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3 V.S.A. § 323
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 13 - Classification of State Personnel|§ 323. Definitions

§ 323. Definitions|As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:  (1) "Accountability" means the degree to which the holder of a position is accountable for the end results of his or her job performance. (2) "Bona fide emergency" means an unanticipated need for short-term staffing:  (A) to prevent significant disruption to the continued operation of State government; (B) to avoid serious or imminent harm to the public, critical services, or other staff; or (C) to avoid jeopardizing public safety.  (3) "Class" means one or more positions sufficiently similar in nature, scope, and accountability that the same title, test of fitness, and schedule of compensation may be applied to each position. (4) "Job evaluation" means the systematic method used to determine the value of each job in relation to other jobs within the State service. (5) "Seasonal employment" means employment in a temporary position with a specific start date and anticipated end date for a period of not more than seven months in any 12-month period or employment in a temporary position with a specific start date and anticipated end date for a period of more than seven months that has been approved by the Commissioner of Human Resources pursuant to subdivision 331(c)(3) of this chapter. Seasonal employment includes employment in temporary positions that are available on a reoccurring basis from year to year. (Added 1971, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 2019, No. 58, § 2.)
3 V.S.A. § 327
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 13 - Classification of State Personnel|§ 327. Hiring

§ 327. Hiring|(a) When a vacancy in the classified service occurs, the appointing officer shall make a diligent effort to recruit an employee from within the classified service to fill the vacancy.(b) Any position which has been vacant for a period of six months shall be eliminated unless the Secretary of Administration determines that the position is essential and has remained vacant because of specific professional qualifications. (Added 1975, No. 196 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; amended 1977, No. 109, § 24, eff. July 3, 1977.)
3 V.S.A. § 329
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 13 - Classification of State Personnel|§ 329. Probationary and temporary employees; pay adjustment

§ 329. Probationary and temporary employees; pay adjustment|Original probationary and temporary employees at the minimum of their pay grades shall be adjusted to the new minimum rate, effective with the adjustment of pay grade minimum. (Added 1989, No. 67, § 17.)
3 V.S.A. § 332
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 13 - Classification of State Personnel|§ 332. Human resource development services

§ 332. Human resource development services|The Commissioner of Human Resources is authorized to provide human resource development services, and access to human resource development equipment and facilities:  (1) for State government entities and nonstate entities provided that the human resource development needs of State entities shall take precedence over those of nonstate entities; (2) under a schedule whereby the participants are charged reasonable fees based on the cost of providing the service and access to the equipment and facilities; (3) any fees so charged may contain a surcharge for nonstate entities; and (4) all fees collected under this section shall be credited to the Human Resource Development Special Fund established and managed pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5, and shall be available to the Department of Human Resources to offset and enhance the provision of human resource development. (Added 1995, No. 186 (Adj. Sess.), § 26, eff. May 22, 1996; 2003, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
3 V.S.A. § 333
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 13 - Classification of State Personnel|§ 333. Human resource recruitment services

§ 333. Human resource recruitment services|(a) The Commissioner of Human Resources is authorized to develop programs and take measures to increase the quantity of qualified applicants applying for employment by the State.(b) Appropriate activities include: the placement of advertisements for recruitment of open and continuous recruitment positions, both within and outside the classified service, for all State government entities; listing of positions with governmental and private entities that maintain job listings; and attendance at job and recruitment fairs.(c) The Commissioner is authorized to charge other governmental entities for the costs associated with furnishing the services described in this section. All fees collected under this section shall be credited to the Human Resource Recruitment Special Fund established and managed pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5, and shall be available to the Department of Human Resources to offset the cost of and enhance the provision of human resource recruitment services. (Added 2001, No. 11, § 54, eff. April 25, 2001; amended 2003, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
3 V.S.A. § 341
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 14 - Standards for Contracts Including Privatization Contracts|§ 341. Definitions

§ 341. Definitions|As used in this chapter:  (1) "Agency" means any agency, board, department, commission, committee, or authority of the Executive Branch of State government. (2) "Personal services contract" means a contract for services that is categorized as personal services in accordance with procedures developed by the Secretary of Administration and is consistent with subdivisions 342(1), (2), and (3) of this title. (3) "Privatization contract" means a contract for services valued at $25,000.00 or more per year, which is the same or substantially similar to and in lieu of services previously provided, in whole or in part, by permanent, classified State employees, and which results in a reduction in force of at least one permanent, classified employee, or the elimination of a vacant position of an employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement. (4) "Contract for services" means an agreement or combination or series of agreements by which an entity or individual agrees with an agency to provide services as a contractor, rather than as an employee. (Added 1999, No. 75 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2009, No. 54, § 107, eff. June 1, 2009; 2015, No. 78 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
3 V.S.A. § 344
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 14 - Standards for Contracts Including Privatization Contracts|§ 344. Contract administration

