§ 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 […]
§ 46. Powers of district and supervisors
The district and its supervisors shall have the following powers, in addition to others granted in sections 41–49 of this title: (1) to provide for, encourage, and conduct surveys, investigations, and research relating to the conservation and development of soil, water, and related resources, the prevention and control of erosion, the prevention of floodwater and […]
§ 47. Cooperation of government agencies
Agencies of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands shall cooperate with the district in the effectuation of programs and operations of the district.
§ 48. Discontinuance of district
Sections 41–49 of this title shall remain in force and effect for not less than five years after its enactment and for successive periods of five years thereafter, except as amended. At the end of the first five-year period, or any successive five-year period, the Legislature may take under consideration whether the continued operation of […]
§ 49. Appropriations authorized
Such sums as may be required for the use of the Board of Supervisors of the district in carrying out any of the purposes of sections 41–49 of this title shall be provided for by legislative appropriation.
§ 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 […]
§ 30. Council established; membership; powers and duties
(a) There is created within the Department of Agriculture an Agriculture in the Classroom Council (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”), to be composed of three (3) members. The three (3) member of the Council shall be the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture or the Commissioner’s designee, a representative of the Commissioner of the […]
§ 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 […]