§ 1003. State officers

(a) Each elective officer of the Executive Department is entitled to an annual salary as follows:

Annual Salary       Annual Salary

as of               as of

July 7, 2019     January 5, 2020

Governor                             $181,661                    $184,113

Lieutenant Governor                      77,112                        78,153

Secretary of State                          115,190                      116,745

State Treasurer                           115,190                      116,745

Auditor of Accounts                      115,190                      116,745

Attorney General                        137,898                      139,790

(b) The Governor may appoint each officer of the Executive Branch listed in this subsection at a starting salary ranging from the base salary stated for that position to a salary that does not exceed the maximum salary unless otherwise authorized by this subsection. The maximum salary for each appointive officer shall be 50 percent above the base salary. Annually, the Governor may grant to each of those officers an annual salary adjustment subject to the maximum salary. The annual salary adjustment granted to officers under this subsection shall not exceed the average of the total rate of adjustment available to classified employees under the collective bargaining agreement then in effect. In addition to the annual salary adjustment specified in this subsection, the Governor may grant a special salary increase subject to the maximum salary, or a bonus, to any officer listed in this subsection whose job duties have significantly increased, or whose contributions to the State in the preceding year are deemed especially significant. Special salary increases or bonuses granted to any individual shall not exceed the average of the total rate of adjustment available to classified employees under the collective bargaining agreement then in effect.

(1) Heads of the following Departments and Agencies:

Base Salary       Base Salary

as of                 as of

July 7, 2019      January 5, 2020

(A)                       Administration                   $109,849          $111,332

(B)        Agriculture, Food and Markets          109,849           111,332

(C)                 Financial Regulation                 102,693           104,079

(D)       Buildings and General Services          102,693           104,079

(E)                Children and Families                102,693           104,079

(F)                    Commerce and Com-

munity Development                 109,849           111,332

(G)                          Corrections                       102,693           104,079

(H)                     Defender General                  102,693           104,079

(I)      Disabilities, Aging, and                         102,693           104,079

Independent Living

(J)                 Economic Development                           93,155             94,413

(K)                            Education                       109,849           111,332

(L)           Environmental Conservation          102,693           104,079

(M)               Finance and Management          102,693           104,079

(N)                    Fish and Wildlife                     93,155             94,413

(O)        Forests, Parks and Recreation             93,155             94,413

(P)                               Health                          102,693           104,079

(Q)      Housing and Community                      93,155             94,413

Development

(R)                      Human Resources                102,693           104,079

(S)                       Human Services                  109,849           111,332

(T)                     Digital Services                    109,849           111,332

(U)                                Labor                         102,693           104,079

(V)                            Libraries                          93,155             94,413

(W)                   Liquor and Lottery                  93,155             94,413

(X)                          [Repealed.]

(Y)                        Mental Health                    102,693           104,079

(Z)                             Military                         102,693           104,079

(AA)                      Motor Vehicles                   93,155             94,413

(BB)                   Natural Resources                109,849           111,332

(CC)       Natural Resources Board Chair         93,155             94,413

(DD)                       Public Safety                   102,693           104,079

(EE)                      Public Service                   102,693           104,079

(FF)                               Taxes                        102,693           104,079

(GG)               Tourism and Marketing             93,155             94,413

(HH)                      Transportation                  109,849           111,332

(II)               Vermont Health Access              102,693           104,079

(JJ)                      Veterans' Home                   102,693           104,079

(2) The Secretary of Administration may include the Director of the Office of Professional Regulation in any pay plans that may be established under the authority of subsection 1020(c) of this title, provided the minimum hiring rate does not fall below a base salary, as of July 7, 2019 of $78,975.00 and as of January 5, 2020 of $80,041.00.

(3) If the Chair of the Natural Resources Board is employed on less than a full-time basis, the hiring and salary maximums for that position shall be reduced proportionately.

(4) When a permanent employee is appointed to an exempt position, the Governor may authorize such employee to retain the present salary even though it is in excess of any salary maximum provided in statute.

