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Calendars Bi-Weekly Senate Calendar Session Agenda × General Senators Committees Media Calendars Contact Committee on Finance Agenda The Committee on Finance will consider the following bills: Block I                                         9:30 AM -12:30 PM Bill No. 34-0067 – An Act amending title 33, Subtitle I, Part 1, chapter 3 of the Virgin Islands Code to increase the Hotel room tax by 2.5% and remit 5% of all monies collected to the Virgin Islands Government Employees Retirement System and for other purposes   Proposed by Senator Dwayne M. De Graff Invited Testifiers: Joel Lee, Director, Bureau of Internal Revenue Austin L. Nibbs, Administrator, Government Employees Retirement System Bosede Bruce, Commissioner Nominee, Department of Finance Honorable Joseph B. Boschulte, Commissioner, Department of Tourism Lisa Hamilton, President, USVI Hotel and Tourism Association Jenifer O’Neal, Director, Office of Management and Budget Bill No. 34-0033 -An Act appropriating $2,100,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Public Works, in fiscal year ending September 30, 2021 for the purpose of expending $700,000 each in fiscal years, 2021, 2022 and 2023, to allow the Department of Public Works to contract for skilled engineering services for critically important capital projects for the Government of the Virgin Islands Proposed by Senator Marvin A. Blyden Invited Testifiers: Honorable Derek Gabriel, Commissioner, Department of Public Works Adrienne L. Williams-Octalien, Director, Office of Disaster Recovery Jenifer O’Neal, Director, Office of Management and Budget Bill No. 34-0039 -An Act amending title 3 Virgin Islands Code, sections 706(c) and 766(c) relating to service retirement annuities to permit retired corrections officers to reenter government service and retain their service retirement annuities Proposed by Senator Franklin D. Johnson Invited Testifiers: Dayna Clendinen, Director, Division of Personnel Wynnie Testamark, Director, Bureau of Corrections of the Virgin Islands Riel Faulkner, Assistant Director for Administration & Compliance, Bureau of Corrections of the Virgin Islands Jenifer O’Neal, Director, Office of Management and Budget Lunch                                          12:30pm-1:00pm Block II                                       1:00pm-5:00pm Bill No. 34-0077 -An Act amending the FY2021 Budget to restore the 8% reduction in salaries to the employees of the Government of the Virgin Islands pursuant to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruling of November 15, 2016 Proposed by Senators Kurt A. Vialet, Donna A. Frett-Gregory, Novelle E. Francis Jr., Janelle K. Sarauw Invited Testifiers: Dayna Clendinen, Director, Division of Personnel Jenifer O’Neal, Director, Office of Management and Budget Bill No. 34-0066 -An Act amending title 33 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 89 subchapter III, section 2541 to allow the Lt. Governor to collect unpaid property taxes and unpaid public sewer fees from the sale of delinquent taxpayer’s real property Proposed by Senator Dwayne M. De Graff Invited Testifiers: Brent Leerdam , Tax Collector, Office of the Lieutenant Governor Ira Mills, Tax Assessor, Office of the Lieutenant Governor Dolace McLean, Esq. , General Counsel, Office of the Lieutenant Governor Honorable Henry V. Carr III, Magistrate Judge, Superior Court of the Virgin Islands Jenifer O’Neal, Director, Office of Management and Budget   Bill No. 34-0071 -An Act amending Title 28 of the Virgin Islands Code by adding a new chapter 36 creating the Virgin Islands Timeshare Act Proposed by Senator Kurt A. Vialet Invited Testifiers: George H.T. Dudley, Esq., Attorney, Dudley Newman Feuerzeig LLP Dolace McLean, Esq. , General Counsel, Office of the Lieutenant Governor Robert Clements, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, American Resort Development   Association (ARDA) Honorable Richard Evangelista, Esq., Commissioner, Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs     + Add to Google Calendar + iCal / Outlook export Tags: Bills Date Jun 24 2021 Expired! Time 9:30 am - 5:00 pm Category Senate Hearing Organizer Senator Kurt A. Vialet Phone (340) 773-2424 Email senatorvialet@legvi.org Submit a Comment Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 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