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 28 : Public Institutions and Corrections
Chapter 011 : Supervision of Adult Inmates at the Correctional Facilities
Subchapter 005 : SPECIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS
(Cite as: 28 V.S.A. § 902)-
§ 902. Commitment and sentencing
When a person is convicted of a crime before a court having criminal jurisdiction punishable by imprisonment, the court, in its discretion, before sentence may, with the consent of the Commissioner, order the person committed on a temporary basis to the custody of the Commissioner for the purpose of assignment to a facility for evaluation. The Commissioner shall return the person to the court within 60 days with a written report and recommendation whether the person should be placed on probation or should be committed. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20.)
