Act No. 8799 — An Act amending title 23 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 10, relating to emergency communications during an emergency and major disasters by ad
ACTNO.8 799 BILL NO. 35-0175 THIRTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS Regular Session 2023 An Act amending title 23 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 10, relating to emergency communications during an emergency and major disasters by adding a subchapter V establishing an Auxiliary Communications Unit within the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency and providing an auxiliary communications resource to any department agency and autonomous or semi-autonomous instrumentality of the Government of the Virgin Islands a--0--- WHEREAS, amateur radio operators residing in the territory have provided critical communications capabilities in the territory during natural disasters when other methods of communication were damaged and rendered inoperable; WHEREAS, territorial amateur radio operators are listed in the territorial emergency operations plan as an integral part of emergency communications response; WHEREAS, the pool of qualified territory volunteer amateur radio operators has traditionally been sufficient to provide communication support solely to the Virgin Islands T …
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