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Appropriations Committee advances bill to create Vermont 'sister state' program
Summary
The Appropriations Committee reviewed H.674, which would create a nine-member oversight committee and a process for Vermont to enter 'sister state' partnerships abroad; legislative counsel said the bill contains no new appropriation and the committee voted to advance the measure.
Rick, legislative counsel with the Office of Legislative Council, briefed the Appropriations Committee on H.674, a bill to establish a formal "sister state" program for Vermont that would create statutory authority, eligibility guidelines and an oversight committee.
Rick said the bill largely tracks recommendations from a working group convened after an assembly directive two years earlier. "So 674, I'm gonna share my screen in case you wanna look at it as I go through it," Rick told members, and he walked the committee through the bill's structure and timeline.
Under the bill, a nine-member oversight committee would manage the program. Rick described the membership as including the secretary of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) or a designee; a House member…
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