§ 344. Contract administration|(a) The Secretary of Administration shall maintain a database with information about contracts for services, including approved privatization contracts and approved personal services contracts. The Secretary shall also maintain a database with information about privatization contracts that are rejected because they fail to qualify under subdivision 343(2) of this title. Contracts maintained in the database shall be public record to the extent provided under 1 V.S.A. chapter 5, and shall be located at the agency of origin, including information about names of contractors, summaries of work to be performed, costs, and duration.(b) The information on contracts maintained in the database shall be reported to the General Assembly in the annual workforce report required under subdivision 309(a)(19) of this title. The provisions of 2 V.S.A. § 20(d) (expiration of required reports) shall not apply to the report to be made under this subsection. (Added 1999, No. 75 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2013, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2015, No. 78 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
3 V.S.A. § 345
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 14 - Standards for Contracts Including Privatization Contracts|§ 345. Equal pay in government contracts; certification

§ 345. Equal pay in government contracts; certification|(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an agency may not enter into a contract for goods with a contractor who does not provide written certification of compliance with the equal pay provisions of 21 V.S.A. § 495(a)(7).(b) A contractor subject to this section shall maintain and make available its books and records at reasonable times and upon notice to the contracting agency and the Attorney General so that either may determine whether the contractor is in compliance with this section. (Added 2013, No. 31, § 3.)
3 V.S.A. § 346
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 14 - Standards for Contracts Including Privatization Contracts|§ 346. State contracting; intellectual property, software design, and information technology

§ 346. State contracting; intellectual property, software design, and information technology|(a) The Secretary of Administration shall include in Administrative Bulletin 3.5 a policy direction applicable to State procurement contracts that include services for the development of software applications, computer coding, or other intellectual property, which would allow the State of Vermont to grant permission to the contractor to use or own the intellectual property created under the contract for the contractor's commercial purposes.(b) The Secretary may recommend contract provisions that authorize the State to negotiate with a contractor to secure license terms and license fees, royalty rights, or other payment mechanism for the contractor's commercial use of intellectual property developed under a State contract.(c) If the Secretary authorizes a contractor to own intellectual property developed under a State contract, the Secretary may recommend language to ensure the State retains a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, and fully paid right to continue to use the intellectual property including escrow for perpetual use at least annually. (Added 2013, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 18; amended 2019, No. 49, § 2, eff. June 10, 2019.)
3 V.S.A. § 347
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 14 - Standards for Contracts Including Privatization Contracts|§ 347. Contractor contribution restrictions

§ 347. Contractor contribution restrictions|The Secretary of Administration shall include in the terms and conditions of sole source contracts a self-certification of compliance with the contractor contribution restrictions set forth in 17 V.S.A. § 2950. (Added 2017, No. 79, § 4a, eff. Dec. 16, 2018.)
3 V.S.A. § 349
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 14 - Standards for Contracts Including Privatization Contracts|§ 349. State contracting; Internet service

§ 349. State contracting; Internet service|The Secretary of Administration shall include in Administrative Bulletin 3.5 a requirement that State procurement contracts for broadband Internet access service, as defined in subdivision 348(d)(3) of this title, include terms and conditions requiring that the Internet service provider certify that it is in compliance with the consumer protection and net neutrality standards established in section 348 of this title. (Added 2017, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
3 V.S.A. § 456
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 16 - Vermont Employees' Retirement System|§ 456. Name and date of establishment

§ 456. Name and date of establishment|The date of establishment of the Retirement System shall be July 1, 1972. The System shall be known as the "Vermont State Retirement System," and by such name all of its business shall be transacted, all of its funds invested, and all of its cash and securities and other property held in trust for the purpose for which received. (Added 1971, No. 231 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
3 V.S.A. § 457
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 16 - Vermont Employees' Retirement System|§ 457. Members

