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9 V.S.A. § 3158
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 84 - Energy-Efficient Standards for Light Bulbs|§ 3158. Enforcement and penalties

§ 3158. Enforcement and penalties|(a) The Department may investigate complaints received concerning violations of this chapter and shall report the results of its investigation to the Attorney General or a State's Attorney. The Attorney General or a State's Attorney may institute proceedings to enjoin any person found to be violating the provisions of this chapter.(b) The Department may cause periodic inspections to be made of manufacturers, distributors, or retailers of new products in Vermont in order to determine compliance with this chapter. The Department, by rule, may adopt procedures for inspection and verification of products.(c) Any manufacturer, distributor, retailer, or contractor who, by a continuing course of conduct on his or her part, or on the part of an employee or agent, willfully violates any provision of this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $50.00. (Added 1991, No. 259 (Adj. Sess.), § 12.)
9 V.S.A. § 3261
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 87 - Lime and Lard|§ 3261. Packing and branding of lime

§ 3261. Packing and branding of lime|Lime packed in casks for sale shall be put into good and sufficient casks. Each cask shall be branded with the name of the town in which the lime was manufactured and the name of the manufacturer or vendor of the same.
9 V.S.A. § 3262
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 87 - Lime and Lard|§ 3262. Penalties

§ 3262. Penalties|(a) A person who sells or offers for sale lime in a cask not branded as required by section 3261 of this title shall be fined $5.00.(b) A person who defaces or changes a brand made as required by section 3261, or puts up for sale other lime than that which was first packed in the cask, branded as required by section 3261, to the injury of another person, shall be fined $5.00, and be liable to pay the damages to a person injured thereby.
9 V.S.A. § 3291
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 87 - Lime and Lard|§ 3291. Compound lard

§ 3291. Compound lard|(a) A person by himself, herself, his or her agent, or servant shall not prepare, sell, or expose for sale lard or a substance intended for use as lard, which contains an ingredient other than the pure fat of swine, in a tierce, bucket, pail, or other package, under a label bearing the words "pure," "refined," or "family," alone or in combination with other words, unless the package containing the same bears upon the outside thereof, in letters not less than a fourth of an inch long, the words "compound lard."(b) A person who violates the provision of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than $50.00 for each offense.
9 V.S.A. § 3341
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 89 - Oils and Gasoline Receptacles|§ 3341. Sale of certain illuminating oils prohibited

§ 3341. Sale of certain illuminating oils prohibited|A person shall not mix for sale naphtha and illuminating oils or sell or offer for sale such mixture, or sell or offer for sale, except for purposes of remanufacture, illuminating oils made from coal or petroleum products that have a flash point of less than 100 degrees Fahrenheit. (Amended 1985, No. 65, eff. May 16, 1985.)
9 V.S.A. § 3342
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 89 - Oils and Gasoline Receptacles|§ 3342. Penalties

§ 3342. Penalties|A person who violates a provision of section 3341 of this title shall be imprisoned not more than one month or fined not more than $100.00, or both. Such person shall also be liable to a person suffering damage from the explosion or ignition of such oil thus unlawfully sold, in a civil action on this statute.
9 V.S.A. § 3343
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 89 - Oils and Gasoline Receptacles|§ 3343. Forfeiture of unlawful oils

§ 3343. Forfeiture of unlawful oils|Such oil thus unlawfully sold, kept, or offered for sale, with the casks or packages containing the same, shall be forfeited and sold for the purposes of remanufacture. Half of the proceeds of such sale shall go to the State and the other half to the informer.
9 V.S.A. § 3344
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 89 - Oils and Gasoline Receptacles|§ 3344. Sale of naphtha as illuminating oil

§ 3344. Sale of naphtha as illuminating oil|A person who keeps or sells or offers for sale naphtha, under the name of oil, shall be liable to the penalties and subject to the liabilities contained in section 3342 of this title.
9 V.S.A. § 3345
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 89 - Oils and Gasoline Receptacles|§ 3345. Inspectors

