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3 V.S.A. § 3090
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 53 - Human Services|§ 3090. Human Services Board

§ 3090. Human Services Board|(a) The Human Services Board is created within the Agency of Human Services as the successor to and the continuation of the present Social Welfare Board. It consists of seven members. The Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint members for terms of six years so that not more than three terms expire in the same biennium. The Governor shall designate the Board's Chair.(b) The duties of the Board shall be to act as a Fair Hearing Board on appeals brought pursuant to section 3091 of this title.(c) The Board shall hold meetings at times and places warned by the Chair on his or her own initiative or upon request of two Board members or the Governor. Four members shall constitute a quorum, except that three members shall constitute a quorum at any meeting upon the written authorization of the Chair issued in connection with that meeting.(d) With the approval of the Governor the Board may appoint one or more hearing officers, who shall be outside the classified service, and it may employ such secretarial assistance as it deems necessary in the performance of its duties.(e) On or before January 15 of each year, the Board shall report to the House Committees on Human Services and on Health Care and the Senate Committees on Appropriations and on Health and Welfare regarding the fair hearings conducted by the Board during the three preceding calendar years, including:  (1) the total number of fair hearings conducted over the three-year period and per year; (2) the number of hearings per year involving appeals of decisions by the Agency itself and each department within the Agency, with the appeals and decisions relating to health insurance through the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange reported distinctly from other programs; (3) the number of hearings per year based on appeals of decisions regarding:  (A) eligibility; (B) benefits; (C) coverage; (D) financial assistance; (E) child support; and (F) other categories of appeals;  (4) the number of hearings per year based on appeals of decisions regarding each State program over which the Board has jurisdiction; (5) the number of decisions per year made in favor of the appellant; and (6) the number of decisions per year made in favor of the department or the Agency. (Added 1973, No. 101, § 4; amended 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 72; 2013, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § E.304; 2017, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. May 21, 2018.)
3 V.S.A. § 3092a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 53 - Human Services|§ 3092a. Appeals from Divisions of Vocational Rehabilitation, Blind and Visually Impaired

§ 3092a. Appeals from Divisions of Vocational Rehabilitation, Blind and Visually Impaired|(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 3091(a) of this title relating to fair hearings before the Human Services Board, appeals concerning benefits or services under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended shall be to the Director of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation or the Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired, as appropriate, rather than the Human Services Board so long as federal law requires that final decisions be made by the Director of that Division.(b) Prior to making a final decision, the Director shall hold a hearing to give the applicant an opportunity to be heard and to present evidence.(c) When federal law no longer requires that final decisions be made by the Director of that Division, such appeals shall be to the Human Services Board as provided in subsection 3091(a) of this title unless federal law requires another method for hearing appeals. (Added 1985, No. 117 (Adj. Sess.), eff. April 16, 1986; amended 1989, No. 219 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
3 V.S.A. § 3094
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 53 - Human Services|§ 3094. Office of Child Support

§ 3094. Office of Child Support|(a) The Office of Child Support is created within the Department for Children and Families and shall be designated the IV-D agency for purposes of Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act.(b) The Office shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Human Services subject to section 3054 of this title. (Added 1989, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; amended 1999, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 9.)
3 V.S.A. § 3102
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 55 - Transportation|§ 3102. Composition of Agency

§ 3102. Composition of Agency|An Agency is created consisting of the following former departments:  (1) the Department of Aeronautics; (2) the Department of Highways; (3) the Department of Motor Vehicles; (4) the Department of Bus, Rail, Waterways and Motor Carrier Services. (Added 1975, No. 120, § 1; amended 1977, No. 263 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 19, 1978; 1985, No. 76, § 8, eff. May 28, 1985; 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 2(2).)
3 V.S.A. § 3302
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 56 - Agency of Digital Services|§ 3302. Appointment of Secretary; powers and duties

