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Subchapter
001
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COMPACT
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 1958)
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§ 1958. Finance—Article VIII
(a) The Conference shall submit to the governor or designated officer or officers of each
party state a budget of its estimated expenditures for such period as may be required
by the laws of that party state for presentation to the legislature thereof.
(b) Each of the Conference’s budgets of estimated expenditures shall contain specific
recommendations of the amount or amounts to be appropriated by each of the party states.
The total amount of appropriation under any such budget shall be apportioned among
the party states as follows: one third in equal shares; one third divided among the
party states in the proportions that their populations bear to the total population
of all the party states; and one third divided among the party states in the proportions
that the major crimes committed in each party state bear to the total number of major
crimes committed in all the party states.
In determining population pursuant to this paragraph, the most recent decennial census
compiled by the United States government shall be used. Numbers of major crimes shall
be as reported in the most recent annual “Uniform Crime Report” compiled by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation of the United States Department of Justice, or by any agency
which may assume responsibility for such compilation in the place of such Bureau.
In the event that any source of information required to be used for the purpose of
this paragraph shall be discontinued, the Conference shall make its calculations on
the basis of the best alternative sources of information and shall identify the sources
used.
(c) The Conference shall not pledge the credit of any party state. The Conference may
meet any of its obligations in whole or in part with funds available to it under article
III(j) of this Compact, provided that the Conference takes specific action setting
aside such funds prior to incurring any obligation to be met in whole or in part in
such manner. Except where the Conference makes use of funds available to it under
article III(j) hereof, the Conference shall not incur any obligation prior to the
allotment of funds by the party states adequate to meet the same.
(d) The Conference shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The
receipts and disbursements of the Conference shall be subject to the audit and accounting
procedures established under its rules. However, all receipts and disbursements of
funds handled by the Conference shall be audited yearly by a qualified public accountant
and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report
of the Conference.
(e) The accounts of the Conference shall be open at any reasonable time for inspection
by duly constituted officers of the party states and any persons authorized by the
Conference.
(f) Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent Conference compliance with
laws relating to audit or inspection of accounts by or on behalf of any government
contributing to the support of the Conference. (Added 1967, No. 288 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 15, 1968.)