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V.I. Code tit. 29, § 815 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 13 - Economic Park Development|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Economic Development Park Corporation|§ 815. Taxation of the Corporation

 The purposes for which the Corporation is created and shall exercise its powers being public purposes, the Corporation, its property, income and activities, shall be exempt from all taxes, special assessments and license fees of the Virgin Islands or any political subdivision thereof. All bonds issued by the Corporation and any income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation. In lieu of taxes, with respect to any project, the Corporation may agree to make such payments to the Government of the Virgin Islands as it finds consistent with the maintenance of the Corporation, the operations of the Corporation and the achievement of the purposes of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 818 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 13 - Economic Park Development|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Economic Development Park Corporation|§ 818. Bonds: right to receivership upon default

 (a) The Corporation is authorized to covenant for foreclosure of any of its projects financed by the bank upon default as hereinafter set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of this section inclusive, or to limit such right by definition of default or otherwise, in its agreement with the bondholders. (b) In the event that the Corporation shall default in the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any of its bonds after the same shall become due, whether it be a default in the payment of the principal and interest or in the payment of interest only at maturity or upon call for redemption, or in the event that the Corporation or the Board, officers, agents or employees thereof shall default on any agreement made with the holders of the bonds, any holder or holders of the bonds (subject to any contractual limitation as to a specific percentage of such holders), or trustee therefor, shall have the right to apply in an appropriate judicial proceeding to any court of competent jurisdiction in the Virgin Islands for the foreclosure of any of its projects with respect to which bonds are in default and the income or revenues of which are pledged to the payment of the bonds so in default, whether or not all the bonds have been declared due and payable and whether or not such holder, or trustee therefor, is seeking or has sought to enforce any other right or to exercise any remedy in connection with such bonds subject to agreements with bondholders contained in any resolution or trust indenture securing the bonds. (c) Upon such foreclosure the trustee or his agents and attorneys, may enter into and upon and take possession of such project and may exclude the Corporation, its Board, officers, agents, and employees and all persons claiming to represent them, wholly therefrom and shall have, hold, sell, use, operate, manage and control the same, and, in the name of the Corporation or otherwise, as the trustee may deem best, shall exercise all the rights and powers of the Corporation with respect to such project as the Corporation itself might do.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 819 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 13 - Economic Park Development|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Economic Development Park Corporation|§ 819. Bonds: remedies of bondholders

 (a) Subject to any contractual limitations binding upon the holders of any issue of bonds, or trustees therefor, including but not limited to the restriction of the exercise of any remedy to a specified proportion or percentage of such holders, any holder of bonds, or trustee therefor, shall have the right and power, for the equal benefit and protection of all holders of bonds similarly situated— (1) by mandamus or other suit, action, or proceeding at law or in equity to compel the Corporation and its Board, officers, agents, or employees to perform and carry out its and their duties and obligations under this chapter and its and their covenants and agreements with bondholders; (2) by action or suit in equity to require the Corporation and the Board thereof to account as if they were the trustee for an express trust; (3) by action or suit in equity to enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the bondholders; and (4) to bring suit upon the bonds. (b) Subject to any agreements with bondholders, no remedy conferred by this chapter upon any holder of the bonds or any trustee therefor, is intended to be exclusive of any remedy, but each such remedy is cumulative and in addition to every remedy, and may be exercised without exhausting and without regard to any other remedy conferred by this chapter or by any other law. No waiver or any default or breach of duty or contract, whether by any holder of the bonds, or any trustee therefor, shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or breach of duty or contract or shall impair any rights or remedies thereon. No delay or omission of any bondholder or any trustee therefor to exercise any right or power accruing upon default shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or acquiescence therein. Every substantive right and every remedy, conferred upon the holder of the bonds, may be enforced and exercised from time to time as often as may be deemed expedient. In case any suit, action or proceeding to enforce any right or exercise any remedy shall be brought or taken and then discontinued or abandoned, or shall be determined adversely to the holder of the bonds, or any trustee therefor, then and in every such case the Corporation and such holder, or such trustee, shall be restored to their former positions and rights and remedies as if no such suit, action or proceeding had been brought or taken.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 820 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 13 - Economic Park Development|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Economic Development Park Corporation|§ 820. Bonds: bonds of the Corporation as local investments for public or private funds

