The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 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.
Title 24 : Municipal and County Government
Chapter 060 : Municipal Code of Ethics [Effective January 1, 2025]
(Cite as: 24 V.S.A. § 1996)-
§ 1996. Duties of municipalities [Effective January 1, 2025]
Each municipality shall:
(1) Ensure that the following are posted on the town’s, city’s, or village’s website or, if no such website exists, ensure that a copy of each is received by all municipal officers and is made available to the public upon request:
(A) the Municipal Code of Ethics;
(B) procedures for the investigation and enforcement of complaints that allege a municipal officer has violated the Municipal Code of Ethics, as required by section 1997 of this title; and
(C) any supplemental or additional ordinances, rules, and personnel policies regarding ethics adopted by a municipality.
(2) Maintain a record of municipal officers who have received ethics training pursuant to section 1995 of this title.
(3) Designate a municipal officer or body to receive complaints alleging violations of the Municipal Code of Ethics.
(4) Maintain a record of received complaints and the disposition of each complaint made against a municipal officer for the duration of the municipal officer’s service plus a minimum of five years.
(5) Upon request of the State Ethics Commission, promptly provide the State Ethics Commission with a summary of complaints received by the municipality and the outcome of each complaint, but excluding any personally identifiable information. (Added 2023, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. January 1, 2025.)
