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V.I. Code tit. 18, § 903 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 29 - Disclosure and Limitations on Campaign Contributions|§ 903. Political committees; organization; recordkeeping

 (a) Each individual who is a candidate for public elected office in the United States Virgin Islands may designate a committee as his principal campaign committee; provided, however, that Territorywide candidates may have a principal campaign committee on each island. No committee shall serve as the principal campaign committee of more than one candidate. No principal campaign committee shall support more than one candidate, except that candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor may designate their party's Territorial Committee as their principal committee, which committee may also support all other candidates of that party, or a designated committee may support a candidate for Governor and his running mate for Lieutenant Governor only. Occasional, isolated, or incidental support of a candidate who is not the principal candidate of a designated campaign committee is not prohibited by this chapter. (b) Every political committee shall have a chairman and a treasurer. No contribution and no expenditure shall be accepted or made by or on behalf of a political committee at a time when there is a vacancy in either office. No expenditure shall be made for or on behalf of a political committee without the authorization of its chairman, or its treasurer, or their designated agents. (c) Every person who receives a contribution of over $100 on behalf of a political committee shall, on demand of the treasurer, but not later than five days after the receipt thereof, render to the treasurer a statement including the amount of the contribution, the identification of the person making such contribution, and the date on which it was received. All funds of a political committee shall be segregated from, and may not be commingled with, any personal funds of officers, members, or associates of such committee, or the personal funds of the candidate. No candidate shall receive contributions or make expenditures not subject to the recordkeeping of the committee. (d) The treasurer of each political committee shall keep a detailed and exact account of: (1) all contributions made to or for such committee; (2) the identification of every person making a contribution, or aggregate contributions of over $100; (3) all expenditures made by or on behalf of such committee; and (4) the identification of every person to whom any expenditure is made, the date and amount thereof, and the name and address of and office sought by each candidate on whose behalf such expenditure was made. (e) The treasurer of each political committee shall obtain and preserve, for such period of time as is determined necessary by the Supervisor, receipts for expenditures made by or on behalf of the political committee over $100, and for any such expenditure in a lesser amount if the aggregate amount of such expenditures to the same person during a calendar year exceeds $100.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 904 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 29 - Disclosure and Limitations on Campaign Contributions|§ 904. Political committees; registration

 (a) Each political committee which anticipates receiving contributions or making expenditures during the calendar year in an aggregate amount exceeding $500 shall file with the Supervisor a statement of organization within ten days after its organization or, if later, within ten days after receipt of information causing the committee to anticipate it will receive contributions or make expenditures in excess of $500. Political committees subject to this section which exist on the date of enactment of this chapter shall file a statement of organization with the Supervisor at a time prescribed by the Supervisor, but not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this chapter. (b) The statement of organization required by subsection (a) of this section shall contain: (1) the name and address of the committee; (2) the names and addresses of affiliated or connected organizations; (3) the purpose of the committee; (4) the names and addresses of principal officers of the committee and the custodian of books and accounts; (5) the name, address, office sought, and party affiliation, if any, of each candidate the committee is supporting or opposing, if the purpose of the committee is to oppose a candidate; (6) a statement as to whether the committee is a continuing one; (7) the disposition of residual funds which will be made in the event of dissolution; (8) a list of all banks, safety deposit boxes, or other repositories used by the committee; and (9) such other information which may be required by the Supervisor. (c) Any change in information previously submitted in a statement of organization shall be reported to the Supervisor not later than thirty days after the change occurs. (d) Any political committee which has filed a statement of organization and disbands shall notify the Supervisor of such fact.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 906 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 29 - Disclosure and Limitations on Campaign Contributions|§ 906. Reports by individuals; filing

 (a) Every person, independent of an organized committee, who makes or receives contributions or makes expenditures in an aggregate amount of over $500 during a calendar year, which contributions and expenditures are for the express purpose of advocating the election or defeat of a candidate, shall file reports with the Supervisor during the reporting periods as required of political committees. Such reports shall contain information as required of political committees by section 905 of this chapter, and a statement, under penalty of perjury, as to whether the person's dependent expenditure is made in cooperation, consultation, or concert with, or at the request or suggestion of, any candidate with, or any authorized agent or committee of such candidate. (b) Any independent expenditure by any person not a political committee or candidate of over $500 or more made after the thirtieth day preceding an election and before the election shall be reported to the Supervisor within 48 hours of the date of the expenditure.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 908 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 29 - Disclosure and Limitations on Campaign Contributions|§ 908. Campaign depositories, petty cash

