(a) The Commissioner of Human Resources is authorized to develop programs and take measures to increase the quantity of qualified applicants applying for employment by the State.

(b) Appropriate activities include: the placement of advertisements for recruitment of open and continuous recruitment positions, both within and outside the classified service, for all State government entities; listing of positions with governmental and private entities that maintain job listings; and attendance at job and recruitment fairs.

(c) The Commissioner is authorized to charge other governmental entities for the costs associated with furnishing the services described in this section. All fees collected under this section shall be credited to the Human Resource Recruitment Special Fund established and managed pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5, and shall be available to the Department of Human Resources to offset the cost of and enhance the provision of human resource recruitment services. (Added 2001, No. 11, § 54, eff. April 25, 2001; amended 2003, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)