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3 V.S.A. § 160
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 7 - Attorney General|§ 160. State claims

§ 160. State claims|On receipt of notice thereof from the Commissioner of Finance and Management, the Attorney General shall forthwith notify State's Attorneys of any claim of the State which should be prosecuted in their counties. Subject to the direction of the Attorney General, such State's Attorneys shall prosecute the same and be liable on their official bonds for neglect in respect thereto. The State's Attorneys shall report to the Attorney General, as often as may be required by him or her, such facts concerning such actions as will enable him or her to keep a record thereof and of the proceedings therein. (Amended 1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 8(c); 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b).)
3 V.S.A. § 162
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 7 - Attorney General|§ 162. Fees and services forbidden

§ 162. Fees and services forbidden|The Attorney General shall not receive any fee or reward from or in behalf of the prosecutor or for services in any prosecution or business to which it is his or her official duty to attend, nor shall he or she act as counsel or attorney for either party in a civil action depending upon the same facts involved in a criminal cause.
3 V.S.A. § 164a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 7 - Attorney General|§ 164a. Restitution

§ 164a. Restitution|(a) A diversion program may refer an individual who has suffered a pecuniary loss as a direct result of a delinquent act or crime alleged to have been committed by a juvenile or adult accepted to its program to the Restitution Unit established by 13 V.S.A. § 5362 for the purpose of application for an advance payment pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 5363(d)(1). The Restitution Unit may enter into a repayment contract with a juvenile or adult accepted into diversion and shall have the authority to bring a civil action to enforce the repayment contract in the event that the juvenile or adult defaults in performing the terms of the contract.(b) The Restitution Unit and the diversion program shall develop a process for documenting victim loss, information sharing between the Unit and diversion programs regarding the amount of restitution paid by the Unit and diversion participants' contractual agreements to reimburse the unit, transmittal of payments from participants to the Unit, and maintenance of the confidentiality of diversion information. (Added 2011, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
3 V.S.A. § 165
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 7 - Attorney General|§ 165. Public contract advocate

§ 165. Public contract advocate|(a) There is hereby imposed upon the Office of the Attorney General the duty to provide public contract advocacy for all proceedings involving contracts for basic telecommunications service under 30 V.S.A. § 226a. The Attorney General shall appoint or retain as required one or more public contract advocates who shall be knowledgeable in the fields of public utility regulation and telecommunications services.(b) Public contract advocates shall be appointed or retained for such time as may be required to monitor, represent the public interest, and report on any contract for basic telecommunications service under 30 V.S.A. § 226a. Compensation, expenses, and support of public contract advocates shall be assessed as costs to the Department of Public Service and paid from the revenues received from the tax to finance the Department and the Board levied under 30 V.S.A. § 22. (Added 1987, No. 87, § 9.)
3 V.S.A. § 166
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 7 - Attorney General|§ 166. Court Diversion Fund

§ 166. Court Diversion Fund|The Court Diversion Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. All fees and assessments of the juvenile and adult court diversion programs shall be recorded in the Fund. Quarterly, the director of each court diversion program shall report to the Attorney General in a manner as prescribed by the Attorney General's office on all fees paid under sections 163 and 164 of this title. An independent audit that includes all State funding sources shall be required biennially. (Added 1995, No. 47, § 3, eff. April 20, 1995; amended 2009, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § E.201.2.)
3 V.S.A. § 167a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 7 - Attorney General|§ 167a. Complex Litigation Special Fund

§ 167a. Complex Litigation Special Fund|(a) There is established the Complex Litigation Special Fund pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5 to be available for expenditure by the Attorney General, as annually appropriated or authorized pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 511, to pay nonroutine expenses, not otherwise budgeted, incurred in the investigation, prosecution, and defense of complex civil and criminal litigation. These expenses may include, for example, costs incurred for expert witnesses and for support staff and technology needed to review and manage voluminous documents in discovery and at trial in complex cases.(b) The Fund shall consist of:  (1) Such sums as may be appropriated or transferred by the General Assembly. (2) Settlement monies other than consumer restitution collected by the Office of the Attorney General, except for those recoveries that by law are transferred or appropriated for other uses pursuant to 9 V.S.A. § 2458(b)(4), and subject to the Fund balance cap in subsection (c) of this section.   (c) The unencumbered Fund balance shall not exceed $1,000,000.00.(d) The Attorney General shall submit a report of the amount and purpose of expenditures from the Fund at the close of each fiscal year to the Joint Fiscal Committee annually on or before September 1. As part of the annual budget submission, the Attorney General shall include a projection of the Fund balance for the current fiscal year and upcoming fiscal year and may recommend appropriations as needed consistent with the purpose of the Fund. (Added 2018, No. 11 (Sp. Sess.), § E.200.1.)
3 V.S.A. § 202
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 9 - Administrative Departments|§ 202. Seals