 (a) Each candidate shall designate one or more banks as his campaign depositories. The principal campaign committee of the candidate, and any other political committee authorized by the candidate to receive contributions or to make expenditures on his behalf, shall maintain a single checking account, and such other accounts as the committee determines, at a depository designated by the candidate and shall deposit all contributions received by the committee into the account. No expenditure, other than petty cash expenditures as provided in subsection (c) of this section, may be made by any committee on behalf of a candidate except by check drawn on such account. (b) The treasurer of each political committee, which is not a political committee authorized by a candidate to receive contributions or to make expenditures on his behalf, shall designate one or more banks as campaign depositories of the committee and shall maintain a single checking account at one such depository. All contributions received by the committee shall be deposited in the account. No expenditure may be made by the committee except by check drawn on the account, other than petty cash expenditures as provided in subsection (c) of this section. (c) A political committee may maintain a petty cash fund out of which it may make expenditures not in excess of $100 to any person in connection with a single purchase or transaction. A record of petty cash disbursements shall be kept in accordance with requirements established by the Supervisor, and the statements and reports thereof shall be furnished to the Supervisor as he may require.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 910 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 29 - Disclosure and Limitations on Campaign Contributions|§ 910. Enforcement

 (a) Any person who believes a violation of this chapter has occurred may file a complaint with the Supervisor. The complaint shall be in writing, shall be signed and sworn to by the person filing the complaint, and shall be notarized. The Supervisor shall not conduct any investigation solely on the basis of a complaint of a person whose identity is not disclosed to the Supervisor. (b) Upon receipt of a complaint filed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, or whenever the Supervisor has reason to believe a violation of this chapter has occurred or is about to occur, the Supervisor shall conduct an investigation. The investigation shall be conducted expeditiously with prompt notice to any person who is the subject of a complaint. The Supervisor shall afford any person who is the subject of a complaint a reasonable opportunity to demonstrate that no action should be taken against such person by the Supervisor. (c) If the Supervisor determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that a person has committed or is about to commit a violation of this chapter, the Supervisor may endeavor to bring about voluntary compliance by informal methods of conference, conciliation, and persuasion. If the Supervisor is unable to correct or prevent any such violation by informal methods, the Supervisor may institute a civil action for relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other appropriate order, including a civil penalty which does not exceed the greater of $5,000 or an amount equal to twice the amount of any contributions or expenditures involved in such violation, in a court of competent jurisdiction. (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any person aggrieved by another's violation of this chapter from instituting civil proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction. (e) The showing that any alleged violation of this chapter is in compliance with any advisory opinion rendered by the Supervisor is a complete defense against an action alleging such violation. (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a civil action for libel or slander by a candidate against any person who files an unsubstantiated or frivolous complaint solely for the purpose of embarrassing the candidate or adversely affecting his campaign. (g) The Attorney General of the United States Virgin Islands shall assist the Supervisor in enforcing the provisions of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 18, § 911 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 18 - Elections|Chapter 29 - Disclosure and Limitations on Campaign Contributions|§ 911. Penalties

 Notwithstanding any other penalty limits of this chapter, any person who knowingly and willfully violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined an amount not more than $5,000 or three times the amount of any contribution or expenditure involved in such violation, whichever is greater, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 21, § 1 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 21 - Homesteads and Home Loans|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 1. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless otherwise provided or the context requires a different construction, application or meaning— “Authority” means the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority; “homestead” means a plot or plots of land improved by the building of a house or houses thereon and the production thereon of livestock, agricultural or dairy products, or by the production thereon of livestock, or agricultural or dairy products alone; or a plot or plots of land for the building of a private home or homes; “resident family” is defined to mean a family who has been domiciled in the Virgin Islands for at least one year immediately prior to application for homestead land. “Zoning Administrator” means the Zoning Administrator as defined in title 29 Virgin Islands Code, section 235(a).
V.I. Code tit. 21, § 3 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 21 - Homesteads and Home Loans|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 3. Acquisition or use of land for homesteads

