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: 28 V.S.A. § 1359)
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§ 1359. Article IX; Oversight, enforcement and dispute resolution by the Interstate Commission
(a) Oversight. The Interstate Commission shall oversee the interstate movement of adult offenders
in the compacting states and shall monitor such activities being administered in noncompacting
states which may significantly affect compacting states. The courts and executive
agencies in each compacting state shall enforce this compact and shall take all actions
necessary and appropriate to effectuate the compact’s purposes and intent. In any
judicial or administrative proceeding in a compacting state pertaining to the subject
matter of this compact which may affect the powers, responsibilities or actions of
the Interstate Commission, the Interstate Commission shall be entitled to receive
all service of process in any such proceeding, and shall have standing to intervene
in the proceeding for all purposes.
(b) Dispute resolution. The compacting states shall report to the Interstate Commission on issues or activities
of concern to them, and cooperate with and support the Interstate Commission in the
discharge of its duties and responsibilities. The Interstate Commission shall attempt
to resolve any disputes or other issues which are subject to the compact and which
may arise among compacting states and noncompacting states. The Interstate Commission
shall enact a bylaw or promulgate a rule providing for both mediation and binding
dispute resolution for disputes among the compacting states.
(c) Enforcement. The Interstate Commission, in the reasonable exercise of its discretion, shall enforce
the provisions of this compact using any or all means set forth in Article XII of
this compact provided by subsection 1362(b) of this title. (Added 1999, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 27, 2000.)