(a) The Department of Assessment shall have the same powers, discharge the same duties, proceed in the discharge thereof in the same manner, and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed for listers or the board of listers under the laws of the State of Vermont, except as herein otherwise provided.

(b) The Department shall review, or cause to be reviewed, the appraisals of all real property in the Town which is subject to taxation, in accordance with the standards for appraising established by the laws of the State of Vermont.