Legislative Calendar Weekending 052909

SENATE CALENDAR
28th Legislature of the Virgin Islands

Week Beginning Monday, May 25, 2009
Week Beginning Monday, June 1, 2009

Date Monday, May 25, 2009
Time:
Committee: Holiday Memorial Day
Location:
Agenda:

Date Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Time: 9:00 AM
Committee: Committee of the Whole
Location: Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas
Agenda: The Twenty-Eighth Legislature will convene in Committee of the Whole to
receive testimony from members of the Governor’s financial team on the
proposed legislation.

To authorize the issuance of bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness
of the Government of the Virgin Islands (the Government”) and/or the Virgin
Island Public Finance Authority (the Authority”) for the purposes of providing
funds to (i) finance all or a portion of the costs of certain necessary public
safety and other capital development projects listed in Section two (2) of this
act (the “Capital Projects”) in an amount up to 75,000,000 (ii) fund any necessary
reserves, (iii) pay costs of issuance of the 2009 Matching Fund Revenue Bonds
and 2009 loan Notes (each as defined below), (iv) pay accrued interest if any, on
the 2009 Matching Fund Revenue Bonds from their dated date to the date of
delivery thereof, (v) authorize the Authority to enter into one or more Qualified
Swap Agreements, as authorized under the Indenture (as defined below), and (vi)
authorize the Government and the Authority to enter into certain agreements,
pledge the Matching Fund Revenues (as hereinafter defined) of the Government,
and issue limited special obligation notes to secure repayment of such bonds,
notes or other obligations

Invited to Testify:
Governors’ Executive Branch Financial Team

Date Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Time: 6:00 PM
Committee: Rules and Judiciary
Agenda: The Committee on Rules and Judiciary will meet to consider the following bills

Bill No. 28-0013 – An Act amending 20 V.I.C., as it relates to safety belts and child restraints

Bill No. 28-0018 – An Act 20 V.I.C., and enacting the “Virgin Islands Motorcycle Safety
Education Act of 2009”

Bill No. 28-0023 – An Act amending 20 V.I.C., as it relates to transporting passengers in the
cargo of pickup trucks

Bill No. 28-0027 – An Act amending title 3 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 25 to add a section
authorizing certain agencies to pay bonuses to certain employees in order to retain their services

Bill No. 28-0033 – An Act amending V.I.C., 631 as it relates to the number of members on the
Health Insurance Board advisory committee

Bill No. 28-0056 – An Act amending 20 V.I.C., chapter 33, relating to the display of license
plates

Bill No. 28-0058 – An Act appropriating $37,000 to the Virgin Islands Police Department to
purchase canines trained to assist law enforcement

Date Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Time: 2:00 P. M.
Committee: Planning and Environmental Protection
Agenda: The Committee on Planning and Environmental Protection
has scheduled a meeting to consider the following bill and to
receive testimony on the following coastal zone permits

Bill No. 28-0049 - An Act amending 12 V.I.C., section 911 (e) and (g) relating to the ratification
of Coastal Zone Permits

Minor Coastal Zone Management Permit(s)

Minor Coastal Zone Permit CZT-17-08W (Permittee-Essence Properties)

Invited Testifiers:

Honorable Robert Mathes
Commissioner
Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources

Mr. Austin M. Monsanto,
Chairman
Coastal Zone Management Commission/St. Thomas Committee

Ms. Janice D. Hodge
Director
Coastal Zone Management Division

Dr. Nadine Noorhasan
Director
Environmental Protection Division

Major Coastal Zone Management Permit(s)

Major Coastal Zone Permit CZT-2-03W (Permittee-Carmen Ruan)

Invited Testifiers:

Commissioner

Mr. Austin M. Monsanto
Chairman

Ms. Janice D. Hodge
Director

Director

Major Coastal Zone Permit CZT-1-03W (Permittee-Carmen Ruan)

Invited Testifiers:

Commissioner

Chairman

Ms. Janice D. Hodge
Director

Director

Major Coastal Zone Permit No. CZT-04-09W (Permittee-West Indian Company and V.I. Port
Authority )

Invited Testifiers:

Honorable Robert S. Mathes
Commissioner

Chairman

Ms. Janice D. Hodge
Director

Director

Ms. Lorna Thomas
Director
State Historic Preservation Office

Mr. Edward Thomas
President & Chief Executive Officer
West Indian Company Limited

Mr. Kenn Hobson
Executive Director
Virgin Islands Port Authority

Mr. Cassan Pancham
Chairman
Virgin Islands Port Authority

Mr. Jim Casey
V.I. Coordinator
Environmental Protection Agency

Ms. Nasseer Idrisi
Acting Director
Center for Marine and Environmental Studies

Mr. Louis de Lyrot
Owner
Emerald Beach Resort & Cardow

Mr. A. Jeffery Weiss
Coalition to Save Lindbergh Bay, Inc.

