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20 V.S.A. § 3172
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 181 - Benefits for the Survivors of Emergency Personnel|§ 3172. Emergency personnel survivors benefit review board

§ 3172. Emergency personnel survivors benefit review board|(a) There is created the emergency personnel survivors benefit review board which shall consist of the state treasurer or designee, the attorney general or designee, the executive director of the Vermont fire service training council or designee, and one member of the public to represent the interests of emergency personnel appointed by the governor for a term of two years. Survivors of emergency personnel, employed by or who volunteer for the state of Vermont, a county or municipality of the state, or a nonprofit entity which provides services in the state, who die in the line of duty or of an occupation-related illness may request the board award a monetary benefit under section 3173 of this title. The board shall be responsible for determining whether to award monetary benefits under section 3173. A decision to award monetary benefits shall be made by unanimous vote of the board, and shall be made within 60 days after the receipt of all information necessary to enable the board to determine eligibility. The board may request any information necessary for the exercise of its duties under this section. Nothing in this section shall prevent the board from initiating the investigation or determination of a claim before being requested by a survivor or employer of emergency personnel.(b) Within 10 days after the board has reached its decision, it shall notify the named survivors of its decision by certified mail. If the board denies the claim, the named survivors shall have 60 days from the date of receiving the denial to file an appeal with the superior court in the county in which the deceased was employed or was an authorized volunteer.(c) If the board decides to award a monetary benefit, the benefit shall be paid to the surviving spouse or, if the emergency personnel had no spouse at the time of death, to the surviving child, or equally among surviving children. If the deceased emergency personnel is not survived by a spouse or child, the benefit shall be paid to a surviving parent, or equally between surviving parents. If the deceased emergency personnel is not survived by a spouse, children, or parents, the board shall not award a monetary benefit under this chapter.(d) Upon a board decision to award a monetary benefit under this chapter, the treasurer shall make payment to the beneficiaries as described in subsection (c) of this section.(e) The state treasurer's office shall provide staff, office space, and any other reasonable and necessary resources to the board.(f) The member of the public appointed by the governor shall be entitled to per diem compensation authorized under 32 V.S.A. § 1010 for each day spent in the performance of his or her duties. (Added 2001, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2005, No. 33, § 1.)
20 V.S.A. § 3173
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 181 - Benefits for the Survivors of Emergency Personnel|§ 3173. Monetary benefit

§ 3173. Monetary benefit|(a) The survivors of emergency personnel who dies while in the line of duty or from an occupation-related illness may apply for a payment of $50,000.00 from the state.(b) The state treasurer shall disburse from the trust fund established in section 3175 of this title the monetary benefit described in subsection (a) of this section, and shall adopt necessary procedures for the disbursement of such funds. (Added 2001, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2005, No. 33, § 1; 2011, No. 3, § 85, eff. Feb. 17, 2011.)
20 V.S.A. § 3174
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 181 - Benefits for the Survivors of Emergency Personnel|§ 3174. Board standards; guidelines; procedures

§ 3174. Board standards; guidelines; procedures|(a) The board shall adopt standards, guidelines, and procedures for:  (1) determining whether and how monetary benefits shall be paid under this chapter; (2) what information must initially be filed with a claim under this chapter; and (3) administering the provisions of this chapter.   (b) Standards, guidelines, and procedures adopted under this section shall be exempt from the requirements of chapter 25 of Title 3. (Added 2001, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
20 V.S.A. § 3175
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 181 - Benefits for the Survivors of Emergency Personnel|§ 3175. Emergency Personnel Survivors Benefit Special Fund

§ 3175. Emergency Personnel Survivors Benefit Special Fund|(a) The Emergency Personnel Survivors Benefit Special Fund is established in the Office of the State Treasurer for the purpose of the payment of claims distributed pursuant to this chapter. The Fund shall comprise appropriations made by the General Assembly and contributions or donations from any other source. All balances in the Fund at the end of the fiscal year shall be carried forward. Interest earned shall remain in the Fund.(b) [Repealed.]  (Added 2001, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2005, No. 33, § 1; 2007, No. 65, § 288; 2011, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.), § 51, eff. May 14, 2012.)
20 V.S.A. § 3341
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3341. Cattle, horses, sheep, goats, or swine

§ 3341. Cattle, horses, sheep, goats, or swine|A person who knowingly permits cattle, horses, sheep, goats, or swine to run at large in a public highway, or yard belonging to a public building, without the consent of the selectmen, shall be fined not more than $10.00 nor less than $3.00. (Amended 1981, No. 114 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
20 V.S.A. § 3342
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3342. Public park, common, or green

§ 3342. Public park, common, or green|A person who permits cattle, horses, sheep, goats, or swine to run at large in a public park, common, or green, without the consent of the selectmen, shall be fined not more than $25.00 nor less than $5.00. (Amended 1981, No. 114 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
20 V.S.A. § 3343
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3343. Yard of townhouse, church, or schoolhouse

§ 3343. Yard of townhouse, church, or schoolhouse|A person who turns cattle, horses, sheep, goats, or swine into a yard belonging to a townhouse, church, or schoolhouse, which is properly enclosed, or knowingly permits them to run in such a yard, shall be fined not more than $10.00 nor less than $3.00. (Amended 1981, No. 114 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2021, No. 20, § 191.)
20 V.S.A. § 3344
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3344. Burial ground

