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§ 806A. Action by the Governor

Upon receiving a finding from the Board recommending a plan of operation for an Existing Business or a plan of operation of Protected Cell be approved, the Governor shall proceed to make his determination as to whether to approve the Board’s findings; and in this event the Board shall submit all relevant data and all […]

§ 807. Licensing

(a) Each Protected Cell shall get a Protected Cell Business License. (b) The Department of Licensing and Consumer affairs shall process a business license application for the Protected Cell applicant fifteen working days of the applicant’s submitting a completed application to the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs, or if a determination is not made […]

§ 808. Beneficiary exclusion

(a) Beneficiaries of the Economic Development Program pursuant to Title 29, chapter 12, of this Code, and beneficiaries of the Farmers, Fishermen and Consumers Assistance Program pursuant to Title 7, chapter 13, of this Code, shall not be eligible to receive benefits under this chapter during the period of their benefits under Title 29 or […]

§ 800. Purpose

(a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the creation of a protected cell corporation by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands to be owned by the University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park Corporation, defined as the “Research and Technology Park Protected Cell Corporation,” as a means to provide Hosting […]

§ 802. Establishment of Protected Cells

(a) There is hereby created by the Government of the Virgin Islands a protected cell corporation to be known as the Research and Technology Park Protected Cell Corporation. Such Research and Technology Park Protected Cell Corporation shall be governed by the Board of Directors of the Research and Technology Park Corporation. Upon the written approval […]

§ 803. Use and operation of Protected Cells

(a) The assets of any Protected Cell may not be charged with liabilities arising out of any other business of the Research and Technology Park Protected Cell Corporation or any other Protected Cell. (b) The income, gains and losses, realized or unrealized, from each Protected Cell must be credited to or charged against the Protected […]

§ 804. Reach of creditors and other claimants

(a) Creditors of a Protected Cell shall not be entitled to have recourse against the assets of other Protected Cells or the assets of the Research and Technology Park Protected Cell Corporation. (b) In no event shall the establishment of one or more Protected Cells alone constitute or be deemed to be a fraudulent conveyance, […]

§ 782. Definitions

As used in this chapter: (a) “Board” means the Virgin Islands Board of Education; (b) “Bullying prevention” includes but is not limited to instruction in the prevention and strategies for student-centered problem solving all of the following: (1) Intimidation; (2) Student victimization; (3) Sexual harassment; (4) Sexual violence; (5) Sexual, discrimination due to sexual orientation; […]

§ 783. Implementation

(a) Each school district shall make suitable provisions for instruction in bullying prevention and gang resistance education and training in all grades and include such instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein. (b) The Department of Education shall incorporate the bullying prevention and gang resistance education and training with Conflict Resolution Education set […]

§ 784. Effective date

Beginning 180 days after the effective date of this chapter, each school district shall create and maintain a policy on bullying, which must be filed with the Board. Each school district must communicate its policy on bullying to its students and their parents or guardians on an annual basis. The policy must be updated every […]