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2017 Vermont Statutes
Title 7 - Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 21 - Penalties
§ 659 Refusal or neglect of officers to perform duties

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7 VT Stats § 659 (2017)
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§ 659. Refusal or neglect of officers to perform duties

(a) The county sheriffs, sheriff's deputies, constables, officers or members of the village or city police, State Police, and investigators of the Liquor Control Board shall have the authority and duty to see that the provisions of this title and the rules adopted by the Liquor Control Board pursuant to this title are enforced within their respective jurisdictions. Any officer who willfully refuses or neglects to perform the duties imposed upon him or her by this section shall be fined not more than $500.00 or imprisoned not more than 90 days, or both.

(b) A control commissioner, State's Attorney, or town grand juror who willfully refuses or neglects to investigate a complaint for a violation of this chapter, when accompanied by evidence in support of the complaint, shall be fined $300.00. (Amended 2017, No. 83, § 115.)

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