Legislature of the Virgin Islands

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government body territorial legislature unicameral legislature

The Legislature of the Virgin Islands is the unicameral lawmaking body of the U.S. Virgin Islands, responsible for enacting territorial laws, approving budgets, and overseeing the executive branch.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Virgin Islands Legislature	4
Legislature of the U.S. Virgin Islands	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government body ⓘ territorial legislature ⓘ unicameral legislature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Legislature of the Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: Legislature of the U.S. Virgin Islands Legislature of the Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: Virgin Islands Legislature
branchOfGovernment	legislative branch of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
budgetaryRole	approve territorial budget proposals from the executive branch ⓘ
composition	senators ⓘ
country	U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: United States Virgin Islands
electoralCycle	biennial elections ⓘ
electoralDistricts	Saint Croix ⓘ surface form: Saint Croix District Saint Thomas–Saint John District ⓘ
establishedBy	Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands ⓘ United States Congress ⓘ
function	approve the territorial budget ⓘ enact laws for the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ oversee the executive branch of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
governingLaw	laws of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
governmentForm	territorial representative democracy ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	territorial budget ⓘ territorial laws ⓘ
houseType	unicameral ⓘ
isPartOf	politics of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
jurisdiction	U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: United States Virgin Islands
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: United States Virgin Islands
locatedIn	Charlotte Amalie ⓘ Saint Thomas ⓘ
meetsIn	Legislature Building ⓘ
memberTitle	Senator ⓘ
numberOfHouses	1 ⓘ
numberOfMembers	15 ⓘ
oversees	Governor of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
oversightRole	hold hearings on executive branch activities ⓘ monitor implementation of territorial laws ⓘ
parentState	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
partOf	Government of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: government of the United States Virgin Islands
power	appropriate public funds ⓘ conduct legislative hearings ⓘ confirm certain executive appointments ⓘ enact territorial statutes ⓘ
seat	Charlotte Amalie ⓘ
sessionType	regular sessions ⓘ special sessions ⓘ
termLength	2 years ⓘ
votingSystem	first-past-the-post voting ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Legislature of the Virgin Islands → alsoKnownAs → Legislature of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virgin Islands Legislature

Legislature of the Virgin Islands → alsoKnownAs → Legislature of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislature of the U.S. Virgin Islands

Government of the United States Virgin Islands → budgetAuthority → Legislature of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands → compositionDeterminedBy → Legislature of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virgin Islands Legislature

Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands → createdBy → Legislature of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virgin Islands Legislature

Saint Thomas–Saint John District → electsTo → Legislature of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands → establishes → Legislature of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Saint Thomas–Saint John District → governingBody → Legislature of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Government of the United States Virgin Islands → legislativeBody → Legislature of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Legislature Building → legislativeBody → Legislature of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

U.S. Virgin Islands → legislature → Legislature of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Government of the United States Virgin Islands → legislatureName → Legislature of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Saint Thomas–Saint John District → representedIn → Legislature of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands → sourceOfAuthorityFor → Legislature of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virgin Islands Legislature

Governor of the United States Virgin Islands → worksWith → Legislature of the Virgin Islands ⓘ