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--- version:As IntroducedOpens in a new window+++ version:(document, no version)@@ -1,525 +1,57 @@-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.907-2026 Page 1 of 22+H.907 (Act 157)-VT LEG #387359 v.1-H.907 1-Introduced by Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs 2-Date: 3-Subject: Government operations; reports; reports repeal 4-Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to amend 5-statutes relating to legislatively enacted reporting requirements by repealing 6-certain reports that the General Assembly no longer deems useful or necessary, 7-extending certain reports for four years until a future reports repeal review, or 8-exempting certain reports from 2 V.S.A. § 20(d) so that the ongoing reporting 9-requirement will no longer be reviewed for repeal. 10-An act relating to legislative review of reporting requirements 11-It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 12-* * * Repeal of Reporting Requirements * * * 13-Sec. 1. 3 V.S.A. § 2313 is amended to read: 14-§ 2313. PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS AND GRANTS 15-(a) The Chief Performance Officer shall assist agencies as necessary in 16-developing performance measures for contracts and grants. 17-(b) Annually, on or before July 30 and as part of any other report 18-requirement to the General Assembly set forth in this subchapter, the Chief 19-Performance Officer shall report to the General Assembly on the progress by 20-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.907-2026 Page 2 of 22+An act relating to legislative review of reporting requirements-VT LEG #387359 v.1-rate or percent of how many State contracts and grants have performance 1-accountability requirements and the rate or percent of contractors’ and 2-grantees’ compliance with those requirements. [Repealed.] 3-Sec. 2. 3 V.S.A. § 331 is amended to read: 4-§ 331. TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES 5-* * * 6-(c)(1) The Commissioner may authorize the continued employment of a 7-person in a temporary capacity for more than 1,280 hours in any one calendar 8-year if the Commissioner determines, in writing, that a bona fide emergency 9-exists for the appointing authority that requires such continued employment. 10-* * * 11-(3) The Commissioner may authorize seasonal employment in a specific 12-position for a period of between seven and 12 months if the Commissioner 13-determines, in writing, that the nature and duties of the position require the 14-employment of a person for a period of more than seven months in a 12-month 15-period. The Commissioner shall not authorize seasonal employment for a 16-period of more than seven months in a 12-month period if the authorization is 17-intended to circumvent, or has the effect of circumventing, the policies and 18-purposes of the classified service under this chapter. Annually, on or before 19-January 15, the Commissioner shall submit a report to the House Committee 20-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.907-2026 Page 3 of 22+Sponsors:-VT LEG #387359 v.1-on Government Operations and Military Affairs and the Senate Committee on 1-Government Operations: 2-(A) the total number of positions in seasonal employment that have 3-been authorized for a period of between seven and 12 months during the prior 4-calendar year; 5-(B) the agency or department that each position identified in 6-subdivision (A) of this subdivision (3) is assigned to; and 7-(C) the period of time that each identified position is authorized for. 8-* * * 9-Sec. 3. 6 V.S.A. § 2972 is amended to read: 10-§ 2972. POWERS AND DUTIES 11-* * * 12-(b) Included among the powers of the Council in connection with the 13-enforcement of this chapter are the powers to require reports from any person 14-subject to this chapter; to adopt, rescind, modify, and amend all proper and 15-necessary rules and orders to administer this chapter, which rules and orders 16-shall be adopted by publication in the manner prescribed by the Council and 17-shall have the force and effect of law when not inconsistent with existing laws; 18-to administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, take depositions, and certify to 19-official acts; to require any dealer to keep such true and accurate records and to 20-make such reports covering purchases, sales, and receipts of dairy products and 21-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.907-2026 