2011-2012 Session
Change SessionH.496 (Act 142)
An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
- Sponsor(s)
- Last Recorded Action
- House 5/5/2012 - Signed by Governor on 5/15/2012
Bill/Resolution Text
- Other Text
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An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Detailed Status
2011 - 2012 Legislative Session
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An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Roll Call History
2011 - 2012 Legislative Session
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An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Committee Meetings
2011 - 2012 Legislative Session
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Meeting Full List
2011 - 2012 Legislative Session
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 11:15 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Committee Discussion
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 9:00 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Paul Costello, Executive Director, Vermont Council on Rural Development
Roger Allbee, Former Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
Gil Livingston, President, Vermont Land Trust
Peter Condaxis, Ryegate Associates
- 10:00 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- 11:00 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Committee Discussion
- 15 minutes after Floor
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Committee discussion
David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Thursday, January 12, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 15 Minutes after Floor
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Lawrence Miller, Secretary, Agency of Commerce and Community Development
Megan Smith, Commissioner, Department of Tourism & Marketing and Vermont Life
Friday, January 13, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Committee discussion
Amy Shollenberger, Director, Action Circles
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 2:30 PM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 9:00 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Tim Buskey, Vermont Farm Bureau
David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- 11:00 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Financial aspects
Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
- 15 minutes after Floor
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Rep. Mollie S. Burke
Rep. Carolyn Whitney Branagan
- 6:30 PM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
PUBLIC HEARING, Room 11 (2 hours)
Bob Bouvier
Mary Berlejung
Charlie Shackleton
Dan Breslaw
Mateo Kehler, Owner, Jasper Hill Farm
Tom Slayton
David Zuckerman
Michael Rainville
Peter Condaxis, Ryegate Associates
Steve Justis
James Maroney
Ted Ferris
Joshua Benes
Carl Russell
Walter Medwid
Renee Carpenter, East Montpelier
Jim Hogue
Joanna Cummings
Kate Wanner, Project Director, Trust for Public Land
David Donath
Phil Conroy
Bob Ackland
Andrea Stander, Executive Director, Rural Vermont
Kate McCarthy, Natural Resources Council
Thursday, January 19, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 9:00 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Deb Brighton, Consultant, Joint Fiscal Office - sections 10 and 11 of bill
Robin Scheu, Director, Addison County Economic Development Corp.
Tom Debevoise, Former Chair, Council on the Future of Vermont
- 11:00 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Beth Kennett, Liberty Hill Farm, Vermont Farms! Association
- 11:30 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Paul Costello, Executive Director, Vermont Council on Rural Development
- 15 minutes after Floor
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Committee discussion
Friday, January 20, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 15 minutes after Floor
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 2:30 PM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Bob Foster, Composting Association of Vermont
John Roberts, Butterwick Farm
Chris Granstrom, Owner, Lincoln Peak Vineyard
- 4:00 PM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Forest and forest products aspects of bill
Bill Sayre, Chair, Forest Policy Task Force
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 9:00 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Andy Kehler, Owner, Jasper Hill Farm
Lisa Johnson, Owner, Yummy Yammy Sweet Potato Dips
Rachel Schattman, Local Food Coordinator, Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Chris Brooks, Owner, Vermont Wood Pellet Co.
