Senate Committee on Finance

 

AGENDA

 

Room 6

January 23, 2018 - January 26, 2018

Last Updated 1/26/2018 3:38 PM

 

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

9:30 AM          Senate Convenes

 

1:00 PM          Governor's FY 2019 Budget Address

Joint Assembly - held in House Chambers

 

2:45 PM          Review of the Governor's Budget Address

Susanne Young, Secretary of Administration, Agency of Administration

Kaj Samson, Commissioner, Department of Taxes

 

3:30 PM          Suzanne Young/Education Funding Ideas

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

4:30 PM          Chairs' Meeting

 

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

1:00 PM          Senate Convenes

 

1:30 PM          S. 181 - An act relating to creating a flat homestead exemption for the purpose of the statewide education property tax and eliminating homestead property tax income sensitivity adjustments

         S. 185 - An act relating to returning unused property tax adjustment funds to the Education Fund

Property taxes

Rep. Scott Beck, Sponsor

Sen. Ann Cummings, Sponsor

Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

2:30 PM          Break

 

3:00 PM          Captive Insurance Day

Update of the industry

Rich Smith, Captive Insurance Association

Ian Davis, Director of Finance, Department of Economic Development

Janice Klodowski, Board Vice Chair, Vermont Captive Insurance Association

 

3:30 PM          Downtown Tax Credit

Katie Buckley, Commissioner, Department of Housing and Community Development

Chris Cochran, Director of Community Planning & Revitalization, Agency of Commerce and Community Development

 

4:00 PM          Downtown Tax Credit

Chris D'Elia, President, Vermont Bankers' Association

 

Thursday, January 25, 2018

1:00 PM          Senate Convenes

 

1:30 PM          Net Neutrality/Internet Privacy

State Jurisdiction

Chad Marlow, Advocacy and Policy Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union (1:30 PM) - Phone

Charles Storrow, AT&T

Harold Feld, Senior Vice President, Public Knowledge (2:00 PM) - Phone

Jeffrey Austin, Director of State Government Relations, Fairpoint Communications

 

2:45 PM          Break

 

3:00 PM          Net Neutrality/Internet Privacy

Continuation of testimony

Also walk thru by drafter of S.289 Draft 1.1

Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Clay Purvis, Director of Telecommunications and Connectivity, Department of Public Service

 

4:00 PM          VT Community Action Partnership Day

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program

 

Jan Demers, Executive Director, CVOEO

 

4:15 PM          Vermont Household Health Insurance Survey

Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

Friday, January 26, 2018

11:30 AM          Senate Convenes

 

1:30 PM          Efficiency Vermont

Abby White, Director of Marketing, Communications and External Affairs, Efficiency Vermont

David Corliss, Account Manager, Efficiency Vermont

Dan Dickerson, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Tom Knaur, Policy Director, Public Utility Commission

 

3:15 PM          S. 289 - An act relating to the Vermont Broadband Internet Privacy Act

Draft 1.1  --  Possible Markup & Vote

Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

If you have any questions and comments, please contact

 Cheryl Ewen Jette at 828-2253 or cjette@leg.state.vt.us

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