Vermont H 463: An act relating to a carbon charge that is refunded on electric bills

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No. 18. An act relating to technical corrections for the 2025 legislative
session.
(H.463)
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:
* * * Technical Corrections * * *
* * * Title 3 * * *
Sec. 1. 3 V.S.A. § 2(3) is amended to read:
(3) All agencies which involve or concern interstate relationships
including:
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(D) Lake Champlain Bridge Commission [Repealed.]
(E) Tri-State Regional Medical Needs Board [Repealed.]
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Sec. 2. 3 V.S.A. § 11 is amended to read:
§ 11. METHOD OF DELEGATING; RESPONSIBILITY OF GOVERNOR
The delegating of duties herein authorized in this section shall be in writing
and shall specify with particularity the cases in which it is to apply. It shall
become effective only when an executed duplicate copy of the delegation is
filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. Such delegation may be revoked
at any time by the Governor, and such revocation shall be in writing and
likewise filed as the original delegation. The delegation of a particular
function shall not prevent the Governor from acting in a case thereunder, and
in any such instance, the delegation shall be of no effect. Nothing contained

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herein in this section shall relieve the Governor of his or her the Governor’s
responsibility for the acts of any officer designated by him or her the Governor
under the authority of sections 10–13 of this title to perform any function.
Sec. 3. 3 V.S.A. § 12 is amended to read:
§ 12. SCOPE
Sections 10–13 of this title shall be interpreted as applying only in cases in
which the Governor’s duty is approval of a prior act, appointment,
employment, or decision done or made by another officer or by a board,
commission, or agency, and shall not be interpreted as applying in cases in
which the act, appointment, employment, or decision is required to be done or
made initially by the Governor but shall not include approval of rules or
regulations.
Sec. 4. 3 V.S.A. § 13 is amended to read:
§ 13. APPLICATION
Sections 10–13 of this title shall apply only to the following sections: 202,
207 and 631 of this title; 4 V.S.A. § 852; 6 V.S.A. §§ 3, 4, 982, 1141 and
2922; 10 V.S.A. §§ 53, 54 and 4149; 20 V.S.A. §§ 1484, 1874(a), 1875, 2221,
2271, and 2273; 21 V.S.A. § 1104; 22 V.S.A. § 282; 23 V.S.A. § 103; and 29
V.S.A. §§ 3 and 1104; and 32 V.S.A. §§ 3104 and 3105.

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Sec. 5. 3 V.S.A. § 129 is amended to read:
§ 129. POWERS OF BOARDS OR OF DIRECTOR IN ADVISOR
PROFESSIONS; DISCIPLINE PROCESS
(a) In addition to any other provisions of law, a board or the Director, in the
case of professions that have advisor appointees, may exercise the following
powers:
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(11) Treat as incomplete any license application submitted with a check
subsequently returned for insufficient funds or without the personal attestation
of the applicant or an authorized officer of an applicant corporation as to the
representations therein made in the license application.
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(e)(1) When a board or the Director, in the case of professions that have
advisor appointees, intends to deny an application for a license based on the
applicant’s past or current unprofessional conduct or based on an ongoing
investigation of the applicant, in Vermont or elsewhere, for unprofessional
conduct, the board or Director shall send the applicant written notice of the
decision by certified mail. The notice shall include a statement of the reasons
for the action and shall advise the applicant that the applicant may file a
petition within 30 days after the date on which the notice is mailed with the
board or the Director for review of the board’s or Director’s preliminary
decision.

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(B) After the hearing, the board or Director shall affirm or reverse the
preliminary denial, explaining the reasons therefor in writing.
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Sec. 6. 3 V.S.A. § 159 is amended to read:
§ 159. OPINIONS; STATE MATTERS AND ACTIONS
(a) The Attorney General shall advise the elective and appointive State
officers on questions of law relating to their official duties and shall furnish a
written opinion on such matters, when so requested.
(b) He or she The Attorney General shall have general supervision of
matters and actions in favor of the State and of those instituted by or against
State officers wherein where interests of the State are involved and may settle
such matters and actions as the interests of the State require.
Sec. 7. 3 V.S.A. chapter 9 is amended to read:
CHAPTER 9. ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
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§ 203. AUTHORITY LIMITED
The commissioner or board at the head of each department herein specified
in this chapter shall exercise only the powers and perform the duties imposed
by law on such Department department.
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§ 205. DUTIES OF OFFICE
Each commissioner of a department and each officer specified in this
chapter,