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: 20 V.S.A. § 1543)
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§ 1543. Preferences in appointment to State positions
In certification for appointment, in appointment, in employing, in retention of employment
position, whether in classified or unclassified civil service, whether for temporary
or for extended time, wherever State funds furnish the payroll, preference shall be
given to:
(1) ex-service personnel who served on active duty in any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces
and have been separated from active duty under honorable conditions and who have established
the present existence of a service-connected disability or who are receiving compensation
or disability retirement benefits by reason of public laws administered by the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs, or the U.S. Department of Defense;
(2) spouses of service-connected disabled ex-service personnel who have themselves been
unable to qualify for any civil service appointment by reason of their disability;
(3) unmarried widows or widowers of deceased ex-service personnel who served on active
duty in the U.S. Armed Forces during any war, or in any campaign or expedition for
which a campaign badge has been authorized, or during the period specified in subdivision
(5) of this section and who were separated from active duty under honorable conditions;
(4) ex-service personnel who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces, during any
war, or in any campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized,
and have been separated from active duty under honorable conditions; and
(5) ex-service personnel who have served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces during
the period beginning July 1, 1955, and have been separated from the U.S. Armed Forces
under honorable conditions. (Amended 1967, No. 268 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 7, 1968; 1987, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2021, No. 20, § 146; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 377, eff. July 1, 2022.)