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V.I. Code tit. 17, § 451 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 33 - University of the Virgin Islands|§ 451. Establishment of University; objectives; nondiscrimination

 There is hereby established in the Island of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, as an instrumentality of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands an institution to be known as “The University of the Virgin Islands” the cardinal objectives of which shall be the stimulation and utilization of the intellectual resources of the people of the Virgin Islands and the development of a center of higher learning whereby and wherefrom the benefits of culture and education may be extended throughout the Virgin Islands, the Caribbean and other areas. No person shall because of race, creed, color or national origin be deprived of the privileges of this institution.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 452 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 33 - University of the Virgin Islands|§ 452. Location of University; branches

 The location of the University and its principal place of business shall be in the island of St. Thomas but it may have such other offices and places of business in such other locations as the Board of Trustees may decide from time to time.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 453 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 33 - University of the Virgin Islands|§ 453. Board of Trustees as body politic; powers and functions generally

 (a) For the purposes of exercising general management and control of the affairs of the University, the Board of Trustees, upon their appointment or qualification as hereinafter provided in section 455 of this title, and their successors, shall be and are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate in the name and style “The University of the Virgin Islands” by such name and style to have all the attributes, prerogatives, responsibilities and functions appertaining to an institution of higher education, and to possess and exercise in furtherance of its objectives all such other powers and duties as hereinafter provided. (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as exempting the University of the Virgin Islands from any law made specifically applicable thereto or generally applicable to independent instrumentalities of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, whether such law was enacted before, on, or after the date of enactment of this subsection.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 454 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 33 - University of the Virgin Islands|§ 454. Specific powers and duties of University

 In furtherance of its objectives, the University shall have the following purposes, objects and powers: (a) to have perpetual succession; to sue and to be sued; to enter into contracts; to contract debts; to adopt and use a common seal and to alter the same at will; (b) to provide instruction, conduct research and disseminate knowledge in the liberal arts and sciences and such other branches of advanced learning as the Board of Trustees may prescribe, and to confer such academic degrees and honors as are usually conferred by similar institutions; (c) to acquire, own or possess property, whether real, personal or of any other nature whatsoever, or any interests in the same, by bequest, devise, gift, purchase or lease, either absolutely or in trust, for any of its purposes, and to use, sell, improve, manage, develop, lease, mortgage, dispose of, or otherwise turn to account or deal with all or any part of its property for such purposes; (d) to prescribe regulations for the government of the University; to employ a President and such other professional and nonprofessional personnel of the University as may be necessary for the operation and performance of its functions. (e) to apply for and accept advances, loans, grants, contributions, gifts, donations, appropriation of funds and other forms of financial assistance from the Federal Government; from the Government of the United States Virgin Islands by direct application to the Legislature, subject to the approval of the Governor; or from any source, public or private, for the purposes of this chapter, provided that allotment requests shall be made by direct application to the Commissioner of Finance; and to enter into and carry out contracts in connection therewith.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 455 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 33 - University of the Virgin Islands|§ 455. Composition of Board, appointment, election and term of members

 The Board of Trustees shall consist of seventeen members, as follows: (1) The Chairman of the Board of Education of the Virgin Islands, the Commissioner of Education and the President of the University shall be members ex officio. (2) The Governor shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislature, nine other members of the Board, at least five of whom shall be residents of the Virgin Islands, for terms of five years. Such members may be removed for cause by the Governor. (3) The Board of Trustees shall elect, in accordance with procedures established in its bylaws, two additional members to the Board, at least one of whom shall be a resident of the Virgin Islands, for terms of five years. Said bylaws shall provide a method for removal of such members for cause. (4) The student body of the University of the Virgin Islands shall elect annually one student who shall serve as a voting member of the Board. The student Board member shall be elected prior to the commencement of the 1988–89 school year and shall serve a one year term beginning September 1, 1988. The student member must be a resident of the Virgin Islands and must be enrolled as a full-time student, in good standing with the University and shall be elected alternately from each campus of the University. The student member shall be either a Junior or Senior at the time of his election to the Board. (5) The teaching faculty of the University of the Virgin Islands shall elect annually one full-time teaching faculty member who shall serve as a voting member of the Board. The faculty Board member shall be elected prior to the commencement of the 1988–89 school year and shall serve a one year term beginning September 1, 1988. The faculty member shall be elected alternately from each campus of the University. (6) The alumni association shall elect one member, from among its members, who shall serve as a voting member of the Board and shall serve for a three-year term. The alum shall be elected from existing alumni association chapters, and no chapter shall have two consecutive members on the Board. (7) Any person appointed or elected to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed or elected shall be appointed or elected only for the remainder of such term. Each member shall serve until the appointment and qualification of his successor; however, the Governor shall submit names of proposed new Board members to the Legislature within thirty (30) days after the expiration of the term of any Board member, or within sixty (60) days where the vacancy being filled is for an unexpired term.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 457 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 33 - University of the Virgin Islands|§ 457. President as chief executive officer; appointment of personnel; appeals from suspensions or dismissals

