Vermont Statutes Title 13. Crimes and Criminal Procedure, § 6505. Payment

The Commissioner of Finance and Management shall allow counsel so employed a reasonable compensation for his or her services and expenses and shall issue his or her warrant for the amount allowed. Compensation shall not be allowed where it appears to the Commissioner that the prosecution was superfluous and instituted to enhance costs, nor in the trial of a person upon a complaint for intoxication or for any other offense against the title relating to alcoholic beverages, except where the respondent pleads not guilty.