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Legislative counsel outlines Land Use Review Board powers, membership and rulemaking responsibilities
Summary
A legislative counsel told the Natural Resources & Energy committee that recent legislation reconstituted the Land Use Review Board as a full-time, professional body with new qualifications, a nominating committee process and authority for certain administrative oversight and rulemaking related to Act 250.
A legislative council attorney who handles land use, energy and climate change told the Natural Resources & Energy committee that recent legislation reconstituted the Land Use Review Board as a full-time, professional body with expanded qualifications and specific oversight responsibilities.
The attorney said the law requires board members to have experience, expertise or skills in areas such as environmental science, land-use law, planning and community development, and added that "all candidates shall have [a] commitment to environmental justice," language the attorney said appears in the statutory qualifications.
The attorney described the…
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