2005 Vermont Code - § 2110. — Reimbursement for relief expenditures

§ 2110. Reimbursement for relief expenditures

If the department fails to provide relief for a person, including a transient, the person or hospital relieving him may recover therefor in an action on this statute against the state of Vermont. However, no recovery may be had for any period in excess of seventy-two hours before notice is given to the department if the plaintiff has failed to timely file the information required under subsection (b) of section 2109 of this title. This section shall only be operative to the extent that funds are appropriated for it by the general assembly. (Added 1967, No. 147, § 7, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 1969, No. 126, § 3; 1973, No. 207 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 1975, No. 254 (Adj. Sess.), § 148.)