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U.S. Virgin Islands
21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act, accessibility of new and redesigned agency websites and digital services
21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act, 3 V.I.C. secs. 893(a)(1), 893(c) and 894(c)
In force.
An accessibility requirements rule binding government bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Governance
What it requires
- If you are an agency of the Government of the Virgin Islands that creates a website or digital service intended for use by the public, or redesigns an existing legacy one, ensure to the greatest extent practicable that the new or redesigned website, web-based form, web-based application or digital service is accessible to individuals with disabilities (3 V.I.C. sec. 893(a)(1)).
- Ensure to the greatest extent practicable that any intranet or enterprise system you establish after the effective date of the chapter conforms to the requirements of section 893(a), which include accessibility to individuals with disabilities (3 V.I.C. secs. 893(c) and 893(a)(1)).
- Make any paper-based form related to serving the public available in a digital format that meets the requirements of section 893(a), which include accessibility to individuals with disabilities (3 V.I.C. secs. 894(c) and 893(a)(1)).
- Implement section 893(a) not later than one year after the date of enactment of the chapter, which the Legislature enacted over the Governor's veto on (Act No. 8857, section 2).
- This binds an agency of the Government of the Virgin Islands, meaning any department, office, board, commission, bureau or division; it reaches a vendor only through the website or digital service the agency builds or buys (3 V.I.C. sec. 892(b)).
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What this law does
Section 893(a)(1) of title 3 of the Virgin Islands Code, added as chapter 33A by Act No. 8857, requires an agency that creates a website or digital service intended for use by the public, or redesigns an existing legacy website or digital service intended for use by the public, to ensure to the greatest extent practicable that any new or redesigned website, web-based form, web-based application or digital service is accessible to individuals with disabilities.
An agency under the chapter is any department, office, board, commission, bureau or division. Section 893(c) requires the head of each agency to ensure, to the greatest extent practicable, that any intranet or enterprise system established after the effective date of the chapter conforms to the requirements of section 893(a).
Section 894(c) requires the head of each agency to ensure that any paper-based form related to serving the public is made available in a digital format that meets the requirements of section 893(a). Section 2 of the act requires section 893(a) to be implemented not later than one year after the date of enactment of the chapter. The Legislature of the Virgin Islands enacted the act by override of the Governor's veto on .
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