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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 30 - Public Service › App 30-9 (No. 08-06) [Statewide Telecommunications Advancement]

Executive Order No. 30-9 (No. 08-06) [Statewide Telecommunications Advancement]
Revoked and rescinded by Executive Order No. 3-50 (codified as Executive Order 10-09), dated December 23, 2009.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 30 - Public Service › App 30-10 (No. 10-12) [Governor’s Energy Generation Siting Policy Commission]

Executive Order No. 30-10 (No. 10-12) [Governor’s Energy Generation Siting Policy Commission]
Revoked and rescinded by Executive Order No. 3-65 (codified as Executive Order 01-15), dated February 13, 2015.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 32 - Taxation and Finance › App 32-1 (No. 32-86) [Allocation of 1986 State Ceiling on Tax Exempt Private Activity Bonds]

Executive Order No. 32-1 (No. 32-86) [Allocation of 1986 State Ceiling on Tax Exempt Private Activity Bonds]
Revoked and rescinded by Executive Order No. 3-65 (codified as Executive Order 01-15), dated February 13, 2015.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 32 - Taxation and Finance › App 32-2 (No. 38-87) [Interim Allocations of 1987 State Ceiling on Tax Exempt Private Activity Bonds]

Executive Order No. 32-2 (No. 38-87) [Interim Allocations of 1987 State Ceiling on Tax Exempt Private Activity Bonds]
Revoked and rescinded by Executive Order No. 3-65 (codified as Executive Order 01-15), dated February 13, 2015.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 32 - Taxation and Finance › App 32-3 (No. 42-87) [Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program]

Executive Order No. 32-3 (No. 42-87) [Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program]
Superseded and replaced by Executive Order No. 01-04 (codified as Executive Order No. 32-7), dated April 2, 2004.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 32 - Taxation and Finance › App 32-4 (No. 42A-87) [Clarification of Executive Order Establishing the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program]

Executive Order No. 32-4 (No. 42A-87) [Clarification of Executive Order Establishing the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program]
Superseded and replaced by Executive Order No. 01-04 (codified as Executive Order No. 32-7), dated April 2, 2004.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 32 - Taxation and Finance › App 32-5 (No. 55-87) [Allocation of 1987 State Ceiling on Tax Exempt Private Activity Bonds]

Executive Order No. 32-5 (No. 55-87) [Allocation of 1987 State Ceiling on Tax Exempt Private Activity Bonds]
Revoked and rescinded by Executive Order No. 3-65 (codified as Executive Order 01-15), dated February 13, 2015.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 32 - Taxation and Finance › App 32-7 (No. 01-04) [Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program]

Executive Order No. 32-7 (No. 01-04) [Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program]
Superseded and replaced by Executive Order No. 32-10 (codified as Executive Order No. 01-04), dated March 7, 2012.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 32 - Taxation and Finance › App 32-9 (No. 14-11) [Private Activity Bond Advisory Committee]

Executive Order No. 32-9 (No. 14-11) [Private Activity Bond Advisory Committee]
Revoked and rescinded by Executive Order No. 3-65 (codified as Executive Order 01-15), dated February 13, 2015.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 33 - Human Services › App 33-1 (No. 03-73) [Cash Recipients of Social Services]

Executive Order No. 33-1 (No. 03-73) [Cash Recipients of Social Services]
Revoked and rescinded by Executive Order No. 3-46 (codified as Executive Order 06-05), dated September 13, 2005.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 33 - Human Services › App 33-2 (No. 02-77) [Licensing and Regulation Division, Human Services Agency]

Executive Order No. 33-2 (No. 02-77) [Licensing and Regulation Division, Human Services Agency]
Revoked and rescinded by Executive Order No. 3-46 (codified as Executive Order 06-05), dated September 13, 2005.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 33 - Human Services › App 33-3 (No. 19-78) [Positions Transferred to Human Services Agency]

Executive Order No. 33-3 (No. 19-78) [Positions Transferred to Human Services Agency]
Revoked and rescinded by Executive Order No. 3-46 (codified as Executive Order 06-05), dated September 13, 2005.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 33 - Human Services › App 33-4 (No. 28-79) [Work Incentive Program]

Executive Order No. 33-4 (No. 28-79) [Work Incentive Program]
Revoked and rescinded by Executive Order No. 3-46 (codified as Executive Order 06-05), dated September 13, 2005.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 33 - Human Services › App 33-5 (No. 33-79) [Transfer of Typist C Position From Office of Secretary of State to Division of Vital Statistics, Department of Health, Agency of Human Services]

Executive Order No. 33-5 (No. 33-79) [Transfer of Typist C Position From Office of Secretary of State to Division of Vital Statistics, Department of Health, Agency of Human Services]
Revoked and rescinded by Executive Order No. 3-46 (codified as Executive Order 06-05), dated September 13, 2005.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 33 - Human Services › App 33-6 (No. 40-79) [Transfer of Van, Utility Driver and Mail Clerk A From Agency of Administration, Division of Purchasing, to Agency of Human Services, Central Office]

