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V.I. Code tit. 33, § 3100aa (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 33 - Taxation and Finance|Subtitle 3 - Finance|Chapter 111 - Government Funds|§ 3100aa. Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety Fund

 (a) There is established in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands a special fund designated the “Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety Fund” (the “Fund”). (b) The Commissioner of Finance shall administer the fund as a separate and distinct fund and no monies from the Fund shall be available for expenditure except as provided in this section. (c) The Fund consists of all: (1) Sums appropriated from time to time by the Legislature; (2) Public and private grants gifts, donations, bequests and devises of money made thereto; and (3) Fines resulting from violation of 12 V.I.C. chapter16A, and regulations promulgated thereunder. (d) All such sums shall remain available until expended. (e) The Commissioner of Finance shall disburse monies from the Fund upon authorization and direction of the Commissioner of Public Works, for administrative expenses, personnel expenses and equipment cost, and all reasonable direct and indirect costs required to implement and support the Notification Center established pursuant 12 V.I.C. chapter 16A, and the regulations promulgated thereunder and to supplement the existing public awareness/damage prevention program to educate the general public, excavators, and Operators. (f) The Commissioner of Finance shall maintain a record of all monies deposited into and disbursed from the Fund and shall annually report to the Governor and the Legislature, as well as the Commissioner of Public Works, as to the status of the Fund.
V.I. Code tit. 33, § 3100bb (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 33 - Taxation and Finance|Subtitle 3 - Finance|Chapter 111 - Government Funds|§ 3100bb. Crime and Gang Prevention Fund; establishment; disposition

 (a) There is established a separate and distinct fund within the Treasury of the Virgin Islands designated and known as “The Crime and Gang Prevention Fund”. (b) No funds are available for expenditure from this Fund, except as provided by this chapter or other law. (c) The Fund consists of: (1) monies appropriated to it from time to time by the Legislature; (2) all proceeds from forfeitures ordered by a court pursuant to 14 V.I.C., chapter 124; (3) fines imposed by a court, whether by final judgment, settlement, or civil penalties imposed pursuant to the provisions of 14 V.I.C., chapter 124; and (4) all gifts, donations and bequests made to the Fund. (d) All appropriations or monies designated for the Fund must be transmitted to the Treasury of the Government of the Virgin Islands and deposited into the Fund. (e) Monies in the Fund must be used exclusively for funding public and private youth anti-street gang programs and for funding enforcement activities, such as policing and prosecution. (f) The Commissioner of Finance shall administer the Fund and shall disburse monies from the Fund at the direction of the Police Commissioner. (g) Monies available in the Fund are non-lapsing.
V.I. Code tit. 33, § 3101 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 33 - Taxation and Finance|Subtitle 3 - Finance|Chapter 113 - Appropriations|§ 3101. Expenditures or contracts in excess of appropriations

 No officer or employee of the Virgin Islands shall make or authorize an expenditure from, or create or authorize an obligation under, any appropriation or fund in excess of the amount available therein; nor shall any such officer or employee involve the government in any contract or obligation for the payment of money for any purpose, in advance of appropriations made for such purpose, unless such contract or obligation is authorized by law.
V.I. Code tit. 33, § 3103 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 33 - Taxation and Finance|Subtitle 3 - Finance|Chapter 113 - Appropriations|§ 3103. Apportionment of appropriations

