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V.I. Code tit. 30, § 62 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 3 - Water Supply|Subchapter II - Rain Water Supply|§ 62. Installation and maintenance

 There shall be installed and/or maintained on all premises within the town limits of the Towns of Charlotte Amalie, Christiansted and Frederiksted, on which buildings are located, a system to provide an adequate rain water supply. Such adequate water supply shall be in proportion to the size of the roof area and shall provide at least 4 ½ gallons of storage capacity per square foot of roof area, except that existing churches and warehouses shall be excluded. For all buildings constructed or rebuilt after September 1, 1957, the building permit shall make it mandatory for the builder to comply with the minimum water requirements of this section.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 63 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 3 - Water Supply|Subchapter II - Rain Water Supply|§ 63. Containers for storage

 The water supply provided for by section 62 of this title shall be stored in mosquito-proof containers constructed of metal, masonry, concrete, or wood. Each container shall be kept in good repair and condition at all times.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 64 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 3 - Water Supply|Subchapter II - Rain Water Supply|§ 64. Devices for conducting water into containers

 There shall be constructed and/or maintained on all buildings, whether occupied or unoccupied, adequate eave-gutters, spoutings, or other devices for conducting the water provided for by sections 62 and 63 of this title into the containers on the premises. Lead pipes shall not be used for such purpose. Such eave-gutters, spoutings, or other devices shall be kept in good repair and condition at all times.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 65 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 3 - Water Supply|Subchapter II - Rain Water Supply|§ 65. Persons required to comply with sections 62–64; construction by Government; liens

 The owner of the premises on which any buildings are located, erected, or reconstructed shall comply with the provisions of sections 62–64 of this title, except that, in cases where the land is owned by one party and the building thereon is owned by another party, the owner of the building shall comply with the provisions of such sections. If such owner fails to comply with the provisions of such sections, the Commissioner of Public Works shall undertake the construction, reconstruction, or repair of the container and conducting devices required by such sections, and the cost therefor shall be paid by the owner. If the owner fails to pay the cost of such construction, reconstruction, or repair, the Virgin Islands Government shall have and is hereby granted a lien on such property with simple interest at 9 per centum per annum. Such lien may be foreclosed after the expiration of a period of five years.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 66 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 3 - Water Supply|Subchapter II - Rain Water Supply|§ 66. Protection of catchment areas and containers; sanitation

 Poultry shall not be allowed on any roof or catchment area. All catchment areas shall be fenced and kept in good repair, and free from vegetation at all times. No person shall throw filth or refuse into, or otherwise pollute, any rain water container or well. Every water container shall be cleaned at least once in every five-year period. The water in any container or well shall be considered polluted so as to be injurious to health when— (1) any dead reptile, bird, or mammal is found therein; or (2) any excessive amount of fungi, vegetable matter, or sediment is found therein; or (3) on analysis, the water is found to have an excessive bacteriologic or chemical content. The Commissioner of Health shall be responsible for the enforcement of this section.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 67 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 3 - Water Supply|Subchapter II - Rain Water Supply|§ 67. Prohibition against destruction of vegetation

 No tree or other vegetation shall be cut or otherwise destroyed within 100 feet on either side of a water course, or any ravine, “gut” or spring.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 68 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 3 - Water Supply|Subchapter II - Rain Water Supply|§ 68. Loans for construction

 (a) Loans may be made from public or trust funds to property owners financially unable to comply with sections 62–64 of this title, for the construction of water storage facilities. Such loans shall not exceed $1,000 to any one person, shall be repaid in installments within a period not to exceed 5 years, and shall bear simple interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum. The total of such loans outstanding at any time shall not exceed $80,000. The Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority shall receive applications for such loans and shall be responsible for processing and acting upon such applications and for the general administration of this section. (b) Loans authorized by this section may be made to persons whose properties are in the country districts of St. Thomas and St. Croix or on the island of St. John regardless of the provisions of sections 61 and 62 of this title. (c) Loans authorized by section 68 of this title may be made only upon the following conditions— (1) they shall be secured by first or second mortgages upon real property and shall not exceed 60 per cent of the value assessed for tax purposes upon the property offered for security; (2) the owners shall have clear title to the building or buildings; (3) loans may be made with security in superficiary houses when the tenant has a satisfactory lease for the land which will extend during the term of the loan; and (4) the property offered as security shall be insured against fire.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 69 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 3 - Water Supply|Subchapter II - Rain Water Supply|§ 69. Penalty for violating sections 62–68

