Senate Committee on Finance

 

AGENDA

 

Room 6

January 14, 2020 - January 17, 2020

Last Updated 1/17/2020 3:31 PM

 

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   Education Funding Update

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

2:00 PM                   Revenue Update

Stephen Klein, Chief Legislative Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

 

2:30 PM                   Tax Increment Financing

Doug Hoffer, State Auditor, State Auditor's Office

John Kessler, General Counsel, Agency of Commerce and Community Development

Charity Clark, Chief of Staff, Attorney General's Office

 

3:30 PM                   Update from the Vermont Economic Progress Council

Megan Sullivan, Executive Director, Vermont Economic Progress Council

 

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   Bill Walk-throughs

Abby Shepard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

`                                   S. 179 - An act relating to the calculation of income for purposes of the homestead property tax income sensitivity adjustment and renter rebate

 

`                                   S. 200 - An act relating to the definition of housesite for use value appraisals

 

`                                   S. 229 - An act relating to controlling interests tax under the property transfer tax

 

2:00 PM                   S. 191 - An act relating to tax increment financing districts

Walk-through

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

2:30 PM                   S. 190 - An act relating to the Standard Offer Program

Walk-through

Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Charles Storrow, Lobbyist, Ryegate Power Station

 

3:00 PM                   Pass-through Businesses in Vermont: A Snapshot

Graham Campbell, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

3:50 PM                   School Construction and Impact on the Education Fund

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

Thursday, January 16, 2020

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   Report on Health Consequences of Exposure to Radio Frequency Fields

Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health

 

2:15 PM                   Governor's Appointments

Craig Bolio, Tax Commissioner

 

2:30 PM                   Break

 

2:45 PM                   Emergency Board Presentation Concensus Forecast

Tom Kavet, Legislative Economist, Kavet, Rockler & Associates, LLC

 

3:30 PM                   Update from the Public Service Department

June Tierney, Commissioner, Department of Public Service

 

4:00 PM                   Report on Data-Sharing Opportunities for Maximizing Eligibility for Public Benefit Programs

Doug Farnham, Senior Research Economist and the Director of Policy, Department of Taxes

 

Friday, January 17, 2020

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   Miscellaneous Tax Bill

Doug Farnham, Senior Research Economist and the Director of Policy, Department of Taxes

 

2:30 PM                   Taxation of Solar Panels

Doug Farnham, Senior Research Economist and the Director of Policy, Department of Taxes

Michelle Wilson, President, Vermont Assessors and Listers Association

Walter Hastings, Chairman of Legislative Affairs, Vermont Assessors & Listers Association

Peter Tucker, Managing Broker, Four Seasons Sotheby's International Realty

David Russell, Barrington Power

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 2 hard copies. Please write your name, organization, date and title on each document. With few exceptions, any documents you hand out to a committee, or send to a committee assistant, are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s webpage.

 

If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Faith Brown at 802-828-2253 or fbrown@leg.state.vt.us