Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 2 > Chapter 15 - Joint Fiscal Committee; Joint Fiscal Office

• Agency: means the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets. See
• Agricultural seed: includes grass, forage, cereal, oil, fiber, and other kinds of crop seeds commonly recognized as agricultural seeds, lawn seeds, and combinations of such seeds, and may include noxious weed seeds used as agricultural seed. See
• Airman: means an individual:

• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
• Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Flower seed: includes seed of herbaceous plants grown for their blooms, ornamental foliage, or other ornamental parts and commonly known and sold under the name of flower seed. See
• inhabitants: shall mean the population of the political division referred to, as ascertained by the national census last completed before the time when such population is a material fact. See
• Labeling: includes tags or other devices attached to, or written, stamped, or printed on, any container or accompanying any lot of seeds. See
• Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
• life-cycle costs: shall mean the present value purchase price of an item, plus the replacement cost, plus or minus the salvage value, plus the present value of operation and maintenance costs, plus the energy and environmental externalities' costs or benefits. See
• Noxious weed seeds: include :

• Oath: shall include affirmation where by law an affirmation may be substituted. See
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Public aircraft: means aircraft used exclusively in the service of any government, or any political subdivision, but not including any government-owned aircraft engaged in carrying persons or property for commercial purposes. See
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets or his or her designee. See
• State employee: includes any elective or appointive officer or employee within the Legislative, Executive, or Judicial Branch of State Government or any former such employee or officer. See
• Vegetable seeds: include the seeds of those crops that are grown in gardens and on truck farms and are generally known and sold under the name of vegetable or herb seeds in this State. See