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V.I. Code tit. 24, § 615 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 19 - Youth Transitional Employment Program|§ 615. Youth Transitional Employment Program

 (a)  (1) The Commissioner may make agreements with local agencies, organizations and private businesses for participation in the Youth Transitional Employment Program. The Youth Transitional Program shall be designed and administered so as to provide enrollees with vocational training and work experience. (2) Each participating agency, organization or private business shall provide to each enrollee a well-organized and fully supervised program of vocational training, and work experience. To the fullest extent feasible, each participating agency, organization or private business shall include activities to assist the enrollee in planning and managing their work in a manner that will best contribute to long-term upward mobility either in the agency, organization or private business, or elsewhere. (3) The Commissioner shall arrange programs designed to provide enrollees with education, vocational training, work experience, job search counseling and other services which, in the determination of the Commissioner, will further the objectives of the program. (b) The Commissioner may arrange for enrollee education and vocational training through local educational facilities, agencies, organizations or private business.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 617 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 19 - Youth Transitional Employment Program|§ 617. Payments to employers

 (a) The Commissioner shall make quarterly payments to an employer participating in an approved program of employment under this act. Subject to Title 33, Chapter 111, section 3092 of this code, the amount paid to an employer on behalf of an enrollee for any period of time shall be 50 percent of the product of: (1) the starting hourly rate of wages paid to the enrollee by the employer (without regard to overtime or premium pay); and (2) the number of hours worked by the enrollee during that period. (b) The maximum amount that may be paid to an employer on behalf of an enrollee participating in a program of transitional employment under this act is not more than $10,000. (c) In order to relieve financial burdens on business enterprises with relatively few number of employees, the Commissioner may make payments under this act on a monthly, rather than quarterly, basis to an employer with a number of employees less than a number which shall be specified in regulations which the Commissioner shall prescribe for the purposes of this paragraph. (d) Payment may not be made to an employer for a period of training under this act on behalf of an enrollee until the Commission has received— (1) from the enrollee, a certification that the enrollee was employed full time by the employer in a program of transitional employment during such period; and (2) from the employer, a certification— (i) that the enrollee was employed by the employer; and (ii) the number of hours worked by the enrollee during that period. With respect to the first such certification by an employer of an enrollee, the certification shall indicate the date on which the employment of the enrollee began and the starting hourly rate of wages paid to the enrollee (without regard to overtime or premium pay).
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 618 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 20 - Worker Freedom Act|§ 618. Short title

 This chapter may be cited as the Worker Freedom Act.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 619 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 20 - Worker Freedom Act|§ 619. Definitions

 For purposes of this chapter— (a) “Employee” means any person engaged in service to an employer in a business of the employer. (b) “Employer” means persons or entities engaged in business that has employees, including the local government and semi-autonomous agencies. (c) “Political matters” include political party affiliation or the decision to join or not to join any lawful, political, social or community group or activity or any labor organization. (d) “Religious matters” include religious affiliation or identification or considerations relative to joining or not joining, adhering to or not adhering to, supporting or not supporting any religious faith organization, or activity.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 620 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 20 - Worker Freedom Act|§ 620. Prohibitions

 (a) No employer or employer's agent, representative or designee may require its employees to attend an employer-sponsored meeting or participate in any communications with the employer or its agents or representatives for the purpose of communicating the employer's opinion about religious or political matters. (b) No employer or employer's agent, representative or designee may discharge, discipline or otherwise penalize any employee as a means of requiring that employee to attend a meeting or participate in communications described in subsection (a) above. (c) No employer or employer's agent, representative or designee may discharge, discipline or otherwise retaliate against any employee because the employee or person acting on behalf of the employee, makes a good-faith report, verbally or in writing of a suspected violation of the provisions of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 621 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 20 - Worker Freedom Act|§ 621. Exceptions

 (a) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a religious or political organization from requiring its employees to attend an employer-sponsored meeting or to participate in any communications with the employer or its agents or representatives, the primary purpose of which is to communicate the employer's religious or political beliefs, practices, or tenets. (b) Nothing in this chapter prohibits an educational institution from requiring student instructors to attend lectures on political or religious matters that are part of the regular coursework at such institution.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 622 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 20 - Worker Freedom Act|§ 622. Remedy

