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32 V.S.A. § 1185
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 15 - Salaries and Fees|§ 1185. Office expenses

§ 1185. Office expenses|(a) In settlement of their accounts, the Commissioner of Finance and Management shall allow State's Attorneys their expenses for secretarial assistance, office expenses, including rent, supplies, equipment, maintenance, legal forms and stationery, telephone service, professional liability insurance, the expense of printing briefs in cases in which the State's Attorney has represented the State, books, advance copies of the Vermont reports, advertising, dues and subscriptions, tuitions, and stipends for professional training and their necessary expense when away from home on official business.(b)(1) Secretaries shall be hired by and shall serve at the pleasure of the State's Attorney unless otherwise modified by a collective bargaining agreement entered into pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 27. Secretaries shall be State employees paid by the State, and shall receive those benefits available to other classified State employees who are similarly situated but they shall not be subject to the rules provided for under 3 V.S.A. chapter 13. The compensation of each Secretary shall be determined by the Commissioner of Human Resources with the approval of the Governor unless otherwise determined through collective bargaining pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 27. In fixing compensation, there shall be taken into consideration, among other things, the volume of work requiring the services of the Secretary and whether the services are on a full- or part-time basis.  (2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the subjects for bargaining pursuant to 3 V.S.A. § 904. (Added 1971, No. 260 (Adj. Sess.), § 36; amended 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b); 1987, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 67, eff. June 13, 1988; 2003, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 2017, No. 81, § 11, eff. June 15, 2017.)
32 V.S.A. § 1221
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 15 - Salaries and Fees|§ 1221. Electors of President and Vice President

§ 1221. Electors of President and Vice President|Electors of President and Vice President shall receive for their services, in attending their meetings, the sum of $10.00 and their actual expenses.
32 V.S.A. § 1224
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 15 - Salaries and Fees|§ 1224. Town clerks

§ 1224. Town clerks|Town clerks shall receive such salaries as the town may vote, to be paid by their respective towns each year. A town may vote a salary in addition to fees retained under section 1401 of this title, or a salary in lieu of fees. If a town votes a salary in lieu of fees, those fees shall be charged and collected by the clerk and at least quarterly turned over to the town treasurer and credited to the town general fund. (Amended 1979, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 14, eff. date, see note set out below.)
32 V.S.A. § 1225
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 15 - Salaries and Fees|§ 1225. Town road commissioner

§ 1225. Town road commissioner|The compensation of a town road commissioner shall be fixed by the selectboard. (Amended 1981, No. 87, § 4; 2017, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 18.)
32 V.S.A. § 1227
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 15 - Salaries and Fees|§ 1227. Appraisers for unorganized towns and gores

§ 1227. Appraisers for unorganized towns and gores|An appraiser for unorganized towns and gores shall receive $50.00 a day and necessary expenses for time actually spent in the performance of his or her duties. (Amended 1965, No. 138, § 2; 1985, No. 264 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
32 V.S.A. § 1229
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 15 - Salaries and Fees|§ 1229. Supervisors for unorganized towns and gores

§ 1229. Supervisors for unorganized towns and gores|A supervisor for unorganized towns and gores shall receive $15.00 a day for time actually spent in the performance of his or her duties, except for his or her services as collector of taxes. On all taxes collected after the expiration of 90 days from mailing of his or her tax notice, such supervisor shall be allowed to tax and collect from the taxpayer a commission of eight percent in the amount of the tax, which commission shall be paid into the State Treasury as provided in section 4967 of this title. (Amended 1963, No. 193, § 31, eff. June 28, 1963.)
32 V.S.A. § 1261
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 15 - Salaries and Fees|§ 1261. Personal expenses when away from home

