Transition appointments shall be made from the highest ranking eligibles on an appropriate register or list kept for such appointments and may be made to provide personnel for specified local programs or federally-funded programs designed to be of more than six months but less than two year duration. Individuals appointed to transition positions are eligible for all benefits of permanent employment except that they shall not acquire tenure beyond the life of the project for which they were appointed.
U.S. Virgin Islands Legal Code
528a
U.S. Virgin Islands § 528a — U.S. Virgin Islands law