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.
Subchapter
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VERMONT JOBS FUND
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 280)
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§ 280. Public financing policy
(a) It is policy of the State to engage in publicly supported financing activities that
carry out the economic development policies of the State, including the following
policies:
(1) Vermont should encourage enterprises that maximize job opportunities for Vermonters,
produce a diversity of goods and services, and support sustainable development in
the Vermont economy.
(2) Vermont should encourage entrepreneurial investments by the private sector in businesses
that promote a sustainable economy and that are compatible with Vermont’s economic,
social, and environmental values.
(3) Vermont should help its citizens start, maintain, and expand enterprises that:
(A) make use of the traditional skills of Vermont’s people while developing new capabilities
necessary to compete in a changing economic environment; and
(B) produce value-added products or services, thereby maximizing reinvestment within Vermont.
(b) As used in this chapter, the term “sustainable development” means meeting the needs
of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their
own needs. (Added 1995, No. 46, § 14, eff. April 20, 1995.)