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The Vermont Statutes Online

The Vermont Statutes Online have been updated to include the actions of the 2023 session of the General Assembly.

NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.

Title 10 : Conservation and Development

Chapter 029 : Community Development

Subchapter 002 : Job Development Zone

(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 693)
  • § 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.)