§ 3345. Inspectors|The selectboard members of a town, or the trustees of a village, where oils are sold, upon the petition of five or more inhabitants, shall annually appoint one or more suitable persons, not interested in the sale of such oils, as inspectors thereof and fix their compensation, which shall be paid by the parties requiring their services.
9 V.S.A. § 3346
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 89 - Oils and Gasoline Receptacles|§ 3346. Oath, duties, and liabilities of inspector

§ 3346. Oath, duties, and liabilities of inspector|Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, an inspector shall be sworn, and when called upon by a vendor, purchaser, or by any officer mentioned in section 3348 of this title, to test such oils, shall do so with reasonable dispatch by applying the fire test as indicated and determined by Tagliabue's pyrometer, or some instrument equally accurate.
9 V.S.A. § 3347
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 89 - Oils and Gasoline Receptacles|§ 3347. Fraud or negligence of inspector

§ 3347. Fraud or negligence of inspector|An inspector found guilty of fraud, deceit, or culpable negligence in inspecting such oils shall be imprisoned not more than one month or fined not more than $100.00, or both.
9 V.S.A. § 3348
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 89 - Oils and Gasoline Receptacles|§ 3348. Prosecutions

§ 3348. Prosecutions|A selectboard member or a police officer of a town or trustee or a police officer of a village, in which such inspectors are appointed, shall cause persons violating the provisions of this chapter to be prosecuted therefor.
9 V.S.A. § 3381
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 89 - Oils and Gasoline Receptacles|§ 3381. Labels and color of cans

§ 3381. Labels and color of cans|(a) A receptacle containing gasoline or benzol of capacity not more than five gallons, except a motor vehicle, motor boat, gasoline engine, gasoline stove or lamp, shall be painted red and be labeled "gasoline" or "benzol," as the case may be, in letters of a contrasting color and of a height of not less than one-half inch, or shall bear a red label similarly lettered of sufficient size to be conspicuous. A person shall not keep gasoline or benzol in a receptacle not conforming to the requirements of this section.(b) A person who violates a provision of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than $50.00. (Amended 2021, No. 20, § 31.)
9 V.S.A. § 3621
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 93 - Outdoor Advertising|§ 3621. Administrative assistant and billboard clerk of outdoor advertising; appointment

§ 3621. Administrative assistant and billboard clerk of outdoor advertising; appointment|The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to appoint an administrative assistant and billboard clerk of outdoor advertising, and such assistants, clerical and otherwise as may be necessary, to prescribe the duties of the administrative assistant and billboard clerk, and, with the approval and consent of the Governor, to prescribe the salary for the administrative assistant. Said billboard clerk and such other assistants, clerical and otherwise, shall be included in and subject to the requirements of the classification and compensation plan of the personnel system authorized in 3 V.S.A. § 310. (Amended 1959, No. 238, § 1.)
9 V.S.A. § 3683a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 93 - Outdoor Advertising|§ 3683a. Agreement authorized

