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28 V.S.A. § 1002
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 28 - Public Institutions and Corrections|Chapter 13 - Town and Village Lockups|§ 1002. Jailer; appointment; removal

§ 1002. Jailer; appointment; removal|The selectboard of a town or the trustees of an incorporated village may appoint a jailer of the lockup and may remove him or her at pleasure. The appointment or removal shall be in writing and recorded in the office of the town or village clerk. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20.)
28 V.S.A. § 1003
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 28 - Public Institutions and Corrections|Chapter 13 - Town and Village Lockups|§ 1003. Commitments

§ 1003. Commitments|When process is delivered to an officer to serve, requiring the officer to commit a person to jail to await examination or trial before a Superior Court, if the order for commitment was made within the limits of a town, incorporated village, or a county maintaining a lockup, that person may be committed for not more than 72 hours, unless the time is extended by court order, to the lockup and be subject to the restraints and entitled to the privileges provided by law for persons confined in a correctional facility. A person under 18 years of age charged or convicted of a misdemeanor may not be detained in a lockup used to house inmates over 18 years of age, except as provided in 33 V.S.A. § 5293. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1987, No. 182 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2013, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 132, eff. May 20, 2014.)
28 V.S.A. § 1004
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 28 - Public Institutions and Corrections|Chapter 13 - Town and Village Lockups|§ 1004. Standards of maintenance and use by Department of Corrections

§ 1004. Standards of maintenance and use by Department of Corrections|(a) All lockups must meet the standards established by the Commissioner of Corrections. Such standards shall comply with the standards and requirements relating to medical care established under the provisions of section 801 of this title. To assist in the management of correctional facilities, the Commissioner may contract to house an inmate in a local lockup for pretrial detention, confinement, or for community release. The Commissioner or his or her authorized agent shall visit and inspect all lockups at least once every six months.(b) The selectboard, trustees, or sheriffs maintaining a lockup that fails to meet minimum standards shall discontinue its use within 30 days after notice thereof is sent to them by the Commissioner. They shall cause its inmates to be transferred to the nearest regional correctional facility. If the selectboard, trustees, or sheriffs do not keep a lockup according to the standards established by the Commissioner or fail to discontinue its use after notice from the Commissioner, he or she may petition the Superior Court, and the court may grant an injunction against continued use of the lockup. The court may make other orders appropriate and necessary for enforcing this section. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1977, No. 57, § 2, eff. April 22, 1977; 1981, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 22, 1982; 1987, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
28 V.S.A. § 1101
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 28 - Public Institutions and Corrections|Chapter 15 - Juvenile Services|§ 1101. Powers and responsibilities of the commissioner regarding juvenile services

§ 1101. Powers and responsibilities of the commissioner regarding juvenile services|The Commissioner is charged with the following powers and responsibilities regarding the administration of juvenile services:  (1) to provide appropriate facilities for the custody and treatment of offenders under 25 years of age committed to his or her custody in accordance with the laws of the State; (2) to supervise and administer and oversee the maintenance of the facilities, in accordance with the various powers and responsibilities established in the office of Commissioner by this title, by 33 V.S.A. chapter 52, and by 3 V.S.A. §§ 3052 and 3053; (3) to advise, upon request and in his or her discretion, local, State, and federal officials and public and private agencies and lay groups on the needs for and possible methods of the reduction and prevention of delinquency and the treatment of delinquents; (4) to cooperate with other agencies whose services deal with the care and treatment of delinquents to the end that children who are committed to the custody of the Commissioner may wherever possible be assisted to a successful adjustment outside institutional care; (5) to cooperate with other agencies in surveying, developing, and utilizing the resources of a community as a means of combating the problem of juvenile delinquency and of effectuating rehabilitation; and (6) to hold community and State conferences from time to time in order to acquaint the public with current issues of juvenile delinquency. (7) [Repealed.]  (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; amended 2009, No. 33, § 83(l)(3); 2013, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 133, eff. May 20, 2014; 2015, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 16, eff. July 1, 2017; 2019, No. 124 (Adj. Sess.), § 11.)
28 V.S.A. § 1102
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 28 - Public Institutions and Corrections|Chapter 15 - Juvenile Services|§ 1102. Administration of facilities providing juvenile services; care of juveniles