(c) The officers of the Judicial Branch named below shall be entitled to annual salaries as follows:

Annual Salary       Annual Salary

as of                     as of

July 7, 2019        January 5, 2020

(1) Chief Justice of Supreme             $174,843                   $177,203

Court

(2) Each Associate Justice                    66,868                    169,121

(3) Administrative judge                     166,868                    169,121

(4) Each Superior judge                       158,635                   160,777

(5) [Repealed.]

(6) Each magistrate                              119,609                   121,224

(7) Each Judicial Bureau hearing         119,609                  121,224

officer

(d) Notwithstanding the maximum salary established in subsection (b) of this section, the Defender General shall not receive compensation in excess of the compensation established for the Attorney General in this section.

(e) Notwithstanding the maximum salary established in subsection (b) of this section, the maximum salary for the Commissioner of Health may not exceed $150,000.00. (Added 1965, No. 125, § 1, eff. July 2, 1965; amended 1966, No. 53 (Sp. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 5, 1966; 1967, No. 126, § 1, No. 200, § 1, eff. July 1, 1967, § 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1967; 1969, No. 294 (Adj. Sess.), Pt. IV, § 9, eff. at beginning of respective elective terms in 1971, Pt. V, § 10, eff. April 15, 1970; 1971, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 14, 16; 1971, No. 242 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1973, No. 117, §§ 1, 2; 1973, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 15, 1974; 1973, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 18, 19, eff. July 1, 1974; 1975, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 27, eff. Oct. 22, 1975; 1975, No. 196 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1975, No. 206 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a; 1977, No. 105, § 19, eff. July 1, 1977; 1977, No. 109, § 15, eff. July 3, 1977; 1977, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1977, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. July 2, 1978, and Jan. 4, 1979; 1977, No. 232 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1979, No. 59, § 2, eff. July 1, 1979; 1979, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 1981, No. 91, § 7, eff. July 5, 1981; § 13, eff. upon taking the oath of office in Jan. 1983; § 14, eff. July 5, 1981; 1981, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 8, 8a-8c; 1983, No. 88, § 2, eff. July 3, 1983; 1983, No. 95, § 308; 1983, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1983, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), eff. April 13, 1984; 1983, No. 170 (Adj. Sess.), § 14(b), eff. April 19, 1984; 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(a); 1983, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 2, 3, 5, 20; 1985, No. 93, §§ 1, 2; 1985, No. 225 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 2, 3, 4, 21; 1987, No. 76, § 18; 1987, No. 121, §§ 2, 3; 1987, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 3, 4, 7; 1989, No. 67, §§ 1, 1a, 3; 1989, No. 187 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1989, No. 219 (Adj. Sess.), § 9(a); 1989, No. 225 (Adj. Sess.), § 25(a); 1989, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1989, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 10(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1991; 1989, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 2, 3, 5, eff. July 8, 1990; 1991, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 2, 5, eff. May 19, 1992; 1993, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 1-3; 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 16, 17, eff. May 6, 1996; 1995, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1995, No. 177 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1995, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 38; 1995, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 1, 11; 1997, No. 28, § 1, eff. May 15, 1997; 1997, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 30; 1999, No. 40, § 1, eff. July 4, 1999; 1999, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2001, No. 66, § 1; 2003, No. 66, § 315; 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 116, 117, eff. Jan. 31, 2005; 2003, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 1-3, eff. July 11, 2004; 2005, No. 66, § 1; 2007, No. 47, § 1; 2007, No. 65, § 116; 2007, No. 206 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2011, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 4, 5; 2013, No. 50, § E.802.1; 2013, No. 56, § 14, retroactively eff. Jan. 2, 2013; 2013, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 3, 4; 2015, No. 58, § B.1110, eff. June 11, 2015; 2015, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § F3; 2015, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § F4; 2017, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 3, 5; 2017, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 4, 8, eff. July 1, 2019; 2019, No. 73, § 42.)