(a) All moneys of the Authority shall be deposited in qualified depositories for funds of the Government of the Virgin Islands, but they shall be kept in separate accounts in the name of the Authority. The disbursements shall be made by it pursuant to regulations and budgets approved by the Board. Notwithstanding the provisions of […]
(a) All purchases and contracts for supplies for services, except for personal services, made by the Authority, including contracts for the construction of facilities of the Authority, shall be made after advertisement for bids sufficiently in advance of opening bids for the Authority to secure appropriate notice and opportunity for competition; provided, that where the […]
(a) All officials and employees of the Authority shall be covered by and subject to the Employees Retirement System of the Virgin Islands and the Workmen[‘s] Compensation Act. The Authority shall contribute to the Retirement System of the Government of the Virgin Islands its share of the cost of the retirement of the officials and […]
The Authority shall submit to the Legislature and to the Governor of the Virgin Islands, as soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year of the Government of the Virgin Islands (1) a financial statement and complete report of the business of the Authority for the preceding fiscal year, and (2) a complete […]
The Government of the Virgin Islands does hereby pledge to, contract and agree with, any person, firm or corporation, or any Federal, Virgin Islands or state agency, subscribing to or acquiring bonds of the Authority or of the Government of the Virgin Islands issued for the purposes of this chapter, that it obligates itself not […]
An injunction shall not be granted to prevent the application of this chapter or any part thereof.
No officer, board, commission, department or other agency or political subdivision of the Virgin Islands shall have jurisdiction over the Authority in the management and control of its properties and facilities, or any power over the regulation of rates, fees, rentals and other charges to be fixed, revised and collected by the Authority, or any […]
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as exempting the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority from any law made specifically applicable thereto or generally applicable to independent instrumentalities of the Government of the Virgin Islands, whether such law was enacted before, on, or after February 14, 1980.
If any provisions of this chapter or the application of such provisions to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of the chapter and the application of such provisions to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it shall have been held invalid shall not be affected thereby.
Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter to the contrary, the Authority shall comply with and be subject to all provisions and requirements of Title 12, chapter 21 of this Code (Virgin Islands Coastal Zone Management Act of 1978).
(a) The electric power service meters shall be read at least once every month by duly trained personnel of the Authority. (b) At the time of reading the meter, the Authority employee making the actual reading shall leave a written notice informing the subscriber of the results of the reading affixed to the meter or […]
The Authority is prohibited from disconnecting both electric and water services from a customer where the customer is delinquent in payment for only one service.
(a) The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority may not back bill customers for additional consumption of water, or electricity power due to faulty meters or previous billing errors, except as provided in this section. (1) In cases of non-functioning or defective meters, the authority is prohibited from back billing customers for additional consumption of […]