 Any aggrieved employee may enforce the provisions of this chapter by means of a civil action brought no later than ninety days after the date of the alleged violation. The court, in its discretion, may award actual economic damages, including attorneys' fees and costs, or any other relief that the court deems proper. Nothing in this chapter may be construed to limit an employee's rights to any other cause of action under the law or a collective bargaining agreement.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 1 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 1 - Safety of Navigation; Inspection and Registration of Vessels|§ 1. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, “vessels” includes every description of watercraft, or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 2 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 1 - Safety of Navigation; Inspection and Registration of Vessels|§ 2. Registration and licensing of vessels

 (a) All American sailing vessels under five net tons shall be registered with the Collector of Customs of the Virgin Islands, and all such vessels carrying passengers or freight for remuneration shall be required to obtain licenses from him before obtaining clearances. Licenses shall be issued after inspection and approval of the seaworthiness of the craft and condition of equipment and shall be renewed every two years. The requirements for registration and licensing shall be determined by the Collector of Customs and promulgated by regulations prescribed by him, and approved by the Governor. (b) All vessels carrying passengers or freight between ocean common carriers and the public wharves of the Virgin Islands shall be registered and licensed pursuant to this section. For the purpose of this subsection “vessel” shall not include any vessel which is an integral part of and transported with the ocean common carrier.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 3 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 1 - Safety of Navigation; Inspection and Registration of Vessels|§ 3. Life preservers; licensed personnel

 All sailing vessels under 700 tons carrying passengers or freight for remuneration, shall carry at least one life jacket or preserver for every passenger carried and for each member of the crew, and no sailing vessel, while carrying passengers shall be operated or navigated except in charge of a person found qualified and licensed by the Collector of Customs, who shall be aided by the harbormaster in determining such qualifications. For the purposes of this chapter, a life jacket or preserver shall satisfy the following conditions— (1) it shall be approved material and construction; and (2) it shall be capable of supporting in fresh water for twenty-four hours fifteen pounds of avoirdupois of iron. Life jackets or preservers, the buoyancy of which depends on air compartments are prohibited. All life preservers shall be kept in convenient and accessible places on such vessels in readiness for immediate use in case of accident.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 4 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 1 - Safety of Navigation; Inspection and Registration of Vessels|§ 4. Number of passengers; inspection of life preservers

 With the approval of the Governor, the Collector of Customs shall determine by regulations the maximum number of passengers permitted to be carried by any sailing vessel under 700 tons and shall cause to be examined its life jackets or preservers at least once a year, and shall approve same if found to conform with the standards prescribed in section 3 of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 5 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 1 - Safety of Navigation; Inspection and Registration of Vessels|§ 5. Inspection of vessels

 All sailing vessels up to 700 tons shall be inspected by the Collector of Customs or the harbormaster at least once every two years as to their seaworthiness and condition of their equipment.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 6 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 1 - Safety of Navigation; Inspection and Registration of Vessels|§ 6. International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea

 The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1948, shall be in force and effect within the harbors and roadsteads of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 7 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 1 - Safety of Navigation; Inspection and Registration of Vessels|§ 7. Cargo vessels carrying passengers

 All cargo vessels, foreign or domestic, carrying passengers from the Virgin Islands to other parts in the West Indies shall be required to obtain from the Collector of Customs in St. Thomas a certificate of inspection according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of June 5, 1920 (46 U.S.C. § 882) as modified by the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, unless an unexpired certificate of inspection is carried which has been obtained in a United States port where such inspections are made and certificates of inspection issued, as provided in such Act of June 5, 1920.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 8 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 1 - Safety of Navigation; Inspection and Registration of Vessels|§ 8. Vessels carrying more than six passengers

 Sections 3, 4, and 5 of this title, and the inspection provisions of section 2 of this title, shall not apply to vessels which carry more than six passengers and which are subject to inspection under the provisions of the Act of Congress of May 10, 1956, Public Law 519 (46 U.S.C. §§ 390–390g).
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 9 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 1 - Safety of Navigation; Inspection and Registration of Vessels|§ 9. Penalties

