Rule 3.15 - Reporting Requirements(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.Vt. Admin. Ord. Of. Sup. Ct. 3.15
Amended August 6, 2019, eff. 10/7/2019.Reporter's Notes
Rule 3.15 is based on Vermont Code 1994, Canon 4H(2), as amended effective December 8, 2017. Rule 3.15(A)(1) thus applies to compensation and income received under Rule 3.12, including rental income. Rule 3.15(A)(2) applies to gifts accepted pursuant to Rule 3.13, and Rule 3.15(A)(3) applies to reimbursements received pursuant to Rule 3.14, in either case in excess of $250.00 from the same source in the same year. The reference to community property in Canon 4H(2) has been deleted as unnecessary because Rules 3.1-3.15 apply to compensation, gifts, or reimbursement. Vermont Code 1994, Canon 4I(2), concerning judge's income and assets (renumbered by amendment in 2017), has been deleted as unnecessary in the Code. See ABA Reporter's Explanation 140-42. Canon 4I(1), added to Vermont Code 1994 by amendment effective December 18, 2017, has been incorporated as Rule 2.11(D)(1). Rule 3.15(C) carries forward the last sentence of Vermont Code 1994, Canon 4H(2), and combines the effect of ABA Code 2007, Rules 3.15(C) and (D).
There are no Comments to Rule 3.15 in ABA Code 2007.