Vermont Statutes Title 3 Sec. 2825
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 3 Sec. 2825
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Municipality: shall include a city, town, town school district, incorporated school or fire district or incorporated village, and all other governmental incorporated units. See
- Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
§ 2825. Duties of the Secretary
(a) The primary duties of the Secretary are to coordinate the activities of the various departments and divisions of the Agency for the proper development, management, and preservation of Vermont’s natural resources, to develop policies for the proper and beneficial development, management, and preservation of resources in harmony with the State comprehensive planning program and to promote the effective application of these policies by the departments and divisions affected.
(b) The Secretary, with approval of the Governor, may direct the Commissioner of Finance and Management to pay monies from the outdoor recreation land and water conservation fund to State agencies or to a municipality for recreational projects in accordance with the conditions of Public Law 88-578.
(c) The Secretary may enter into contracts and agreements with agencies of the United States and furnish to the agencies reports and information necessary to enable their officials to perform their duties under Public Law 88-578, and amendments thereto.
(d) The Secretary may delegate authorities and duties assigned to him or her by statute, for the purpose of administering 10 V.S.A. § chapters 55 and 159 and 24 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 120.
(e) Before acquiring any interest in real property, the Secretary shall offer to the legislative body of the municipality in which the real property is located the opportunity to meet, during which meeting the Secretary or his or her designee shall describe the proposed acquisition and answer questions raised by town officials or the general public, including questions concerning the impact of the proposed acquisition on local tax revenues. The municipality may hold a nonbinding referendum on the proposed acquisition, either at the discretion of the legislative body of the municipality or upon petition signed by five percent of the legal voters of the municipality and presented to the legislative body. The Secretary shall consider the results of any such referendum in making a final decision on whether to acquire the property. (Added 1979, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; amended 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b); 1989, No. 276 (Adj. Sess.), § 29, eff. June 20, 1990; 2001, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 84, eff. June 27, 2002.)