BILL AS INTRODUCED H.519
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1 H.519
2 SHORT FORM
3 Introduced by Representatives Canfield of Fair Haven, Graham of
4 Williamstown, Toof of St. Albans Town, and Williams of
5 Granby
6 Referred to Committee on
7 Date:
8 Subject: Municipal government; municipal clerks; study on the duties and
9 salaries of municipal clerks
10 Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to require the
11 Secretary of State to submit a report to the General Assembly concerning the
12 duties, workload, and salaries of Vermont’s municipal clerks. The study shall
13 evaluate whether the salaries paid to clerks, including in municipalities that
14 exclusively use statutory fees to fund clerk salaries, are sufficient to match the
15 volume of work assigned to municipal clerks by both State law and municipal
16 legislative bodies.
17 An act relating to the duties and salaries of municipal clerks
18 It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:
19 (TEXT OMITTED IN SHORT-FORM BILLS)
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