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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GENERAL PROVISIONS; STATE CODE OF ETHICS
(Cite as: 3 V.S.A. § 1203i)
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§ 1203i. Employment restrictions
(a) Outside employment. A public servant shall not seek or engage in outside employment or activities that
are inconsistent, incompatible, or in conflict with the public servant’s official
duties.
(b) Post-government employment.
(1) Executive officers. Executive officers shall comply with the post- government employment restrictions
prescribed in section 267 of this title and 2 V.S.A. § 266(b) and (c).
(2) Legislators. Legislators shall comply with the post-government employment restrictions prescribed
in 2 V.S.A. § 266(b).
(3) Legislative Branch employees. Except as permitted in subdivision (4) of this subsection, for one year after leaving
office, a former Legislative Branch employee may not, for compensation, appear before
the General Assembly or its subparts, or the office in which the employee served in
at the time of leaving service, to advocate for anyone other than the State, concerning
any matter in which the State has a direct and substantial interest.
(4) Contracting exception. The limitations in subdivisions (1) through (3) of this subsection do not apply to
individuals providing information or services to the State pursuant to contracts of
the State unless the public servant is otherwise prohibited from doing so by State
or federal law.
(5) Representation restrictions. After leaving State service or employment, a public servant shall not knowingly,
with the intent to advocate for an outcome of an investigation, application, ruling,
license, contract, claim, rulemaking, charge, arrest, or quasi-judicial or judicial
proceeding, communicate with or appear before the State on matters involving specific
parties in which the employee participated personally and substantially during government
service and in which the State is a party or has a direct and substantial interest. (Added 2021, No. 102 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2022.)