 (a) The President of the University shall serve as its chief executive officer and shall have the power to appoint and remove all professors, lecturers, instructors and all other professional and nonprofessional personnel in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the Board of Trustees; provided, that any person dismissed or suspended by the President shall have the right of appeal to the Board. (b) All employees who hold permanent positions at the University shall be covered in accordance with provisions of the Employees Retirement System of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands; provided that teaching, administrative faculty and other personnel who are eligible for coverage by the Teacher's Insurance and Annuity Association or other similar retirement systems may either join the Government Employees Retirement System or the Teacher's Insurance and Annuity Association or other similar retirement system, or if such an employee has prior credited service in the Government Employees Retirement System may upon employment with the University elect to remain in the Government Employees Retirement System or join the Teacher's Insurance and Annuity Association or other similar retirement systems.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 458 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 33 - University of the Virgin Islands|§ 458. Academic freedom and civil rights of personnel

 The academic freedom of the teacher and the full enjoyment of his political and civil rights is hereby guaranteed to all members of the teaching, technical and administrative personnel of the University of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 459 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 33 - University of the Virgin Islands|§ 459. Exemption of University's property from executions, liens or taxes

 (a) All property of the University, including funds, shall be exempt from judicial process of every kind, including, without limitation, attachment, levy, execution and sale by virtue of an execution, and no judgment shall be a lien or charge upon its property or funds; provided, that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees of the University to foreclose or otherwise enforce any mortgage or other security of the University or to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any lien or pledge given by the University upon its revenues, or to the right of the Federal Government to pursue any rights conferred upon it by Federal law, any contract, or the provisions of this chapter or chapter 35 of this title. (b) The property of the University acquired or held for its corporate purposes is declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes, and such property, and the University, are exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the Virgin Islands or of any taxing authority or body therein. (c) No judgment may be rendered against the University in excess of $75,000 in any suit or action against the University 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 University while acting within the scope of the employee’s employment under circumstances where the University, 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 University’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 University while the employee is acting within the scope of employment.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 461 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 33 - University of the Virgin Islands|§ 461. Maturity of bonds; interests; sales; validity; actions involving bonds

 (a) Bonds of the University shall be authorized by resolutions of its Board of Trustees; may be issued in one or more series and shall be offered, awarded and executed in such manner, bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding ten per centum per annum, be in such denomination or denominations, be in such form, bearer, order, coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption (with or without premium), as such resolution of the Board of Trustees, trust indenture, or mortgage may provide, and shall be fully negotiable. (b) The bonds may be sold at public or private sale at not less than par. (c) In case any of the Trustees or officers of the University whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupon shall cease to be such Trustees or officers before the delivery of the bonds, their signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if the Trustees or officers had remained in office until such delivery. (d) In any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforceability of any bond of the University or the security therefor, any such bond reciting in substance that it has been issued by the University to aid in financing a project as defined in this chapter, shall be conclusively deemed to have been issued for such purpose, and the project shall be conclusively deemed to have been planned, located, and carried out in accordance with the purposes and provisions of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 463 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 33 - University of the Virgin Islands|§ 463. Rights of obligee

 An obligee of the University, in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on such obligee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon him, may by a civil action— (1) compel the University and the Trustees, officers, agents or employees thereof to perform each and every term, provision and covenant contained in any contract of the University with or for the benefit of such obligee, and to carry out any or all such covenants and agreements of the University and fulfill all duties imposed upon the University by this chapter; or (2) enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful, or the violation of any rights of such obligee of the University.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 464 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 33 - University of the Virgin Islands|§ 464. Conferment of additional rights upon obligee; receiver

