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Senate: Rules and Judiciary

February 27, 2020 @ 9:00 am

Agenda:

The committee has scheduled a meeting to receive testimony, consider the following bills and consider a nomination.

BLOCK I

9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

BLOCK II

10:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Dr. Noreen Michael Ph.D., nominee, VI Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, St. Thomas-St. John District

BLOCK III

11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Bill No. 33-0137 — An Act authorizing the Virgin Islands Bureau of Economic Research, the Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources, and the Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority to create a plan to assist the U.S. Virgin Islands in developing a sustainable blue economy within the territory (Sponsored by Senator Allison L. DeGazon)

Bill No. 33-0102 — An Act amending Title 17, chapter 15, section 190u of the Virgin Islands Code by including graduates of the Adult Education Center among those eligible to receive scholarships as valedictorian and salutatorian (Sponsored by Senator Allison DeGazon, Senator Kurt A. Vialet; Co-Sponsored by Senator Stedmann Hodge Jr.)

LUNCH

12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

BLOCK IV

1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Bill No. 33-0272 — An Act amending the Virgin Islands Code. Title 30, chapter 1, subchapter I, relating to public utilities, adding section 1a to enact the Virgin Islands Ratepayers’ Bill of Rights; amending section 23 relating to powers of the Public Services Commission; adding subsection (c) to authorize the Public Services Commission to resolve ratepayers’ complaints; and amending chapter 5, subchapter II, section 105 relating to powers of the Virgin Islands Water and Power

Authority to require the Authority to comply with the Virgin Islands Ratepayers’ Bill of Rights (Sponsored by Senator Alicia V. Barnes and Senator Kenneth E. Gittens)

Bill No. 33-0210 — An Act amending Title 30, chapter 5, subchapter II, sections 103 and 104 of the Virgin Islands Code by establishing minimum criteria for the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority Governing Board and changing the number of its members (Sponsored by Senator Alicia V. Barnes and Senator Kenneth E. Gittens)

Bill No. 33-0211 — An Act amending Title 3, chapter 16, section 273 of the Virgin Islands Code by establishing minimum criteria for Public Services Commission members and changing the number of its members (Sponsored by Senator Alicia V. Barnes, Senator Kenneth E. Gittens; Co-Sponsored by Stedmann Hodge Jr.)

BLOCK V

2:45 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Bill No. 33-0132 — An Act amending Title 3, chapter 27, section 715 of the Virgin Islands Code to strengthen the Board of the Government Employees Retirement System (GERS) by requiring greater expertise among Board members (Sponsored by Senator Kurt A. Vialet, Senator Janelle K. Sarauw; Co-Sponsored by Stedmann Hodge Jr.)

Details

Date:
February 27, 2020
Time:
9:00 am
Event Category:
Website:
https://stjohnsource.com/event/senate-rules-and-judiciary-51/

Venue

Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall
St. Thomas,
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