§ 3762 - Reciprocity - Vermont Statutes

§ 3762. Reciprocity

In order to more effectively carry out the purposes of this subchapter, the governor of this state, referred to as the empowering state, may enter into a reciprocal agreement with the governor of any other state, referred to as the reciprocal state, empowering railroad police, subject to any regulations prescribed under such agreement, with the right to perform any police function that can be lawfully exercised by a police officer of the reciprocal state relating to the detection and apprehension of any person committing an offense against the empowering or the reciprocal state, but only to the extent that the offense is committed on or against property owned, operated or maintained by the employing or another railroad. (Added 1981, No. 104, § 1.)