§ 1108 - Civil ordinance and traffic violations; jurisdiction of assistant judges - Vermont Statutes

§ 1108. Civil ordinance and traffic violations; jurisdiction of assistant judges

(a) Subject to the limits of this section and notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an assistant judge sitting alone shall have the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties to hear and decide civil ordinance and traffic violations as a hearing officer has under the provisions of this chapter.

(b)(1) An assistant judge who elects to hear and decide civil ordinance and traffic violations shall:

(A) have served in that office for a minimum of two years;

(B) have successfully completed at least 40 hours of training which shall be provided by the bureau; and

(C) complete eight hours of continuing education every year relating to jurisdiction exercised under this section.

(2) Training shall be paid for by the county, which expenditure is hereby authorized. Law clerk assistance shall be available to the assistant judges.

(c) The administrative judge may assign or direct assignment of an assistant judge with his or her consent to hear a civil ordinance or traffic violation case within the county in which the assistant judge presides or in a county other than the county in which the assistant judge presides if the assistant judge has elected to hear and decide civil ordinance and traffic violations under this section. (Added 1997, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 2005, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. May 20, 2006.)