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2 V.S.A. § 266
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 11 - Registration of Lobbyists|§ 266. Prohibited conduct

§ 266. Prohibited conduct|(a) It shall be prohibited conduct:  (1) to employ a lobbyist or lobbying firm, or accept employment as a lobbyist or lobbying firm, for compensation that is dependent on a contingency; (2) for a legislator or administrative official to solicit a gift, other than a contribution, from a registered employer or registered lobbyist or a lobbying firm engaged by an employer, except that charitable contributions for nonprofit organizations qualified under 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) may be solicited from registered employers and registered lobbyists or lobbying firms engaged by an employer; or (3) when the General Assembly is in session, until adjournment sine die:  (A) for a legislator, a legislator's candidate's committee, a legislative leadership political committee, or an administrative official to solicit a contribution from a registered lobbyist, a registered employer, or a lobbying firm engaged by an employer; or (B) for a registered lobbyist, registered employer, or a lobbying firm engaged by an employer to make or promise a contribution to a legislator, a legislator's candidate's committee, or a legislative leadership political committee.    (b)(1) A legislator or an Executive officer, for one year after leaving office, shall not be a lobbyist in this State.  (2) The prohibition set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not apply to a lobbyist exempted under section 262 of this chapter.   (c) As used in this section:  (1) "Candidate's committee," "contribution," and "legislative leadership political committee" shall have the same meanings as in 17 V.S.A. chapter 61 (campaign finance). (2) "Executive officer" means:  (A) the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Secretary of State, Auditor of Accounts, or Attorney General; or (B) under the Office of the Governor, an agency secretary or deputy or a department commissioner or deputy. (Added 1989, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 30, 1990; amended 1993, No. 101, § 3b; 2007, No. 5, § 6, eff. April 12, 2007; 2015, No. 49, § 8; 2017, No. 79, § 1.)
2 V.S.A. § 267a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 11 - Registration of Lobbyists|§ 267a. Investigations

§ 267a. Investigations|The Attorney General shall investigate, on his or her own initiative or in response to a complaint filed in writing with the Attorney General, whether a violation of this chapter has occurred. The Attorney General may administer oaths, require filing of a statement under oath, take evidence, and require the production, by subpoena or otherwise, of financial records, books, papers, correspondence, and other documents and records the Attorney General considers to be relevant and material to the investigation. The Attorney General shall make a determination of each complaint filed and, at the time of resolution of a complaint which is found to have merit, shall post on the website of the Office of the Attorney General a brief summary of the complaint and resolution. (Added 1997, No. 64, § 22; amended 2005, No. 99 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.)
2 V.S.A. § 268
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 11 - Registration of Lobbyists|§ 268. Penalties; enforcement

§ 268. Penalties; enforcement|(a) The Attorney General shall enforce the provisions of this chapter, and may bring an action in Superior Court to ensure compliance and to obtain civil penalties in the amounts described in subsection (b) of this section.(b) The Court may grant temporary and permanent injunctive relief, and may:  (1) Enjoin future activities. (2) Order remedial actions to be taken to effect all registration and disclosure required by this chapter. (3) Order reimbursement from any lobbyist or employer found to be in violation of this chapter. (4) Levy a civil penalty as provided in this subdivision. A civil penalty of not more than $10,000.00 may be levied for each violation. In addition, in the case of a continuing violation, a penalty of not more than $1,000.00 may be imposed for each day the violation continues. (Added 1989, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 30, 1990; amended 1993, No. 101, § 4; 2005, No. 99 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.)
2 V.S.A. § 401
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 13 - Legislative Services|§ 401. Creation and purpose

§ 401. Creation and purpose|The Office of Legislative Counsel is created as a permanent agency to serve the General Assembly with nonpartisan legislative drafting, research, and other professional legal and editorial services. (Added 1971, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 31, 1972; amended 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2 V.S.A. § 402
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 13 - Legislative Services|§ 402. Director and Chief Counsel; employees

§ 402. Director and Chief Counsel; employees|(a) The Joint Legislative Management Committee shall employ an individual to be the Director and Chief Counsel of the Office of Legislative Counsel. The Committee may conduct the hiring process itself or it may delegate this duty to a special hiring committee comprising an equal number of members from the House and Senate, not all of whom shall be from the same political party; however, the Joint Legislative Management Committee shall make the final hiring decision.(b)(1) The Director and Chief Counsel shall employ legal, editorial, and other professional staff as needed to carry out the duties of the Office of Legislative Counsel, except that requests for new, permanent positions shall be subject to the approval of the Joint Legislative Management Committee.  (2) All individuals employed by the Office of Legislative Counsel shall be subject to the personnel policies adopted by the Joint Legislative Management Committee. (3) The provisions of 3 V.S.A. chapter 13 (classification of State personnel) shall not apply to employees of the Office of Legislative Counsel. (Added 1971, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1973; amended 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2 V.S.A. § 403
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 13 - Legislative Services|§ 403. Functions; confidentiality

