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V.I. Code tit. 31, § 250 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 31 - Public Works and Property|Part II - Public Property|Chapter 23 - Procurement and Sale|§ 250. Delegation of duties; bond

 (a) The Commissioner of Property and Procurement may delegate duties prescribed under this chapter to persons within the Department of Property and Procurement, subject to approval of the Governor. (b) Any person designated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be bonded in accordance with the provisions of chapter 31 of Title 3.
V.I. Code tit. 31, § 251 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 31 - Public Works and Property|Part II - Public Property|Chapter 23 - Procurement and Sale|§ 251. Designation of newspapers for publication of official notices

 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, and effective fifteen days after July 19, 1968, the Commissioner of Property and Procurement shall designate and contract with any newspapers or news magazine of general circulation in the Virgin Islands to publish official notices and publications of executive departments, agencies and other instrumentalities of the Government of the Virgin Islands. (b) Any newspaper or news magazine of general circulation, printed and published in the English language within the territory at least once per month for at least two years continuously, shall be eligible for designation to publish official government advertisements and notices under this section. (c) The Commissioner of Property and Procurement shall execute contracts for publication of government notices in accordance with this act for a period of one biennium, and biennially thereafter. Such contracts shall specify that during the first biennium the government shall pay a rate for advertising not higher than that existing upon the effective date of this section. The rate specified in a contract may not be increased during the period of the contract. In selecting newspapers for the publication of official notices the Commissioner shall determine that said notices are widely circulated in the islands of the territory. Only those notices affecting the island or islands in which the newspaper has a substantial circulation may be published in said newspaper. It shall be illegal to publish government notices in any publication other than the newspapers designated by the Commissioner, except that with the approval of the Commissioner and when the public interest demands, publication of special notices may be made in periodicals outside the United States Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 31, § 282 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 31 - Public Works and Property|Part II - Public Property|Chapter 25 - Surplus Property|§ 282. Delegation of duties; bond

 The Commissioner of Property and Procurement may delegate to any employee of the Department of Property and Procurement such power and authority as he deems reasonable and proper for the effective administration of this chapter. The Commissioner of Property and Procurement may, in his discretion, require a bond of any person in the employ of the Department of Property and Procurement handling money, signing checks, or receiving or distributing property from the United States under authority of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 31, § 283 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 31 - Public Works and Property|Part II - Public Property|Chapter 25 - Surplus Property|§ 283. Charges and fees for handling property

 Any charges made or fees assessed by the Commissioner of Property and Procurement for the acquisition, warehousing, distribution, or transfer of any property acquired by donation from the United States of America for public works, educational and public health purposes, including research, shall be limited to those reasonably related to the costs of care and handling in respect to its acquisition, receipt, warehousing, distribution or transfer by the Commissioner.
V.I. Code tit. 31, § 290 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 31 - Public Works and Property|Part II - Public Property|Chapter 26 - Relocation Assistance|§ 290. Declaration of Policy

 The purpose of this chapter is to provide uniform policies for the fair and equitable treatment of persons displaced by the acquisition of real property by the Government of the Virgin Islands and for other purposes.
V.I. Code tit. 31, § 291 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 31 - Public Works and Property|Part II - Public Property|Chapter 26 - Relocation Assistance|§ 291. Definitions

 As used in this chapter: (1) “Agency” means any department, agency, or instrumentality of the Government of the Virgin Islands, displacing agency or entity, any person or private entity, whether or not it has the authority to acquire property by eminent domain, and which in carrying out a program or project with Federal financial assistance causes a person(s) to be displaced; (2) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, or association; (3) “Displacing agency” means any department, agency, instrumentality of the Government of the Virgin Islands, any person or private entity, whether or not it has the authority to acquire property by eminent domain, and which in carrying out a program or project with Federal financial assistance, causes person(s) to be displaced. (4) “Displaced person” means any person who, on or after August 11, 1972, moves from real property, or moves his personal property from real property, as a result of the acquisition of such real property, in whole or in part, or as the result of the written order of the acquiring agency to vacate real property, for a program or project undertaken by an agency; and solely for the purposes of sections 292 and 294 of this chapter, as a result of the acquisition of or as a result of the written order of the acquiring agency to vacate other real property, on which such person conducts a business or farm operation, for such program or project; (5) “Nonprofit organization” means any organization which could qualify for a certificate of tax exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code; (6) “Business” means any lawful activity required to be licensed as a business by the laws of the Virgin Islands, excepting a farm operation; (7) “Farm operation” means any activity conducted solely or primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products or commodities, including timber, for sale or home use, and customarily producing such products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support.
V.I. Code tit. 31, § 292 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 31 - Public Works and Property|Part II - Public Property|Chapter 26 - Relocation Assistance|§ 292. Moving and related expenses