Page 4 of 22+Last Recorded Action: 5/29/2026 - House message: Governor approved bill on June 17, 2026-VT LEG #387359 v.1-related matters as the Council deems reasonably necessary for effective 1-administration, which records shall be open to inspection by the Secretary of 2-Agriculture, Food and Markets at any reasonable time and as often as may be 3-necessary, but information thus obtained shall not be published or be open to 4-public inspection in any manner revealing any individual dealer’s identity, 5-except as required in proceedings to enforce compliance; and to keep accurate 6-books, records, and accounts of all of its dealings; and to make annually a full 7-report of its doings to the House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, 8-and Forestry and the Senate Committee on Agriculture and the Governor, 9-which shall show the amount of money received and the expenditures thereof. 10-The report shall be submitted on or before January 15. The Vermont Agency of 11-Agriculture, Food and Markets shall perform the administrative work of the 12-Council as directed by the Council. The Council shall reimburse the Agency 13-of Agriculture, Food and Markets for the cost of services performed by the 14-Agency. 15-* * * 16-Sec. 4. 6 V.S.A. § 4810 is amended to read: 17-§ 4810. AUTHORITY; COOPERATION; COORDINATION 18-* * * 19-(d) Cooperation and coordination. The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and 20-Markets shall coordinate with the Secretary of Natural Resources in 21-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.907-2026 Page 5 of 22+Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified-VT LEG #387359 v.1-implementing and enforcing programs, plans, and practices developed for 1-reducing and eliminating agricultural nonpoint source pollutants and 2-discharges from farms. The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall 3-cooperate with the Secretary of Natural Resources in the implementation of the 4-federal Clean Water Act for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations 5-(CAFOs). The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall implement 6-the State’s comprehensive, complementary nonpoint source program. The 7-Secretary of Agriculture, Food, and Markets and the Secretary of Natural 8-Resources shall coordinate regarding program administration; grant 9-negotiation; grant sharing; implementation of the antidegradation policy 10-including to new sources of agricultural nonpoint source pollutants, and 11-watershed planning activities to comply with Pub. L. No. 92-500. In 12-accordance with 10 V.S.A. § 1259(i), the Secretary of Natural Resources, in 13-consultation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary 14-of Agriculture, Food and Markets, shall issue a document that sets forth the 15-respective roles and responsibilities of the Agency of Natural Resources in 16-implementing the federal Clean Water Act on farms and the Agency of 17-Agriculture, Food and Markets’ roles and responsibilities in implementing the 18-State’s complementary nonpoint source program on farms. The document 19-shall be consistent with and equivalent with the federal National Pollutant 20-Discharge Elimination System permit regulations for discharges from CAFOs. 21-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.907-2026 Page 6 of 22+Regular Session 2025-2026-VT LEG #387359 v.1-The document will replace the memorandum of understanding between the 1-agencies. The allocation of duties under this chapter between the Secretary of 2-Agriculture, Food and Markets and the Secretary of Natural Resources shall be 3-consistent with the Secretary’s duties, established under the provisions of 10 4-V.S.A. § 1258(b), to comply with Pub. L. No. 92-500. The Secretary of 5-Natural Resources shall be the State lead person in applying for federal funds 6-under Pub. L. No. 92-500 but shall consult with the Secretary of Agriculture, 7-Food and Markets during the process. The agricultural nonpoint source 8-program may compete with other programs for competitive watershed projects 9-funded from federal funds. The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets 10-shall be represented in reviewing these projects for funding. Actions by the 11-Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets under this chapter concerning 12-agricultural nonpoint source pollution shall be consistent with the water quality 13-standards and