§ 3302. Appointment of Secretary; powers and duties|(a) The Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint the Secretary of Digital Services who shall be the Chief Information Officer of the State. The Secretary shall appoint a deputy secretary who shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary.(b) The Secretary shall serve as the administrative head of the Agency of Digital Services, and shall have the following responsibilities:  (1) coordinate and optimize the use of technology within State government; (2) approve, in consultation with the Agency of Administration, State government information technology contracts and procurement activity; (3) review and approve State government information technology and cybersecurity policies; (4) approve State government information technology recruitment and classification of employees; and (5) supervise all information technology employees and contractors in State government. (Added 2019, No. 49, § 5, eff. June 10, 2019.)
3 V.S.A. § 3304
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 56 - Agency of Digital Services|§ 3304. Information Technology Internal Service Fund

§ 3304. Information Technology Internal Service Fund|(a) An Information Technology Internal Service Fund is created to support activities of the Agency of Digital Services.(b) An agency, department, or division or other State or nonstate entity that receives services of the Agency of Digital Services shall be charged for those services on a basis established by the Secretary of Digital Services with the approval of the Secretary of Administration. (Added 2019, No. 49, § 5, eff. June 10, 2019.)
3 V.S.A. § 3722
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 57A - Job Start|§ 3722. Regional microbusiness development programs operation

§ 3722. Regional microbusiness development programs operation|The Office of Economic Opportunity shall provide grants to each community action agency for the microbusiness development program at each community action agency. In the event that a community action agency is unable, as determined by the Office of Economic Opportunity, or unwilling to perform the required services, the Office of Economic Opportunity may provide grants to another qualified regional entity. (Added 2007, No. 46, § 6e, eff. May 23, 2007.)
3 V.S.A. § 3901
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 59 - Community Services Agencies|§ 3901. Findings and purpose

§ 3901. Findings and purpose|(a) Recognizing that the economic well-being and social equity of every Vermonter has long been a fundamental concern of the State, it remains evident that poverty continues to be the lot of a substantial number of Vermont's population. It is the policy of this State to help develop the full potential of each of its citizens so they can contribute to the fullest extent possible to the life of our communities and the State as a whole.(b) It is the purpose of this chapter to strengthen, supplement, and coordinate efforts that further this policy through:  (1) the strengthening of community capabilities for planning, coordinating, and managing federal, State, and other sources of assistance related to the problem of poverty; (2) the better organization and utilization of a range of services related to the needs of the poor; (3) the broadening of the resource base of programs to secure a more active role in assisting the poor from business, labor, and other groups from the private sector. (Added 1981, No. 173 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 20, 1982.)
3 V.S.A. § 3902
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 59 - Community Services Agencies|§ 3902. Office of Economic Opportunity

§ 3902. Office of Economic Opportunity|(a) The Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity is hereby authorized to allocate available financial assistance for community services agencies and programs in accordance with State and federal law and regulation.(b) The Director may provide financial assistance to community services agencies for the planning, conduct, administration and evaluation of community service programs to provide a range of services and activities having a measurable and potentially major impact on causes of poverty in the community or in areas of the community where poverty is a particularly acute problem. Components of those services and activities may involve, without limitation of other activities and supporting facilities designed to assist low income participants:  (1) to secure and retain meaningful employment; (2) to obtain adequate education; (3) to make better use of available income; (4) to provide and maintain adequate housing and a suitable living environment; (5) to obtain services for the prevention of narcotics addiction, alcoholism, and for the rehabilitation of narcotic addicts and alcoholics; (6) to obtain emergency assistance through loans and grants to meet immediate and urgent individual and family needs, including the need for health services, nutritious food, housing, and unemployment-related assistance; (7) to remove obstacles and solve personal and family problems which block achievement of self-sufficiency; (8) to achieve greater participation in the affairs of the community; (9) to make more frequent and effective use of other programs related to the purposes of this chapter; (10) to coordinate and establish linkages between governmental and other social service programs to assure the effective delivery of such services to low-income persons; and to encourage the use of entities in the private sector of the community in efforts to ameliorate poverty in the community.   (c) The Director is authorized to adopt rules pursuant to chapter 25 of this title appropriate to the carrying out of this chapter and the purposes thereof. (Added 1981, No. 173 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 20, 1982.)
3 V.S.A. § 3903
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 59 - Community Services Agencies|§ 3903. Designation of agencies to provide services and activities to ameliorate or eliminate poverty