§ 3683a. Agreement authorized|(a) The Agency of Transportation is hereby directed to enter into an agreement before July 1, 1961, with the U.S. Secretary of Commerce as provided in the federal laws relating to the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, but the agreement shall not apply to those segments of the interstate system that traverse commercial or industrial zones within the boundaries of incorporated municipalities as such boundaries existed on September 21, 1959, wherein the use of real property adjacent to the interstate system is subject to municipal regulation or control, or that traverse other areas where the land use as of September 21, 1959, was clearly established by State law as industrial or commercial. Such agreement shall continue valid and binding on all concerned notwithstanding jurisdiction thereof is transferred to an officer or agency of the United States other than the Secretary of Commerce.(b) In addition to the agreement authorized by subsection (a) of this section, the Agency of Transportation is authorized and directed to enter into such further agreements with the Secretary of Commerce or any other appropriate officer or agency of the United States as may be necessary to continue the receipt of bonus payments and to prevent the loss of federal-aid highway funds under Public Law 89-285, and notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section such agreement may, when necessary, apply to commercial and industrial areas.(c) The Agency of Transportation is authorized and directed on behalf of this State to consult with the Secretary of Commerce or any other appropriate officer or agency of the United States relative to provisions for signs, displays, and devices permitted at appropriate distances from interchanges on the interstate system in accordance with 23 U.S.C. § 131(f) as revised by Public Law 89-285, dated October 22, 1965.(d) The Agency of Transportation is authorized to adopt such rules and standards as may, in its judgment, be necessary to carry out the policy of this State as set forth in chapter 93, subchapter 2 of this title, provided the rules and standards are not less restrictive than any national standards promulgated by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce pursuant to Title 23 of the U.S. Code, or any other appropriate officer or agency of the United States. (Added 1961, No. 176, § 4, eff. June 28, 1961; amended 1966, No. 33 (Sp. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 12, 1966; 1967, No. 77, §§ 3, 5, eff. April 15, 1967; 2015, No. 23, § 92.)
9 V.S.A. § 3688
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 93 - Outdoor Advertising|§ 3688. Acquisition and compensation proceedings

§ 3688. Acquisition and compensation proceedings|Acquisition and compensation proceedings for the purposes of this subchapter shall be in accordance with the provisions of 19 V.S.A. chapter 5 but preliminary public hearings under 19 V.S.A. § 502 need not be conducted and business loss shall not be considered an item of compensable damages. (Added 1966, No. 33 (Sp. Sess.), § 8, eff. March 12, 1966; amended 1967, No. 77, § 8, eff. April 15, 1967.)
9 V.S.A. § 3801
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 95 - Paints and Putty|§ 3801. White lead defined

§ 3801. White lead defined|The words "white lead," as used in this chapter, shall apply to the basic carbonate and the basic sulphate of lead.
9 V.S.A. § 3802
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 95 - Paints and Putty|§ 3802. Paints, label to contain statement of contents

§ 3802. Paints, label to contain statement of contents|A person, firm, or corporation that manufactures for sale, sells, or exposes for sale within this State, white lead, paint, or compound intended for use as such, shall label the same by a label printed in the English language and in clear and distinct gothic letters, stating, with substantial accuracy, the percent of white lead, oxide of zinc, red lead, water, pure linseed oil, or substitutes therefor, the name and percent of dryer used, the percent of colored matter and inert material used, the name and residence of the manufacturer of the paint, or of the distributor thereof, or of the party for whom the same is manufactured, the percent of solid and liquid material used, and the net measure of the contents of the container of all liquid or mixed paints, and the net weight of the contents of the package of all paste and semipaste paints sold by weight, or if sold by measure, the net measure of such package.
9 V.S.A. § 3803
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 95 - Paints and Putty|§ 3803. Labeling of impure turpentine or linseed oil

§ 3803. Labeling of impure turpentine or linseed oil|A person, firm, or corporation that manufactures for sale, sells, or exposes for sale within this State, turpentine or linseed oil that is not absolutely pure, shall label the same with the word "substitute" in plain, legible type.
9 V.S.A. § 3804
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 95 - Paints and Putty|§ 3804. Labeling impure putty

§ 3804. Labeling impure putty|A person, firm, or corporation that manufactures for sale, sells, or exposes for sale within this State, putty that is not pure linseed oil putty shall label the same with the word "substitute" in plain, legible type.
9 V.S.A. § 3805
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 95 - Paints and Putty|§ 3805. Penalty for mislabeling

