Departments created
(Added 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 1, 1961; amended 1967, No. 71, § 2; 1967, No. 106, § 2; 1969, No. 207 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. March 24, 1970; 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 31, 1970; 1981, No. 66, § 1, eff. May 1, 1981; 1983, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), eff. April 13, 1984; 1987, No. 76, § 18; 1987, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1989, No. 187 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1989, No. 225 (Adj. Sess.), § 25; 1989, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; 1995, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1995, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 38(a); 1999, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2005, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 5, 2006; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 2, 140; 2007, No. 15, § 1a; 2011, No. 78 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 2, 2012; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 246, eff. Feb. 14, 2014; 2013, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 97; 2015, No. 23, § 139; 2018, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 106.)
The following administrative departments are hereby created, through the instrumentality of which the Governor, under the Constitution, shall exercise such functions as are by law assigned to each department respectively:
- (1) The Department of Mental Health
- (2) [Repealed.]
- (3) The Department of Financial Regulation
- (4) The Department of Corrections
- (5) The Department of Housing and Community Development
- (6) , (7) [Repealed.]
- (8) The Department of Fish and Wildlife
- (9) The Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
- (10) The Department of Health
- (11) [Repealed.]
- (12) The Department of Labor
- (13) The Department of Libraries
- (14) The Department of Liquor and Lottery
- (15) [Repealed.]
- (16) The Military Department
- (17) The Department of Motor Vehicles
- (18) The Department of Public Safety
- (19) The Department of Public Service
- (20) The Department for Children and Families
- (21) The Department of Taxes
- (22) The Department of Environmental Conservation
- (23) The Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living
- (24) The Department of Vermont Health Access.
(Added 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 1, 1961; amended 1967, No. 71, § 2; 1967, No. 106, § 2; 1969, No. 207 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. March 24, 1970; 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 31, 1970; 1981, No. 66, § 1, eff. May 1, 1981; 1983, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), eff. April 13, 1984; 1987, No. 76, § 18; 1987, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1989, No. 187 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1989, No. 225 (Adj. Sess.), § 25; 1989, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; 1995, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1995, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 38(a); 1999, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2005, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 5, 2006; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 2, 140; 2007, No. 15, § 1a; 2011, No. 78 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 2, 2012; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 246, eff. Feb. 14, 2014; 2013, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 97; 2015, No. 23, § 139; 2018, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 106.)