 The bonds of the Corporation 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.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 821 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 13 - Economic Park Development|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Economic Development Park Corporation|§ 821. Agreements of the Virgin Islands

 The Government of the Virgin Islands is authorized to and does hereby, pledge to and agree with the holders of the bonds or notes that the Government of the Virgin Islands will not limit or alter the rights, hereby vested in the Corporation to acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, equip and furnish the project or projects, to establish and collect rentals, fees and other charges and amounts and to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders of the bonds or notes nor in any way impair the rights and remedies of the bondholders or noteholders until the bonds or notes, together with the interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of the bondholders or noteholders are fully met and discharged.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 822 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 13 - Economic Park Development|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Economic Development Park Corporation|§ 822. Government of the United States Virgin Islands not liable on bonds or notes

 The bonds or notes and other obligations of the Corporation shall not be a debt of the Government of the Virgin Islands, and the Government of the Virgin Islands shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds other than those under the resolution of the Corporation authorizing such bonds or notes.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 823 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 13 - Economic Park Development|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Economic Development Park Corporation|§ 823. Powers not set forth

 Whenever the Corporation lacks the express power to perform an act consistent with the purposes set forth in this chapter, the Corporation may do or perform such act where authorized under the general corporation laws of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 824 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 13 - Economic Park Development|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Economic Development Park Corporation|§ 824. Audits

 The Corporation shall obtain an independent certified audit for transmittal to the Governor and the Legislature annually.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 825 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 13 - Economic Park Development|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Economic Development Park Corporation|§ 825. Term of existence

 The existence of the Corporation shall be perpetual.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 826 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 13 - Economic Park Development|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Economic Development Park Corporation|§ 826. Winding up and dissolution

 The Corporation may be wound up and dissolved by an act of the Governor and the Legislature with assets, subject to any agreements that the Corporation may have entered into, reverting to the Government of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 827 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 13 - Economic Park Development|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Economic Development Park Corporation|§ 827. Contributions to the Government Employees Retirement Fund, the Government Insurance Fund, Health Insurance Fund and Unemployment Insurance Fund

 (a) The employees of the Corporation shall also be employees of the Commission and shall perform such tasks as may be assigned by the Chief Executive Officer or Assistant Executive Officer. All employees of the Corporation shall be in the “exempt service” and shall serve at the pleasure of the Commission. (b) All employees of the Corporation shall be covered by and subject to the Government Employees Retirement System of the Virgin Islands, the Workmen's Compensation Act, and Health and Unemployment Insurance to the same extent as other exempt employees of the government. The Corporation shall: (1) Contribute to the Retirement System of the Government of the Virgin Islands its share of the cost of the retirement of the officials and employees on the basis of semiannual billings as determined by the Board of Trustees of the Government Employees Retirement System, Government of the Virgin Islands, and the contribution of officials and employees for retirement shall be deducted from the salaries in the same manner as in the case of regular employees of the Government of the Virgin Islands and shall be paid semiannually to the Retirement Fund of the Government of the Virgin Islands; (2) Contribute to the Government Insurance Fund, on the basis of annual billings as determined by the Commissioner of Finance for the benefit payments made from such fund on account of the Corporation's employees. The annual billings shall also include a statement of the fair portion of the cost of the Government Insurance Fund, which shall be paid by the Corporation into the Treasury of the Virgin Islands as miscellaneous receipts; (3) Make contributions, pursuant to Title 3, section 638, Virgin Islands Code, to the cost of premium or subscription charges for employee health insurance coverage under subchapter VIII of Title 3, Virgin Islands Code. (4) Be deemed an employing unit for purposes of unemployment insurance, as defined in Title 24, section 302(j)(1), of this Code, and the Corporation shall make payments to the Unemployment Insurance Subfund and the Unemployment Insurance Administration Subfund in lieu of contributions in the same manner provided for the Government of the Virgin Islands by Title 24, section 308(d), of this Code.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 930 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 16 - Authorization and Implementation of the Virgin Islands Affordable Housing Program|Subchapter I - Findings and Purpose|§ 930. Declaration of legislative findings