water pollution control requirements of 10 V.S.A. chapter 47 14-and the federal Clean Water Act as amended. In addition, the Secretary of 15-Agriculture, Food and Markets shall coordinate with the Secretary of Natural 16-Resources in implementing and enforcing programs, plans, and practices 17-developed for the proper management of composting facilities when those 18-facilities are located on a farm. The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and 19-Markets and the Secretary of Natural Resources shall each develop three 20-separate measures of the performance of the agencies under the federal Clean 21-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.907-2026 Page 7 of 22+House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs-VT LEG #387359 v.1-Water Act and State nonpoint source regulatory authority, and annually on or 1-before January 15, the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets and the 2-Secretary of Natural Resources shall submit separate reports to the Senate 3-Committee on Agriculture, the House Committee on Agriculture, Food 4-Resiliency, and Forestry, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and 5-Energy, and the House Committee on Environment regarding the success of 6-each agency in meeting its selected performance measures. 7-Sec. 5. 10 V.S.A. § 1978 is amended to read: 8-§ 1978. RULES 9-* * * 10-(e)(1) The Secretary shall periodically review and, if necessary, revise the 11-rules adopted under this chapter to ensure that the technical standards remain 12-current with the known and proven technologies regarding potable water 13-supplies and wastewater systems. 14-* * * 15-(3) The Technical Advisory Committee shall provide annual reports, 16-starting January 15, 2003, to the Chairs of the House Committee on 17-Corrections and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Institutions. The 18-reports shall include information on the following topics: the implementation 19-of this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter; the number and type of 20-alternative or innovative systems approved for general use, approved for use as 21-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.907-2026 Page 8 of 22+Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel-VT LEG #387359 v.1-a pilot project, and approved for experimental use; the functional status of 1-alternative or innovative systems approved for use as a pilot project or 2-approved for experimental use; the number of permit applications received 3-during the preceding calendar year; the number of permits issued during the 4-preceding calendar year; and the number of permit applications denied during 5-the preceding calendar year, together with a summary of the basis of denial. 6-[Repealed.] 7-* * * 8-Sec. 6. 16 V.S.A. § 164 is amended to read: 9-§ 164. STATE BOARD; GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES 10-The State Board shall engage local school board members and the broader 11-education community and, consistent with the provisions of this title, its own 12-rules, and rules adopted by the Secretary, establish and regularly update a long-13-term strategic vision for the delivery of educational services in Vermont; 14-advise the General Assembly, the Governor, and the Secretary of Education on 15-high-priority educational policies and issues as they arise; and act in 16-accordance with legislative mandates, including the adoption of rules and 17-executing special assignments. In addition to other specified duties, the Board 18-shall: 19-* * * 20-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.907-2026 Page 9 of 22+Tucker Anderson, Resident, Office of Legislative Counsel-VT LEG #387359 v.1-(17) Report annually on the condition of education statewide and on a 1-supervisory union and school district basis. The report shall include 2-information on attainment of standards for student performance adopted under 3-subdivision (9) of this section, number and types of complaints of hazing, 4-harassment, or bullying made pursuant to chapter 9, subchapter 5 of this title 5-and responses to the complaints, financial resources and expenditures, and 6-community social indicators. The report shall be organized and presented in a 7-way that is easily understandable by the general public and that enables each 8-school, school district, and supervisory union to determine its strengths and 9-weaknesses. To the extent consistent with State and federal privacy laws and 10-regulations, data on hazing, harassment, or bullying incidents shall be 11-disaggregated by incident type, including disaggregation by ethnic groups, 12-racial groups, religious groups, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, 13-disability status, and English language learner status. The Secretary shall use 14-the information in the report to determine whether students in each school, 15-school district, and supervisory union are provided educational opportunities 16-substantially equal to those provided in other schools, school districts, and 17-supervisory unions pursuant to subsection 165(b) of this title. [Repealed.] 