The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 6 V.S.A. § 3311)
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§ 3311. Specific offenses; penalties
(a) Any person that gives, pays, or offers, directly or indirectly, any money or other
thing of value to any officer or employee of this State authorized to perform any
duties prescribed by this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter, with intent
to influence the officer or employee in the discharge of any duty, shall, upon conviction,
be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for not more than
five years, or both. Any officer or employee of this State authorized to perform the
duties prescribed by this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter, who accepts
any money, gift, or other thing of value from any persons, given with intent to influence
his or her official action, or who shall receive or accept from any person engaged
in intrastate commerce any gift, money, or other thing of value given with any purpose
or intent whatsoever, shall be subject to the penalties provided in 13 V.S.A. § 1102.
(b) Any person that forcibly assaults, resists, or intimidates any inspector, or other
person, engaged in the performance of his or her official duties under this chapter
or rules adopted under this chapter shall be subject to the penalties provided in
13 V.S.A. § 1023. Any person who impedes, interferes, or hinders any inspector, or other person, engaged
in the performance of his or her official duties under this chapter or rules adopted
under this chapter shall be subject to the penalties provided in 13 V.S.A. § 3001. Whoever in the commission of these acts uses a deadly or dangerous weapon, or who
purposely or knowingly causes serious bodily injury to an inspector, or other person,
engaged in the performance of his or her official duties under this chapter or rules
adopted under this chapter shall be subject to the penalties provided in 13 V.S.A.
chapter 53. Any person engaged in official duties under this chapter or rules adopted
under this chapter shall be considered a law enforcement officer for purposes of determining
a penalty under 13 V.S.A. chapter 53. (Added 1985, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 2, 1986; amended 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 139, eff. July 1, 2022.)