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H.396
IntroducedbyRepresentativesLoganofBurlington,AustinofColchester,
BartholomewofHartland,ChapinofEastMontpelier,Laborof
Morgan,MorrisofSpringfield,NorthofFerrisburgh,Pritchard
ofPawlet,SatcowitzofRandolph,SheldonofMiddlebury,and
TagliaviaofCorinth
ReferredtoCommitteeon
Date:
Subject:Conservationanddevelopment;DepartmentofForests,Parksand
Recreation;MollieBeattieDistinguishedServiceAward
Statementofpurposeofbillasintroduced:Thisbillproposestocreatethe
MollieBeattieDistinguishedServiceAwardincommemorationofthe
centennialoftheVermontStateParksintheDepartmentofForests,Parksand
Recreation.
AnactrelatingtothecreationoftheMollieBeattieDistinguishedService
Award
ItisherebyenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyoftheStateofVermont:
Sec.1.10V.S.A.§ 2614isaddedtoread:
§ 2614.MOLLIEBEATTIEDISTINGUISHEDSERVICEAWARD
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IncommemorationofthecentennialoftheVermontStateParksinthe
DepartmentofForests,ParksandRecreationandinhonoroftheconservation
andpubliclandaccessibilityvaluesofthelateformerCommissionerof
Forests,ParksandRecreation,MollieBeattie,thereiscreatedtheMollie
BeattieDistinguishedServiceAward.Annually,theCommissionerofForests,
ParksandRecreationshallpresentthisawardtoeitheraStateemployee,
retiree,orpartnerwhosecontributionshonorthelegacyofMollieBeattiein
advancingtheconservation,accessibility,qualityofrecreationalexperience,or
sustainabilityofVermont’spubliclands.
Sec.2.EFFECTIVEDATE
ThisactshalltakeeffectonJuly1,2025.
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