Executive Order No. 33-6 (No. 40-79) [Transfer of Van, Utility Driver and Mail Clerk A From Agency of Administration, Division of Purchasing, to Agency of Human Services, Central Office]
Revoked and rescinded by Executive Order No. 3-46 (codified as Executive Order 06-05), dated September 13, 2005.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 33 - Human Services › App 33-7 (No. 51-80) [North East Kingdom Community Action, Inc]

Executive Order No. 33-7 (No. 51-80) [North East Kingdom Community Action, Inc]
WHEREAS, the United States Community Services Administration has determined not to refund Orleans County Council of Social Agencies, Inc. leaving the residents of Caledonia, Essex and Orleans Counties without a Community Action Agency; and
WHEREAS, a Community Action Agency offers significant promise in its mission to mobilize resources to lift the economic condition of the poor and offer them the social, cultural and economic advantages enjoyed by the more fortunate residents of the State; and
WHEREAS, the Community Action Agencies of Vermont, including Orleans County Council of Social Agencies, Inc., were designated by the Governor of the State of Vermont by Executive Order on June 20, 1968.
NOW THEREFORE, I, Richard A. Snelling, Governor of the State of Vermont, by Executive Order, do hereby designate North East Kingdom Community Action, Inc. to serve the towns, villages and cities in the Counties of Caledonia, Essex and Orleans.
The named agency shall work cooperatively with the other Community Action Agencies in the State and with the State Economic Opportunity Office as well as other state agencies in the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of programs to be carried out within the State of Vermont under the auspices of Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended.
Dated July 3, 1980.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 33 - Human Services › App 33-8 (No. 48-87) [Housing Roundtable]

Executive Order No. 33-8 (No. 48-87) [Housing Roundtable]
Revoked and rescinded by Executive Order No. 3-46 (codified as Executive Order 06-05), dated September 13, 2005.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 33 - Human Services › App 33-9 (No. 16-93) [Vermont Commission on National and Community Service]

Executive Order No. 33-9 (No. 16-93) [Vermont Commission on National and Community Service]
Superseded by Executive Order No. 09-98 (codified as Executive Order No. 3-35), effective August 13, 1998.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 33 - Human Services › App 33-10 (No. 02-95) [Vermont Housing Council]

Executive Order No. 33-10 (No. 02-95) [Vermont Housing Council]
Rescinded by Executive Order No. 33-22 (codified as Executive Order No. 08-11), dated June 16, 2011.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 33 - Human Services › App 33-11 (No. 18-03) [Vermont Interagency Council on Homelessness]

Executive Order No. 33-11 (No. 18-03) [Vermont Interagency Council on Homelessness]
Superseded and replaced by Executive Order No. 33-15 (codified as Executive Order No. 06-05), dated August 31, 2006.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 33 - Human Services › App 33-12 (No. 05-04) [Building Bright Futures: Vermont’s Alliance for Children Transitional Board]

Executive Order No. 33-12 (No. 05-04) [Building Bright Futures: Vermont’s Alliance for Children Transitional Board]
Superseded and replaced by Executive Order No. 33-14 (codified as Executive Order 03-06), dated June 5, 2006.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 33 - Human Services › App 33-14 (No. 03-06) [Building Bright Futures Council: A Public/Private Partnership]

Executive Order No. 33-14 (No. 03-06) [Building Bright Futures Council: A Public/Private Partnership]
Superseded and replaced by Executive Order No. 1-08 (codified as Executive Order No. 33-17), dated February 8, 2008.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 33 - Human Services › App 33-15 (No. 05-06) [Vermont Interagency Council on Homelessness]

Executive Order No. 33-15 (No. 05-06) [Vermont Interagency Council on Homelessness]
Superseded and replaced by Executive Order No. 33-24 (codified as Executive Order No. 03-12), dated January 25, 2012.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 33 - Human Services › App 33-17 (No. 01-08) [Building Bright Futures Council: A Public/Private Partnership]

Executive Order No. 33-17 (No. 01-08) [Building Bright Futures Council: A Public/Private Partnership]
Superseded and replaced by Executive Order No. 33-19 (codified as Executive Order No. 06-09), dated June 27, 2009.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 33 - Human Services › App 33-19 (No. 06-09) [Building Bright Futures: A Public/Private Partnership]

Executive Order No. 33-19 (No. 06-09) [Building Bright Futures: A Public/Private Partnership]
Expired by its own terms, effective June 30, 2010.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 33 - Human Services › App 33-20 (No. 08-10) [Drug Utilization Review Board]

