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V.I. Code tit. 3, § 1212 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 41 - Virgin Islands Arts and Craft Factory Development Board|§ 1212. Creation of the Virgin Islands Arts and Craft Factory Development Board

 There is hereby created a body corporate and politic constituting a public corporation and autonomous governmental instrumentality of the Government of the Virgin Islands to be known as the Virgin Islands Arts and Craft Factory Development Board. The affairs of the Board shall be managed by its officers as designated by resolution of the members. The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than nine (9) members who shall serve staggered three (3) year terms, and shall be selected as follows: (1) The Board shall be governed by a Chairman and shall have a Vice-Chairman, a Treasurer and a Secretary. Four (4) members shall be residents of St. Croix, four members shall be residents of St. Thomas, and one (1) member shall be a resident of St. John. Non-governmental members shall be compensated $40.00 per day for each day or fraction thereof spent in the business of the Board; provided that the Chairman of the Board shall be compensated on the basis of $60.00 per day; and provided further that not more than $240.00 may be paid to any non-governmental member within any one (1) month, nor more than $2,640.00 within a calendar year. The corresponding compensation for the Chairman of the Board shall be not more than $360.00 within any one (1) month and not more than $4,320 within a calendar year. (2) Five (5) members shall be representatives of the business, financial and general community, of which three (3) members shall be chosen by the Governor and two (2) members shall be chosen by the President of the Legislature; four (4) members shall be representatives of the low income sectors of the Virgin Islands population, of which two (2) members shall be chosen by the Governor and two (2) members shall be chosen by the President of the Legislature. No part of the net earnings of the Board shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributed to its members, except that the Board shall be authorized and empowered to otherwise pay reasonable compensation for services duly authorized and rendered, and to make payment distributions in furtherance of its purposes; provided, however, that no employee of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands who also serves as a member of the Virgin Islands Arts and Craft Factory Development Board may receive compensation from the Board for any services rendered or position held, except that reimbursement may be made for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of duties while on authorized official business on behalf of the Board.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 1213 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 41 - Virgin Islands Arts and Craft Factory Development Board|§ 1213. Powers and responsibilities of the Board

 The Board shall have the following powers and responsibilities: (1) To hire such persons on contract with such institutions as the Board deems necessary to administer the decisions of the Board made pursuant to this section. (2) To make monies available for the purchase of items necessary in the production of craft. (3) To make craft available for display to the public. (4) To make rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this section as are necessary or desirable to effectuate the purpose of this section, including but not limited to: (A) the time within which lending institutions must make commitments and disbursements for loans and (B) the charging and collecting of fees in connection with making, purchasing and servicing machines and equipment used to make craft. (5) To accept gifts, grants or loans of funds, insurance or guarantees, property, or services from any source, public or private, subject to the provisions of this section. (6) To acquire, convey, transfer, pledge, lease, hold and dispose of real and personal property for the purposes set forth in this section, including but not limited to (A) acquiring real or personal property, or any interest therein, on a temporary or permanent basis in the name of the Government by gift, purchase, transfer, foreclosure, lease or otherwise, including rights or easements in property; (B) disposing of property by public or private sale, subject to the Territory's bidding laws; and (C) operating and managing property in such a manner as may be necessary to protect the interest of the Government and the holders of its obligations.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 1214 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 42 - Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control|§ 1214. Short title

 This Act may be known and cited as the “The Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control Act.”
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 1215 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 42 - Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control|§ 1215. Definitions

 As used in this chapter the following terms are to be given the following meanings: (1) “Agents” mean members of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control; (2) “Bureau” means the Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control; (3) “Director” means the Director of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control; and (4) “Board” means the Administrative Board of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 1216 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 42 - Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control|§ 1216. Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control

 The V.I. Drug Enforcement Bureau heretofore existing within the Office of the Governor, is hereby renamed and continued within the executive branch of government as a semi-autonomous entity designated as the “Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotic and Dangerous Drugs Control” (VIBNDDC), to be under the exclusive jurisdiction, control, and direction of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control Board.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 1217 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 42 - Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control|§ 1217. Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotic and Dangerous Drugs Control Board