§ 3805. Penalty for mislabeling|A person, firm, or corporation that manufactures for sale, sells, or exposes for sale within this State paint or mixed paint, paste, or semipaste paint, or compound intended for use as such, white lead, linseed oil, turpentine, or putty, who violates the provisions of sections 3801-3804 of this title shall be fined not more than $100.00, nor less than $25.00 for each offense. However, a person, firm, or corporation that manufactures for sale, sells, or exposes for sale within this State, white lead, paint, or mixed paint, paste, or semipaste paint, containing ingredients other than those enumerated in section 3802 of this title shall not be deemed guilty of a violation of this chapter, in case the same is properly labeled, stating the quantity or amount of each and every ingredient used therein, the name and the place of residence of the manufacturer of the paint, or of the distributor thereof, or of the party for whom the same is manufactured, the percent of solid and liquid material used, and the net measure of the contents of the container of all liquid or mixed paints and the net weight of the contents of the package of all paste and semipaste paints sold by weight, or if sold by measure, the net measure of such package.
9 V.S.A. § 3806
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 95 - Paints and Putty|§ 3806. Possession to be prima facie evidence of violation

§ 3806. Possession to be prima facie evidence of violation|The possession by a person, firm, or corporation dealing in an article or substance described in section 3805 of this title and not labeled as required by the provisions of this chapter, shall be considered prima facie evidence that the same is kept by such person, firm, or corporation in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
9 V.S.A. § 3807
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 95 - Paints and Putty|§ 3807. Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets, general powers

§ 3807. Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets, general powers|The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall have charge of the proper enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. The Secretary shall have access to all places of business, factories, stores, and buildings used for the manufacture or sale of paints, and may open and inspect any package, can, jar, tub, or other receptacle containing paints that might be sold, manufactured, or exposed for sale in violation of the provisions of this chapter. The Secretary may submit samples to the State laboratory of hygiene for analysis and inspection, under the same regulations and with the same restrictions as are provided for the analysis of alcohol. However, the Secretary shall pay for any samples so taken that are found from examination to conform to the provisions of this chapter. (Amended 2017, No. 83, § 161(2).)
9 V.S.A. § 3861
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 97 - Pawnbrokers|§ 3861. Pawnbroker defined

§ 3861. Pawnbroker defined|The word "pawnbroker" as used in this chapter includes any person, partnership, or corporation, loaning money on deposit or pledge of personal property, other than securities or written evidences of indebtedness; or doing business as furniture storage warehousepersons, and loaning and advancing money upon goods, wares, or merchandise pledged or deposited as collateral security.
9 V.S.A. § 3862
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 97 - Pawnbrokers|§ 3862. License required

§ 3862. License required|(a) A person shall not carry on the business of pawnbroker unless he or she has obtained a license so to do as provided in this section.(b) The selectboard members of a town or the aldermen of a city may grant to such citizens as they deem proper, and who produce satisfactory evidence of their good character, a license authorizing such citizens to carry on the business of a pawnbroker. Such license shall designate the place in which such a person shall carry on such business, and such a person shall not carry on such business in any other place than the one designated in such license.(c) A person who violates a provision of this section shall be fined $10.00 for each day of such violation. (Amended 2021, No. 20, § 32.)
9 V.S.A. § 3863
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 97 - Pawnbrokers|§ 3863. Fees; bond; revocation of license

§ 3863. Fees; bond; revocation of license|A person receiving such license shall pay therefor the sum of $15.00 annually for the use of the town. Such license shall expire one year from the date thereof, and may be renewed on payment of the same sum. At the time of receiving such license, a licensee shall file a bond to the selectboard members or aldermen of such town or city, to be executed by the person so licensed, and by two responsible sureties or a bonding company in the penal sum of $500.00, which bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties and obligations pertaining to the business so licensed, and the selectboard members or aldermen may revoke such license for cause.
9 V.S.A. § 3864
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 97 - Pawnbrokers|§ 3864. Action on bond

