The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 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.
Title 23 : Motor Vehicles
Chapter 009 : Operator's Licenses
Subchapter 005 : DRIVER RETRAINING PROGRAM
(Cite as: 23 V.S.A. § 722)-
§ 722. Recommendation of a court
When a motor vehicle operator is convicted of a violation of chapter 13, subchapters 1 through 5 of this title involving the operation of a motor vehicle in motion, the judge of the court in which the conviction was obtained may recommend, in writing, to the Commissioner that the operator be required to attend a driver retraining course. The judge may delay sentencing the operator until the judge receives an answer to the judge’s recommendation from the Commissioner. If advised by the Commissioner that the operator has been ordered to take a driver retraining program, the judge may further delay sentencing the operator for a period not to exceed 90 days. If the judge receives evidence that the operator has satisfactorily completed a driver retraining course, the judge may then consider all the facts and circumstances of the case and either impose a penalty and costs or waive all or any part of the penalty and costs, making a note of the action on the original warrant. In such cases, the court shall in no way be relieved of the duty of immediately filing upon conviction the report required under section 1709 of this title. (Added 1961, No. 201, § 2; amended 2023, No. 85 (Adj. Sess.), § 276, eff. July 1, 2024.)
