Regular Session

REGULAR SESSION – OFFICIAL AGENDA

Time:                                       10:00 A.M.

Call to Order:                         Honorable Novelle E. Francis, Jr., Senate President

Invocation:                              Reverend Charles L. Brown, Jr., Chaplain, 35^th Legislature of the Virgin Islands

Anthems:                                National Anthem and Virgin Islands March

Roll Call:                                 Honorable Carla J. Joseph, Legislative Secretary

Messages and/or Correspondences

Committee Reports:               Chairperson of Standing Committees

SPECIAL ORDERS/OVERRIDES

CONSIDERATION OF FLOOR AGENDA:

CONSIDERATION OF NOMINATIONS

Tahmin O. Clarke, Nominee, Government Employees Retirement System Board of Trustees, District of St. Thomas

Aubrey L. Ruan, Jr., Nominee, Virgin Islands Coastal Zone Management Commission, District of St. Croix

Mario Brooks, Commissioner Nominee, Virgin Islands Police Department

CONSIDERATION OF ZONINGS/CZM PERMITS

 Bill No. 35-0401         An Act amending Official Zoning Map No. STZ-10 for the island of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands rezoning Parcel No. 41-51-1 Estate Frydenhoj, No. 3 Red Hook Quarter St. Thomas from R-2 (Residential-Low Density-One and Two Family) to B-4 (Business-Residential)

Bill No. 35-0406         An Act amending Official Zoning Map No. STZ-10 for the island of St. Thomas to rezone Parcel No. 3J-1A Estate Mariendahl, No. 4 Red Hook Quarte, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, from R-2 (Residential-Low Density-One and Two Family) to B-2 (Business Secondary/Neighborhood)

Bill No. 35-0407         An Act amending Official Zoning Map No. STZ-10 for the island of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, to rezone Parcel No. N-1-Remainder of Tract 1 Estate Nazareth, No. 1 Red Hook Quarter, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, from R-2 (Residential-Low-Density-One and Two Family) to P (Public)

Bill No. 35-0421         An Act amending Official Zoning Map No. SCZ-11 to rezone Plot No. 13-A Combined Estate Hogensborg, West End Quarter, St. Croix from R-1 (Residential-Low Density) to R-2 (Residential-Low Density-One and Two Family) and Remainder of Parcel No. 4 Combined Estate Hogensborg, West End Quarter, St. Croix be rezone from R-1 (Residential-Low Density) to B-3 (Business-Scattered) to allow for a mixed used development

Bill No. 35-0404         An Act ratifying the Governor’s approval of Minor Coastal Zone Permit No. CZMIW0001-23 issued to Coakley Plantation, LLLP for the installation and the submerged lands occupancy of two 224’ long and 3” ODHDPE pipes in approximately 6’-7’ of water to be used as an intake and brine discharge for a reverse osmosis plant

Bill No. 35-0422         An Act ratifying Minor Coastal Zone Permit No. CZMIW0002-23 issued to 555 Madison Investors V, LLC for the installation of a 408 sq. ft. dock and a four inch reverse osmosis intake line on and seaward of Plot 7W Estate Nazareth, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

Bill No. 35-0424         An Act ratifying Major Coastal Zone Permit No. CZT-06-21 (L&W) issued to Jack Rock B-A C, LLC for the development of a marina facility consisting of a restaurant, dock, moorings, wave attenuator, storage, and services yard, warehouse building, the dredging of 7,200 yards of material, and the use and occupancy of 45.83 acres of submerged land located on and seaward of Parcel No. 3 (Consolidated 9B-A), Estate Nazareth, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

CONSIDERATION OF BILLS

Bill No. 35-0108         An Act appropriating $20,000,000 from the Settlement Agreement between the Government of the Virgin Islands and the Estate of Jeffrey E. Epstein; Darren K. Indyke, in his individual capacity and in his capacity as the Co-Executor for the Estate of Jeffrey E. Epstein and Administrator of The 1953 Trust; Richard D. Kahn, in his individual capacity and in his capacity as Co-Executor of the Estate of Jeffery E. Epstein and Administrator of the 1953 Trust; The 1953 Trust; Plan D, LLC; Great St. James, LLC; Nautilus, Inc.; Hyperion Air, LLC; Poplar, Inc.; Southern Trust Company, Inc.; Maple, Inc; and Laurel, Inc. (collectively Defendants) to the Department of Public Works for the design and construction of a nursing home on St. Croix and nursing home on St. Thomas

Bill No. 35-0179         An Act amending title 14 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 61, relating to gambling violations, and title 32 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 13, relating to the Virgin Islands Lottery Commission, to strengthen the enforcement tools against illegal gambling and lottery

Bill No. 35-0224         An Act amending title 19, part V, chapter 45, subchapter VI to increase access to behavioral health services, with a focus on a Psychiatric Emergency Response Team to provide mobile crisis intervention services, and the 9-8-8 telecommunication system

Bill No. 35-0254         An Act amending title 27 Virgin Islands Code by adding 21A establishing the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact

Bill No. 35-0295         An Act amending title 19 Virgin Islands Code, part III, chapter 29 requiring the Virgin Islands Department of Health to establish and administer the “Virgin Islands Prescription Drug Monitoring Program” to provide prescription drug monitoring, and for other related purposes

Bill No. 35-0336         An Act amending title 5 Virgin Islands Code, subtitle 3, part I by establishing the Office of Conflict Counsel, granting personal immunity to individuals providing legal representation or services to indigent defendants, and making an appropriation to establish the Office of Conflict Counsel

Bill No. 35-0399         An Act amending title 16 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 2, section 99 establishing a mandatory minimum bail amount in domestic violence cases

Bill No. 35-0408         An Act requiring the Department of Health and the Department of Planning and Natural Resources to develop and administer a Territorial Regulated Medical Waste Management Plan including the requisite regulations

Bill No. 35-0409         An Act to amend title 20 Virgin Islands Code, part II, chapter 32, subchapter I to amend the definition of “salvage vehicle purchaser” or “junk vehicle purchaser” to include businesses that includes junk and salvage vehicle businesses and insurance companies and to require salvage vehicle purchasers to file a report with the Bureau of Motor Vehicles that documents the salvage vehicles obtained and sold during a given time period, and to require a penalty for failure to file the report

Bill No. 35-0410         An Act honoring and commending Mr. Salvador “Sal” Sanpere for his dedication and contribution to St. Croix by naming the Christiansted boardwalk in his honor

Bill No. 35-0411         An Act honoring and commending Georgia Francis for her community service and for her contributions to the youth of the Virgin Islands in the area of music and renaming the portion of Rumer Drive beginning at Mandela Circle and continuing to the bottom of the Dorothy “Dotsy” Lockhart-Elskoe Drive, the “Georgia Francis Drive”

Bill No. 35-0419         An Act amending title 27 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 1A by establishing the Virgin Islands Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Bill No. 35-0420         An Act amending title 23, Virgin Islands Code, chapter 5 by enacting the “Virgin Islands Firearm Serial Number Regulation Act”

Bill No. 35-0423         An Act approving the Fifth Amendment to Lease Agreement between the Government of the Virgin Islands and Coral World (V.I.) Inc. to extend the lease term, provide for additional rent, and incorporate two surveys reflecting the metes and bounds description of the leased premises

Bill No. 35-0425         An Act to amend various sections of title 5 Virgin Islands Code