 (a) The penalty for violation of any provision of this chapter shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000. Such penalty shall constitute a lien against the vessel, and libel suits may be instituted by an enforcement officer in the Superior Court of the judicial division in which the violation occurred. Each violation of any provision of this chapter shall be a separate and distinct offense. Upon repeated violations of any of the provisions of this chapter, the Collector of Customs may, in his discretion, suspend the licenses of the vessel and/or the license of the operator for such period of time as he deems proper. (b) All penalties provided for in this section shall be assessed and collected by the enforcement officers of the Collector of Customs and all monies so collected, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be deposited to the credit of the general funds of the treasury of the Virgin Islands. The Governor of the Virgin Islands may, upon petition within sixty days after the penalty has been assessed, remit or mitigate any such penalty.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 41 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 3 - Transportation Service Between the Islands|§ 41. Transportation between St. Thomas and St. John

 (a) For the purpose of maintaining transportation facilities and services between the Islands of St. Thomas and St. John, the Governor shall contract for, purchase, or otherwise acquire all such equipment, labor, services, and facilities, as are necessary or appropriate. (b) Public transportation services and facilities as provided for in this section shall be maintained, in accordance with regulations issued by the Governor, on a regularly scheduled daily service between St. Thomas and St. John. (c) There is authorized to be appropriated out of any funds available in the treasury of the Virgin Islands, such sums as may be necessary for the purposes of this section. (d) The Department of Public Works, Office of Transportation, shall include inter-island water ferry service between St. Thomas and St. John in the comprehensive mass transit system plan developed by the Department.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 42 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 3 - Transportation Service Between the Islands|§ 42. Transportation between St. Croix and St. Thomas

 The Department of Public Works, Office of Transportation, shall include inter-island water ferry service between St. Croix and St. Thomas and St. Thomas and St. Croix in the comprehensive mass transit system plan developed by the Department.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 43 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 3 - Transportation Service Between the Islands|§ 43. Virgin Islands Ferry Boat Revolving Fund

 (a) There is established as a separate and distinct, non-lapsing, revolving fund in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands, the Virgin Islands Ferry Boat Fund. The Commissioner of Finance shall administer the fund, and no monies deposited in the fund may be made available for expenditure and or disbursement for any other purposes except as provided in this section. (b) The Virgin Islands Ferry Boat Fund consists of: (1) All grants, contributions, gifts and bequests; (2) All interest accrued on monies in the Fund; and (3) All non-federal sums appropriated to the Fund from time to time by the Legislature which remain available until expended. (c) Monies in the Fund must be used exclusively to expand and maintain the inter-island passenger ferry boat service within and between the islands of the Virgin Islands. (d) The Commissioner of Finance shall, on a quarterly basis submit to the Governor and the Legislature a detailed accounting of the disbursements from the fund and its unobligated balance.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 131 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 7 - Administration of Harbors|§ 131. Administration of harbors; harbor masters

 (a) The harbors of the Virgin Islands shall be administered by the Commissioner of Economic Development and Agriculture, through an Assistant Commissioner for Marine and Aviation Services. The Governor shall appoint a harbor master for Saint Thomas and a harbor master for Saint Croix. (b) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this title, the Commissioner of Economic Development and Agriculture, through an Assistant Commissioner for Marine and Aviation Services, and subject to the approval of the Governor, shall be authorized to issue rules and regulations not inconsistent with federal law and rules, regulations and orders thereunder necessary and appropriate to effectuate and implement the provisions of this chapter, and of all other chapters of this title, including rules and regulations relating to the construction or mooring of vessels, barges, houseboats, or other craft or structures in the harbors or beaches of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 132 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 7 - Administration of Harbors|§ 132. Disposition of fees and revenues; Marine and Aviation Fund; expenses; grants

 All ship dues, pilotage fees, quarantine fees, and miscellaneous revenue collected through the harbors of the Virgin Islands shall be covered into a special fund in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands to be known as the “Marine and Aviation Fund”. All expenses of administering said harbors shall be paid from said fund on an annual budget basis to be enacted by the Legislature and approved by the Governor. The Legislature may make grants to the special fund from the general fund as may be needed to supplement the revenues of the said special fund.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 133 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 7 - Administration of Harbors|§ 133. Removal of sunken watercraft or other obstructions