§ 3903. Designation of agencies to provide services and activities to ameliorate or eliminate poverty|The Director shall designate private nonprofit community based organizations who have demonstrated or who can demonstrate the ability to provide services and activities as defined in subsection 3902(b) of this title as community services agencies. (Added 1981, No. 173 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 20, 1982.)
3 V.S.A. § 3904
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 59 - Community Services Agencies|§ 3904. Community Services Agency Plan

§ 3904. Community Services Agency Plan|Each designated community services agency shall determine the need for activities and services within the area served by the agency and shall thereafter prepare a community services plan which describes the method by which the agency will provide those services. The plan shall include a schedule for the anticipated provision of new or additional services and shall specify the resources which are needed by and available to the agency to implement the plan. The community services plan shall be updated annually. (Added 1981, No. 173 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 20, 1982.)
3 V.S.A. § 3905
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 59 - Community Services Agencies|§ 3905. Community services agencies; administration

§ 3905. Community services agencies; administration|(a) Each community services agency shall administer its programs as set out in the community services plan and as approved by its board of directors.(b) Each board of a nonprofit community based organization that is designated a community services agency under section 3903 of this chapter shall have an executive committee of not more than seven members who shall be representative of the composition of the board and the board shall be so constituted that:  (1) one-third of the members of the board are elected public officials currently holding office, or their designees, except that if the number of elected officials reasonably available and willing to serve is less than one-third of the membership of the board, membership on the board of appointive public officials may be counted in meeting such one-third requirement; (2) one-third of the members of the board are persons chosen in accordance with election procedures adequate to assure that they are representative of the poor in the area served; and (3) the remainder of the members of the board are officials or members of business, industry, labor, religious, welfare, education or other major groups and interests in the community.   (c) Each member of the board selected to represent a specific geographic area within a community shall reside in the area he or she represents. No person selected under subdivisions (2) or (3) of subsection (b) as a member of a board shall serve on such board for more than five consecutive years, or more than a total of 10 years. (Added 1981, No. 173 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 20, 1982.)
3 V.S.A. § 4001
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 65 - Administrative Districts|§ 4001. Administrative districts; creation

