§ 423 - Acceptance as evidence of law
§ 423. Acceptance as evidence of law
(a) The legislative council shall require the contracted publisher to deliver the cumulative pocket parts and separate supplements to the Vermont Statutes Annotated prior to the convening of the next session of the general assembly, which shall include a certificate of authenticity that the legislative council shall issue. The certificate shall entitle the statutes contained in the cumulative pocket parts and separate supplements to admission in all the courts of Vermont as prima facie evidence of the law, and may be cited as "V.S.A."
(b) The legislative council shall require the contracted publisher to deliver new and replacement volumes of the Vermont Statutes Annotated with a certificate of authenticity that the legislative council shall issue. The certificate shall entitle the statutes contained in the new and replacement volumes to admission in all the courts of Vermont as prima facie evidence of the law, and may be cited as "V.S.A."
(c) A certificate of authority issued by the statutory revision commission pursuant to the authority of the former 1 V.S.A. § 4 shall continue to entitle a cumulative pocket part and separate supplement, or a new and replacement volume, for which it was issued to admission in all the courts of Vermont as prima facie evidence of the law and may be cited as "V.S.A." (Added 2001, No. 30, § 1.)