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This Week’s Senate Calendar

31st Legislature of the Virgin Islands
Senate Calendar Week Beginning May 16
Monday, May 16

No committee meetings will be held today.
Tuesday, May 17
9 a.m.

Committee on Finance
Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas
Agenda:
The committee has scheduled a meeting to receive testimony on the following:
Bill No. 31-0240 – An Act amending Title 29, V.I.C., chapter 38, adding section 426 relating to the regulation of the car rental business providing for a $3.75 infrastructure maintenance surcharge on the rental of drive yourself rental motor vehicles for deposit onto the Transportation Trust Fund
Request for Appropriation Transfer – for salary increases for classified (non-union) employees of the Office of Management and Budget in the sum of $109,912 from operating expenses to personnel and fringe benefits
Bill No. 31-0340 – An Act providing for a cost analysis to evaluate the feasibility of providing lodging accommodations to the Legislative and Executive branch officers and employees in 25 of the housing units acquired through the Operating Agreement by and among the Government of the Virgin Islands and Limetree Bay Terminals LLC dated Dec. 1, 2015.
Bill No. 31-0256 – An Act amending Title 30, V.I.C., chapter 1, subchapter I, section 9a, relating to the interest rate paid by the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) on customer deposits, requiring that WAPA pay interest on customer deposit at a rate equal to the average prevailing interest rate paid by banks
Wednesday, May 18
No committee meetings will be held today.
Thursday, May 19
9:30 a.m.

Committee on Government Services, Consumer and Veterans Affairs
Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas
Agenda:
PART I
The committee has scheduled a meeting to consider the following bills:
Bill No. 31-0326 – An Act amending Title 33, V.I.C., chapter 83, section 2361, pertaining to the assessment of real property
Bill No. 31-0333 – An Act amending Title 25, V.I.C., chapter 16, section 405, relating to the mooring and anchoring of vessels in the Virgin Islands to provide for increases in the schedules
PART II
The committee will also receive testimony on the following:
Update on the Status of Operations at the V.I. Taxicab Commission
Overview of the Taxi Industry in the Virgin Islands
Friday, May 20
No committee meetings will be held today.
 

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