(a) Except for those members serving ex officio or otherwise regularly employed by the State, the members of the following boards shall be entitled to receive per diem compensation:
(1) Board of Bar Examiners
(2) Board of Libraries
(3) Vermont Milk Commission
(4) Board of Education
(5) [Repealed.]
(6) Emergency Board
(7) Board of Liquor and Lottery
(8) Human Services Board
(9) State Fish and Wildlife Board
(10) State Board of Mental Health
(11) Vermont Employment Security Board
(12) Capitol Complex Commission
(13) Natural Gas and Oil Resources Board
(14) Transportation Board
(15) Vermont Veterans’ Home Board of Trustees
(16) Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
(17) The Electricians’ Licensing Board
(18) [Repealed.]
(19) Emergency Personnel Survivors Benefit Review Board
(20) Community High School of Vermont Board
(21) Parole Board
(b)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, members of professional or occupational licensing boards or commissions, advisory boards or commissions, appeals boards, promotional boards, interstate boards, supervisory boards and councils, or any other boards, commissions, or similar entities that are not listed in subsection (a) of this section but are otherwise entitled by act of the General Assembly to receive per diem compensation shall be entitled to receive per diem compensation for each day devoted to official duties.
(2) “Per diem” means the amount of compensation to which a member of a statutory board or commission is entitled for:
(A) attendance at a regular or special meeting of such board or commission or any committee thereof; or
(B) performance of other duties directly related to the efficient conduct of necessary board business as assigned and approved by the chairperson, provided that payment for such duties shall be at the per diem rate prorated for actual time spent performing duties. Proration shall be calculated based on an eight-hour day. Under no circumstances shall the daily payment exceed the per diem amount.
(c) The members of the boards and commissions, including those members serving ex officio or otherwise regularly employed by the State, shall be entitled to receive their actual and necessary expenses when away from home or office upon their official duties.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, a member shall not be entitled to receive State per diem compensation for any meeting or other official duty for which specific compensation is provided by another source.
(e) Per diem compensation authorized under this section for members of boards, commissions, councils, and committees and all other management, policymaking, or advisory bodies, including temporary study commissions, of the Executive Branch, whether appointed by the Governor or not, shall be not less than $50.00 per day and shall be approved pursuant to this subsection.
(1) The annual budget report of the Governor submitted to the General Assembly as required by section 306 of this title shall contain a separate schedule, by entity, that provides the per diem compensation rate established for the current fiscal year and the per diem rate proposed for the next fiscal year of any per diem that will be increased from its current fiscal year rate. This schedule shall also provide, by entity, the total per diem amounts paid and total expenses reimbursed for all members of the entity in the most recently ended fiscal year. Prior to submitting this schedule, the Governor shall consult with each elective officer or State officer who administers per diems that are not funded by the General Fund.
(2) In the annual budget documentation submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, any agency or department that administers funds for a board, commission, council, and committee and all other management, policymaking, or advisory bodies, including temporary study commissions, shall provide a list of the entities and the current and projected per diem rate and expense reimbursement for each entity. The agency or department shall include within its annual budget documentation the justification for any current or projected per diem rate that is greater than $50.00, including the justification for authorizing a per diem rate of greater than $50.00 for a board, commission, council, or committee created by executive order pursuant to subsection (g) of this section.
(f) [Repealed.]
(g) The Governor may authorize per diem compensation and expense reimbursement in accordance with this section for members of boards, commissions, councils, and committees and all other management, policymaking, or advisory bodies, including temporary study commissions, created by executive order. Per diems and expense reimbursement authorized under this subsection shall be effective as of the effective date of the executive order but shall subsequently be reviewed and approved pursuant to the approval process of subsection (e) of this section during the next budgetary cycle. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 19(b), 22, 42, 46(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1963, No. 193, § 16, eff. June 28, 1963; 1964, No. 22 (Sp. Sess.), § 1, retroactive to July 1, 1963; 1967, No. 115; 1967, No. 319 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 4, 5, eff. March 22, 1968; 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 31, 1970; 1973, No. 101, § 1; 1973, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. March 15, 1974; 1973, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1973, No. 258 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1973, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 17, 27, eff. July 1, 1974; 1981, No. 91, § 24, eff. July 5, 1981; 1981, No. 240 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. April 28, 1982; 1981, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. May 4, 1982; 1983, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), eff. April 13, 1984; 1983, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1983, No. 230 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1985, No. 6, § 3; 1985, No. 242 (Adj. Sess.), § 313b; 1985, No. 245 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1985, No. 248 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1985, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1985, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1987, No. 94, §§ 1, 2; 1987, No. 96, § 20; 1987, No. 121, § 19; 1987, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. May 7, 1988; 1987, No. 229 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1987, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 64, eff. June 13, 1988; 1987, No. 274 (Adj. Sess.), § 23; 1989, No. 253 (Adj. Sess.), § 17; 1989, No. 264 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1989, No. 288 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1991, 1989, No. 17, § 8(a), eff. April 4, 1991; 1991, No. 236 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1993, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1995, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1997, No. 40, § 75; 1997, No. 66 (Adj. Sess.), § 67b, eff. Feb. 20, 1998; 1997, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 30; 1999, No. 49, §§ 51(a), (b); 2001, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2001, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 37, eff. June 21, 2002; 2003, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 78b; 2005, No. 63, § 12; 2009, No. 135 (Adj. Sess.), § 25; 2011, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.), § 34, eff. May 14, 2012; 2013, No. 34, § 22; 2018, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 107; 2019, No. 61, § 4; 2019, No. 128 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; 2021, No. 134 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. July 1, 2023; 2023, No. 53, § 128, eff. June 8, 2023.)