Executive Order No. 33-20 (No. 08-10) [Drug Utilization Review Board]
Superseded and replaced by Executive Order No. 33-26 (codified as Executive Order No. 07-19), dated September 5, 2019.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 33 - Human Services › App 33-21 (No. 07-11) [Vermont Council on Interstate Juvenile Supervision]

Executive Order No. 33-21 (No. 07-11) [Vermont Council on Interstate Juvenile Supervision]
WHEREAS, effective July 1, 2010, Vermont became a compacting state to the Interstate Compact for Juveniles pursuant to section 12 of Act 108 of the 2009 Adjourned Session;
WHEREAS, the Interstate Compact for Juveniles (“the compact”) requires each compacting state to create a state council for interstate juvenile supervision;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the compact each compacting state is required to appointed a compact administrator to administer and manage the state’s supervision and transfer of individuals subject to the compact; and
WHEREAS, each compacting state is entitled to one voting representative on the Interstate Commission for Juveniles (“the commission”);
NOW, THERE, I, Peter Shumlin hereby establish the Vermont Council on Interstate Juvenile Supervision (“the council”).
1. Council composition: The council shall be made up of the following:
a. A representative from the Vermont Department of Children and Families (“DCF”), appointed by the commissioner of DCF, who shall serve as compact administrator and as the state’s representative on the commission;
b. A representative from DCF, appointed by the commissioner of DCF, who shall serve as deputy compact administrator and who shall discharge the duties of the compact administrator in the administrator’s absence;
c. One representative from the Vermont center for crime victims services to be appointed by the board of the Vermont center for crime victims services;
d. One representative from the judiciary to be appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; and
e. One representative of the legislative branch appointed by the general assembly pursuant to a process determined by the joint rules committee.
2. Member’s terms: Each council member’s term shall begin on February 1 of odd-numbered years and shall continue for two years and until a successor is appointed. If a position becomes vacant during a term, it shall be filled in the manner described above for the balance of that term. Members may be reappointed without limitation.
3. Council responsibilities: The council shall be advisory to DCF concerning the state’s participation in commission activities. In addition, the council may designate a designee to the commission if the compact administrator and deputy compact administrator are unavailable.
4. Staffing: DCF shall carry out the state’s duties pursuant to the compact, and shall provide administrative support to the council.
This Executive Order shall take effect upon signing.
Dated June 16, 2011.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 33 - Human Services › App 33-22 (No. 08-11) [Vermont Housing Council]

Executive Order No. 33-22 (No. 08-11) [Vermont Housing Council]
Superseded and replaced by Executive Order No. 33-27 (codified as Executive Order No. 01-23), dated May 10, 2023.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 3 Appendix - Executive Orders › Chapter 33 - Human Services › App 33-24 (No. 03-12) [Vermont Council on Homelessness]

Executive Order No. 33-24 (No. 03-12) [Vermont Council on Homelessness]
Superseded and replaced by Executive Order No. 33-27 (codified as Executive Order No. 01-23), dated May 10, 2023.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 1. Unified court system established

§ 1. Unified court system established
The Judiciary shall be a unified court system under the administrative control of the Supreme Court. It shall consist of an appellate division, which shall be the Supreme Court, and a trial division, which shall consist of a trial court of general jurisdiction to be known as the Superior Court, and a Judicial Bureau. (Amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 2. Supreme Court established; jurisdiction

§ 2. Supreme Court established; jurisdiction
(a) The Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of appeals from judgments, rulings, and orders of the Superior Court, administrative agencies, boards, commissions, and officers unless otherwise provided by law.
(b) The Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction, concurrent with the Superior Court, of proceedings in certiorari, mandamus, prohibition, and quo warranto and shall have jurisdiction to issue all writs, processes, and orders that may be necessary to the furtherance of justice and the regular execution of the law. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. March 29, 1972; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 3. Judicial officers; administrative and disciplinary control

§ 3. Judicial officers; administrative and disciplinary control
The Supreme Court shall have administrative and disciplinary control of all judicial officers of the State, in addition to and not inconsistent with the constitutional powers of the General Assembly in those matters. It shall promulgate a Code of Judicial Ethics that shall be binding on those officers for disciplinary purposes. It may promulgate rules providing for the exercise of disciplinary control, including providing for the manner of making and disposing of complaints of violations of judicial ethics, a committee of the Judiciary for determining issues raised by complaints, and imposing sanctions, including when appropriate suspension from judicial duties for the balance of the term of the judicial officer charged. (1965, No. 194, § 14; amended 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 4. Justices

