Notes on 48 U.S.C. § 1571 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 48 U.S.C. § 1571 : US Code - Notes

(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, Sec. 5, 68 Stat. 498; Pub. L. 89-548, Sec.
1, Aug. 30, 1966, 80 Stat. 371; Pub. L. 106-364, Sec. 1, Oct. 27,
2000, 114 Stat. 1408.)
AMENDMENTS
2000 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-364 struck out "fifteen" after
"composed of" in first sentence and inserted "The number of such
senators shall be determined by the laws of the Virgin Islands."
after first sentence.
1966 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89-548 raised from eleven to fifteen
the total number of senators in the legislature, substituted
provision that the legislature be apportioned according to the laws
of the Virgin Islands for provisions spelling out the division of
the Virgin Islands into districts, the composition of each such
district, and the district and at-large representation breakdown of
the senators in the legislature, struck out provision for the
casting of a ballot for two candidates by each elector in at-large
elections and the drawing of lots to determine placement on the
ballot in at-large elections, prohibited apportionment in a way
which would deny equal protection of the law, and provided for
temporary apportionment until the legislature provided otherwise
from the districts as constituted on July 22, 1954.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1966 AMENDMENT
Section 2 of Pub. L. 89-548 provided that: "This Act [amending
this section] shall be effective with respect to the legislature to
be elected at the regular general election in November 1966, and
thereafter."