{"data":{"id":"us-vt/29-v.s.a.-925","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"29 V.S.A. § 925","heading":"Complaints of noncompliance with subchapter; investigations of complaints","body":"(a) The Commissioner shall initiate an investigation to determine whether a violation of this subchapter has occurred if:\n(1) The Commissioner has knowledge that a contractor or a supplier at the point of assembly of goods subject to a contract is not in compliance with this subchapter.\n(2) The contractor informs the Commissioner that the contractor or a supplier at the point of assembly of goods subject to a contract is not in compliance with this subchapter.\n(3) A worker for a contractor or for a supplier at the point of assembly of goods subject to a contract files a written complaint directly with the Commissioner stating that the contractor or supplier, to the best of the worker’s knowledge, is not in compliance with this subchapter.\n(4) A third party established and based in the United States, on behalf of or on the basis of information from a worker or workers, files directly with the Commissioner a written complaint, signed and dated under oath before an official authorized by applicable law to administer oaths, stating that, to the best of the third party’s knowledge, a contractor or a supplier at the point of assembly of goods subject to a contract is not in compliance with this subchapter.\n(5) A third party established and based outside the United States, on behalf of or on the basis of information from a worker or workers, files directly with the Commissioner a signed and dated written complaint stating that, to the best of the third party’s knowledge, a contractor or a supplier at the point of assembly of goods subject to a contract is not in compliance with this subchapter.\n(b) After receiving a complaint alleging noncompliance with this subchapter, the Commissioner shall contact in a timely manner, in writing and by certified letter, the contractor that is the subject of the complaint or whose supplier is the subject of the complaint.","path":["Title 29: Public Property and Supplies","Chapter 049: Department of Buildings and General Services","Subchapter 002: STATE PURCHASING OF APPAREL, FOOTWEAR, OR TEXTILES"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/29/049/00925","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:09Z","sha256":"39a2e8c6e8ecc30115326f5264749a1458a8f78bef8fb234437874210ca9ce8c","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/29-v.s.a.-924","next":"us-vt/29-v.s.a.-926"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}