Committee on Rules & Judiciary

Agenda

The Committee on Rules and the Judiciary has scheduled a meeting to consider the following

Block I

VI  Historic Preservation Commission

Nomination of Akil Petersen

 Block II 

VI Board of Nurse Licensure

Nomination of Elizebeth Dumas
Nomination of Brittany Dawson APRN, CNM

VI Board of Dental Examiners

Nomination of Dr. Chase Greep, DDS

 Block III

Bill No. 34-0035-An Act amending title 16 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 1, subchapter III, section 61 relating to a wife’s name to give either party to a marriage the right to use the other’s surname

Proposed by Senator Alma Francis Heyliger

Invited Testifier:

Charlotte Perrell, Esq. President, Virgin Islands Bar Association

Bill No. 34-0037-An Act amending title 15 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 3, section 89, subsections (b) and (c) relating to decedents estates and payment of certain debts without administration to increase the aggregate amount that a surviving spouse may receive from debtors upon the death of the creditor and to increase the amount of debt a debtor must pay the survivors of a decedent creditor not less than thirty days after the creditor’s death from not more than $5000 to not more than $10,000

Proposed by Senator Alma Francis Heyliger

Invited Testifiers:

Gwendolyn Brady, Esq. Director of Banking, Insurance and Financial Regulation

Charlotte Perrell, Esq. President, Virgin Islands Bar Association

Bernadette Gonsalaves, IKTC Foundation 

Lunch  1:00 pm-2:00 

Block IV

Bill No. 34-0034-An Act amending title1 Virgin Islands Code by adding chapter 3A enacting the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act, to provide for the management of electronic legal information in a manner that guarantees the trustworthiness of and continuing access to important governmental legal material

Proposed by Senators Carla J. Joseph and Genevieve R. Whitaker

Bill No. 34-0004– An Act amending title 33 Virgin Islands Code, subtitle 1, part 1, chapter 5, section 91 relating to the payment of fuel taxes to change the time for remittance of the tax to the Bureau of Internal Revenue; and for other related purposes

Proposed by Senators Donna A. Frett-Gregory; Co-sponsors: Senators Genevieve R. Whitaker, Samuel CarriÏŒn and Steven D. Payne, Sr

Block V

Department of Finance, Commissioner

Nomination of Bosede Bruce