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.
(Cite as: 2 V.S.A. § 262)
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§ 262. Exempted persons
The following persons are exempt from the registration and reporting provisions of
this chapter:
(1) a person who engages in lobbying solely by testifying before committees of the General
Assembly and agencies, departments, divisions, offices, boards, and commissions of
State government and providing information requested by legislators or administrative
officials;
(2) a duly-elected or appointed official or employee of the United States, the State of
Vermont, or of any instrumentality, agency, or governmental subdivision of the foregoing,
when acting solely in connection with matters relating to the person’s office or public
duties. However, if one of the foregoing individuals or entities contracts with a
lobbyist, that person or entity, as well as that lobbyist, shall comply with the provisions
of this chapter;
(3) the government of the United States, of the State of Vermont, or of any instrumentality,
agency, or political subdivision of the foregoing;
(4) a person who owns, publishes, or is employed by any news medium while engaged solely
in the acquisition or dissemination of news on behalf of the news medium. (Added 1989, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 30, 1990; amended 2005, No. 99 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.)