A measure that would remove legal clouds on the existing leases issued by the CHamoru Land Trust Commission is up for a public hearing this week.

Bill 334, recommended by the attorney general, proposes to do just that.

According to the bill, the legislature finds that the opportunity for persons eligible to receive land leases and other benefits from the CHamoru Land Trust Commission are stymied by practices of former commissions and their staff that have created legal clouds over nearly all existing commission leases.

It also states these legal clouds inhibit the opportunity for lessees to obtain financing to build or rebuild farms and residences.

The measure, if signed into law, would direct the commission to review each lease it has entered with an eligible beneficiary and identify whether the issuance of the lease occurred contrary to any law or regulation of the commission.

The public hearing is set for tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the Guam Congress building.