The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
§ 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.)
§ 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.)