Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 26 Sec. 5606

  • Director: means the Director of the Office of Professional Regulation. See
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
  • Well: means any hole deeper than 20 feet drilled, driven, or bored into the earth to locate, monitor, extract, or recharge groundwater or any hole deeper than 20 feet drilled, driven, or bored for the primary purpose of transferring heat to or from the earth's subsurface. See
  • Well driller: refers to a person engaged in the business of performing activities within one or both of the following classes:

§ 5606. Advisor appointees

(a) The Secretary of State shall appoint three persons to be advisors to the Director, two of whom shall be well drillers and one of whom shall be a representative of the Agency of Natural Resources. Advisors shall be appointed to five-year staggered terms to serve at the Secretary’s pleasure as advisors in matters related to the administration of this chapter. Two of the initial appointments shall be for a term of fewer than five years.

(b) A well driller advisor appointee shall have not fewer than three years’ experience as a well driller immediately preceding appointment, shall be licensed as a well driller in Vermont during incumbency, and shall be actively engaged in the practice as a well driller during incumbency.

(c) The Director shall seek the advice of the advisor appointees in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. (Added 2021, No. 69, § 10, eff. June 8, 2021.)