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SUMMARY:COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
DESCRIPTION:The Committee on Government Operations and Consumer Protection has scheduled a meeting for 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 in the Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas. The purpose of the meeting is to receive and consider the following legislative measures:\nBLOCK I 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM \nThe Committee will receive testimony concerning:\nBill No. 34-0174 ( https://www.legvi.org/billtracking/ShowPDF.aspx?num=34-0174&type=Bill ) – A Resolution commending The Ivanna Eudora Kean High School on St. Thomas, Virgin Islands on the occasion of the commemoration of its 50th Year Anniversary (1971) and acknowledging the many accomplishments of the administrators, teachers, and students.\nInvited Testifiers:\nMr. Levi Farrell, Former Music Instructor, Ivanna Eudora Kean High School (1991-2002)\nMr. Kirk Lewis, Former Teacher, Ivanna Eudora Kean High School (1988-2019)\nMrs. Dionne Wells-Hedrington, Former Student, Ivanna Eudora Kean High School (1989)\nMr. Sinclair Wilkinson, Former Principal, Ivanna Eudora Kean High School (1995-2001)\nBLOCK II 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM \nThe Committee will receive testimony concerning:\nBill No. 34-0157 ( https://www.legvi.org/billtracking/ShowPDF.aspx?num=34-0157&type=Bill ) – A Resolution honoring and commending Gloria H. Canegata Waterman for her outstanding years of service to the Virgin Islands Community as an educator and public servant through various organizations.\nInvited Testifiers: \nThe Honorable Alicia Barnes, Former Senator, Legislature of the Virgin Islands\nMr. Terrance T. Joseph, Resident\nThe Honorable Charles W. Turnbull, Ph.D., Former Governor, U.S. Virgin Islands\nMr. Rupert Ross, Jr., Resident\nMs. Gizette L. Thomas, Resident\nBLOCK III 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM\nThe Committee will receive testimony concerning:\nBill No. 34-0153 ( https://www.legvi.org/billtracking/ShowPDF.aspx?num=34-0153&type=Bill ) – An Act establishing the Sixth Constitutional Convention of the Virgin Islands; and providing for an appropriation to cover convention-related expenses.\nInvited Testifiers: \nMr. Emile A. Henderson III, Esq., Attorney, Ross-Edwards Henderson & Bates, LLP\nThe Honorable Myron Jackson, Former Senator, Legislature of the Virgin Islands\nMr. Kurt Marsh, Member, VI Historic Preservation Commission\n\nMs. Gwen-Marie Moolenaar, Ph D. President, League of Women Voters of the Virgin Islands\nMr. Malik Sekou, Ph D., Professor, University of the Virgin Islands  \nMr. Russell Christopher, St. Croix Resident\nMr. Gerard Emanuel, Former Delegate, 5th Constitutional Convention\nLUNCH 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM \nBLOCK IV 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM \nThe Committee will receive testimony on:\nBill No. 34-0182 ( https://www.legvi.org/billtracking/ShowPDF.aspx?num=34-0182&type=Bill ) – An Act amending title 31 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 1, section 4, relating to the naming of real and personal property of the Government of the Virgin Islands after persons, to exempt the University of the Virgin Islands from the requirement of obtaining legislative approval before naming any property of the University of the Virgin Islands.\nInvited Testifier:\nDr. David Hall, Esq., President, University of the Virgin Islands\nBLOCK V 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM \nThe Committee will vote on:\nBill No. 34-0146 ( https://www.legvi.org/billtracking/ShowPDF.aspx?num=34-0146&type=Bill ) – An Act acknowledging and commemorating the memory of Mary Thomas, Axeline Salomon, Mathilde Mcbean, Susanna Abramson, and other estate laborers before, during, and after the Labor Uprising of 1878 or “Firebun” and their courageous pursuit of human rights, freedom from serfdom variant, and improvement of labor conditions in the former Danish West Indies, and condemning the excessive, cruel, and unjust punishment meted out to the laborers by the Danish Government.\nFinally, the Committee will consider and vote on:\nBill No. 34-0090 ( https://www.legvi.org/billtracking/ShowPDF.aspx?num=34-0090&type=Bill ) – An Act amending title 3 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 25, subchapter V, section 570 relating to the Career Incentive Program for peace officers to extend the Program to all peace officers identified in title 5 Virgin Islands Code, section 3561(a).\n
URL:https://legvi.org/events/committee-on-government-operations-and-consumer-protection-8/
ORGANIZER;CN=Senator Carla J. Joseph:MAILTO:senatorjoseph@legvi.org
CATEGORIES:Government Operations, Consumer Protection and Veterans Affairs
LOCATION:Charlotte Amalie
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