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10 V.S.A. § 690
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 29 - Community Development|§ 690. Remedies for noncompliance

§ 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 subchapter, or of applicable provisions of federal law, the Secretary, until he or she is satisfied that there is no longer any such failure to comply, may:  (1) terminate payments to the grantee under this subchapter; or (2) limit the availability of payments under this subchapter under such conditions as may be established by the Secretary.   (b) In lieu of, or in addition to, any action authorized in subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary may refer the matter to the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Vermont with a recommendation that an appropriate civil action be instituted. (Added 1983, No. 10, § 1, eff. March 18, 1983; amended 2019, No. 14, § 15, eff. April 30, 2019.)
10 V.S.A. § 690a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 29 - Community Development|§ 690a. Nonprofit revolving loan funds

§ 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 Commissioner. The Commissioner shall require such lenders to pay an annual fee of not more than $50.00 to maintain their registration.(b) Fees collected under this section shall be credited to a special fund established and managed pursuant to 32 V.S.A chapter 7, subchapter 5, and shall be available to the Department of Economic Development to offset the costs of providing those services. (Added 1995, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 40, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; amended 1997, No. 59, § 32, eff. June 30, 1997.)
10 V.S.A. § 691
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 29 - Community Development|§ 691. Title

§ 691. Title|This subchapter may be cited as the "Vermont Job Development Zone Act."  (Added 1985, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
10 V.S.A. § 692
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 29 - Community Development|§ 692. Policy and purpose

§ 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 the designation of up to three job development zones and for special economic development programs that will apply in these job development zones. (Added 1985, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
10 V.S.A. § 693
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 29 - Community Development|§ 693. Definitions

§ 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 Development. (3) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Agency. (4) "Population" means the most recent population of a municipality as determined by the Vermont Department of Health. (5) "Per capita income" means the total adjusted gross incomes of residents of a municipality divided by total exemptions claimed by residents of that municipality, as reported to the Vermont Department of Taxes in the most recent year for which data is available. (6) "Employment loss" means the absolute decline in the annual average number of insured private sector employees in the municipality during the most recent 12-month period for which data is reported by the Vermont Department of Labor compared to the same 12-month period five years earlier. (7) "Area unemployment rate" means the average monthly unemployment rate over the most recent two-year period for which data is available, of the labor market area of which a municipality is a part, as reported by the Vermont Department of Labor. (Added 1985, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1995, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(a); 2005, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 5, 2006.)
10 V.S.A. § 694
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 29 - Community Development|§ 694. Eligibility; application procedure

§ 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 statewide per capita income; (2) it has had an employment loss; (3) it has an area unemployment rate at least 33 percent higher than the statewide rate.   (b) The Agency shall solicit applications from eligible municipalities. Any eligible municipality desiring to receive designation as the job development zone shall complete and submit an application in a manner as shall be prescribed by the Secretary.(c) Applications for job development zone status will be rated by the Vermont Community Development Board established by section 685 of this title on the basis of applicants' ability to implement and administer a successful job development zone program, the quality of applicants' plans for conducting a job zone program, the level of support and commitment of resources demonstrated by the applicant during the application process, and the need of the applicant community for job development zone status.(d) The job development zone may geographically include a municipality or a portion of a municipality, or a combination of contiguous municipalities or portions of municipalities if so approved by the Secretary.(e) The Secretary shall review the recommendations of the Vermont Community Development Board and make the final designation of the job development zones. (Added 1985, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
10 V.S.A. § 695
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 29 - Community Development|§ 695. Authority to make rules

§ 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.)
10 V.S.A. § 696
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 29 - Community Development|§ 696. Reporting and expiration

§ 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 the preceding year to the Governor and General Assembly. Prior to January 15, 1992, the Secretary of Commerce and Community Development shall submit a comprehensive evaluation of the performance of the job development zone program to the Governor and General Assembly. (Added 1985, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1987, No. 213 (Adj. Sess.); 1995, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(b).)
10 V.S.A. § 697
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 29 - Community Development|§ 697. Incentives and initiatives

