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: 24 V.S.A. § 1207)
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§ 1207. Ex parte communications
(a) A presiding officer shall not communicate, directly or indirectly, with any party,
party’s representative, party’s counsel, or any person interested in the outcome of
the proceeding, on any issue in the proceeding, while the proceeding is pending, without
notice and opportunity for all parties to participate.
(b) No other members of a local board sitting in a contested hearing shall communicate
on any issue in the proceeding, directly or indirectly, with any party, party’s representative,
party’s counsel, or any person interested in the outcome of the proceeding, while
the proceeding is pending.
(c) A presiding officer who receives an ex parte communication on any issue relating to
the proceeding and a member who receives any ex parte communication shall place on
the record all written communications received, all written responses to those communications,
and a memorandum stating the substance of all oral communications received, all responses
made, and the identity of each person making the ex parte communication. (Added 1993, No. 232 (Adj. Sess.), § 44, eff. March 15, 1995.)