Vermont § 1281 - Adjustments to compensation and benefits of Executive and Judicial Branch employees

§ 1281. Adjustments to compensation and benefits of Executive and Judicial Branch employees

• (a) The process described in this section shall apply to any requests for increased funding
  that arise during a biennium when the State and the collective bargaining representative
  for State employees have agreed to a two-year collective bargaining agreement that
  begins in the first year of the legislative biennium. (b) During the first year of the legislative biennium, the General Assembly shall hear
  testimony from representatives of the Departments of Human Resources and of Finance
  and Management, the Office of the Defender General, the Court Administrator, and the
  collective bargaining representative before introducing a bill that increases funding
  for pay and benefits for employees of the Executive or Judicial Branches of the State
  of Vermont. (c) Prior to the second year of the legislative biennium, if there are any requests to
  increase funding beyond what has already been agreed to as a result of the collective
  bargaining process, the request shall be presented to the Chairs of the House Committees
  on Appropriations and on Government Operations and Military Affairs, after consultation
  with the Secretary of Administration, not later than November 1 of the year preceding
  the beginning of the second year of the biennium. If the Committee Chairs request
  a review, the proposal to increase funding for pay and benefits shall be submitted
  for study to a Committee that shall be known as the Pay Act Committee. The Pay Act
  Committee shall consist of two members of the House Committee on Appropriations and
  three members of the House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs.
  The Pay Act Committee shall meet not more than twice before the beginning of the legislative
  session to hear testimony from interested parties. The Pay Act Committee shall present
  a report on the proposal to the House Committees on Appropriations and on Government
  Operations and Military Affairs not later than January 15 for further consideration. (Added 2001, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. May 28, 2002; amended 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 485, eff. July 1, 2022.)