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V.I. Code tit. 29, § 488 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 7 - Public Works Acceleration Authority|Subchapter III - Finance|§ 488. Statutory pledge

 Any pledge made by the Authority shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made. The money, assets or revenues of the Authority so pledged and thereafter received by the Authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the Authority irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded or filed in order to establish and perfect a lien or security interest in the property so pledged.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 492 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 7 - Public Works Acceleration Authority|Subchapter IV - Local Government Cooperation|§ 492. Power to render assistance by taxes, appropriations, borrowing, bonds, etc.

 Subject to the provisions of section 8(b) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, approved July 22, 1954, the Government of the Virgin Islands may levy taxes, appropriate funds, incur indebtedness and issue bonds for the purposes of procuring funds to be loaned, appropriated, contributed, or granted, to the Authority for carrying out its powers, functions and duties under this chapter, for the provision of public improvements and other forms of local government cooperation, and for use in connection with any project of the Authority, or otherwise to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Bonds to be issued by such Government pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be issued in the manner and within the limitations prescribed by law for the issuance and authorization of bonds for such purposes.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 493 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 7 - Public Works Acceleration Authority|Subchapter IV - Local Government Cooperation|§ 493. Interest of directors and others in projects; duty to disclose; violation

 During his tenure and for one year thereafter, no director, officer or employee of the Authority shall voluntarily acquire any personal interest, direct or indirect, in any project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, or in any contract or proposed contract relating to any project. If any such director, officer, or employee involuntarily acquires any such interest, or voluntarily or involuntarily acquired any such interest prior to appointment or employment as a director, officer or employee, or thereafter, then in any such event, the director, officer, or employee shall immediately disclose his interest in writing to the Authority and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the Authority, and the director, officer or employee shall not participate in any action by the Authority relating to the property or contract in which he has any such interest. Any violation of the foregoing provisions of this section shall constitute misconduct in office. These provisions shall not be applicable to the acquisition of any interest in notes or bonds of the Authority issued in connection with any project, or to the execution of agreements by banking institutions for the deposit or handling of funds in connection with a project or to act as trustee under any trust indenture or agreement, or to utility services the rates for which are fixed or controlled by a governmental agency.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 494 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 8 - Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority|Subchapter I - Waste Management Authority—establishment|§ 494. Declaration of findings and policy

 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) The public health and safety and the environment are threatened where wastewater and solid waste is not managed in an environmentally sound manner and where there are not sufficient waste management facilities available; (b) Providing environmentally-sound management for the collection and disposal of solid waste, including operation and closure of landfills, along with wastewater collection, treatment and disposal, is essential to the preservation and improvement of the health, welfare and living conditions of the citizens of the Territory as well as to the promotion and growth of industry and employment and the problem of managing wastewater and solid waste have become a matter of territorial concern; (c) The existing Virgin Islands wastewater and solid waste management systems have not been able to achieve and maintain compliance with the mandatory requirements of the Territorial and Federal Air and Water Pollution Control Acts, Federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, and Territorial Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Act and their implementing regulations as promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Government of the Virgin Islands; (d) It is the policy of the Government of the Virgin Islands to comply with all Territorial and Federal mandates and ensure that the Territory's wastewater and solid waste management systems adequately provide the required services; (e) Improperly functioning septic systems represent a real and immediate public health problem. Improperly functioning septic systems are discharging wastewater directly into the bedrock and into the groundwater, or overland into surface waters. These discharges contaminate drinking water sources, threaten coastal ecosystems, and pollute recreational areas; (f) It is in the best interests of the Government of the Virgin Islands to create an autonomous Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority to assume all the powers, duties, and responsibilities pertaining to wastewater and solid waste management services in the Territory, as specified by this chapter; and (g) The provisions of this chapter are hereby declared to be necessary for the protection and enhancement of the public health and welfare and in the public interest. (h) Therefore, the Legislature declares that the purposes of this chapter are: (1) To protect the public health and safety, the health of the environment from the effect of improper, inadequate, and unsound management of waste water and solid waste; (2) To create an autonomous Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority to establish a program of regulation over the management, storage, transportation, collection, treatment and disposal of wastewater and solid waste; and (3) To assure the safe and adequate management of all waste within the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 500 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 8 - Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority|Subchapter I - Waste Management Authority—establishment|§ 500. Board of Directors, Executive Director and other personnel of Authority

