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V.I. Code tit. 30, § 116 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Water and Power Systems|Subchapter V - Other Purposes|§ 116. Competitive bidding

 (a) All purchases and contracts for supplies for services, except for personal services, made by the Authority, including contracts for the construction of facilities of the Authority, shall be made after advertisement for bids sufficiently in advance of opening bids for the Authority to secure appropriate notice and opportunity for competition; provided, that where the expense estimated to be necessary in connection with the purchase or work does not exceed two thousand five hundred (2,500) dollars the same may be carried out without advertisement for bids. Advertisement for bids shall not be required, however, when— (1) an emergency requires immediate delivery of the materials, supplies, equipment, or performance of the services; or (2) repair parts, accessories, or supplemental equipment or services are required for supplies or service previously furnished or contracted for; or (3) professional, financial (including financial printing) or other expert services or work are required and the Authority shall deem it best in the interest of good administration that contracts therefor be made without such advertisement; or (4) prices are noncompetitive because there is only one source of supply or because regulated under law; in such case the purchase of such materials, supplies, or equipment, or procurement of such services, may be made in the open market in the manner usual in commercial practice. In the comparison of bids and the making of awards, due consideration shall be given to such factors (in addition to whether the bidder has complied with the specifications) as the bidder's ability to perform construction work of the kind involved in the construction contract under consideration; the relative quality and adaptability of materials, supplies, equipment, or services; and the time of delivery or performance offered. The Authority may prescribe rules and regulations for the submission of bids. (b) Any contract, purchase agreement or other instrument of sale accepted by the Authority for construction of a water or power plant shall contain an enforceable performance guarantee by the seller that the completed plant will produce as specified in the accepted contract, purchase agreement, or other instrument of sale. The seller shall provide, in addition to the guarantee, a detailed plan for engineering maintenance supervision and give assurances satisfactory to the Authority that such plan, if implemented will enable the plant to be operated as specified and during the life anticipated in the contract, purchase agreement or other instrument of sale.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 117 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Water and Power Systems|Subchapter V - Other Purposes|§ 117. Contributions to Employees Retirement System and Government Insurance Fund; Unemployment Compensation and Social Security Coverage

 (a) All officials and employees of the Authority shall be covered by and subject to the Employees Retirement System of the Virgin Islands and the Workmen['s] Compensation Act. The Authority shall 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 Division of Personnel, 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. The Authority shall also 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 Authority'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 Authority into the Treasury of the Virgin Islands as miscellaneous receipts. (b) For purposes of unemployment compensation, the Authority shall be deemed an employing unit as defined in section 302(j)(1) of Title 24, and the Authority 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 section 308(d) of Title 24. (c) For purposes of Social Security coverage, the authority shall be deemed as an employing unit following signature of an agreement between the Government of the Virgin Islands and the Social Security Administration; and the Authority shall make appropriate payroll deductions on the part of employees as well as on its own behalf as employer, and such deductions shall be paid to the Social Security Administration in accordance with existing procedures and in a manner identical with other covered agencies of the Government of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 118 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Water and Power Systems|Subchapter V - Other Purposes|§ 118. Reports

 The Authority shall submit to the Legislature and to the Governor of the Virgin Islands, as soon as practicable 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.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 119 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Water and Power Systems|Subchapter V - Other Purposes|§ 119. Agreements of the Government of the Virgin Islands

 The Government of the Virgin Islands does hereby pledge to, contract and agree with, any person, firm or corporation, or any Federal, Virgin Islands or state agency, subscribing to or acquiring bonds of the Authority or of the Government of the Virgin Islands issued for the purposes of this chapter, that it obligates itself not to limit or alter the rights or powers hereby vested in the Authority or the Government, as the case may be, until all such bonds at any time issued, together with the interest thereon, are fully met and discharged. The Government of the Virgin Islands does further pledge to, contract and agree with, any Federal agency that in the event any such agency shall construct, extend, improve, or enlarge or contribute any funds for the construction, extension, improvement, or enlargement of, any facilities, the Government of the Virgin Islands will not alter or limit the rights or powers of the Authority in any manner which would be inconsistent with the continued maintenance and operation of such facilities or the extensions, improvement, or enlargement thereof, or which would be inconsistent with the due performance of any agreements between the Authority and any such Federal agency; and the Authority shall continue to have and may exercise all rights and powers herein granted so long as the same shall be necessary or desirable for the carrying out of the purposes of this chapter and the purpose of any Federal agency in constructing, extending, improving or enlarging, or contributing funds for the construction, extension, improvement or enlargement of, any facilities.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 120 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Water and Power Systems|Subchapter V - Other Purposes|§ 120. Injunctions

