V.I. Code tit. 29, § 553 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 29 - Public Planning and Development|Chapter 10 - Virgin Islands Port Authority|Subchapter III - Bonds of the Authority|§ 553. Right to receivership upon default

 (a) The Authority is authorized to covenant for the right to receivership upon default as hereinafter set forth in paragraphs (b) to (f) inclusive, or to limit such right by definition of default or otherwise, in its agreement with the bondholders. (b) In the event that the Authority shall default in the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any of its bonds after the same shall become due, whether it be a default in the payment of the principal and interest or in the payment of interest only at maturity or upon call for redemption, and such default shall continue for a period of thirty (30) days, or in the event that the Authority or the Board, officers, agents, or employees thereof shall default on any agreement made with the holders of the bonds, any holder or holders of the bonds (subject to any contractual limitation as to a specific percentage of such holders), or trustee therefor, shall have the right to apply in an appropriate judicial proceeding to any court of competent jurisdiction in the Virgin Islands for the appointment of a receiver of the facilities, the income or revenues of which are pledged to the payment of the bonds so in default, whether or not all the bonds have been declared due and payable and whether or not such holder, or trustee therefor is seeking or has sought to enforce any other right or to exercise any remedy in connection with such bonds. Upon such application and showing the court may appoint, and if the application is made by the holders of twenty-five (25%) per centum in principal amount of such bonds then outstanding or by trustee for holders of bonds in such principal amount, shall appoint a receiver of such facilities. (c) The receiver so appointed shall forthwith, directly or by his agents and attorneys, enter into and upon and take possession of such facilities and may exclude the Authority, its Board, officers, agents, and employees and all persons claiming under them, wholly therefrom and shall have, hold, use, operate, manage, and control the same, and, in the name of the Authority or otherwise, as the receiver may deem best, shall exercise all the rights and powers of the Authority with respect to such facilities as the Authority itself might do. Such receiver shall maintain, restore, insure and keep insured, such facilities and from time to time shall make all repairs necessary or proper for the conservation of the facilities, shall establish, levy, maintain and collect such rates, fees, and other charges in connection with such facilities as such receiver may deem necessary, proper and reasonable, consistent with the purposes of the receivership and the purposes of this chapter, and shall collect and receive all income and revenues and deposit the same in a separate account and apply the income and revenues so collected and received in such manner as the court shall direct. (d) Whenever all that is due upon the bonds, and interests thereon, and under any of the terms of any covenants or agreements with bondholders shall have been paid or deposited as provided therein, and all defaults in consequence of which a receiver may be appointed shall have been cured and made good, the court may, in its discretion and after such notice and hearing as it deems reasonable and proper, direct the receiver to surrender possession of such facilities to the Authority, the same right of the holders of the bonds to obtain the appointment of a receiver to exist upon any subsequent default as hereinabove provided. (e) Such receiver shall act, in the performance of the powers hereinabove conferred upon him, under the direction and supervision of the court and shall at all times be subject to the orders and decrees of the court and may be removed thereby. Nothing herein contained shall limit or restrict the jurisdiction of the court to enter such other and further orders and decrees as such court may deem necessary or appropriate for the exercise by the receiver of any functions specifically set in this chapter. (f) Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, such receiver shall have no power to sell, assign, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of any assets of whatever kind or character belonging to the Authority and useful for its activities, but the powers of any such receiver shall be limited to the operation and maintenance of the facilities of the Authority, and the collection and application of the income and revenues therefrom and the court shall not have jurisdiction to enter any order or decree requiring or permitting said receiver to sell, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of any such assets.