§ 202. Seals|Each department or bureau, with the approval of the Governor, may adopt and have an official seal.
3 V.S.A. § 203
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 9 - Administrative Departments|§ 203. Authority limited

§ 203. Authority limited|The commissioner or board at the head of each department herein specified shall exercise only the powers and perform the duties imposed by law on such Department.
3 V.S.A. § 204
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 9 - Administrative Departments|§ 204. Disqualification

§ 204. Disqualification|A person holding an office under this chapter shall not be the owner of, or financially interested, directly or indirectly, in any corporation or association subject to the supervision of his or her respective department, except as a policy holder in an insurance company or a depositor in a bank.
3 V.S.A. § 205
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 9 - Administrative Departments|§ 205. Duties of office

§ 205. Duties of office|Each commissioner of a department and each officer specified in this chapter, except the members of the boards herein specified, shall devote his or her entire time to the duties of his or her office.
3 V.S.A. § 206
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 9 - Administrative Departments|§ 206. Regulations

§ 206. Regulations|The commissioner or board at the head of each department herein specified is empowered to prescribe and to enforce rules and regulations, subject to the approval of the Governor, for the government and administration of such department, the conduct of its employees and the custody, use, and preservation of the records, books, documents, and property pertaining thereto.
3 V.S.A. § 207
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 9 - Administrative Departments|§ 207. Assistance and expenditure

§ 207. Assistance and expenditure|(a) Each department herein specified is empowered to employ such assistance, clerical or otherwise, as the Governor deems necessary for its proper and efficient administration and, subject to his or her approval, to fix the compensation to be paid therefor. No department shall expend or authorize an expenditure in excess of the amount appropriated therefor in any fiscal year.(b) Agency secretaries and department heads are authorized to recruit, train and accept without regard to the civil service classification laws, rules and regulations, and without statutory compensation, the services of temporary volunteers for, or in aid of, interpretive function, visitor services, or other activities in and related to areas administered by the agency secretary or department head.  (1) Except as provided in this section, a volunteer shall not be deemed a State employee and shall not be subject to the provisions of law relating to State employment and a collective bargaining agreement between the State of Vermont and the Vermont State Employees' Association, Inc., including those relating to hours of work, rates of compensation, leave, and State employees benefits. (2) The consideration for volunteer services is education, training, and experience. (3) The appointing authority is authorized to provide reimbursement for such necessary incidental expenses as transportation, uniforms, lodging, and subsistence. (4) [Repealed.] (5) Volunteer services shall not be used to displace existing or vacant State positions but will be used to satisfy unmet public service needs. To insure compliance with the intent hereof and merit system principles, any department or agency employing temporary volunteers shall secure the approval of the Commissioner of Human Resources. (Amended 1973, No. 117, §§ 21, 22; 1989, No. 114, § 11(a)(1); 2003, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
3 V.S.A. § 209
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 9 - Administrative Departments|§ 209. Efficiency and cooperation; transfer of personnel; regulations of Governor

§ 209. Efficiency and cooperation; transfer of personnel; regulations of Governor|The Governor shall provide for and require a practical working system to ensure efficiency and mutual helpfulness among the departments herein specified. The Governor may transfer, temporarily or permanently, subordinates of any one of such departments to another department as the needs of the State may seem to him or her to require. He or she shall adopt and have power to enforce such rules as he or she may see fit for the conduct of such departments and alter or add to the same in his or her discretion. (Amended 2015, No. 23, § 67.)
3 V.S.A. § 211
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 9 - Administrative Departments|§ 211. Construction

§ 211. Construction|Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to give to the head of any department any authority over the judicial or quasi-judicial acts or duties of any officer in his or her department.
3 V.S.A. § 212
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 9 - Administrative Departments|§ 212. Departments created

