Vermont H 316: An act relating to control over hunting dogs

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H.316 1
Introduced by Representative Casey of Montpelier 2
Referred to Committee on 3
Date: 4
Subject: Education; Vermont State Colleges Corporation; University of 5
Vermont; board of trustees; shared governance 6
Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to (1) eliminate 7
two legislative trustees from the Board of Trustees of the Vermont State 8
Colleges Corporation and add one faculty trustee and one staff trustee, to serve 9
four-year terms; and (2) add one faculty and one staff trustee to the Board of 10
Trustees of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, to serve 11
four-year terms. 12
An act relating to the governance of the Vermont State Colleges 13
Corporation and the University of Vermont 14
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 15
* * * Vermont State Colleges Corporation Governance * * * 16
Sec. 1. 16 V.S.A. § 2172 is amended to read: 17
§ 2172. TRUSTEES; APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES 18
(a) The Corporation shall be governed by a board of 15 17 trustees who 19
shall be appointed or elected as follows: 20

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(1) Biennially, the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, 1
shall appoint trustees to serve for four-year terms expiring March 1 of the year 2
of the biennial session. Five trustees may be in office at one time under this 3
subdivision. In the event of any vacancy occurring between biennial sessions 4
in an office under this subdivision, the Governor, pursuant to 3 V.S.A. § 257, 5
shall fill the vacancy, and the term of a person so appointed shall expire on 6
March 1 in the year of the next following biennial session. 7
(2)(A) One trustee shall be a student trustee: 8
(i) who is a matriculated student at an educational institution 9
operated by the Vermont State Colleges Corporation; 10
(ii) who is pursuing a degree program; and 11
(iii) who has reached the age of majority. 12
(B) The student trustee shall serve a one-year term expiring on June 13
1. The student trustee shall be appointed, and a vacancy may be filled, from 14
among those eligible students applying for the position by the decision of those 15
members of the steering committee of the Vermont State Colleges Student 16
Association who have been elected at large to that committee by the students at 17
their respective colleges. No student trustee may serve more than two 18
consecutive terms. 19
(3) Four trustees shall be legislative trustees who are members of the 20
General Assembly at the time of their election. Legislative trustees shall serve 21

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four-year terms expiring on March 1 of the second year of the biennial session, 1
and they shall be elected by joint assembly of the Legislature. Vacancies for 2
any cause shall be filled by the General Assembly at its earliest opportunity 3
and the term of a person so appointed shall expire on March 1 of the next even 4
numbered year. 5
(4) Four trustees shall be elected by the Board of Trustees to four-year 6
terms expiring on March 1. Vacancies for any cause shall be filled by the 7
remaining members of the Board of Trustees, and the term of the person so 8
appointed shall expire on the next following March 1. 9
(5) One trustee shall be a faculty member employed by the Vermont 10
State Colleges Corporation and appointed by the executive committee of the 11
union or unions representing faculty to a four-year term expiring on August 1. 12
Vacancies for any cause shall be filled through an appointment by the 13
executive committee of the union or unions representing faculty, and the term 14
of the person so appointed shall expire on the next following August 1. 15
(6) One trustee shall be a staff member employed by the Vermont State 16
Colleges Corporation. The staff trustee shall be appointed by the union or 17
unions representing staff. Vacancies for any cause shall be filled through an 18
appointment by the union or unions representing staff and the term of the 19
person so appointed shall expire on the next following August 1. 20
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(d)(1) The Board of Trustees, after notice and a hearing, may remove a 1
trustee for incompetency, failure to discharge duties, malfeasance, illegal acts, 2
or other cases inimical to the welfare of the Corporation. 3
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(3) In the event of a vacancy occurring under this subsection, the 5
Governor or the Board appointing or electing authority of the removed trustee, 6
as applicable, shall fill the vacancy pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. 7
Sec. 2. VERMONT STATE COLLEGES CORPORATION; TRANSITION 8
On or before August 1, 2025, the one faculty trustee and one staff trustee 9
shall be appointed in accordance with Sec. 1 of this act. 10
* * * University of Vermont and State Agricultural College * * * 11
Sec. 3. 16 App