Title 3 — Executive
37 chapters · 651 sections in this title.
3 V.I.C. § 1 Governor's compensation; Assistant
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(a) The Governor shall receive a salary of $150,000 per annum, payable in equal bi-weekly installments. (b) The Governor may appoint such personal assistants and provide from the funds appropriated to his office such compensation for the same as he deems appropriate.
3 V.I.C. § 10 Bureau of Information Technology
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(a) There is established within the Office of the Governor, a Bureau of Information Technology (BIT). The Bureau shall be administered by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Legislature. The Director shall be selected exclusively …
3 V.I.C. § 10a Comprehensive Technology Strategy
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(a) The Director shall develop a Comprehensive Technology Strategy for the Government of the Virgin Islands which shall be not less than five (5) years in duration and updated biennially, which includes programming and policies to support and promote the use of innovative informa…
3 V.I.C. § 10b Director’s duties and responsibilities
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(a) The Director of the Bureau of Information Technology shall:(a) Develop specific information technology objectives, policies, procedures, and standards to guide the development of information systems within Government of the Virgin Islands to achieve maximum economy and qualit…
3 V.I.C. § 10c Agency and department technology audits
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(a) Each territorial agency or department information technology audit shall include information about planned information technology objectives and expenditures for the next fiscal year in the level of detail and format specified by the Director and the Director of the Office of…
3 V.I.C. § 10d Technology audits
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(a) Upon completion of an audit report, the Director shall:(1) provide copies of all audit reports to:(A) the agency or department audited;(B) the Governor;(C) the Legislature;(D) the Office of Management and Budget; and(E) the Information Technology Task Force; and(2) present th…
3 V.I.C. § 10e Rates for Government Technology Services
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The rate for services established by an information technology cost recovery center and reviewed by the Director, may be lowered if the Legislature appropriates monies to the cost recovery center for the specific purpose of lowering rates, otherwise the cost to the public shall b…
3 V.I.C. § 10f Information Technology Task Force
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(a) There is established within the Bureau of Information Technology of the Office of The Governor, the Information Technology Task Force consisting of nine (9) members as follows:(1) the Director of the Bureau of Information Technology who shall serve as Chair;(2) the chief tech…
3 V.I.C. § 10g Agencies using data processing centers
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(a) The head of each agency and department that uses data processing services shall have complete responsibility for the information that that agency collects, processes, stores, or utilizes. (b) If that agency receives data processing services from a data center of other agency,…
3 V.I.C. § 10h Data security and confidentiality
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(a) The Bureau of Information Technology shall be responsible for the following:(1) Development of the policies and standards to be followed in providing for the confidentiality of information;(2) Development of policies necessary to ensure the security of the Virgin Islands’ inf…
3 V.I.C. § 10i Disaster recovery plan
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(a) The Bureau of Information Technology shall develop a Disaster Recovery Plan with respect to information technology. The Bureau, in coordination with the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency (VITEMA), shall establish a Disaster Recovery Planning Team to devel…
3 V.I.C. § 10j Governor’s technology advisory board
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(a) The Governor shall establish an information technology advisory board, consisting of individuals who have experience in the information technology, computer science or related fields. The advisory board shall advise the Governor on advancements in the information technology a…
3 V.I.C. § 13 Virgin Islands Museum of Fine Arts — Director; appointment; compensation and expenses
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The Museum shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the Governor. The Director shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The Director shall receive no compensation but in addition to per diem in lieu of subsistence and actual traveling expenses as prescribed by …
3 V.I.C. § 14 —Exemption from taxes
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The Museum shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments on real property acquired and held by it for its purposes.
3 V.I.C. § 15 —Limitation of obligations; encumbrances prohibited
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Nothing in sections 11, 12, 13, or 14 of this title shall be deemed to authorize the Museum to obligate the Government of the United States Virgin Islands for expenditures or other amounts in excess of such sums as may be appropriated to it by the Legislature, nor shall the Museu…
3 V.I.C. § 2 [Redesignated.]
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3 V.I.C. § 2 Statutes current through Act 9046 of the 2025 session of the 36th Legislature, including all code changes through October 25, 2025 Virgin Islands Code AnnotatedCopyright © 2026 All rights reserved.
