The Repealed Statute is Applicable Plaintiff argues that the repealed statute, not the new statute, is applicable to this action. Defendants contend that the repealed statute was repealed prior to plaintiff's commencement of this action and, therefore, the new statute applies. The 1995 Adjourned Session occurred between January 1996 and May 1996. The new statute did not specifically provide otherwise. Thus, the new statute did not take effect until after plaintiff commenced this action.
Defendants further argue that the new statute applies retroactively to plaintiff's action.
Brief of Defendant-Appellee Robert B. Millman, at 9. Plaintiff maintains that its action falls under 2281 of the repealed statute and is subject to Vermont's general six-year statute of limitations applicable to civil actions where no limitations period is otherwise provided. The district court construed plaintiff's action as falling under 2282. Section 2282 of the repealed statute provides for an action for forfeiture and penalty for a fraudulent conveyance in violation of 2281, with one-half of the proceeds going to the relevant county. Although Abbadessa 's four-year limitations period would apply if plaintiff's action arose under 2282, the district court erred in construing plaintiff's action as falling under that section.