Duties of the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Effective Jul 1, 2022(Added 1987, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 63, eff. May 19, 1988; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 46, eff. July 1, 2022.)
(a) The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall develop by rule, with the advice and consent of the Housing and Conservation Board:
- (1) a program for selecting and recommending to the Housing and Conservation Board agricultural land development rights suitable for acquisition by the State; and
- (2) criteria to be used by the Board in reviewing the Secretary’s recommendations for acquisition.
- (b) The program and criteria shall be designed to ensure that, in a municipality with an approved plan under 24 V.S.A. chapter 117, the Board only acquires agricultural development rights to land designated or identified in a land evaluation and site assessment system pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 4345a(5)(E) for agricultural use under that chapter. In a municipality without an approved plan, these restrictions shall not apply.
- (c) The program and criteria shall be designed to ensure that, in a municipality with an approved plan under 24 V.S.A. chapter 117, the Board only acquires agricultural development rights to land designated for agricultural use under that chapter. In a municipality without an approved plan, these restrictions shall not apply.
- (d) The Secretary shall report to the General Assembly not later than January 15, 1989 concerning the progress of the program.
(Added 1987, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 63, eff. May 19, 1988; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 46, eff. July 1, 2022.)