(a) A standing committee of the Legislature is created, to be officially known as the Legislature’s Committee on Interstate Cooperation. The Committee shall consist of five members, including its chairman. The members shall be elected by the Legislature, which shall designate the member to serve as chairman. In addition to the regular members, the President […]
A committee of administrative officials and employees of the Virgin Islands is created, to be officially known as the Governor’s Committee on Interstate Cooperation, and to consist of five members. Its members shall be: The Commissioner of Finance, ex officio; the United States attorney, ex officio; the Chairman of the Virgin Islands Planning Board, ex […]
(a) The Virgin Islands Commission on Interstate Cooperation, hereafter in this chapter referred to as the “Commission,” is created. The Commission shall be composed of ten regular members, as follows— (1) the five members of the Legislature’s Committee on Interstate Cooperation, and (2) the five members of the Governor’s Committee on Interstate Cooperation. (b) The […]
The Commission may employ a secretary and a stenographer, it may incur such other expenses as may be necessary for the proper performance of its duties, and it may, by contributions to the Council of State Governments, participate with States of the United States in maintaining such Council’s district and central secretariats and other governmental […]
The Commission shall— (1) carry forward the participation of the Virgin Islands as a member of the Council of State Governments; (2) encourage and assist the legislative, executive, administrative and judicial officials and employees of the Virgin Islands to develop and maintain friendly contact by correspondence, by conference, and otherwise, with officials and employees of […]
(a) The Commission shall establish such delegations and committees as it deems advisable, in order that they may confer and formulate proposals concerning effective means to secure intergovernmental harmony, and may perform other functions for the Commission in obedience to its decisions. Subject to the approval of the Commission, members of each delegation or committee […]
The Commission shall report to the Governor and to the Legislature within fifteen days after the convening of each regular legislative session, and at such other times as it deems appropriate.
The Committees and the Commission created by this chapter shall be informally known, respectively, as the Legislature’s Cooperation Committee, the Governor’s Cooperation Committee and the Virgin Islands Cooperation Commission.
The Council of State Governments is declared to be a joint governmental agency of the Virgin Islands and of the States of the United States which cooperate through it.
