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24 V.S.A. § 363
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 363. Deputy State's Attorneys

§ 363. Deputy State's Attorneys|(a) A State's Attorney may appoint as many deputy State's Attorneys as necessary for the proper and efficient performance of his or her office and may remove them at pleasure.(b) The pay for deputy State's Attorneys shall be fixed by the Executive Director of the Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs or through collective bargaining pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 27, but it shall not exceed the pay of the State's Attorney making the appointment. Deputy State's Attorneys shall be compensated only for periods of actual performance of the duties of the office. Deputy State's Attorneys shall be reimbursed for their necessary expenses incurred in connection with their official duties when approved by the State's Attorneys and the Commissioner of Finance and Management.(c) Deputy State's Attorneys shall exercise all the powers and duties of the State's Attorneys except the power to designate someone to act in the event of their own disqualification.(d) Deputy State's Attorneys may not enter upon the duties of the office until they have taken the oath or affirmation of allegiance to the State and the oath of office required by the Constitution, and until the oath together with their appointment is filed for record with the county clerk. If appointed and under oath, a deputy State's Attorney may prosecute cases in another county if the State's Attorney in the other county files the deputy's appointment in the other county clerk's office. In case of a vacancy in the office of State's Attorney, the appointment of the deputy shall expire upon the appointment of a new State's Attorney. (Amended 1959, No. 253, eff. June 11, 1959; 1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 8(c); 1967, No. 363 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 1, 2, eff. March 27, 1968; 1969, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. April 8, 1970; 1971, No. 120, § 49; 1971, No. 260 (Adj. Sess.), § 33; 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b); 2009, No. 58, § 24; 2017, No. 81, § 12, eff. June 15, 2017.)
24 V.S.A. § 364
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 364. Investigator

§ 364. Investigator|(a)(1) A State's Attorney may appoint an investigator and, with the approval of the Governor, shall fix the investigator's pay not to exceed that of a noncommissioned officer of the Department of Public Safety, and may remove the investigator at will.  (2) An investigator shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in connection with his or her official duties when approved by the State's Attorney and the Commissioner of Finance and Management. (3) Investigators shall take part in the investigation of crime, the detection of persons suspected of committing crimes, the preparation of any criminal cause for trial, and other tasks related to the office of the State's Attorney. (4) No person may be appointed as an investigator unless he or she has had appropriate experience in investigative work for a period of not less than two years, including employment as a private detective or a law enforcement officer, or has successfully completed a course of training under 20 V.S.A. chapter 151.   (b) A person appointed as an investigator who has obtained certification as a Level II or Level III law enforcement officer under the provisions of 20 V.S.A. § 2358 shall have the same powers as sheriffs in criminal matters and the enforcement of the law and in serving criminal process, and shall have all the immunities and matters of defense now available or hereafter made available to sheriffs in a suit brought against them in consequence for acts done in the course of their employment. (Added 1959, No. 299, § 1; amended 1967, No. 368 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 27, 1968; 1969, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. April 8, 1970; 1971, No. 120, § 50, eff. July 1, 1971; 1973, No. 77, § 55, eff. July 1, 1973; 1981, No. 108, § 327; 1989, No. 297 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1995, No. 123 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. June 6, 1996; 2003, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 2007, No. 7, § 7; 2013, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. July 1, 2015.)
24 V.S.A. § 365
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 365. Penalty for taking bribe

§ 365. Penalty for taking bribe|A State's Attorney who, directly or indirectly under color of his or her office, unlawfully receives to his or her use, or the use of another person, money or other valuable thing, shall be fined not less than $300.00 and shall be incapable of holding civil office in the State.
24 V.S.A. § 366
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 366. Deputy sheriffs; police school

§ 366. Deputy sheriffs; police school|Subject to the approval of the Attorney General, a State's Attorney may enroll a deputy sheriff in a police school for the purpose of receiving training in crime prevention, detection, and apprehension. The officer so enrolled shall receive compensation during the police school session in an amount fixed by the Attorney General which shall not exceed $20.00 per day. The officer so enrolled shall receive his or her necessary expenses. Bills for his or her compensation and expenses shall be sworn to by him or her. Upon approval by the Attorney General, the Commissioner of Finance shall issue his or her warrant in payment thereof. (Added 1967, No. 368 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 27, 1968; amended 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b).)
24 V.S.A. § 367
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 367. Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs

