Vermont § 5727 - Oversight; enforcement; dispute resolution

§ 5727. Oversight; enforcement; dispute resolution

• (a) Oversight. (1) The Interstate Commission shall oversee the administration and operations of the interstate
  movement of juveniles subject to this compact in the compacting states and shall monitor
  such activities being administered in noncompacting states which may significantly
  affect compacting states. (2) 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. The provisions of this compact and the rules promulgated hereunder shall
  be received by all the judges, public officers, commissions, and departments of the
  state government as evidence of the authorized statute and administrative rules.
  All courts shall take judicial notice of the compact and the rules. 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, it 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. (1) The compacting states shall report to the Interstate Commission on all issues and
  activities necessary for the administration of the compact as well as issues and activities
  pertaining to compliance with the provisions of the compact and its bylaws and rules. (2) The Interstate Commission shall attempt, upon the request of a compacting state, to
  resolve any disputes or other issues which are subject to the compact and which may
  arise among compacting states and between compacting and noncompacting states. The
  Commission shall promulgate a rule providing for both mediation and binding dispute
  resolution for disputes among the compacting states. (3) The Interstate Commission, in the reasonable exercise of its discretion, shall enforce
  the provisions and rules of this compact using any or all means set forth in section 5731 of this title. (Added 2009, No. 108 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. July 1, 2010.)