 (a) Land for homesteads is declared to be a public use, and may be acquired by the Government by condemnation proceedings through the exercise of the power of eminent domain, or by purchase, cession, transfer, exchange, lease, inheritance, or donation. No lands so acquired or held by the Government for such purpose shall be sold to any one applicant. (b) The Governor, with the approval of the Legislature, may transfer to the jurisdiction of the Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority, for disposal according to the provisions of this chapter, any plot or plots of land presently owned or hereafter acquired by the Government of the Virgin Islands, if such plots are not needed for any other public purpose; Provided, That the Governor may, after advertising and submission to public bid, sell any plot or plots so owned or acquired by the Government and not transferred to the jurisdiction of the Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority and not needed for any public purpose.
V.I. Code tit. 21, § 4 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 21 - Homesteads and Home Loans|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 4. Priority of purchasers

 The priority of purchasers of land for homesteads shall be as follows: (1) Persons who have served or are serving in the armed forces of the United States who are domiciled in the Virgin Islands and who otherwise qualify under this chapter shall be given a first priority; and (2) Persons currently owning and living in superficiary buildings on the land or leasing land in the area acquired by the Government upon which no buildings have been erected, shall be given second priority; and (3) Persons living in rental homes located in the area acquired by the Government or who have applications pending for land in a specified area shall be given third priority; and (4) All other applicants for the purchase of lots shall be considered in accordance with the priority established by date of application.
V.I. Code tit. 21, § 4a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 21 - Homesteads and Home Loans|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 4a. No down payment for veterans

 Notwithstanding other provisions of law, veterans who qualify for purchase of homestead land under the provisions of this chapter shall not be required to make any payment of money at the time of the execution of a contract for the purchase of homestead land and for a period of 90 days thereafter, at which time a regular monthly or quarterly installment payment may be required pursuant to the terms of such contract.
V.I. Code tit. 21, § 5 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 21 - Homesteads and Home Loans|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 5. Minimum selling price

 The selling price determined under section 2(a)(11) of this title for land to be sold under this chapter shall be a sum of at least equal to the price paid for the land by the Government.
V.I. Code tit. 21, § 6 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 21 - Homesteads and Home Loans|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6. Applicants for lots; form of applications

 All applicants for homestead lots, except priority purchasers, shall be at least 18 years of age. Applications shall be made in writing to the Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority, stating the lot or lots required. Applications shall be indorsed by two persons of good repute.
V.I. Code tit. 21, § 6a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 21 - Homesteads and Home Loans|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6a. Eligibility of applicant

 No applicant for a plot of land shall be considered eligible if such applicant (or the spouse of such applicant from whom the applicant is not legally separated) already owns a home (other than a superficiary house) or plot of land upon which a home may be constructed; and in no event shall an applicant be allotted more than one-half of 1 acre of land for construction of a home or more than 5 acres of land for farming. No applicant having once been allotted a plot of land, whether for home construction or farming, shall be considered eligible for any additional allotment of land. Any applicant for land for farming shall furnish the Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority with satisfactory proof that he is or was a farmer, or of his immediate intention and ability to go into farming, before such land is allotted; Provided, however, That the limitations on the size of plots of land herein specified may be waived not to exceed one acre by the Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority upon his written findings that by reason of topography, accessibility, or other reason relating to the characteristics of the plot of land such land cannot be effectively utilized for homestead or farming purposes.
V.I. Code tit. 21, § 8 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 21 - Homesteads and Home Loans|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 8. Homestead and Home Loan Fund; continuation, maintenance and use; disbursements

 (a) The Homestead and Home Loan Fund, heretofore created for the purpose of purchasing land in St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John for homesteading and for the purpose of assisting qualified applicants to construct their homes and related purposes authorized by laws in force prior to the effective date of this Code, is continued, and shall be expended throughout the Virgin Islands for such purposes as the processing of mortgages and administration of the fund. There shall be deposited into the fund all monies, bonds and other sureties which may be appropriated by the Legislature for such purposes or which may be acquired by gift or otherwise. All funds derived from the sale of land, interest on loans, or any other income shall be covered into the Homestead and Home Loan Fund. (b) All monies pertaining to the Homestead and Home Loan Fund shall be disbursed by the Commissioner of Finance according to the provisions of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 21, § 9 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 21 - Homesteads and Home Loans|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9. Loans for home construction; limitations; qualifications of applicants

