{"data":{"id":"us-vt/6-v.s.a.-32","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"6 V.S.A. § 32","heading":"Duties of the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets","body":"(a) The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall develop by rule, with the advice and consent of the Housing and Conservation Board:\n(1) a program for selecting and recommending to the Housing and Conservation Board agricultural land development rights suitable for acquisition by the State; and\n(2) criteria to be used by the Board in reviewing the Secretary’s recommendations for acquisition.\n(b) The program and criteria shall be designed to ensure that, in a municipality with an approved plan under 24 V.S.A. chapter 117, the Board only acquires agricultural development rights to land designated or identified in a land evaluation and site assessment system pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 4345a(5)(E) for agricultural use under that chapter. In a municipality without an approved plan, these restrictions shall not apply.\n(c) The program and criteria shall be designed to ensure that, in a municipality with an approved plan under 24 V.S.A. chapter 117, the Board only acquires agricultural development rights to land designated for agricultural use under that chapter. In a municipality without an approved plan, these restrictions shall not apply.\n(d) The Secretary shall report to the General Assembly not later than January 15, 1989 concerning the progress of the program.","path":["Title 6: Agriculture","Chapter 002: Agricultural Land Development Rights Acquisition Program"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/06/002/00032","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:41:51Z","sha256":"36f4a72c62a4a96bbddebeaff00d238f5c52575c8854708480012a4f9d860bec","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/6-v.s.a.-31","next":"us-vt/6-v.s.a.-33"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}