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This Week’s Senate Calendar

USVI Legislature Building on St. Thomas

32nd Legislature of the Virgin Islands

Senate Calendar Week Beginning August 28

 

Monday, August 28

9 a.m.

Committee on Finance

Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas

Agenda:

The committee has scheduled a budget hearing to receive testimony from the following departments and agencies on the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget appropriations.

9 a.m. – Virgin Islands Department of Health

Noon – LUNCH

1 p.m. – Board of Education

3 p.m. – Career and Technical Education

Tuesday, August 29

9 a.m.

Committee on Finance

Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas

Agenda:

The committee has scheduled a budget hearing to receive testimony from the following departments and agencies on the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget appropriations.

9 a.m. – Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture

Noon – LUNCH

1 p.m. – Territorial Public Defender

3 p.m. – Virgin Islands Public Television

Wednesday, August 30

9 a.m.

Committee on Finance

Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas

Agenda:

The committee has scheduled a budget hearing to receive testimony from the following departments and agencies on the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget appropriations.

9 a.m. – Schneider Regional Medical Center

Noon – LUNCH

1 p.m. – Economic Development Authority

3 p.m. – St. Thomas East End Medical Center Corporation

Thursday, August 31

No committee meetings will be held today.

Friday, September 1

10 a.m.

Committee on Rules and Judiciary

Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas

Agenda:

The committee has scheduled a meeting to and consider the following nomination and bills:

BLOCK I

10 a.m.

Nominee:

Kent E. Bernier Sr. – Member of Public Services Commission

LUNCH: 1-1:30 p.m.

BLOCK II

1:30 p.m.

Bill No. 32-0054 – An Act amending Title 18, Virgin Islands Code, section 94a granting the Supervisor of Elections the authority to set places, days and times for early voting for the 2017 Special Election

Bill No. 32-0097 – An Act repealing sections 116, 117 and 118 of Title 18, V.I.C., chapter 5, relating to registration of electors to bar cancellation of voter registration in every instance other than death.

Bill No. 32-0089 – An Act authorizing the reprogramming of a portion of the proceeds of the Matching Fund Revenue Bonds, Series 2009A (the Series 2009 Bonds) issued pursuant to Act No. 7081, as amended by Act No. 7095, and certain Interest Earnings allocated to the V.I. Department of Education to the financing of certain critical deferred maintenance of Department of Education non-school support facilities and certain school facility capital projects that require priority funding at the time.

Bill No. 32-0102 – An Act to repeal provisions that allow persons who are receiving a retirement annuity from the Government Employees’ Retirement System (GERS) to return to work for the Government of the Virgin Islands without making contributions to the GERS

Bill No. 32-0003 – An Act amending Title 3, V.I.C., chapters 8 and 37, to enact the V.I. Commission on Ethics and Conflicts of Interest and for other purposes

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