VT H0927

Updates gender-neutral language throughout Vermont statutes, replacing "his or her" with "the member's," "the employee's," or "the person's," and changing "man" to "person" in various definitions

Standardizes terminology across statutes, including changing "regulations" to "rules," "promulgate" to "adopt," "capitol" to "State House," "check list" to "checklist," and "substance abuse" to "substance use disorder"

Corrects cross-references throughout the statutes, including updating references to repealed sections, renumbered subdivisions, and renamed entities (e.g., "Natural Resources Board" to "Land Use Review Board")

Updates percentage notations in State Retirement System provisions from fractions (1¼, 1⅔) to written form ("one and one-fourth," "one and two-thirds")

Clarifies effective dates by replacing vague language like "the effective date of this chapter" with specific dates such as "2023" for Vermont Saves Program and "July 1, 1994" for economic development provisions

Corrects grammatical errors throughout, including changing "nonconclusive" to "noncollusive" in Uniform Commercial Code provisions, standardizing "state" to "State," and replacing "which" with "that" where appropriate

Updates election law provisions extensively, including modernizing time formats to include colons (10:00 a.m., 8:00 p.m.), changing "Legislature" to "General Assembly," and updating "Fourteenth" to "14th" Amendment references

Removes outdated and duplicative subsection headers, obsolete references (including the repealed Dental Health Program under 33 V.S.A. § 4507), and unnecessary language such as "thereof" and "such"

Updates property tax terminology from "nonresidential" to "nonhomestead" and renames the Administrative Services Division to Operations Division within the Agency of Natural Resources

Takes effect upon passage