The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
005
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COUNTY OFFICERS
(Cite as: 32 V.S.A. § 1185)
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§ 1185. Office expenses
(a) In settlement of their accounts, the Commissioner of Finance and Management shall
allow State’s Attorneys their expenses for secretarial assistance; office expenses,
including rent, supplies, equipment, maintenance, legal forms and stationery, telephone
service, professional liability insurance, the expense of printing briefs in cases
in which the State’s Attorney has represented the State, books, advance copies of
the Vermont reports, advertising, dues, and subscriptions; tuitions; and stipends
for professional training and their necessary expense when away from home on official
business.
(b)(1) Secretaries shall be hired by and shall serve at the pleasure of the State’s Attorney
unless otherwise modified by a collective bargaining agreement entered into pursuant
to 3 V.S.A. chapter 27. Secretaries shall be State employees paid by the State, and
shall receive those benefits available to other classified State employees who are
similarly situated, but they shall not be subject to the rules provided for under
3 V.S.A. chapter 13. The compensation of each secretary shall be determined by the
Commissioner of Human Resources with the approval of the Governor unless otherwise
determined through collective bargaining pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 27. In fixing
compensation, there shall be taken into consideration, among other things, the volume
of work requiring the services of the secretary and whether the services are on a
full- or part-time basis.
(2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the subjects for bargaining
pursuant to 3 V.S.A. § 904. (Added 1971, No. 260 (Adj. Sess.), § 36; amended 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b); 1987, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 67, eff. June 13, 1988; 2003, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 2017, No. 81, § 11, eff. June 15, 2017.)