§ 367. Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs|(a) There is established a Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs, which shall consist of the 14 State's Attorneys and 14 sheriffs. The State's Attorneys shall elect an Executive Committee of five State's Attorneys from among their members. The members of the Executive Committee shall serve for terms of two years.(b) The Executive Committee and the Executive Committee of the Vermont Sheriff's Association shall appoint an Executive Director who shall serve at the pleasure of the Committees. The Executive Director shall be an exempt employee.(c)(1) The Executive Director shall prepare and submit all budgetary and financial materials and forms that are required of the head of a department of State government with respect to all State funds appropriated for all of the Vermont State's Attorneys and sheriffs. At the beginning of each fiscal year, the Executive Director, with the approval of the Executive Committee, shall establish allocations for each of the State's Attorneys' offices from the State's Attorneys' appropriation. Thereafter, the Executive Director shall exercise budgetary control over these allocations and the general appropriation for State's Attorneys. The Executive Director shall monitor the sheriff's transport budget and report to the sheriffs on a monthly basis the status of the budget. He or she shall provide centralized support services for the State's Attorneys and sheriffs with respect to budgetary planning, training, and office management, and perform such other duties as the Executive Committee directs. The Executive Director may employ clerical staff as needed to carry out the functions of the Department.  (2) The Executive Director shall prepare and submit a funding request to the Governor and the General Assembly for the purpose of securing General Fund appropriations for any increased costs related to a collective bargaining agreement and to the Department's contract bargaining and administration.   (d)(1) If an individual State's Attorney is aggrieved by a decision of the Executive Director pertaining to an expenditure or proposed expenditure by the State's Attorney, the question shall be decided by the Executive Committee. The decision of the Committee shall be final.  (2) If an individual sheriff is aggrieved by a decision of the Executive Director pertaining to an expenditure or proposed expenditure by the sheriff, the question shall be decided by the Executive Committee of the Vermont Sheriff's Association. The decision of the Executive Committee of the Vermont Sheriff's Association shall be final.   (e) [Repealed.]  (Added 1983, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1985, No. 225 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; 2009, No. 33, § 83(j); 2013, No. 49, § 6; 2013, No. 95 (Adj. Sess.), § 82, eff. Feb. 25, 2014; 2017, No. 81, § 13, eff. June 15, 2017.)
24 V.S.A. § 801
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 801. Composition; meetings

§ 801. Composition; meetings|The town clerk, selectboard members and justices residing in a town shall constitute the board of civil authority of such town. Meetings of the board shall be called by the town clerk, or by one of the selectboard members, on application, by giving written notice to each member, and by posting a notice in two or more public places in the town at least five days previous to the meeting. The board shall choose a chair, and the town clerk shall be its clerk. The act of a majority of the board present at the meeting shall be treated as the act of the board, except that when the board is dealing with election issues, 17 V.S.A. § 2103(5) shall control. (Amended 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 118.)
24 V.S.A. § 831
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 831. Oaths

§ 831. Oaths|The clerk, selectboard members, constables, listers, and fence viewers of a town shall be sworn before entering upon the duties of their offices. A record thereof shall be made by the town clerk. (Amended 2017, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 19.)
24 V.S.A. § 832
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 832. Bonds; requirements

§ 832. Bonds; requirements|Before the school directors, constable, road commissioner, collector of taxes, treasurer, assistant treasurer when appointed by the selectboard, clerk, and any other officer or employee of the town who has authority to receive or disburse town funds enter upon the duties of their offices, the selectboard shall require each to give a bond conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties: the school directors, to the town school district; the other named officers, to the town. The treasurer, assistant treasurer when appointed by the selectboard, and collector shall also be required to give a bond to the town school district for like purpose. All such bonds shall be in sufficient sums and with sufficient sureties as prescribed and approved by the selectboard. If the selectboard at any time considers a bond of any such officer or employee to be insufficient, it may require, by written order, the officer or employee to give an additional bond in such sum as it deems necessary. If an officer or employee, so required, neglects for ten days after such request to give such original or additional bond, his or her office shall be vacant. A bond furnished pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not be valid if signed by any other officer of the same municipality as surety thereon. (Amended 1959, No. 183, § 2; 1967, No. 147, § 36, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; 2011, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 25.)
24 V.S.A. § 833
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 833. Approval; record; evidence