 Whoever violates any of the provisions of sections 62–68 of this title shall be fined not more than $200.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 101 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Water and Power Systems|Subchapter I - Declaration of Findings and Policy and Definitions|§ 101. Declarations of findings and policy

 (a) An adequate supply of water and electric power is essential to the public welfare and the economic health of the Virgin Islands. (b) Acute, severe and chronic water and electric power supply problems afflict the Virgin Islands. (c) The inadequacy of existing water and electric power systems in the Virgin Islands constitutes a menace to the health and safety of its people and is inimical to its economic growth. (d) The development, acquisition, construction, improvement, reconstruction, enlargement, extension, operation, repair, maintenance and use of water and electric power systems in the Virgin Islands is necessary to assure adequate water and electric power supplies and will protect the public health and safety and promote the public interest by economic development of the Virgin Islands. (e) The powers conferred by this chapter are for public uses and purposes and are proper governmental functions for which public money may be expended, private property may be acquired, by eminent domain or otherwise, and bonds or other obligations may be issued pursuant to section 8(b) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, as amended, or any other such authority as may hereafter be conferred by Federal law. (f) 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, § 103 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Water and Power Systems|Subchapter II - Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority|§ 103. Creation of Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority

 (a) There is hereby created a body corporate and politic constituting a public corporation and autonomous governmental instrumentality of the Government of the Virgin Islands, by the name of the “Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority”, which shall be governed by a board consisting of nine persons, six of whom shall not be employees of the Government of the Virgin Islands or the Government of the United States and who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Legislature, and three of whom shall be appointed by the Governor from among the heads of cabinet-level executive departments or agencies. Of the non-governmental members, three must be residents of the District of St. Thomas-St. John, and three must be residents of the District of St. Croix. Non-governmental members shall be appointed for terms of three years, provided, however, that the first appointments made pursuant to this subsection shall be for a term of one year for one of the members from the District of St. Thomas-St. John, and for one of the members from the District of St. Croix, and for a term of two years for one of the members from the District of St. Thomas-St. John, and for one of the members from the District of St. Croix. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of such term, provided, however, that each member shall serve until the appointment and confirmation of his successor. Non-government members may be reappointed with the advice and consent of the Legislature and such members may be removed for cause by the Governor. Government members shall serve during the term of their government position at the pleasure of the Governor. No government member shall be paid compensation in addition to his regular government salary by reason of his service on the Governing Board. Non-government members shall be compensated at the rate of $50.00 a day for each day or fraction thereof spent in the work of the Authority. All members shall be entitled to reimbursement for, or per diem in lieu of, necessary travel expenses. (b) The Authority hereby created is and shall be an autonomous governmental instrumentality subject, as provided for herein, to the control of the Governing Board thereof, but it is a corporation having legal existence and personality separate and apart from the Government. Subject to section 112(a) of this title, the debts, obligations, contracts, bonds, notes, debentures, receipts, expenditures, accounts, funds, facilities, and property of the Authority shall be deemed to be those of said Authority and not to be those of the Government of the Virgin Islands, or any office, bureau, department, agency, commission, municipality, branch, agent, officer or employee thereof.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 109 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Water and Power Systems|Subchapter III - Bonds of Authority|§ 109. 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 Authority 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 Authority and the Board thereof to account as if they were the trustees of 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) No remedy conferred by this chapter upon any holder of the bonds, or any trustee therefor, is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, but each such remedy is cumulative and in addition to every other 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 of 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 of 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 Authority 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. 30, § 110 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Water and Power Systems|Subchapter III - Bonds of Authority|§ 110. Bonds of Authority legal investments for public or private funds

 The bonds of the Authority shall be lawful investment, 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. 30, § 111 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Water and Power Systems|Subchapter III - Bonds of Authority|§ 111. Exemption of Authority from judicial process and taxes

 (a) All property including funds of the Authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall any judgment against the Authority be a charge or lien upon its property; provided, however, that this subsection shall not apply to or limit the right of bondholders to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by the Authority on its rates, fees, revenues, or other income or any other funds. (b) The purpose for which the Authority is created and shall exercise its powers being public purposes, the property of the Authority, its income and its activities shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the Virgin Islands or any political subdivision thereof. In lieu of taxes, the Authority shall pay ten percent (10%) of its net revenues or $500,000, whichever is greater, to the Government of the Virgin Islands as a contribution to the General Fund.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 112 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Water and Power Systems|Subchapter IV - Assistance of Government of the Virgin Islands|§ 112. Financial assistance; guarantees and purchases of bonds of Authority; loans and grants