 General rules  (a) Except as otherwise provided in sections 3103–3109 of this title, all appropriations or funds available for obligation for a definite period of time shall be so apportioned as to prevent obligation or expenditure thereof in a manner which would indicate a necessity for deficiency or supplemental appropriations for such period; and all appropriations or funds not limited to a definite period of time, and all authorizations to create obligations by contract in advance of appropriations, shall be so apportioned as to achieve the most effective and economical use thereof. As used in sections 3103–3109 of this title, the term “appropriation” means appropriations, funds and authorizations to create obligations by contract in advance of appropriations. Reserves  (b) In apportioning any appropriations, reserves may be established to provide for contingencies, or to effect savings whenever savings are made possible by or through changes in requirements, greater efficiency of operations, or other developments subsequent to the date on which such appropriation was made available. Whenever it is determined by an officer designated in section 3104 of this title to make apportionments and reapportionments that any amount so reserved will not be required to carry out the purposes of the appropriation concerned, he shall recommend the rescission of such amount in the usual manner for submitting requests with respect to appropriations. Distribution  (c) Any appropriation subject to apportionment shall be distributed by months, calendar quarters, operating seasons, or other time periods, or by activities, functions, projects, or objects, or by a combination thereof, as may be deemed appropriate by the officer designated in section 3104 of this title to make apportionments and reapportionments. Except as otherwise specified by the officer making the apportionment, amounts so apportioned shall remain available for obligation, in accordance with the terms of the appropriation, on a cumulative basis unless reapportioned. Review  (d) Apportionments shall be reviewed at least four times each year by the officer designated in section 3104 of this title to make apportionments and reapportionments, and such reapportionments made or such reserves established, modified, or released as may be necessary to further the effective use of the appropriation concerned, in accordance with the purposes stated in subsection (a) of this section.
V.I. Code tit. 33, § 3104 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 33 - Taxation and Finance|Subtitle 3 - Finance|Chapter 113 - Appropriations|§ 3104. Officers controlling apportionment or reapportionment

 (a) The officer of the Legislature and the officer of the judiciary having administrative control of appropriations to his respective branch shall have exclusive authority for apportionment of appropriations to his respective branch. An apportionment or reapportionment must be in writing. Each such appropriation shall be apportioned not later than 30 days before the beginning of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is available, or not more than 30 days after the approval of the Act by which the appropriation is made available, whichever is later. (b) Any appropriation available to an agency, which is required to be apportioned under section 3103 of this title, shall be apportioned or reapportioned in writing by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. The head of each agency to which any such appropriation is available shall submit to the Director of the Budget information in such form and manner and at such time or times as the Director may prescribe as may be required for the apportionment of such appropriation. Such information shall be submitted not later than 40 days before the beginning of any fiscal year for which the appropriation is available, or not more than 15 days after the approval of the Act by which such appropriation is made available, whichever is later. The Director of the Budget shall apportion each such appropriation and shall notify the agency concerned of his action not later than 20 days before the beginning of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is available, or not more than 30 days after the approval of the Act by which such appropriation is made available, whichever is later. When used in sections 3103–3109 of this title, the term “agency” means any executive department, agency, commission, authority, administration, board, or other independent establishment in the executive branch of the government including any corporation wholly or partly owned by the Virgin Islands which is an instrumentality of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 33, § 3105 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 33 - Taxation and Finance|Subtitle 3 - Finance|Chapter 113 - Appropriations|§ 3105. Apportionment necessitating deficiency or supplemental estimates

 (a) No apportionment or reapportionment which, in the judgment of the officer making such apportionment or reapportionment, would indicate a necessity for a deficiency or supplemental estimate shall be made except upon a determination by such officer that such action is required because of— (1) any laws enacted subsequent to the transmission to the Legislature of the estimates for an appropriation which require expenditures beyond administrative control; or (2) emergencies involving the safety of human life, the protection of property, or the immediate welfare of individuals in cases where an appropriation has been made to enable the Virgin Islands to make payment of, or contribution toward, sums which are required to be paid to individuals either in specific amounts fixed by law or in accordance with formulae prescribed by law. (b) In each case of an apportionment or a reapportionment which, in the judgment of the officer making such apportionment or reapportionment, would indicate a necessity for a deficiency or supplemental estimate, such officer shall immediately submit a detailed report of the facts of the case to the Legislature. In transmitting any deficiency or supplemental estimate required on account of any such apportionment or reapportionment, reference shall be made to such report.
V.I. Code tit. 33, § 3106 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 33 - Taxation and Finance|Subtitle 3 - Finance|Chapter 113 - Appropriations|§ 3106. Exemption of certain funds from apportionment

