3.15 Reporting Requirements
Vermont Code of Judicial Conduct (2019)
Rule Text
(A) A judge shall publicly report the amount or value of:
(1) compensation or income, including rental income from real property, received for extrajudicial activities as permitted by Rule 3.12;
(2) gifts and other things of value as permitted by Rule 3.13(C), unless the value of such items, alone or in the aggregate with other items received from the same source in the same calendar year, does not exceed $250.00; and
(3) reimbursement of expenses and waiver of fees or charges permitted by Rule 3.14(A), unless the amount of reimbursement or waiver, alone or in the aggregate with other reimbursements or waivers received from the same source in the same calendar year, does not exceed $250.00.
(B) When public reporting is required by paragraph (A), a judge shall report the date, place, and nature of the activity for which the judge received any compensation or income; the description of any gift, loan, bequest, benefit, or other thing of value accepted; and the source of reimbursement of expenses or waiver or partial waiver of fees or charges.
(C) The public report required by paragraph (A) shall be made in such a form as directed by appropriate order of the Supreme Court and shall be filed annually as a public document in the Office of the Court Administrator by January 31 for the previous year.