18-* * * 19-Sec. 7. 16 V.S.A. § 829 is amended to read: 20-§ 829. PREKINDERGARTEN EDUCATION 21-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.907-2026 Page 10 of 22+Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel-VT LEG #387359 v.1-* * * 1-(e) Rules. The Secretary of Education and the Commissioner for Children 2-and Families shall jointly develop and agree to rules and present them to the 3-State Board for adoption under 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 as follows: 4-* * * 5-(10) To establish a system by which the Agency of Education and 6-Department for Children and Families shall jointly monitor and evaluate 7-prekindergarten education programs to promote optimal results for children 8-that support the relevant population-level outcomes set forth in 3 V.S.A. 9-§ 2311 and to collect data that will inform future decisions. The Agency and 10-Department shall be required to report annually to the General Assembly in 11-January. At a minimum, the system shall monitor and evaluate: 12-* * * 13-Sec. 8. 18 V.S.A. § 4635 is amended to read: 14-§ 4635. PRESCRIPTION DRUG COST TRANSPARENCY 15-* * * 16-(d)(1) The Attorney General shall provide a report to the General Assembly 17-on or before December 1 of each year based on the information received from 18-manufacturers pursuant to this section. The Attorney General shall post the 19-report and the public version of each manufacturer’s information submitted 20-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.907-2026 Page 11 of 22+Rep. Michael Marcotte, Sponsor-VT LEG #387359 v.1-pursuant to subdivision (c)(1)(B)(ii) of this section on the Office of the 1-Attorney General’s website. 2-(2) The Green Mountain Care Board shall post on its website the report 3-prepared by the Attorney General pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection 4-and the public version of each manufacturer’s information submitted pursuant 5-to subdivision (c)(1)(B)(ii) of this section, and may inform the public of the 6-availability of the report and the manufacturers’ justification information. 7-* * * 8-Sec. 9. 28 V.S.A. § 104 is amended to read: 9-§ 104. NOTIFICATION OF COMMUNITY PLACEMENTS 10-* * * 11-(e) The Commissioner of Corrections shall annually, by January 15, report 12-to the House Committee on Corrections and Institutions and the Senate 13-Committee on Institutions on the implementation of this section during the 14-previous 12 months. [Repealed.] 15-Sec. 10. 33 V.S.A. § 4305 is amended to read: 16-§ 4305. COORDINATED SYSTEM OF CARE 17-* * * 18-(c) The Commissioners of Mental Health and for Children and Families and 19-the Secretary of Education shall jointly submit to the General Assembly a 20-report on the status of programs for children and adolescents with a severe 21-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.907-2026 Page 12 of 22+Rep. Kate Nugent, Sponsor, House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs-VT LEG #387359 v.1-emotional disturbance and their families, which shall include a system of care 1-plan. The report shall be submitted together with the general appropriation bill 2-provided for by 32 V.S.A. § 701. The system of care plan shall: 3-(1) identify the characteristics and number of children and adolescents 4-with a severe emotional disturbance in need of appropriate services, describe 5-the educational, residential, mental health or other treatment services needed, 6-describe currently available programs and resources, recommend a plan to 7-meet the needs of such children, recommend priorities for the continuation or 8-development of programs and resources, and make an assessment of the 9-success of such programs; and 10-(2) provide information as available on the extent to which children and 11-adolescents with a severe emotional disturbance have not received services, the 12-characteristics and number of those children and adolescents who have not 13-received services and recommendations on how to address their identified 14-needs. [Repealed.] 