Title 29, Title 29: Public Property and Supplies

§ 405. Investigation and determination of public good (a) When an application is filed under this chapter, the Department shall proceed in accordance with 10 V.S.A. chapter 170. (b) In determining whether the encroachment will adversely affect the public good, the Department shal…

§ 406. Appeals Appeals of any act or decision of the Department under this chapter shall be made in accordance with 10 V.S.A. chapter 220. (Added 1967, No. 308 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. March 22, 1968; amended 1975, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. March 15, 1976; 1981, No. 222 (Adj…

§ 408. Permit (a) A permit may contain any conditions that the Department considers necessary to protect the public good. (b) No person granted a permit under this chapter is relieved of the responsibility to comply with any other applicable federal, State, and local laws, regula…

§ 409. Injunction Any person aggrieved by any violation of this chapter, or the Attorney General at the request of the Department, may institute any appropriate action in the Superior Court of the county in which a proposed or existing encroachment is located to prevent, restrain…

§ 410. Rulemaking; encroachments on public waters The Department may adopt rules to implement the requirements of this chapter. (Added 2011, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 25, eff. May 14, 2012.)

§ 563. Abandonment of oil and gas interests; preservation (a) An abandoned interest in oil and gas shall revert to and merge with the surface estate from which it was severed. (b) An interest in oil and gas is deemed abandoned at any time that: (1) it has been unused for a contin…

§ 571. Hydraulic fracturing; prohibition (a) No person may engage in hydraulic fracturing in the State. (b) No person within the State may collect, store, or treat wastewater from hydraulic fracturing. (Added 2011, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. May 16, 2012; amended 2023, No. 5…

§ 820. The naming of State buildings and facilities Except for State transportation buildings and facilities named by the Transportation Board in accordance with 19 V.S.A. § 5, the name by which a State building or facility is to be known shall be authorized by the General Assemb…

§ 821. State facilities (a) State buildings. (1) “Asa Bloomer State Office Building” shall be the name of the building now known as the “Hulett” office building in the city of Rutland. (2) “Robert H. Wood, Jr. Criminal Justice and Fire Service Training Center of Vermont” shall be…

§ 841. Committee creation (a) Creation. There is created the Training Center Governance Committee to manage access to the facilities of the Robert H. Wood Jr. Criminal Justice and Fire Service Training Center of Vermont (Training Center), located in Pittsford, Vermont. (b) Member…

§ 842. Training Safety Subcommittee; recommendations; Governance Committee report (a) Subcommittee creation. There is created as a subcommittee of the Training Center Governance Committee the Training Safety Subcommittee to make recommendations regarding training safety at the Ro…

§ 902. Duties of Commissioner of Buildings and General Services (a) The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services shall contract for and make all purchases, including all fuel, supplies, materials, equipment, for all departments, offices, institutions, and other agencies of …

§ 903. Requisition for supplies and materials (a) When any governmental agency is in need of any of the items mentioned in this chapter, the responsible officer thereof shall requisition therefor upon the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services, and the Commissioner of Bui…

§ 903a. Alternative purchasing sources As an alternative to the procedures set forth in section 903 of this title, the Commissioner may elect to purchase any of the items mentioned in this chapter through a program established by the federal General Services Administration to sup…

§ 904. Surplus property; acceptance and distribution The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services or the Commissioner’s designee, as approved by the Secretary of Administration may apply for and accept in the name of the State all federal surplus property and commodities, i…

§ 905. Centralized purchasing of school equipment and supplies (a) The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services and the Secretary of Education, or their designees, shall develop and promote a program of centralized purchasing of equipment and supplies for public schools in …

§ 906. Stationery and office supplies (a) The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services shall manage a supply program in order to ensure the disbursal of equipment for use by State government, including fleet vehicles, office supplies, stationery, record books, and forms pur…

§ 907. Manner of payment of bills for purchases (a) The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services shall furnish to suppliers at the expense of the State the forms for all proposals and contracts. The Commissioner shall make all contracts in duplicate and shall forward forthw…

§ 908. Price-fixing illegal; penalty Every contract, combination, or conspiracy, providing for the establishment or maintenance of minimum prices in the sale of any commodity to the State or any municipality or agency thereof, between manufacturers, producers, wholesalers, factor…

§ 909. State purchase of food and agricultural products (a) When procuring food and agricultural products for the State, its agencies, departments, instrumentalities, and institutions, the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services shall consider the interests of the State re…

§ 921. Application of subchapter; definitions (a) This subchapter applies to competitive bids for sale of apparel, footwear, or textiles pursuant to subchapter 1 of this chapter. (b) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms shall hav…

§ 922. Bids for the sale of apparel, footwear, or textiles (a) The Commissioner shall require that a bidder for the sale of apparel, footwear, or textiles provide certification from each supplier that the supplier at the point of assembly of the goods: (1) complies with all appli…

§ 923. Exception The Commissioner may accept a bid from and award a contract to a supplier who has not met the requirements provided in section 922 of this title if, after reasonable investigation by the Commissioner, it appears that the required unit or item of supply or brand o…