§ 833. Approval; record; evidence|On the approval of a bond required by section 832 of this title, the selectboard of a town shall file the same in the office of the town clerk to be recorded by such clerk in a book kept for that purpose. Copies thereof duly certified by such clerk shall be evidence in court as if the original were produced.
24 V.S.A. § 834
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 834. Neglect of clerk or constable; indemnity

§ 834. Neglect of clerk or constable; indemnity|A town shall make good the pecuniary damages which may accrue to a person by the neglect or default of the town clerk or constable of such town, to be recovered in a civil action on this statute.
24 V.S.A. § 835
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 835. Payment of premiums

§ 835. Payment of premiums|Bonds required of officers of a municipality shall be paid for by the municipality requiring the same.
24 V.S.A. § 871
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 871. Organization of selectboard; appointments

§ 871. Organization of selectboard; appointments|(a) Forthwith after its election and qualification, the selectboard shall organize and elect a chair and, if so voted, a clerk from among its number, and file a certificate of such election for record in the office of the town clerk.(b) The selectboard shall appoint a tree warden, who need not be a resident of the municipality, and may appoint from among the registered voters the following officers who shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified and shall certify the appointments to the town clerk who shall record the same:  (1) three fence viewers; (2) a poundkeeper, for each pound; voting residence in the town need not be a qualification for this office provided appointee gives his or her consent to the appointment; (3) one or more inspectors of lumber, shingles, and wood; (4) one or more weighers of coal; (5) one town service officer; and (6) one grand juror.   (c) After the selectboard appoints a tree warden, the selectboard shall certify the appointment to the Commissioner of Forests, Parks and Recreation. The certification shall include contact information for the appointed tree warden. (Amended 1963, No. 74, § 2; 2007, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 18; 2015, No. 71 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2017, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2019, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.)
24 V.S.A. § 872
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 872. Selectboard; general powers and duties

§ 872. Selectboard; general powers and duties|(a) The selectboard shall have the general supervision of the affairs of the town and shall cause to be performed all duties required of towns and town school districts not committed by law to the care of any particular officer.(b) The selectboard shall annually, on or before July 31, acknowledge receipt of and review the document made available by the Auditor of Accounts pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 163(11) regarding internal financial controls and which has been completed and provided to the selectboard by the treasurer pursuant to section 1571 of this title.(c) The selectboard may require any other officer or employee of the town who has the authority to receive or disburse town funds to complete and provide to the selectboard a copy of the document made available by the Auditor of Accounts pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 163(11). The officer or employee shall complete and provide the document to the selectboard within 30 days of the selectboard's requirement. The selectboard shall acknowledge receipt of and review the completed document within 30 days of receiving it from the officer or employee. (Amended 2011, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 26.)
24 V.S.A. § 901
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 901. Actions by or against town officers

§ 901. Actions by or against town officers|(a) Where an action is given to any appointed or elected municipal officer or town school district officer, the action shall be brought in the name of the town in which the officer serves and in the case of a town school district officer in the name of the town school district. If the action is given against such officers, it shall be brought against such town or town school district, as the case may be.(b) The municipality shall assume all reasonable legal fees incurred by an officer when the officer was acting in the performance of his or her duties and did not act with any malicious intent. (Amended 1967, No. 147, § 36, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; 1973, No. 235 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
24 V.S.A. § 901a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 901a. Tort claims against municipal employees