§ 1261. Personal expenses when away from home|(a) Unless otherwise provided, all persons in the employ of the State when away from home and office on official duties shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred for travel, subsistence, postage, telephone, telegraph, express, and incidentals which shall be paid out of the biennial appropriation made for the support of their respective departments. Nothing contained herein shall authorize payment to an administrative official or employee, except the Governor, for travel between his or her place of residence and office, or subsistence thereat except for mileage reimbursement when an employee is called in and required to work at any time other than continuously into his or her normally scheduled shift. Compensation for subsistence, travel, and other expenses occurring while conducting business for the State shall be the subject of collective bargaining as defined in 3 V.S.A. § 904(a). Whenever it shall be necessary to effect the transfer of an employee of the State from one official station to another by direction of the head of a department, said employee shall be reimbursed for his or her reasonable and necessary moving expenses actually incurred. However, the reasonableness of the expense shall be determined by the Commissioner of Human Resources and no such expense shall be allowed unless the transfer is made for the convenience of the State and in no event where it is effected for the convenience or at the request of the employee. Such expense when allowed shall be paid out of the biennial appropriation made for the support of the respective departments. When an administrative official or employee works out of his or her home in the usual course of employment rather than out of an office, he or she shall be reimbursed for expenses in the same manner as though he or she were working out of an office and for the purposes of this section, his or her home shall be considered as his or her office.(b) The Secretary of Administration shall prescribe standards to limit reimbursement for personal expenses and to require approval of specific exceptions prior to the date of travel. These standards shall apply equally to all categories of State employees, subject to the collective bargaining agreement.(c) Nothing in this section shall be taken to limit the authority of the Commissioner of Public Safety to approve reimbursement for personal expenses in accordance with 20 V.S.A. § 1881. (Amended 1959, No. 161, § 1, eff. July 1, 1960; 1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 8(c); 1961, No. 214, eff. July 11, 1961; 1975, No. 85; 1961, No. 86, § 2, eff. April 28, 1975; 1977, No. 109, § 31, eff. July 1, 1979; 1981, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. May 4, 1982; 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b); 1987, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 68, eff. June 13, 1988; 1995, No. 123 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. June 6, 1996; 2003, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 2007, No. 7, § 7; 2015, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § E.108.2, eff. June 8, 2016.)
32 V.S.A. § 1266
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 15 - Salaries and Fees|§ 1266. Clerical assistance

§ 1266. Clerical assistance|Each department, board, or commission, unless otherwise specifically provided, is empowered to employ such assistance, clerical or otherwise, as the Governor deems necessary and, subject to his or her approval, to fix the compensation to be paid therefor.
32 V.S.A. § 1267
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 15 - Salaries and Fees|§ 1267. Mileage; reimbursement

§ 1267. Mileage; reimbursement|Reimbursement for mileage shall be a subject of collective bargaining as defined in 3 V.S.A. § 904(a). (Added 1975, No. 118, § 97; amended 1977, No. 109, § 32, eff. July 1, 1979.)
32 V.S.A. § 1271
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 15 - Salaries and Fees|§ 1271. Fair notice

§ 1271. Fair notice|Employees as defined by subsection 1020(a) of this title who fill permanent positions, have been continuously employed more than six months and whose employment is otherwise in good standing shall be provided with fair notice of separation from a position from the Governor or the Governor-Elect. Fair notice shall be no greater than that provided to classified employees. For the purpose of this section, fair notice shall be at least 30 days. The Governor may provide pay in lieu of notice for a maximum of 30 days. (Added 1991, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. May 19, 1992.)
32 V.S.A. § 1281
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 15 - Salaries and Fees|§ 1281. Adjustments to compensation and benefits of Executive and Judicial Branch employees

§ 1281. Adjustments to compensation and benefits of Executive and Judicial Branch employees|(a) The process described in this section shall apply to any requests for increased funding that arise during a biennium when the State and the collective bargaining representative for State employees have agreed to a two-year collective bargaining agreement that begins in the first year of the legislative biennium.(b) During the first year of the legislative biennium, the Legislature shall hear testimony from representatives of the Departments of Human Resources and of Finance and Management, the Office of the Defender General, the Court Administrator, and the collective bargaining representative before introducing a bill that increases funding for pay and benefits for employees of the Executive or Judicial Branches of the State of Vermont.(c) Prior to the second year of the legislative biennium, if there are any requests to increase funding beyond what has already been agreed to as a result of the collective bargaining process, the request shall be presented to the Chairs of the House Committees on Appropriations and on Government Operations, after consultation with the Secretary of Administration, no later than November 1 of the year preceding the beginning of the second year of the biennium. If the Committee Chairs request a review, the proposal to increase funding for pay and benefits shall be submitted for study to a Committee that shall be known as the Pay Act Committee. The Pay Act Committee shall consist of two members of the House Committee on Appropriations and three members of the House Committee on Government Operations. The Pay Act Committee shall meet no more than twice before the beginning of the legislative session to hear testimony from interested parties. The Pay Act Committee shall present a report on the proposal to the House Committees on Appropriations and on Government Operations no later than January 15 for further consideration. (Added 2001, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. May 28, 2002.)
32 V.S.A. § 1282
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 15 - Salaries and Fees|§ 1282. Officer compensation; voluntary decrease

§ 1282. Officer compensation; voluntary decrease|An officer whose compensation is established by this chapter may choose to be compensated at a lower rate. (Added 2015, No. 58, § B.1108.)
32 V.S.A. § 1401
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 17 - Fees and Costs|§ 1401. Disposition of fees

§ 1401. Disposition of fees|All lawful fees received by any state, county, or municipal official shall belong to such official, unless other provision therefor is made by law.
32 V.S.A. § 1402
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 17 - Fees and Costs|§ 1402. Receipt for fees

