Vermont § 1964 - Structure of the community justice boards; confidentiality of certain restorative justice meetings

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§ 1964. Structure of the community justice boards; confidentiality of certain restorative justice meetings

  • (a) Each community justice center: (1) shall have an advisory board comprising at least 51 percent citizen volunteers; (2) may use a variety of community-based restorative justice approaches, including restorative
    justice panels, group conferencing, or mediation; and (3) shall include programs to resolve disputes, address the needs of victims, address
    the wrongdoing of the offender, and promote the rehabilitation of youthful and adult
    offenders. (b) Meetings of restorative justice panels and meetings to conduct restorative justice
    group conferencing or mediation shall not be subject to the Vermont Open Meeting Law,
    1 V.S.A. chapter 5, subchapter 2. (Added 2007, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2013, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)

Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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