 (a) If an agency acquires a real property for public use, it shall make fair and reasonable relocation payments to displaced persons and businesses as required by this chapter for: (1) actual reasonable expenses in moving himself, his family, business, farm operation, or other personal property; (2) actual direct losses of tangible personal property as a result of moving or discontinuing a business or farm operation, but not to exceed an amount equal to the reasonable expenses that would have been required to relocate such property, as determined by the agency; (3) actual reasonable expenses in searching for a replacement business or farm; and (4) actual reasonable expense necessary to reestablish a displaced farm, nonprofit organization, or small business at its new site, but not to exceed $10,000. (b) Any displaced person eligible for payments under subsection (a) of this section who is displaced from a dwelling and who elects to accept the payments authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payments authorized by subsection (a) of this section may receive a moving expense allowance, determined according to a schedule established by the agency, in at least the amount as provided by the applicable laws of the United States, or where no such laws are applicable, as shall be prescribed by regulations. (c) Any displaced person eligible for payments under subsection (a) of this section, who is displaced from his place of business or from his farm operation and who elects to accept the payment authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payment authorized by subsection (a) of this section, may receive a fixed payment in an amount equal to the average annual net earnings of the business or farm operation, except that such payment shall at least be the amount provided by the applicable laws of the United States. For purposes of this subsection, the term “net earnings” means any net earnings of the business or farm operation before federal, state, and local income taxes during the two taxable years immediately preceding the taxable year in which the business or farm operation moves from the real property acquired for such project, or during such other period as the agency determines to be more equitable for establishing such earnings, and includes any compensation paid by the business or farm operation to the owner, his spouse, or his dependents during such period.
V.I. Code tit. 31, § 293 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 31 - Public Works and Property|Part II - Public Property|Chapter 26 - Relocation Assistance|§ 293. Replacement housing for homeowners

 (a) In addition to payments otherwise authorized by this chapter, the agency shall make an additional payment not in excess of the amount provided by the applicable laws of the United States, or where no such laws are applicable, as shall be prescribed by regulation, to any displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling actually owned and occupied by the displaced person for not less than 180 days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the property. The additional payment shall include the following elements: (1) the amount, if any, which when added to the acquisition cost of the dwelling acquired, equals the reasonable cost of a comparable dwelling. (2) the amount, if any, which will compensate the displaced person for any increased interest costs which the person is required to pay for financing the acquisition of a comparable replacement dwelling. The amount shall be paid only if the dwelling acquired was encumbered by a bona fide mortgage which was a valid lien on the dwelling for not less than 180 days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the dwelling; and (3) reasonable expenses incurred by the displaced person for evidence of title, recording fees, and other closing costs incident to the purchase of the replacement dwelling, but not including prepaid expenses. (b) The additional payment authorized by this section shall be made only to a displaced person who purchases and occupies a replacement dwelling which is decent, safe, and sanitary not later than the end of the one year period beginning on the date on which he receives final payment of all costs of the acquired dwelling, or the date on which the displacing agency may extend such period for good cause. If such period is extended, the payment under this section shall be based on the costs of relocating the person to a comparable replacement dwelling within one year of such date.
V.I. Code tit. 31, § 294 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 31 - Public Works and Property|Part II - Public Property|Chapter 26 - Relocation Assistance|§ 294. Replacement housing for tenants and certain others