 (a) The officer designated in section 3104 of this title to make apportionments and reapportionments may exempt from apportionments trust funds and working funds, expenditures from which have no significant effect on the financial operations of the government, working capital and revolving funds established for intragovernmental operations, receipts from industrial and power operations available under law and any appropriations made specifically for— (1) payment of claims, judgments and refunds; (2) payments under private relief Acts or other laws requiring payments to designated payees in the total amount of such appropriation; and (3) any item determined by the Governor to be of a confidential nature. (b)  (1) Section 3103 of this chapter does not apply to the legislative branch or the judicial branch of the Government, and in no event may the Director of the Office of Management and Budget or any other officer or employee of the executive branch apportion any funds appropriated to the legislative branch or to the judicial branch; Provided, however, that any fiscal year appropriation to the Legislative branch, which is for a fiscal year period that corresponds to the last quarter ending one legislative term and the beginning of another legislative term, shall be apportioned so that no more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the fiscal year appropriation shall be obligated during the last fourteen (14) weeks of the legislative term. (2) As used in paragraph (1) the terms “legislative branch” and “judicial branch”, include any office, officer, board, council, commission, committee or other agency established in or administered by the legislative branch or judicial branch of the Government.
V.I. Code tit. 33, § 3107 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 33 - Taxation and Finance|Subtitle 3 - Finance|Chapter 113 - Appropriations|§ 3107. Administrative division of apportionment

 Any appropriation which is apportioned or reapportioned pursuant to sections 3103–3109 of this title may be divided and subdivided administratively within the limits of such apportionments or reapportionments. The officer having administrative control of any such appropriation available to the legislative branch or the judiciary, and subject to the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the head of each agency shall prescribe, by regulation, a system of administrative control (not inconsistent with any accounting procedures prescribed by or pursuant to law) which shall be designed to— (1) restrict obligations or expenditure against each appropriation to the amount of apportionments or reapportionments made for each such appropriation; and (2) enable such officer or agency head to fix responsibility for the creation of any obligation or the making of any expenditure in excess of an apportionment or reapportionment.
V.I. Code tit. 33, § 3108 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 33 - Taxation and Finance|Subtitle 3 - Finance|Chapter 113 - Appropriations|§ 3108. Expenditures in excess of apportionment prohibited

 No officer or employee of the Virgin Islands shall authorize or create any obligation or make any expenditure— (1) in excess of an apportionment or reapportionment; or (2) in excess of the amount permitted by regulations prescribed pursuant to section 3107 of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 33, § 3109 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 33 - Taxation and Finance|Subtitle 3 - Finance|Chapter 113 - Appropriations|§ 3109. Penalties for violations

 (a) In addition to any penalty or liability under any other law, any officer or employee of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands who violates either section 3101, 3106(b), or 3108 of this title shall be subjected to appropriate administrative discipline, including, when circumstances warrant, suspension from duty without pay or removal from office; and any officer or employee of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands who knowingly and willfully violates either section shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five (5) years, or both. (b) In case of a violation of either section 3101, 3106(b) or 3108 of this title by an officer or an employee of any governmental agency, the head of the agency concerned, or his assistant if the agency head is involved, shall immediately report to the Governor, through the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and to the Legislature all pertinent facts together with a statement of the action taken thereon.
V.I. Code tit. 33, § 3110 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 33 - Taxation and Finance|Subtitle 3 - Finance|Chapter 113 - Appropriations|§ 3110. Apportionment of contingent fund of department to offices and bureaus

 In addition to the apportionment required by sections 3103–3109 of this title, the head of each executive department shall, on or before the beginning of each fiscal year, apportion to each office or bureau of his department the maximum amount to be expended therefor during the fiscal year out of the contingent fund or funds appropriated for the entire year for the department, and the amounts so apportioned shall not be increased except upon the written direction of the head of the department, in which there shall be fully expressed his reasons therefor.
V.I. Code tit. 33, § 3111 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 33 - Taxation and Finance|Subtitle 3 - Finance|Chapter 113 - Appropriations|§ 3111. Balances of appropriations; expenditures

 Except as otherwise provided by law, all balances of appropriations contained in the annual appropriation bills and made specifically for the service of any fiscal year shall only be applied to the payment of expenses properly incurred during that year, or to the fulfillment of contracts properly made within that year. As used in this section, the phrase “expenses properly incurred” shall not include general encumbrance documents executed without obligation to specific vendors or for services by a specific person.
V.I. Code tit. 33, § 3112 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 33 - Taxation and Finance|Subtitle 3 - Finance|Chapter 113 - Appropriations|§ 3112. Application of monies appropriated

