§ 50b-1. Special Conservation Fund
The sum of $30,000 is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Treasury of the United States Virgin Islands fiscal year July 1, 1964, to June 30, 1965, and entered as a special item in the appropriation of the Department of Agriculture and shall be known as the Special Conservation Fund.
§ 50b-2. Same; administration of Fund; rules and regulations
The Special Conservation Fund shall be administered in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commissioner of Agriculture after consultation with representatives of the Area Agricultural Conservation Program.
§ 50b-3. Same; assistance to farmers; limits; unexpended balances
An individual farmer eligible for benefits under the Agricultural Conservation Program shall be entitled to receive assistance out of the funds contributed by the Government of the United States Virgin Islands up to such amounts so that the total assistance received under the federal and insular contributions does not exceed $5,000 in any one fiscal […]
§ 43. Creation of district; boundaries
There is established as a public body corporate and politic, to serve as a governmental subdivision and instrumentality of the United States Virgin Islands and to perform the functions conferred upon it in sections 41–49 of this title, the Virgin Islands Conservation District. The boundaries of the district shall coincide with the legal boundaries of […]
§ 44. Creation of Board of Supervisors
There is established a Board of Supervisors of the Virgin Islands Conservation District to serve as the governing body of the district and to perform the functions conferred upon the district and the board in sections 41–49 of this title.
§ 45. Appointment, qualifications, and tenure of the Board of Supervisors
(a) (1) The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of eleven members. Six shall be “land occupiers” appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Legislature from a list submitted by the Commissioner of Agriculture in consultation with the Virgin Islands Conservation District. Three shall be appointed from St. Croix, two from St. Thomas and […]
§ 41. Declaration of policy
It is declared to be the policy of the Legislature to provide for the conservation and development of the soil, water and other natural resources of the United States Virgin Islands, including, but not limited to the prevention and control of soil erosion, the prevention of flood-water and sediment damage, and the furthering of the […]
§ 42. Definitions
Wherever used or referred to in sections 41–49 of this title, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context— (1) “District” means the Virgin Islands Conservation District created by the provisions of sections 41 through 49 of this title. (2) “Board” or “Board of Supervisors” means the governing body of the district; (3) “Supervisor” […]