Title 3 — Executive
37 chapters · 651 sections in this title.
3 V.I.C. § 570a Incentive programs
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(a) The Commissioner of Police and the Director of Personnel shall develop and implement programs that provide incentives to eligible police officers who elect to continue employment as officers with the Police Department after twenty years' service. (b) The Commissioner of Polic…
3 V.I.C. § 581 Annual leave; employees of Department of Education
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(a) Subject to the provisions of section 582 of this title all officers and employees of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, regardless of their tenure, in addition to any accrued leave, shall be entitled to 26 days annual leave, each calendar year exclusive of Su…
3 V.I.C. § 582 Earning rate
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(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 581 of this title, and except as provided in section 41 of Title 2 of this Code, all employees of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, regardless of tenure, who enter Government Service after June 30, 1968, shall accrue…
3 V.I.C. § 583 Sick leave
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(a) Except as provided in section 41 of Title 2 of this Code, all officers and employees of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, regardless of tenure are entitled to sick leave which accrues at the rate of one-half day for each full biweekly pay period. (b) Proof o…
3 V.I.C. § 583a Monthly notification of accruals
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The Commissioner of Finance shall, in a manner he deems most appropriate, notify all officers and permanent employees of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, on a monthly basis, regarding the amount of their accumulated sick leave and annual leave.
3 V.I.C. § 583b Donated Leave Program
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(a) Any employee of the Government of the Virgin Islands, including employees of the Legislature, the judicial branch, the University of the Virgin Islands, and all independent or semi-autonomous agencies and instrumentalities of the Government of the Virgin Islands, shall be eli…
3 V.I.C. § 583c Donated Sick Leave Bank
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(a) In this section(1) “Director” means the Director of the Division of Personnel, or the Director's designee.(2) “Donated Sick Leave Bank” or “Bank” means a depository and system of accounting for voluntarily pooled and irrevocably donated accumulated personal sick leave and ann…
3 V.I.C. § 584 Sick leave for temporary employees
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Temporary employees, except those engaged in construction work at hourly rates, are entitled to sick leave which accrues at the rate of one-fourth day for each week upon certification as provided in section 583 of this title.
3 V.I.C. § 584a Duty-connected disability
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(a) In the event that disability compensation is awarded to an employee of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands under the provisions of the Virgin Islands Workers' Compensation Administration Law, the injured employee is entitled to receive from the employing unit, …
3 V.I.C. § 585 Absence of veterans for funeral attendance
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A veteran shall be excused from his duties without loss of pay or deduction from annual leave for the time necessary, not to exceed four hours in any one day, to enable him to participate as an active pallbearer or as a member of a firing squad or a guard of honor in a funeral ce…
3 V.I.C. § 586 Leave for jury service
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An employee shall be excused from his duties without loss of pay or deduction from annual leave for the time required for jury service in the Superior Court or the District Court of the Virgin Islands.
3 V.I.C. § 587 Payment for accumulated or accrued leave upon separation from Service
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(a) Whenever any civilian officer or employee of the government of the Virgin Islands entitled to leave under sections 581–584 of this title is separated from the Service with or without prejudice he shall be paid compensation in a lump sum for all accumulated and current accrued…
3 V.I.C. § 587a Annual Leave Lump Sum Separation Fund
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(a) There is hereby established in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands a special non-lapsing fund designated and known as the “Annual Leave Lump Sum Separation Fund”. The Commissioner of Finance shall maintain and provide for the administration of the fund as a separate and distin…
3 V.I.C. § 588 Refund upon re-employment before expiration of period covered by leave payment
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If any officer or employee paid under section 587 of this title is reemployed in the Government Service under the same leave system prior to the expiration of the period covered by such leave payment, he shall refund to the Government an amount equal to the compensation covering …
3 V.I.C. § 589 Payment for accumulated and accrued leave to survivors of deceased personnel
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(1) Upon the death of any civilian officer or employee of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, compensation for all his accumulated and current accrued annual or vacation leave in a lump sum equal to the compensation that such officer or employee would have receive…
3 V.I.C. § 590 Administrative leave for reserve military service
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All personnel of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, including personnel of authorities, independent boards, agencies, and other instrumentalities of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, who are members of an active reserve unit of any branch of the…
3 V.I.C. § 590a American Red Cross Volunteers
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(a) All personnel of the Government of the Virgin Islands, including personnel of authorities, independent boards, agencies, and other instrumentalities of the Government of the Virgin Islands, who are American Red Cross volunteers and certified in disaster relief services, and u…
3 V.I.C. § 590b Caregivers Leave Act
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(a) This section may be cited as The Caregivers Leave Act. (b) All fulltime employees of the Government of the Virgin Islands, including employees of independent boards, commissions, agencies, autonomous and semi-autonomous agencies, and instrumentalities of the Government of the…
3 V.I.C. § 590c Administrative leave during a medical pandemic and medical state of emergency
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(a) Whenever the Territory of the Virgin Islands is facing a medical pandemic, a territorial state of emergency, an endemic, a federal public health emergency, or a medical state of emergency is declared by the Governor of the Virgin Islands, all personnel of the Government of th…
