2012 Vermont Statutes
Title 10 Conservation and Development
Chapter 19 SCENERY PRESERVATION
§ 425 Byways advisory council

§ 425. Byways advisory council

(a) The byways advisory council shall:

(1) upon request, advise and consult with the agency of transportation, organizations, municipal planning commissions or legislative bodies, or regional planning commissions concerning byway program grants and in the designation of municipal scenic roads or byways;

(2) recommend for designation state scenic roads or byways after holding a public meeting to determine local support for designation;

(3) encourage and assist in fostering public awareness and understanding of, and public participation in promoting, the current intrinsic scenic and other qualities within byways and scenic road corridors.

(b) The byways advisory council shall consist of eight members: the secretary of natural resources or his or her designee; the secretary of transportation or his or her designee; the commissioner of tourism and marketing or his or her designee; and five members appointed by the governor. The terms of the members appointed by the governor shall be for three years, except that he or she shall appoint the first members so that the terms of the members end in one year, two years, and three years. The governor shall designate an appointed member to serve as chair at the governor's pleasure. Except as provided in this section, no state employee or member of any state commission or any federal employee or member of any federal commission shall be eligible for membership on the byways advisory council. Members of the council who are not full-time state employees shall be entitled to a per diem as provided in 32 V.S.A. § 1010(b) and reimbursement for their actual necessary expenses. The chai

r of the council or the secretary of transportation or his or her designee may call meetings of the council.

(c) Rehabilitation or reconstruction of byways or state scenic roads shall be conducted in accordance with the agency of transportation's Vermont Design Standards, as amended. Signs along byways and scenic roads shall be in accordance with the Federal Highway Administration's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as amended.

(d) [Repealed.]

(e) [Repealed.] (Added 1966, No. 67 (Sp. Sess.), § 6, eff. March 14, 1966; amended 1977, No. 58, § 2; 1987, No. 76, § 18; 2009, No. 123 (Adj. Sess.), § 49; 2011, No. 62, § 22.)