2013 Vermont Statutes
Title 03 Executive
Chapter 9 ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
§ 213 Declaration of policy
213. Declaration of policy
(a) It is the policy of the state of Vermont that the executive branch of the state government created by the constitution shall be organized into the separate offices of the elected constitutional state officers and such administrative agencies and departments as may be created by law. All administrative bodies in the executive branch shall be placed within one of the foregoing agencies or departments to assure proper executive supervision by the governor.
(b) It is also the policy of the state of Vermont that, for the purpose of clarity and uniformity, all agencies of the executive branch of the state government shall be headed by secretaries; that all administrative departments of the executive branch of the state government shall be headed by commissioners; that all major divisions of administrative departments shall be known as divisions and shall be headed by a director; that the major groups within the administrative departments shall be known as boards and that all other groups within the department shall be known as councils. (1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), 1; eff. March 1, 1961; amended 1987, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), 3, eff. June 13, 1988.)
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