Bill No. 36-0317 - An act amending title 19 Virgin Islands Code, Part VI, chapter 55, section 1524, to exempt property owners that are not connected to the public sewer system
COMMITTEE ON HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS BILL NO. 36-0317 Thirty-Sixth Legislature of the Virgin Islands July 21, 2026 An act amending title 19 Virgin Islands Code, Part VI, chapter 55, section 1524, to exempt property owners that are not connected to the public sewer system and reside more than sixty feet from the system from the full payment of a user fee PROPOSED BY: Senator Kenneth L. Gittens Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands: 1 SECTION 1. Title 19 Virgin Islands Code, part VI, chapter 55, section 1524 is amended 2 by adding the following subsection (d): 3 “(d) No user fees shall be charged to property owners who are not connected to 4 the public sewer system and reside more than sixty feet from an available public sewer 5 line. Property owners who reside within sixty feet from a public sewer line but are not 6 connected to the public sewer system shall not be subject to the full Wastewater User 7 Fee. …
Download the original document · Plain text (TXT) · Browse the archive · How this archive works
Original source: https://billtracking.legvi.org/view-pdf/?pdf_path=RTpcaW5ldHB1Ylx3d3dyb290XEJpbGxUcmFja2luZzIwMnhCYWNrZW5kXEJpbGxUcmFja2luZ1BERlxCaWxsXDM2LTAzMTcucGRm
SHA-256 b65f8f78fd85ce1456c3b5bf2a880fc7ea6fffbe44c1520c2d8721b775af3bbb
Re-using this document
RIGHTS UNSTATED — territorial body, no terms page, no copyright notice. 17 USC 105 does NOT apply. Publishes as a territorial public record.
Our description, tagging, arrangement, extracted text and machine transcripts are released under CC0 1.0. We assert nothing about the document itself.
Archive identifier LF-b65f8f78fd85
Document text
COMMITTEE ON HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS BILL NO. 36-0317 Thirty-Sixth Legislature of the Virgin Islands July 21, 2026 An act amending title 19 Virgin Islands Code, Part VI, chapter 55, section 1524, to exempt property owners that are not connected to the public sewer system and reside more than sixty feet from the system from the full payment of a user fee PROPOSED BY: Senator Kenneth L. Gittens Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands: 1 SECTION 1. Title 19 Virgin Islands Code, part VI, chapter 55, section 1524 is amended 2 by adding the following subsection (d): 3 “(d) No user fees shall be charged to property owners who are not connected to 4 the public sewer system and reside more than sixty feet from an available public sewer 5 line. Property owners who reside within sixty feet from a public sewer line but are not 6 connected to the public sewer system shall not be subject to the full Wastewater User 7 Fee. In such cases, the Waste Management Authority or the Property Tax Division of 8 the Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall assess a proximity fee not to exceed fifty 9 dollars annually. The Waste Management Authority shall promulgate regulations to 10 implement this provision, including verification procedures and waiver eligibility.” 11 BILL SUMMARY 12 This bill amends title 19 Virgin Islands Code, part VI, chapter 55, section 1524, to exempt 13 property owners that are not connected to the public sewer system and reside more than sixty 14 2 feet from the system from the full payment of a user fee. However, the property owner can still 1 be assessed a proximity fee of not more than $50.00. 2 BR25-0701/June 22, 2026/AA 3