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§ 1003. State Officers
(a) Each elective officer of the executive department is entitled to an annual salary as follows:
Annual Salary
as of
July 8, 2007
Governor $150,067
Lieutenant Governor 63,701
Secretary of State 95,156
State Treasurer 95,156
Auditor of Accounts 95,156
Attorney General 113,915
(b) The governor may appoint each officer of the executive branch listed in this subsection at a starting salary ranging from the base salary stated for that position to a salary which does not exceed the maximum salary unless otherwise authorized by this subsection. The maximum salary for each appointive officer shall be 50 percent above the base salary. Annually, the governor may grant to each of those officers an annual salary adjustment subject to the maximum salary. The annual salary adjustment granted to officers under this subsection shall not exceed the average of the total rate of adjustment available to classified employees under the collective bargaining agreement then in effect. In addition to the annual salary adjustment specified in this subsection, the governor may grant a special salary increase subject to the maximum salary, or a bonus, to any officer listed in this subsection whose job duties have significantly increased, or whose contributions to the state in the preceding year are deemed especially significant. Special salary increases or bonuses granted to any individual shall not exceed the average of the total rate of adjustment available to classified employees under the collective bargaining agreement then in effect.
(1) Heads of the following departments, offices and agencies:
Base Salary as
of
July 8, 2007
(A) Administration $90,745
(B) Agriculture, food and markets 90,745
(C) Banking, insurance, securities,
and health care administration 84,834
(D) Buildings and general services 84,834
(E) Children and families 84,834
(F) Commerce and community de-
velopment 90,745
(G) Corrections 84,834
(H) Defender general 76,953
(I) Disabilities, aging, and inde-
pendent living 84,834
(J) Economic development 76,953
(K) Education 84,834
(L) Environmental conservation 84,834
(M) Finance and management 84,834
(N) Fish and wildlife 76,953
(O) Forests, parks and recreation 76,953
(P) Health 84,834
(Q) Housing and community affairs 76,953
(R) Human resources 84,834
(S) Human services 90,745
(T) Information and innovation 84,834
(U) Labor 84,834
(V) Libraries 76,953
(W) Liquor control 76,953
(X) Lottery 76,953
(Y) Mental Health 84,834
(Z) Military 84,834
(AA) Motor vehicles 76,953
(BB) Natural resources 90,745
(CC) Natural resources board chair-
person 76,953
(DD) Public Safety 84,834
(EE) Public service 84,834
(FF) Taxes 84,834
(GG) Tourism and marketing 76,953
(HH) Transportation 90,745
(II) Vermont health access 84,834
(JJ) Veterans home 76,953
(2) The secretary of administration may include the director of the office of professional regulation in any pay plans which may be established under the authority of subsection 1020(c) of this title, provided the minimum hiring rate does not fall below a base salary, as of July 8, 2007, of $65,239.00.
(3) If the chairperson of the natural resources board is employed on less than a full-time basis, the hiring and salary maximums for that position shall be reduced proportionately.
(4) When a permanent employee is appointed to an exempt position, the governor may authorize such employee to retain the present salary even though it is in excess of any salary maximum provided in statute.
(c) The annual salaries of the officers of the judicial branch named below shall be as follows:
Annual Salary
as of
July 8, 2007
(1) Chief justice of supreme court $135,421
(2) Each associate justice 129,245
(3) Administrative judge 129,245
(4) Each superior judge 122,867
(5) Each district judge 122,867
(6) Each magistrate 92,641
(7) Each judicial bureau hearing officer 92,641
(d) Notwithstanding the maximum salary established in subsection (b) of this section, the defender general shall not receive compensation in excess of the compensation established for the attorney general in this section.
(e) Notwithstanding the maximum salary established in subsection (b) of this section, the maximum salary for the commissioner of health may not exceed $150,000.00. (Added 1965, No. 125, § 1, eff. July 2, 1965; amended 1966, No. 53 (Sp. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 5, 1966; 1967, No. 126, § 1, No. 200, § 1, eff. July 1, 1967, § 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1967; 1969, No. 294 (Adj. Sess.), Pt. IV, § 9, eff. at beginning of respective elective terms in 1971, Pt. V, § 10, eff. April 15, 1970; 1971, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 14, 16; No. 242 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1973, No. 117, §§ 1, 2; No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 15, 1974; No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 18, 19, eff. July 1, 1974; 1975, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 27, eff. Oct. 22, 1975; No. 196 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; No. 206 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a; 1977, No. 105, § 19, eff. July 1, 1977; No. 109, § 15, eff. July 3, 1977; No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. July 2, 1978, and Jan. 4, 1979; No. 232 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1979, No. 59, § 2, eff. July 1, 1979; No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 1981, No. 91, § 7, eff. July 5, 1981; § 13, eff. upon taking the oath of office in Jan. 1983; § 14, eff. July 5, 1981; 1981, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 8, 8a-8c; 1983, No. 88, § 2, eff. July 3, 1983; No. 95, § 308; 1983, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), eff. April 13, 1984; No. 170 (Adj. Sess.), § 14(b), eff. April 19, 1984; No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(a); No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 2, 3, 5, 20; 1985, No. 93, §§ 1, 2; 1985, No. 225 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 2, 3, 4, 21; 1987, No. 76, § 18; No. 121, §§ 2, 3; 1987, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 3, 4, 7; 1989, No. 67, §§ 1, 1a, 3; 1989, No. 187 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; No. 219 (Adj. Sess.), § 9(a); No. 225 (Adj. Sess.), § 25(a); No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 10(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1991; No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 2, 3, 5, eff. July 8, 1990; 1991, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 2, 5, eff. May 19, 1992; 1993, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 1-3; 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 16, 17, eff. May 6, 1996; No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; No. 177 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 38; No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 1, 11; 1997, No. 28, § 1, eff. May 15, 1997; 1997, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 30; 1999, No. 40, § 1, eff. July 4, 1999; 1999, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2001, No. 66, § 1; 2003, No. 66, § 315; 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 116, 117, eff. Jan. 31, 2005; 2003, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 1-3, eff. July 11, 2004; 2005, No. 66, § 1; 2007, No. 47, § 1; No. 65, § 116; 2007, No. 206 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