§ 3864. Action on bond|If a person is aggrieved by the misconduct of such licensed pawnbroker, and recovers judgment against him or her therefor, after the return, unsatisfied, either in whole or in part, of an execution issued upon such judgment, such person may maintain an action in his or her own name upon the bond of such pawnbroker, provided the court, upon application made for that purpose, shall grant such leave to prosecute.
9 V.S.A. § 3865
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 97 - Pawnbrokers|§ 3865. Records of a pawnbroker

§ 3865. Records of a pawnbroker|(a) In each year a pawnbroker makes loans or advances totaling over $2,500.00 for items pledged or deposited with the pawnbroker, he or she shall maintain the following records for each transaction in that year:  (1) a legible statement written at the time of the transaction stating the amount of money lent or advanced for the items, the time of the transaction, and the rate of interest to be paid, as applicable; (2) a legible statement of the name, current address, telephone number, and vehicle license number of the person pledging or depositing the items; (3) a legible written description and photograph, or alternatively a video, of the items; (4) a photocopy of a government-issued identification card issued to the person pledging or depositing the items, if available.   (b) At all reasonable times, the records required under subsection (a) of this section shall be open to the inspection of law enforcement. A law enforcement agency shall make a reasonable effort to notify a pawnbroker before conducting an inspection pursuant to this section unless providing notice would interfere with a criminal investigation or any other legitimate law enforcement purpose.(c) [Repealed.]  (Amended 2011, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. May 18, 2012; 2013, No. 75, § 22a; eff. June 5, 2013; 2013, No. 196 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.)
9 V.S.A. § 3866
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 97 - Pawnbrokers|§ 3866. Issuance of pawn ticket; lost tickets

§ 3866. Issuance of pawn ticket; lost tickets|At the time of making a loan, a pawnbroker shall deliver to the person pawning or pledging any goods, articles, or things a memorandum or note signed by him or her containing the substance of the entry required to be made in his or her book by section 3865 of this title, and a charge shall not be made or received by the pawnbroker for such entry, memorandum, or note. The holder of such memorandum or note shall be presumed to be the person entitled to redeem the pledge, and the pawnbroker shall deliver such article to the person so presenting such memorandum or note on payment of principal and interest. Should such ticket be lost or mislaid, the pawnor shall at once apply to the pawnbroker describing the article pawned, in which case it shall be the duty of the pawnbroker to permit such person to examine his or her books, and, on finding the entry for such ticket, note, or memorandum so lost, the pawnbroker shall issue a second or stop ticket for the same. In case such pawnor neglects so to apply and examine such books and receive such memorandum or note in the manner provided in this section, the pawnbroker shall deliver the pledge to any person producing such original ticket for the redemption thereof. This section shall not be so construed as to limit or affect such pawnbroker's common law liability in cases where goods are stolen or other legal defects of title in the pledgor exist. (Amended 2021, No. 20, § 33.)
9 V.S.A. § 3867
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 97 - Pawnbrokers|§ 3867. Rate of interest on loans

§ 3867. Rate of interest on loans|A pawnbroker shall not demand or receive a greater rate of interest than five percent per month or fraction of a month upon a loan not exceeding the sum of $50.00, nor more than three percent per month upon a loan exceeding the sum of $50.00; provided a charge of less than $0.15 shall not be made on any loan or pledge.
9 V.S.A. § 3868
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 97 - Pawnbrokers|§ 3868. Sale of pawned property

§ 3868. Sale of pawned property|A pawnbroker shall not sell pawned or pledged property until the same has remained six months in his or her possession without redemption, and upon such sale, shall keep a record of the date of such sale, the name and address of the purchaser, and the price paid, and such record shall be subject to inspection as other records of such pawnbroker.
9 V.S.A. § 3869
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 97 - Pawnbrokers|§ 3869. Application of proceeds of sale

§ 3869. Application of proceeds of sale|Surplus money, if any, arising from such sale, after deducting the amount of the loan and the interest then due on the same, shall be paid over after three months by the pawnbroker to the person who would be entitled to redeem the pledge in case such sale had not taken place.