Vermont S. 58: An act relating to creating an education property tax that is adjusted by income for all taxpayers

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S.58 1
Introduced by Senator Brennan 2
Referred to Committee on 3
Date: 4
Subject: Executive; State officers and employees generally; law enforcement 5
officers; firefighters; pay plan 6
Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to require that 7
law enforcement officers employed by the Department of Fish and Wildlife, 8
the Department of Liquor and Lottery, and the Department of Motor Vehicles 9
and firefighters employed by the State of Vermont be placed in a step pay plan 10
that permits a law enforcement officer or firefighter to reach the final step for 11
the applicable pay grade following 18 years and six months of service. 12
An act relating to requirements for the pay plans of certain law enforcement 13
officers and firefighters employed by the State 14
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 15
Sec. 1. 3 V.S.A. § 269 is added to read: 16
§ 269. STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS; 17
PAY PLAN; REQUIREMENTS 18
(a) Law enforcement officers employed by the Department of Fish and 19
Wildlife, the Department of Liquor and Lottery, and the Department of Motor 20

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Vehicles and firefighters employed by the State shall be paid according to a 1
step pay plan that permits law enforcement officers and firefighters to reach 2
the highest step for the applicable pay grade upon achieving 18 years and six 3
months of service. 4
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the State and any 5
collective bargaining representative of law enforcement officers employed by 6
the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Department of Liquor and Lottery, 7
and the Department of Motor Vehicles or of firefighters employed by the State 8
from determining through collective bargaining the number of steps in a pay 9
plan subject to this section, the time in each step in such a plan, or any 10
conditions required for a law enforcement officer or firefighter to advance to 11
the next step in such a plan. 12
Sec. 2. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 13
(a)(1) Law enforcement officers employed by the Department of Fish and 14
Wildlife, the Department of Liquor and Lottery, and the Department of Motor 15
Vehicles and firefighters employed by the State whose pay plan on January 1, 16
2025 does not meet the requirements of 3 V.S.A. § 269 shall be transitioned to 17
a new pay plan that meets the requirements of 3 V.S.A. § 269 on or before July 18
1, 2025. 19
(2) Each law enforcement officer and firefighter employed by the State 20
on January 1, 2025 who transitions to a new pay plan pursuant to this 21

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subsection on July 1, 2025 shall be placed one step higher on the new pay plan 1
than the law enforcement officer or firefighter would have been had the pay 2
plan in effect on January 1, 2025 remained in effect. 3
(b) The State shall engage in impact negotiations with the Vermont State 4
Employees Association to implement the provisions of subsection (a) of this 5
section and 3 V.S.A. § 269. 6
Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 7
This act shall take effect on passage and shall apply to all collective 8
bargaining agreements for State employees that take effect on or after July 1, 9
2025. 10