 (a) In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this chapter, an agency shall make a payment to or for any displaced person displaced from any dwelling not eligible to receive a payment under section 293 of this chapter, which dwelling was actually and lawfully occupied by the displaced person for not less than 90 days prior to the initiation of negotiations for acquisition of such dwelling or in any case in which displacement is not a direct result of acquisition. The payment shall consist of an amount necessary to enable such person to lease or rent for a period not to exceed forty-two (42) months, a comparable replacement dwelling, but not to exceed a total of $5,250. At the discretion of the agency head, a payment under this section may be made in periodic installments. Computation of a payment under this section to a low income displaced person for a comparable replacement dwelling shall take into account such person's income. (b) Any person eligible for a payment under subsection (a) above may elect to apply such payment to a down payment on, and other incidental expenses pursuant to, the purchase of a decent, safe, and sanitary replacement dwelling. Any such person may, at the discretion of the head of the displacing agency, be eligible under this subsection for the maximum payment allowed under subsection (a), except that, in the case of a displaced homeowner who has owned and occupied the displacement dwelling for at least 90 days but not more than 180 days immediately prior to the initiation of such negotiations for the acquisition of such dwelling, such payment shall not exceed the payment such person would otherwise have received under section 293 had the person owned and occupied the displacement dwelling 180 days immediately prior to the initiation of such negotiations.
V.I. Code tit. 31, § 295 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 31 - Public Works and Property|Part II - Public Property|Chapter 26 - Relocation Assistance|§ 295. Relocation Assistance Advisory Programs

 (a) Whenever the acquisition of real property for a program or project undertaken by an agency will result in the displacement of any person on or after August 11, 1972, the agency shall provide a relocation assistance advisory program for displaced persons which shall offer the services prescribed in subsection (b) of this section. If the agency determines that any person occupying property immediately adjacent to the real property acquired is caused substantial economic injury because of the acquisition, it may offer the person relocation advisory services under the program. (b) Each relocation assistance program required by subsection (a) shall include such measures, facilities, or services as may be necessary or appropriate in order (1) to determine the needs of displaced persons, business concerns, and nonprofit organizations for relocation assistance; (2) to assist owners of displaced businesses and farm operations in obtaining and becoming established in suitable business locations or replacement farms; (3) to supply information concerning programs of the federal, territorial and local governments offering assistance to displaced persons and business concerns; (4) to assist in minimizing hardships to displaced persons in adjusting to relocation; and (5) to secure, to the greatest extent practicable, the coordination of relocation activities with other project activities and other planned or proposed governmental actions in the community or nearby areas which may affect the carrying out of the relocation program.
V.I. Code tit. 31, § 296 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 31 - Public Works and Property|Part II - Public Property|Chapter 26 - Relocation Assistance|§ 296. Assurance of availability of standard housing

 (a) Whenever the acquisition of real property for a program or project undertaken by an agency will result in the displacement of any person on or after August 11, 1972, the agency shall assure that, within a reasonable period of time prior to displacement, there will be available in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and individuals displaced, decent, safe and sanitary dwellings equal in number to the number of and available to displaced persons who require dwellings and reasonably accessible to their places of employment, except that the Governor by regulation may provide for emergencies, hardships, and related exceptions which may be necessary in the administration of the chapter. (b) If a program or project undertaken by a federal agency or with the financial assistance of the United States cannot proceed on a timely basis because comparable replacement dwellings are not available, and the head of the displacing agency determines that such dwellings cannot otherwise be made available, the head of the displacing agency determines that such dwellings cannot otherwise be made available, the head of the displacing agency may take such action as is necessary or appropriate to provide such dwellings by the use of funds authorized for such project. The head of the displacing agency may use this section to exceed the maximum amounts which may be paid under applicable laws of the United States on a case-by-case basis for good cause as determined in accordance with such regulations as the United States shall issue. (c) No person shall be required to move from his dwelling on account of any program or project undertaken by a federal agency or with financial assistance of the United States, unless the head of the displacing agency is satisfied that comparable replacement housing is available to such person, except in the case of (1) a major disaster as defined in the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, as amended, Section 102(2), (2) a national emergency declared by the President; or (3) any other emergency declared by the Governor, which requires the person to move immediately from the dwelling because continued occupancy of such dwelling by such person constitutes a substantial danger to the health or safety of such person.
V.I. Code tit. 31, § 298 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 31 - Public Works and Property|Part II - Public Property|Chapter 26 - Relocation Assistance|§ 298. Administration

 In order to prevent unnecessary expense and duplication of functions, and to promote uniform and effective administration of relocation assistance programs for displaced persons, the agency, with the approval of the Governor may enter into contracts with any individual, firm, association or corporation for services in connection with those programs, or may carry out its functions under this chapter through any federal agency or any department or instrumentality of the territory or its political subdivisions having an established organization for conducting relocation assistance programs.
V.I. Code tit. 31, § 299 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 31 - Public Works and Property|Part II - Public Property|Chapter 26 - Relocation Assistance|§ 299. Fund availability