15-* * * 16-Sec. 11. 2010 Acts and Resolves No. 161, Sec. 20 is amended to read: 17-Sec. 20. VERMONT CENTER FOR CRIME VICTIM SERVICES 18-The sum of $50,000 is appropriated to the Vermont Center for Crime 19-Victim Services for Americans with Disabilities Act improvements at domestic 20-violence shelters. Annually, on or before December 1, the Vermont Center for 21-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.907-2026 Page 13 of 22+Rik Sehgal, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel-VT LEG #387359 v.1-Crime Victim Services shall file with the commissioner of buildings and 1-general services a report which details the status of the improvements funded 2-in whole or in part by state capital appropriations. 3-Total Appropriation – Section 20 $50,000 4-Sec. 12. REPEALS 5-The following are repealed: 6-(1) 6 V.S.A. § 4825 (report concerning activities in support of water 7-quality financial and technical assistance); 8-(2) 2007 Acts and Resolves No. 65, Sec. 112a(b)(2)(A) (report on 9-utilization of services and expenses under Choices for Care); 10-(3) 2008 Acts and Resolves No. 192, Sec. 5.221(b) (report on use of 11-appropriations for household weatherization); 12-(4) 2011 Acts and Resolves No. 59, Sec. 11 (report on Superior Court 13-public records cases); 14-(5) 2012 Acts and Resolves No. 113, Sec. 3 (report on Genuine Progress 15-Indicator); 16-(6) 2015 Acts and Resolves No. 58, Sec. C.106 (Vermont Health 17-Connect monthly reports); 18-(7) 2014 Acts and Resolves No. 179, Sec. E.100.5(g) (report on 19-resources made available from the Vermont Enterprise Fund); 20-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.907-2026 Page 14 of 22+Sen. Tanya Vyhovsky, Reporter, Senate Committee on Government Operations-VT LEG #387359 v.1-(8) 2014 Acts and Resolves No. 195, Secs. 3(f) and 4(b) (evaluate goals 1-and performance of pretrial services and precharge programs); 2-(9) 2013 Acts and Resolves No. 68, Sec. 3 (report on concussions 3-suffered by student athletes); 4-(10) 2018 Acts and Resolves No.119, Sec. 8 (reports on various licenses 5-issued to service members and veterans); 6-(11) 2018 Acts and Resolves No. 174, Sec. 1(c)(2) (Auditor report filed 7-if a privatization contract has not achieved the required cost savings or 8-complied with required performance measures); and 9-(12) 2019 Acts and Resolves No. 79, Sec. 10(b) (report on status of the 10-Broadband Innovation Grant Program). 11-* * * Reports Extended Until 2030 Review * * * 12-Sec. 13. REPORTS REPEAL DELAYED 13-The reports set forth in this section shall not be subject to review under the 14-provisions of 2 V.S.A. § 20(d) (expiration of required reports) until July 1, 15-2030: 16-(1) 3 V.S.A. § 168(f)(6) (Racial Disparities in the Criminal and Juvenile 17-Justice System Advisory Panel report and recommendations); 18-(2) 3 V.S.A. § 1226(b) (State Ethics Commission reports concerning 19-complaints, guidance, training, and recommendations); 20-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.907-2026 Page 15 of 22+Senate Committee on Appropriations-VT LEG #387359 v.1-(3) 10 V.S.A. § 280ee(d) (Vermont Economic Development Authority 1-report concerning Broadband Expansion Loan Program activities); 2-(4) 10 V.S.A. § 325m(g) (Rural Economic Development Initiative 3-report); 4-(5) 13 V.S.A. § 5256 (Office of Defender General annual report); 5-(6) 13 V.S.A. § 5415(c) (Department of Public Safety report concerning 6-sex offender registry compliance); 7-(7) 18 V.S.A. § 909(e) (EMS Advisory Committee report concerning 8-progress toward goals of five-year plan); 9-(8) 20 V.S.A. § 2366(d) (Vermont Criminal Justice Council report 10-concerning fair and impartial policies and training); 11-(9) 20 V.S.A. § 4624 (Department of Public Safety report on drone use); 12-(10) 24 V.S.A. § 1892(g) (quadrennial analysis of recommendations and 13-conclusions of the tax increment financing capacity study and report); 14-(11) 29 V.S.A. § 160(e) (Department of Buildings and General Services 15-Property Management Revolving Fund annual report); and 16-(12) 32 V.S.A. § 3340(a) (Vermont Economic Progress Council report 17-concerning Vermont Employment Growth Incentive Program). 18-* * * Reports Exempted from 2 V.S.A. § 20(d) * * * 19-Sec. 14. 