Title 3, Executive

A commission as a notary public in effect on the effective date of this subchapter continues until its date of expiration. A notary public who applies to renew a commission as a notary public on or after the effective date of this subchapter is subject to and shall comply with th…

This subchapter does not affect the validity or effect of a notarial act performed before the applicability date of this subchapter.

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

This subchapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any …

(a) All officers and employees of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands who serve as certifying and/or disbursing officers or who handle public funds in any manner whatsoever shall be properly bonded for the faithful performance of their duties. (b) Such officers and…

The amount of the bond for each officer and employee of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands covered by this chapter, shall be determined by the Commissioner of Finance, with the approval of the Governor, except that the amount of the bond for officers and employees…

(a) Every bond required by virtue of this chapter, shall be filed in the office of the Commissioner of Finance who shall approve such bonds as to form and execution. (b) A proper register of such bonds shall be kept in the office of the Commissioner of Finance.

(a) Funds shall be appropriated in the annual budget of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands to pay the cost of premiums covering bonds required by virtue of this chapter. (b) Funds shall also be appropriated in the annual budget of the Government of the United Stat…

Public records defined Public records defined (a) When used in this chapter “public records” includes all records and documents of or belonging to this Territory or any branch of government in such Territory or any department, board, council or committee of any branch of governme…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as “The Virgin Islands Government Transparency Act”.(a) Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:(1) “Agency” means any department, office, board, commission, bureau, division, ins…

(1) Except when a different amount is prescribed, the following fees shall be paid in advance for certified copies of public records:(1) For making a certified copy, 75 cents for the first 300 words or part thereof, and 15 cents for each additional 100 words or part thereof.(2) I…

(a) Statement of policy. To effectuate the territory's public policy to make governmental information available to governmental agencies and to the general public, there are established depository libraries for specified public documents and for indexes to those public records wh…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, all boards and commissions created pursuant to this Code shall make a verbatim record of each of its proceedings and said records of proceedings are to be reduced to a transcript not later than sixty (60) days af…

This chapter may be cited as the “21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act” or the “21st Century IDEA”.

(a) As used in this chapter:(a) “Director” means the Directory of the Bureau of Information Technology within the Office of the Governor.(b) “Agency” means any department, office, board, commission, bureau, or division.(c) “Legacy website” means a website that still uses framewor…

(a) An agency that creates a website or digital service that is intended for use by the public, or conducts a redesign of an existing legacy website or digital service that is intended for use by the public, shall ensure to the greatest extent practicable that any new or redesign…

(a) The Director shall issue guidance to the head of each agency that establishes a process for the agency to:(1) identify public non-digital, paper-based, or in-person government services; and(2) include in the budget request of the agency:(A) a list of non-digital services with…

(1) The head each agency, or a designee, shall:(1) coordinate and ensure alignment of the internal and external customer experience programs and strategy of the agency;(2) coordinate with the management leaders of the agency, including the Chief Information Officer, the Chief Fin…

(a) Each agency shall, to the extent practicable, seek to maintain as much standardization and commonality with other agencies as practicable in implementing the requirements of this chapter to best enable future transitions to centralized shared services. (b) The chief informati…

The Lieutenant Governor may sell the publications provided for in this chapter at such prices as may be fair to the Government of the United States Virgin Islands. All moneys received from such sales shall be deposited in the Treasury and credited to the General Fund.

(a) The Lieutenant Governor is authorized to negotiate for and purchase, from time to time, loose-leaf binders in such form and quantities as he directs, to be used for the purpose of containing copies of the Virgin Islands Register provided for in subchapter IV of this chapter. …

There is authorized to be appropriated to the Lieutenant Governor such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(a) In this chapter, unless specifically otherwise indicated:(a) “agency” means any officer, department, bureau, division, board, authority, agency, commission or institution of the Virgin Islands of the United States except the judicial and legislative branches.(b) “Regulation” …

Except as provided in section 934 of this title, nothing in this chapter confers authority upon or augments the authority of any agency to adopt, administer or enforce any regulation. Each regulation adopted, to be effective, must be within the scope of authority conferred and in…

(a) On and after July 1, 1968, no executive or administrative regulation, duly promulgated and issued in accordance with authority granted by law, may have the force and effect of law unless it is approved by the Governor, filed and published as required by section 933 of this ch…

