The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
§ 701. Creation and purpose
The Office of Legislative Information Technology is created as a permanent agency
to serve the members and employees of the General Assembly with information technology
resources and nonpartisan technology-related services. (Added 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 8.)
§ 702. Director; employees
(a) The Joint Legislative Management Committee shall employ an individual with experience
and expertise in information technology to be the Director of Legislative Information
Technology. 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 shall employ additional information technology staff as needed to carry
out the duties of the Office of Legislative Information Technology, 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 Information Technology 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 Information Technology unless this exception is partially or wholly waived
by the Joint Legislative Management Committee. (Added 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 8.)
§ 703. Functions; confidentiality
(a) The Office of Legislative Information Technology shall:
(1) design, support, and maintain the General Assembly’s information systems;
(2) provide hardware, software, and customer support to members and employees of the General
Assembly to enable them to fulfill their professional responsibilities; and
(3) ensure that legislative records created, received, stored, or transmitted using information
technology are maintained in accordance with the General Assembly’s recordkeeping
requirements.
(b) Any draft of a report or other work in progress generated by or submitted to the Office
of Legislative Information Technology shall remain confidential until it has been
finalized. (Added 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; amended 2023, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § E.126.1, eff. July 1, 2024.)
§ 704. Strategic plan for legislative information technology
(a) The Director of Legislative Information Technology shall prepare, maintain, and update,
at least biennially, a long-range strategic plan for information technology operations
and services in the Legislative Branch.
(b) In preparing the plan, the Director or designee shall consult with members of the
Joint Information Technology Oversight Committee, other members of the General Assembly,
and employees of other legislative staff offices. In addition, the Director or designee
may also consult with the State Archivist, representatives of the Executive and Judicial
Branches, and members of the public.
(c) The strategic plan shall be subject to review and approval by the Joint Legislative
Management Committee. (Added 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 8.)
§ 705. Contracts for internet service
Every contract for broadband internet access service, as defined in 3 V.S.A. § 348(d)(1), for the Legislative 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.), § 5; amended 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 11(d) (redesignated from 2 V.S.A. § 754).)
§ 706. Budget
The Director of Legislative Information Technology shall propose a budget for the
Office of Legislative Information Technology to the Joint Legislative Management Committee. (Added 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 8.)