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2025 Vermont Statutes
Title 3 - Executive
Chapter 7 - Attorney General
§ 162a. Definitions

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3 VT Stats § 162a
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§ 162a. Definitions

As used in this subchapter:

(1) “Child” has the same meaning as in 33 V.S.A. § 5102(2).

(2) “Community referral” means a referral of an individual to a community-based restorative justice provider that does not involve criminal offenses or delinquencies for which probable cause exists.

(3) “Criminal justice purposes” has the same meaning as in 20 V.S.A. § 2056a(a)(3).

(4) “Pre-charge diversion” means a referral of an individual to a community-based restorative justice provider by a law enforcement officer or prosecutor after the referring officer or prosecutor has determined that probable cause exists that the individual has committed a criminal offense and before the individual is criminally charged with the offense or before a petition is filed in family court for the offense. Pre-charge diversion shall not be construed to include a community referral.

(5) “Youth” has the same meaning as in 33 V.S.A. § 5102(29). (Added 2023, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2025.)

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