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 […]
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” […]
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 […]
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.
(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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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.
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.
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.
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 […]
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated in the annual budgets of the Department of Agriculture a special item in such amount as the Legislature may deem appropriate as a contribution to the Special Conservation Fund.
The Government of the United States Virgin Islands is authorized to share with farmers in the United States Virgin Islands the cost of subsoiling cropland and pasture land to a depth that will effectively shatter the hardpan to permit better water penetration and increase the water table.
Any farmer desirous of obtaining the benefit of Government cost-sharing in subsoiling under sections 51–55 of this title shall submit a request for such through the Board of Supervisors of the Virgin Islands Soil Conservation District. The said Board shall pass upon all such requests and submit its recommendations to the Commissioner of Agriculture for […]
To qualify for cost-sharing, subsoiling must be performed only on land which can be benefited by such practice, and where such subsoiling will aid in the increase of the water table. Subsoiling must be performed to a minimum depth of 14 inches and a maximum spacing interval of 4 feet. On sloping land, subsoiling must […]
The sharing of costs hereunder by the Government shall be limited to the rate of $5 for each acre subsoiled, regardless of the number of operations on the same acreage.
The Commissioner of Agriculture shall administer the provisions of sections 51–54 of this title, and for such purposes is authorized— (a) to cooperate with any other governmental department or agency; and (b) to issue all such rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes and provisions of the said sections.