Ms. Abigail Cyntje
President
League of Women Voters

Date Thursday, May 28, 2009
Time: 10:00 AM
Committee: Legislative Session
Agenda: The Twenty-Eighth Legislature will convene in Legislative Session

CONSIDERATION OF FLOOR AGENDA

CONSIDERATION OF NOMINATION

Honorable Wayne Biggs
Commissioner (Designee)
Virgin Islands Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs

CONSIDERATIONOF RESOLUTION

Bill No. 28-0051 – A Resolution honoring and commending Alton A. Adams, Jr. for his many
substantial contributions to the Virgin Islands Community

CONSIDERATION OF ZONINGS

Bill No. 28-0059 – An Act rezoning Parcel Nos. 9 Estate Fortsberg, No 17A and 17B Coral Bay
Quarter, St. John from R-1 (Residential-Low Density) to B-3 (Business Scattered)

Bill No. 28-0060 – An Act to rezone Parcel No. 15 Estate Susannaberg, No. 17A Cruz Bay
Quarter, St. John from R-1 (Residential-low Density) to R-4 (Residential-Medium Density)

Bill No. 28-0061 - An Act to rezone Parcel No 5A-1, Estate Enighed, No, 1 Cruz Bay Quarter,
St. John from R-4 (Residential-Medium Density) to B-2 (Business-Secondary)

Bill No. 28-0062 – An Act to rezone No. 11K Estate Adrian, No. 18 Cruz Bay Quarter, St.
John from R-1 (Residential-Low Density) to R-4 (Residential-Medium Density)

Bill No. 28-0064 – An Act to rezone Parcels no 1-12 and nos. 1-13 Estate Donoe and parcels j
and k Estate Raphune, St. Thomas, Nos. 2A and 5B New Quarter from R-1 (Residential-Low
Density- and R-2 (Residential-Low Density-One and Two Family) to R-4 (Residential-
Medium Density)

Bill No. 28-0065 – An Act to rezone parcel no. 18A-6 Estate Smith Bay, Nos. 1, 2 & 3 Estate
Quarter, St. Thomas from R-3 (Residential-Medium Density) to C (Commercial)

Bill No. 28-0066 – An Act to rezone Parcel No. Remainder of Estate Boone Esperance (South
Portion), Queens Quarter, St. Croix from P (Public) to R-2 (Residential – Low Density-One
and Two Family)

Bill No. 28-0067 – An Act to rezone Parcel No. 3-B Estate Constitution Hill, Queen Quarter,
St. Croix from R-1 (Residential-Low Density) to B-3 (Business-Scattered)

CONSIDERATON OF LEASES

Lease Agreement between the Government of the Virgin Islands acting through the
Department of Property and Procurement and Arthur Hercules d/b/a Hercules Pate
Delight

Department of Property and Procurement and Red Hook Marina, Inc.

Department of Property and Procurement and Innovative Telephone Corporation

Department of Property and Procurement and Peter Phillip d/b/a Peter Prof. Body &
Fender Repair

Department of Property and Procurement Islands and Cool Breeze Sightseeing Tours, Inc.

CONSIDERATION OF BILLS

Bill No. 28-0004 – An Act amending title 32 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 2 relating to limiting
liability for public recreational use of private real property

Bill No. 28-0007 – An Act amending 17 V.I.C., to add chapter 45 establishing the National
Guard Youth Challenge Program and to authorize the Program to award participants an adult
High School Diploma and for other purposes

Bill No. 28-0012 – An Act amending title 17 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 5 to provide for the
Worker Preparation Educational Program for high school seniors

Bill No. 28-0014 – To amend title 3, chapter 1, and title 23, chapters 10, 11, 12, 12A and 19,
Virgin Islands Code, to restructure the Office of the Adjutant General, the Office of Homeland
Security, and the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency and for other
related purposes

