2005 Vermont Code - § 2107. — Disqualification

§ 2107. Disqualification

(a) When the town service officer or district welfare director or the commissioner has reason to believe that an applicant for or recipient of general assistance came into the state for the purpose of receiving general assistance they may find the applicant or recipient ineligible for general assistance.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, an applicant in immediate need of general assistance for himself or a person dependent upon him shall be granted general assistance on an emergency basis, which may include the furnishing of transportation to the nearest boundary of this state in the direction in which he desires to go to leave the state. (Added 1967, No. 147, § 7, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 1971, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)