Vermont Administrative Procedure Act

Vermont · Executive · §§ 3-800 to 3-850 · 43 sections

Overview

The act governs how state administrative agencies make rules and how they resolve individual contested cases. On the rulemaking side it requires agencies to give advance notice of proposed rules, take public comment, prepare analyses of a proposed rule's anticipated impacts, and file and index rules before they take effect, while also providing for emergency rulemaking, public petitions to adopt rules, and periodic agency review of rules already on the books. For contested cases it establishes notice and an opportunity to be heard, the right to counsel, interpreters for deaf or hearing-impaired parties and witnesses, and informal disposition, and it preserves judicial review — including declaratory judgment actions testing the validity of a rule.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.

Sections covered

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 800Purpose
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 801Short title and definitions
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 802Repealed. 1981, No. 82, § 7(1)
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 803Repealed. 1981, No. 82, § 7(2)
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 804Repealed. 1981, No. 82, § 7(3)
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 805Repealed. 1981, No. 82, § 7(4)
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 806Procedure to request adoption of rules or procedures; guidance documents
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 807Declaratory judgment on validity or applicability of rules
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 808Procedure to request declaratory rulings by agencies
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 809Contested cases; notice; hearing; records
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 809aEnforcement of subpoenas; compulsion of testimony
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 809bModification of subpoena or discovery order
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 810Rules of Evidence; official notice
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 811Examination of evidence by agency
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 812Decisions and orders
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 813Ex parte consultations
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 814Licenses
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 815Judicial review of contested cases
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 816Exemptions
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 817Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 818Secretary of State; centralized rule system
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 819[Repealed.]
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 820Interagency Committee on Administrative Rules
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 831Required policy statements and rules
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 832Exemptions; limitations
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 833Style of rules
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 834Periodic review of rules and forms
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 835Procedures and guidance documents
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 836Procedure for adoption of rules
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 837Prefiling
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 838Filing of proposed rules
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 839Publication of proposed rules
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 840Public hearing and comment
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 841Final proposal
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 842Review by Legislative Committee
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 843Filing of adopted rules
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 844Emergency rules
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 845Effect of rules
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 846Remedies for procedural failures
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 847Availability of adopted rules; rules by Secretary of State
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 848Rules repeal; amendment of authority; notice by agency
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 849Repealed. 2017, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 2
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 850Repealed. 2025, No. 57, § 23, eff. January 31, 2029

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