3 V.S.A. § 3902 is amended to read: 20-§ 3902. OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 21-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.907-2026 Page 16 of 22+Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel-VT LEG #387359 v.1-* * * 1-(d) As part of the Office’s annual budget testimony before the House and 2-Senate Committees on Appropriations, the Office shall report on 3-appropriations utilizing existing resources within State government available in 4-the Office of Economic Opportunity’s weatherization data management system 5-that compiles performance data available on households weatherized in the 6-past year to include the: 7-(1) number of households weatherized; 8-(2) average program expenditure per household for energy efficiency; 9-(3) average percent in energy savings; 10-(4) energy and nonenergy benefits combined; 11-(5) benefits saved for every dollar spent; 12-(6) average savings per unit for heating fuels; 13-(7) gallons of oil saved related to the equivalent number of homes 14-heated; 15-(8) projected number of households to be weatherized in the current 16-program year; and 17-(9) projected program expenditures for the current program year ending 18-March 31. 19-Sec. 15. 4 V.S.A. § 40 is amended to read: 20-§ 40. REPORT ON TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES 21-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.907-2026 Page 17 of 22+Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel-VT LEG #387359 v.1-(a) Annually, on or before January 15, the State Court Administrator shall 1-submit a report to the House Committees on General and Housing and on 2-Government Operations and Military Affairs and the Senate Committee on 3-Government Operations identifying for each of the two prior calendar years: 4-* * * 5-(b) The provisions of 2 V.S.A. § 20(d) (expiration of required reports) shall 6-not apply to the report to be made under this section. 7-Sec. 16. 4 V.S.A. § 608 is amended to read: 8-§ 608. FUNCTIONS 9-* * * 10-(e) On or before the tenth Thursday after the convening of each biennial 11-and adjourned session, the Committee shall report to the General Assembly its 12-recommendation whether the candidates should continue in office, with any 13-amplifying information that it may deem appropriate, in order that the General 14-Assembly may discharge its obligation under Chapter II, § 34 of the 15-Constitution of the State of Vermont Constitution. The provisions of 2 V.S.A. 16-§ 20(d) (expiration of required reports) shall not apply to the report to be made 17-under this subsection. 18-* * * 19-Sec. 17. 6 V.S.A. § 4710 is amended to read: 20-§ 4710. VERMONT FARM AND FOREST VIABILITY PROGRAM 21-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.907-2026 Page 18 of 22+Senate Committee on Government Operations-VT LEG #387359 v.1-* * * 1-(f) In collaboration with the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets 2-and the Commissioner of Forests, Parks and Recreation, the Vermont Housing 3-and Conservation Board shall report in writing to the Senate Committees on 4-Agriculture and on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs and 5-the House Committees on Agriculture and Forestry and on Commerce and 6-Economic Development on or before January 31 of each year with a report on 7-the activities and performance of the Farm and Forest Viability Program. At a 8-minimum, the report shall include an evaluation of the Program utilizing the 9-performance goals and performance measures established in consultation with 10-the Advisory Board under subsection (d) of this section. The provisions of 2 11-V.S.A. § 20(d) (expiration of required reports) shall not apply to the report to 12-be made under this subsection. 13-* * * 14-Sec. 18. 6 V.S.A. § 4825 is amended to read: 15-§ 4825. REPORTS 16-(a) Annually by January 15 of each year, the Secretary shall report to the 17-General Assembly regarding activities in support of the objectives of this 18-subchapter, including use of State, federal, and private funds: 19-* * * 20-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.907-2026 Page 19 of 22+Michael Anderson, Sergeant, Department of Public Safety-VT LEG #387359 v.1-(b) The provisions of 2 V.S.A. § 20(d) (expiration of required reports) shall 1-not apply to the report to be made under this section. 2-Sec. 19. 10 V.S.A. § 11 is amended to read: 3-§ 11. TREASURER’S LOCAL INVESTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE 4-* * * 5-(e) Report. On or before January 15, the Advisory Committee annually 6-shall submit a report to the Senate Committees on Appropriations, on 7-Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs, on Finance, and on 8-Government Operations and the House Committees on Appropriations, on 9-Commerce and Economic Development, on Ways and Means, and on 10-Government Operations and Military Affairs. The provisions of 2 V.S.A. 11-§ 20(d) (expiration of required reports) shall not apply to the report to be made 12-under this subsection. The report shall include the following: 13-* * * 14-Sec. 20. 10 V.S.A. § 531 is amended to read: 15-§ 531. THE VERMONT TRAINING PROGRAM 16-* * * 17-(k) Report. Annually on or before January 15, the Secretary shall submit a 18-report to the House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development and 19-the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General 20-Affairs. The provisions of 2 V.S.A. § 20(d) (expiration of required reports) 21-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.907-2026 Page 20 of 22+Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel-VT LEG #387359 v.1-shall not apply to the report to be made under this subsection. In addition to 1-the reporting requirements under section 540 of this title, the report shall 2-identify: 3-* * * 4-Sec. 21. 10 V.S.A. § 2609a is amended to read: 5-§ 2609a. INCOME FROM LEASE OF MOUNTAINTOP 6- COMMUNICATION SITES 7-Annually on or before February 15, the Agency of Natural Resources shall 8-submit a report to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy and 9-the House Committees Committee on Energy and Technology and on Natural 10-Resources, Fish, and Wildlife Digital Infrastructure containing an itemization 11-of the income generated through the end of the previous fiscal year from the 12-use of sites for communication purposes. The provisions of 2 V.S.A. § 20(d) 13-(expiration of required reports) shall not apply to the report to be made under 14-this section. 15-Sec. 22. 10 V.S.A. § 6503 is amended to read: 16-§ 6503. LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL 17-(a) The Committee shall report to the General Assembly its 18-recommendation to approve or not to approve the petition for the facility 19-together with such additional information and comment it deems appropriate. 20-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.907-2026 Page 21 of 22+Teri Corsones, State Court Administrator, Vermont Judiciary-VT LEG #387359 v.1-The provisions of 2 V.S.A. § 20(d) (expiration of required reports) shall not 1-apply to the report to be made under this subsection. 2-* * * 3-Sec. 23. 32 V.S.A. § 311 is amended to read: 4-§ 311. RETIREMENT FUNDS INTEGRITY REPORT 5-* * * 6-(c) The provisions of 2 V.S.A. § 20(d) (expiration of required reports) shall 7-not apply to the report to be made under this section. 8-Sec. 24. 32 V.S.A. § 588 is amended to read: 9-§ 588. SPECIAL FUNDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT 10-All special funds shall be organized and managed in accordance with the 11-provisions of this section. 12-* * * 13-(6) Accounting and reporting. 14-* * * 15-(B) In addition, the Commissioner shall annually report a list of any 16-special funds created during the fiscal year. The list shall furnish for each fund 17-its name, authorization, and revenue source or sources. The report for the prior 18-fiscal year shall be submitted to the General Assembly through the Joint Fiscal 19-Committee on or before December 1 of each year. The provisions of 2 V.S.A. 20-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.907-2026 Page 22 of 22+Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel-VT LEG #387359 v.1-§ 20(d) (expiration of required reports) shall not apply to the report to be made 1-under this subdivision. 2-* * * Effective Date * * * 3-Sec. 25. EFFECTIVE DATE 4-This act shall take effect on July 1, 2026. 5+Paul Erlbaum, Commissioner, Vermont State Ethics Commission++Beth Fastiggi, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources++Justin Kenney, Chief Performance Officer, Agency of Administration++Shawn Nailor, Special Programs Director, Agency of Digital Services++Denise Reilly-Hughes, Secretary, Agency of Digital Services++Lisa Ryan, Community Inclusion Director, Vermont Criminal Justice Council++Thomas Weiss, Resident, Montpelier
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