The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 19 : Highways
Chapter 009 : Repairs, Maintenance, and Improvements
Subchapter 007 : Enforcing Repairs
(Cite as: 19 V.S.A. § 978)-
§ 978. Liability of agent
An agent appointed under the provisions of this chapter who willfully or negligently fails to spend the money paid to the agent, or to make return to the commissioners or the court of the amount of money not spent by the agent in making or repairing the highway or bridge, as provided in this chapter, shall be liable to the town in which the highway or bridge is situated in a civil action, for all money paid to the agent and not spent as provided in this chapter. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2021, No. 20, § 101.)