Bill No. 28-0016 – An Act amending 17 V.I.C., chapter 5, section 48 to establish the Youth
Internship Program within the Department of Education

Bill No. 28-0020 – An Act amending 3 V.I.C., chapter 27, section 729(b) to allow for a cost of
living increase in the annuitants pensions

Bill No. 28-0027 – An Act amending title 3 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 25 to add a section
authorizing certain agencies to pay bonuses to certain employees in order to retain their services

Bill No. 28-0033 – An Act amending V.I.C., 631 as it relates to the number of members on the
Health Insurance Board advisory committee

Bill No. 28-0013 – An Act amending 20 V.I.C., as it relates to safety belts and child restraints

Bill No. 28-0018 – An Act 20 V.I.C., and enacting the “Virgin Islands Motorcycle Safety
Education Act of 2009”

Bill No. 28-0023 – An Act amending 20 V.I.C., as it relates to transporting passengers in the
cargo of pickup trucks

Bill No. 28-0056 – An Act amending 20 V.I.C., chapter 33, relating to the display of license
plates

Bill No. 28-0058 – An Act appropriating $37,000 to the Virgin Islands Police Department to
purchase canines trained to assist law enforcement

Date Friday, May 28, 2009
Time: 10:00 AM
Committee: Legislative Session

Agenda: Continuation of Legislative Session

Week Beginning Monday, June 1, 2009

Date Monday, June 1, 2009
Time:
Committee: No Committee Meeting Scheduled
Location:
Agenda: RESERVED FOR CONSTITUENT MEETINGS AND OFFICE WORK

Date Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Time: 9:30 AM
Committee: Appropriation and Budget
Agenda: The Committee on Appropriation and Budget has scheduled a Public Hearing
to receive testimony on the “The Operation of the Virgin Islands Lottery and the
status of Outstanding Monies owed the Virgin Islands Government

Invited Testifiers:

Mr. Angel Dawson, Jr.
Chairman
Virgin Islands Lottery Commission

Mr. Conrad E. Francois
Acting Executive Director
Virgin Islands Lottery

Honorable Vincent F. Frazer, Esq.,
Attorney General
Virgin Islands Department of Justice

Mr. Paul Pacquin, Esq.,
Assistant Attorney General
Virgin Islands Department of Justice

Mr. Robert Huckabee III
President
Southland Gaming Inc.

Mr. Shane Gaspard
Executive Vice-President
Southland Gaming

Mr. Arturo Watlington, Jr., Esq.
Southland Gaming

Date Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Time: 9:00 A.M.
Committee: Education Youth and Culture
Location: Frits E. Lawaetz Legislative Conference Room St. Croix
Agenda: The Committee on Education, Youth and Culture has scheduled a meeting to
consider bill no. 28-0021

Bill No. 28-0021 – An Act authorizing the Governor to establish an agreement
with Lincoln Technical Institute to build a technical school in the Virgin Islands

Invited Testifiers:

Honorable LaVerne Terry, Ed. D
Commissioner
Virgin Islands Department of Education

Honorable Lynn Millin-Maduro
Commissioner
Virgin Islands Department of Property and Procurement

Honorable Robert S. Mathes
Commissioner

Dr. Lauren Larsen
Deputy Commissioner
Curriculum and Instruction

Mr. Eduardo Corniero
State Director
Career and Technical Education

Mr. Daniel P. McIntosh
Chairperson
Virgin Islands Career and Technical Education Board

Mr. Percival Clouden
Chief Executive Officer
Economic Development Authority

Mrs. Lauritz Mills

Director
Virgin Islands Bureau of Economic Research

Mr. Julito A. Francis
Director of Finance and Administration
Public Finance Authority

Mr. David F. Carney
Executive Chairman
Lincoln Educational Services

Mr. Cesar Riberio
Senior Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer
Lincoln Educational Services

Date Thursday, June 4, 2009
Time:
Committee: No committee Meeting Scheduled
Location:
Agenda: RESERVED FOR CONSTITUTION MEETINGS AND OFFICE WORK

Date Friday, June 5, 2009
Time:
Committee: No Committee Meeting Scheduled
Location:
Agenda: RESERVED FOR CONSTITUTION MEETINGS AND OFFICE WORK

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