§ 381. Certain acts and practices prohibited
It is unlawful for a scrap metals dealer or recycler to do or allow any of the following acts: (1) Purchase regulated metals property between the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.; (2) Fail to pay any excise tax owed or fail to have a tax registration number; (3) Purchase regulated metals property at […]
§ 401. Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter— (1) Every building or other structure or group of structures under the same management kept, used, maintained, advertised, or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are furnished for pay to transient or permanent guests in which three or more rooms are furnished for […]
§ 402. Safes; limited liability
The proprietor, lessee, or manager of any hotel shall provide a safe in the office of such hotel or other convenient place for the safekeeping of any money, jewelry, ornaments, bank notes, bonds, negotiable securities, precious stones, articles of gold and silver manufacture, or other valuable property of small compass, and shall notify the guests […]
§ 355. Penalties
Whoever willfully fails or refuses to comply with any requirement which this chapter imposes on him shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than 30 days, or both.
§ 370. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meaning: (a) “Department” means the Virgin Islands Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs. (b) “Ferrous metals” means metallic objects containing significant quantities of iron or steel. (c) “Fixed location” means any area occupied by a metal recycler as owner of the site or […]
§ 371. License required; licensure
(a) License required. Any person, entity, firm, company, partnership, association or corporation, before commencing operation as a scrap metal recycler or dealer in the Virgin Islands shall first secure a license in accordance with the requirements set by the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs. (b) Licensure. No person shall engage in the business as […]
§ 372. Records required
(a) A scrap metal dealer or recycler shall maintain a legible record of all purchase transactions to which such secondary metals dealer or recycler is a party. (b) The following information must be maintained on a form approved by the Virgin Islands Police Department for each purchase transaction: (1) The name, address and phone number […]
§ 373. Inspection by enforcement officers
During the usual and customary business hours of a scrap metals dealer or recycler, a law enforcement officer, including Environmental Enforcement Officers of the Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority, shall, after properly identifying herself or himself as a law enforcement officer or environmental officer shall have the right to inspect: (1) The site of the […]
§ 340. Revocation or suspension of licenses
(a) The Board may refuse to grant, or may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew any license if the holder has— (1) secured such license by any misrepresentation; (2) demonstrated a level of competence manifestly inconsistent with the retention of the license in question; (3) engaged in fraudulent business activities or in misleading advertising practices; […]
§ 341. Charges against licensee; hearing
(a) Any person aggrieved by an action of a licensee may file charges against the licensee as set forth in this section. Such charges shall be in writing and shall be sworn to by the person making them and shall be filed with the secretary of the Board. The Board, unless dismissed by the Board […]