(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Commissioner of Property and Procurement shall procure advertising from any newspapers or news magazine of general circulation in the Virgin Islands or any online or electronic publication, or databases of the Federal Government used by the General Services Administration to publish official procurement notices and publications of executive departments, agencies and other instrumentalities of the Government of the Virgin Islands.
(b) Any newspaper or news magazine of general circulation, printed and published in the English language within the territory at least once per month for at least two years continuously, shall be eligible for designation to publish official government advertisements and notices under this section.
(c) The Commissioner of Property and Procurement may publish official government advertisements and notices in any online or electronic publication that publishes news stories within the Territory, or which publishes procurement notices for nationwide distribution for at least two years continuously.
(d) The Commissioner of Property and Procurement shall procure services for the publication of government notices in accordance with this chapter. In selecting newspapers for the publication of official notices, the Commissioner shall determine that the notices are widely circulated in the islands of the Territory. Only those notices affecting the island or islands in which the newspaper has a substantial circulation may be published in that newspaper. Notices issued by the Government may not be published in any publication other than the newspapers designated by the Commissioner. Except with the approval of the Commissioner and when the public interest demands, publication of special notices may be made in periodicals or newspapers outside the Virgin Islands.