Within three months after June 24, 1958, every agency shall prepare and file with the Government Secretary an original and two duplicate copies of every regulation adopted by it and which is still in force and effect, together with a citation of the statutory authority pursuant t…

Any regulation made by an agency of the Virgin Islands prior to June 24, 1958, and not filed in the office of the Government Secretary within three months after June 24, 1958, as required by section 931 of this title, shall be void and of no effect. The Government Secretary may, …

In addition to the requirements of section 913 of this chapter, no regulation hereafter made by an agency of the Virgin Islands shall become effective until an original and two duplicates, have been filed in the office of the Lieutenant Governor, and until it has been published i…

The Lieutenant Governor shall prescribe by regulations, the style in which regulations filed pursuant to section 933 of this title shall be prepared. His regulations shall prescribe a standard size form to be used in filing regulations pursuant to that section and shall provide t…

The Lieutenant Governor shall indorse on all copies of the regulations presented for filing in his office the time and date of filing. He shall maintain a permanent file of such regulations in his office for public inspection.

The Lieutenant Government Secretary shall examine each regulation filed with him pursuant to section 933 of this title to determine whether it complies with the regulations issued by him pursuant to section 934 of this title. If he approves, he shall indorse his approval on each …

(a) If upon examination the Lieutenant Governor determines that a regulation does not comply with the regulations issued pursuant to section 934 of this title, he may—(a) return it to the issuing agency, with notice of his objections, for correction and conformance; or(b) make su…

The provisions of section 933 of this subchapter requiring publication of regulations in the Virgin Islands Rules and Regulations may be dispensed with in all cases in which the regulations have been approved by the Governor and he certifies that because of emergency or other com…

(a) The publication of a regulation in the Virgin Islands Rules and Regulations or the Virgin Islands Register raises a rebuttable presumption that the text of the regulation so published is the text of the regulation adopted. (b) The courts of the Virgin Islands shall take judic…

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 933 and 934 of this subchapter, an agency of the Virgin Islands may in a regulation incorporate by reference regulations promulgated by an agency of the United States as set forth in the Federal Register, without publishing such regulati…

(1) The Lieutenant Governor shall distribute, within five weekdays after approval by the Governor, at least two copies of any regulation hereafter made by any agency of the Government of the Virgin Islands to each of the following libraries:(1) the Enid M. Baa Library, St. Thomas…

The Lieutenant Governor shall distribute or cause to be distributed within five weekdays after issuance of any document required to be published in accordance with section 982, subsection (a) of this title and immediately after issuance by the Attorney General of any written opin…

(a) Any Board or Commission, Department, Division or Agency, mandated by statute to promulgate rules and regulations as may be reasonably necessary for the administration of their Board, Commission, Department, Division or Agency, shall review every five years their rules and reg…

(a) The Lieutenant Governor is authorized to—(a) Contract for the compilation, codification and publication of all regulations filed with him pursuant to section 931 of this title. The publication of compiled regulations shall be known as the Virgin Islands Rules and Regulations.…

(a) The Lieutenant Secretary, at the time he contracts pursuant to section 961 of this title, is authorized to—(a) Contract for the continuing upkeep of the “Virgin Islands Rules and Regulations” through the preparation, compilation and publication of periodic supplements designe…

The Virgin Islands Register shall also contain: (1) All gubernatorial proclamations, Executive Orders and Reorganization Plans except such as have no general applicability and legal effect or are effective only against Virgin Islands agencies or persons in their capacity as offic…

Material which, pursuant to section 982 of this title, should be printed in the Virgin Islands Register shall be filed in triplicate in the office of the Lieutenant Governor before the last day of each month in order to be printed in the Register appearing in the following monthl…

The material which, pursuant to section 982 of this title, is to be printed in the Virgin Islands Register, shall, as far as practicable, be grouped into a separate section of the Register so that this material will form a separate notice register which may be sold by the Lieuten…

The Legislature finds and declares: (a) that no responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standards of ethical behavior by those who conduct the public business; (b) that the people have a right to expect adherence by thos…

(1) As used in this chapter the following terms are to be given the following meanings:(1) “Financial interest” includes as to any individual, firm or corporation, any of the following:(A) Entitlement to salary or other valuable remuneration as an officer of a business or corpora…

(1) No territorial officer or employee shall:(1) be financially interested in any contract made or negotiated by him in his official capacity, or by any public agency of which he is a member.(2) be a purchaser at any sale or a vendor at any purchase made by him in his official ca…