 There is hereby created a Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control Board that consists of seven members. The Board includes three ex officio members, the V.I. Attorney General, the Commissioner of the V.I. Department of Health and the Commissioner of the V.I. Police Department, whose terms are coterminous with those of the persons by whom they are appointed, and four appointed members. Of the four appointed members, two must be residents of the St. Croix District and two must be members of the St. Thomas/St. John District. The Governor shall appoint an initial Board within 30 days after the enactment of this chapter. Thereafter, appointments must be made by May 1, of each year. These members must be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands and may be removed only for cause. The term of office of the four appointed members is to be five years; however, the initial appointments to the Board are for the following terms as designated by the Governor: one member for a term of one year; one member for a term of two years; one member for a term of three years; one member for a term of four years. A member may serve more than one term on the Board. Each member shall continue to serve so long as the member is qualified until a successor has been appointed and confirmed by the Senate. Vacancies occurring during a term shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the same procedure used to make the regular appointments.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 1218 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 42 - Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control|§ 1218. Bureau functions; law enforcement powers

 The functions of the Bureau are limited to the following: (a) the enforcement of all drug and narcotic laws applicable to the Territory; (b) the investigation of reports of alleged drug trafficking, distribution and sale of narcotics and drug paraphernalia in the Virgin Islands; (c) the apprehension any person who engages in illegal drug trafficking or in the illegal distribution or sale of narcotics and its paraphernalia in the Virgin Islands and its territorial waters; and (d) conferring, consulting and cooperating with governmental departments and agencies that are engaged in drug and narcotic law enforcement on local, federal and regional levels. (e) establishing, implementing and maintaining a certification program for canines used in the detection of illegal drugs, as well as for their trainers or handlers. (f) In addition to the functions specified in this section, the members of the Bureau shall have the same law enforcement powers as police officers of the Virgin Islands Police Department including, but not limited to, peace officers status pursuant to title 5 V.I.C., 3561.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 1219 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 42 - Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control|§ 1219. Director; manner of selection; qualifications

 (a) The Bureau is headed by a Director, who must be designated by a simple majority of the members of the Board, a quorum being present. The Director shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. Any acting Director shall serve only one period of not more than six months. (b) The preferred candidate shall demonstrate the following additional competencies: (1) experience as a trainer within a police or other law enforcement agency; (2) excellent organizational or human relations skills and abilities; (3) ability to communicate effectively with others; (4) knowledge of police organization, rules and procedures; (5) knowledge base in policing and drug enforcement investigative techniques to facilitate training others; and (6) experience in an investigative unit within a territorial, state or federal law enforcement agency or as a field agent in the Drug Enforcement Administration, Special Agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms or similar federal law or drug enforcement agency, which may be substituted for preferred education and training, if the candidate possesses a minimum of a bachelor's degree in either law enforcement or the social sciences or ten years of progressively responsible experience as an administrator in criminal justice, law enforcement or justice administration programs, or any combination of these disciplines.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 1220 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 42 - Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control|§ 1220. Director as head; members on leave or transferred; retained rights; recall

