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V.I. Code tit. 7, § 28 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 7 - Agriculture|Chapter 1 - Development of Sustainable Agriculture|Subchapter VII - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Fresh Food Access and Farmers’ Market Technology Program|§ 28. SNAP Fresh Food Farmers’ Market Technology Improvement Program

 The Department of Human Services and the Department of Agriculture shall implement a SNAP Fresh Food Access and Farmers’ Market Technology Improvement Program. The purpose of the Program is to increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables and other eligible food products, including quality meat, seafood and dairy, for Virgin Islands residents by allowing SNAP participants to utilize their EBT cards at farmers’ markets. The Department of Human Services and the Department of Agriculture shall solicit federal and territorial funding for the purpose of implementing the Program.
V.I. Code tit. 7, § 29 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 7 - Agriculture|Chapter 1 - Development of Sustainable Agriculture|Subchapter VII - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Fresh Food Access and Farmers’ Market Technology Program|§ 29. Implementation of regulations

 The Department of Human Services, after consultation with the Department of Agriculture and the Public Finance Authority, shall adopt and promulgate necessary regulations governing the SNAP Fresh Food Access and Farmers’ Market Technology Improvement Program and shall implement the program by July 1, 2014.
V.I. Code tit. 7, § 191 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 7 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Farming and Fishing|Subchapter I - Farmer's, Fishermen and Consumers Assistance|§ 191. Short title

 This chapter may be cited as the “Farmer's, Fishermen and Consumers Assistance Act of 2011”.
V.I. Code tit. 7, § 192 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 7 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Farming and Fishing|Subchapter I - Farmer's, Fishermen and Consumers Assistance|§ 192. Definitions

 For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (a) “A person engaged in agriculture” means any individual, partnership, firm, cooperative or corporation engaged in any business listed in this section, whose income is wholly or partially derived from fishing or the production of food, including but not limited to: (1) the tilling of the soil to raise any fruit, grain, or vegetable; or (2) the propagation of vegetable seedlings and fruit tree saplings; or (3) the raising of livestock for meat, poultry, eggs, milk, or other dairy products; or (4) the catching of fish; or (5) the production of honey and other apiary products; or (6) the propagation and rearing of any aquatic species for human consumption; or (7) the production, manufacture, canning or processing of food products, or by-products, (8) agritourism activities, to include farm tours, seminars, farm classes, field days or farm food events, and farm stays. (b) “Property devoted to agriculture” means all real property primarily used in the business of farming to include propagation as described in subsection (a) of this section. (c) “Agriculture operations” means the business of any person engaged in fishing or food production, to include propagation.
V.I. Code tit. 7, § 193 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 7 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Farming and Fishing|Subchapter I - Farmer's, Fishermen and Consumers Assistance|§ 193. Tax and fee exemptions

 Any person who on or before January 1, 2011, was engaged in agriculture as defined in this chapter, or who after January 1, 2011, becomes engaged in agriculture, and who continues to be engaged in agriculture, shall be exempt from payment to the Government of the Virgin Islands of the following: (a) any trade or excise taxes on building materials, supplies, equipment or implements used in connection with and the operation of his agriculture operations; and (b) franchise taxes and license fees directly related to and arising from his agriculture operations, provided, however, that he shall be required to pay a one dollar fee to the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs for the purpose of doing business in the Territory, and provided further that he shall be required to pay automobile license fees on any automobiles he may own; and (c) gross receipts taxes on sales of products derived from his agriculture operations; and (d) all fees for the operation of a motorboat or other vessel assessed pursuant to title 25, chapter 15 of the Virgin Islands Code, provided that the motorboat or vessel is directly related to and substantially a part of his agricultural operations.
V.I. Code tit. 7, § 194 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 7 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Farming and Fishing|Subchapter I - Farmer's, Fishermen and Consumers Assistance|§ 194. Rules and regulations

 The Commissioner of Agriculture, subject to the approval of the Governor, and in cooperation with the Commissioner of Finance and the Director of the Internal Revenue Bureau, shall issue, not later than sixty days after enactment of this chapter, such rules and regulations as he finds necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 7, § 195 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 7 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Farming and Fishing|Subchapter I - Farmer's, Fishermen and Consumers Assistance|§ 195. Certification of applicant