 (a) The powers of the Authority shall be exercised by the Board of Directors, as established under section 497 of this chapter. Four members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of organizing and conducting the business of the Authority. No absence or vacancy on the Board shall prevent it, once there is a quorum, from exercising all its rights and performing all its duties. (b) The Executive Director shall be authorized to attend all meetings of the Board but shall not be entitled to vote. The Executive Director shall be removable by the Board but only for cause and after notice and an opportunity to be heard. (c) The Board shall appoint, in addition to the Executive Director, a Secretary and Treasurer of the Authority. The bylaws of the Authority may provide for the delegation to its Executive Director or its other officers, agents or employees of the powers and duties of the Authority as the Board may deem proper. (d) The Executive Director shall administer the affairs of the Authority including matters related to the day-to-day operations, contracting, procurement, administration and personnel including the hiring of such officers, agents, or employees, permanent or temporary, and by contract such operating personnel, consulting engineers, superintendents, managers, fiscal, legal and other technical experts, and others, as may be deemed necessary, and shall determine their qualifications, duties, tenure and compensation. The Executive Director shall be appointed by the Board exclusively upon the basis of merit as determined by technical training, skill, experience and other qualifications best suited to carrying out the purposes of the Authority.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 500c (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 8 - Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority|Subchapter I - Waste Management Authority—establishment|§ 500c. Powers of Authority with respect to bonds

 (a) The Authority is authorized to issue refunding bonds of the Authority for the purpose of refunding those bonds in effect and outstanding at that time which have been issued under the provisions of this chapter, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or accruing as of the redemption or maturity date of such bonds and, if deemed advisable by the Authority, for any of the purposes for which it may issue bonds. The issuance of such bonds, the maturities and other pertinent details, the rights of the bondholders, and the rights, duties and obligations of the Authority with regard thereto shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter concerning the issuance of bonds insofar as such provisions shall be applicable. Refunding bonds issued under this section may be sold or exchanged for outstanding bonds issued under this chapter, and, if sold, the proceeds thereof may be applied, in addition to any other authorized purpose, to the purchase, redemption or payment of such outstanding bonds in effect, and may be invested pending such application. Refunding bonds may be issued, at the Authority's discretion, at any time on or before the date of maturity or maturities, or the date selected for the redemption of the bonds being refunded. (b) At the discretion of the Authority, any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the Authority and any bank or trust company described in the following subsection, which may be a bank or trust company within or without the Territory of the Virgin Islands. (c) It shall be lawful for any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of the Government of the Virgin Islands, the Federal Government or any state of the United States of America which may act as depository of the proceeds of the bonds, revenues or other moneys, to provide such indemnity bonds or to pledge such securities as may be required by the Authority. In addition to the above, the trust agreement shall contain all such provisions as the Authority may deem reasonable and proper for the protection of the bondholders.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 500d (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 8 - Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority|Subchapter I - Waste Management Authority—establishment|§ 500d. Bonds of Authority legal investments for public or private funds

 The bonds of the Authority shall be lawful investments, and may be accepted as security, for all fiduciary, trust and public funds, the investment or deposit of which shall be under the authority or control of the Government of the Virgin Islands or any officer or officers thereof. Except for the bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of sections 500f and 500g of this chapter, the bonds issued by the Authority shall not constitute an indebtedness of the Government of the Virgin Islands, nor of any of its political subdivisions, and neither the Government of the Virgin Islands, nor any of its political subdivisions, shall be liable therefore, and such bonds shall be payable solely out of those funds pledged for the payment thereof. Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, except for the bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of sections 500f and 500g of this chapter, shall recite that neither the Government of the Virgin Islands, nor of any of its political subdivisions, shall be obligated to pay the same and that neither the Government of the Virgin Islands, nor any of its political subdivisions is pledged to the payment of the principal of or interest on such bonds.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 500e (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 8 - Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority|Subchapter I - Waste Management Authority—establishment|§ 500e. Exemption of Authority from judicial process and taxes

 (a) All property, including funds of the Authority, shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall any judgment against the Authority be a charge or lien upon its property; except, that this subsection shall not apply to or limit the right of bondholders to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by the Authority on its rates, fees, revenues, or other income or any other funds. (b) The purpose for which the Authority is created and shall exercise its powers being public purposes, the Authority shall be exempt from the payment of all taxes and other fees imposed by the Government of the Virgin Islands or any political subdivision thereof on the properties of the Authority and those under the jurisdiction, authority, control, domain, possession or supervision of the Authority, and on the income derived from any of the Authority's undertakings or activities. This exemption shall not be transferable to any contractor of the Authority. (c) No judgment may be rendered against the Authority in excess of $75,000 in any suit or action against the Authority with respect to any injury to or loss of property or personal injury or death that: (1) is caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of an employee of the Authority while acting within the scope of the employee’s employment under circumstances where the Authority, if a private person, would be liable to the claimant in accordance with the law of the place where the act or omission occurred; or (2) occurs in connection with the use of the Authority’s facilities. (d) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (c) do not apply if the injury, loss of property or death is caused by the gross negligence of an employee of the Authority while the employee is acting within the scope of employment. (e) The Authority consents to have the liability determined in accordance with the same rule of law as applied to actions in the courts of the Virgin Islands against individuals or corporations.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 500f (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 8 - Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority|Subchapter I - Waste Management Authority—establishment|§ 500f. Financial assistance; guarantees and purchases of bonds of Authority; loans and grants