 (a) All members of the Bureau, including those on loan from other local government departments or agencies, are accountable to and under the direct control and supervision of the Director. All performance ratings for the members of the Bureau must be completed by the Director, and reviewed and approved by the Board before considered final. The Director is responsible for creating regulations, subject to the Board's approval, to effectuate the purposes of the Bureau, not later than 60 days after his selection, which must be reviewed annually, and if needed, revised to insure the continued effective operations of the Bureau. (b) All members of the Bureau on leave from any other government departments or agencies do not lose their respective ranks and service seniority with those departments and agencies and shall accrue service seniority commensurate with their tenure with the Bureau, in addition to being entitled to take any promotional examinations that is administered to those departments' or agencies' employees during the Agents' tenure with the Bureau. Upon their successfully completing such examination, the Agents must be granted the same promotional consideration as the employees of the other departments or agencies involved in law enforcement. Likewise, the members are entitled to the same retirement benefits as police officers and other law enforcement officers of equal ranks of the V.I. Police Department. (c) The members of the Bureau are entitled to all present and future salary increases and all other present and future employment benefits that they would have received with the department or agency they were employed with immediately prior to their transfer to the Bureau, had they not been on leave from such department or agency to become a member of the Bureau; however, in no event may a member of the Bureau earn less than $30,000 per year, and the Director of the Division of Personnel, after consultation and agreement with the Director, shall develop a pay scale for compensation above the entry level salary for members of the Bureau in addition to secretarial, investigative and clerical personnel. (d) Those agents who are members on leave from another department or agency shall have their salaries paid by said departments or agencies as certified by the Board. (e) Officers from the Virgin Islands Police Department or other law enforcement agencies must be freely granted favorable consideration by the Police Commissioner on their request for transfer or leave of absence to join the Bureau, but such transfer is subject to the Governor's approval. (f) An employee loaned, transferred, or temporarily assigned to the Bureau may not be recalled or otherwise severed from the Bureau without the prior written consent of the Governor.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 1222 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 42 - Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control|§ 1222. Members of the board; meetings; powers and duties

 (a) Annually the Board shall select one its members to serve as chair and one member to serve as vice-chair. The Board shall meet at least quarterly. The chair shall preside at all meetings and shall have the power to call meetings of the Board. In addition, meetings of the Board may be called by a majority of the members. The vice-chair shall perform these functions in the absence or incapacity of the chair. A quorum of four members of the Board shall be necessary to conduct any official business. All actions taken by the Board must be by a simple majority vote of a quorum. In the event of a tie vote, the measure being voted upon must be deemed to have failed. (b) The Board shall adopt regulations of procedure for the orderly performance of its functions. (c) Members of the Board shall serve without salary, but may be reimbursed for expenses reasonably incurred in the exercise of their lawful duties. Additionally, Board members are entitled to per diem and travel expenses consistent with title 3, chapter 5, section 65 of this title. (d) The Board has the following powers and duties: (1) To appoint the Director of the Bureau whose compensation is determined by the Board, but in no event may be lower than the lowest paid Commissioner in the executive branch of government; (2) To establish general procedures with regard to assisting law enforcement officers and prosecutors; and (3) To establish a program of training for Agents utilizing such courses as the National Police Academy conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 1223 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 42 - Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control|§ 1223. Hiring attorneys to advise Director; administrative hearings; investigation; subpoena power

 (a) Notwithstanding 3 V.I.C., 114(6), the Director of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control may employ attorneys, or contract with attorneys, as needed. These attorneys may advise the Director, the Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control Board and Bureau personnel on all legal matters and shall appear for and represent the Director, the Board and Bureau personnel in all administrative hearings and all litigation or other proceedings that may arise in the discharge of their duties. (b) At the request of the Director, the Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control Board, or the Attorney General, such attorney may assist the Attorney General in prosecuting charges of violators of the Virgin Islands Controlled Substances Law. If a conflict of interest would be created by such attorney's is [sic] representing the Director, Board or Bureau personnel, additional counsel may be hired upon approval of the Board. (c) In carrying out his functions under this chapter, the Director may hold hearings, sign and issue subpoenas, administer oaths, examine witnesses, and receive evidence at any place in the Virgin Islands. (d) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, notice must be given and hearings must be conducted under appropriate procedures prescribed by the Director.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 1224 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 42 - Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control|§ 1224. Investigations; subpoena power

 (a) In any investigation relating to the Director's functions under this section with respect to controlled substances, the Director may subpoena witnesses, compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and require the production of any records, including books, papers, documents, and other tangible things which constitute or contain evidence, that the Director finds relevant or material to the investigation. (b) A subpoena issued under this section may be served by any person designated in the subpoena to serve it. Service upon a natural person may be made by personal delivery of the subpoena to him. Service may be made upon a domestic or foreign corporation or upon a partnership or other unincorporated association which is subject to suit under a common name, by delivering the subpoena to an officer, to a managing or general agent, or to any other agent authorized by appointment or by law to receive service of process. The affidavit of the person serving the subpoena entered on a true copy thereof by the person serving it is proof of service. (c) In the case of contumacy by or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, the Director may invoke the aid of the V.I. Superior Court.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 1225 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 42 - Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control|§ 1225. Budget of Bureau