§ 403. Functions; confidentiality|(a) The Office of Legislative Counsel shall provide legal services to the General Assembly and its staff, including:  (1) drafting bills, resolutions, amendments, and other legal documents; (2) providing legal research and analysis in relation to current or anticipated legislative matters; (3) providing policy analysis of current or anticipated legislative matters; (4) maintaining a reference library; (5) maintaining confidential documents and other confidential materials provided to or generated by the Office in the course of business; (6) providing contracting and other legal services to the Joint Legislative Management Committee and other legislative offices; and (7) furnishing such other information and legal assistance with respect to legislative matters as may be required by a member, member-elect, committee or similar entity of the General Assembly, a chamber of the General Assembly, or the General Assembly as a whole, in the performance of its duties.   (b)(1) All requests for legal assistance, information, and advice from the Office of Legislative Counsel; all information received in connection with research or drafting; and all confidential materials provided to or generated by the Office shall remain confidential unless the party requesting or providing the information or material designates that it is not confidential.  (2) Recordings and minutes of committee meetings, bills and amendments that have been approved for printing or introduction, and material appearing in the journals or calendars of either house are official documents and materials and shall not be confidential under this subsection. (Added 1971, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 31, 1972; amended 1983, No. 88, § 13, eff. July 3, 1983; 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2 V.S.A. § 404
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 13 - Legislative Services|§ 404. Budget

§ 404. Budget|The Director and Chief Counsel shall propose a budget for the Office of Legislative Counsel to the Joint Legislative Management Committee. (Added 1971, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1972; amended 1973, No. 60, § 1, eff. May 13, 1973; 1981, No. 178 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2013, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2015, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 18; 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2 V.S.A. § 405
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 13 - Legislative Services|§ 405. Intergovernmental cooperation

§ 405. Intergovernmental cooperation|For the purposes of carrying out its duties, the Office of Legislative Counsel shall have access to and the right to copy any public record of all executive, administrative, and judicial departments of the State, except income and franchise tax returns and other documents classified as confidential by law. (Added 1971, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. March 31, 1972; amended 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2 V.S.A. § 421
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 13 - Legislative Services|§ 421. Office of Legislative Counsel; statutory publication and revision duties

§ 421. Office of Legislative Counsel; statutory publication and revision duties|(a) The Office of Legislative Counsel shall continuously maintain and update a formal topical revision of existing permanent statutory law to be known as the Vermont Statutes Annotated. The topical revision shall be arranged in a systematic and annotated form that is consolidated into the smallest practical number of volumes and indexes.(b) The Office of Legislative Counsel, on behalf of the State of Vermont, shall hold the copyright to the Vermont Statutes Annotated. (Added 2001, No. 30, § 1; amended 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2 V.S.A. § 422
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 13 - Legislative Services|§ 422. Contract for preparation of Vermont Statutes Annotated

§ 422. Contract for preparation of Vermont Statutes Annotated|(a) The Office of Legislative Counsel shall contract with a competent legal publisher to revise and publish the Vermont Statutes Annotated.(b) The contract for publishing the Vermont Statutes Annotated shall provide for the annual editing and publishing of cumulative pocket part supplements after each biennial and adjourned legislative session for the duration of the contract. The cumulative pocket part supplements shall include all codified laws enacted during the concluded biennial or adjourned session of the General Assembly, and during any special session that has occurred since the last annual publication. Each edition of the cumulative pocket part supplements to the Vermont Statutes Annotated shall include all annotations of constructions of the Vermont Supreme Court and all federal courts of the United States, available at the closing date of each edition of the pocket parts.(c) The contracted publisher shall, as provided in the contract, publish replacement volumes of existing titles, or separate volumes of new titles, of the Vermont Statutes Annotated. (Added 2001, No. 30, § 1; amended 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2 V.S.A. § 423
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 13 - Legislative Services|§ 423. Acceptance as evidence of law