 The University by its resolution, or by declaration of trust, trust indenture, mortgage, lease, or other contract may confer upon any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, the right (in addition to all rights that may otherwise be conferred), upon the happening of an event of default as defined in such resolution or instrument, by a civil action in any court of complaint jurisdiction to— (1) cause possession of any project thereof to be surrendered to any such obligee; (2) obtain the appointment of a receiver of any project of the University or any part thereof and of the rents and profits therefrom; (3) require the University and the Trustees, officers, agents, and employees thereof to account as if it and they were trustees of an express trust.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 465 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 33 - University of the Virgin Islands|§ 465. Investment of public or private funds in bonds or other obligations

 Notwithstanding any restrictions on investments contained in any laws of the Virgin Islands, any political subdivision thereof, all public officers and other public bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking or investment business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any monies or funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by the University when such bonds or other obligations are secured by a pledge of annual contributions or other financial assistance to be paid by the Federal Government, or when such bonds or other obligations are secured by an agreement between the Federal Government and the University in which the Federal Government agrees to lend to the University, prior to the maturity of the bonds or other obligations, monies in an amount which (together with any other monies irrevocably committed to the payment of principal and interest on the bonds or other obligations) will suffice to pay the principal of the bonds or other obligations with interest to maturity, which monies under the terms of the agreement are required to be used for that purpose; and such bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits, it being the purpose of this section to authorize any of the foregoing to use any funds owned or controlled by them including, but not limited to, sinking, insurance, investment, retirement, compensation, pension, and trust funds and funds held on deposit for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving any person from any duty exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 466 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 33 - University of the Virgin Islands|§ 466. Provisions permitted in contracts with Federal Government

 In any contract with the Federal Government for financial assistance to the University, the University may obligate itself (which obligation shall be specifically enforceable and shall not constitute a mortgage, notwithstanding any other laws) to convey the project or part thereof in the event of a substantial default (as defined in such contract) with respect to the covenants or conditions to which the University is subject. The contract may further provide that in the case of such conveyance, the Federal Government may complete, operate, manage, lease, convey or otherwise deal with the project in accordance with the terms of such contract; provided, that the contract requires that, as soon as practicable after the Federal Government is satisfied that all defaults with respect to the project or part thereof have been cured and that the project will thereafter be operated in accordance with the terms of the contract, the Federal Government shall reconvey to the University the project as then constituted.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 468 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 33 - University of the Virgin Islands|§ 468. Power to render assistance by taxes, appropriations, borrowings, 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 United States 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 University for carrying out its powers, functions and duties under this chapter, for the provision of public improvements and other forms of local governmental cooperation, and for use in connection with any project of the University 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. 17, § 469 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 33 - University of the Virgin Islands|§ 469. Interest of trustees and others in projects; duty to disclose; violation

 During his tenure and for one year thereafter, no trustee, officer or employee of the University 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 trustee, officer, or employee involuntarily acquires any such interest, or voluntarily or involuntarily acquired any such interest prior to appointment or employment as a trustee, officer or employee, or thereafter, then in any such event, the trustee, officer or employee, shall immediately disclose his interest in writing to the University and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the Board of Trustees of the University and the trustee, officer or employee shall not participate in any action by the University 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 University 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. 17, § 470 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 33 - University of the Virgin Islands|§ 470. Morris F. de Castro Chair in Government

 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that in order to enhance the reputation for academic excellence and intellectual vitality of the University of the Virgin Islands, such institution must be able to attract distinguished and renowned scholars. In implementation of this purpose and to afford lasting tribute to the extraordinary dedication and devotion of Morris F. de Castro to the principles of good Government, and his exceptional service to the people of the Virgin Islands, the Legislature provides by sections 471–473 of this chapter for the establishment of a chair in Government at the University of the Virgin Islands. (b) There is hereby established in the University of the Virgin Islands, under the jurisdiction of the Board of Trustees thereof, the Morris F. de Castro Chair in Government. (c) The Board is authorized to contract with distinguished and outstanding scholars to fill the Morris F. de Castro Chair in Government, on such terms and conditions and for such duration as may be agreed upon by the parties. (d) The Board is further authorized to provide for proper facilities, equipment and such other services as may be necessary or appropriate to enable the holder of the Morris F. de Castro Chair to carry out his work in connection therewith and to give effect to the purposes for which such chair was established.