The State Treasurer's Office is responsible for several administrative and service duties, in accordance with Vermont Statutes. These include: investing state funds; issuing state bonds; serving as the central bank for state agencies; managing the state's cash balances, check processing and reconciliation; safeguarding and returning unclaimed or abandoned financial property; and administering three major pension plans for public employees. The Treasurer is fifth (behind the Lieutenant Governor,

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of the

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, President ''pro tempore'' of the Senate, and Secretary of State, respectively) in the

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. The incumbent is Mike Pieciak who assumed in the office in January 2023. He succeeded

Beth Pearce Elizabeth A. Pearce (born 1952/1953) is an American politician from Vermont who served as Vermont State Treasurer. Biography Beth Pearce resides in Barre. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Hampshire. She was ...

, who was appointed to the office in January, 2011 when Jeb Spaulding resigned to become Secretary of Administration in the cabinet of Governor

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, and has been subsequently elected. Pearce had been Spaulding's deputy.News story, Deputy Vt. Treasurer to Take Top Job
, WCAX-TV, December 20, 2010

List of Vermont State Treasurers (1778–present)

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