§ 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 forth in sections 233, 253, and 263 of this title. (3) Targeted assistance under the Job Training Partnership Act, to the extent allowable by federal law. (4) Targeted assistance under the Vermont Training Program as set forth in chapter 22 of this title. (5) Funding for the purpose of program implementation to the regional development corporation which includes a job zone. The funding shall be through increased grants to economic development corporations provided for in 24 V.S.A. § 2784(a). (6) Infrastructure assistance as set forth in section 698 of this title. (7) Technical assistance from the Agency of Commerce and Community Development to develop applications for community development block grant and urban development action grants, rural development action grants, and other community improvement and economic development grants and to assist businesses with permits and licenses. (8) Direct, localized assistance from small business development center. (Added 1985, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1993, No. 89, § 3(a), eff. June 15, 1993; 1995, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(a); 2015, No. 57, § 98.)
10 V.S.A. § 698
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 29 - Community Development|§ 698. Infrastructure improvement program

§ 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 development related infrastructure projects approved after July 1, 1986. Annual reimbursement payments shall be limited to $1,000,000 of indebtedness in a designated job development zone. The Agency shall require the municipality to submit an amortization schedule and proof of payment of its annual interest payment on bonds. The Agency shall not reimburse a municipality for infrastructure projects unless requests for payment are received within three months after the end of the fiscal year.(b) Economic development related infrastructure projects shall include water supply, pollution abatement, and highway facilities and such other municipal facilities as may be established by rule under section 695 of this chapter. (Added 1985, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1995, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(a).)
10 V.S.A. § 701
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 31 - Soil Conservation Act|§ 701. Policy

§ 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, and that the preservation of these lands, water, forests, and wildlife by conservation, development, and use is necessary to protect and promote the health, safety, and general welfare of its people. (Amended 1967, No. 303 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 22, 1968.)
10 V.S.A. § 702
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 31 - Soil Conservation Act|§ 702. Definitions

§ 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 conservation district" means a corporate body and governmental subdivision organized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; (3) "Union" or "supervisory union" means the agency created in accordance with section 803 of this title; (4) "Due notice" means notice published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the proposed district, stating the time and place of such meeting and questions to be voted on, the last publication being not less than two days before such meeting, or ten days' notice by mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the owners of land within the proposed district, stating the time and place of such meeting and questions to be voted on; (5) "Owner" means any person, firm, or corporation who shall hold title in fee to one or more acres of land lying within a district organized under the provisions of this chapter. (Amended 1963, No. 79, § 1 (b), eff. May 7, 1963; 1967, No. 303 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 22, 1968.)
10 V.S.A. § 703
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 31 - Soil Conservation Act|§ 703. State Natural Resources Conservation Council; members; duties

§ 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 the State Extension Service, or a designated representative; the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets, or a designated representative; the Secretary of Natural Resources, or a designated representative; and one member elected by the board of each supervisory union who is a supervisor for a district within the union or their officially elected alternate. Until such time as there are four unions, the Governor shall appoint members who shall be supervisors from districts not in a union to make a total of four whose terms of office shall be two years. In addition the Chair of the State Forests and Parks Board, or a designated representative; the Chair of the State Fish and Wildlife Board, or a designated representative; and the Director of the State Planning Office or a designee shall be advisory members. The Council may invite the secretary of agriculture of the United States to appoint one person to serve with the above mentioned members in an advisory capacity only. The Council shall keep a record of its official actions, shall adopt a seal, which seal shall be judicially noticed, and may perform such acts, hold public hearings, and adopt rules as may be necessary for the execution of the functions under this chapter. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 11(c), eff. March 1, 1961; 1967, No. 303 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 22, 1968; 1981, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.); 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1983, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), eff. April 13, 1984; 1987, No. 76, § 18; 1995, No. 163 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 15, 1996; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
10 V.S.A. § 704
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 31 - Soil Conservation Act|§ 704. Powers of Council

§ 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 it may require, or may employ its own counsel. It shall have authority to delegate to one or more of its members, or to one or more agents or employees, such powers and duties as it may deem proper. If designated as a clean water service provider under section 924 of this title, provide for the identification, prioritization, development, construction, inspection, verification, operation, and maintenance of clean water projects in the basin assigned to a natural resources conservation district in accordance with the requirements of chapter 37, subchapter 5 of this title. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 11(c), eff. March 1, 1961; 1967, No. 303 (Adj. Sess.), § 16, eff. March 28, 1968; 1971, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 2019, No. 76, § 6.)
10 V.S.A. § 705
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 31 - Soil Conservation Act|§ 705. Chair, quorum, compensation, surety bonds

