The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 3 : Executive
Chapter 068 : Office of Racial Equity
Subchapter 002 : DIVISION OF RACIAL JUSTICE STATISTICS
(Cite as: 3 V.S.A. § 5012)-
§ 5012. Duties
(a) The Division shall have the following duties:
(1) Work collaboratively with, and have the assistance of, all State and local agencies and departments identified pursuant to subdivision 5013(a)(2) of this title for purposes of collecting all data related to systemic racial bias and disparities within the criminal and juvenile justice systems.
(2) Collect and analyze the data related to systemic racial bias and disparities within the criminal and juvenile justice systems.
(3) Conduct justice information sharing gap analyses.
(4) Maintain an inventory of justice technology assets and a data dictionary to identify elements and structure of databases and relationships, if any, to other databases.
(5) Develop a justice technology strategic plan, which shall be updated annually. The justice technology strategic plan shall include identification and prioritization of data needs and requirements to fulfill new or emerging data research proposals or operational enhancements.
(6) Develop interagency agreements and memorandums of understanding for data sharing and publish public use files.
(7) Report its data, analyses, and recommendations to the Racial Justice Statistics Advisory Council and the Racial Disparities in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems Advisory Panel on a monthly basis.
(b) On or before January 15, 2023 and annually thereafter, the Division shall report its data, analyses, and recommendations to the House Committees on Judiciary and on Government Operations and Military Affairs and the Senate Committees on Judiciary and on Government Operations. The report may include an operational assessment of the Division’s structure and staffing levels and any recommendations for necessary adjustments.
(c) To carry out its duties under this subchapter, the Division may adopt procedural and substantive rules in accordance with the provisions of chapter 25 of this title. (Added 2021, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2022.)