§ 423. Acceptance as evidence of law|(a) The Office of Legislative Counsel shall require the contracted publisher to deliver the cumulative pocket parts and separate supplements to the Vermont Statutes Annotated prior to the convening of the next session of the General Assembly, which shall include a certificate of authenticity that the Office of Legislative Counsel shall issue. The certificate shall entitle the statutes contained in the cumulative pocket parts and separate supplements to admission in all the courts of Vermont as prima facie evidence of the law.(b) The Office of Legislative Counsel shall require the contracted publisher to deliver new and replacement volumes of the Vermont Statutes Annotated with a certificate of authenticity that the Office of Legislative Counsel shall issue. The certificate shall entitle the statutes contained in the new and replacement volumes to admission in all the courts of Vermont as prima facie evidence of the law.(c) A certificate of authority issued by the Statutory Revision Commission pursuant to the authority of the former 1 V.S.A. § 4 shall continue to entitle a cumulative pocket part and separate supplement, or a new and replacement volume, for which it was issued to admission in all the courts of Vermont as prima facie evidence of the law.(d) The Vermont Statutes Annotated may be cited as "V.S.A."  (Added 2001, No. 30, § 1; amended 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2 V.S.A. § 424
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 13 - Legislative Services|§ 424. Office of Legislative Counsel; revision authority

§ 424. Office of Legislative Counsel; revision authority|In preparing an individual act for codification in the Vermont Statutes Annotated or publication in the Acts and Resolves, the Office of Legislative Counsel may not alter the sense, meaning, or effect of any act of the General Assembly, but it may:  (1) renumber and rearrange sections or parts of sections; (2) transfer sections or divide sections so as to give separate section numbers to distinct subject matters, but without changing the meaning; (3) insert or change the wording of headnotes; (4) change reference numbers to agree with renumbered chapters or sections; (5) substitute the proper section or chapter number for the terms "this act," "the preceding section," and similar terms; (6) strike out figures where they are merely a repetition of written words and vice versa; (7) change capitalization, effect gender neutrality, and make other grammatical corrections for the purpose of conformity with the style of the Vermont Statutes Annotated; (8) correct manifest typographical and grammatical errors; (9) make any changes in any of the forms provided as guides that may be necessitated by changes in the substantive law; (10) correct the names of agencies, departments, and similar units of State government; and (11) make any other purely formal or clerical changes in keeping with the purposes of revision. (Added 2001, No. 30, § 1; amended 2013, No. 5, § 2, eff. April 23, 2013; 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2 V.S.A. § 425
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 13 - Legislative Services|§ 425. Statutory databases

§ 425. Statutory databases|The Office of Legislative Counsel, in collaboration with the Office of Legislative Information Technology, shall maintain computerized databases of the Vermont Statutes Annotated, which shall be posted on the General Assembly's website. The databases shall include the enactment history of a codified statutory section, but shall not maintain the revisor's notes, the judicial annotations added by the publisher, or the Acts and Resolves. (Added 2001, No. 30, § 1; amended 2013, No. 5, § 3, eff. April 23, 2013; 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2 V.S.A. § 426
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 13 - Legislative Services|§ 426. Annual statutory revision legislation

§ 426. Annual statutory revision legislation|Annually, on or before February 1, the Office of Legislative Counsel may prepare and submit to the General Assembly a bill that proposes recommendations of any additions, repeals, or amendments to the existing statutes. (Added 2001, No. 30, § 1; amended 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2 V.S.A. § 461
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 14 - Office of Human Resources|§ 461. Creation and purpose

§ 461. Creation and purpose|The Office of Human Resources is created as a permanent agency to service the members and employees of the General Assembly with nonpartisan human resources services. (Added 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
2 V.S.A. § 462
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 14 - Office of Human Resources|§ 462. Director; employees

§ 462. Director; employees|(a) The Joint Legislative Management Committee shall employ an individual with experience and expertise in human resources management to be the Director of Human Resources. The Committee may conduct the hiring process itself or may delegate this duty to a special hiring committee comprising an equal number of members from the House and Senate, not all of whom shall be from the same political party; however, the Joint Legislative Management Committee shall make the final hiring decision.(b)(1) The Director of Human Resources shall employ human resources and other professional staff as needed to carry out the duties of the Office of Human Resources, except that requests for new, permanent positions shall be subject to the approval of the Joint Legislative Management Committee.  (2) All individuals employed by the Office of Human Resources shall be subject to the personnel policies adopted by the Joint Legislative Management Committee. (3) The provisions of 3 V.S.A. chapter 13 (classification of State personnel) shall not apply to employees of the Office of Human Resources. (Added 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
2 V.S.A. § 463
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 14 - Office of Human Resources|§ 463. Functions