Theresa Snow, Salvation Farms
Matthew and Michelle Whalen, VT Heritage Farm
Friday, January 27, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 10:30 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Chuck Ross, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Pat O'Neill, Executive Director, Composting Association of Vermont
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 15 minutes after Floor
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Colleen Leonard, Agricultural Policy Administrator-, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
- 2:30 PM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Forest Industry
Kathleen Wanner, Executive Director, Vermont Woodlands Association and Vermont Wood Manufacturers Association
Michael Rainville, Maple Landmark Woodcraft
Ken Gagnon, Gagnon Lumber, Inc.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 9:30 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Forest industry
John Meyer, Consulting Forester, Current Use Tax Coalition
Eric Hanson, Rutland County Forester
Putnam Blodgett, President, Vermont Woodlands Association
- 10:30 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Scott Buckingham, Public Policy Committee, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility
- 11:00 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Committee discussion
- 15 minutes after Floor
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Review and Mark-up of Bill
David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Thursday, February 2, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 15 minutes after Floor
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Committee discussion
- 2:00 PM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Forest industry
Derrick Clifford, Owner, Clifford Logging
Steve McLeod, Executive Director, Vermont Traditions Coalition
- 2:30 PM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Mark-up of Bill
David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Friday, February 3, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 15 minutes after Floor
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
committee discussion
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 15 minutes after Floor
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Brian Shupe, Executive Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council
- 2:30 PM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Ted Ferris
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 3:00 PM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Eric Deluca, Agriculture Innovation Center
Dan Smith, Agriculture Innovation Center
Thursday, February 9, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 9:00 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Lawrence Miller, Secretary, Agency of Commerce and Community Development
- 11:00 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 2:30 PM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 15 minutes after Floor
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Thursday, February 16, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 9:30 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Ela Chapin, Farm Viability Enhancement Program, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
- 10:00 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Committee discussion
- following Assembly
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
- 15 minutes after Floor
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Chuck Ross, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
Friday, February 17, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 9:00 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Committee discussion
- 15 minutes after Floor
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Chuck Ross, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 9:30 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Committee discussion
- 15 minutes after Floor
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
- 2:30 PM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 8:30 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
committee discussion
Thursday, February 23, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 9:00 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Committee vote
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Appropriations
- 10:30 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Rep. Carolyn W. Partridge, Chair, House Committee on Agriculture
Rep. Will Stevens, Reporter, House Committee on Agriculture
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations
- 9:10 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Rep. Will Stevens, House Committee on Agriculture
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 10:00 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Rep. Will Stevens, House Committee on Agriculture
David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Thursday, April 5, 2012
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 10:30 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Amy Shollenberger, Director, Action Circles
Chuck Ross, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
Putnam Blodgett, President, Vermont Woodlands Association
Friday, April 6, 2012
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 9:15 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Paul Costello, Executive Director, Vermont Council on Rural Development
Amy Shollenberger, Director, Action Circles
David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 15 minutes after Floor
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Committee discussion and vote
Chuck Ross, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
Steve Sinclair, Director of Forests, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Thursday, April 12, 2012
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 10:00 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
Monday, April 30, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 3:00 PM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Conference Committee. Room 27 (CDs with Senate Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs)
- 15 minutes after Senate Floor
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Conference Committee. Room 27, (CDs with Senate Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs)
Monday, April 30, 2012
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 3:00 PM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Conference Committee. Room 27.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 10:00 AM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Conference Committee. Room 27
- 15 Minutes after Senate Floor
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Conference Committee. Room 27
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture
- 1:00 PM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Conference Committee. Room 27. (CDs in Senate Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs)
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 1:00 PM
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H.496 - An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Conference committee. Room 27. (tentative)
No committee documents found for H.496 in the 2011 - 2012 Legislative Session.
An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Witnesses Who Testified
2011 - 2012 Legislative Session
House Committee on Agriculture
- Bob Ackland
- Roger Allbee, Former Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
- Joshua Benes
- Mary Berlejung
- Putnam Blodgett, President, Vermont Woodlands Association
- Bob Bouvier
- Rep. Carolyn Whitney Branagan
- Dan Breslaw
- Deb Brighton, Consultant, Joint Fiscal Office - sections 10 and 11 of bill
- Chris Brooks, Owner, Vermont Wood Pellet Co.
- Scott Buckingham, Public Policy Committee, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility
- Rep. Mollie S. Burke
- Tim Buskey, Vermont Farm Bureau
- Renee Carpenter, East Montpelier
- Ela Chapin, Farm Viability Enhancement Program, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
- Derrick Clifford, Owner, Clifford Logging
- Peter Condaxis, Ryegate Associates
- Phil Conroy
- Paul Costello, Executive Director, Vermont Council on Rural Development
- Joanna Cummings
- Tom Debevoise, Former Chair, Council on the Future of Vermont
- Eric Deluca, Agriculture Innovation Center
- David Donath
- Ted Ferris
- Bob Foster, Composting Association of Vermont
- Ken Gagnon, Gagnon Lumber, Inc.