 (a) Except as otherwise provided, the Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority shall receive applications for loans not in excess of $220,000 to any one person or family residing in the same house. The Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority shall receive such applications upon forms prepared by him, and his decisions as to the eligibility of applicants to obtain loans from the Homestead and Home Loan Fund, when not inconsistent with this chapter, shall be final. Each applicant for a loan shall submit a set of plans and specifications of the house as approved by the Department of Natural Resources. Loans may be granted by the Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority to every applicant who establishes that— (1) he is the head of the family and is responsible for its housing; (2) he owns no home or family homestead to which he has a fee simple title; (3) he owns in fee a plot of land on which to construct his home; and (4) he is a good credit risk. Loans provided for under this program shall be used for the express purpose to: (1) purchase a house, including but not limited to a mobile home, house trailer, prefabricated house or manufactured house; (2) construct, improve, alter, repair or rehabilitate a home including cisterns, foundation slabs or retaining walls including block and/or wire fencing; (3) to purchase a plot of land on which to construct a home or locate a mobile home or house trailer; loans available under paragraph (3) shall not exceed $50,000.00; provided, however, that loans for home improvement shall not exceed $40,000.00. Once an applicant has met the eligibility requirements and funds are available for the purpose of granting loans to purchase land, the Virgin Islands Government, acting by and through the Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority, shall issue a commitment to the prospective purchaser to buy land not in excess of one half (½) acre. (b) Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation, no applicant shall be prohibited or restricted from participation in the Homestead and Home Loan Fund program as defined in this chapter solely as a result of his prior participation in a real estate acquisition, homeownership or mortgage program conducted under the auspices of the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority or any other government agency, if he or she is otherwise qualified under section 9(a) of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 21, § 10 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 21 - Homesteads and Home Loans|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 10. Interest on loans; other terms; security; advancement of monies; payments

 (a) Except as otherwise provided, all loans referred to in section 9 of this title shall be made with interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum, and shall be payable in a period not exceeding 30 years. Loans for home purchases granted under this program shall be for a period not exceeding 30 years. Home improvement loans or loans for the purchase of land shall be for a period not exceeding 10 years, at the same interest rate. Interest on the loans shall begin to accrue 30 days prior to the date on which the first payment is due, or 1 year from the date on which any portion of the loan is made to the applicant, whichever date is earlier. (b) The Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority, for and on behalf of the Government of the Virgin Islands, shall hold a first or second priority mortgage upon each building constructed or being constructed under the provisions of this chapter until the loan and interest have been paid in full. The owner shall carry fire and hurricane insurance on the building. (c) After a loan has been approved by the Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority, the monies shall be advanced to the borrower in four equal installments at intervals during construction to be determined by the Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority. The first payment on a loan shall be made 3 months after the completion of a building or 1 year after the first installment is received by the applicant, whichever time is earlier, provided, however, that the first payment on a loan granted for the purchase of land, purchase of a home and home improvement, shall be made three (3) months after the first installment is received by the applicant. Payments shall be made monthly. (d) The applicant shall be required to show evidence of having invested not less than 10 percent of the estimated cost of construction in the project before the first installment is advanced by the Government. The 10 percent investment by the applicant shall be in the form of cash or its equivalent. (e) For the purposes of this chapter, the Commissioner of Public Works shall determine when the building is completed and shall so notify the Commissioner of Finance in order that initial date of payment of the loan may be known.
V.I. Code tit. 21, § 11 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 21 - Homesteads and Home Loans|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 11. Loans in conformity with regulations of Federal Housing Commissioner

 Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority shall make loans for housing in accordance with the regulations of the Federal Housing Commissioner under all sections of the National Housing Act, as amended. In such cases the Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority shall comply with such regulations in the entire procedure of filing and processing applications, making of loans and the mortgaging of property.