 The Commissioner of Agriculture shall determine whether an applicant for the benefits provided under this chapter shall qualify under the provisions of this chapter for said exemptions and shall certify his findings to the Commissioner of Finance. Any person, individual, corporation or legal entity that provides false documents or statements, knowingly and with the intent of receiving benefits based on false information, shall be subject to fines established by the Department of Agriculture and prosecution as provided by the laws of the United States Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 7, § 196 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 7 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Farming and Fishing|Subchapter I - Farmer's, Fishermen and Consumers Assistance|§ 196. Refund of taxes or fees

 Any applicant who qualifies for the exemptions provided in this chapter shall have refunded to him, from the Treasury of the United States Virgin Islands, any taxes or fees he may have paid on or after January 1, 2011, the payment of which he is exempt by virtue of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 7, § 197 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 7 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Farming and Fishing|Subchapter I - Farmer's, Fishermen and Consumers Assistance|§ 197. Subsidy payments

 (a) In addition to the exemptions provided in section 193 of this chapter, any applicant certified by the Commissioner of Agriculture as engaged in agriculture shall be entitled to a subsidy equal in amount to ninety percent of that portion of his annual income tax which was derived from agriculture and paid into the Treasury of the United States Virgin Islands. (b) The Commissioner of Finance is authorized and directed to pay from the Treasury of the United States Virgin Islands the amount of the subsidy provided in subsection (a) of this section to each applicant certified by the Commissioner of Agriculture as engaged in agriculture. (c) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section, the Commissioner of Finance, subject to the approval of the Governor, shall issue such rules and regulations as he finds necessary within sixty days after the enactment of this chapter. (d) Any person, partnership, or corporation who is entitled to a subsidy benefit pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and who qualifies under section 934 of the Internal Revenue Code and all amendments thereto, and who is not otherwise disqualified under any applicable law, may elect to have his income tax liability reduced on a current basis in an amount equal to the subsidy benefit of subsection (a) and in lieu of such subsidy payment.
V.I. Code tit. 7, § 198 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 7 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Farming and Fishing|Subchapter I - Farmer's, Fishermen and Consumers Assistance|§ 198. Annual report

 The Commissioner of Agriculture shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, not later than January 31 of each calendar year, in which he shall review and analyze the effectiveness of the programs established by this act and make recommendations to enhance or reduce benefits to farmers and fishermen.
V.I. Code tit. 7, § 200 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 7 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Farming and Fishing|Subchapter III - Cultivation of Hemp|§ 200. Definitions

 In this subchapter, the following words, terms and phrases have the following meanings: (a) “Commission” means the Industrial Hemp Commission established in the Department of Agriculture. (b) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture, or the Commissioner’s designee. (c) “Department” means the Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture. (d) “Hemp products” means all products made from industrial hemp, including, but not limited to, cloth, cordage, fiber, food, fuel, paint, paint, paper, particleboard, plastics, seed, seed meal and seed oil for consumption, and certified seed for cultivation if the seeds originate from industrial hemp. (e) “Industrial hemp” means the plant, Cannabis sativa L., and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry-weight basis. (f) “Seed research” means research conducted to develop or recreate better strains of industrial hemp, particularly for the purposes of seed production. (g) “Tetrahydrocannabinol” or “THC” means the natural substances contained in the plant, or in the resinous extractives of cannabis, or any substances, compounds, salts, or derivatives of the plant or chemicals and their isomers with similar chemical structure and pharmacological activity.
V.I. Code tit. 7, § 201 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 7 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Farming and Fishing|Subchapter III - Cultivation of Hemp|§ 201. Licenses required

 (a) A person growing industrial hemp for commercial purposes shall apply to the Commissioner for a farming license on a form prescribed by the Commissioner. (b) The application for the license must include the name and address of the applicant and the legal description of the land area to be used for the production of industrial hemp. (c) The Commissioner shall require each first-time applicant for a license to file a set of the applicant’s fingerprints, taken by the Virgin Islands Police Department, and any other information necessary to complete a territory or state-wide and nationwide criminal history check with the criminal investigation bureau of the Department of Justice for territory or state processing and with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for federal processing. All of the costs associated with the criminal history check are the responsibility of the applicant. Criminal history records provided to the Department under this section are confidential. The Commissioner may use the records only to determine if an applicant is eligible to receive a license for the production of industrial hemp. (d) Before issuing a license under this subchapter, the Commissioner shall determine that the applicant has complied with all applicable requirements of the United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration for the production, distribution and sale of industrial hemp. (e) If the applicant has completed the application process to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, the Commissioner shall issue a license that is valid for one year. An individual licensed under this section is presumed to be growing industrial hemp for commercial purposes. (f) In addition to the license from the Department, a person desiring to grow commercial hemp shall apply for a business license to the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs pursuant to title 27 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 9. (g) Persons interested in the retail or manufacturing of hemp products shall apply to the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs for a license.
V.I. Code tit. 7, § 202 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 7 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Farming and Fishing|Subchapter III - Cultivation of Hemp|§ 202. Industrial hemp production

