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
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INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN[CONTINGENTLY ENACTED]
(Cite as: 33 V.S.A. § 5916)
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§ 5916. Severability and construction [Contingently enacted]
(a) The provisions of this Compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence,
or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the Compact shall
be enforceable.
(b) The provisions of this Compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
(c) Nothing in this Compact shall be construed to prohibit the concurrent applicability
of other interstate compacts to which the states are members. (Contingently added 2021, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)