Title 01, General Provisions

§ 496d. Flag protocol The Department of Buildings and General Services shall adopt and update as necessary a protocol for the flying of any flag on a State-owned flagpole and on municipally owned flagpoles if statutorily directed. The protocol shall incorporate any existing flag-…

§ 496e. Honor and Remember Flag The Honor and Remember Flag is designated as the flag that recognizes those Vermonters who died during or as the result of serving on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. This designation will recognize their bravery and educate Vermonters about t…

§ 497. State Bird The State Bird shall be the hermit thrush.

§ 498. State Flower The State Flower shall be the red clover.

§ 499. State Tree The State Tree shall be the sugar maple.

§ 500. State Animal The State Animal shall be the Morgan horse. (1961, No. 42, § 1, eff. March 23, 1961.)

§ 501. State Fish The State Cold Water Fish shall be the brook trout (salvelinus fontinalis) and the State Warm Water Fish shall be the walleye pike (sander vitreus). (Added 2011, No. 82 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 13, 2012.)

§ 502. State Insect The State Insect shall be the honeybee. (Added 1977, No. 124 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Feb. 17, 1978.)

§ 503. State Beverage The State Beverage shall be milk. (Added 1983, No. 22, § 1, eff. April 22, 1983.)

§ 504. State Soil The State Soil shall be the Tunbridge soil series. (Added 1985, No. 9, § 1, eff. Mar. 27, 1985.)

§ 505. State Butterfly The State Butterfly shall be the monarch. (Added 1987, No. 72, § 1, eff. June 8, 1987.)

§ 506. State Gem The State Gem shall be the grossular garnet. (Added 1991, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 28, 1992.)

§ 507. State Rocks The State Rocks shall be marble, granite, and slate. (Added 1991, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 28, 1992.)

§ 508. State Mineral The State Mineral shall be talc. (Added 1991, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. May 28, 1992.)

§ 509. State Fossils (a) The State Marine Fossil shall be the white whale fossilized skeleton at the University of Vermont’s Perkins Geology Museum. (b) The State Terrestrial Fossil shall be the Mount Holly mammoth tooth and tusk at the Mount Holly Community Historical Museum. (A…

§ 510. State Flavor The State Flavor shall be maple from the Vermont sugar maple tree. (Added 1993, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 26, 1994.)

§ 511. State Amphibian The State Amphibian shall be the northern leopard frog. (Added 1997, No. 126 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 21, 1998.)

§ 512. State Pie The State Pie shall be apple pie. (Added 1999, No. 15, § 1, eff. May 10, 1999.)

§ 513. State Fruit The State Fruit shall be the apple. (Added 1999, No. 15, § 3, eff. May 10, 1999.)

§ 514. State Song The State Song shall be “These Green Mountains.” (Added 1999, No. 99 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 5, 2000.)

§ 515. State Heritage Livestock Breed The Randall Lineback breed of cattle shall be an official State Heritage breed of livestock. (Added 2005, No. 97 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)

§ 516. State Sports The State Winter Sports shall be skiing and snowboarding. (Added 2011, No. 77 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 8, 2012.)

§ 517. State Fly-Fishing Fly The State Fly-Fishing Fly shall be the Governor Aiken bucktail streamer. (Added 2013, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 14.)

§ 518. State Latin Motto The State Latin Motto shall be Stella quarta decima fulgeat (May the 14th star shine bright). (Added 2015, No. 6, § 1.)

§ 519. State Vegetable The State Vegetable shall be the Gilfeather turnip. (Added 2015, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

§ 520. State Mushroom The State Mushroom shall be Hericium Americanum, commonly known as the bear’s head tooth mushroom. (Added 2023, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 7, 2024.)

