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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1597. Reorganization of government
(a) Consolidation of departments, bureaus, etc.; popular election
of school board members
The Governor shall, within one year after July 22, 1954,
reorganize and consolidate the existing executive departments,
bureaus, independent boards, agencies, authorities, commissions,
and other instrumentalities of the government of the Virgin Islands
or of the municipal governments into not more than nine executive
departments except for independent bodies whose existence may be
required by Federal law for participation in Federal programs. The
head of each executive department other than the department of law
shall be designated as the commissioner thereof, and the
commissioner of finance shall be bonded. The head of the department
of law shall be known as the attorney general of the Virgin
Islands. Members of school boards, which entities of government
have been duly organized and established by the government of the
Virgin Islands, shall be popularly elected.
(b) Changes after examination from time to time
The Governor shall, from time to time, after complying with the
provisions of subsection (a) of this section, examine the
organization of the executive branch of the government of the
Virgin Islands, and shall make such changes therein, subject to the
approval of the legislature, not inconsistent with this chapter, as
he determines are necessary to promote effective management and to
execute faithfully the purposes of this chapter and the laws of the
Virgin Islands.
(c) Appointment of department heads; tenure; removal; powers and
duties; appointments to boards, etc.
The heads of the executive departments created by this chapter
shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of
the legislature. Each shall hold office during the continuance in
office of the Governor by whom he is appointed and until his
successor is appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the
Governor. Each shall have such powers and duties as may be
prescribed by the legislature. The chairman and members of any
board, authority, or commission established by the laws of the
Virgin Islands shall, if the laws of the Virgin Islands hereafter
provide, also be appointed by the Governor with the advice and
consent of the legislature, if such board, authority, or commission
has quasi-judicial functions: Provided, That no law of the Virgin
Islands dealing with the chairmanship, membership, or chairmanship
and membership of any such board, authority, or commission, and
requiring an appointment or appointments to be made with the advice
and consent of the legislature, shall relate to more than one such
board, authority, or commission, nor shall it relate to any other
legislative matter.
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