Committee Rules & Judiciary

Agenda

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

Block I

Bill No. 34-0076-An Act amending title 5, subtitle 1, part 1, chapter 3, to grant seniors and the terminally ill preference in civil actions

Sponsored by Senator Janelle K. Sarauw

Invited Testifiers:

Denise N George, Esq. Attorney General Virgin Islands Depaertment of Justice

Troy A. De Charbert-Schuster, State Director, American Association of Retired Persons

Block II

Bill No. 34-0066-An Act amending title 33 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 89 subchapter III, section 2541 to allow the Lt. Governor to collect unpaid property taxes and unpaid public sewer fees from the sale of delinquent taxpayer’s real property

Sponsored by Senators Dwayne M. DeGraff and Franklin D. Johnson Co-sponsors: Novelle E. Francis, Jr., and Marvin A. Blyden

Bill No. 34-0071-An Act amending title 28 of the Virgin Islands Code by adding a chapter 36 to enact The Virgin Islands Timeshare Act

Sponsored by Senators Kurt A. Vialet and Donna A. Frett-Gregory

Bill No. 34-0077-An Act amending Act No. 8365, the Fiscal Year 2021 Executive Budget, and Act No. 8348, the Legislature’s Fiscal Year 2021 Budget, to restore the 8% reduction in salaries to the employees of the Government of the Virgin Islands and for other related purposes

Sponsored by Senators Kurt A. Vialet, Donna A. Frett-Gregory,  Novelle E. Francis, Jr., Janelle K. Sarauw, Milton E. Potter,  Alma Francis Heyliger, Franklin D. Johnson, Dwayne M. DeGraff, Javan E. James, Sr., Steven D. Payne, Sr., Samuel Carriόn, Marvin A. Blyden and Genevieve R. Whitaker