§ 1402. Receipt for fees|Unless otherwise provided, any person or official lawfully entitled to charge, demand, and receive fees for services rendered shall deliver to any person paying such fees a receipt therefor, if so requested, which receipt shall show the items of such fees, the sum thereof together with the date when such services were rendered, and the date of payment.
32 V.S.A. § 1403
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 17 - Fees and Costs|§ 1403. Justices to make rules for fees

§ 1403. Justices to make rules for fees|(a) The Justices of the Supreme Court, under their general rulemaking power, shall establish uniform rules to govern the allowance of fees not specified by law for services and expenses in the courts of the State. The Court Administrator shall recommend to the Justices such alterations in the rules as he or she finds necessary. The Court Administrator shall endeavor to secure uniform allowances in the several counties and to correct deviations from the prescribed rules.(b) [Repealed.]  (Amended 1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 1969, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 216, eff. March 29, 1972; 1975, No. 118, § 98; 1987, No. 1, § 3, eff. Jan. 30, 1987; 1991, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2017, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(3), eff. July 1, 2019.)
32 V.S.A. § 1404
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 17 - Fees and Costs|§ 1404. Justices and judges not to receive special fees

§ 1404. Justices and judges not to receive special fees|A Justice of the Supreme Court or a Superior judge shall not demand or receive fees for special services performed by him or her either as a Justice or judge. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 236(a), (b), eff. March 29, 1972.)
32 V.S.A. § 1405
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 17 - Fees and Costs|§ 1405. Names- Typewritten

§ 1405. Names- Typewritten|When an instrument is left for recording, any public official required by law to record it may require that the names be typed, stamped, or printed under the signatures. An additional recording fee of $2.00 may be charged by the recorder for those instruments which fail in this requirement. (Amended 1993, No. 170 (Adj. Sess.), § 12.)
32 V.S.A. § 1406
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 17 - Fees and Costs|§ 1406. Illegible

§ 1406. Illegible|An instrument shall not be invalid because of the illegibility of the signatures, nor shall such illegibility affect the time in which the instrument is received for record. (Added 1965, No. 101, § 2.)
32 V.S.A. § 1407
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 17 - Fees and Costs|§ 1407. Costs to be borne by the State

§ 1407. Costs to be borne by the State|(a) As described in this section, the State shall cover the costs of certain medical care for victims of crime committed in this State without health insurance or whose health insurance does not pay for all of the care provided.(b) The State shall bear the costs of forensic medical and psychological examinations administered to victims of crime committed in this State, in instances where that examination is requested by a law enforcement officer or a prosecuting authority of the State or any of its subdivisions and the victim does not have health coverage or the victim's health coverage does not cover the entire cost of the examination. The State shall also bear the costs of sexual assault examinations, as defined in 8 V.S.A. § 4089, administered to victims in cases of alleged sexual assault where the victim obtains such an examination prior to receiving such a request if the victim does not have health coverage or the victim's health coverage does not cover the entire cost of the examination. If, as a result of a sexual assault examination, the alleged victim has been referred for mental health counseling, the State shall bear any costs of such examination not covered by the victim's health coverage. These costs may be paid from the Victims' Compensation Fund from funds appropriated for that purpose.(c)(1) Health care facilities and health care providers shall bill the victim's health insurance plan, Medicaid, Medicare, or another health benefit plan, as applicable, for the services described in subsection (b) of this section. If the victim does not have health coverage or if the victim's health benefit plan denies the claim, the Fund shall reimburse health care facilities and health care providers located in Vermont as defined in 18 V.S.A. § 9402 at 60 percent of the billed charges for these claims, and the health care provider or facility shall not bill any balance to the crime victim.  (2) If the victim's health coverage does not cover all of the medical care provided pursuant to this section and the victim would otherwise be responsible for any co-payment, coinsurance, deductible, or other cost-sharing, the Fund shall pay the victim's share directly to the health care facility or provider.   (d) A victim, at his or her own expense, may obtain copies of the results of an examination under this section. (Added 1981, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 13, eff. July 17, 1981; amended 1993, No. 60, § 51; 2005, No. 215 (Adj. Sess.), § 75b; 2007, No. 173 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2015, No. 34, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2015.)
32 V.S.A. § 1408
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 17 - Fees and Costs|§ 1408. Guardians ad litem; expense reimbursement

§ 1408. Guardians ad litem; expense reimbursement|The Court Administrator shall reimburse guardians ad litem for necessary and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. (Added 1987, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
32 V.S.A. § 1433
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 17 - Fees and Costs|§ 1433. Exemption of State from payment of fees

§ 1433. Exemption of State from payment of fees|In judicial proceedings initiated in the name of the State by public officials authorized so to do, the State may not be required to pay the State fees set forth in sections 1431 and 1432 of this title. However, if the State prevails in the proceedings the fees shall be taxed in the bill of costs under sections 1471 and 1474 of this title. (Added 1961, No. 29, eff. March 17, 1961.)
32 V.S.A. § 1471
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 17 - Fees and Costs|§ 1471. Taxation of costs

