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.
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STATE OFFICERS
(Cite as: 32 V.S.A. § 1002)
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§ 1002. Salary of Governor-Elect
(a) The person receiving the major number of votes for Governor as determined by the certificates
transmitted to the Secretary of State under provisions of 17 V.S.A. § 2592 shall be designated the Governor-Elect.
(b) The Governor-Elect shall be entitled to receive a salary of 70 percent of the regular
weekly salary of the Governor for the period before a new Governor qualifies for office.
This amount shall be reduced by the amount the Governor-Elect receives from the State
during this period for services performed in fulfilling the duties of any office to
which he or she was elected or appointed. (Added 1963, No. 121; amended 1987, No. 121, § 1; 2011, No. 3, § 91, eff. Feb. 17, 2011; 2015, No. 58, § B.1109.)