 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (i) there is a critical shortage of decent, safe, sanitary, aesthetically acceptable, high quality housing for persons of low and moderate income; (ii) there is considerable demand for owner-occupied single-family housing units and multifamily rental housing for such persons; (iii) new housing must be provided at a cost affordable to persons of low and moderate income in order to meet such demand; (iv) the rising cost of land, construction and financing make it difficult for the private sector housing construction industry alone to address the housing needs of such persons; (v) the construction industry in the Virgin Islands for the most part produces housing, primarily condominiums, for upper income persons, most of whom are investors and nonresident home buyers; (vi) single-family units are, therefore, in great demand; however, very few residential subdivisions offering single-family homes have been developed in the Virgin Islands; instead, the typical new single-family home in the Virgin Islands is built or contracted out directly by the owner; (vii) there is a shortage of multifamily rental housing available at rents affordable to persons of low and moderate income; therefore it is necessary for the Government of the Virgin Islands to provide incentives for the production of such housing; (viii) with the cutback in housing assistance programs by the Federal Government, continued rapid population growth and the growth in household formation, the housing crisis in the Virgin Islands is likely to continue unabated; (ix) such conditions and the prospects for the continuation thereof necessitate an expansion of the Virgin Islands Government's role in the provision of affordable housing by establishing and implementing a comprehensive low and moderate income affordable housing program; and (x) it is in the public interest and essential to the public health and welfare, to further encourage home ownership and provide decent housing for persons of low and moderate income and that there be undertaken an additional program of home ownership and rental housing development.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 931 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 16 - Authorization and Implementation of the Virgin Islands Affordable Housing Program|Subchapter I - Findings and Purpose|§ 931. Policy and purpose

 (a) It is the express purpose of this Act that the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority, (hereinafter “VIHFA”), as an independent instrumentality of the Government, shall operate the Affordable Housing Program for low and moderate income persons under this Act. The VIHFA shall cooperate with each other so that the criteria established for qualification as a low and moderate income family remains substantially the same, and so that no applicant shall find greater incentives for the construction of one type of housing over another. To that end, rules and regulations for the Program shall, to the maximum extent feasible, be promulgated by the VIHFA. (b) It is the policy and purpose of this Act to: (1) Provide decent, safe, sanitary, aesthetically acceptable, high quality affordable housing for persons and families of low and moderate income by (i) stimulating single-family home ownership opportunities for such persons and families, (ii) encouraging the development of housing cooperatives for low and moderate income households, and (iii) increasing the supply and reducing the monthly rents of multifamily housing, through a comprehensive program that reduces the cost of land, construction and financing and provides subsidies for low income housing. (2) Provide Government owned land and site improvements to reduce the cost of housing sites. (3) Encourage investment in and development of the factory-built housing industry in order to reduce housing construction costs and provide jobs for Virgin Islanders. (4) Provide financing for owner-occupied and rental housing developments on in-fill lots and as part of larger scale residential subdivisions. (5) Offer incentives, including tax exemptions and income tax liability reductions, to encourage the construction of affordable housing. (6) Provide a mechanism for the establishment and maintenance of a Housing Trust Fund to be used to facilitate construction of new owner-occupied and rental housing developments and to provide assistance to home buyers and renters. (7) Authorize the Government of the Virgin Islands, acting through the Governor and the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority and in conjunction with other Government agencies and authorities and in coordination with other Government housing and community development programs, to provide for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation and financing of affordable housing as hereinafter in this Act provided.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 941 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 16 - Authorization and Implementation of the Virgin Islands Affordable Housing Program|Subchapter II - Establishment of United States Virgin Islands Affordable Housing Program|§ 941. Authorization to undertake housing development; preference for local participation; joint ventures