§ 1102. Administration of facilities providing juvenile services; care of juveniles|(a) The supervising officer of any facility providing juvenile services shall be subject to all the powers and responsibilities applied to the supervising officers of facilities by section 601 of this title.(b) Children committed to the custody of the Commissioner in accordance with the laws of the State, wherever appropriate, shall be subject to the provisions established in chapter 11, subchapter 3 of this title. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20.)
28 V.S.A. § 1103
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 28 - Public Institutions and Corrections|Chapter 15 - Juvenile Services|§ 1103. Treatment program

§ 1103. Treatment program|To aid in the treatment of juveniles committed to his or her custody, the Commissioner may:  (1) develop and administer programs of educational, vocational and physical training designed to prepare juveniles committed to his or her custody for their roles as citizens of the state and community; (2) make full use of other methods of treatment, including medical and psychiatric examination, care, and treatment for the benefit of the child and conducive to the prevention of future violations of law by the child. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20.)
28 V.S.A. § 1104
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 28 - Public Institutions and Corrections|Chapter 15 - Juvenile Services|§ 1104. Consent to medical treatment

§ 1104. Consent to medical treatment|For the purpose of granting consent for the rendering of needed medical assistance, the State shall stand in the relationship of parent and legal guardian of the child needing the assistance, and the State shall have exclusive authority to grant consent for the assistance, notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute or law. The Commissioner, and any other officer or employee he or she may so designate, shall represent the State in this relationship. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20.)
28 V.S.A. § 1161
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 28 - Public Institutions and Corrections|Chapter 16 - Youthful Offenders|§ 1161. Powers and responsibilities of the Commissioner regarding supervision of youthful offenders

§ 1161. Powers and responsibilities of the Commissioner regarding supervision of youthful offenders|In accordance with 33 V.S.A. chapter 52A, the Commissioner shall be charged with the following powers and responsibilities regarding supervision of youthful offenders:  (1) consistent with 33 V.S.A. § 5284(d), to designate a case manager who, together with a case manager appointed by the Commissioner for Children and Families, will determine the lead department to preside over the case plan and the provision of services to youths who are adjudicated as youthful offenders; (2) together with the Commissioner for Children and Families, to maintain the general supervision of youths adjudicated as youthful offenders and placed on conditions of juvenile probation; and (3) to supervise the administration of probation services and establish policies and standards regarding youthful offender probation investigation, supervision, case work, record keeping, and the qualification of probation officers working with youthful offenders. (Added 2017, No. 72, § 2, eff. July 1, 2018.)
28 V.S.A. § 1162
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 28 - Public Institutions and Corrections|Chapter 16 - Youthful Offenders|§ 1162. Methods of supervision

§ 1162. Methods of supervision|(a) Electronic monitoring. The Commissioner may utilize an electronic monitoring system to supervise a youthful offender placed on juvenile probation.(b) Graduated sanctions.  (1) If ordered by the court pursuant to a modification of a youthful offender disposition under 33 V.S.A. § 5285(c)(1), the Commissioner may sanction the youthful offender in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection. (2) The Department of Corrections shall adopt rules pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 that establish graduated sanction guidelines for a youthful offender who violates the terms of his or her probation. (Added 2017, No. 72, § 2, eff. July 1, 2018.)
28 V.S.A. § 1352
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 28 - Public Institutions and Corrections|Chapter 22 - Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders|§ 1352. Article II; Definitions

§ 1352. Article II; Definitions|As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires a different construction:  (1) "Adult" means both individuals legally classified as adults and juveniles treated as adults by court order, statute, or operation of law. (2) "Bylaws" means those bylaws established by the Interstate Commission for its governance, or for directing or controlling the Interstate Commission's actions or conduct. (3) "Compact administrator" means the individual in each compacting state appointed pursuant to the terms of this compact responsible for the administration and management of the state's supervision and transfer of offenders subject to the terms of this compact, the rules adopted by the Interstate Commission and policies adopted by the state council under this compact. (4) "Compacting state" means any state which has enacted the enabling legislation for this compact. (5) "Commissioner" means the voting representative of each compacting state appointed pursuant to Article III of this compact. (6) "Interstate Commission" means the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision established by this compact. (7) "Member" means the commissioner of a compacting state or designee, who shall be a person officially connected with the commissioner. (8) "Noncompacting state" means any state which has not enacted the enabling legislation for this compact. (9) "Offender" means an adult placed under, or subject to, supervision as the result of the commission of a criminal offense and released to the community under the jurisdiction of courts, paroling authorities, corrections, or other criminal justice agencies. (10) "Person" means any individual, corporation, business enterprise or other legal entity, either public or private. (11) "Rules" means acts of the Interstate Commission, duly promulgated pursuant to Article VIII of this compact, substantially affecting interested parties in addition to the Interstate Commission, which shall have the force and effect of law in the compacting states. (12) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any other territorial possessions of the United States. (13) "State council" means the resident members of the state council for interstate adult offender supervision created by each state under Article III of this compact. (Added 1999, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 27, 2000.)
28 V.S.A. § 1353
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 28 - Public Institutions and Corrections|Chapter 22 - Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders|§ 1353. Article III; The compact commission

