The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 3, § 202)
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§ 202. Political activity restricted
No person while an officer or other member of the Fire Department of the City shall
publicly endorse any candidate for political office, serve as a campaign assistant
on behalf of any candidate for political office, or perform any public campaign activity
on behalf of any candidate for public office for which Burlington voters are casting
ballots. The foregoing shall not prohibit a fire officer from voting in any election;
or from expressing his or her views concerning any referendum question being considered;
and shall not prevent a collective bargaining unit that represents fire officers from
endorsing candidates in elections, provided that no bargaining unit representative
announcing such endorsement may do so while wearing a fire uniform. No person shall
be appointed to or retained in the Department as a reward for political service rendered,
nor in any manner be discriminated against because of his or her failure to render
such service.