§ 4. Qualifications of members, commissioners, and clerk
A person in the employ of or holding any official relation to any company subject to the supervision of the Commission, or engaged in the management of such company, or owning stock, bonds, or other securities thereof, or who is, in any manner, connected with the operation of such company in this State, shall not be a member or clerk of the Commission or Commissioner of Public Service; nor shall any person holding the office of member, clerk of the Commission, or Commissioner of Public Service personally or in connection with a partner or agent, render professional service for or against or make or perform any business contract with any company subject to such supervision, relating to the business of such company, except contracts made with them as common carriers or in regular course of public service; nor shall such person, directly or indirectly, receive from any such company any commission, present, or reward. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1979, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. Feb. 1, 1981.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Chapter 1 - Appointment, General Powers, and Duties
§ 1. Composition of Department
§ 3. Public Utility Commission
§ 4. Qualifications of members, commissioners, and clerk
§ 6. Powers and duties of clerk
§ 8. Powers of single Commission member or other officer or employee
§ 10. Service of process; notice of hearings; temporary restraining orders
§ 11. Pleadings; rules of practice; hearings; findings of fact
§ 11a. Electronic filing and issuance
§ 15. Decree of Commission; enforcement
§ 17. Fees of witnesses; duties of clerk
§ 18. Production and examination of books; witnesses
§ 20. Particular proceedings and activities; personnel
§ 21. Particular proceedings and activities; assessment of costs
§ 22. Tax to finance Department and Commission
§ 22a. Use of gross operating revenues tax
§ 23. Public Service Reserve Fund
§ 24. Payments from special funds; biennial report
§ 30. Penalties; affidavit of compliance