Title 03, Title 03: Executive

§ 206. Rules The commissioner or board at the head of each department specified in this chapter is empowered to prescribe and to enforce rules, subject to the approval of the Governor, for the government and administration of such department, the conduct of its employees and the …

§ 207. Assistance and expenditure (a) Each department specified in this chapter is empowered to employ assistance, clerical or otherwise, as the Governor deems necessary for its proper and efficient administration and, subject to the Governor’s approval, to fix the compensation f…

§ 209. Efficiency and cooperation; transfer of personnel; rules of Governor The Governor shall provide for and require a practical working system to ensure efficiency and mutual helpfulness among the departments specified in this chapter. The Governor may transfer, temporarily or…

§ 211. Construction Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to give to the head of any department any authority over the judicial or quasi-judicial acts or duties of any officer in his or her department.

§ 212. Departments created The following administrative departments are hereby created, through the instrumentality of which the Governor, under the Constitution, shall exercise such functions as are by law assigned to each department respectively: (1) The Department of Mental He…

§ 213. Declaration of policy (a) It is the policy of the State of Vermont that the Executive Branch of the State government created by the constitution shall be organized into the separate offices of the elected constitutional State officers and such administrative agencies and d…

§ 214. Delegation of authority A secretary, commissioner, or director may delegate any authority, power, or duty other than a specific statutory authority of the office to a designee; and a board or council in its discretion and with the approval of the Governor may delegate to t…

§ 215. Commissioner, member of councils The Commissioner of each department shall be ex officio a member of all councils within the department. However, he or she shall not vote unless otherwise provided by law and shall not participate as a member of a council in matters involvi…

§ 216. Boards and commissions; party representative Unless otherwise provided, no board or commission appointed by the Governor, whether or not with the advice and consent of the Senate, may be composed entirely of persons from one political party. (Added 1969, No. 54, § 1, eff. …

§ 217. Passenger vehicles; sale (a) No State department or agency, board, or commission, except the Governor, the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services, and the Commissioners of the Departments of Fish and Wildlife and of Public Safety for use of employees who are sworn …

§ 218. Agency and department records management program (a) The General Assembly finds that public records are essential to the administration of State and local government. Public records contain information that allows government programs to function, provides officials with a …

§ 220. Classified employees in exempt positions (a) A State employee in the classified service, upon appointment to an exempt position, may request an indefinite leave of absence without pay from his or her classified position for so long as he or she remains in the exempt positi…

§ 221. Hearing officers; rules (a) The Secretary of Administration shall adopt a rule to establish guidelines and oversight for hearing officers in the Executive Branch. As used in this section, “hearing officer” means a person employed by the State of Vermont whose exclusive dut…