 An injunction shall not be granted to prevent the application of this chapter or any part thereof.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 121 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Water and Power Systems|Subchapter V - Other Purposes|§ 121. Lack of jurisdiction of other agencies

 No officer, board, commission, department or other agency or political subdivision of the Virgin Islands shall have jurisdiction over the Authority in the management and control of its properties and facilities, or any power over the regulation of rates, fees, rentals and other charges to be fixed, revised and collected by the Authority, or any power to require a certificate of convenience or necessity, license, consent, or other authorization in order that the Authority may acquire, lease, own and operate, construct, maintain, improve, extend or enlarge any facility.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 122 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Water and Power Systems|Subchapter V - Other Purposes|§ 122. Applicability of other laws

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as exempting the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority from any law made specifically applicable thereto or generally applicable to independent instrumentalities of the Government of the Virgin Islands, whether such law was enacted before, on, or after February 14, 1980.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 123 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Water and Power Systems|Subchapter V - Other Purposes|§ 123. Separability of provisions

 If any provisions of this chapter or the application of such provisions to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of the chapter and the application of such provisions to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it shall have been held invalid shall not be affected thereby.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 124 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Water and Power Systems|Subchapter V - Other Purposes|§ 124. Compliance with the Virgin Islands Coastal Zone Management Act of 1978

 Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter to the contrary, the Authority shall comply with and be subject to all provisions and requirements of Title 12, chapter 21 of this Code (Virgin Islands Coastal Zone Management Act of 1978).
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 125 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Water and Power Systems|Subchapter V - Other Purposes|§ 125. Reading of electric power service meters

 (a) The electric power service meters shall be read at least once every month by duly trained personnel of the Authority. (b) At the time of reading the meter, the Authority employee making the actual reading shall leave a written notice informing the subscriber of the results of the reading affixed to the meter or in a convenient place likely to be found by the subscriber as evidence of the reading. (c) The Authority shall give each subscriber guidance on reading his own meter. (d) The Authority shall distribute among its current and new subscribers written information in both the English and Spanish languages on how to read the meter and billing of said services, and it may also use for this purpose any means of public information.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 126 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Water and Power Systems|Subchapter V - Other Purposes|§ 126. Separation of accounts

 The Authority is prohibited from disconnecting both electric and water services from a customer where the customer is delinquent in payment for only one service.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 127 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Water and Power Systems|Subchapter V - Other Purposes|§ 127. Back billing

 (a) The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority may not back bill customers for additional consumption of water, or electricity power due to faulty meters or previous billing errors, except as provided in this section. (1) In cases of non-functioning or defective meters, the authority is prohibited from back billing customers for additional consumption of water or power based upon estimated usage except for back billing not exceeding the three billing cycles of approximately thirty days each immediately preceding the discovery by the Authority of the error, and not to exceed three months, for the reasonably estimated usage for such cycles, using reasonable estimates based upon subsequent actual average daily consumption by the consumer over a two month period, or other formula, with any such other formula to be approved by the Public Services Commission. (2) In cases of other billing errors or omissions, the Authority is prohibited from back billing customers for additional consumption of water, or power except for back billing not exceeding the three billing cycles of approximately thirty days each immediately preceding the discovery by such utility of the error, and not to exceed three months. (3) The time limitations of this section do not apply in any case where a meter is shown by the utility to have been damaged or to be unavailable to be read as a result of actions or negligence of the consumer, where there is active fraud or tampering with the meters in question on the part of the consumer or by an agent or employee of the consumer, or where there is proof of fraud, collusion or conspiracy by the consumer to pay less than the proper charges for water or power. (b) For purposes of this section, the burden of proof shall be on the utility by clear and convincing evidence that the meters were actually read.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 151 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 7 - Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System|Subchapter I - Declaration of Findings and Policy; Definitions|§ 151. Declaration of findings and policy

 The Legislature hereby declares that— (a) It is in the public interest to establish a Public Broadcasting System in the Virgin Islands. (b) Such a System will advance the general welfare, education, cultural development and awareness of public affairs of all the population of the Virgin Islands. (c) Such a System will provide an effective supplement, by broadcast instruction, to the in-school education of the children of the Virgin Islands. (d) The powers and duties conferred by this chapter are for public uses and purposes and are proper governmental functions for which public money may be expended and private property may be acquired. (e) The provisions enacted by this chapter are hereby declared to be necessary in the public interest, and the facilities herein authorized are declared to be public improvements and public undertakings.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 152 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 7 - Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System|Subchapter I - Declaration of Findings and Policy; Definitions|§ 152. Definitions