 (a) The Bureau is comprised of one Director and such Agents, secretarial, investigative and clerical personnel as are necessary or desirable as determined by the Director within the scope of legislative appropriations made therefor. All other money, gifts, properly, [sic] proceeds from rent, sales, and all other gifts and contributions, including but not limited to financial or property gifts received by the Bureau, must be placed in the account or accounts, as authorized to be established under this section. (b)  (1) The Director may establish within the Bureau an account or system of accounts and records, and an appropriate bank account for quarterly deposits of allotted funds and for prompt payment of operating expenses of the Bureau except salaries and fringe benefits. All other money, gifts, property, proceeds from rent, sales, and all other gifts and contributions, including but not limited to financial or property gifts received by the Bureau, shall be placed in the account or accounts, as authorized to be established under this section. The use and disposal of the money and assets identified in this subsection must be determined by the Board and the money and property identified in the accounts shall remain available until expended in accordance to the authorization of the Board. (2) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make quarterly allotments of the annual appropriation to the Bureau. (3) The Bureau shall submit to the Department of Finance by the 30th day of the month following the end of each quarter a quarterly report detailing the amount, the nature and justification of each item of expenditure in the previous quarter. The report must be accompanied by receipts and any other documentation required by the regulations of the Department of Finance's or by other laws of the Virgin Islands. The Bureau shall compile and submit an annual report to the Department of Finance and to the Legislature by the 30th day of the month following the end of the fiscal year. (4) The Director shall prepare and submit an annual budget for salaries and expenses of the Bureau to the Legislature
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 1226 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 42 - Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control|§ 1226. Report

 The Director shall make an annual report to all members of the Board. The report must contain, at a minimum, a brief scary of all cases handled by the Bureau the preceding year, as well as the activities in which the Bureau participated.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 1230 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 42 - Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control|§ 1230. Order to show cause in administrative hearing

 (a) Before denying, suspending or revoking a registration or refusing a renewal of registration, the Director shall serve upon the applicant or registrant an order to show cause why registration should not be denied, revoked or suspended or why the renewal should not be refused. (1) The order to show cause must contain a statement of the basis therefore and must call upon the applicant or registrant to appear before the appropriate person or agency at a time and place within 30 days after the date of service of the order, but in the case of a denial or renewal of registration the show cause order must be served within thirty (30) days before the expiration of the registration. (2)  (A) These proceedings must be conducted in accordance with any Administrative Procedures Act adopted by the territory or similar statute, or regulations of the Bureau promulgated pursuant to section 1220 of this chapter, which in whole or in part must either be applicable to or serve as the basis of the procedural provisions governing the Virgin Islands Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control Act. The procedural provisions must provide for investigation of charges by the Bureau; notice of charges to the accused; an opportunity for a fair and impartial hearing for the accused before the Bureau; an opportunity for representation of the accused by counsel; the presentation of testimony, evidence and argument; subpoena power and attendance of witnesses; a record of proceedings; and judicial review by the courts in accordance with the standards established by the jurisdiction for such review. The Bureau shall have subpoena authority to conduct comprehensive reviews of the accused person's or entity's office records and administrative authority, upon demonstrating a substantial need, to access otherwise protected or confidential records. (B) The Bureau may use preponderance of the evidence as the standard of proof in its role as trier of fact. (3) Proceedings to refuse renewal of registration shall not abate the existing registration which shall remain in effect pending the outcome of the administrative hearing. (b) The Director shall suspend, without an order to show cause, any registration simultaneously with the institution of proceedings under section 1229 of this chapter, if the Director finds there is imminent danger to the public health or safety which warrants this action. The suspension must continue in effect until the conclusion of the proceedings, including judicial review thereof, unless sooner withdrawn by the Director or dissolved by a court of competent jurisdiction.