3 V.I.C. § 22 Division of special projects
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(a) There is established within the Office of the Governor a Division of Special Projects, referred to as the “Division” in the remainder of this section. The Division shall be administered by a Director. (b) The Division shall be responsible for governmental and community matter…
3 V.I.C. § 23 Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency
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(a) There is established in the Executive Branch of the Government of the Virgin Islands the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency (“VITEMA”). (b) VITEMA shall be administered and supervised by a Director who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and…
3 V.I.C. § 26a [Reserved for future use.]
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3 V.I.C. § 26a Statutes current through Act 9046 of the 2025 session of the 36th Legislature, including all code changes through October 25, 2025 Virgin Islands Code AnnotatedCopyright © 2026 All rights reserved.
3 V.I.C. § 26b Senior Citizens Activities Transportation Program
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(a) In addition to its other duties and responsibilities, the Department of Human Services shall supervise the Senior Citizens Activities Transportation Program, which shall insure the availability of transportation for governmental and private, non-profit senior citizens organiz…
3 V.I.C. § 27 Virgin Islands Commission on Youth
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(a) There is established within the Office of the Governor, the Virgin Islands Commission on Youth, hereinafter referred to as the “Commission.” (1) The Commission is comprised of a nine member governing board appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Legislatu…
3 V.I.C. § 27a Governor's Awards
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(a) There are hereby established honorary awards for the public recognition of Virgin Islanders who have distinguished themselves in the humanities and the arts, including the performing arts and music, sports, public service and any other field of human endeavor worthy of public…
3 V.I.C. § 27b Federal Programs Coordinator
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(a) The Governor shall appoint a Federal Programs Coordinator (hereinafter referred to as the “Coordinator”). The Coordinator shall receive a salary as determined by law, and shall be furnished such necessary office space, professional, secretarial and clerical assistance, suppli…
3 V.I.C. § 27c Functions and duties
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(a) The Assistant shall have the following functions and duties:(a) Maintain close contact with the Office of the Washington Representative or Delegate to the United States House of Representatives in order to coordinate activities and to avoid undesirable duplication of effort.(…
3 V.I.C. § 27d Virgin Islands Rum Promotion Council
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(a) There is created within the Economic Development Commission a Virgin Islands Rum Promotion Council (hereinafter referred to as the Council) to be composed of five (5) members appointed by the Governor with the approval of the Legislature, not more than three of whom shall be …
3 V.I.C. § 27e Virgin Islands Occupational Information Coordinating Committee
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(a) There is hereby created within the Office of the Governor a committee to be designated as the “Virgin Islands Occupational Information Coordinating Committee”, hereinafter referred to as the Committee. The purpose of the Committee shall be to improve the planning and operatio…
3 V.I.C. § 27f Virgin Islands Commission on Aging
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(a) The Virgin Islands Commission on Aging is established within the Office of the Governor for budgetary purposes and shall be herein referred to for purposes of this section only as the “Commission”.(1) The Commission shall be composed of the following persons:(A) Four Commissi…
3 V.I.C. § 27g Repealed. Sept. 20, 2010, No. 7194, § 1, Sess. L. 2010, p. 151
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3 V.I.C. § 27g Statutes current through Act 9046 of the 2025 session of the 36th Legislature, including all code changes through October 25, 2025 Virgin Islands Code AnnotatedCopyright © 2026 All rights reserved.
3 V.I.C. § 27h Repealed. Sept. 20, 2010, No. 7194, § 1, Sess. L. 2010, p. 151
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3 V.I.C. § 27h Statutes current through Act 9046 of the 2025 session of the 36th Legislature, including all code changes through October 25, 2025 Virgin Islands Code AnnotatedCopyright © 2026 All rights reserved.