3 V.I.C. § 591 Rights preserved after service in the Legislature
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Any employee of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands in the classified service who, while so employed, is elected to the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, is entitled to return to the classified service upon his termination from the Legislature. Such employee shall…
3 V.I.C. § 592 Rights of police officers preserved after service in an unclassified position
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(a) Any police officer in the classified service who, while so employed, is selected for unclassified service, is entitled to return to the classified service upon his termination from unclassified service within fifteen days after his written notice to the Director of Personnel …
3 V.I.C. § 593 Voluntary Leave Without Pay
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(a) With the exception of employees funded by federal monies and those exempted in section 5, subsection (a) of Act No. 7261, any employee who has accumulated five or more years of government service may take up to two years, but not less than one year of Voluntary Leave Without …
3 V.I.C. § 611 Travel expenses of appointees; transportation of household goods and personal effects
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(a) There is hereby authorized to be paid from the appropriations of the several departments, the expenses of travel of new appointees recruited from outside or within the Virgin Islands and their immediate families and expenses of transportation of their household goods and pers…
3 V.I.C. § 612 Travel and incidental expenses of employees granted study leave
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Any officer or employee who is granted study leave under section 585 of this title shall be entitled to the payment, by the government, of all necessary travel and incidental expenses with respect thereto, in accordance with the Standard Travel Regulations in the Virgin Islands.
3 V.I.C. § 631 Health Insurance Board; regulations governing health insurance plan; advisory committee
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(a) The responsibility for the proper operation of the Government health insurance plan, which plan shall for purposes of this subchapter also include and authorize a life insurance plan, and for making effective the provisions of this subchapter is hereby vested in a board of tr…
3 V.I.C. § 632 Health insurance
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(a) The Board, with the approval of the Governor and the Legislature, is hereby authorized and directed to establish a health insurance plan which may be self-funded, for Government officers and employees and their dependents which, subject to the conditions and limitations conta…
3 V.I.C. § 633 Contract for health insurance
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(a) The Board, with the approval of the Governor and the Legislature, is hereby authorized and directed to establish a self-funded health insurance plan or to purchase a contract or contracts to provide benefits under a health insurance plan in accordance with the provisions of t…
3 V.I.C. § 634 Eligibility for benefits
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(a) All persons in the service of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, the University of the Virgin Islands, the Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority, and the Virgin Islands Port Authority, whether elected, appointed or employed, shall participate in the healt…
3 V.I.C. § 635 Coverage for dependents
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Each employee shall be entitled to have his spouse and dependent children, as defined by the rules and regulations of the Board, included in the coverage upon agreeing to pay his contribution to the cost of such coverage for such dependents. The Board shall adopt rules and regula…
3 V.I.C. § 636 Termination of active employment
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(a) The health insurance coverage of any employee and his dependents, if any, shall cease upon the discontinuance of his term of office or employment, subject to rules and regulations which may be prescribed by the Board for extension of coverage and for conversion to an individu…
3 V.I.C. § 637 Payment of benefits
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Any benefits payable under the plan may be made either directly to the attending physicians, hospitals, medical groups, or others furnishing the services upon which a claim is based, or to the covered employee, upon presentation of valid bills for such services, subject to such p…
3 V.I.C. § 638 Contributions
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(a) The Board shall recommend an amount of contribution that shall be paid by the Government as the cost of a portion of the premium or subscription charge for the active or retired employee and their dependents who are enrolled in the health insurance plan established pursuant t…
3 V.I.C. § 639 Group insurance employees outside the Virgin Islands
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(a) Any employees of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands located outside the Virgin Islands may purchase insurance as a group to cover costs of hospitalization, surgery, and other medical services, and to cover death and disability, in accordance with a plan or pla…
3 V.I.C. § 640 Failure of Board to establish plan
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If the Health Insurance Board, as created by this subchapter, does not, prior to December 31, 1971, implement a health insurance plan in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter; then and in that event, any group or groups of Government employees may propose a health ins…
3 V.I.C. § 640a Health Insurance Special Projects Fund
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Board may establish and maintain a separate operating bank account to be known as the “Health Insurance Special Projects Fund” (“the Fund”). The Board shall provide for the administration of the Fund and shall promulgate rules and regulation…
3 V.I.C. § 641 Payroll deductions for purchase of bonds; rules and regulations
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(a) The Commissioner of Finance may deduct from the salary of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands or instrumentality thereof such amounts as such officer or employee authorizes in writing filed with the Commissioner, for (1) the purchase,…
3 V.I.C. § 642 Withdrawal of authorization to withhold compensation and purchase bonds
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Any officer or employee who files with the Commissioner of Finance the authorization referred to in section 641 of this title may withdraw such authorization at any time upon filing written notice of withdrawal with such Commissioner.
