§ 405. Intergovernmental cooperation
§ 405. Intergovernmental cooperation For the purposes of carrying out its duties, the Office of Legislative Counsel shall have access to and the right to copy any public record of all executive, administrative, and judicial departments of the State, except income and franchise tax returns and other documents classified as confidential by law. (Added 1971, […]
§ 421. Office of Legislative Counsel; statutory publication and revision duties
§ 421. Office of Legislative Counsel; statutory publication and revision duties (a) The Office of Legislative Counsel shall continuously maintain and update a formal topical revision of existing permanent statutory law to be known as the Vermont Statutes Annotated. The topical revision shall be arranged in a systematic and annotated form that is consolidated into […]
§ 422. Contract for preparation of Vermont Statutes Annotated
§ 422. Contract for preparation of Vermont Statutes Annotated (a) The Office of Legislative Counsel shall contract with a competent legal publisher to revise and publish the Vermont Statutes Annotated. (b) The contract for publishing the Vermont Statutes Annotated shall provide for the annual editing and publishing of cumulative pocket part supplements after each biennial […]
§ 423. Acceptance as evidence of law
§ 423. Acceptance as evidence of law (a) The Office of Legislative Counsel shall require the contracted publisher to deliver the cumulative pocket parts and separate supplements to the Vermont Statutes Annotated prior to the convening of the next session of the General Assembly, which shall include a certificate of authenticity that the Office of […]
§ 424. Office of Legislative Counsel; revision authority
§ 424. Office of Legislative Counsel; revision authority In preparing an individual act for codification in the Vermont Statutes Annotated or publication in the Acts and Resolves, the Office of Legislative Counsel may not alter the sense, meaning, or effect of any act of the General Assembly, but it may: (1) renumber and rearrange sections […]
§ 425. Statutory databases
§ 425. Statutory databases The Office of Legislative Counsel, in collaboration with the Office of Legislative Information Technology, shall maintain computerized databases of the Vermont Statutes Annotated, which shall be posted on the General Assembly’s website. The databases shall include the enactment history of a codified statutory section, but shall not maintain the revisor’s notes, […]
§ 426. Annual statutory revision legislation
§ 426. Annual statutory revision legislation Annually, on or before February 1, the Office of Legislative Counsel may prepare and submit to the General Assembly a bill that proposes recommendations of any additions, repeals, or amendments to the existing statutes. (Added 2001, No. 30, § 1; amended 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
§ 403. Functions; confidentiality
§ 403. Functions; confidentiality (a) The Office of Legislative Counsel shall provide legal services to the General Assembly and its staff, including: (1) drafting bills, resolutions, amendments, and other legal documents; (2) providing legal research and analysis in relation to current or anticipated legislative matters; (3) providing policy analysis of current or anticipated legislative matters; […]
§ 404. Budget
§ 404. Budget The Director and Chief Counsel shall propose a budget for the Office of Legislative Counsel to the Joint Legislative Management Committee. (Added 1971, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1972; amended 1973, No. 60, § 1, eff. May 13, 1973; 1981, No. 178 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2013, No. […]
§ 401. Creation and purpose
§ 401. Creation and purpose The Office of Legislative Counsel is created as a permanent agency to serve the General Assembly with nonpartisan legislative drafting, research, and other professional legal and editorial services. (Added 1971, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 31, 1972; amended 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)