Committee on Government Operations, Veterans Affairs, and Consumer Protection

The Committee on Government Operations, Veterans Affairs, and Consumer Protection has scheduled a meeting for 9:30 a.m. on Monday, March 20, 2023 in the Frits E. Lawaetz legislative Conference Room, St. Croix. The purpose of the meeting is to receive and consider the following legislative measure:

BLOCK I                                                                                                              9:30 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.

 The Committee will receive testimony concerning:

Bill No. 35-0010         An Act honoring and commending Mr. Aloy “Wenty” Nielsen for his years of service to the Virgin Islands community and naming the Christiansted Bypass in his honor; making a $10,000 appropriation from the General Fund for signage at Aloy Nielsen Bypass and for other related purposed.

Invited Testifiers:

Mr. Robert Moorehead, Resident

Rick Nielson, Resident

Wystan Benjamin, Resident

John Paul David, Resident

Daryl Smalls, Executive Director, Territorial Hospital Redevelopment Team,

Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation

BLOCK II                                                                                                             11:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.

 The Committee will receive testimony on the operations of the Office of Virgin Islands Veterans Affairs to include but not limited to enabling law and jurisdiction, current agency challenges and plan of action to resolve challenges.

Invited Testifiers:

Mr. Patrick Farrell, Director, Virgin Islands Veterans Affairs

Mr. Joel Gifft, Veteran, United States Army

 LUNCH                                                                                                                  12:30 P.M. – 1:30 P.M.

BLOCK III                                                                                                               1:30 P.M. – 3:30 P.M.

 The Committee will receive testimony on the operations of the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs to include but not limited to enabling law and jurisdiction, current agency challenges and plan of action to resolve challenges.

Invited Testifier:

The Honorable Richard T. Evangelista, Esq., Commissioner, Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs

BLOCK IV                                                                                                            3:30 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.

 The Committee will receive testimony on the operations of the Virgin Islands Taxicab Commission to include but not limited to enabling law and jurisdiction, current agency challenges and plan of action to resolve challenges.

 Invited Testifiers:

Ms. Vernice Gumbs, Executive Director, Virgin Islands Taxicab Commission

Ms. Loretta Lloyd, Chair, Virgin Islands Taxicab Commission Board