§ 833. Style of rules
(a) Rules and procedures shall be written in a clear and coherent manner using words with common and everyday meanings, consistent with the text of the rule or procedure.
(b)(1) When an agency proposes to amend an existing rule, it shall replace terms identified as potentially disrespectful by the study produced in accordance with 2012 Acts and Resolves No. 24, Sec. 1 with respectful language recommended therein or used in the Vermont Statutes Annotated, where appropriate.
(2) All new rules adopted by agencies shall use, to the fullest extent possible, respectful language consistent with the Vermont Statutes Annotated and the respectful language study produced in accordance with 2012 Acts and Resolves No. 24, Sec. 1, where appropriate.
(c) The Secretary of State may issue a guidance document suggesting how agencies may draft rules and procedures in accordance with this section. The guidance document may include suggestions on style, numbering, and drafting the content of the filings required under this subchapter. (Added 1981, No. 82, § 6; amended 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2017, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Chapter 25 - Administrative Procedure
§ 801. Short title and definitions
§ 806. Procedure to request adoption of rules or procedures; guidance documents
§ 807. Declaratory judgment on validity or applicability of rules
§ 808. Procedure to request declaratory rulings by agencies
§ 809. Contested cases; notice; hearing; records
§ 809a. Enforcement of subpoenas; compulsion of testimony
§ 809b. Modification of subpoena or discovery order
§ 810. Rules of evidence; official notice
§ 811. Examination of evidence by agency
§ 815. Judicial review of contested cases
§ 817. Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules
§ 818. Secretary of State; centralized rule system
§ 820. Interagency Committee on Administrative Rules
§ 831. Required policy statements and rules
§ 832. Exemptions; limitations
§ 834. Periodic review of rules and forms
§ 835. Procedures and guidance documents
§ 836. Procedure for adoption of rules
§ 838. Filing of proposed rules
§ 839. Publication of proposed rules
§ 840. Public hearing and comment
§ 842. Review by Legislative Committee
§ 843. Filing of adopted rules
§ 846. Remedies for procedural failures
§ 847. Availability of adopted rules; rules by Secretary of State
§ 848. Rules repeal; amendment of authority; notice by agency