§ 4001. Administrative districts; creation|The following administrative districts are created, each to consist of the following towns and cities:  (1) District 1: Benson, Brandon, Castleton, Chittenden, Clarendon, Danby, Fair Haven, Hubbardton, Ira, Mendon, Middletown Springs, Mt. Holly, Mt. Tabor, Pawlet, Pittsford, Poultney, Proctor, Rutland City, Rutland Town, Killington, Shrewsbury, Sudbury, Tinmouth, Wallingford, Wells, West Haven, and West Rutland. (2) District 2: Andover, Athens, Baltimore, Brattleboro, Brookline, Cavendish, Chester, Dover, Dummerston, Grafton, Guilford, Halifax, Jamaica, Londonderry, Ludlow, Marlboro, Newfane, Putney, Reading, Readsboro, Rockingham, Searsburg, Somerset, Springfield, Stratton, Townshend, Vernon, Wardsboro, Weathersfield, West Windsor, Westminster, Weston, Whitingham, Wilmington, Windham, Windsor, and Winhall. (3) District 3: Barnard, Bethel, Bradford, Braintree, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Chelsea, Corinth, Fairlee, Granville, Hancock, Hartford, Hartland, Newbury, Norwich, Pittsfield, Plymouth, Pomfret, Randolph, Rochester, Royalton, Sharon, Stockbridge, Strafford, Thetford, Topsham, Tunbridge, Vershire, West Fairlee, and Woodstock. (4) District 4: Addison, Bolton, Bridport, Bristol, Buels Gore, Burlington, Charlotte, Colchester, Cornwall, Essex, Ferrisburg, Goshen, Hinesburg, Huntington, Jericho, Leicester, Lincoln, Middlebury, Milton, Monkton, New Haven, Orwell, Panton, Richmond, Ripton, St. George, Salisbury, Shelburne, Shoreham, South Burlington, Starksboro, Underhill, Vergennes, Waltham, Westford, Waybridge, Whiting, Williston, and Winooski. (5) District 5: Barre City, Barre Town, Belvidere, Berlin, Cabot, Calais, Cambridge, Duxbury, East Montpelier, Eden, Elmor, Fayston, Hyde Park, Johnson, Marshfield, Middlesex, Montpelier, Moretown, Morristown, Northfield, Orange, Plainfield, Roxbury, Stowe, Waitsfield, Warren, Washington, Waterbury, Waterville, Williamstown, Wolcott, Woodbury, and Worcester. (6) District 6: Alburg, Bakersfield, Berkshire, Enosburg, Fairfax, Fairfield, Fletcher, Franklin, Georgia, Grand Isle, Highgate, Isle La Motte, Montgomery, North Hero, Richford, St. Albans City, St. Albans Town, Sheldon, South Hero, and Swanton. (7) District 7: Albany, Averill, Avery's Gore, Barnet, Barton, Bloomfield, Brighton, Brownington, Brunswick, Burke, Canaan, Charleston, Concord, Coventry, Craftsbury, Danville, Derby, East Haven, Ferdinand, Glover, Granby, Greensboro, Groton, Guildhall, Hardwick, Holland, Irasburg, Jay, Kirby, Lemington, Lewis, Lowell, Lunenburg, Lyndon, Maidstone, Morgan, Newark, Newport City, Newport Town, Norton, Peacham, Ryegate, St. Johnsbury, Sheffield, Stannard, Sutton, Troy, Victory, Walden, Warner's Gore, Warner's Grant, Waterford, Westfield, Westmore, and Wheelock. (8) District 8: Arlington, Bennington, Dorset, Glastenbury, Landgrove, Manchester, Peru, Pownal, Rupert, Sandgate, Shaftsbury, Stamford, Sunderland, and Woodford. (Added 1971, No. 74, § 3; amended 1972, E.O. No. 44, §§ 1, 2, dated Jan. 12, 1972.)
3 V.S.A. § 4002
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 65 - Administrative Districts|§ 4002. District offices

§ 4002. District offices|The following administrative districts may have a district office in the following towns and cities:  (1) District 1: Rutland City (2) District 2: Brattleboro, Windsor, and Springfield (3) District 3: Hartford (4) District 4: Burlington City and Middlebury (5) District 5: Barre City and Morristown (6) District 6: St. Albans City (7) District 7: St. Johnsbury and Newport (8) District 8: Bennington. (Added 1971, No. 74, § 3; amended 1972, E.O. No. 44, § 3, dated Jan. 12, 1972; 1991, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.).)
3 V.S.A. § 4004
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 65 - Administrative Districts|§ 4004. Organization

§ 4004. Organization|Insofar as is practicable each State administrative agency, department, and council which is authorized to provide services on a regional or local level shall provide these services when so directed by Executive Order in each administrative district from offices located in the town or city in which a district office or subdistrict office is located. (Added 1971, No. 74, § 3.)
3 V.S.A. § 4005
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 65 - Administrative Districts|§ 4005. Reorganization

