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.
(Cite as: 3 V.S.A. § 213)
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§ 213. Declaration of policy
(a) It is the policy of the State of Vermont that the Executive Branch of the State government
created by the constitution shall be organized into the separate offices of the elected
constitutional State officers and such administrative agencies and departments as
may be created by law. All administrative bodies in the Executive Branch shall be
placed within one of the foregoing agencies or departments to ensure proper executive
supervision by the Governor.
(b) It is also the policy of the State of Vermont that, for the purpose of clarity and
uniformity, all agencies of the Executive Branch of the State government shall be
headed by secretaries; that all administrative departments of the Executive Branch
of the State government shall be headed by commissioners; that all major divisions
of administrative departments shall be known as divisions and shall be headed by a
director; that the major groups within the administrative departments shall be known
as boards; and that all other groups within the department shall be known as councils. (Added 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; eff. March 1, 1961; amended 1987, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. June 13, 1988; 2025, No. 18, § 7, eff. May 13, 2025.)