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.
Subchapter
001
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OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
(Cite as: 2 V.S.A. § 402)
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§ 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.)