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This Week’s Senate Calendar

32nd Legislature of the Virgin Islands

Senate Calendar Week Beginning June 19

Monday, June 19

No committee meetings will be held today.

Tuesday, June 20

No committee meetings will be held today.

Wednesday, June 21

10 a.m.

Committee: Workforce Development, Consumer Affairs and Culture

Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall,  St. Thomas

Agenda

The committee has scheduled a meeting to receive testimony and discuss the following bills:

Bill No. 32-0058 – An Act amending Titles 12A, 27 and 20, V.I.C., to require tank trucks used to transport water to display the gallon capacity of the tank truck

Bill No. 32-0061 – An Act amending Title 24, V.I.C., adding new chapter 21, establishing At-Risk and High-Risk Youth Career Development Programs to increase the future employability and career development among high-risk and at-risk youth

   

Bill No. 32-0099 – A Resolution honoring and commending Nels Hawkinson for founding the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands and exposing the territory to millions of Americans throughout the United States and the Caribbean

Virgin Islands Transfer Centennial Commission:

The committee will also receive an update of the Centennial Commission’s mandate to facilitate the yearlong Centennial observance

Thursday, June 22

10 a.m.

Rules and Judiciary

Frits E. Lawaetz Legislative Conference Room, St. Croix

Agenda

The committee has scheduled a meeting to receive testimony, consider the following nominations and bills:

10 a.m.

Nominee:

Eldondane FrancisVI Taxicab Association St. Thomas-St. John District

11:30 a.m.

Bill No. 32-0066 – An Act making an appropriation from the Anti-Litter and Beautification Fund to the Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority for the purchase of surveillance cameras to be installed at selected bin sites

Bill No. 32-0111 – An Act to amend Title 1, V.I.C., chapter 11 to establish September as Virgin Islands Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and to require an annual proclamation by the governor

Bill No. 32-0103 – An Act amending Title 14, Virgin Islands Code, chapter 45, section 923 (a), relating to imprisonment of minors for first-degree murder

Bill No. 32-0084 – An Act amending Title 19, V.I.C., chapter 31, section 723, relating to extending the time a person may be detained involuntary for mental health treatment

Bill No. 32-0085 – An Act amending Title 19, V.I.C., chapter 31, section 722, relating to mental health emergency commitments by extending the time a person may be detained for treatment

Friday, June 23

No committee meetings will be held today.

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