§ 341 - Definitions - Vermont Statutes

§ 341. Definitions

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Agency" means any agency, board, department, commission, committee or authority of the executive branch of state government.

(2) "Personal services contract" or "contract" means an agreement or combination or series of agreements, by which an entity or individual who is not a state employee agrees with an agency to provide services, valued at $10,000.00 or more per year.

(3) "Privatization contract" means a personal services contract by which an entity or an individual who is not a state employee agrees with an agency to provide services, valued at $20,000.00 or more per year, which are the same or substantially similar to and in lieu of services previously provided, in whole or in part, by permanent, classified state employees, and which result in a reduction in force of at least one permanent, classified employee, or the elimination of a vacant position of an employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement. (Added 1999, No. 75 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2009, No. 54, § 107, eff. June 1, 2009.)