§ 901a. Tort claims against municipal employees|(a) As used in this section, "municipal employee" means any person employed for a wage or salary by a municipality; a volunteer whose services have been requested by the legislative body of a municipality; a volunteer whose services have been requested by a municipal officer; or a volunteer whose services have been requested by an employee of the municipality acting within the scope of the employee's authority.(b) When the act or omission of a municipal employee acting within the scope of employment is alleged to have caused damage to property, injury to persons, or death, the exclusive right of action shall lie against the municipality that employed the employee at the time of the act or omission; and no such action may be maintained against the municipal employee or the estate of the municipal employee.(c) When a municipality assumes the place of a municipal employee in an action as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the municipality may assert all defenses available to the municipal employee, and the municipality shall waive any defense not available to the municipal employee, including municipal sovereign immunity.(d)(1) The municipality shall defend and indemnify a municipal employee for any legal costs if a municipal employee is improperly named as a defendant in a proceeding.  (2) The municipality shall defend or, when a cause of action contains elements not covered by insurance, reimburse legal defense and expense costs incurred by a municipal employee in the event that a municipal employee is named as a party under subsection (e) of this section and the employee is dismissed from the matter before the entry of a judgment by the court or the acts or omissions of the employee are determined not to be willful, intentional, or outside the scope of the employee's authority.   (e) This section shall not apply to an act or omission of a municipal employee that was willful, intentional, or outside the scope of the employee's authority.(f) When two or more conflicting statutes provide protection to a municipal employee whose act or omission is alleged to have caused damage to property, injury to persons, or death, a court shall apply the statute that grants greater protection to the municipal employee. (Added 2003, No. 62, § 1; see effective date note below.)
24 V.S.A. § 902
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 902. Penalty

§ 902. Penalty|Unless otherwise provided, a town officer who fails or neglects to perform a duty imposed upon him or her by law shall be fined not more than $100.00.
24 V.S.A. § 903
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 903. Nonliability of municipal officers for money paid out

§ 903. Nonliability of municipal officers for money paid out|An action shall not be maintained against a person for money paid out by him or her as an officer of a municipal corporation in accordance with a vote of such corporation, whether such vote was valid or not.
24 V.S.A. § 931
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 931. Claims for personal services

§ 931. Claims for personal services|Claims for personal services, except where compensation is fixed by law or by vote of the town or town school district, shall not be allowed to a town or town school district officer, but the auditors shall report claims and the nature and extent of the services at such meeting.
24 V.S.A. § 932
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 932. Town may vote compensation

§ 932. Town may vote compensation|A town may vote to compensate any or all town officers for their official services. Such town in annual meeting may fix the compensation of such officers and of town employees.
24 V.S.A. § 933
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 933. Selectboard may fix; when

§ 933. Selectboard may fix; when|When a town does not fix the amount of the compensation to be paid such officers and town employees, the selectboard shall fix and determine the same except as to their own pay which shall be fixed by the auditors at the time of the annual town audit. If the town has voted to eliminate the office of auditor and the voters fail to fix the compensation to be paid to members of the selectboard, selectboard members shall be compensated at the rate at which they were compensated during the immediately preceding year. (Amended 1997, No. 83 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
24 V.S.A. § 934
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 934. Selectboard to adjudicate claims

§ 934. Selectboard to adjudicate claims|The selectboard shall audit and in its discretion may allow claims against the town and draft orders therefor.
24 V.S.A. § 961
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 961. Vacancy or suspension of officer's duties

§ 961. Vacancy or suspension of officer's duties|(a) When a municipal officer resigns the officer's office, has been removed from the office, dies, becomes unable to perform the officer's duties due to a mental condition or psychiatric disability, or removes from town, the office shall become vacant. Notice of this vacancy shall be posted by the legislative body in at least two public places in the municipality, and in and near the municipal clerk's office, within 10 days of the creation of the vacancy.(b) In the event there are so many vacancies on the legislative body that a quorum cannot be achieved, the remaining member or members of the legislative body shall be authorized to draw orders for payment of continuing obligations and necessary expenses until the vacancies are filled pursuant to section 963 of this title.(c) The legislative body of a county, municipality, or special purpose district may designate a person to perform the duties of an officer whose duties have been suspended as a condition of release pending trial for violating 13 V.S.A. § 2537.(d) When a municipal officer refuses or neglects within 30 days of election or appointment to take an oath of office pursuant to section 831 of this title, the office shall become vacant. However, the office shall not be deemed vacant until the legislative body of the municipality has warned a regular meeting for that purpose and affords the municipal officer the opportunity to take the oath of office at the meeting. (Amended 1981, No. 239 (Adj. Sess.), § 27; 1993, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 30, 1994; 2007, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 150; 2021, No. 16, § 1.)
24 V.S.A. § 962
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 962. Special meeting

§ 962. Special meeting|A town at a special meeting may fill a vacancy in a town office.