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(a) All students of the Virgin Islands enrolled full-time in public, private or parochial schools, and full-time students of the University of the Virgin Islands shall be eligible for a public transportation discount card, regardless of age.
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(b) The Department of Public Works, through the Office of the Commissioner of Public Works, shall be responsible for establishing a system for effectively instituting the student transportation discount card by September of 1993, and may charge a yearly fee for the issuance of such card, not to exceed five dollars.
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(c) Students using the discount cards shall receive a discount of twenty-five percent (25%), on the city and country routes of the Virgin Islands Transit System (VITRAN), at any time.
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(d) To receive the student discount card, each student shall appear in person and present a current student identification card from the school they attend to the designated personnel of the Department of Public Works, who shall issue a transportation discount card bearing the name of the student, the school he or she attends, the student’s social security number, and a photo identification of that student, and any other necessary information. The discount card shall be issued for a period of one calendar year.
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(e) The student, upon receiving the discount card, must present that card to the bus driver before depositing the discounted fee into the bus’ fee collector.