48 U.S.C. § 1571 — Legislature
submitted 72 years ago by ch. 558 to r/title-48-TERRITORIES-AND-INSULAR-POSSESSIONS · 200 words · no verdicts yet
The Virgin Islands legislative power belongs to a one-house Legislature. The section provides for senators, district apportionment, equal legal protection, and voting for the full number of available seats.
(a) Designation and one-house structure. The Virgin Islands’ legislative power belongs to a one-house legislature called the “Legislature of the Virgin Islands,” referred to here as the legislature.
(b) Composition, districts, and elections. Members are senators, and Virgin Islands law sets their number and apportions the legislature. The apportionment must not deny anyone in the Virgin Islands equal protection of the law. In a district or at-large election, each voter must be allowed to vote for the full number of people to be elected. Until the legislature provides otherwise, four members are elected at large, five from Saint Thomas, five from Saint Croix, and one from Saint John, using the districts as constituted on July 22, 1954. The supplied text ends with a comma.
The legislative power and authority of the Virgin Islands shall be vested in a legislature, consisting of one house, to be designated the “Legislature of the Virgin Islands”, herein referred to as the legislature.
The legislature shall be composed of members to be known as senators. The number of such senators shall be determined by the laws of the Virgin Islands. The apportionment of the legislature shall be as provided by the laws of the Virgin Islands: Provided, That such apportionment shall not deny to any person in the Virgin Islands the equal protection of the law: And provided further, That every voter in any district election or at large election shall be permitted to vote for the whole number of persons to be elected in that district election or at large election as the case may be. Until the legislature shall provide otherwise, four members shall be elected at large, five shall be elected from the District of Saint Thomas, five from the District of Saint Croix, and one from the District of Saint John, as those Districts were constituted on July 22, 1954,
Source credit: (July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 5, 68 Stat. 498; Pub. L. 89–548, § 1, Aug. 30, 1966, 80 Stat. 371; Pub. L. 106–364, § 1, Oct. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 1408.)
- 1954Enacted · Act of July 22, 1954, ch. 558 · 68 Stat. 498
- 1966Amended · Pub. L. 89-548 · 80 Stat. 371
- 2000Amended · Pub. L. 106-364 · 114 Stat. 1408
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 558 on 1954-07-22.
all 0 arguments · sorted by: best
no arguments yet — make the first case