§ 4. Justices
(a) The Supreme Court shall consist of one Chief Justice and four Associate Justices, appointed in accordance with the Constitution and chapter 15 of this title or retained in office under subsection (c) of this section.
(b) When the Office of Chief Justice becomes vacant for any reason, the duties of that Office shall forthwith devolve upon the Justice with the longest period of service on the Supreme Court until the appointment of a Chief Justice in accordance with the Constitution.
(c) A Supreme Court Justice may file in the Office of the Secretary of State, on or before September 1 of the year preceding the expiration of the term for which the Justice was appointed or retained, a declaration that the Justice will be a candidate for retention. However, a Justice appointed and having taken the oath of office after September 1 of the year preceding the expiration of the term of office shall automatically be a candidate for retention without filing notice. When a Justice files such a declaration, the Justice’s name shall be submitted to the General Assembly for a vote on retention. The General Assembly shall vote upon one ballot on the question “Shall the following Supreme Court Justices be retained in office?” The names of the Justices shall be followed by “Yes __ No __ .” If a majority of those voting on the question vote against retention, upon expiration of the term of office, a vacancy shall exist that shall be filled by appointment in accordance with the Constitution and chapter 15 of this title; if the majority vote is in favor of retention, the Justice shall, unless removed for cause, remain in office for another term and, at its end, shall be eligible for retention in office in the manner prescribed pursuant to this subsection.
(d) The Court Administrator shall notify the Secretary of State whenever a Justice is appointed and takes the oath of office after September 1 of the year preceding the expiration of the term of office to which the Justice has succeeded, thereby resulting in automatic notification of an intention to continue in office. Whenever a Justice files a declaration under subsection (c) of this section, or notification occurs automatically, the Secretary of State shall notify the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the Office of Legislative Counsel, and the Office of Legislative Operations forthwith. (Amended 1967, No. 306 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1969, No. 125, § 8; 1975, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1981, No. 3, § 1; 1985, No. 98, § 1; 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 21; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 5. Term of Justices

§ 5. Term of Justices
(a) The term of the Justices, except in case of an appointment to fill a vacancy, shall be for a term of six years from and including April 1 in the year of such appointment or retention under subsection 4(c) of this title. When a Justice of the Supreme Court who has sat at the hearing of a cause retires from office before such cause is decided, the Justice shall remain a member of such Court for the purpose of assisting in the decision thereof and of signing the entry order, provided that such service may extend only to the following term of Court. For such service, the Justice shall receive a reasonable compensation to be fixed by the Justices of such Court and reasonable expenses while on office business.
(b) A Justice shall remain in office until a successor is appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed for cause or unless he or she resigns. (Amended 1975, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1985, No. 98, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 8. General and special terms

§ 8. General and special terms
The terms of the Supreme Court and times and places of those terms shall be stated by administrative order of the Supreme Court. The Court Administrator shall act as Clerk of the Supreme Court. (Amended 1963, No. 15, § 1; 1967, No. 174, § 1; 1979, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 18. Opinions; filing and preservation; copies

§ 18. Opinions; filing and preservation; copies
(a) Each opinion of the Supreme Court shall be signed by one or more of the Justices and filed with the reporter of decisions.
(b) When a volume of the Vermont Reports has been published, the reporter shall transmit for preservation the original opinions in the cases printed in the volume to the clerk of the general term.
(c) On tender of the fees for a certified copy of any opinion, the reporter or clerk shall furnish the certified copy to any person applying for the same.
(d) The reporter shall forthwith furnish the Commissioner of Labor, free of charge, copies of all opinions filed involving the administration of the labor laws of the State. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. March 29, 1972; 2005, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 5, 2006; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. July 1, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 21. Court Administrator

§ 21. Court Administrator
The Office of Court Administrator is hereby created. He or she shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Supreme Court, which shall fix his or her salary and prescribe his or her duties from time to time. He or she shall devote full time to his or her official duties to the exclusion of engagement in any other business or profession for profit. (Added 1967, No. 174, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 21a. Duties of the Chief Superior Judge

§ 21a. Duties of the Chief Superior Judge
(a) The Chief Superior Judge shall assign and specially assign Superior judges, including themselves, and Environmental judges to the Superior Court. All Superior judges except Environmental judges shall be subject to the requirements of rotation as ordered by the Supreme Court. Assignments made pursuant to the rotation schedule shall be subject to the approval of the Supreme Court.
(b) In making any assignment under this section, the Chief Superior Judge shall give consideration to the experience, temperament, and training of a judge and the needs of the court. In making an assignment to the Environmental Division, the Chief Superior Judge shall give consideration to experience and expertise in environmental and land use law and shall assign or specially assign judges in a manner to provide appropriate attention to all geographic areas of the State.
(c) In making any assignments to the Environmental Division under this section, the Chief Superior Judge shall regularly assign two judges, at least one of whom shall be an Environmental judge. An Environmental judge may be assigned to other divisions in the Superior Court for a period of time not exceeding two years. When assigned to other divisions in the Superior Court, the Environmental judge shall have all the powers and responsibilities of a Superior judge. (Added 1989, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1990; amended 1993, No. 232 (Adj. Sess.), § 40; 1995, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; 1999, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 71, eff. May 24, 2000; 2001, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 71, eff. June 27, 2002; 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. Jan. 31, 2005; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2021, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. May 31, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 22. Designation and special assignment of judicial officers and retired judicial officers

