{"data":{"id":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-1996","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"24 V.S.A. § 1996","heading":"Duties of municipalities","body":"Each municipality shall:\n(1) Ensure that the following are posted on the town’s, city’s, or village’s website or, if no such website exists, ensure that a copy of each is received by all municipal officers and is made available to the public upon request:\n(A) the Municipal Code of Ethics;\n(B) procedures for the investigation and enforcement of complaints that allege a municipal officer has violated the Municipal Code of Ethics, as required by section 1997 of this title; and\n(C) any supplemental or additional ordinances, rules, and personnel policies regarding ethics adopted by a municipality.\n(2) Maintain a record of municipal officers who have received ethics training pursuant to section 1995 of this title.\n(3) Designate a municipal officer or body to receive complaints alleging violations of the Municipal Code of Ethics.\n(4) Maintain a record of received complaints and the disposition of each complaint made against a municipal officer for the duration of the municipal officer’s service plus a minimum of five years.\n(5) Upon request of the State Ethics Commission, promptly provide the State Ethics Commission with a summary of complaints received by the municipality and the outcome of each complaint, but excluding any personally identifiable information.","path":["Title 24: Municipal and County Government","Chapter 060: Municipal Code of Ethics"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/24/060/01996","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:05Z","sha256":"ed55105ab6803338c23162be7f4ca7d1d7d102c3c0060a26f59a0c9a5e731cc8","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-1995","next":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-1997"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}