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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THE COMPACT
(Cite as: 28 V.S.A. § 1603)
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§ 1603. Contracts—Article III
(a) Each party state may make one or more contracts with any one or more of the other
party states for the confinement of inmates on behalf of a sending state in institutions
situated within receiving states. Any such contract shall provide for:
(1) Its duration.
(2) Payments to be made to the receiving state by the sending state for inmate maintenance,
extraordinary medical and dental expenses, and any participation in or receipt by
inmates of rehabilitative or correctional services, facilities, programs, or treatment
not reasonably included as part of normal maintenance.
(3) Participation in programs of inmate employment, if any; the disposition or crediting
of any payments received by inmates on account thereof; and the crediting of proceeds
from or disposal of any products resulting therefrom.
(4) Delivery and retaking of inmates.
(5) Such other matters as may be necessary and appropriate to fix the obligations, responsibilities
and rights of the sending and receiving states.
(b) The terms and provisions of this compact shall be a part of any contract entered into
by the authority of or pursuant thereto, and nothing in any such contract shall be
inconsistent therewith. (Added 1969, No. 13, § 1, eff. Feb. 28, 1969.)