Senate: Committee of the Whole

Agenda:

The committee will receive testimony on the following bill requests:

The Thirty-Second Legislature has scheduled a Committee of the Whole Hearing to receive testimony from the governor’s financial team regarding the proposals and CZM permits submitted by Gov. Kenneth E. Mapp, who called the members of the Legislature into Special Session on Nov. 21, 2017.

1. Bill No. 17-0844 – A proposed bill (I) to authorize the Government to enter into one or more Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Community Disaster Loans for the purpose of financing existing essential functions of the Government’s operations including, but not limited to, the operations of the Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center; the Roy Lester Schneider Regional Medical Center; the Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority; and the University of the Virgin Islands and (II) to authorize the Government to pledge its full faith and credit and taxing power as security thereof, or such other security as the Governor or the Commissioner of Finance, as the Government’s authorized representatives, shall determine is necessary to further secure the Community Disaster Loan Promissory Notes
2. Bill No. 17-0848 – A proposed bill to authorize and appropriate the sum of $9,000,000 to fund the completion of Phase II of the Frederiksted Economic Revitalization Project, which includes the Paul E. Joseph Stadium, the Terrance Martin Softball Field, the Crucian Christmas Festival Village and the infrastructure for adequate flood control and drainage to protect the project and persons and property within the town of Frederiksted on St. Croix
3. Bill No. 17-0845 – A proposed bill to enact “The Virgin Islands Source Separation Act” to promote the general health, welfare and safety of the residents of the Virgin Islands, to protect the environment, and to manage the solid waste stream in the Virgin Island
4. Bill No. 17-0849 – An Act banning the burning of all fallen trees and other wood debris generated as a result of hurricanes Irma and Maria
5. Bill No. 17-0846 – A proposed bill to establish the “Virgin Islands Beverage Container Recycling Act”