§ 463. Functions|The Office of Human Resources shall provide human resources services to members of the General Assembly and legislative employees, including:  (1) developing, in consultation with the heads of the other legislative offices, compensation and benefits plans and personnel policies for legislative offices and employees for Joint Legislative Management Committee approval and providing advice, guidance, and technical assistance in the administration of these plans and policies; (2) providing training on topics such as the prevention of harassment and discrimination, implicit bias, time management, and other workplace issues; (3) providing job recruitment services to other legislative offices; (4) providing performance evaluation services to other legislative offices; (5) providing advice and guidance to legislative employees, supervisors, and members of the General Assembly regarding labor and employment laws, policies, and practices; (6) coordinating legislative internship opportunities, including registering legislative interns and developing and implementing internship policies and procedures; (7) developing processes for investigating and resolving disputes and other interpersonal issues involving members of the General Assembly or legislative employees, or both; (8) investigating and resolving, and providing guidance and assistance with investigating and resolving, employee disputes and other personnel matters; and (9) providing guidance and assistance with investigating and resolving conflicts involving members of the General Assembly. (Added 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
2 V.S.A. § 464
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 14 - Office of Human Resources|§ 464. Budget

§ 464. Budget|The Director of Human Resources shall propose a budget for the Office of Human Resources to the Joint Legislative Management Committee. (Added 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
2 V.S.A. § 465
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 14 - Office of Human Resources|§ 465. Intergovernmental cooperation

§ 465. Intergovernmental cooperation|For the purposes of carrying out its duties, the Office of Human Resources shall have access to and the right to copy any public record of all executive, administrative, and judicial departments of the State, except income and franchise tax returns and other documents classified as confidential by law. (Added 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
2 V.S.A. § 501
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 15 - Joint Fiscal Committee; Joint Fiscal Office|§ 501. Creation of Committee; purpose

§ 501. Creation of Committee; purpose|(a) There is created a Joint Fiscal Committee whose membership shall be appointed on or before January 15 of each biennial session of the General Assembly. The Committee shall consist of five Representatives and five Senators as follows:  (1) the Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations; (2) the Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means; (3) the Chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations; (4) the Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance; (5) two members of the House, not both from the same political party, appointed by the Speaker of the House; (6) two members of the Senate, not both from the same political party, appointed by the Committee on Committees; and (7) one member of the Senate to be appointed by the Committee on Committees and one member of the House to be appointed by the Speaker.   (b) The Joint Fiscal Committee shall meet immediately following the appointment of its membership to organize and conduct its business. The Committee shall elect a chair, vice chair, and clerk and shall adopt rules of procedure. The Committee may meet at any time at the call of the Chair or a majority of the members of the Committee. A majority of the membership shall constitute a quorum.(c) For attendance at a meeting when the General Assembly is not in session, members of the Joint Fiscal Committee shall be entitled to the same per diem compensation and reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses as provided members of standing committees under section 23 of this title. (Added 1973, No. 128 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 24, 1974; amended 1977, No. 247 (Adj. Sess.), § 202; 1983, No. 88, § 12, eff. July 3, 1983; 1997, No. 61, § 273; 2019, No. 72, § E.127, eff. June 18, 2019; 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
2 V.S.A. § 503
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 15 - Joint Fiscal Committee; Joint Fiscal Office|§ 503. Functions

§ 503. Functions|The Joint Fiscal Committee shall:  (1) hire the Chief Fiscal Officer; (2) carry on a continuing review of the fiscal operations of the State, including revenues, budgeting, and expenditures; (3) accept grants and approve any related limited service positions, gifts, loans, or any other thing of value, approved by the Governor, under the provisions of 32 V.S.A. § 5; (4) establish prioritization for the work of the Joint Fiscal Office; and (5) keep minutes of its meetings and maintain a file thereof. (Added 1973, No. 128 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 24, 1974; amended 1977, No. 247 (Adj. Sess.), § 187, eff. April 17, 1978; 1997, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 17; 2019, No. 72, § E.127.1; 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
2 V.S.A. § 521
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 15 - Joint Fiscal Committee; Joint Fiscal Office|§ 521. Creation and purpose

§ 521. Creation and purpose|The Joint Fiscal Office is created as a permanent agency to provide the General Assembly with services relating to the fiscal operations of the State, including revenues, budgeting, and expenditures. (Added 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
2 V.S.A. § 522
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 2 - Legislature|Chapter 15 - Joint Fiscal Committee; Joint Fiscal Office|§ 522. Chief Fiscal Officer; employees

§ 522. Chief Fiscal Officer; employees|(a)(1) The Joint Fiscal Committee shall employ an individual to be the Chief Fiscal Officer of the Joint Fiscal Office.  (2) The Chief Fiscal Officer shall employ fiscal, research, and other professional staff as needed to carry out the duties of the Joint Fiscal Office, except that requests for new, permanent positions shall be subject to the approval of the Joint Legislative Management Committee.   (b) All individuals employed by the Joint Fiscal Office shall be subject to the personnel policies adopted by the Joint Legislative Management Committee.(c) The provisions of 3 V.S.A. chapter 13 (classification of State personnel) shall not apply to employees of the Joint Fiscal Office unless this exception is partially or wholly waived by the Joint Legislative Management Committee. (Added 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)