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.
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 8008)
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§ 8008. Decision to disqualify
In deciding whether to impose a discretionary disqualification, a decision-maker shall
undertake an individualized assessment to determine whether the benefit or opportunity
at issue should be denied the individual. In making that decision, the decision-maker
may consider, if substantially related to the benefit or opportunity at issue, the
particular facts and circumstances involved in the offense and the essential elements
of the offense. A conviction itself may not be considered except as having established
the elements of the offense. The decision-maker shall also consider other relevant
information, including the effect on third parties of granting the benefit or opportunity
and whether the individual has been granted relief such as an order of limited relief
or a certificate of restoration of rights. (Added 2013, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.)