ACT #46, Sec. 9 (1999) STUDY COMMITTEE ON A SIMPLIFIED
PROCESS FOR THE RECORDING OF, MAINTENANCE OF, AND ACCESS TO MUNICIPAL LAND USE PERMITS IN
VERMONT'S LAND RECORDS
(a) A committee shall be established to study the maintenance of, location of, indexing
of, costs relating to, and access to the municipal land use permits issued by
municipalities, and to develop and recommend a simplified and standardized process for
recording permits in Vermont's land records so that those permits may be more easily, more
reliably, and less expensively searched. The committee shall also investigate the use of
technology to expand access. The committee shall obtain information on efforts inside and
outside Vermont to maintain, index, and make available land use permits.
(b) The committee shall consist of the Vermont secretary of state, or a designee; one
representative each of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns and the Vermont Bar
Association, selected by the respective organizations; one representative from the Vermont
Municipal Clerks and Treasurers' Association, selected by the association; two persons
appointed by the governor who are currently serving as zoning administrators or planners,
or both, one from a municipality with a population of more than 10,000 persons and one
from a municipality with a population of less than 10,000 persons; the commissioner of the
department of buildings and general services or his or her designee; and the state
archivist. The secretary of state or the secretary's designee shall convene the first
meeting of the committee.
(c) The secretary of state shall provide staff support to the committee. The committee
shall report its findings and recommendations by January 15, 2000 to the House Committees
on Government Operations and on Local Government, and the Senate Committee on Government
Operations.
