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.
Subchapter
001
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COMPACT
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 1959)
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§ 1959. Construction and severability—Article IX
This Compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purpose thereof.
The provisions of this Compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence
or provision of this Compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any
state or the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency,
person or circumstance is held invalid, validity of the remainder of this Compact
and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall
not be affected thereby. If this Compact shall be held contrary to the constitution
of any state participating herein, the Compact shall remain in full force and effect
as to the remaining party states and in full force and effect as to the state affected
as to all severable matters. (Added 1967, No. 288 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 15, 1968.)