§ 212. Departments created|The following administrative departments are hereby created, through the instrumentality of which the Governor, under the Constitution, shall exercise such functions as are by law assigned to each department respectively:  (1) The Department of Mental Health (2) [Repealed.] (3) The Department of Financial Regulation (4) The Department of Corrections (5) The Department of Housing and Community Development (6), (7) [Repealed.] (8) The Department of Fish and Wildlife (9) The Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (10) The Department of Health (11) [Repealed.] (12) The Department of Labor (13) The Department of Libraries (14) The Department of Liquor and Lottery (15) [Repealed.] (16) The Military Department (17) The Department of Motor Vehicles (18) The Department of Public Safety (19) The Department of Public Service (20) The Department for Children and Families (21) The Department of Taxes (22) The Department of Environmental Conservation (23) The Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living (24) The Department of Vermont Health Access. (Added 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 1, 1961; amended 1967, No. 71, § 2; 1967, No. 106, § 2; 1969, No. 207 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. March 24, 1970; 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 31, 1970; 1981, No. 66, § 1, eff. May 1, 1981; 1983, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), eff. April 13, 1984; 1987, No. 76, § 18; 1987, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1989, No. 187 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1989, No. 225 (Adj. Sess.), § 25; 1989, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; 1995, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1995, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 38(a); 1999, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2005, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 5, 2006; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 2, 140; 2007, No. 15, § 1a; 2011, No. 78 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 2, 2012; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 246, eff. Feb. 14, 2014; 2013, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 97; 2015, No. 23, § 139; 2018, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 106.)
3 V.S.A. § 213
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 9 - Administrative Departments|§ 213. Declaration of policy

§ 213. Declaration of policy|(a) It is the policy of the State of Vermont that the Executive Branch of the State government created by the constitution shall be organized into the separate offices of the elected constitutional State officers and such administrative agencies and departments as may be created by law. All administrative bodies in the Executive Branch shall be placed within one of the foregoing agencies or departments to assure proper executive supervision by the Governor.(b) It is also the policy of the State of Vermont that, for the purpose of clarity and uniformity, all agencies of the Executive Branch of the State government shall be headed by secretaries; that all administrative departments of the Executive Branch of the State government shall be headed by commissioners; that all major divisions of administrative departments shall be known as divisions and shall be headed by a director; that the major groups within the administrative departments shall be known as boards and that all other groups within the department shall be known as councils. (Added 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; eff. March 1, 1961; amended 1987, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. June 13, 1988.)
3 V.S.A. § 214
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 9 - Administrative Departments|§ 214. Delegation of authority

§ 214. Delegation of authority|A secretary, commissioner, or director may delegate any authority, power, or duty other than a specific statutory authority of the office to a designee; and a board or council in its discretion and with the approval of the Governor may delegate to the commissioner of the department any of its authority, power, or duty other than a specific statutory authority except those necessary to its rulemaking and quasi-judicial functions. (Added 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. March 1, 1961; amended 1987, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. June 13, 1988.)
3 V.S.A. § 215
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 9 - Administrative Departments|§ 215. Commissioner, member of councils

§ 215. Commissioner, member of councils|The Commissioner of each department shall be ex officio a member of all councils within the department. However, he or she shall not vote unless otherwise provided by law and shall not participate as a member of a council in matters involving the quasi-judicial functions of the council relative to administrative decisions of the department except as otherwise provided by law. The Commissioner or his or her representative shall attend all meetings of the councils within the department. (Added 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. March 1, 1961.)
3 V.S.A. § 216
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 9 - Administrative Departments|§ 216. Boards and commissions; party representative

§ 216. Boards and commissions; party representative|Unless otherwise provided, no board or commission appointed by the Governor, whether or not with the advice and consent of the Senate, may be composed entirely of persons from one political party. (Added 1969, No. 54, § 1, eff. April 10, 1969.)
3 V.S.A. § 217
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 9 - Administrative Departments|§ 217. Passenger vehicles; sale

§ 217. Passenger vehicles; sale|(a) No State department or agency, board, or commission, except the Governor, the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services, and the Commissioners of the Departments of Fish and Wildlife and of Public Safety for use of employees who are sworn law enforcement officers, may maintain or provide passenger vehicles, subject to such exceptions as may be made by the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services in circumstances where there is documented evidence of necessity based upon the requirements or conditions of individual State programs.(b) The Department of Buildings and General Services of the Agency of Administration shall dispose of all cars owned by the State except those cars that are determined by the Secretary of Administration to be necessary to the operations of individual State programs under subsection (a) of this section. All money that has been budgeted in any fiscal year for the maintenance of those vehicles and the proceeds from the sale of those vehicles shall be applied to the future replacement of the State fleet. Any unspent balance shall revert to the General Fund.(c) The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services shall purchase and lease vehicles for the State Fleet subject to the requirements of 29 V.S.A. § 903(g). (Added 1975, No. 118, § 62, eff. April 30, 1975; amended 1983, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), eff. April 13, 1984; 1989, No. 210 (Adj. Sess.), § 42; 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(c)(2), eff. May 6, 1996; 2003, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 44, eff. June 8, 2004; 2019, No. 59, § 42.)
3 V.S.A. § 220
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 9 - Administrative Departments|§ 220. Classified employees in exempt positions

