Section 602 - Vermont baby bond trust; establishment(a) There is established the Vermont Baby Bond Trust, to be administered by the Office of the State Treasurer. The Trust shall constitute an instrumentality of the State and shall perform essential governmental functions as provided in this chapter. The Trust shall receive and hold until disbursed in accordance with section 607 of this title all payments, deposits, and contributions intended for the Trust; as well as gifts, bequests, and endowments; federal, State, and local grants; any other funds from any public or private source; and all earnings on these funds.(b)(1) The amounts on deposit in the Trust shall not constitute property of the State, and the Trust shall not be construed to be a department, institution, or agency of the State. Amounts on deposit in the Trust shall not be commingled with State funds, and the State shall have no claim to or against, or interest in, the amounts on deposit in the Trust.(2) Any contract entered into by, or any obligation of, the Trust shall not constitute a debt or obligation of the State, and the State shall have no obligation to any designated beneficiary or any other person on account of the Trust.(3) All amounts obligated to be paid from the Trust shall be limited to the amounts available for that obligation on deposit in the Trust, and the availability of amounts for a class of designated beneficiaries does not constitute an assurance that amounts will be available to the same degree, or at all, to another class of designated beneficiaries. The amounts on deposit in the Trust shall only be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of section 607 of this title.(4) The Trust shall continue in existence until it no longer holds any deposits or has any obligations and its existence is terminated by law. Upon termination, any unclaimed assets shall return to the State and shall be governed by the provisions of 27 V.S.A chapter 18.(c) The Treasurer shall be responsible for receiving, maintaining, administering, investing, and disbursing amounts from the Trust. The Trust shall not receive deposits in any form other than cash.Added by 2024, No. 184,§ 17, eff. 7/1/2024.