§ 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 Council shall constitute a quorum, and the concurrence of the majority in any matter within their duties shall be required for its determination. The members appointed by the Governor or the members representing each of the unions or their officially elected alternates shall receive compensation for services at a rate not to exceed the per diem rate as defined by 32 V.S.A. § 1010(b) for time spent on the work of the Council in addition to expenses, including traveling expenses, necessarily incurred in the discharge of the duties of the Council. The Council shall provide for the execution of surety bonds for all employees and officers entrusted with funds or property. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 11(c), eff. March 1, 1961; 1963, No. 193, § 14, eff. June 28, 1963; 1967, No. 303 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 22, 1968; 1995, No. 163 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 15, 1996.)
10 V.S.A. § 706
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 31 - Soil Conservation Act|§ 706. Funds; allocation of by Council

§ 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 the administrative and other expenses of the districts. The Council shall allocate such money among the districts already organized or likely to be organized during a biennial fiscal period in such manner and in such amounts as shall be fair, reasonable, and in the public interest; due consideration being given to the total acreage of land within each district, to the greater relative expense of carrying on operations within the particular districts because of such factors as unusual topography, unusual conservation measures needed as approved in the district work plan, special difficulty of carrying on operations, the volume of work to be done, and the special importance of instituting conservation operations immediately. The Council may also allocate funds to unions for administrative and other expenses. In making allocations of monies, the Council shall reserve an amount estimated by it to be adequate to enable it to make subsequent allocations in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, from time to time, among unions and districts that may be organized after the initial allocations are made, but within the ensuing biennial fiscal period. Subject to the requirements of 32 V.S.A. § 5 regarding approval of the acceptance of any sum of money, the Council is authorized to accept contributions in the furtherance of the work contemplated by this chapter including grants in aid from any agency of the federal government, from government or private institutions and sources and make agreements with such federal agency as to the terms and conditions of the use of such grants in aid. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 11(c), eff. March 1, 1961; 1967, No. 303 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. March 22, 1968; 1995, No. 163 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. May 15, 1996.)
10 V.S.A. § 708
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 31 - Soil Conservation Act|§ 708. Districts; unions; expenditure statement; duties of Council

§ 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 expenditures likely to be incurred to the end of the fiscal year, such statements to be made at such times and in such manner as the Council may require.(b) In addition to the duties and powers hereinafter conferred upon the Council, it shall:  (1) Offer appropriate assistance to the supervisors and directors of districts and unions; (2) Keep the supervisors and directors of each district and union organized under this chapter informed of the activities and experience of all other districts and unions and facilitate an interchange of advice and experience between districts and unions; (3) Coordinate the programs of the districts and unions so far as this may be done by advice and consultation; (4) Secure the cooperation and assistance of the United States and any of its agencies and of agencies of this State in the work of districts or unions; (5) Disseminate information throughout the State concerning the activities and programs of the districts and unions organized hereunder; (6) Act upon petition by any two or more districts lying within the limits of the territory proposed to be organized into a union asking that a supervisory union be organized to function in the territory described in the petition; (7) Supervise and oversee annual election of district supervisors. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 11(c), eff. March 1, 1961; 1967, No. 303 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. March 22, 1968; 1995, No. 163 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. May 15, 1996.)
10 V.S.A. § 709
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 31 - Soil Conservation Act|§ 709. Petition to organize district

§ 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 organized to function in the territory described in the petition. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 11(c), eff. March 1, 1961; 1963, No. 79, § 1(b), eff. May 7, 1963; 1967, No. 303 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 15(b), 16(b), eff. March 22, 1968.)
10 V.S.A. § 710
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 31 - Soil Conservation Act|§ 710. Hearing on petition

§ 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, and welfare, for the creation of such district, and upon all questions relevant to such petition. All owners of land within the limits of the territory described in the petition and all other interested parties shall have the right to attend such hearings and to be heard. If it shall appear upon the hearing that it may be desirable to include within the proposed district territory outside of the area within which due notice of the hearing has been given, the hearing shall be adjourned and due notice of further hearing shall be given throughout the entire area considered for inclusion in the district and such further hearing held. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 11(c), eff. March 1, 1961; 1967, No. 303 (Adj. Sess.), § 16(b), eff. March 22, 1968.)