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2008 Vermont Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2008)

handle is hein.sag/sagvt0046 and id is 1 raw text is: WILLIAM H. SORRELL                                                           TEL: (802) 828-3171
ATTORNEY GENERAL                                                         FAX: (802) 828-2154
JANET C. MURNANE                                                           TTY: (802) 828-3665
DEPUTY ATrORNEY GENERAL                                              CIVIL RIGHTS: (802) 828-3657
WILLIAM E. GRIFFIN
CHIEF ASST. ATORNEY                                                  http://www.atg.state.vt.us
GENERAL
STATE OF VERMONT
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
109 STATE STREET
MONTPELIER, VT
05609-1001
Formal Opinion #2008-1
June 20, 2008
Hon. Deborah L. Markowitz
Secretary of State
Redstone Building
26 Terrace Street
Montpelier, VT 05601-1101
Re:   H. 267
Dear Secretary Markowitz:
This is in response to your request for advice on the official duties of the Secretary
of State relative to the preparation and publication of acts of the General Assembly.
In particular, you ask whether your office should accept H. 267, an act relating to
industrial hemp, and prepare it for publication. It is the opinion of the Attorney
General that you should do so.
The Secretary of State does not have a role in the enactment of legislation, but has
several duties relating to the custody and printing of laws after they have been
enacted. These duties are described in three statutes which provide as follows:
After an act or resolution has been passed by both houses of the
general assembly, signed by the presiding officers of both houses and
by the governor, it shall be delivered to the custody of the secretary of
state. The secretary shall cause the act or resolution to be reproduced
in form suitable to be submitted to the printer designated in 29 V.S.A.
§ 1115. Before submission to the printer the secretary shall correct
obvious typographical errors and assign a public law number to each
act or resolution.
3 V.S.A. § 104.
.VERMONT

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