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Title 5 : Aeronautics and Surface Transportation Generally
Chapter 013 : Operation of Aircraft
Subchapter 002 : RESTRICTIONS
(Cite as: 5 V.S.A. § 427)-
§ 427. Operating under influence of liquor or drugs; penalty; revocation of right
(a) No person shall operate or attempt to operate an aircraft or serve as a member of a crew while under the influence of alcohol or any habit-forming drug.
(b) A person who violates a provision of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00, or, if he or she is the operator of the aircraft, may be imprisoned for not more than two years, or both.
(c) [Repealed.] (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 1997, No. 150 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(c); 2017, No. 83, § 161(1).)