 Funds appropriated or otherwise available to any agency for the acquisition of real property or any interest therein for a particular program or project shall be available also for obligation and expenditure to carry out the provisions of this chapter as applied to that program or project.
V.I. Code tit. 31, § 300 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 31 - Public Works and Property|Part II - Public Property|Chapter 26 - Relocation Assistance|§ 300. Displacement by rehabilitation, demolition or other displacing activity

 (a) A person who moves or discontinues his business or farm or moves other personal property, or moves from his dwelling as the result of rehabilitation, demolition or such other displacing activity as the Governor may prescribe under a program or project undertaken by the agency solely for the purpose of sections 293 and 294 of this chapter, as a result of rehabilitation, demolition, or such other displacing activity as the Governor may prescribe, of other real property on which such person conducts a business or farm operation under a program or project undertaken by an agency, where the agency determines that such displacement is permanent is deemed to be a “displaced person” for the purposes of this chapter. (b) The term “displaced person” does not include: (1) a person who has been determined, according to criteria established by the Governor, to be either unlawfully occupying the displacement dwelling or to have occupied such dwelling for the purpose of obtaining assistance under this chapter; (2) in any case in which the displacing agency acquires property for a program or project, any person (other than a person who was an occupant of such property at the time it was acquired) who occupies such property on a rental basis for a short term or a period subject to termination when the property is needed for the program or project.
V.I. Code tit. 31, § 301 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 31 - Public Works and Property|Part II - Public Property|Chapter 26 - Relocation Assistance|§ 301. Payments not to be considered as income or resources

 No payment received by a displaced person under this chapter shall be considered as income or resources for the purpose of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under any law of the Virgin Islands or for the purposes of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under the tax laws of the Virgin Islands. These payments shall not be considered as income or resources of any recipient of public assistance and the payments shall not be deducted from the amount of aid to which the recipient would otherwise be entitled.
V.I. Code tit. 31, § 302 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 31 - Public Works and Property|Part II - Public Property|Chapter 26 - Relocation Assistance|§ 302. Appeal procedure

 Any person or business concern aggrieved by a final administrative determination hereunder concerning eligibility for relocation payments, or the amount thereof, authorized by this chapter may appeal that determination to the District Court of the Judicial Division in which the land taken for public use is located or in which the building code enforcement activity occurs or the voluntary rehabilitation program is conducted.
V.I. Code tit. 32, § 201 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 32 - Sports and Parks|Chapter 11 - Horse Racing|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 201. Horse Racing Commission

 (a) There is established within the Department of Sports, Parks and Recreation a commission for the regulation of horse racing known as the Virgin Islands Horse Racing Commission. The Commission is composed of nine voting members. Four members must reside in the district of St. Croix, and four members must reside in the district of St. Thomas and St. John, with one member residing in St. John. The Governor shall appoint the eight members with the advice and consent of the Legislature. The Commissioner of Sports, Parks and Recreation shall serve ex officio as the ninth voting member of the Commission. A quorum consists of not fewer than two members from the district of St. Croix and two members from St. Thomas-St. John district. (b) In the initial appointments, under subsection (a), two members must be appointed for two years and two members for three years. Thereafter, all appointments are for six years; but the appointment of a member to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which the member’s predecessor was appointed is only for the remainder of such term. Each member shall serve until the appointment and qualification of the member’s successor. (c) The members of the Commission shall annually elect one of their members to serve as chair of the Commission; but the Commissioner of Sports, Parks and Recreation shall call the initial meeting of the Commission for the purpose of organizing the Commission. (d) Any member may be removed by the Governor for cause. (e) In addition to actual travelling expenses, each member of the Commission shall receive $500 for each race day spent in performing the duties of the Commission. (f) The Commission has such powers, duties and authority as are prescribed by law. No member of the Commission, who has a pecuniary interest, directly or indirectly, in any horse registered for participation in horse races in the Virgin Islands, may participate in any meeting, hearing, decision, or determination in relation to— (1) the order of finish of any race; (2) the disqualification of any horse participating in a race; (3) the granting, denial, suspension, or revocation of any license; and (4) the imposition of any administrative penalties or sanctions.