Title 10, Title 10: Conservation and Development

§ 669. Regional travel and tourism marketing grants The General Assembly finds that: (1) Effective marketing of travel and tourism destinations is best performed on a regional level. (2) The tourism business is the second largest business in the State and is predicted to grow in …

§ 669a. Definitions For the purposes of this subchapter: (1) “Agency” means the Agency of Commerce and Community Development. (2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Marketing and Tourism. (3) “Regional travel and tourism marketing association” means a nonprofit corporation,…

§ 669b. Applications for regional travel and tourism marketing association grants A qualified regional travel and tourism marketing association may apply to the Secretary, on a form provided by the Secretary, for a grant under this chapter. The applicant may be required to submit…

§ 669c. Determination of eligibility for grant The Secretary shall determine within 60 days of filing the application whether the applicant is eligible for a grant under this chapter. An applicant may be eligible for a grant if the Secretary determines, in his or her sole discret…

§ 669d. Marketing association expenditures; reapplication (a) A regional travel and tourism marketing association shall use grant funds only for such purposes described in the application and approved by the Secretary under section 669c of this title. Disbursement of grant funds …

§ 669e. Cooperative efforts An association approved for a grant under this subchapter shall act in a manner that is consistent with the efforts of the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing. A recipient association shall not deliberately and adversely affect the travel and t…

§ 669f. Rules The Secretary may adopt such rules as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (Added 1995, No. 46, § 38.)

§ 669g. Applicability of State laws (a) A regional travel and tourism marketing association approved by the Secretary under this chapter shall not be subject to the provisions of 1 V.S.A. subchapter 2 (open meetings) and subchapter 3 (public records). (b) The provisions of 2 V.S.…

§ 669h. Delegation of authority The Secretary may designate any officer or employee of the Agency to carry out his or her powers and duties under this chapter. (Added 1995, No. 46, § 38.)

§ 681. Title This subchapter may be cited as the “Vermont Community Development Act.” (Added 1983, No. 10, § 1, eff. March 18, 1983.)

§ 682. Intent and purpose (a) It is the intent of this subchapter to provide for the State administration of the federal community development block grant program as is authorized by Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 5301 et seq…

§ 683. Title (1) As used in this subchapter: (2) “Municipality” means a town or city. It also means an incorporated village the charter of which enables it to function as a general purpose unit of local government. It shall also mean a “nonentitlement area” as defined in Title I,…

§ 684. Powers and duties of the municipalities (a) In addition to the powers and authority that the municipalities have under existing law, they are hereby granted such additional authority and power, essential and incidental, as may be necessary for the administration and implem…

§ 685. The Vermont Community Development Board (a) There is created within the Agency of Commerce and Community Development the Vermont Community Development Board consisting of nine members who shall be residents of the State. (b)(1) The members shall be appointed by the Governo…

§ 686. Eligibility, application, allocation of funds (a) All funds allocated to the State, except for an amount not exceeding the maximum allowable under the Federal Act available to the State for administrative costs, shall be allocated to municipalities in an equitable and effi…

§ 687. Allocation system The Secretary, with the advice and assistance of the Board, shall establish a system for the allocation of community development program funds. (1) The allocation system shall be based on the intent, purpose, goal, and objectives of this subchapter. (2) T…

§ 688. Authority to make rules The Secretary is hereby granted the authority to issue rules in accordance with 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 for the purpose of administering the provisions of this subchapter. (Added 1983, No. 10, § 1, eff. March 18, 1983.)

§ 689. Multi-year commitments (a) Those municipalities that received commitments of multi-year funds in federal fiscal year 1981 under the provisions of the Federal Act shall be assured of funding to the extent of such commitments, provided such municipalities request the State t…

§ 690. Remedies for noncompliance (a) If the Secretary finds, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing, that a grantee under this subchapter has failed to comply substantially with the provisions of this subchapter, the rules adopted under the provisions of this subcha…

§ 690a. Nonprofit revolving loan funds (a) Any revolving loan fund lender not required to be licensed pursuant to 8 V.S.A. § 2201(d)(9) shall register and maintain its registration with the Commissioner of Economic Development, on forms and by policy and methods prescribed by the…

§ 691. Title This subchapter may be cited as the “Vermont Job Development Zone Act.” (Added 1985, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

§ 692. Policy and purpose Recognizing that some communities in Vermont have failed to benefit from general economic progress and that innovative and intensive approaches to economic development should be tried and developed in up to three communities, this subchapter provides for…

§ 693. Definitions As used in this subchapter: (1) “Municipality” means a town or city. It also means an incorporated village the charter of which enables it to function as a general purpose unit of local government. (2) “Agency” means the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community…

