The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 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.
§ 121. Creation and purpose
There is created within the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets a central testing
laboratory for the purpose of providing agricultural, environmental, and other necessary
testing services. (Amended 1981, No. 22; 1989, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 10(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1991; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2015, No. 58, § E.225.2; 2017, No. 65, § 9, eff. June 8, 2017.)
§ 122. Fees
Notwithstanding 32 V.S.A. § 603, the Agency shall establish fees for providing agricultural, environmental, and other
necessary testing services at the request of private individuals and State agencies.
The fees shall be reasonably related to the cost of providing the services. Fees collected
under this chapter shall be credited to a special fund that shall be established and
managed pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5 and that shall be available
to the Agency to offset the cost of providing the services. (Added 1975, No. 220 (Adj. Sess.), § 23; amended 1999, No. 49, § 104; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2015, No. 58, § E.225.3; 2017, No. 65, § 9, eff. June 8, 2017.)
§ 123. Regulated drugs
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the provisions of 18 V.S.A.
chapter 84 shall not apply to the Secretary or designee in the otherwise lawful performance
of his or her official duties requiring the possession or control of regulated drugs.
(b) The central testing laboratory shall obtain a certificate of approval from the Department
of Health pursuant to 18 V.S.A. § 4207.
(c) As used in this section, “regulated drug” shall have the same meaning as in 18 V.S.A. § 4201. (Added 2017, No. 65, § 9, eff. June 8, 2017.)