§ 1471. Taxation of costs|(a) There shall be taxed in the bill of costs to the recovering party in the Supreme and Superior Courts or the Judicial Bureau a fee equal to the entry fees, the cost of service fees incurred, and the total amount of the certificate of witness fees paid.(b) Any costs taxed to the respondent in any action filed by the Office of Child Support shall be paid to the clerk of the Court for deposit in the General Fund. (Amended 1973, No. 106, § 11, eff. 30 days from April 25, 1973; 1977, No. 235 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; 1995, No. 77 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 21, 1996; 1997, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 24; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 206.)
32 V.S.A. § 1472
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 17 - Fees and Costs|§ 1472. Plaintiff's travel

§ 1472. Plaintiff's travel|In an action in favor of several plaintiffs, fees for their travel shall not be taxed but from that plaintiff's residence which is nearest the place of trial, unless the others personally attend the trial; in which case, the Court shall tax such further sum for travel as is equitable.
32 V.S.A. § 1511
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 17 - Fees and Costs|§ 1511. Grand and petit jurors in Superior Court

§ 1511. Grand and petit jurors in Superior Court|There shall be allowed to grand and petit jurors in the Superior Court the following fees and expenses:  (1) For attendance, $30.00 a day, on request, unless the jurors were otherwise compensated by their employer; (2) For each talesman, $30.00 a day, on request, unless the talesmen were otherwise compensated by their employer; (3) Upon request and upon a showing of hardship, reimbursement for expenses necessarily incurred for travel from home to court, and return, at the rate of reimbursement allowed State employees for travel under the terms of the prevailing collective bargaining agreement. (Amended 1969, No. 294 (Adj. Sess.), § 21, eff. April 9, 1970; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1977, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. July 2, 1978; 1987, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1987, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1993, No. 24, § 3, eff. May 19, 1993; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 207.)
32 V.S.A. § 1512
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 17 - Fees and Costs|§ 1512. When per diem allowed

§ 1512. When per diem allowed|Grand and petit jurors shall be allowed per diem pay only for the days when they appear in court.
32 V.S.A. § 1513
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 17 - Fees and Costs|§ 1513. Excused jurors

§ 1513. Excused jurors|When jurors are excused to a day certain or subject to call, they shall be allowed per diem only for time actually and necessarily spent in going to and returning from their homes and for mileage. The clerk of the Court shall record the name of jurors thus excused, and compute their debentures in accordance herewith.
32 V.S.A. § 1514
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 17 - Fees and Costs|§ 1514. Board and lodging of jurors

§ 1514. Board and lodging of jurors|When in a grand jury investigation or in the trial of a criminal or civil cause jurors are kept together by order of the Court, their board and lodging and that of the officers having such jurors in charge shall be paid by the State. (Amended 1959, No. 59, eff. March 25, 1959; 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. July 1, 1965, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 208.)
32 V.S.A. § 1551
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 17 - Fees and Costs|§ 1551. Attendance fees

§ 1551. Attendance fees|There shall be allowed to witnesses the following fees:  (1) For attendance before a court or to give a deposition before a notary public, $30.00 a day; (2) For attendance before an appraiser appointed by the Commissioner of Taxes, $30.00 a day; such fees to be apportioned as the appraiser may direct; (3) For attendance on other courts or tribunals, $30.00 a day; (4) For travel in the State, all witnesses shall receive mileage at the rate of reimbursement allowed State employees for travel under the terms of the prevailing collective bargaining agreement. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. July 1, 1965, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1969, No. 294 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. April 9, 1970; 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 236(a), (b), eff. March 29, 1972; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 94, eff. April 9, 1974; 2003, No. 70 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. March 1, 2004; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 210.)
32 V.S.A. § 1552
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 17 - Fees and Costs|§ 1552. Criminal causes

§ 1552. Criminal causes|Unless otherwise provided, witnesses in attendance before the grand jury or any court in criminal causes, shall be allowed the sum of $10.00 per day for the days on which they attend, together with $0.08 a mile each way for each day of such attendance. The witness fee shall be paid by the party who calls the witness. (Amended 1969, No. 294 (Adj. Sess.), § 23, eff. April 9, 1970; 1991, No. 245 (Adj. Sess.), § 94(c).)
32 V.S.A. § 1553
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 32 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 17 - Fees and Costs|§ 1553. Witness certificates for bill of costs

§ 1553. Witness certificates for bill of costs|A party who produces a witness in Superior Court shall procure a certificate signed and sworn to by such witness, specifying the number of miles from his or her usual place of abode to the place of trial, and the number of days he or she attended as a witness, before the travel and attendance of the witness shall be allowed such party in his or her bill of costs. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)