Mapp Signs Into Law Slew Of Bills, Among Them Funding For Hospitals
- Staff
- June 27, 2017
ST. THOMAS -- Governor Kenneth Mapp recently took action on at least 15 bills forwarded to him by the 32nd Legislature, signing into law 14 of them while vetoing 2, and line-item vetoing a section of another. Among the measures signed into law were bills relating to funding for the territory's hospitals as well as the approval of additional funds for the Paul E. Joseph Stadium. Below, a list of the bills either signed into law or vetoed by the governor. Approved bills Bill No. 32-0038, an act amending certain provisions of the Virgin Islands Code for the acceptance of a REAL ID as a valid form of identification for various senior citizens' discounts. Bill No. 32-0087, an act authorizing the Government of the Virgin Islands through the Department of Property and Procurement to purchase certain real property on behalf of the people of the U.S. Virgin Islands to start Phase Il of the Frederiksted Economic Revitalization Project ("FERP") on the island of St. Croix. Bill No. 32-00...
