Vt. Stat. tit. 24 § 4675
In order to assure the maintenance of the required debt service reserve in each reserve fund established pursuant to this chapter, there shall be appropriated annually and paid to the Bank for deposit in each reserve fund, such sum as shall be certified by the Chair of the Bank to the Governor or to the Governor-Elect, as is necessary to restore such fund to an amount equal to the required debt service reserve. The Chair shall annually, on or before February 1, make and deliver to the Governor or to the Governor-Elect, his or her certificate stating the sum required to restore the fund to the amount aforesaid, and the Governor or Governor-Elect shall, on or before March 1, submit a request for appropriations for the sum so certified, and the sum so certified shall be appropriated and paid to the Bank during the then current State fiscal year.
24 V.S.A. § 4675