§ 925. Complaints of noncompliance with subchapter; investigations of complaints (a) The Commissioner shall initiate an investigation to determine whether a violation of this subchapter has occurred if: (1) The Commissioner has knowledge that a contractor or a supplier at the poi…

§ 926. Determinations of noncompliance with subchapter (a) In making a determination of whether a violation of this subchapter has occurred, the Commissioner may take into account any factors, information, sources of information, and materials determined reliable and relevant by …

§ 927. Consequences of noncompliance with subchapter If, in the opinion of the Commissioner, a contractor that has been determined to be not in compliance with this subchapter does not make good-faith efforts to change its practices or use its bargaining position with an offendin…

§ 928. Coordination with other jurisdictions The Commissioner shall coordinate with other jurisdictions of the United States of America with those jurisdictions’ efforts to develop an effective strategy to monitor vendor compliance with the requirements of this subchapter or simi…

§ 1101. Public documents defined The words “public documents,” as used in this chapter, shall include the acts and resolves and journals of the General Assembly, the reports of State officers or of any commission, board, or person authorized by law to make reports. (Amended 1969,…

§ 1103. Printing of reports and bulletins The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services, after consultation with the State officers and boards, shall cause to be printed such number of their respective bulletins and reports, in such manner and form, as in his or her judgment…

§ 1106. Contracts for printing The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services may make contracts for printing the public documents, Senate and House bills, printing needed by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House for their respective houses, legislative direc…

§ 1107. Bids The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services shall make contracts for all State printing by advertisement and bid or letters of inquiry, unless otherwise provided. He or she may reject any and all bids and readvertise or with the approval of the Governor let su…

§ 1108. Acceptance or rejection of bids; conditions of contracts The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services may require satisfactory bonds from bidders and contractors. (Amended 1961, No. 30, § 1, eff. March 17, 1961; 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(a), eff. May 6, 1996; …

§ 1111. Stationery, forms, and supplies The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services shall procure and cause to be printed and distributed all office stationery and shall purchase and cause to be distributed all office supplies required by the General Assembly, the several …

§ 1113. Journals of the Joint Assembly, Senate, and House of Representatives The Secretary of the Joint Assembly, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, within 60 days after the close of each session of the General Assembly, shall furnish a ce…

§ 1191. Publication The Court Administrator shall contract with an appropriate law book publisher for the editing and printing of the volumes and advance reports of the Vermont Reports. (Amended 1969, No. 52, § 2, eff. April 10, 1969; 1971, No. 119, § 1, eff. April 26, 1971.)

§ 1193a. Sale and exchange of surplus copies The surplus volumes of Vermont Reports may be sold, the price to be fixed by the State Librarian. (Added 1975, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(a), eff. May 6, 1996; 1997, No. 59, § 19, eff. June 30, 1…

§ 1401. Purchase of insurance The Secretary of Administration shall secure insurance coverage for the benefit of the State and its employees while performing official duties, in fire and casualty companies authorized to do business in this State in such amounts and such coverages…

§ 1403. Waiver of immunity by municipal corporations and counties Notwithstanding the provisions of 12 V.S.A. § 5602 or any other statute, when a municipal corporation purchases a policy of liability insurance under 24 V.S.A. § 1092, and when a county purchases a policy of liabil…

§ 1404. Judgments, maximum liability of municipal corporations and counties Upon trial of any action in which sovereign immunity has been waived, as provided in section 1403 of this title, a judgment shall not be rendered against a municipal corporation or county for more than th…

§ 1405. Inventories of State property State departments, institutions, and agencies having property belonging to the State or in their charge on or before February 1 in each even-numbered year shall render an inventory to the Secretary of Administration of all such property, and …

§ 1406. Liability insurance (a) The Secretary of Administration, on behalf of the State, may contract or enter into agreements with any insurance company or companies or insurance corporation or corporations licensed to do business within the State for the purpose of insuring the…

§ 1407. Definition For purposes of this chapter only, natural resources conservation districts shall be considered agencies of the State, and their employees shall be considered State employees. (Added 1983, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 6, 1984.)

§ 1408. Workers’ compensation insurance (a) The State Employees’ Workers’ Compensation Fund is created to provide a program for self-insurance coverage for all officers and State employees, as defined in 3 V.S.A. § 1101, of all State agencies, departments, boards, and commissions…

§ 1501. Power to obtain warehouse The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services, with the approval of the Emergency Board, may arrange for and operate a general supply and material warehouse for the use of the State. In making this arrangement, he or she may enter into a lea…

§ 1502. Division of cost The cost of leasing the warehouse may be prorated among the using departments and agencies. The Commissioner of Finance and Management is directed to charge the pro rata share of this cost against the appropriation of each using agency. (1961, No. 156, § …

§ 1503. Warehouse stocks, charges The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services may stock the warehouse by purchase from time to time of supplies and materials in anticipation of the needs of State agencies. Costs shall be prorated according to those needs and charged to the…