§ 22. Designation and special assignment of judicial officers and retired judicial officers
(a)(1) The Chief Justice may appoint and assign a retired Justice or judge, with the Justice’s or judge’s consent, or a Superior or Probate judge to a special assignment on the Supreme Court. The Chief Justice may appoint, and the Chief Superior Judge shall assign, an active or retired Justice or a retired judge, with the Justice’s or judge’s consent, to any special assignment in the Superior Court or the Judicial Bureau.
(2) The Chief Superior Judge may appoint and assign a judge to any special assignment in the Superior Court. For purposes of this subdivision, a judge shall include a Superior judge, a Probate judge, a Family Division magistrate, a judicial hearing officer, or a judicial master.
(b) The Chief Superior Judge may appoint and assign a member of the Vermont Bar residing within the State of Vermont to serve temporarily as:
(1) an acting judge in Superior Court;
(2) an acting magistrate;
(3) an acting Probate judge; or
(4) an acting hearing officer to hear cases in the Judicial Bureau.
(c) Special assignments may be made as a result of the disqualification, disability, or death of a Justice or judge, or because of the vacancy of a judicial office, or because the business of the court requires. When so designated and assigned and in the actual performance of those judicial duties, an appointee shall have all the powers and authority of the assigned judicial office, but not otherwise, and shall retain them until the duties devolving upon him or her are fully performed. A designated and assigned Justice or judge or acting judge shall not be counted in the number of Justices or judges provided by law.
(d) [Repealed.]
(e) The Supreme Court shall develop and provide whatever judicial training it deems necessary to enable persons who are specially assigned under this section to carry out their assigned judicial duties.
(f) In making an appointment under subsection (b) of this section, the Chief Superior Judge shall apply the criteria and standards for judicial appointments contained in section 601 of this title. (Added 1973, No. 268 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 1, 1974; amended 1977, No. 235 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1979, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1995, No. 59, § 1; 1995, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 18; 1997, No. 5, §§ 1, 2, eff. April 8, 1997; 1997, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2001, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 72, eff. June 27, 2002; 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. Jan. 31, 2005; 2005, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. May 20, 2006; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2013, No. 170 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2014; 2021, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. May 31, 2022; 2023, No. 46, § 2, eff. June 5, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 23. Compensation

§ 23. Compensation
In the performance of judicial duties, the specially assigned judicial officer shall be entitled to a per diem equal to the daily compensation authorized for the judicial position to which he or she is assigned and necessary expenses. An acting judge in Criminal Division of the Superior Court shall receive $75.00 a day and necessary expenses. Payment of compensation for special judicial assignments shall not diminish the retirement compensation of retired judicial officers. However, a retired judicial officer shall not receive total annual compensation in excess of the annual salary of a Superior judge. Active judicial officers shall receive the compensation of their regular judicial office or that of the office to which they are specially assigned, whichever is greater. (Added 1973, No. 268 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 1, 1974; amended 1977, No. 235 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1979, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2009, No. 154, § 238.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 25. Judicial Branch; furlough days; administrative leave

§ 25. Judicial Branch; furlough days; administrative leave
(a) The Supreme Court is authorized to declare up to 12 unpaid Judicial Branch furlough days in a fiscal year and on those days may close the courts in the State. For purposes of implementing a furlough day, the Supreme Court is authorized to reduce on a daily or hourly basis all salaries established by 32 V.S.A. §§ 1003(c), 1141, and 1142 and all other salaries paid by the Judicial Branch. Furlough days declared under this section shall have the same effect as holidays under 1 V.S.A. § 371 for the purpose of counting time under the Rules of Court Procedure and the Vermont Statutes Annotated.
(b) The Supreme Court is authorized to pay on an hourly basis all persons whose compensation is established by 32 V.S.A. §§ 1010, 1511, and 1551 and 4 V.S.A. §§ 23, 75, and 356.
(c) The Supreme Court may allow Supreme Court Justices, Superior judges, Environmental judges, magistrates, hearing officers, Probate judges, Superior Court clerks, or any State-compensated employees of the Judicial Branch not covered by a collective bargaining agreement to take an administrative leave of absence without pay, or with pay if the person is called to active duty in support of an extended national or State military operation. These judicial officers and State employees shall be entitled to be compensated in the same manner as Judicial Branch employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement called to active duty. The Court Administrator, at the direction of the Supreme Court, shall include provisions in the personnel rules of the Judiciary to administer these leaves of absence. (Added 1991, No. 50, § 97a; amended 1991, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2003, No. 66, § 114a; 2003, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 99a, 100; 2005, No. 66, § 4; 2009, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § E.204.1, eff. June 2, 2009; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 26. Half-time judges