§ 1353. Article III; The compact commission|(a) The compacting states hereby create the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision. The Interstate Commission shall be a body corporate and the joint agency of the compacting states. The Interstate Commission shall have all the responsibilities, powers, and duties set forth in this compact, including the power to sue and be sued, and such additional powers as may be conferred upon it by subsequent action of the respective legislatures of the compacting states in accordance with the terms of this compact.(b) The Interstate Commission shall consist of commissioners selected and appointed by resident members of a state council for interstate adult offender supervision for each state.(c) In addition to the commissioners who shall be the voting representatives of each state, the Interstate Commission shall include individuals who are not commissioners but who are members of interested organizations. Such noncommissioner members shall include a member of the national organizations of governors, legislators, state chief justices, attorneys general, and crime victims. All noncommissioner members of the Interstate Commission shall be ex officio, nonvoting members. The Interstate Commission may provide in its bylaws for such additional, ex officio, nonvoting members as it deems necessary.(d) Each compacting state represented at any meeting of the Interstate Commission shall have one vote. A majority of the compacting states shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, unless a larger quorum is required by the bylaws of the Interstate Commission.(e) The Interstate Commission shall meet at least once each calendar year. The chair may call additional meetings and, upon the request of 27 or more compacting states, shall call additional meetings. Public notice shall be given of all meetings and meetings shall be open to the public.(f) The Interstate Commission shall establish an executive committee which shall include commission officers, members, and others as shall be determined by the bylaws. The executive committee shall have the power to act on behalf of the Interstate Commission during periods when the Interstate Commission is not in session, with the exception of rulemaking or amendment to the Compact. The executive committee shall oversee the day-to-day activities managed by the executive director and Interstate Commission staff, administer enforcement and compliance with the provisions of the Compact, its bylaws and as directed by the Interstate Commission, and perform other duties as directed by the Commission or set forth in the bylaws. (Added 1999, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 27, 2000.)
28 V.S.A. § 1354
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 28 - Public Institutions and Corrections|Chapter 22 - Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders|§ 1354. Article IV; The State Council

§ 1354. Article IV; The State Council|(a) The Vermont State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision is created. The State Council shall consist of six members:  (1) one member of the House of Representatives, who shall be appointed by the Speaker, and one member of the Senate, who shall be appointed by the Committee on Committees; (2) one representative of the Judicial Branch appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; (3) one representative of the Executive Branch appointed by the Governor; (4) one representative of a victims group appointed by the Governor; and (5) one individual who in addition to serving as a member of the Council shall serve as the Compact Administrator for this State, appointed by the Governor after consultation with the General Assembly and the Supreme Court.   (b) The State Council shall appoint the Compact Administrator as the Vermont commissioner to the Interstate Commission. The Vermont commissioner shall serve on the Interstate Commission in such capacity under or pursuant to applicable law of this State.(c) The State Council shall exercise oversight and advocacy concerning its participation in Interstate Commission activities and other duties as may be determined by the State Council, including development of policy concerning operations and procedures of the compact within this State. (Added 1999, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 27, 2000; amended 2017, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 28, eff. May 28, 2018.)
28 V.S.A. § 1359
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 28 - Public Institutions and Corrections|Chapter 22 - Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders|§ 1359. Article IX; Oversight, enforcement and dispute resolution by the Interstate Commission

