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[CITE: 48USC1573]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                       CHAPTER 12--VIRGIN ISLANDS
 
                   SUBCHAPTER III--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
 
Sec. 1573. Time, frequency, and duration of regular sessions; 
        special sessions; place of holding
        
    (a) Regular sessions of the legislature shall be held annually, 
commencing on the second Monday in January (unless the legislature shall 
by law fix a different date), and shall continue for such term as the 
legislature may provide. The Governor may call special sessions of the 
legislature at any time when in his opinion the public interest may 
require it. No legislation shall be considered at any special session 
other than that specified in the call therefor or in any special message 
by the Governor to the legislature while in such session. All sessions 
of the legislature shall be open to the public.
    (b) Sessions of the legislature shall be held in the capital of the 
Virgin Islands at Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas.

(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, Sec. 7, 68 Stat. 500; Pub. L. 86-289, 
Sec. 2(c), Sept. 16, 1959, 73 Stat. 569; Pub. L. 90-496, Sec. 1, Aug. 
23, 1968, 82 Stat. 837.)


                               Amendments

    1968--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90-496 substituted provisions that 
regular sessions of the legislature shall continue for such term as the 
legislature may provide for provisions that regular sessions shall 
continue for not more than sixty consecutive calendar days in any 
calendar year, with the proviso that the regular annual session for 
1959, 1960, and 1961 shall commence on the second Monday in April and 
shall continue for not more than sixty consecutive calendar days, struck 
out provisions that any special session called by the Governor shall 
continue for not more than fifteen calendar days, with the aggregate of 
any such special sessions during any calendar year not to exceed thirty 
calendar days, and inserted provision opening to the public all sessions 
of the legislature.
    1959--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86-289 substituted ``January (unless the 
legislature shall by law fix a different date)'' for ``April'' and 
``regular annual session for each of the years 1959, 1960, and 1961, 
respectively, shall commence on the second Monday in April'' for 
``annual session for 1955 shall commence on the second Monday in January 
1955''.


                    Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 90-496 provided that the amendment made by that 
section is effective on date of enactment of Pub. L. 90-496, which was 
approved Aug. 23, 1968.