 Whenever the navigation of any harbor, or the use of any pier, wharf or bulkhead, or their approaches, in the Virgin Islands shall be obstructed or endangered by any sunken vessel, boat, watercraft, raft or other similar obstruction, and such obstruction has existed for a longer period than 30 days, or whenever the abandonment of such obstruction can be legally established in a less space of time, the sunken vessel, boat, watercraft, raft or other obstruction shall be subject to be broken up, removed, sold, or otherwise disposed of subject to the provisions of applicable Federal law by the Assistant Commissioner for Marine and Aviation Services at his discretion, without any liability for any damage to the owner of same, provided that in his discretion, the Assistant Commissioner for Marine and Aviation Service may cause reasonable notice of such obstruction of not less than 30 days, unless the legal abandonment of the obstruction can be established in a less time, to be given by publication, addressed “To Whom It may Concern”, in a newspaper published in the judicial division in which the obstruction is located requiring the removal thereof; Provided, further, That the Assistant Commissioner for Marine and Aviation Services, notwithstanding the provisions of Title 31, may in his discretion at or after the time of giving such notice, cause sealed proposals to be solicited by public advertisement, giving reasonable notice of at least 10 days, for the removal of such obstruction as soon as possible after the expiration of the above specified 30 days notice, in case it has not in the meantime been so removed, these proposals and contracts, at his discretion, to be conditioned that such vessel, boat, watercraft, raft, or other obstruction, and all property and cargo contained therein, shall become the property of the contractor, and the contract shall be awarded to the bidder making the proposition most advantageous to the Government of the Virgin Islands; Provided, further, That such bidder shall give satisfactory security to execute the work; Provided, further, That any money received from the sale of any such wreck, or from any contractor for the removal of wrecks, under this section shall be covered into the Marine and Aviation Fund.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 171 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 9 - Pilotage Fees|§ 171. Pilotage fees in the Virgin Islands

 The following fees shall be collected by the Commissioner of Commerce and deposited into the Special Fund known as the “Marine and Aviation Fund”: (1) F or piloting vessels to and from any harbor or port in the Virgin Islands, from sunrise to sunset:DRAFTFEEUp to and including 11 feet$1.00 per foot12 feet, and over  2.00 per foot (2) From sunset to sunrise, add 50 percent to day pilotage. (3) Ships in ballast, and ships of 15,000 gross tons and over add 50 percent to pilotage in, for docking. (4) For mooring or shifting berths within the harbor, bays, wharves, or dry dock, half pilotage. (5) For pilotage around the Island of St. Thomas, the Island of St. Croix, or the Island of St. John, special arrangements will be made by the Commissioner of Commerce or his designee and the agent or the captain of the vessel. (6) Fractional parts of a foot less than 6 inches will not be counted. Fractional parts of a foot 6 inches or more will be considered an additional foot. (7) Vessels commissioned by the United States or foreign governments, yachts, and vessels under 100 gross tons are exempt from pilotage, except when the services of a pilot are requested.
V.I. Code tit. 25, § 291 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 25 - Navigation|Chapter 15 - Motorboats|§ 291. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (1) “Vessel” means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. (2) “Motorboat” means any vessel propelled by machinery, whether or not such machinery is the principal source of propulsion. (3) “Owner” means a person, other than a lien holder, having the property in or title to a motorboat. The term includes a person entitled to the use or possession of a motorboat subject to an interest in another person, reserved or created by agreement and securing payment or performance of an obligation, but the term excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security. (4) “Waters of the Virgin Islands” means any waters within the territorial limits of the Virgin Islands, and the marginal sea adjacent to this territory and the high seas when navigated as a part of the journey or ride to or from the shore of the Virgin Islands. (5) “Person” means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association or other entity. (6) “Operate” means to navigate or otherwise use a motorboat or a vessel. (7) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Planning and Natural Resources. (8) “Commercial Vessel” means any vessel used or engaged in trade or business including, but not limited to, carrying passengers for hire, charter fishing, bare boat, or any type of charter, maintenance, diving, towing, or any other trade or business wherein the vessel is used in any manner to promote the venture, or is registered or licensed with the Territory, other state, or documented by the United States Coast Guard for commercial purposes; Provided, however, That the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to commercial fishing vessels other than commercial charter fishing vessels. (9) “Department” means the Department of Planning and Natural Resources. (10) “Sailing Vessel” means any vessel propelled by sail only.