 (a) Every licensee shall file with the Commissioner: (1) documentation showing that the seeds planted are of a type and variety certified to contain no more than 0.3 percent tetrahydrocannabinol; and (2) a copy of any contract to grow industrial hemp. (b) Each licensee shall notify the Commissioner of the sale or distribution of any industrial hemp grown by the licensee, including, but not limited to the amount of industrial hemp sold at a given time.
V.I. Code tit. 7, § 203 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 7 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Farming and Fishing|Subchapter III - Cultivation of Hemp|§ 203. Rulemaking authority

 The Commissioner and the University of the Virgin Islands shall promulgate regulations jointly for: (1) Testing of the industrial hemp during growth to determine tetrahydrocannabinol levels; (2) Supervision of the industrial hemp during its growth and harvest; (3) Assessment of a fee that is commensurate with the costs of the Commissioner’s regulatory activities in licensing, testing and supervising industrial hemp production; (4) Production and sale of industrial hemp which are consistent with the regulations of the United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration for the production, distribution and sale of industrial hemp; and (5) Any other regulations and procedures necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.
V.I. Code tit. 7, § 204 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 7 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Farming and Fishing|Subchapter III - Cultivation of Hemp|§ 204. Disposition of fees

 All fees assessed under this subchapter must be deposited into the Agriculture Revolving Fund established in 33 V.I.C. § 3018 for use by the Commissioner to administer and enforce the provisions of this subchapter.
V.I. Code tit. 7, § 205 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 7 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Farming and Fishing|Subchapter III - Cultivation of Hemp|§ 205. Defense for possession of hemp

 (a) It is a defense to criminal charges to the possession or cultivation of hemp if: (1) The defendant was growing industrial hemp pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter; (2) The defendant has a valid, applicable, controlled substances registration from the United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration; and (3) The defendant has fully complied with all of the conditions of the controlled substances registration. (b) This section is not a defense to a charge of criminal sale or distribution of cannabis that does not meet the definition of industrial hemp.
V.I. Code tit. 7, § 208 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 7 - Agriculture|Chapter 13 - Farming and Fishing|Subchapter III - Cultivation of Hemp|§ 208. Adoption of federal regulations

 The Department shall adopt the federal regulations regarding industrial hemp and any subsequent changes thereto.
V.I. Code tit. 9, § 124 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 9 - Banking|Chapter 11 - Banking Transactions and Conduct of Business|Subchapter I - Banking Transactions and Conduct of Business|§ 124. Certified checks; penalty for false certification

 It shall be unlawful for any director, officer, agent or employee of any bank or foreign bank to certify any check drawn upon said bank unless the person or company drawing the check has on deposit with the bank, at the time such check is certified, an amount not less than the amount specified in such check. Any check so certified by duly authorized officers shall be a valid obligation against such bank or foreign bank when in the hand of any person holding such check in good faith. Whoever, being a director, officer, agent, or employee of a bank or foreign bank, knowingly violates this section, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 9, § 125 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 9 - Banking|Chapter 11 - Banking Transactions and Conduct of Business|Subchapter I - Banking Transactions and Conduct of Business|§ 125. Embezzlement, etc.; penalty

 Whoever, being a president, director, or cashier, or an officer, employee, or agent of any bank or foreign bank— (1) embezzles, abstracts, or wilfully misapplies, any of the moneys, funds, or credits of the bank or securities therein; or (2) without being duly authorized, issues or draws any certificate of deposit, order or bill of exchange, mortgage, judgment, or decree; or (3) makes any false entry in any book, report, or statement of such bank with intent, in any of such cases, to injure or defraud the bank or any other company, body politic or corporate, or any individual person, or to deceive any officer of the bank, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years.
V.I. Code tit. 9, § 126 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 9 - Banking|Chapter 11 - Banking Transactions and Conduct of Business|Subchapter I - Banking Transactions and Conduct of Business|§ 126. Penalty for receiving deposits when insolvent