 (a) The term “System” shall mean the Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System established by this chapter. Such System shall be deemed a state educational broadcasting agency under section 394, Title 47, United States Code. (b) The term “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the System. (c) The term “Chief Executive Officer” shall mean the person appointed by the Board under section 202(e) to be in charge of the operations of the System and to administer and implement policies and procedures of the System. (d) The term “facility” shall include but not be limited to any one or more of the following for the production, transmission and reception of public television or radio programming in the Virgin Islands, to wit: studios for the live and recorded production of television or radio programs; television master control equipment; broadcasting facilities on St. Thomas and St. Croix consisting of a television plant; studio-to-transmitter microwave facilities to inter-connect the television studios and the primary transmitting facilities; master antenna receiving equipment and classroom cable distribution equipment for all public schools in the Virgin Islands; television receivers for use in the classrooms; mobile or fixed remote television origination facilities, radio studios, transmitters, towers, and all necessary associated equipment for radio broadcasting. (e) The term “Federal Agency” shall mean the United States of America, the President or any department thereof, or any corporation, agency or instrumentality heretofore or hereafter created, designated, or established by the United States of America. (f) Words importing the singular number shall include the plural number and vice versa and words importing persons shall include firms, partnerships of all kinds, corporations or philanthropic foundations.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 202 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 7 - Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System|§ 202. Board of Directors; General Manager

 (a) The powers of the System shall be exercised by a Board of Directors consisting of the members of the System designated under section 201 of this chapter. (b) Within thirty days after this chapter becomes effective, the Board shall meet, and organize. The Board shall elect a Chairman and Vice Chairman from among its members; officers shall serve for a term of one year and shall be eligible for re-election. (c) The Board shall hold regular meetings to hear reports of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and to give policy guidance and direction to the System. Board members, shall be eligible for reimbursement of travel and other expenses and for per diem at such rates and under such conditions as may be provided by law for members of Virgin Islands Government boards and commissions. (d) Five members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of organizing the System and conducting the business thereof and for all other purposes, and all action shall be taken by a vote of the majority of those present. (e) The Board shall appoint a Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of the System, and by contract or otherwise may employ such consultants, consulting engineers, fiscal, legal, programming or other technical experts as it may deem necessary, and shall determine their qualifications, duties, tenure and compensation without regard to chapter 25 of Title 3, Virgin Islands Code. The bylaws of the System may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer or other officers, agents or employees of the System, such power and duties of the System as the Board may deem necessary and proper. (f) The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer shall be appointed by the Board exclusively upon the basis of merit as determined by training, skill, experience, and other qualifications necessary to achieving the purposes of the System. (g) The System shall, whenever feasible, hire and train permanent residents of the Virgin Islands, to the end that, as soon as possible consistent with the maintenance of the highest broadcasting and operating standards, the System will be fully staffed by Virgin Islands residents. (h) The Board may establish a Citizens' Advisory Committee to foster the development, support and utilization of public television in the Virgin Islands. Members of the Committee shall be representative of the Virgin Islands community.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 204 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 7 - Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System|§ 204. Limitation on use of facility

 The facilities of, and programs transmitted by, the System shall not be used for biased or one-sided presentations of any partisan or political issue, or for advocating or opposing any present or prospective candidacy for public office, or for advocating or opposing any pending legislation of the Virgin Islands or of the United States. The facilities shall be used in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission relating to broadcasting by candidates for public office, personal attacks and political editorials. The foregoing shall not prohibit the presentation of programs or series of programs which provide equal opportunity to candidates for public office and a balanced presentation of public issues.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 205 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 7 - Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System|§ 205. Contributions to Employees Retirement System and Government Insurance Fund; unemployment compensation coverage

 (a) All officials and employees of the System shall be covered by and subject to the Employees Retirement System of the Virgin Islands and the Workers' Compensation Administration Act. The System shall 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 Division of Personnel, 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. The System shall also 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 System'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 System into the Treasury of the Virgin Islands as miscellaneous receipts. (b) For purposes of unemployment compensation, the System shall be deemed an employing unit as defined in 24 V.I.C. § 302(j)(1) and the System shall make payments to the Unemployment Compensation Subfund and the Unemployment Compensation Administration Subfund in lieu of contributing in the same manner provided for the Government of the Virgin Islands by 24 V.I.C. § 308(d).
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 206 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 7 - Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System|§ 206. Reports

 The System shall submit to the Legislature and to the Governor of the Virgin Islands, as soon as practicable 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 System 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 System or the date of its last such report. The System shall also submit to the Legislature and to the Governor, at such other times as either may require, official reports of its business and activities under this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 207 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 7 - Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System|§ 207. Applicability of other laws

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as exempting the Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System from any law made specifically applicable thereto or generally applicable to independent instrumentalities of the Government of the Virgin Islands, whether such law was enacted before, on, or after February 14, 1980.