§ 2962 - Commission; powers and duties
§ 2962. Commission; powers and duties
The commission may develop policies and recommend procedures for the implementation of coordinated educational, regulatory, research and promotional programs in agriculture. In addition, the commission may:
(1) Develop a five-year continuing agriculture development program for the state which shall be updated biennially;
(2) Encourage lending institutions to expand their agricultural lending activities;
(3) Identify those institutional forces which impede agricultural expansion and make recommendations for the removal of those impediments;
(4) Assist individuals and organizations in their agricultural efforts;
(5) Make recommendations to the agency of agriculture, food and markets and the agricultural experiment station on areas where research might prove most beneficial to agriculture in Vermont;
(6) [Repealed.] (Added 1975, No. 217 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 1989, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 10(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1991; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2009, No. 33, § 83.)