§ 1571. Legislature

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1954

   Pub. L. 83–558 § 5 · 68 Stat. 587

   Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 1571

   July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 5, 68 Stat. 498

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 5, 68 Stat. 498

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. compensation of members of the commission (a) Members of Congress.— Members of Congress who are members of the Commission shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for their services as Members of Congress; but without regard to any other provision of law they shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in the Commission and reasonable advances may be made to them for such purposes. (b) Members of the Executive Branch.— Any members of the Commission who may be in the executive branch of the Government shall receive the compensation which he would receive if he were not a member of the Commission, but without regard to any other provision of law they shall lie reimbursed for travel, subsistence and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in the Commission and reasonable advances may be made to them for such purposes. (c) Members From Private Life.— The members from private life shall receive not to exceed $75 per diem when engaged in the performance of duties vested in the Commission, plus reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of such duties.

2. 1966

   Pub. L. 89–548 § 1 · 80 Stat. 371

   1. Substituted · 48 U.S.C. § 1571(b)

      Pub. L. 89–548 raised from eleven to fifteen the total number of senators in the legislature, substituted provision that the legislature be apportioned according to the laws of the Virgin Islands for provisions spelling out the division of the Virgin Islands into districts, the composition of each such district, and the district and at-large representation breakdown of the senators in the legislature

   2. Struck · 48 U.S.C. § 1571(b)

      Pub. L. 89–548 raised from eleven to fifteen the total number of senators in the legislature, struck out provision for the casting of a ballot for two candidates by each elector in at-large elections and the drawing of lots to determine placement on the ballot in at-large elections, prohibited apportionment in a way which would deny equal protection of the law, and provided for temporary apportionment until the legislature provided otherwise from the districts as constituted on July 22, 1954

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89–548 raised from eleven to fifteen the total number of senators in the legislature, substituted provision that the legislature be apportioned according to the laws of the Virgin Islands for provisions spelling out the division of the Virgin Islands into districts, the composition of each such district, and the district and at-large representation breakdown of the senators in the legislature, struck out provision for the casting of a ballot for two candidates by each elector in at-large elections and the drawing of lots to determine placement on the ballot in at-large elections, prohibited apportionment in a way which would deny equal protection of the law, and provided for temporary apportionment until the legislature provided otherwise from the districts as constituted on July 22, 1954.

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 89–548, § 2, Aug. 30, 1966, 80 Stat. 371, provided that: “This Act [amending this section] shall be effective with respect to the legislature to be elected at the regular general election in November 1966, and thereafter.”

3. 2000

   Pub. L. 106–364 § 1 · 114 Stat. 1408

   Struck and inserted · 48 U.S.C. § 1571(b)

   Pub. L. 106–364 struck out “fifteen” after “composed of” in first sentence and inserted “The number of such senators shall be determined by the laws of the Virgin Islands.” after first sentence

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–364 struck out “fifteen” after “composed of” in first sentence and inserted “The number of such senators shall be determined by the laws of the Virgin Islands.” after first sentence.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SECTION 1. SIZE OF LEGISLATURE. Section 5(b) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (48 U.S.C. 1571(b)) is amended— (1) by striking “fifteen”; and (2) by inserting after the first sentence the following: “The number of such senators shall be determined by the laws of the Virgin Islands.”.

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