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Senate Judiciary advances S.44 to expand 'public agency' definition; committee reports bill out 4-1
Summary
Committee members agreed to replace a hard list of covered entities with a cross-reference to the statutory definition of "public agency" in 1 V.S.A. §3(17), a change committee staff said would broaden coverage to include sheriffs and municipal subdivisions; the panel voted to report S.44 out by a 4-1 margin.
The Senate Judiciary Committee agreed to report S.44 out of committee after accepting a revision that replaces a specific list of covered entities with a cross-reference to the statutory definition of "public agency" in 1 V.S.A. §3(17).
A legislative staff member told the committee the draft (1.2) substitutes the cross-reference to the public-agency definition so the statute will cover "any agency, board, department, commission, committee, branch, instrumentality or authority of the state or…
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