Vermont Statutes Title 32. Taxation and Finance, § 3209. Tax Computer System Modernization Fund

(a) The Tax Computer System Modernization Fund #21909, as established in the State Treasury per 2007 Acts and Resolves No. 65, Sec. 282 as amended, is a special fund to support information technology improvements and initiatives of the Department of Taxes. Balances in the Fund shall be administered by the Department of Taxes and used exclusively for the purposes prescribed in subsection (c) of this section. Balances in the Fund at the end of each fiscal year shall be carried forward and remain part of the Fund. Interest earned by the Fund shall be deposited into the Fund.

(b) The Fund shall receive annual transfers from the General Fund and the Education Fund in amounts not to exceed 0.21 percent of total revenue collected in the prior fiscal year by the Department of Taxes. The fund may receive other receipts as directed or authorized by the General Assembly.

(c) The Fund shall be used for the development, implementation, enhancement, and maintenance of information technology systems and services for the administration of taxes and programs administered by the Department. This shall include requests for proposal, business requirements, analysis, implementation of new tax types, enhancements to existing systems, and payments due to vendors of information technology systems and services.

(d) The Commissioner of Taxes shall submit an annual report on the receipts, expenditures, and balances in the Tax Computer System Modernization Fund to the Joint Fiscal Committee each year at or prior to the Committee's November meeting each year.