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
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FORFEITURE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT BENEFITS
(Cite as: 32 V.S.A. § 621)
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§ 621. Statement of purpose
It is the purpose of this subchapter to establish a procedure by which the pension
benefits of a public employee convicted of certain crimes may be forfeited. Honorable
public service is a condition precedent for a public employee to receive retirement
benefits, and any public employee who is convicted of any of the designated crimes
relating to his or her public office shall be considered to have served dishonorably,
and his or her retirement benefits may be subject to forfeiture. (Added 2013, No. 2, § 1.)