§ 457. Members|(a) Any person who was a member of either of the predecessor systems immediately preceding the date of establishment shall become a member of the Retirement System as of the date of establishment.(b) Any person who became an employee within the three-year period prior to the date of establishment, but did not become a member of the Vermont Employees' Retirement System because he or she had not completed three consecutive years of service prior to the date of establishment, shall become a member as a condition of employment upon his or her completion of three consecutive years of service.(c) Any person who becomes an employee after the date of establishment shall become a member as a condition of employment (1) upon the completion of three consecutive years of service in the case of those employees classified under subdivision 455(a)(9)(A) of this title hired prior to July 1, 1978; and (2) upon employment in the case of those employees classified under (B) of subdivision (a)(9), and upon employment in the case of those employees classified under subdivision 455(a)(9)(A) hired on or after July 1, 1978 except employees hired in a temporary capacity. No person shall join the system as a Group E member after December 31, 1990.(d) Should any Group A, C, D, or F member who has less than five years of creditable service in any period of five consecutive years after last becoming a member be absent from service more than three years or should he or she withdraw his or her contributions, or become a beneficiary or die, he or she shall thereupon cease to be a member. However, the membership of any employee entering such classes of military or naval service of the United States as may be approved by resolution of the Retirement Board, shall be continued during such military or naval service if he or she does not withdraw his or her contributions, but no such member shall be considered in the service of the State for the purpose of the Retirement System during such military or naval service, except as provided in subsection 458(e) of this title.(e) For purposes of benefits available under this chapter, former county court employees hired by the counties to court positions on or before June 30, 2008 who became State employees on February 1, 2011 pursuant to 2010 Acts and Resolves No. 154 shall be deemed to have been first included in membership of the system on or before June 30, 2008. (Added 1971, No. 231 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 1977, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1981, No. 41, § 4; 1989, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 17g, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; 1997, No. 89 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2011, No. 63, § H.7; 2017, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
3 V.S.A. § 459a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 16 - Vermont Employees' Retirement System|§ 459a. Restoration of service

§ 459a. Restoration of service|(a) When a beneficiary resumes service, as defined in subdivision 455(a)(21) of this title, he or she shall again become a member of the System, shall contribute at the rate established for members of his or her group, and shall not be entitled to receive a retirement allowance.(b) Upon the subsequent retirement of an employee who once again became a member under subsection (a) of this section, the employee shall once again become a beneficiary whose former retirement allowance shall be restored under the same plan provisions applicable at the time of the initial retirement, but the beneficiary shall not be entitled to cost of living adjustments for the period during which he or she was restored to service. In addition to the former retirement allowance, a beneficiary shall be entitled to a retirement allowance separately computed for the period beginning with his or her last restoration to service for which the member has made a contribution. If the beneficiary is not vested in the system since he or she was last restored to service, the member's contributions plus accumulated interest shall be returned to him or her. (Added 2009, No. 24, § 1.)
3 V.S.A. § 461
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 16 - Vermont Employees' Retirement System|§ 461. Accidental and occupationally related disability retirement

§ 461. Accidental and occupationally related disability retirement|(a) Upon the application of a member or of his or her department head not later than 90 days, or longer for cause shown, after the date the member may have separated from service, any member may be retired by the Retirement Board on an accidental disability retirement allowance, not less than 30 nor more than 90 days after filing such application; provided that the Retirement Board shall find on the basis of such evidence as may come before it, including a report by the Medical Board after a medical examination of such member, that the member is mentally or physically incapacitated for the further performance of duty as the natural and proximate result of an accident occurring at a definite time and place during the course of his or her performance of duty as an employee, that such accident was not the result of his or her gross negligence or willful misconduct, and provided that the Medical Board shall certify that such incapacity is likely to be permanent, and that the member should be retired. The Retirement Board may consult with a certified vocational rehabilitation counselor in determining whether the individual is incapacitated for the further performance of duty.(b) Upon accidental disability retirement a member shall receive a normal retirement allowance if he or she shall have reached his or her normal retirement date; otherwise such a member shall receive a retirement allowance which shall be equal to:  (1) A normal retirement allowance payable at normal retirement date, based on the member's average final compensation at disability retirement and the number of years of creditable service the member would have completed had the member remained in service to his or her normal retirement date, multiplied by (2) The ratio that the number of the member's years of creditable service at disability bears to the number of years of such service the member would have completed had the member remained in service to his or her normal retirement date; provided, however, that such allowance shall not be less than 25 percent of the member's average final compensation at the time of the member's disability retirement.   (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, a group C member, upon accidental disability retirement, shall receive as a minimum an allowance which will, when added to the member's Social Security benefit, be equal to 50 percent of the member's average final compensation plus 10 percent of the member's average final compensation for each dependent child, not in excess of three, who has not attained age 18 or, if a dependent student, has not attained age 23.(d) Notwithstanding subsection (b) or (c) of this section, a member may not receive more than 50 percent of his or her average final compensation at the time of his or her disability retirement. (Added 1971, No. 231 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 2003, No. 38, § 2; 2007, No. 13, § 4.)
3 V.S.A. § 461a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 16 - Vermont Employees' Retirement System|§ 461a. Benefit denial; evidentiary hearing

