The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
002
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WATER QUALITY; REQUIRED AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
(Cite as: 6 V.S.A. § 4811)
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§ 4811. Powers of Secretary
The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets in furtherance of the purposes of this
chapter may:
(1) Make, adopt, revise, and amend reasonable rules that define practices described in
section 4810 of this title as well as other rules deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(2) Appoint assistants, subject to applicable laws, to perform or assist in the performance
of any duties or functions of the Secretary under this chapter.
(3) Enter any lands, public or private, and review and copy any land management records
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(4) Sign memorandums of understanding between agencies when the Secretary of Agriculture,
Food and Markets agrees it is necessary for the success of the program.
(5) Solicit and receive federal or private funds.
(6) Cooperate fully with the federal government or other agencies in the operation of
any joint federal-state programs concerning the regulation of agricultural nonpoint
source pollution.
(7) Establish programs to improve agricultural water quality.
(8) Provide grants or contracts from agricultural water quality programs established under
this chapter, or by the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets, for the purpose
of providing technical and financial assistance in preventing agricultural pollution
from entering groundwater and waters of the State, provided that the Secretary shall
only use capital funding available to the Agency for water quality programs or projects
that are eligible for capital assistance. (Added 1991, No. 261 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2019, No. 64, § 7.)