 (a) For the purpose of assisting the Authority with its financing, the Government of the Virgin Islands, to the extent permitted by the Revised Organic Act of 1954, as amended, or any other applicable federal law, may— (1) guarantee payment of the bonds of the Authority, both as to principal and interest; and (2) employ its funds in the purchase of the bonds of the Authority, notwithstanding any provision of any law to the contrary. (b) For the purpose of raising funds to be granted or loaned to the Authority to construct, improve, extend, better, repair, reconstruct, acquire and equip any part of the Authority's solid waste and wastewater management systems, the Government of the Virgin Islands may— (1) borrow money, make and issue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness, and secure such bonds or other obligations by pledge of the Government's credit and taxing power, as provided for in section 500f of this chapter; and (2) make or issue bonds for the purpose of funding, refunding, purchasing, paying, or discharging any of the outstanding bonds or obligations issued, guaranteed or assumed by it in pursuance of this section. (c) For the purpose of assisting the Authority in complying with its responsibilities and obligations under this chapter, and to aid in the establishment of and transition to the Authority, the Legislature of the Government of Virgin Islands may provide to the Authority a subsidy by appropriation, initially, from the environmental user fees, and sewer user fees.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 500g (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 8 - Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority|Subchapter I - Waste Management Authority—establishment|§ 500g. Authorization of issuance of bonds of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands

 Pursuant to Section 8(b)(ii) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, as amended, the issuance of general obligation bonds or other obligations by the Government of the Virgin Islands is hereby authorized and approved, as the Governor may deem necessary and advisable, subject to the same qualifications upon said limitation as are set forth in section 500b of this chapter. To the extent consistent with Section 8(b)(ii) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, as amended, or any other applicable Federal law, the provisions of subsections (c) through (h) of section 500b of this chapter shall apply equally to the bonds of the Government of the Virgin Islands and all powers thereby vested in the Authority, its Board, members, officers and other persons shall apply instead to the Governor of the Virgin Islands and his designee or designees, who shall be officers or employees of the Government of the Virgin Islands; except that the bonds of the Government of the Virgin Islands shall be issued by a written declaration or declarations of the Governor which shall provide for public or private sale of the bonds and for their redemption with or without premium, and shall contain such other provisions as may be deemed necessary or desirable for the protection of the bondholders and the security of the bonds.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 500h (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 8 - Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority|Subchapter I - Waste Management Authority—establishment|§ 500h. Other assistance of Government of the Virgin Islands

 (a) For the purpose of further aiding the Authority in developing and maintaining the Virgin Islands solid waste and wastewater management systems and services, the Government of the Virgin Islands or any political subdivision thereof may, at the request of the Authority and upon such terms, with or without consideration, as said Government or political subdivision shall determine, dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of its interest in any property or grant easements, licenses or any rights or privileges therein to the Authority; and cause services of the character which it is otherwise empowered to render to be furnished to the Authority. (b) Any sale, conveyance, lease or agreement provided for in this section may be made without appraisal, public notices, advertisement or public bidding, notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 500i (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 8 - Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority|Subchapter I - Waste Management Authority—establishment|§ 500i. Monies and accounts of Authority

 (a) All monies of the Authority shall be deposited in qualified depositories for funds of the Government of the Virgin Islands, but they shall be kept in separate accounts in the name of the Authority. The disbursements shall be made by it pursuant to regulations and budgets approved by the Board. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the Authority shall have power to contract with the holders of any of its bonds as to the custody, collection, investment and payment of any monies of the Authority, or any monies held in trust or otherwise for the payment of bonds or in any way to secure bonds, and deposits of such monies may be secured in the same manner as monies of the Authority. (b) The Authority shall account to the Government of the Virgin Islands in accordance with applicable law for all funds which the Government may furnish to the Authority by loan or grant. The Authority shall also account to any federal agency, if and in the manner required, for any funds that it may receive from any such agency. (c) The Authority shall establish an accounting system for the proper financial management, control and recording of all expenses and income belonging to or managed or controlled by the Authority. Subject to agreements with bondholders, said system shall segregate the accounts for wastewater and solid waste management functions, make a reasonable allocation of costs that may be common to both functions and, insofar as advisable, otherwise segregate the accounts for different classes of operations, facilities, and activities of the Authority; except, that an internal audit unit shall be established to monitor internal controls of the financial operation of the Authority, and biennially the Authority shall have its accounts and books, including its receipts, disbursements, contracts, leases, sinking funds, investments and any other matters which relate to its financial condition examined by a certified public accounting firm who shall report thereon to the Board of the Authority, the Governor, and the Legislature.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 500k (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 8 - Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority|Subchapter I - Waste Management Authority—establishment|§ 500k. Reports

 The Authority shall submit to the Legislature and to the Governor of the Virgin Islands, within 30 days after the close of each fiscal year of the Government of the Virgin Islands (1) a financial statement and complete report of the business of the Authority for the preceding fiscal year, and (2) a complete report on the status and progress of all of its facilities and activities since the creation of the Authority or the date of its last such report. The Authority shall also submit to the Legislature and to the Governor, at such other times as may be required, official reports of its business and activities under this chapter.