§ 1572. Legislators

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 § 6 · 68 Stat. 587

   Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 1572

   July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 6, 68 Stat. 499

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 6, 68 Stat. 499

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 6. staff of the commission The Commission shall have power to appoint a Secretary General at a salary of not to exceed $15,000 per annum, and an Assistant Secretary General at a salary of not to exceed $12,500 per annum, and such other personnel in accordance with the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, or to obtain assistance from Government agencies on a reimbursable basis. The Commission is further authorized to employ experts and consultants for temporary and intermittent personal services, but at rates not to exceed $75 per diem for each individual. The Commission is authorized without regard to any other provision of law to reimburse employees, experts, and consultants for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their official duties and to make reasonable advances to such persons for such purposes.

2. 1959

   Virgin Islands Organic Act Amendments of 1959

   Pub. L. 86–289 § 2(a) · 73 Stat. 568

   1. Substituted · 48 U.S.C. § 1572(a)

      Pub. L. 86–289, § 2(a), substituted, in second sentence, “January” for “April”, before “following his election”

   2. Substituted · 48 U.S.C. § 1572(a)

      Pub. L. 86–289, § 2(a), substituted, in proviso, “1958” for “1954”

   3. Substituted · 48 U.S.C. § 1572(a)

      Pub. L. 86–289, § 2(a), substituted, in proviso, “April 1959” for “January 1955”

   4. Substituted · 48 U.S.C. § 1572(a)

      Pub. L. 86–289, § 2(a), substituted, in proviso, “1961, and the term of office of each member elected in November 1960 shall commence on the second Monday in April 1961 and continue until the second Monday in January 1963” for “1957”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86–289, § 2(a), substituted, in second sentence, “January” for “April”, before “following his election”, and substituted, in proviso, “1958” for “1954”, “April 1959” for “January 1955”, and “1961, and the term of office of each member elected in November 1960 shall commence on the second Monday in April 1961 and continue until the second Monday in January 1963” for “1957”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Subsection (a) of section 6 of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (68 Stat. 499; 48 U.S.C. 1572) is amended to read as follows: “(a) The term of office of each member of the legislature shall lie two years. The term of office of each member shall commence on the second Monday in January following his election: Provided, however,That the term of office of each member elected in November 1958 shall commence on the second Monday in April 1959 and shall continue until the second Monday in April 1961, and the term of office of each member elected in November 1960 shall commence on the second Monday in April 1961 and continue until the second Monday in January 1963.”

3. 1959

   Virgin Islands Organic Act Amendments of 1959

   Pub. L. 86–289 § 2(b) · 73 Stat. 568

   Changed · 48 U.S.C. § 1572(e)

   Pub. L. 86–289, § 2(b), changed the date of payment of salaries, increased the per diem from $10 to $20, and provided that the per diem paid to members of the legislature for official travel outside the Virgin Islands should not be at rates in excess of those paid Federal Government employees

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 86–289, § 2(b), changed the date of payment of salaries, increased the per diem from $10 to $20, and provided that the per diem paid to members of the legislature for official travel outside the Virgin Islands should not be at rates in excess of those paid Federal Government employees.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Subsection (e) of section 6 of said Act is amended to read as follows: “Each member of the legislature shall be paid the sum of $600 annually, one-third on the first day of the regular session of the legislature, one-third one month after the beginning of such regular session, and one-third at the close of such regular session. Each member of the legislature who is away from the island of his residence shall also receive the sum of $20 per day for each day’s attendance while the legislature is actually in session, in lieu of his expenses for subsistence, and shall be reimbursed for his actual travel expenses in going to and returning from each session, or period thereof, for not to exceed a total of eight round trips during any calendar year. The salaries, per diem, and travel allowances of the members of the legislature shall be paid by the Government of the United States: Provided, however, That nothing herein shall prohibit the Virgin Islands Legislature from providing for payment of travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates not in excess of those permitted by the Federal Government for its employees, for members of the legislature traveling on official business outside of the Virgin Islands.”

4. 1965

   Pub. L. 89–98 · 79 Stat. 423

   Substituted · 48 U.S.C. § 1572(e)

   Pub. L. 89–98 substituted provisions empowering the government of the Virgin Islands to fix and pay legislative salaries and expenses for provisions which specifically fixed these salaries and expenses and which required the United States Government to pay them

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 89–98 substituted provisions empowering the government of the Virgin Islands to fix and pay legislative salaries and expenses for provisions which specifically fixed these salaries and expenses and which required the United States Government to pay them.

5. 1968

   Virgin Islands Elective Governor Act

   Pub. L. 90–496 § 8(b) · 82 Stat. 837

   Inserted · 48 U.S.C. § 1572(c)

   Pub. L. 90–496 inserted proviso requiring members of boards of elections, duly organized by the government, to be popularly elected

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 90–496 inserted proviso requiring members of boards of elections, duly organized by the government, to be popularly elected.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Subsection (c) of section 6 of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (68 Stat. 497, 499; 48 U.S.C. 1572(c) j, is amended by changing the period to a colon and inserting the following: “Provided, however, That members of boards of elections, which entities of government have been duly organized and established by the government of the Virgin Islands, shall be popularly elected.”

6. 1972

   Pub. L. 92–389 · 86 Stat. 563

   Changed · 48 U.S.C. § 1572(b)

   Pub. L. 92–389 reduced the age qualification for membership of legislature from twenty-five years to twenty-one years

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92–389 reduced the age qualification for membership of legislature from twenty-five years to twenty-one years.

7. 1973

   Pub. L. 93–130 § 1 · 87 Stat. 460

   Substituted · 48 U.S.C. § 1572(h)

   Pub. L. 93–130 substituted provision authorizing the Legislature of Virgin Islands to provide by law the procedure for filling vacancies in the membership of the Legislature, for provisions authorizing the Governor of the Virgin Islands to fill any such vacancy by appointment of resident of the district from which the member whose office became vacant was elected if the vacancy is that of a Senator and of resident of any part of Virgin Islands if the vacancy is that of a Senator at large, and that such appointee shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 93–130 substituted provision authorizing the Legislature of Virgin Islands to provide by law the procedure for filling vacancies in the membership of the Legislature, for provisions authorizing the Governor of the Virgin Islands to fill any such vacancy by appointment of resident of the district from which the member whose office became vacant was elected if the vacancy is that of a Senator and of resident of any part of Virgin Islands if the vacancy is that of a Senator at large, and that such appointee shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 93–130, § 2, Oct. 19, 1973, 87 Stat. 460, provided that: “The amendment made by the first section of this Act [amending this section] shall apply with respect to vacancies occurring on or after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 19, 1973].”

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