3 V.I.C. § 643 Service and merit awards
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Presentation of service awards Presentation of service awards (a) The head of each department of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands is hereby authorized and directed to award quinquennially to each employee for continuous service in any department, including perio…
3 V.I.C. § 644 Awards to Government employees
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The Governor shall award, according to such rules as he may adopt, annual prizes for administrative improvements to the officers and employees of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands who make worthy suggestions leading to the improvement of or the introduction of sa…
3 V.I.C. § 645 Annual appointment of committee to implement section 644
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The Governor shall annually appoint a committee to make recommendations for implementing the provisions of section 644 of this title, and he shall give the widest publicity to this program among government employees.
3 V.I.C. § 661 False testimony
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Whoever knowingly gives any false testimony during or at any investigation or hearing authorized by this chapter, shall be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
3 V.I.C. § 662 Refusal or failure by employee, to appear, testify, or waive immunity
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(1) Whoever, being an officer or employee in the Government Service—(1) willfully refuses or fails to appear before any court or judge, any legislative committee, any officer, or anybody authorized to conduct any hearing or inquiry; or(2) having appeared before any such court, ju…
3 V.I.C. § 663 Fraud or false statement, mark, etc
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(1) Whoever—(1) makes any false statement, mark, rating or report with regard to any test, certification, or appointment made under any provision of this chapter; or(2) in any manner commits or attempts to commit fraud preventing or for the purpose of preventing the impartial exe…
3 V.I.C. § 664 Payment, offer, acceptance or solicitation with respect to appointment, promotion or advantage
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Whoever directly or indirectly pays, gives, renders, offers, accepts or solicits any money, service, or other valuable consideration for or on account of any appointment, proposed appointment, promotion or proposed promotion to, or advantage in, a position in the classified servi…
3 V.I.C. § 665 Defeating or obstructing persons; furnishing information affecting rights
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Whoever, being an employee in the office of the Director of Personnel, an examiner, or other person, defeats, deceives, or obstructs any person in his right to examination, eligibility, certification, or appointment under this chapter, or furnishes to any person any special secre…
3 V.I.C. § 666 Other violations
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Whoever violates any provision of this chapter or of any of the rules adopted under the provisions of this chapter, shall, if no other penalty is prescribed in this chapter for such violation, be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
3 V.I.C. § 667 Ineligibility for office after conviction; forfeiture
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Whoever is convicted of an offense under this chapter shall, for a period of five years, be ineligible for appointment to, or employment in, any position in the Government Service, and, if he is an officer or employee of the Government, shall forfeit his office or position.
3 V.I.C. § 671 Declaration of policy
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The Legislature determines and hereby declares that (1) in order to promote efficiency and economy in the operation of the Government and provide the means for the development of maximum proficiency in the performance of official duties by its employees, to establish and maintain…
3 V.I.C. § 672 Definitions
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(A) For the purpose of this subchapter, and unless the context otherwise requires the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:“agency” means each department, office, agency, or other instrumentality in the executive branch of the Gover…
3 V.I.C. § 673 Establishment of training programs
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(a) In order to increase economy and efficiency in the operations of the agency and to raise the standards of performance by employees of their official duties to the maximum possible level of proficiency, the head of each agency, in conformity with this subchapter, shall, within…