Crime and Gang Prevention Fund; establishment; disposition

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  • (a) There is established a separate and distinct fund within the Treasury of the Virgin Islands designated and known as “The Crime and Gang Prevention Fund”.

  • (b) No funds are available for expenditure from this Fund, except as provided by this chapter or other law.

  • (c) The Fund consists of:

    • (1) monies appropriated to it from time to time by the Legislature;

    • (2) all proceeds from forfeitures ordered by a court pursuant to 14 V.I.C., chapter 124;

    • (3) fines imposed by a court, whether by final judgment, settlement, or civil penalties imposed pursuant to the provisions of 14 V.I.C., chapter 124; and

    • (4) all gifts, donations and bequests made to the Fund.

  • (d) All appropriations or monies designated for the Fund must be transmitted to the Treasury of the Government of the Virgin Islands and deposited into the Fund.

  • (e) Monies in the Fund must be used exclusively for funding public and private youth anti-street gang programs and for funding enforcement activities, such as policing and prosecution.

  • (f) The Commissioner of Finance shall administer the Fund and shall disburse monies from the Fund at the direction of the Police Commissioner.

  • (g) Monies available in the Fund are non-lapsing.


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