COMMITTEE ON BUDGET, APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE 
04/21/2026-HELD IN COMMITTEE 
 
 
BILL NO. 
36-0122 
 
Thirty-Sixth Legislature of the Virgin Islands 
 
 
 
July 23, 2025 
 
 
 
An act amending title 3 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 27, section 711 and chapter 28a, section 
760, by requiring the Government Employees Retirement System to discontinue making 
disability retirement annuity payments to a member who resumes any employment 
 
 
 
PROPOSED BY: 
 
 
Senator Alma Francis Heyliger 
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands: 
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SECTION 1.  Title 3 Virgin Islands Code is amended as follows: 
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(a) 
chapter 27, section 711 is amended by striking all the language in subsection (b) and 
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inserting the following new language: 
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“The System shall discontinue making duty disability retirement annuity payments 
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or nonduty disability retirement annuity payments to a member who resumes any 
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employment.” 
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(b) 
chapter 28a, section 760 is amended by striking all the language in subsection (b) 
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and inserting the following new language: 
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“The System shall discontinue making duty disability retirement annuity payments 
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or nonduty disability retirement annuity payments to a member who resumes any 
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employment.” 
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BILL SUMMARY 
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This bill amends title 3 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 27, section 711 and chapter 28a, 
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section 760, by requiring the Government Employees Retirement System to discontinue making 
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duty or nonduty disability retirement annuity payments to a member who resumes any 
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employment. 
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BR25-0308/July 21, 2025/GC 
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