Vermont Statutes Annotated — Title 32 (Taxation and Finance)

32 V.S.A. § 202

Duties of Commissioner

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In addition to the duties expressly set forth elsewhere by law, the Commissioner of Finance and Management through the Commissioner’s Department shall:

# (1)

perform the following duties with respect to the budget:

# (A)

prepare an operating budget for the Governor-elect or Governor as provided by sections 301-307 of this title;

# (B)

prepare and install forms upon which departmental and capital budget requests are made;

# (C)

schedule and assist in hearings on departmental and agency requests;

# (D)

assist the Governor and, on request, the General Assembly on budget matters;

# (E)

exercise continuing supervision and study of budget procedures; and

# (F)

carry out expenditure control and budget-balancing policies and procedures as directed by the Secretary of Administration;

# (2)

perform the following duties with respect to fiscal management and management analysis:

# (A)

carry out continuing studies of the operation of existing or new State agencies and make recommendations to obtain most economic and effective management;

# (B)

assist departments on procedures and other problems of management;

# (C)

carry on a research program in the field of governmental and financial administration and analysis of State tax structure and yield; and

# (D)

study simplification and standardization of forms and methods in use in various departments for purposes of management and budget control;

# (3)

prepare estimates of State revenue and income when requested by the Governor; and

# (4)

provide the legislative Joint Fiscal Office on or before November 1 of the first fiscal year of each biennium and December 1 of the second fiscal year of each biennium copies of the most recent budget forms submitted by all governmental units in connection with annual or supplemental budget requests. (

Last amended: Added 1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 1969, No. 75, § 1; 1973, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1979, No. 205 (Adj. Sess.), § 127, eff. May 9, 1980; 1985, No. 74, § 306, eff. May 28, 1985; 1987, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 56, eff. June 13, 1988; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 439, eff. July 1, 2022.)

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