 (a) Whoever, being an officer, agent, collector, teller, or clerk of any bank or foreign bank doing business in the United States Virgin Islands, receives any deposit knowing that such bank or foreign bank is insolvent— (1) if the amount or value of such deposit is less than $25, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both; or (2) if the amount or value of such deposit is $25 or more, shall be fined not more than $3,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (b) Any bank or foreign bank shall be deemed insolvent, for the purposes of this title, when upon an examination made by the Banking Board, or by any of its authorized representatives, it is found that such bank or foreign bank has lost its entire reserve and one-third part or more of its capital stock.
V.I. Code tit. 9, § 127 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 9 - Banking|Chapter 11 - Banking Transactions and Conduct of Business|Subchapter I - Banking Transactions and Conduct of Business|§ 127. Fraudulent conveyances; attachment, etc.; penalties

 All transfers of notes, bonds, bills of exchange or credits of any bank or foreign bank or of deposits to the credit thereof, and all assignments of mortgages, security on real property, or of judgments or decrees in favor of such bank, and all deposits of money, gold and silver in bars, or other thing of value for its use or for the use of its stockholders and creditors, and all payments of money to such stockholders or creditors, made after being in a state of insolvency, as defined in this title, or in the expectation thereof, with the intent of preventing the application of the assets of such bank in the manner herein prescribed, or with the intent of giving preference to one creditor over another, shall be null and ineffective, and no attachment, foreclosure or writ of injunction shall issue against such bank or foreign bank, against its properties, before final judgment is rendered in any suit, action or proceedings in the District or Superior Court. Whoever, being a director of a bank or foreign bank, knowingly violates or knowingly allows any officer, agent or employee thereof to violate this section, shall be fined not more than $3,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 9, § 128 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 9 - Banking|Chapter 11 - Banking Transactions and Conduct of Business|Subchapter I - Banking Transactions and Conduct of Business|§ 128. False statements for credit purposes

 Whoever knowingly, in his own name or in representation of a natural or artificial person, furnishes a bank or foreign bank any false information or financial statements, with the purpose of inducing the bank to grant credit, to give banking facilities, or make any business transactions with the natural or artificial person in relation to whom the false financial statements were rendered or the false information given, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 9, § 129 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 9 - Banking|Chapter 11 - Banking Transactions and Conduct of Business|Subchapter I - Banking Transactions and Conduct of Business|§ 129. Accounting system

 Every bank or foreign bank shall keep an accounting system which shall reflect the financial condition of the bank or foreign bank, and its relations, operations and transactions with third persons whether natural or artificial, and with government organizations, and shall keep and maintain such books, records and documents which show such relations, operations and transactions. Every bank or foreign bank may destroy such books, records and documents, with authorization and under the supervision of the Banking Board, after the lapse of ten years from the date of the last entry made in such books or records, or from the date on which any obligation may have ceased to be demandable under the documents in its possession.
V.I. Code tit. 9, § 130 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 9 - Banking|Chapter 11 - Banking Transactions and Conduct of Business|Subchapter I - Banking Transactions and Conduct of Business|§ 130. Unlawful fees or commissions; penalties

 Whoever, being an officer, a director, or an employee or agent of a bank or foreign bank, stipulates, receives, or acquiesces in or agrees to receive any fee, commission, gift or thing of value, from any person, firm or corporation, for obtaining, or trying to obtain, for such person, firm or corporation, or for any other person, firm or corporation, any loan, or the purchase or discount of any document, promissory note, draft, check or bill of exchange, by such bank or foreign bank, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 9, § 131 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 9 - Banking|Chapter 11 - Banking Transactions and Conduct of Business|Subchapter I - Banking Transactions and Conduct of Business|§ 131. Discrediting banks and foreign banks; penalties

 Any person who knowingly and maliciously makes, circulates or transmits to another, or to others, any statement, rumor or suggestion, whether written, printed, or by word of mouth, which directly or by inference redounds to the discredit of the financial condition of any bank, foreign bank, or branch of a bank or foreign bank, doing business in the United States Virgin Islands, or which affects the solvency or credit of such bank, foreign bank, or branch of a bank or foreign bank, or any person who advises, aids, procures, or induces another to originate, transmit, or circulate any such statement or rumor, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500, or by confinement in the penitentiary for a term of not more than five years, or by both.
V.I. Code tit. 9, § 131a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 9 - Banking|Chapter 11 - Banking Transactions and Conduct of Business|Subchapter I - Banking Transactions and Conduct of Business|§ 131a. Check cashing

 Every financial institution authorized to do business in the Territory shall cash any properly endorsed retirement check issued by the United States Virgin Islands Government Employees Retirement System and any social security check issued by the United States Government without regard to whether the payee has an established account with the institution at which the check is presented. The payee must present two United States Government issued photo identifications.