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Vermont Statutes Annotated — Title 32 (Taxation and Finance)

32 V.S.A. § 1559

Compensation of law enforcement officers for attendance at proceedings

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# (a)

No full time State Police officer, municipal police officer, game warden, or other State employee shall be paid or accept any compensation as a witness in any civil or criminal proceeding to which the State is a party.

# (b)

In any civil proceeding in the State in which a full time State Police officer, municipal police officer, game warden, or other State employee is subpoenaed as a witness either because of his or her expert knowledge with regard to his or her employment area or because of his or her past official actions, the fees due him or her as a witness shall be paid by the party summoning the witness to the clerk of the court to be paid to the State, the county, or the municipality, depending upon which governmental unit employs the individual.

# (c)

These persons shall be compensated for such attendance by their employer according to the terms of their employment. (

Last amended: Added 1969, No. 294 (Adj. Sess.), § 24, eff. April 9, 1970; amended 1983, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.).)

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  1. 17-1472 · Plaintiff’s travel
  2. 17-1473 · Repealed. 1969, No. 131, § 36, eff. April 23, 1969
  3. 17-1474 · Repealed. 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238, effective June…
  4. 17-1475 · Repealed. 1969, No. 131, § 36, eff. April 23, 1969
  5. 17-1476 · Repealed. 1977, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.)
  6. 17-1511 · Grand and petit jurors in Superior Court
  7. 17-1512 · When per diem allowed
  8. 17-1513 · Excused jurors
  9. 17-1514 · Board and lodging of jurors
  10. 17-1515 · Repealed. 1987, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2
  11. 17-1516 · 17-1516
  12. 17-1518 · Repealed. 2017, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 25
  13. 17-1519 · Repealed. 2017, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 26
  14. 17-1551 · Attendance fees
  15. 17-1552 · Criminal causes
  16. 17-1553 · Witness certificates for bill of costs
  17. 17-1554 · 17-1554
  18. 17-1556 · Witnesses before General Assembly
  19. 17-1557 · Payment
  20. 17-1558 · Repealed. 2010, No. 154 (Adj; Sess.), § 238, effective…
  21. 17-1559 · Compensation of law enforcement officers for attendance at…
  22. 17-1591 · Sheriffs and other officers
  23. 17-1592 · Repealed. 1993, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 21
  24. 17-1593 · Service outside the State
  25. 17-1594 · Repealed. 1991, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 9
  26. 17-1595 · Mileage in criminal causes
  27. 17-1596 · Fees forbidden
  28. 17-1597 · Returns
  29. 17-1631 · Trustees’ fees
  30. 17-1632 · Costs allowed trustee
  31. 17-1633 · Appraisers of attached or replevied property
  32. 17-1634 · Repealed. 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 491, eff. July 1, 2022
  33. 17-1635 · Repealed. 1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 35(j)
  34. 17-1636 · Repealed. 1967, No. 345 (Adj. Sess.), § 32, eff. April 1, 1969
  35. 17-1637 · Commissioners of jail delivery
  36. 17-1671 · Town clerk
  37. 17-1672 · Town treasurer’s fee for receiving taxes
  38. 17-1673 · Repealed. 1979, No. 177 (Adj. Sess.), § 3
  39. 17-1674 · Delinquent tax commission and collection costs
  40. 17-1675 · Fence viewers
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