Vermont § 2623 - Vacancies in offices within this State
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 2623 — Vacancies in offices within this State, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2623. Vacancies in offices within this State
- (a) In the event of a vacancy in any State, county, or legislative office, the Governor
may request the political party or parties of the person whose death or resignation
created the vacancy to submit one or more recommendations as to a successor. The proper
committee to which a request for recommendation shall be directed shall be: (1) for State officers, the State committee; (2) for county officers, except justices of the peace and Probate judges, the county committee; (3) for State Senator, the senatorial district committee; (4) for State Representative, the representative district committee; (5) for justice of the peace, the town committee; (6) for Probate judge, the probate district committee. (b) The Governor may appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy for the remaining
portion of the term, whether or not the appointee is recommended by the party committee. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1981, No. 239 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 44.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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