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Title

02

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Legislature






Chapter

026

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NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE ASSOCIATION ON PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES











 

§

951. National Legislative Association on Prescription Drug Prices

(a) The General

Assembly finds that the National Legislative Association on Prescription Drug

Prices is a nonprofit organization of legislators formed for the purpose of

making prescription drugs more affordable and accessible to citizens of the

member states. The General Assembly further finds that the activities of the

Association provide a public benefit to the people of the State of Vermont.

(b) On or before

January 15, upon the convening of each biennial session of the General

Assembly, three directors shall be appointed by the Speaker, which may include

the Speaker, and three directors shall be appointed by the Committee on

Committees, which may include a member of the Committee on Committees, to serve

as the Vermont directors of the National Legislative Association on

Prescription Drug Prices. Directors so appointed from each body shall not all

be from the same party. Directors so appointed shall serve until new members

are appointed.

(c) For meetings

of the Association, directors who are legislators shall be entitled to per diem

compensation and reimbursement of expenses in accordance with section 406 of

this title. If the Lieutenant Governor is appointed as a Director pursuant to

subsection (b) of this section, his or her compensation and expenses shall be

paid from the appropriation made to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.

(d) [Repealed.]  (Added 2001, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff.

June 13, 2002; amended 2009, No. 59, § 8; 2013, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 81.)