 Except as otherwise provided by law, sums appropriated for the various branches of expenditure in the public service shall be applied solely to the objects for which they are made, and for no others.
V.I. Code tit. 33, § 3113 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 33 - Taxation and Finance|Subtitle 3 - Finance|Chapter 113 - Appropriations|§ 3113. Payments in advance for telephone service

 Notwithstanding any of the provisions of law to the contrary, telephone services furnished to the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof, to be paid from appropriations available therefor, may be paid in advance. The Commissioner of Finance is authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations concerning advances made pursuant to this section as are necessary or appropriate for the protection of the interests of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 33, § 3114 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 33 - Taxation and Finance|Subtitle 3 - Finance|Chapter 113 - Appropriations|§ 3114. Restriction on creating new government positions from savings

 No portion of any savings realized by any department or agency in the Government of the United States Virgin Islands by reason of economies effected in the use of personnel, or through inability to fill authorized positions in the classified or unclassified service, shall be used to create any new position or positions without the consent of the Governor and approval of the Legislature, or by the Finance Committee of the Legislature, if the Legislature is not in session; Provided, That this section shall not apply to temporary appointments not to exceed three (3) months in tenure which, in the discretion of the Governor, are necessary to provide essential services, and provided further that the Legislature shall be kept currently informed of all such temporary appointments.
V.I. Code tit. 33, § 3115 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 33 - Taxation and Finance|Subtitle 3 - Finance|Chapter 113 - Appropriations|§ 3115. Alteration of operating budgets or appropriations

 Nothing in this chapter may be construed to authorize the Director of the Office of Management and Budget or any other officer or employee of the executive branch to withhold, reduce or otherwise alter the operating budgets of or any appropriation made to the Legislature or to the courts.
V.I. Code tit. 33, § 3301 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 33 - Taxation and Finance|Subtitle 3 - Finance|Chapter 117 - The Public Monies|§ 3301. Designation of depositories; requirements

 (a) The Commissioner of Finance shall designate banks or trust companies authorized to engage in a general commercial banking business within the Virgin Islands as depositories to receive funds of the government of the United States Virgin Islands and of its various agencies, authorities and instrumentalities. The Commissioner of Finance shall not be liable for the safekeeping of the funds so lawfully deposited. The banks or trust companies so designated as depositories must— (1) have been continuously engaged in general commercial banking within the Virgin Islands either directly or as successor in interest of an acquired bank or trust company for a period of not less than three years, (2) be incorporated under the laws of the United States or a State or Territory of the United States; and (3) be insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and subject to examination by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve System of the United States, or the Office of the United States Comptroller of the Currency. (b) The Governor may designate any other bank or trust company authorized to engage in a general commercial banking business in the Virgin Islands under Title 9 of this code, but which does not meet the requirements specified in subsection (a) of this section, as depositories to receive funds of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands if he determines that such bank or trust company is reputable and solvent.
V.I. Code tit. 33, § 3302 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 33 - Taxation and Finance|Subtitle 3 - Finance|Chapter 117 - The Public Monies|§ 3302. Bond required of depository

 Except as provided in section 3304 of this title, a depository shall furnish and file with the Commissioner of Finance a corporate surety bond, satisfactory to the Commissioner, to secure governmental funds deposited with it. The Commissioner of Finance shall not approve any depository bond unless he is fully satisfied that the bond is in proper form, the securities sufficient, the depository is financially sound, and the capital stock claimed by it is fully paid up and not impaired.
V.I. Code tit. 33, § 3303 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 33 - Taxation and Finance|Subtitle 3 - Finance|Chapter 117 - The Public Monies|§ 3303. Depository bond; contents

 Each depository bond shall provide that during the time the bond is in force, the depository will pay all the governmental funds deposited with it to the Commissioner of Finance or other authorized officer, free of exchange, at any place in the Virgin Islands designated by him. If the deposit is a time deposit, it shall be paid, together with interest, only when due. The Commissioner of Finance may require a new or additional bond from any depository at any time.