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.
Subchapter
004
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PAINT PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 6676)
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§ 6676. Anticompetitive conduct
(a) A producer or an organization of producers that manages postconsumer paint products,
including collection, transport, recycling, and processing of postconsumer paint products,
as required by this subchapter may engage in anticompetitive conduct to the extent
necessary to implement the plan approved by the Secretary and is immune from liability
for the conduct relating to antitrust, restraint of trade, unfair trade practices,
and other regulation of trade or commerce.
(b) The activity authorized and the immunity afforded under subsection (a) of this section
shall not apply to any agreement among producers or paint product stewardship organizations:
(1) establishing or affecting the price of paint products;
(2) setting or limiting the output or production of paint products;
(3) setting or limiting the volume of paint products sold in a geographic area;
(4) restricting the geographic area where paint products will be sold; or
(5) restricting the customers to whom paint products will be sold or the volume of paint
products that will be sold. (Added 2013, No. 58, § 1, eff. June 3, 2013; amended 2025, No. 59, § 14, eff. June 11, 2025.)