§ 19. Small business enterprises
It is declared to be in the best interests of the State and the general welfare of Vermonters to encourage and develop the actual and potential capacity of small business enterprises, and to use this important segment of the State’s economy to the fullest practicable extent in the construction of State highways, including federal aid and interstate highway systems. In order to carry out this intent and encourage full and free competition, the Agency of Transportation shall cooperate with small business enterprises in connection with the State highway construction program. Nothing contained in this section shall be considered or construed as meaning more than a legislative declaration of intent and policy. The decisions and actions of the Agency shall not be subject to judicial challenge. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2021, No. 20, § 84.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Chapter 1 - State Highway Law; General Transportation Provisions
§ 3. Transportation Board; creation; members
§ 4. Transportation Board; meetings; quorum; compensation
§ 5. Transportation Board; powers and duties
§ 6. Other boards, commissions, councils, and committees
§ 7. Secretary; powers and duties
§ 7a. Hearing before Secretary
§ 8. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles; appointment; duties and powers
§ 9. Divisions; general provisions
§ 10a. Procurement of engineering and design services through competitive negotiation
§ 10b. Statement of policy; general
§ 10c. Statement of policy; highways and bridges
§ 10d. Statement of policy; airports
§ 10e. Statement of policy; railroads
§ 10f. Statement of policy; public transportation
§ 10g. Annual report; Transportation Program; advancements, cancellations, and delays
§ 10h. Cooperative interstate agreement
§ 10i. Transportation planning process
§ 10j. Intermodal and multimodal transportation facilities; project planning criteria
§ 10k. Statement of policy; asset management; sale of State property
§ 10l. Agency cooperation with regional planning commissions
§ 10m. Statement of policy; sustainable building components; annual report
§ 11a. Transportation funds appropriated for the Department of Public Safety
§ 11b. Town Highway Revolving Fund
§ 11c. Deposit in escrow account of amounts retained from progress payments
§ 11d. Funds for rehabilitation of historic bridges
§ 11f. Transportation Infrastructure Bond Fund
§ 12. Appropriations to Agency of Transportation
§ 12a. Transportation Program provided to the Committees on Transportation
§ 12b. Joint Transportation Oversight Committee
§ 15. Changes in the State highway system
§ 15a. Border crossings; cooperation with federal government
§ 16. Duties of Secretary in unorganized towns and gores
§ 17. Contracts; labor preference
§ 19. Small business enterprises
§ 20. Small claims for injury or damage
§ 21. Picnic areas and parking places
§ 23. Rights of action; notice
§ 26. Purchase and sale of property
§ 30. Issue of notes for State highway construction
§ 31. Abandonment of project; reconveyance
§ 32. Assumed width of right-of-way
§ 33. Survey of existing highways; damages
§ 35. Entrance upon lands for survey
§ 37. Impoundments of water created by beaver
§ 38. Transportation Alternatives Grant Program
§ 39. Agency of Transportation assistance with municipal salt sheds