enumerates financing options already contemplated by existing statute and by BBMR, and clarifies that predevelopment costs — including demolition, clearing and grading — can be paid from the previously appropriated $16 million-plus balance. “There have always been…
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