§ 461a. Benefit denial; evidentiary hearing|(a) An applicant for disability retirement benefits under section 460 or 461 of this title may file a request for an evidentiary hearing with the Retirement Board if the application for benefits is denied.(b) The hearing shall be conducted by a hearing officer designated by the Board and in conformance with rules adopted by the Board. Rules adopted by the Board shall be consistent with section 809 of this title.(c) The decision of the hearing officer shall constitute final administrative action. (Added 2003, No. 38, § 5.)
3 V.S.A. § 463
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 16 - Vermont Employees' Retirement System|§ 463. Reinstatement

§ 463. Reinstatement|(a) Should a disability beneficiary be restored to service or should any other beneficiary be restored to service, his or her retirement allowance shall cease, and the beneficiary shall again become a member of the Retirement System. Anything in this subchapter to the contrary notwithstanding, upon his or her subsequent retirement, he or she shall be credited with all the service creditable to him or her at the time of his or her former retirement. However, if such beneficiary is restored to membership after the attainment of 55 years of age, his or her pension upon subsequent retirement shall not exceed the sum of the pension which he or she was receiving immediately prior to his or her last restoration to membership and the pension that may have accrued on account of membership service since his or her last restoration to membership, provided that the rate percent of his or her total pension on his or her subsequent retirement shall not exceed the rate he or she would have received had he or she remained in service during the period of prior retirement.(b) A member who has been reemployed is entitled to prior service credit upon depositing in the fund the contributions which would have been deducted from the member's compensation had he or she remained a member with interest as set forth in subdivision 473(c)(1) of this title. The member in order to qualify for the prior service credit must also deposit in the fund a sum equal to the contributions which would have been contributed by the State had he or she remained a member with interest as set forth in subdivision 473(c)(1) of this title. (Added 1971, No. 231 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 1981, No. 41, § 11; 1989, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 17n, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; 2007, No. 13, § 5; 2015, No. 18, § 12.)
3 V.S.A. § 467
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 16 - Vermont Employees' Retirement System|§ 467. Death benefit after retirement- Group C

§ 467. Death benefit after retirement- Group C|If a group C member in receipt of a retirement allowance dies, his or her dependent spouse shall receive until her or his death a retirement allowance which shall be equal to 70 percent of the retirement allowance to which the member was then entitled, without optional modification, irrespective of whether such member had elected an option hereunder. (Added 1971, No. 231 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 1985, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
3 V.S.A. § 469
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 16 - Vermont Employees' Retirement System|§ 469. Minimum benefit- Group C

§ 469. Minimum benefit- Group C|Anything contained in this title to the contrary notwithstanding, the benefit payable to or on account of a group C member hereunder, inclusive of any benefit provided by his additional contributions as specified in subsection 473(b) of this title together with the Social Security benefit or survivor's insurance benefit, as the case may be, shall not be less than the benefit which would have been payable to him or her or on his or her account under the provisions of the Vermont State Police and Motor Vehicle Inspectors' Retirement System as in effect on June 30, 1972 had said System continued in effect unamended. (Added 1971, No. 231 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
3 V.S.A. § 471a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 16 - Vermont Employees' Retirement System|§ 471a. Reports

§ 471a. Reports|(a) The Board shall prepare and submit, consistent with 2 V.S.A. § 20(a), reports on the following subjects:  (1) the fiscal transactions of the Retirement System, pursuant to subsection 471(g) of this title; (2) the results of an actuarial reevaluation of the Retirement Fund, pursuant to subsection 473a of this title.   (b) Reports required to be submitted to the General Assembly annually by January 15 shall be consolidated in a single document. (Added 2003, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 294f.)