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
002
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TO DIRECTOR OR TO SUPERIOR COURT
(Cite as: 32 V.S.A. § 4465)
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§ 4465. Appointment of property valuation hearing officer; oath; pay
When an appeal to the Director is not withdrawn or forwarded by the Director to Superior
Court pursuant to subsection 4461(a) of this title, the Director shall refer the appeal in writing to a person not employed by the Director,
appointed by the Director as hearing officer. The Director shall have the right to
remove a hearing officer for inefficiency, malfeasance in office, or other cause.
In like manner, the Director shall appoint a hearing officer to fill any vacancy created
by resignation, removal, or other cause. Before entering into their duties, persons
appointed as hearing officers shall take and subscribe the oath of the office prescribed
in the Constitution, which oath shall be filed with the Director. The Commissioner
of Taxes shall pay each hearing officer $38.00 per hour plus a cost-of-living adjustment
in an amount equal to any adjustment approved for exempt employees by the Secretary
of Administration, together with reasonable expenses as the Commissioner may determine.
A hearing officer may subpoena witnesses, records, and documents in the manner provided
by law for serving subpoenas in civil actions and may administer oaths to witnesses. (Added 1969, No. 253 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1977, No. 105, § 14(a); 1995, No. 178 (Adj. Sess.), § 293; 1997, No. 59, § 13, eff. June 30, 1997; 2005, No. 215 (Adj. Sess.), § 279; 2013, No. 73, § 32; 2015, No. 134 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. May 25, 2016; 2019, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. Oct. 8, 2020; 2021, No. 163 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. June 1, 2022; 2025, No. 73, § 67, eff. July 1, 2025.)