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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