 (a) For the purpose of assisting the Authority with its financing, the Government of the Virgin Islands, to the extent permitted by the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, as amended, or any other applicable Federal law, may— (1) guarantee payment of the bonds of the Authority, both as to principal and interest; (2) employ its funds in the purchase of the bonds of the Authority, notwithstanding any provision of any law to the contrary. (b) For the purpose of raising funds to be granted or loaned to the Authority to construct, improve, extend, better, repair, reconstruct, acquire and equip any part of the Authority's water systems, the Government of the Virgin Islands may— (1) borrow money, make and issue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness, and secure such bonds or other obligations by pledge of the Government's credit and taxing power, as provided for in section 113 of this title; (2) make or issue bonds for the purpose of funding, refunding, purchasing, paying, or discharging any of the outstanding bonds or obligations issued, guaranteed or assumed by it in pursuance of this section.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 113 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Water and Power Systems|Subchapter IV - Assistance of Government of the Virgin Islands|§ 113. Authorization of issuance of bonds of the Government of the Virgin Islands

 In pursuance of section 8(b)(ii) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, as amended, the issuance of general obligation bonds or other obligations by the Government of the Virgin Islands, not in excess of five million five hundred thousand dollars ($5,500,000) in aggregate principal amount of said bonds outstanding at any one time, is hereby authorized and approved, as the Governor may deem necessary and advisable, subject to the same qualifications upon said limitation as are set forth in section 106(a) of this title. To the extent consistent with section 8(b)(ii) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, as amended, or any other applicable Federal law, the provisions of subsections (c) through (h) of section 106 and of section 110 of this title shall apply equally to the bonds of the Government of the Virgin Islands and all powers thereby vested in the Authority, its Board, members, officers and other persons shall apply instead to the Governor of the Virgin Islands and his designee or designees, who shall be officers or employees of the Government of the Virgin Islands; provided, however, that the bonds of the Government of the Virgin Islands shall be issued by a written declaration or declarations of the Governor which shall provide for public or private sale of the bonds and for their redemption with or without premium, and shall contain such other provisions as may be deemed necessary or desirable for the protection of the bondholders and the security of the bonds.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 114 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Water and Power Systems|Subchapter IV - Assistance of Government of the Virgin Islands|§ 114. Other assistance of Government of the United States Virgin Islands

 (a) For the purpose of further aiding the Authority in developing and maintaining the Virgin Islands Water and Power Systems, the Government of the Virgin Islands or any political subdivision thereof, may at the request of the Authority and upon such terms, with or without consideration, as said Government or political subdivision shall determine— (1) dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of its interest in any property or grant easements, licenses or any rights or privileges therein to the Authority; (2) cause services of the character which it is otherwise empowered to render to be furnished to the Authority. (b) Any sale, conveyance, lease or agreement provided for in this section may be made without appraisal, public notices, advertisement or public bidding, notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary.
V.I. Code tit. 30, § 115 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Water and Power Systems|Subchapter V - Other Purposes|§ 115. Moneys and accounts of Authority

 (a) All moneys of the Authority shall be deposited in qualified depositories for funds of the Government of the Virgin Islands, but they shall be kept in separate accounts in the name of the Authority. The disbursements shall be made by it pursuant to regulations and budgets approved by the Board. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection the Authority shall have power to contract with the holders of any of its bonds as to the custody, collection, investment and payment of any moneys of the Authority, or any moneys held in trust or otherwise for the payment of bonds or in any way to secure bonds, and deposits of such moneys may be secured in the same manner as moneys of the Authority; except that any investment of monies in the portfolio of the Authority may be done pursuant to 29 V.I.C., section 919 THIRD (E) through the Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority for a period not exceeding four years. (b) The Authority shall account to the Government of the Virgin Islands in accordance with applicable law for all funds which the Government may furnish to the Authority, by loan or grant. The Authority shall also account to any Federal agency, if and in the manner required, for any funds that it may have received from any such agency. (c) The Authority shall establish an accounting system for the proper statistical control and record of all expenses and income belonging to or managed or controlled by the Authority. Subject to agreements with bondholders, said system shall segregate the accounts for water and power functions, make a reasonable allocation of costs that may be common to both functions, and insofar as advisable, otherwise segregate the accounts for different classes of operations, facilities, and activities of the Authority; provided, that from time to time the Authority shall have its accounts and books, including its receipts, disbursements, contracts, leases, sinking funds, investments and any other matters which relate to its financial condition examined by an independent accountant who shall report thereon to the Board of the Authority and to the Legislature.