The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 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.
Title 11 : Corporations, Partnerships and Associations
Chapter 007 : Cooperatives
Subchapter 002 : THE COOPERATIVE MARKETING ACT
(Cite as: 11 V.S.A. § 1019)-
§ 1019. Damages
The bylaws or the marketing contract may fix, as liquidated damages, a specific sum to be paid by a member or stockholder to the association upon the breach by him or her of any provision of the marketing contract regarding the sale or delivery or withholding of products; and may further provide that the member shall pay all costs, premiums for bonds, expenses, and fees, in case any action is brought upon the contract by the association. Any such provisions shall be valid and enforceable in the courts of this State. Such clauses providing for liquidated damages shall be enforceable as such and shall not be regarded as penalties.