§ 551. Concurrent jurisdiction reserved When, pursuant to U.S. Const. Art. 1, § 8, cl. 17, consent to purchase is given and exclusive jurisdiction ceded to the United States in respect to and over any lands within this State that shall be acquired by the United States for the pur…

§ 552. Consent to purchase Subject to the provisions of section 551 of this title, consent to purchase is hereby given and exclusive jurisdiction is ceded to the United States in respect to and over so much land as the United States has or may acquire for the purposes described i…

§ 553. Federal Geological Survey For the purpose of making the surveys required of the Federal Geological Survey by acts of Congress, it shall be lawful for the persons employed in making the same to enter upon the lands within the boundaries of this State, but this section shall…

§ 554. National forest lands The consent of the State of Vermont is hereby given to the acquisition by the United States, by purchase, gift, or condemnation with adequate compensation, of such lands in Vermont with the approval of a Board consisting of the Governor; Lieutenant Go…

§ 555. Jurisdiction of United States over national forests The United States shall have jurisdiction to make and enforce such laws, rules, and regulations as the United States shall deem necessary for the administration, protection, and management of national forests in the State…

§ 556. Jurisdiction of State over national forests In all other respects, the jurisdiction over persons and property within the territory of national forests in the State shall not be affected nor changed by reason of the acquisition of title to such lands by the United States. (…

§ 557. Disposition of monies from national forests and forest products All sums received by this State from the United States, on account of the national forest in this State established under the provision of the Weeks Law, so-called, being an act of Congress approved May 23, 19…

§ 611. Perambulation, renewal The boundary line between the State of New Hampshire and the State of Vermont shall be perambulated and markers and bounds renewed wherever necessary once in every seven years forever by the Attorney General of this State in conjunction with the Atto…

§ 612. Return A return of the perambulation shall be made, particularly describing the marks and monuments of such line and their location, which shall be signed by the Attorney General or the person making the same and recorded with the Secretary of State.

§ 613. Notice The Attorney General of this State shall give notice to the Attorney General of New Hampshire of the time and place of the meeting for such perambulation 30 days before the day of the meeting.

§ 614. Expenses of perambulation All expenses incurred by representation of this State incidental to such perambulation shall be paid by the State, including one-half of the cost of renewing markers or monuments. The Commissioner of Finance and Management is hereby authorized to …

§ 615. Monuments; notice of construction affecting No person, firm, or corporation shall begin or attempt to begin any alteration or improvement of the banks or bed of the Connecticut River, the erection of any building, dam, or other structure upon the banks or bed of such river…

§ 616. Inspection Upon receipt of such notice, the Attorney General of this State shall communicate with the Attorney General of New Hampshire concerning the subject matter thereof, shall arrange for a joint inspection by such Attorneys General or their representatives of the pre…

§ 617. Permit Upon determination of need for or lack of need for a marking of the boundary, the Attorney General of this State shall certify the determination made to the person, firm, or corporation giving notice, and issue a permit that the work upon such alteration, improvemen…

§ 618. Penalty Any person, firm, or corporation who shall have failed to give the notice described in section 615 of this title or who, without having received from the Attorney General of this State the certificate and permit described in section 617, shall begin or attempt to b…

§ 671. Vermont coordinate systems defined The most recent system of plane coordinates, known as the State Plane Coordinate System, that has been established by the National Geodetic Survey or its successors for defining and stating the horizontal positions or locations of points …

§ 672. Coordinates defined (a) The plane coordinates of a point on the earth’s surface, to be used for expressing the geographic position or location of the point in the appropriate zone of the Vermont State Plane Coordinate Systems, shall consist of two distances expressed in: (…

§ 673. Additional definitions (a) The Vermont State Plane Coordinate System is the most recent system of plane coordinates established by the National Geodetic Survey, based on the National Spatial Reference System, and known as the State Plane Coordinate System, for defining and…

§ 674. Record Coordinates based on any Vermont Coordinate System, purporting to define the position of a point on a land boundary, presented to be recorded in any public land records or deed records shall be accompanied by a specific statement as to their basis and a description …

§ 675. Restriction The use of the terms “Vermont State Plane Coordinate System,” “Vermont Coordinate System 1927,” or “Vermont Coordinate System 1983” on any map, report of survey, or other document shall be limited to coordinates based on the respective Vermont Coordinate System…