The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
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RULEMAKING; PROCEDURES; GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS
(Cite as: 3 V.S.A. § 847)
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§ 847. Availability of adopted rules; rules by Secretary of State
(a) Availability from agency. An agency shall make each rule it has finally adopted available to the public online
and for physical inspection and copying. Online, the agency shall post its adopted
rules on a separate web page that is readily accessible from a prominent link on its
main web page, that lists adopted rules by title and topic and that is searchable.
(b) Register; code.
(1) The Secretary of State (Secretary) shall keep open to public inspection a permanent
register of rules. The Secretary may satisfy this requirement by incorporating the
register into the centralized rule system created pursuant to section 818 of this title.
(2) The Secretary shall publish a code of administrative rules that contains the rules
adopted under this chapter. The requirement to publish a code shall be considered
satisfied if a commercial publisher offers such a code in print at a competitive price
and at no charge online. However, if the Secretary establishes the centralized rule
system under section 818 of this title as a digital system, then the system shall include the online publication of this
code.
(c) Rules for administration. The Secretary of State shall adopt rules for the effective administration of this
chapter. These rules shall be applicable to every agency and shall include uniform
procedural requirements, style, appropriate forms, and a system for compiling and
indexing rules. (Added 1981, No. 82, § 6; amended 1995, No. 61, § 5; 2013, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 2015, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 19; 2015, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 2017, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)