§ 220. Classified employees in exempt positions|(a) A State employee in the classified service, upon appointment to an exempt position, may request an indefinite leave of absence without pay from his or her classified position for so long as he or she remains in the exempt position. Upon approval in writing by the administrative head of the agency, department or like instrumentality in which the employee is serving, and upon concurrence by the Commissioner of Human Resources, the employee may enter the exempt position with rights determined under this section.(b) During service in the exempt position, and if the approved request so specifies, the employee's rights to sick leave and rights under retirement and insurance plans shall be continued.(c) Upon leaving the exempt position, the employee shall not have a guarantee of returning to his or her former position, nor to any other classified position. However, where the employee has at least 10 years of classified service, the Commissioner of Human Resources shall provide for the employee to be offered a position in the classified service, but not necessarily the former position, at the same or lower paygrade as the position previously held, provided the employee was not dismissed from the exempt position for cause. Any such offer of employment shall be made within 30 days of separation from the exempt position. For such employees entering the exempt service after July 1, 1994, their approved request for a leave of absence shall specify a request to return. Otherwise, the employee may be offered a classified position in State government if:  (1) the employee's approved request specifies a right to return to classified service; (2) the classified position is vacant and is at the same or a lower pay grade as the employee's previous classified position; and (3) the employee possesses the minimum qualifications required in the specification for that position class.   (d) If an employee accepts an offer of employment under subsection (c) of this section, and if the employee's approved request so specifies, the employee shall be entitled to the benefits of any increments to which he or she would have been entitled by reason of continuous service in a classified position, but for the appointment to the exempt position.(e) Subject to the approval of the Governor, a classified employee who has satisfactorily completed any required probationary period, may be permitted to accept an assignment or appointment to fulfill the duties of an exempt position for a brief period of time, not to exceed one year, without having to resign or take a leave of absence from the classified service. Any such employee shall be compensated in accordance with compensation provisions applicable to the exempt position. (Added 1987, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. June 13, 1988; amended 1993, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 15, 16; 2003, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
3 V.S.A. § 221
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 9 - Administrative Departments|§ 221. Hearing officers; rules

§ 221. Hearing officers; rules|(a) The Secretary of Administration shall adopt a rule to establish guidelines and oversight for hearing officers in the Executive Branch. As used in this section, "hearing officer" means a person employed by the State of Vermont whose exclusive duty is to resolve contested cases when a decision of an Executive Branch agency is challenged.(b) The rule adopted pursuant to this section shall include provisions addressing the following topics:  (1) The rule shall include ethical standards for hearing officers. The ethical standards:  (A) may be based on the Model Code of Judicial Conduct for State Administrative Law Judges developed by the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary; (B) shall be made readily accessible to the public and to parties in administrative proceedings; and (C) shall include provisions related to bias, impartiality and the appearance of impartiality, conflicts of interest, recusal and disqualification, confidentiality, and ex parte communications.  (2) The rule shall require the agency or department that employs the hearing officer to designate procedures for the receipt, consideration, and determination of complaints about the conduct of hearing officers. The procedures shall be provided to all parties in the matter. (3) The rule shall ensure that all parties in proceedings presided over by a hearing officer are provided with a copy of the rules of procedure that apply to the proceedings. The rules shall prominently and specifically describe any appeal rights a party has and the procedure for filing an appeal. (Added 2013, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 11, 2014.)
3 V.S.A. § 252
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 11 - State Officers and Employees Generally|§ 252. Cost of bonds; blanket bond

§ 252. Cost of bonds; blanket bond|The cost of such bonds shall be paid from the appropriations of the departments in which such officer or employee serves. In procuring such bonds the Governor is authorized to purchase blanket or schedule surety contracts with such company as he or she shall determine.
3 V.S.A. § 254
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 11 - State Officers and Employees Generally|§ 254. Term of officer elected by General Assembly

§ 254. Term of officer elected by General Assembly|The term of an officer elected by the General Assembly shall commence on March 1 in the year of such election and continue, if no other term is fixed by law, for the term of two years from and including such first day of March, and until his or her successor is elected and has qualified. (Amended 1985, No. 196 (Adj. Sess.), § 12.)
3 V.S.A. § 255
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 11 - State Officers and Employees Generally|§ 255. Term of officer appointed without advice and consent of Senate

§ 255. Term of officer appointed without advice and consent of Senate|The term of an officer appointed by the Governor, without the advice and consent of the Senate, shall commence on the day when such appointee qualifies, and shall continue, where no other term is fixed by law, until March 1 of the next biennial year and until his successor is appointed and has qualified.