Rules — Vermont Code § 1001

§ 1001. Rules

• (a) The Commissioner may adopt rules: (1) relating to motor vehicle equipment in all cases where its use is not defined in this
  title and whenever the use or nonuse, contrary to the rules, in the judgment of the
  Commissioner, may render the operation of the motor vehicle hazardous or unlawful; (2) restricting or prohibiting the use of pictures, advertising matter, or other thing
  placed on or over any transparent part of a motor vehicle; (3) relating to any other matter or thing that, in the Commissioner’s judgment, may hinder
  or impede the operator in the safe and careful operation of a motor vehicle; and (4) in explanation of and in addition to, but not inconsistent with, the provisions of
  this title concerning any matter or thing that, in the Commissioner’s judgment, may
  render the operation of motor vehicles safer and lessen motor vehicle crashes and
  resulting injuries or fatalities. (b) The Commissioner may adopt rules uniform with the regulations of the federal agency
  having jurisdiction over motor vehicles subject to federal law so far as the rules
  are applicable to the vehicles or to vehicles of the same type not subject to federal
  law, or to both. (c) The Commissioner shall adopt rules under this section only in accordance with 3 V.S.A. chapter 25. (Added 1971, No. 258 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 1, 1973; amended 1975, No. 211 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 172; 2023, No. 85 (Adj. Sess.), § 283, eff. July 1, 2024; 2025, No. 18, § 42, eff. May 13, 2025.)