§ 1359. Article IX; Oversight, enforcement and dispute resolution by the Interstate Commission|(a) Oversight. The Interstate Commission shall oversee the interstate movement of adult offenders in the compacting states and shall monitor such activities being administered in noncompacting states which may significantly affect compacting states. The courts and executive agencies in each compacting state shall enforce this compact and shall take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the compact's purposes and intent. In any judicial or administrative proceeding in a compacting state pertaining to the subject matter of this compact which may affect the powers, responsibilities or actions of the Interstate Commission, the Interstate Commission shall be entitled to receive all service of process in any such proceeding, and shall have standing to intervene in the proceeding for all purposes.(b) Dispute resolution. The compacting states shall report to the Interstate Commission on issues or activities of concern to them, and cooperate with and support the Interstate Commission in the discharge of its duties and responsibilities. The Interstate Commission shall attempt to resolve any disputes or other issues which are subject to the compact and which may arise among compacting states and noncompacting states. The Interstate Commission shall enact a bylaw or promulgate a rule providing for both mediation and binding dispute resolution for disputes among the compacting states.(c) Enforcement. The Interstate Commission, in the reasonable exercise of its discretion, shall enforce the provisions of this compact using any or all means set forth in Article XII of this compact provided by subsection 1362(b) of this title. (Added 1999, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 27, 2000.)
28 V.S.A. § 1360
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 28 - Public Institutions and Corrections|Chapter 22 - Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders|§ 1360. Article X; Finance

§ 1360. Article X; Finance|(a) The Interstate Commission shall pay or provide for the payment of the reasonable expenses of its establishment, organization, and ongoing activities.(b) The Interstate Commission shall levy on and collect an annual assessment from each compacting state to cover the cost of the internal operations and activities of the Interstate Commission and its staff, which must be in a total amount sufficient to cover the Interstate Commission's annual budget as approved each year. The aggregate annual assessment amount shall be allocated based upon a formula to be determined by the Interstate Commission, taking into consideration the population of the state and the volume of interstate movement of offenders in each compacting state, and shall promulgate a rule binding upon all compacting states which governs said assessment.(c) The Interstate Commission shall not incur any obligations of any kind prior to securing the funds adequate to meet the same; nor shall the Interstate Commission pledge the credit of any of the compacting states, except by and with the authority of the compacting state.(d) The Interstate Commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the Interstate Commission shall be subject to the audit and accounting procedures established under its bylaws. However, all receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the Interstate Commission shall be audited yearly by a certified or licensed public accountant and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the Interstate Commission. (Added 1999, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 27, 2000.)
28 V.S.A. § 1361
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 28 - Public Institutions and Corrections|Chapter 22 - Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders|§ 1361. Article XI; Compacting states; effective date; amendments

§ 1361. Article XI; Compacting states; effective date; amendments|(a) Any state, as defined in Article II of this compact, is eligible to become a compacting state. The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by no less than 35 of the states. The initial effective date shall be the later of July 1, 2001 or upon enactment into law by the 35th jurisdiction. Thereafter it shall become effective and binding, as to any other compacting state, upon enactment of the compact into law by that state. The governors of nonmember states or their designees shall be invited to participate in Interstate Commission activities on a nonvoting basis prior to adoption of the compact by all states and territories of the United States.(b) Amendments to the compact may be proposed by the Interstate Commission for enactment by the compacting states. No amendment shall become effective and binding upon the Interstate Commission and the compacting states unless and until it is enacted into law by unanimous consent of the compacting states. (Added 1999, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 27, 2000.)
28 V.S.A. § 1363
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 28 - Public Institutions and Corrections|Chapter 22 - Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders|§ 1363. Article XIII; Severability and construction

§ 1363. Article XIII; Severability and construction|The provisions of this compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the compact shall be enforceable. The provisions of this compact shall be liberally constructed to effectuate its purposes. (Added 1999, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 27, 2000.)
28 V.S.A. § 1364
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 28 - Public Institutions and Corrections|Chapter 22 - Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders|§ 1364. Article XIV; Binding effect of compact and other laws

§ 1364. Article XIV; Binding effect of compact and other laws|(a) Nothing in this compact shall prevent the enforcement of any other law of a compacting state that is not inconsistent with this compact. All compacting states' laws conflicting with this compact shall be superseded to the extent of the conflict.(b) Binding effect of the compact. All lawful actions of the Interstate Commission, including all rules and bylaws promulgated by the Interstate Commission, shall be binding upon the compacting states. All agreements between the Interstate Commission and the compacting states shall be binding in accordance with their terms. Upon the request of a party to a conflict over meaning or interpretation of Interstate Commission actions, and upon a majority vote of the compacting states, the Interstate Commission may issue advisory opinions regarding such meaning or interpretation. In the event any provision of this compact exceeds the constitutional limits imposed on the legislature of any compacting state, the obligations, duties, powers, or jurisdiction sought to be conferred by such provision upon the Interstate Commission shall be ineffective and such obligations, duties, powers, or jurisdiction shall remain in the compacting state and shall be exercised by the agency thereof to which such obligations, duties, powers, or jurisdiction is delegated by law in effect at the time this compact becomes effective. (Added 1999, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 27, 2000.)