Notes on 48 U.S.C. § 1593 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 48 U.S.C. § 1593 : US Code - Notes

(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, Sec. 12, 68 Stat. 503; Pub. L. 90-496,
Sec. 5, Aug. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 838; Pub. L. 99-396, Sec. 1, Aug.
27, 1986, 100 Stat. 837.)
AMENDMENTS
1986 - Pub. L. 99-396 amended section generally, substituting
provisions giving people of Virgin Islands the rights of initiative
and recall and spelling out ways in which those rights are to be
exercised for provisions which had formerly only set out a method
for removal of Governor by referendum election.
1968 - Pub. L. 90-496 substituted provisions authorizing the
removal of the Governor from office by a recall referendum for
provisions authorizing the appointment of a Government Secretary
for the Virgin Islands, and provisions setting forth his powers and
duties.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENT
Amendment of provisions of section necessary to authorize the
holding of an election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor on Nov.
3, 1970, effective Jan. 1, 1970, and all other amendments of
provisions of section, unless otherwise expressly provided by Pub.
L. 90-496, effective Jan. 4, 1971, see section 16 of Pub. L. 90-
496, set out as a note under section 1591 of this title.