 (a) The VIHFA, on behalf of the Government, are hereby authorized to contract with builders, contractors, project coordinators, construction managers and others, as necessary and appropriate, to finance, develop, acquire, construct, rehabilitate and manage affordable housing. The VIHFA or other appropriate governmental entity, as determined by the Governor, is hereby authorized to operate and manage any Government-owned housing development undertaken pursuant to the program. Builders, contractors and others selected by the VIHFA to provide services for the Government under the program shall be independent contractors and shall not be deemed agents or employees of the Government. Such persons shall provide evidence of adequate personal liability, fire, casualty and other appropriate insurance to protect the interests of the Government, as such interests may appear. Builders and contractors shall also be required to provide performance and completion guarantees or other forms of performance and completion assurances established pursuant to written rules and regulations to minimize risks to the Government in the event of their failure to adequately perform under their construction agreements; provided, however, that in the interest of providing opportunities for local building contractors to participate in the program such performance assurances may be modified or waived by the VIHFA. (b) In the development of affordable housing under the Act, preference shall be given to builders, developers, contractors, subcontractors and other participants licensed to do business in the Virgin Islands for a period of at least one (1) year. In addition, in order to assist small businesses, including, specifically, local builders, contractors, subcontractors and others who lack significant construction industry experience, the VIHFA shall encourage and expedite joint venture relationships between such small businesses and larger, more experienced construction firms. The VIHFA shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the requirements of this subsection (b). (c) Of the total number of affordable housing units built under the program, at least five percent (5%) of such units shall be designed to accommodate and meet the needs of disabled persons, as defined in Title 34, section 452, Virgin Islands Code.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 942 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 16 - Authorization and Implementation of the Virgin Islands Affordable Housing Program|Subchapter II - Establishment of United States Virgin Islands Affordable Housing Program|§ 942. Encouragement of housing production facilities

 In order to facilitate the production of decent, safe, sanitary, aesthetically acceptable, high quality affordable housing in the Virgin Islands, to create jobs for Virgin Islanders and to stimulate increased economic development in the Virgin Islands through involvement of the local construction industry in the production of housing for low income and moderate income persons, the VIHFA may, with the approval of the Legislature, may enter into agreements with housing production firms, including, but not limited to, manufactured housing firms, to acquire, construct, manage and operate such housing production facilities as necessary or convenient to exercise the authority hereby conferred; provided, however, that in connection with such housing production facilities, preference shall be given to contractors and subcontractors licensed to do business in the Virgin Islands for a period of at least one (1) year in the production, installation, operation and management of such housing production facilities and the housing products produced in such housing production facilities. The VIHFA may, with the approval of the Legislature, may enter into agreements to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire or dispose of real and personal property of every kind and character as necessary and appropriate to further the public purposes of providing such housing production facilities.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 946 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 16 - Authorization and Implementation of the Virgin Islands Affordable Housing Program|Subchapter II - Establishment of United States Virgin Islands Affordable Housing Program|§ 946. Income level

 The upper income limit for low and moderate income persons participating in the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority's Home and Land Ownership Program is 3½ times the median income in the Virgin Islands as determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 950 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 17 - Antiquities and Cultural Properties and Historic Government Collections|Subchapter I - Antiquities and Cultural Properties|§ 950. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Antiquities and Cultural Properties Act of 1998”.
V.I. Code tit. 29, § 951 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 17 - Antiquities and Cultural Properties and Historic Government Collections|Subchapter I - Antiquities and Cultural Properties|§ 951. Declaration of policy

 It shall be the policy of the Government of the Virgin Islands to cooperate with the Government of the United States in protecting and managing the Territory's terrestrial and marine historical, cultural and archaeological resources for the benefit of the people of the Virgin Islands.