17 GCA EDUCATION CH. 48 DRUG FREE SCHOOL ZONES ACT CHAPTER 48 DRUG FREE SCHOOL ZONES ACT § 48000. Title

§ 48001. Definitions

§ 48002. Establishment of Drug Free School Zones

§ 48003. Designation of School Zones: Responsibilities of the Schools

§ 48004. Drug Free School Zone Maps

§ 48000. Title

This Chapter shall be known as the Drug Free School Zones Act

§ 48001. Definitions

Drug Free School Zone means any area within one thousand (1,000) feet of a public or private elementary, secondary or post secondary educational institution or its accompanying grounds; or within the vehicle of any school bus which transports students while in motion; or within two hundred fifty feet (250=) of any school bus not in motion or a designated school bus stop or shelter, including any school bus transfer station. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, a Drug Free School Zone shall not include private real property which is not a school or the accompanying grounds of a school

SOURCE: Repealed/reenacted by P.L. 26-125:3(b)

§ 48002. Establishment of Drug Free School Zones

There is hereby established a Drug Free School Zone as defined in this Chapter. Any person who commits an offense under Chapter 67 of Title 9 of the Guam Code Annotated within the Drug Free School Zone shall be in violation of this Chapter and punished in accordance with Article 4, Chapter 67 of Title 9 of the Guam Code Annotated

SOURCE: Repealed/reenacted by P.L. 26-125:3(c)

§ 48003. Designation of School Zones: Responsibilities of the Schools

The following provisions shall apply relative to the coordination, establishment, and designation of drug free school zones: (a) It shall be the responsibility of schools, both public and private, and their respective governing boards or their designees, or the chief COL 110609 1 17 GCA EDUCATION CH. 48 DRUG FREE SCHOOL ZONES ACT administrative officer in the case of private schools, to coordinate the establishment and designation of the drug free school zones. (b) The respective governing boards of the schools, or the chief administrative officer in the case of private schools, shall place and maintain permanently affixed and plainly visible signs at the main entrances of each school which identify the school and its accompanying grounds as a drug free school zone and which outline the penalties associated with violations of the Drug Free School Zones Act. The respective governing boards of the schools, or the chief administrative officer in the case of private schools, shall determine the actual size of such signs

(c) Upon enactment, a copy of the Drug Free School Zones Act shall be transmitted to the respective governing boards, or the chief administrative officers in the case of private schools, and it shall be their responsibility, at their discretion, to disseminate the information to parent groups and to the community

(d) The respective governing boards of the schools, or the chief administrative officer in the case of private schools, shall transmit to the Legislature, within ninety (90) days, a status report on the establishment and designation of the drug free school zones within their respective jurisdictions

NOTE: P.L. 26-125:3(d) provides: A new ninety (90) day period for re-designation of Drug Free School Zones is hereby established pursuant to 17 G.C.A. ' 48003 commencing the effective date of enactment of this Act. The effective date was 9/04/2002

§ 48004. Drug Free School Zone Maps

The respective governing boards of the schools or their designees, or the chief administrative officer in the case of any private school, shall prepare drug free school zone maps for their respective jurisdictions and shall submit copies of the original maps to the Office of the Attorney General as well as to the Department of Land Management for the purposes of record-keeping. These shall constitute the official record as to the location and boundaries of each drug free school zone. The respective governing boards of the schools or their designees, or the chief administrative officer in the case of any private school, shall notify the Office of the Attorney General and the Department of Land Management whenever there are changes in the location and boundaries of any school property and drug free school zone

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