§ 26. Half-time judges
Of the Superior judge positions authorized by this title, up to two may be shared, each by two half-time judges. Of the magistrate positions authorized by this title, one may be shared by two half-time magistrates. Of the hearing officer positions authorized by this title, one may be shared by two half-time hearing officers. Half-time Superior judges, magistrates, and hearing officers shall be paid proportionally and shall receive the same benefits as State employees who share a job. Half-time Superior judges, magistrates, and hearing officers shall not engage in the active practice of law for remuneration. (Added 1995, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 17; amended 1997, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 36; 1999, No. 58, § 1; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 27. Court Technology Special Fund

§ 27. Court Technology Special Fund
There is established the Court Technology Special Fund that shall be managed in accordance with 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5. Administrative fees collected pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 7252 and revenue collected pursuant to fees established pursuant to sections 1105 and 1109 of this title shall be deposited and credited to this Fund. The Fund shall be available to the Judicial Branch to pay for contractual and operating expenses and project-related staffing not covered by the General Fund related to the following:
(1) the acquisition and maintenance of software and hardware needed for case management, electronic filing, an electronic document management system, and the expense of implementation, including training;
(2) the acquisition and maintenance of electronic audio and video court recording and conferencing equipment; and
(3) the acquisition, maintenance, and support of the Judiciary’s information technology network, including training. (Added 2007, No. 65, § 61; amended 2007, No. 192 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.026; 2023, No. 46, § 3, eff. June 5, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 27a. Contracts for Internet service

§ 27a. Contracts for Internet service
Every contract to provide broadband Internet access service, as defined in 3 V.S.A. § 348(d)(1), for the Judicial Branch shall 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 3 V.S.A. § 348. (Added 2017, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 27b. Self-attested declaration in lieu of notarization

§ 27b. Self-attested declaration in lieu of notarization
(a) Any document that would otherwise require the approval or verification of a notary may be filed with the following language inserted above the signature and date:
“I declare that the above statement is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief. I understand that if the above statement is false, I will be subject to the penalty of perjury or to other sanctions in the discretion of the court.”
(b) A document filed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall not require the approval or verification of a notary.
(c) This section shall not apply to an affidavit in support of a search warrant application, an application for a nontestimonial identification order, an oath required by 14 V.S.A. §108, or consents and relinquishments in adoption proceedings governed by Title 15A. (Added 2019, No. 77, § 4, eff. June 19, 2019; amended 2023, No. 46, § 4, eff. June 5, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 28. Municipal Ticket Repayment Revolving Fund

§ 28. Municipal Ticket Repayment Revolving Fund
(a) The Municipal Ticket Repayment Revolving Fund is created for the purpose of facilitating the transfer of incorrectly deposited Judicial Bureau payments to the appropriate municipality. A municipality may request a loan from the Municipal Ticket Repayment Revolving Fund in the amount owed another municipality if the municipality requesting the loan:
(1) received payments from the Judicial Bureau that were actually owed to the other municipality for penalties collected by the Judicial Bureau for violations of an ordinance within the other municipality; and
(2) received such payments from the Judicial Bureau between June 30, 2004 and June 30, 2007.
(b) The Court Administrator shall have the authority to approve all loans from the Municipal Ticket Repayment Revolving Fund. To request a loan from the Fund, a municipality shall file an application on a form approved by the Court Administrator by July 1, 2008. The application shall contain the following information:
(1) an agreement, signed by both municipalities, defining the amount owed by one municipality to the other; and
(2) a plan for the municipality requesting the loan to repay the Fund by July 1, 2013. The plan may authorize the Court Administrator to withhold Judicial Bureau violation payments to the municipality requesting the loan for deposit into the Fund.
(c) The maximum loan balance at any time shall be $250,000.00 for one municipality and $400,000.00 for all municipalities. The Court Administrator shall administer the Municipal Ticket Repayment Revolving Fund and shall establish procedures to allocate the available funds fairly and equitably. Upon the recommendation of the Court Administrator, the Secretary of Administration shall approve spending in anticipation of receipts from the Fund up to a maximum of $220,000.00.
(d) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the sending or receiving municipality from otherwise agreeing on, or bringing a civil action to resolve, overpayment issues prior to June 30, 2004.
(e) Upon completion of the agreements authorized by this section, the remaining balance in the Fund shall be deposited in the Court Technology Special Fund pursuant to section 27 of this title. (Added 2007, No. 51, § 16; amended 2007, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 83, eff. March 6, 2008; 2013, No. 50, § E.204.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 30. Superior Court

