12 GCA § 3201: Definitions.

(a) Administrator means the Administrator of the Guam Film Office, who shall be the Station Manager of the Guam Educational Telecommunications Corporation or his/her designee.

(b) Board means the Guam Educational Telecommunications Corporation Board of Trustees.

(c) Charitable or student films means commercials, motion pictures, television, videotapes, or still photography produced by a nonprofit organization that is registered with the Guam Department of Revenue and Taxation or the Internal Revenue Service as a charitable organization, or is produced by students of an educational institution, and for which no person, directly or indirectly, shall receive a profit from the marketing and production of the film or from showing the films, tapes, or photos.

(d) Commercial films means and includes all activity attendant to filming any entertainment or advertising programs for any media now known or hereafter created.

(e) Committee means an Advisory Committee established by the Station Manager.

(f) Contractors’ Registry means a list of all Guam licensed businesses, and their contact information, who provide services to companies engaged in the film industry.

(g) Corporation means the Guam Educational Telecommunications Corporation.

(h) Filming/production means and includes all activity attendant to staging or shooting commercial motion pictures, television shows or programs, and commercial still photography, videotapes, computer-based programs, or other visual reproduction technology now known or hereafter created. The period of filming includes the set-up, strike, and time of photography.

(i) Government means the government of Guam, its authorized agents, officers, representatives, and employees of departments, agencies, autonomous agencies, offices, or instrumentalities.

(j) News media means the photographing, filming or videotaping for the purpose of spontaneous, unplanned television news broadcasts, or reporting for print media by journalists, reporters, photographers, or camera operators.

(k) Person means an individual or business.

(l) Private property means any property not owned by the government of Guam on which filming would not interfere with the public’s right-of-way, access, or safety.

(m) Station Manager means a person appointed in accordance with § 3107 of this Chapter.

(n) Studio means a fixed place of business where filming activities (motion or still photography) are regularly conducted upon the premises.