§ 4005. Reorganization|(a) The Governor may make such changes in the organization of the administrative districts as he considers necessary for efficiency by Executive Order. An Executive Order issued under this section shall be presented to the General Assembly not later than January 15th of the year in which the General Assembly sits. The Executive Order shall become effective unless disapproved by resolution of either House of the General Assembly within 90 days, or before final adjournment of that annual session, whichever comes first.(b) Executive Orders which become effective under this chapter shall be printed with the session laws and published in an appendix to the Vermont Statutes Annotated. (Added 1971, No. 74, § 3.)
3 V.S.A. § 4020
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 67 - Agency Planning|§ 4020. State agency planning and coordination

§ 4020. State agency planning and coordination|(a) State agencies that have programs or take actions affecting land use, as determined by Executive Order of the Governor, shall engage in a continuing planning process to assure that those programs and actions are consistent with the goals established in 24 V.S.A. § 4302 and compatible with regional and approved municipal plans, as those terms are defined in that section. This planning process shall be coordinated, in a manner established by Executive Order of the Governor, with the planning process of other agencies and of regional and municipal entities of the regions in which the programs and actions are to have effect.(b) In the process of preparing plans or amendments to plans, a State agency shall hold at least two public hearings which are noticed as provided in 3 V.S.A. § 839 for administrative rules, but plans shall not be adopted as administrative rules under 3 V.S.A. chapter 25. Specific notice also shall be provided to the following, at least 30 days prior to the public hearing:  (1) the executive director of each regional planning commission; (2) the Department of Housing and Community Affairs within the Agency of Commerce and Community Development; (3) the Council of Regional Commissions; and (4) business, conservation, low-income advocacy, and other community or interest groups or organizations that have requested notice prior to the date the hearing is warned.   (c) Any of the foregoing bodies or their representatives may submit comments on the proposed plan or amendment, and may appear and be heard in any proceeding with respect to the adoption of the proposed plan or amendment. State agencies shall use an informal working format at locations convenient and accessible to the public in order to provide opportunities for all persons and organizations with an interest in their plans and actions to participate. (Added 1987, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 28, eff. July 1, 1989; amended 1995, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(a).)
3 V.S.A. § 4021
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 67 - Agency Planning|§ 4021. Adoption of State agency plans

§ 4021. Adoption of State agency plans|By January 1, 1991, each State agency that has programs or that takes actions affecting land use shall adopt an interim plan that is compatible with regional and approved municipal plans, and that is consistent with the goals established in 24 V.S.A. § 4302. By January 1, 1993, each State agency that has programs or that takes actions affecting land use shall adopt a plan that is compatible with regional plans and approved municipal plans, and that is consistent with the goals established in 24 V.S.A. § 4302. Thereafter, the agency shall readopt its plan biennially, to ensure that its plan remains compatible with regional plans and approved municipal plans, and remains consistent with the goals established in 24 V.S.A. § 4302. The term "approved municipal plans" as used in this section has the meaning established in 24 V.S.A. § 4350. (Added 1987, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 28, eff. July 1, 1989; amended 1989, No. 280 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; 2009, No. 33, § 10.)
3 V.S.A. § 5001
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 68 - Executive Director of Racial Equity|§ 5001. Position

§ 5001. Position|(a) There is created within the Executive Branch the position of Executive Director of Racial Equity to identify and work to eradicate systemic racism within State government.(b) The Executive Director of Racial Equity shall have the powers and duties enumerated within section 2102 of this title and shall work collaboratively with and act as a liaison between the Governor's Workforce Equity and Diversity Council, the Vermont Human Rights Commission, and the Governor's Cabinet.(c) The Executive Director shall be housed within and have the administrative, legal, and technical support of the Agency of Administration.(d) The Executive Director shall report to and be under the general supervision of the Governor, or, to the extent such supervisory authority is delegated, the Secretary of Administration. The Administration shall not prevent or prohibit the Executive Director from initiating, carrying out, or completing the duties of the Executive Director as set forth in section 5003 of this title. (Added 2018, No. 9 (Sp. Sess.), § 3, eff. June 28, 2018; repealed on June 30, 2024 by 2018, No. 9 (Sp. Sess.), § 8(1).)