Vermont § 161 Public contract advocate

Vermont Statutes

§ 161 — Public contract advocate

Vermont § 161

Title 3Title 3: Executive

Ch. 7Chapter 007: Attorney General

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Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, § 161 (2026).

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(a)There is hereby imposed upon the Office of the Attorney General the duty to provide public contract advocacy for all proceedings involving contracts for basic telecommunications service under 30 V.S.A. § 226a. The Attorney General shall appoint or retain as required one or more public contract advocates who shall be knowledgeable in the fields of public utility regulation and telecommunications services.

(b)Public contract advocates shall be appointed or retained for such time as may be required to monitor, represent the public interest, and report on any contract for basic telecommunications service under 30 V.S.A. § 226a. Compensation, expenses, and support of public contract advocates shall be assessed as costs to the Department of Public Service and paid from the revenues received

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(a) There is hereby imposed upon the Office of the Attorney General the duty to provide public contract advocacy for all proceedings involving contracts for basic telecommunications service under 30 V.S.A. § 226a. The Attorney General shall appoint or retain as required one or more public contract advocates who shall be knowledgeable in the fields of public utility regulation and telecommunications services.
(b) Public contract advocates shall be appointed or retained for such time as may be required to monitor, represent the public interest, and report on any contract for basic telecommunications service under 30 V.S.A. § 226a. Compensation, expenses, and support of public contract advocates shall be assessed as costs to the Department of Public Service and paid from the revenues received from the tax to finance the Department and the Public Utility Commission levied under 30 V.S.A. § 22. (Added 1987, No. 87, § 9; amended 2023, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 30, 2024; renumbered from 3 V.S.A. § 165 by 2023, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2025.)