Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 20 — Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability
§ 2167. Venue
Statutory text
In general
Venue shall be proper in—
with respect to a territory, the district court for the territory or, for any territory that does not have a district court, the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii; and
with respect to a covered territorial instrumentality, the district court for the territory in which the covered territorial instrumentality is located or, for any territory that does not have a district court, the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.
Alternative venue
If the Oversight Board so determines in its sole discretion, then venue shall be proper in the district court for the jurisdiction in which the Oversight Board maintains an office that is located outside the territory.
With respect to paragraph (1), the Oversight Board may consider, among other things—
the resources of the district court to adjudicate a case or proceeding; and
the impact on witnesses who may be called in such a case or proceeding.
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.
Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act
Pub. L. 114–187 title III § 307 · 130 Stat. 549
Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 2167
(Pub. L. 114–187, title III, § 307, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 582.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 114–187, title III, § 307, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 582.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 307. VENUE. (a) In General.— Venue shall be proper in— (1) with respect to a territory, the district court for the territory or, for any territory that does not have a district court, the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii; and (2) with respect to a covered territorial instrumentality, the district court for the territory in which the covered territorial instrumentality is located or, for any territory that does not have a district court, the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. (b) Alternative Venue.— (1) If the Oversight Board so determines in its sole discretion, then venue shall be proper in the district court for the jurisdiction in which the Oversight Board maintains an office that is located outside the territory. (2) With respect to paragraph (1), the Oversight Board may consider, among other things— (A) the resources of the district court to adjudicate a case or proceeding; and (B) the impact on witnesses who may be called in such a case or proceeding.
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