3 V.I.C. § 27i Virgin Islands Office of Gun Violence Prevention
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(a) There is established within the Office of the Governor, the Virgin Islands Office of Gun Violence Prevention. The Office is tasked with formulating effective and innovative strategies designed to reduce and prevent gun violence in the Virgin Islands, and to make recommendatio…
3 V.I.C. § 27j The Virgin Islands Virtual Information System
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(a) There is established within the Office of the Governor a territorial longitudinal data system (“TLDS” or “the System”) known as the Virgin Islands Virtual Information System (“VIVIS”). The Virgin Islands Virtual Information System contains demographic data, such as: age, race…
3 V.I.C. § 3 Repealed. June 24, 1987, No. 5265, § 303(b), Sess. L. 1987, p. 42
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3 V.I.C. § 3 Statutes current through Act 9046 of the 2025 session of the 36th Legislature, including all code changes through October 25, 2025 Virgin Islands Code AnnotatedCopyright © 2026 All rights reserved.
3 V.I.C. § 4 Office of Management and Budget
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(a) There is established in the Office of the Governor the Office of Management and Budget. There shall be in the Office of Management and Budget a Director and a Deputy Director. The Director shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Legislature and s…
3 V.I.C. § 4a Salary of Director
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The Director of the Office of Management and Budget of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands shall receive a salary as determined by law.
3 V.I.C. § 4b Bureau of Economic Research
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(a) The Bureau of Economic Research, previously placed under the Office of Management and Budget by Act 8121, is transferred and re-established within the Office of the Governor. The Bureau of Economic Research is administered by a Director appointed by the Governor. (b) The Bure…
3 V.I.C. § 5 Personnel Division; Director
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(a) The Personnel Division, heretofore established within the Office of the Government Secretary, is transferred to and continued within the Office of the Governor. (b) At the head of the Personnel Division there shall be a Director of Personnel who should perform such functions …
3 V.I.C. § 6 Government Employees Service Commission
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Continuation Continuation (a) The Government Employees Service Commission, heretofore established within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, is transferred to and continued within the Office of the Governor. Continuation (a) The Government Employees Service Commission, heretof…
3 V.I.C. § 7 —Expeditious filling of vacancies
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For the purposes of promoting effective management of the Government Employees Service Commission and the faithful execution of the laws of the Virgin Islands, the Governor of the Virgin Islands shall act expeditiously to submit to the Legislature the appointments of members to f…
3 V.I.C. § 8 Virgin Islands Energy Office
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(a) There is established in the Office of the Governor the Virgin Islands Energy Office. The Office is headed by a Director appointed by the Governor. The Director shall perform such duties as may be assigned by the Governor. (b) The Virgin Islands Energy Office is designated the…
3 V.I.C. § 8a Office of Veterans Affairs
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(a) The Office of Veterans Affairs and all personnel, files, equipment and appropriations relating to same, as heretofore established within the Department of Labor, are transferred to and established within the Office of the Governor. For the purpose of this section, “veteran” m…
3 V.I.C. § 8b Burial benefits for veterans
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(a) The Government of the Virgin Islands shall pay $5,000 to a funeral home or a mortuary business that prepares the body of a veteran of the United States Armed Forces for burial, interment, or renders other services connected with the death upon the funeral home or mortuary bus…
3 V.I.C. § 8c Virgin Islands Veterans Memorial Cemetery
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(a) Established. There is hereby created a Virgin Islands Memorial Cemetery. (b) Supervision by the Office of Veterans Affairs; powers and duties. The establishment, operation and maintenance of the Virgin Islands Veterans Memorial Cemetery shall be under the supervision of the O…
3 V.I.C. § 9 Virgin Islands Fire and Emergency Medical Services
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There is established within the Office of the Governor the Virgin Islands Fire and Emergency Medical Services (VIFEMS) to be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Legislature. The duties and responsibilities of the VIFEMS s…
3 V.I.C. § 9a Commission on Caribbean Cooperation
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(a) There is established within the Office of the Governor, a Commission on Caribbean Cooperation (hereinafter, referred to as the “Commission”). The Commission shall be composed of ten members, broadly representative of government, business, labor and youth to be appointed as fo…