§ 30. Superior Court
(a)(1) A Superior Court having statewide jurisdiction is created. The Superior Court shall have the following divisions:
(A) A Civil Division, which shall be a court of record and have jurisdiction over the matters described in section 31 of this title. The Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure shall apply in the Civil Division.
(B) A Criminal Division, which shall be a court of record and have jurisdiction over the matters described in section 32 of this title. The Vermont Rules of Criminal Procedure shall apply to criminal matters in the Criminal Division, and the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure shall apply to civil matters in the Criminal Division.
(C) A Family Division, which shall be a court of record and have jurisdiction over the matters described in section 33 of this title. The Vermont Rules of Family Procedure shall apply in the Family Division.
(D) An Environmental Division, which shall be a court of record and have jurisdiction over the matters described in section 34 of this title. The Vermont Rules for Environmental Proceedings shall apply in the Environmental Division.
(E) A Probate Division, which shall have jurisdiction over the matters described in section 35 of this title. The Vermont Rules of Probate Procedure shall apply in the Probate Division.
(2) The Supreme Court shall promulgate rules, subject to review by the Legislative Committee on Judicial Rules under 12 V.S.A. chapter 1, that establish criteria for the transfer of cases between divisions.
(b) The Supreme Court shall by rule divide the Superior Court into 14 geographical units that shall follow county lines, except that, subject to the venue requirements of subsection 1001(e) of this title, the Environmental Division shall be a court of statewide jurisdiction and shall not be otherwise divided into geographical units. The Superior Court shall be held in each unit of the State.
(c) Terms of the Superior Court shall be stated by administrative orders of the Supreme Court. The Court Administrator shall provide appropriate security services for each court in the State. (Added 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 7, 7a.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 31. Jurisdiction; Civil Division

§ 31. Jurisdiction; Civil Division
The Civil Division shall have:
(1) original and exclusive jurisdiction of all original civil actions, except as otherwise provided in sections 2, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 1102 of this title;
(2) appellate jurisdiction of causes, civil and criminal, appealable to the court;
(3) original jurisdiction, concurrent with the Supreme Court, of proceedings in certiorari, mandamus, prohibition, and quo warranto;
(4) exclusive jurisdiction to hear and dispose of any requests to modify or enforce orders in civil cases previously issued by the Superior or District Court other than orders relating to those actions listed in sections 437 and 454 of this title; and
(5) jurisdiction to hear and dispose of any other matter brought before the court pursuant to law that is not subject to the jurisdiction of another division. (Added 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 7b; amended 2013, No. 34, § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 32. Jurisdiction; Criminal Division

§ 32. Jurisdiction; Criminal Division
(a) The Criminal Division shall have jurisdiction to try, render judgment, and pass sentence in prosecutions for felonies and misdemeanors.
(b) The Criminal Division shall have jurisdiction to try and finally determine prosecutions for violations of bylaws or ordinances of a village, town, or city, except as otherwise provided.
(c) The Criminal Division shall have jurisdiction of the following civil actions:
(1) appeals of final decisions of the Judicial Bureau;
(2) DUI license suspension hearings filed pursuant to 23 V.S.A. chapter 24;
(3) extradition proceedings filed pursuant to 13 V.S.A. chapter 159;
(4) drug forfeiture proceedings under 18 V.S.A. chapter 84, subchapter 2;
(5) fish and wildlife forfeiture proceedings under 10 V.S.A. chapter 109;
(6) liquor forfeiture proceedings under 7 V.S.A. chapter 19;
(7) hearings relating to refusal to provide a DNA sample pursuant to 20 V.S.A. § 1935;
(8) automobile forfeiture and immobilization proceedings under 23 V.S.A. chapters 9 and 13;
(9) sex offender proceedings pursuant to 13 V.S.A. §§ 5411(e) and 5411d(f);
(10) restitution modification proceedings pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 7043(k);
(11) municipal parking violation proceedings pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 1974a(e) if the municipality has established an administrative procedure enabling a person to contest the violation and the person has exhausted the administrative procedure;
(12) proceedings to enforce 9 V.S.A. chapter 74, relating to energy efficiency standards for appliances and equipment; and
(13) proceedings to enforce 30 V.S.A. § 53, relating to commercial building energy standards. (Added 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 7c; amended 2023, No. 46, § 5, eff. June 5, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 34. Jurisdiction; Environmental Division

§ 34. Jurisdiction; Environmental Division
The Environmental Division shall have:
(1) jurisdiction of matters arising under 10 V.S.A. chapters 201 and 220;
(2) jurisdiction of matters arising under 24 V.S.A. chapter 61, subchapter 12 and chapter 117; and
(3) original jurisdiction to revoke permits under 10 V.S.A. chapter 151. (Added 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 7e.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 35. Jurisdiction; Probate Division

