| 1 | 1 | | BILL AS INTRODUCED H.176 |
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| 5 | 5 | | VT LEG #380244 v.1 |
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| 6 | 6 | | H.176 1 |
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| 7 | 7 | | Introduced by Representatives Burditt of West Rutland, Galfetti of Barre 2 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Town, Goodnow of Brattleboro, LaLonde of South Burlington, 3 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Malay of Pittsford, Oliver of Sheldon, and Rachelson of 4 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Burlington 5 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Referred to Committee on 6 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Date: 7 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Subject: Judiciary; corrections; sentencing; community restitution; work crew 8 |
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| 14 | 14 | | Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to create a date 9 |
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| 15 | 15 | | certain for the Department of Corrections to implement its community 10 |
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| 16 | 16 | | restitution program (work crew), as well as mandating the reinstitution of prior 11 |
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| 17 | 17 | | policies governing the program and limitations on the time periods imposed for 12 |
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| 18 | 18 | | work crew. 13 |
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| 19 | 19 | | An act relating to developing the Department of Corrections’ community 14 |
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| 20 | 20 | | restitution program 15 |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 16 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Sec. 1. COMMUNITY RESTITUTION; DEVELOPMENT; 17 |
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| 23 | 23 | | IMPLEMENTATION 18 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) On or before July 1, 2025, the Department of Corrections shall 19 |
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| 25 | 25 | | reinstitute the Field Based Community Restitution Program, commonly 20 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.176 |
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| 29 | 29 | | VT LEG #380244 v.1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | referred to as “work crew,” that was discontinued by the Rescinding 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Memorandum issued by the Department, which rescinded Department Policy 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | #339.01, Court and Reparative Services Unit Operations Directive, dated 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | March 13, 1995 and Department Policy #392.01, Operation of Field Based 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Community Restitution Program, dated July 1, 2021, and was effective on July 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 1, 2023. 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (b) The Department of Corrections may enact policies limiting the number 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | of days ordered on a single mittimus and how many total work crew days an 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | offender may have outstanding at any time to be eligible for work crew. The 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Department shall set the number of work crew days imposed under a single 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | mittimus to not less than 20 days or the total number that may be outstanding 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | on multiple mittimuses to not less than 60 days. 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | This act shall take effect on passage. 14 |
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