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: 10 V.S.A. § 1681)
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§ 1681. Criminal enforcement
(a) Any permit holder or person who violates a provision of this chapter or the rules
adopted pursuant to this chapter, who fails or neglects to obey or comply with the
terms of a permit issued under this chapter, or who fails or neglects to obey or comply
with an assurance of discontinuance or order relating to this chapter or the rules
adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be fined not more than $5,000.00. Each violation
shall be a separate and distinct offense and, in the case of a continuing violation,
each day’s continuance shall be deemed a separate violation.
(b) Any permit holder or person who refuses to obey or comply with the terms of a permit
issued under this chapter or who refuses to obey or comply with an assurance of discontinuance
or order relating to this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter shall
be fined not more than $25,000.00 or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
Each violation shall be a separate offense and, in the case of a continuing violation,
each day’s continuance shall be deemed a separate violation.
(c) Any person who knowingly makes a false statement, representation, or certification
as to any material fact in any application, record, report, plan, testing result,
or other document filed or required to be maintained under this chapter, or who falsifies,
tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate a testing device or method required
to be maintained under this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter,
or any permit or certification issued pursuant to this chapter, or any assurance of
discontinuance or order relating to the provisions of this chapter or the rules adopted
pursuant to this chapter shall be fined not more than $10,000.00 or be imprisoned
for not more than six months, or both.
(d) When a municipal corporation, as defined in 24 V.S.A. § 3301, acquires any existing public water source or existing public water system, as defined
in subdivisions 1671(4) and (5) of this title, the Secretary shall establish, in a
permit issued under this chapter, a compliance schedule that provides for reasonable
time and effort for the municipal corporation to achieve compliance with this chapter
for any deficiencies in the acquired source or system. If the municipal corporation
remains in compliance with the terms of its permit, no cause of action or grounds
for enforcement shall lie against the municipal corporation for violations due to
the reasons giving rise to the compliance schedule. (Added 1991, No. 71, § 2; amended 1993 No. 164 (Adj. Sess.). § 11; 2019, No. 14, § 39, eff. April 30, 2019.)