§ 35. Jurisdiction; Probate Division
The Probate Division shall have jurisdiction of:
(1) the probate of wills;
(2) the settlement of estates;
(3) the administration of trusts pursuant to Title 14A;
(4) trusts of absent persons’ estates;
(5) charitable, cemetery, and philanthropic trusts;
(6) the appointment of guardians, and of the powers, duties, and rights of guardians and wards;
(7) proceedings concerning 18 V.S.A. chapter 231;
(8) accountings of attorneys-in-fact where no guardian has been appointed and the agent has reason to believe the principal is incompetent;
(9) adoptions and relinquishment for adoption;
(10) uniform gifts to minors;
(11) changes of name;
(12) issuance of new birth certificates and amendment of birth certificates;
(13) correction or amendment of civil marriage certificates and death certificates;
(14) emergency waiver of premarital medical certificates;
(15) proceedings relating to cemetery lots;
(16) trusts relating to community mausoleums or columbaria;
(17) civil actions brought under 18 V.S.A. chapter 107, subchapter 3, relating to disposition of remains;
(18) proceedings relating to the conveyance of a homestead interest of a spouse under a legal disability;
(19) the issuance of declaratory judgments;
(20) issuance of certificates of public good authorizing the civil marriage of persons under 16 years of age;
(21) appointment of administrators to discharge mortgages held by deceased mortgagees;
(22) appointment of trustees for persons confined under sentences of imprisonment;
(23) fixation of compensation and expenses of boards of arbitrators of death taxes of Vermont domiciliaries;
(24) emancipation of minors proceedings filed pursuant to 12 V.S.A. chapter 217;
(25) grandparent visitation proceedings under 15 V.S.A. chapter 18;
(26) other matters as provided by law; and
(27) concurrent with the Family Division, special immigration judicial determinations regarding the custody and care of children within the meaning of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(27)(J) and 8 C.F.R. § 204.11) issued pursuant to 14 V.S.A. chapter 111, subchapter 14. (Added 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 7f, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; amended 2019, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 28, eff. Oct. 7, 2020.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 37. Venue

§ 37. Venue
(a) The venue for all actions filed in the Superior Court, whether heard in the Civil, Criminal, Family, Environmental, or Probate Division, shall be as provided in law.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Supreme Court may promulgate venue rules, subject to review by the Legislative Committee on Judicial Rules under 12 V.S.A. chapter 1, which are consistent with the following policies:
(1) Proceedings involving a case shall be heard in the unit in which the case was brought, subject to the following exceptions:
(A) when the parties have agreed otherwise;
(B) status conferences, minor hearings, or other nonevidentiary proceedings; or
(C) when a change in venue is necessary to ensure access to justice for the parties or required for the fair and efficient administration of justice.
(2) The electronic filing of cases on a statewide basis should be facilitated, and the Court is authorized to promulgate rules establishing an electronic case-filing system.
(3) The use of technology to ease travel burdens on citizens and the courts should be promoted. For example, venue requirements should be deemed satisfied for some court proceedings when a person, including a judge, makes an appearance via video technology, even if the judge is not physically present in the same location as the person making the appearance.
(4)(A) Subject to subdivision (B) of this subdivision (4), in proceedings involving the termination of parental rights, the Supreme Court is authorized to designate a region of no more than four counties in which the venue for specified types of cases in the region shall be the region as a whole, irrespective of the county in which the venue would lie for the case under the governing statute. A designation under this subdivision shall be made by rule and shall be reviewed by the Legislative Committee on Judicial Rules pursuant to 12 V.S.A. § 1.
(B) A region designated pursuant to subdivision (A) of this subdivision (4) shall not include Grand Isle or Essex County for purposes of permitting termination of parental rights proceedings originating in Grand Isle or Essex County to be heard in other counties or regions unless all parties consent. This subdivision shall not preclude termination of parental rights proceedings originating in other counties from being heard in Grand Isle or Essex County. (Added 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; amended 2015, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. June 6, 2016.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 4 - Judiciary › Chapter 1 - Supreme Court › § 39. Capital budget requests; county courthouses

§ 39. Capital budget requests; county courthouses
(a) On or before October 1 each year, any county requesting capital funds for its courthouse, or court operations, shall submit a request to the Court Administrator.
(b) The Court Administrator shall evaluate requests based on the following criteria:
(1) whether the funding request relates to an emergency that will affect the court operations and the administration of justice;
(2) whether there is a State-owned courthouse in the county that could absorb court activities in lieu of this capital investment;
(3) whether the county consistently has invested in major maintenance in the courthouse;
(4) whether the request relates to a State-mandated function;
(5) whether the request diverts resources of other current Judiciary capital priorities;
(6) whether the request is consistent with the long-term capital needs of the Judiciary, including providing court services adapted to modern needs and requirements; and
(7) any other criteria as deemed appropriate by the Court Administrator.
(c) Based on the criteria described in subsection (b) of this section, the Court Administrator shall make a recommendation to the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services regarding whether the county’s request should be included as part of the Judiciary’s request for capital funding in the Governor’s annual proposed capital budget request.
(d) On or before January 15 of each year, the Court Administrator shall advise the House Committee on Corrections and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Institutions of all county requests received and the Court Administrator’s recommendations for the proposed capital budget request. (Added 2015, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 31.)