§ 526. Basic needs budget and livable wage; report
§ 526. Basic needs budget and livable wage; report (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Basic needs” means the essentials needed to run a household, including food, housing, transportation, child care, utilities, health and dental care, taxes, rental and life insurance, personal expenses, and savings. (2) “Basic needs budget” is the amount of […]
§ 551. Creation and purpose
§ 551. Creation and purpose The Office of Legislative Operations is created as a permanent agency to serve the members and employees of the General Assembly with nonpartisan operational, financial, committee support, and other administrative services and to support the Joint Legislative Management Committee. (Added 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
§ 552. Director; employees
§ 552. Director; employees (a) The Joint Legislative Management Committee shall employ an individual with experience and expertise in administration or management to be the Director of Legislative Operations. The Committee may conduct the hiring process itself or it may delegate this duty to a special hiring committee comprising an equal number of members from […]
§ 553. Functions
§ 553. Functions The Office of Legislative Operations shall provide: (1) administrative support to the Joint Legislative Management Committee; (2) administrative support to other standing and interim legislative committees; (3) payroll, billing, and expense reimbursement services to members of the General Assembly and, as needed, to other legislative offices and legislative employees; and (4) other […]
§ 554. Budget
§ 554. Budget The Director of Legislative Operations shall propose a budget for the Office of Legislative Operations to the Joint Legislative Management Committee. (Added 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
§ 555. Intergovernmental cooperation
§ 555. Intergovernmental cooperation For the purposes of carrying out its duties, the Office of Legislative Operations 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 2019, […]
§ 601. Creation of Committee
§ 601. Creation of Committee (a) There is created a Joint Carbon Emissions Reduction Committee whose membership shall be appointed each biennial session of the General Assembly. The Committee shall consist of five Representatives, at least one from the Committees on Appropriations, on Commerce and Economic Development, on Energy and Technology, and on Transportation, to […]
§ 603. Duties
§ 603. Duties The Joint Carbon Emissions Reduction Committee shall provide oversight when the General Assembly is not in session of State policies and activities concerning and affecting carbon emissions from Vermont’s electric, residential and commercial buildings, and transportation sectors. (Added 1977, No. 123 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Feb. 17, 1978; amended 2009, No. […]
§ 614. Joint Information Technology Oversight Committee
§ 614. Joint Information Technology Oversight Committee (a) Creation. There is created the Joint Information Technology Oversight Committee to oversee investments in and use of information technology in Vermont and to provide periodic advice on legislative information technology issues. (b) Membership. The Committee shall be composed of six members as follows: (1) three members of […]
§ 523. Functions; confidentiality
§ 523. Functions; confidentiality (a) The Joint Fiscal Office shall furnish: (1) nonpartisan research and administrative services of a fiscal nature to the Joint Fiscal Committee and, at the direction of the Joint Fiscal Committee, to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Finance, the House Committee on Ways and Means, […]