§ 694. Eligibility; application procedure (a) A municipality shall be eligible to apply for job development zone status if it has a population of at least 2,000 and meets two of the following three criteria: (1) it has a per capita income at least ten percent lower than the state…

§ 695. Authority to make rules The Secretary is hereby granted the authority to issue rules in accordance with 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 for the purpose of administering the provisions of this subchapter. (Added 1985, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

§ 696. Reporting and expiration (a) Designation as job development zone under this subchapter will apply until December 31, 1992. (b) Prior to January 15 of each year, the Secretary of Commerce and Community Development shall submit a report on job development zone activities for…

§ 697. Incentives and initiatives The following incentives and initiatives shall be available to new or expanding business entities located within the job development zones: (1) [Repealed.] (2) Preferential consideration from the Vermont Economic Development Authority as set fort…

§ 698. Infrastructure improvement program (a) A municipality that is within a designated job development zone shall be eligible to receive a payment each year from the Agency of Commerce and Community Development to reimburse annual interest costs on indebtedness for economic dev…

§ 699. Vermont Rental Housing Improvement Program (a) Creation of Program. (1) The Department of Housing and Community Development shall design and implement the Vermont Rental Housing Improvement Program, through which the Department shall award funding to statewide or regional …

§ 700. Vermont Manufactured Home Improvement and Repair Program (a) There is created within the Department of Housing and Community Development the Manufactured Home Improvement and Repair Program. The Department shall design and implement the Program to award funding to statewid…

§ 701. Policy It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Legislature to provide for the conservation, development, and use of the natural resources of this State and that the lands, water, forests, and wildlife of the State of Vermont are among the basic assets of the State, a…

§ 702. Definitions Wherever used or referred to in this chapter unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (1) “Council” or “State Natural Resources Conservation Council” means the Agency created in section 703 of this title; (2) “District” or “natural resources…

§ 703. State Natural Resources Conservation Council; members; duties A State Natural Resources Conservation Council is hereby established to serve as an Agency of the State to perform the functions conferred upon it in this chapter, which shall have as members: the Director of th…

§ 704. Powers of Council The State Natural Resources Conservation Council may employ an administrative officer and such technical experts and such other agents and employees as it may require. The Council may call upon the Attorney General of the State for such legal services as …

§ 705. Chair, quorum, compensation, surety bonds The Council shall designate its chair, and may, from time to time, change the designation. A member of the Council shall hold office so long as the member retains the office by virtue of serving on the Council. A majority of the Co…

§ 706. Funds; allocation of by Council Unless otherwise provided by law, any funds appropriated by the State or any federal agency to the State Natural Resources Conservation Council for allocation to districts organized under the provisions of this chapter shall be available for…

§ 708. Districts; unions; expenditure statement; duties of Council (a) The supervisors of the respective districts and directors of the respective unions, twice during each fiscal year, shall submit statements to the Council as to expenditures made and estimates as to expenditure…

§ 709. Petition to organize district Any 25 owners of land lying within the limits of the territory proposed to be organized into a district may file a petition with the State Natural Resources Conservation Council asking that a natural resources conservation district be organize…

§ 710. Hearing on petition Within 30 days after such a petition has been filed with the State Natural Resources Conservation Council, it shall cause due notice to be given of a proposed hearing upon such petition as to the necessity, in the interest of the public health, safety, …

§ 711. Determination of need; boundaries of proposed district (a) After hearing thereon, if the Council shall determine that there is need, in the interest of the public health, safety, and welfare for a district, it shall make and record such determination, and shall define the …

§ 712. Referendum (a) If after the Council has found and recorded a determination that there is need, in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare, for the organization of a district in a particular territory and has defined the boundaries thereof, it shall hold a ref…

§ 713. Publication of results of referendum; determination of feasibility The Council shall publish the result of such referendum and, if a majority of the votes cast at the referendum is for the establishment of a district, and the Council determines that the operation of such d…

§ 714. Appointment and election of supervisors; application for creation of district (a) When a district is established, the Council shall appoint two supervisors to act, with three supervisors elected by the landowners as the governing body of the district. (b) The two appointed…

§ 715. Establishment of district as governmental subdivision; certificate The Secretary of State shall file and record the application and statement in an appropriate book of record in his or her office. When the application and statement have been filed and recorded, the distric…

§ 716. Subsequent petition may be filed; when After six months shall have expired from the date of entry of a determination by the council that the operation of a proposed district is not administratively practicable and feasible, and denial of a petition pursuant to such determi…

§ 717. Additional territory; petition to include Petitions for including additional territory within an existing district may be filed with the Council, and the proceedings herein provided for in the case of petitions to organize a district shall be observed in the case of petiti…