2019 US Virgin Islands Code
Title 32 - Sports and Parks
Chapter 2 - Parks and Natural Resources
§ 22. Powers of Division

(a) The Division of Parks shall have power to acquire, in the name of the Government of the Virgin Islands, any property, real or personal, by purchase, grant, devise, donation, or otherwise, which in its judgment may be necessary or proper toward the administration of the purposes of this chapter, provided, however, that no property of any nature may be acquired by purchase, lease, grant, donation, devise, or otherwise under conditions which shall pledge the credit of, or obligate in any manner whatsoever the Government of the Virgin Islands to pay any sum of money.

(b) The Division shall make and publish such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or proper for the management and use of the parks, monuments and memorials under its jurisdiction, and the violation of any of the rules and regulations authorized by this section shall be a misdemeanor and punishable accordingly.

(c) The Division may grant privileges, leases, concessions and permits for the use of land for the accommodation of visitors in the various parks, monuments and memorials, provided no natural curiosities or objects of interest shall be granted, leased or rented on such terms as shall deny or interfere with free access to them by the public; and provided further that no such grant, lease or permit shall be assigned or transferred by any grantee without consent of the Division.

(d) The Division is authorized to grant easements for rights-of-way over, across and upon lands of the Government of the Virgin Islands for the maintenance of poles and lines for the transmission and distribution of electrical power and for telephone and telegraphic purposes, under such conditions and with such limitations as the Division may impose.

(e) [Repealed.]

(f) [Repealed.]

(g) The Division is authorized to receive gifts and donations from any source to carry out the purpose of this section.

(h) [Repealed.]