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Committee on Finance
The Committee on Finance will consider the following bills:
Bill No. 34-0099-An Act amending title 3 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 25, sections 530 (g) and chapter 27, section 705(c), relating to the mandatory retirement age of police officers, firefighters and prison guards to change the mandatory retirement age from 55 to 63
Sponsored by Senator Dwayne M. DeGraff
Invited Testifiers:
Ray A. Martinez, Commissioner Nominee, Virgin Islands Police Department
Wynnie Testamark, Director, Bureau of Corrections
Daryl A. George, Sr., Director, Virgin Islands Fire Services
Cindy Richardson, Director, Division of Personnel
Austin L. Nibbs, Administrator, Government Employees Retirement System
Lt. Aaron Krigger, Member, Law Enforcement Supervisor’s Union
Andre Dorsey, President, Association of Firefighters
Officer Hadaya Casimir, President, Police Benevolent Association
Bill No. 34-0089-An Act appropriating $920,000 to the Virgin Islands Port Authority for the construction of an aesthetically pleasing Cruz Bay fish market and to modify the existing concrete boat ramp and bulkhead at the Little Cruz Bay Dock, Cruz Bay Quarter; and appropriating $580,000 to the Department of Public Works for the construction of a boat dock and slipway at Enighed Pond on the island of St. John
Sponsored by Senators Steven D. Payne, Sr. and Janelle K. Sarauw
Invited Testifiers:
Carlton Dowe, Executive Director, Virgin Islands Port Authority
Derek Gabriel, Commissioner, Department of Public Works
Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, Commissioner, Department of Planning and Natural Resources
Kendell Anthony, St. John Fisherman
Bill No. 34-0070-An Act amending title 33 Virgin Islands Code, subtitle 1, part I, chapter 3, section 54(b) relating to the remittance of the hotel room tax to the Government from travel organizations; and requiring the Director of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue, with the assistance of the Commissioner of Tourism, to enter into an agreement with all travel organizations that offer sleeping accommodations in the Virgin Islands to collect the hotel room tax required under 33 V.I.C. §54
Sponsored by Senator Samuel Carrión
Invited Testifiers:
Joel Lee, Director, Bureau of Internal Revenue
Joseph Boschulte, Commissioner, Department of Tourism
Lisa Hamilton, President, USVI Hotel & Tourism Association
Allison DeGazon, Ph.D, Director, Bureau of Economic Research
Honorable Richard T. Evangelista, Commissioner, Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs
