2019 US Virgin Islands Code
Title 3 - Executive
Chapter 3 - Lieutenant Governor
§ 34. Office of Legal Publications
(a) There is established in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, an Office of Legal Publications to acquire, distribute and sell any and all publications which the Lieutenant Governor deems necessary to assure public access to all laws, documents, regulations, rules and otherwise pertaining to the Virgin Islands of the United States, which Office shall be administered by the Lieutenant Governor, or his designee, in accordance with such rules and regulations, as he shall promulgate as provided by law.
(b) The Lieutenant Governor is authorized to exercise all powers required to implement this section, including the acceptance of donations, gifts and grants.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, except for the libraries of the Executive, the Legislature, the Judiciary, and all publicly supported libraries, no legal publications shall be distributed by the Lieutenant Governor except by sale at such price per copy as may from time to time be established by regulations promulgated by him as provided by law.
(d) There is hereby created the Legal Publications Revolving Fund which shall be constituted of all monies received by the Office of Legal Publications in payment for publications from any purchaser including the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, its agencies, departments or instrumentalities, together with any and all other donations, gifts, grants or otherwise received by the Office of Legal Publications, as well as so much of the annual appropriations for operation of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor as the Lieutenant Governor may transfer to the Legal Publications Revolving Fund.
(e) The Commissioner of Finance shall maintain and provide for the administration of the Legal Publications Revolving Fund as a separate and distinct fund in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands and no funds therein shall be available for expenditure except as provided by this section.
(f) All monies deposited into the Legal Publications Revolving Fund shall be disbursed by the Commissioner of Finance exclusively for the expenditure by the Lieutenant Governor, for any and all supplies and equipment, contractual services and such other necessary services as may be incidental thereto for the operation and maintenance of the Office of Legal Publications. The Lieutenant Governor or his designee shall be Certifying Officer for such disbursements.
(g) The Commissioner of Finance shall submit an Annual Report to the Governor and the Legislature, reflecting receipts and expenditures pertaining to the Legal Publications Revolving Fund.
