Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 20 Sec. 1913

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Public Safety. See
  • Department: means the Department of Public Safety. See
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
  • State Police: means the sworn law enforcement officers who are employees of the Department. See

§ 1913. Uniforms and equipment

Within the appropriation for the Department, the Commissioner shall provide the State Police, and such other members as he or she may designate, with uniforms and all members with the equipment necessary in the performance of their respective duties, which shall remain the property of the State. The Commissioner may sell such equipment as may become unfit for use, and all monies received from the sale shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the Department’s appropriation. The Commissioner shall keep an inventory and shall charge against each member all property of the Department issued to him or her, and if the Commissioner shall determine that a loss or destruction was due to the carelessness or neglect of the member, the value of the property shall be deducted from his or her pay. (Amended 2021, No. 20, § 157.)