- Chris Granstrom, Owner, Lincoln Peak Vineyard
- David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Eric Hanson, Rutland County Forester
- Jim Hogue
- Lisa Johnson, Owner, Yummy Yammy Sweet Potato Dips
- Steve Justis
- Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
- Andy Kehler, Owner, Jasper Hill Farm
- Mateo Kehler, Owner, Jasper Hill Farm
- Beth Kennett, Liberty Hill Farm, Vermont Farms! Association
- Colleen Leonard, Agricultural Policy Administrator-, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
- Gil Livingston, President, Vermont Land Trust
- James Maroney
- Kate McCarthy, Natural Resources Council
- Steve McLeod, Executive Director, Vermont Traditions Coalition
- Walter Medwid
- John Meyer, Consulting Forester, Current Use Tax Coalition
- Lawrence Miller, Secretary, Agency of Commerce and Community Development
- Pat O'Neill, Executive Director, Composting Association of Vermont
- Michael Rainville
- Michael Rainville, Maple Landmark Woodcraft
- John Roberts, Butterwick Farm
- Chuck Ross, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
- Carl Russell
- Bill Sayre, Chair, Forest Policy Task Force
- Rachel Schattman, Local Food Coordinator, Center for Sustainable Agriculture
- Robin Scheu, Director, Addison County Economic Development Corp.
- Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
- Charlie Shackleton
- Amy Shollenberger, Director, Action Circles
- Brian Shupe, Executive Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council
- Tom Slayton
- Dan Smith, Agriculture Innovation Center
- Megan Smith, Commissioner, Department of Tourism & Marketing and Vermont Life
- Theresa Snow, Salvation Farms
- Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
- Andrea Stander, Executive Director, Rural Vermont
- Kate Wanner, Project Director, Trust for Public Land
- Kathleen Wanner, Executive Director, Vermont Woodlands Association and Vermont Wood Manufacturers Association
- Matthew and Michelle Whalen, VT Heritage Farm
- David Zuckerman
House Committee on Appropriations
- Rep. Carolyn W. Partridge, Chair, House Committee on Agriculture
- Rep. Will Stevens, Reporter, House Committee on Agriculture
House Committee on Government Operations
- Rep. Will Stevens, House Committee on Agriculture
Senate Committee on Agriculture
- Putnam Blodgett, President, Vermont Woodlands Association
- Paul Costello, Executive Director, Vermont Council on Rural Development
- David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
- Chuck Ross, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
- Amy Shollenberger, Director, Action Circles
- Steve Sinclair, Director of Forests, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
- Rep. Will Stevens, House Committee on Agriculture
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No fiscal documents found for H.496 in the 2011 - 2012 Legislative Session.
An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Committee of Conference Members
2011 - 2012 Legislative Session
An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Committee of Conference Meetings
2011 - 2012 Legislative Session
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Committee of Conference Meeting Full List
2011 - 2012 Legislative Session
No committee of conference meeting history found for H.496 in the 2011 - 2012 Legislative Session.
No committee of conference report found for H.496 in the 2011 - 2012 Legislative Session.
Act
- Signed into law 5/15/2012
- As Enacted (ACT 142)
An act relating to preserving Vermont’s working landscape
Statutes Affected
2011 - 2012 Legislative Session
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| 6 V.S.A. §§ 2961-2962b. Repealed. 2011, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 2013. |
| 6 V.S.A. §§ 2963a, 2964. Repealed. 2011, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. May 15, 2012. |
| 6 V.S.A. § 2966. Repealed. 2015, No. 39, § 25. |
| 6 V.S.A. § 4603. Legislative findings |
| 6 V.S.A. § 4604. Legislative intent |
| 6 V.S.A. § 4605. Vermont Working Lands Enterprise Fund |
| 6 V.S.A. § 4606. Vermont Working Lands Enterprise Board |
| 6 V.S.A. § 4607. Powers and duties of the Vermont Working Lands Enterprise Board |
| 10 V.S.A. § 302. Policy, findings, and purpose |
| 10 V.S.A. § 303. Definitions |
| 10 V.S.A. § 311. Establishment and Organization |
| 10 V.S.A. § 321. General powers and duties |