§ 3344. Burial ground|A person who knowingly turns cattle, horses, sheep, goats, or swine into a properly enclosed burial ground, or who knowingly permits them to run within a properly enclosed burial ground, shall be fined $25.00. (Amended 1981, No. 114 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2021, No. 20, § 192.)
20 V.S.A. § 3345
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3345. Land or premises of another

§ 3345. Land or premises of another|A person who knowingly permits his cattle, horses, sheep, goats, swine, or domestic fowls to go upon the lands or premises of another, after the latter has given the owner notice thereof, shall be fined not more than $10.00 nor less than $2.00. Such person shall also be liable for the damages suffered which may be recovered in a civil action. (Amended 1981, No. 114 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
20 V.S.A. § 3346
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3346. Bulls

§ 3346. Bulls|The owner or keeper of a bull may be fined not more than $100.00 if such bull is more than nine months old and found unattended outside the premises owned or occupied by the owner or keeper of such bull and shall be liable to a party damaged by such bull while outside the premises of such owner or keeper. The damages may be recovered in a civil action.
20 V.S.A. § 3347
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3347. Rams

§ 3347. Rams|(a) Rams shall not be allowed to go at large between August 1 and December 1 in each year. The owner or keeper of a ram shall be liable for damages sustained by a person in consequence of such ram going at large during such time.(b) If during such time a ram is found with sheep other than those of its owner or keeper, and not in his enclosure, the owner or keeper of such sheep may recover $5.00 of the owner or keeper of such ram, in a civil action.
20 V.S.A. § 3348
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3348. Marking

§ 3348. Marking|(a) On or before August 1 in each year, the owner or keeper of a ram shall place on its body in durable and legible characters the initials of his or her name.(b) If a ram is found at large out of the enclosure and possession of its owner or keeper between August 1 and December 1, without being marked as provided in subsection (a), the person taking and securing it may recover $5.00 of the owner or keeper, to be recovered in a civil action.(c) If a person takes up and secures a ram thus found at large with such initials upon its body, he or she shall give notice within two days to the owner thereof, if known, and if not known, shall post in a public place near where the same was found, a written notice describing the marks upon its body and the place where secured. If the owner, within six days thereafter, tenders or pays to such person $3.00, the ram shall be restored, otherwise it shall become the property of such person.
20 V.S.A. § 3349
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3349. Stallions

§ 3349. Stallions|(a) An owner or keeper of a stallion, more than one year old, who intentionally or negligently permits the stallion to run at large out of the enclosure of the owner or keeper, shall be fined for each instance not more than $500.00 nor less than $100.00 and shall also be liable to a party injured for the damage done by the stallion while running at large.(b) A person who owns or keeps a stallion over one year of age, between April 1 and December 1, in a private enclosure in a manner that disturbs and annoys the owner or occupant of adjoining premises shall be fined $5.00 for each week that the owner or keeper keeps the stallion after the owner or keeper has received three days' notice from an adjoining owner or occupant to remove the stallion. (Amended 1997, No. 16, § 2; 2021, No. 20, § 193.)
20 V.S.A. § 3350
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3350. The disposition of feral swine

§ 3350. The disposition of feral swine|(a) The General Assembly finds that feral swine, as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 4709, have the potential for spreading serious disease to domestic livestock, may cause devastating destruction to natural ecosystems, and pose a threat to human health and safety.(b) In light of the potential impacts of feral swine, and notwithstanding the provisions of law in this chapter, the Department of Fish and Wildlife may destroy or euthanize a feral swine in accordance with the requirements of 10 V.S.A. § 4709(f).(c) The exercise by the Department of Fish and Wildlife of the authority under 10 V.S.A. § 4709(f) shall not prevent any person from pursuing or collecting the remedies set forth in this chapter. (Added 2019, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
20 V.S.A. § 3381
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3381. Maintenance of pounds

§ 3381. Maintenance of pounds|(a)(1) Each organized town shall maintain as many good and sufficient pounds as it may need for the impounding of animals liable to be impounded.  (2) The pound may be kept in an adjacent town if the adjacent town consents and the poundkeeper may be a resident of an adjacent town.   (b) Each town may regulate the operation of its pounds except as to matters regulated by law. (Amended 1963, No. 74, § 1; 2017, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 9.)
20 V.S.A. § 3383
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3383. Impounding, when no pounds

§ 3383. Impounding, when no pounds|If a town does not have such pound, a person wishing to impound an animal may use his or her barn or some other enclosure for that purpose, notifying the owner of such animal where the same is impounded.
20 V.S.A. § 3384
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3384. Security to poundkeeper

§ 3384. Security to poundkeeper|When a person impounds an animal, the poundkeeper may require sufficient security to indemnify him or her for liability for detaining the animal, and for supplying it with food and drink while in the pound. If the person so impounding does not furnish such security within 24 hours, he or she may release the animal and deliver the same to the owner or keeper, and the person impounding the animal shall be liable to the poundkeeper for his or her costs, trouble and expense.
20 V.S.A. § 3411
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3411. Right to impound

§ 3411. Right to impound|A person may impound an animal found in his or her enclosure doing damage.
20 V.S.A. § 3412
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3412. Poundkeeper's duties and liabilities

§ 3412. Poundkeeper's duties and liabilities|The poundkeeper shall supply such animal with food and drink while in the pound, and such keeper shall be liable to pay the owner of such animal damages occasioned by neglecting so to do.
20 V.S.A. § 3413
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3413. Notice by impounder

§ 3413. Notice by impounder|The person impounding such animal, within 24 hours thereafter, shall give notice thereof to the owner or person having the care of such animal, either personally, or by a written notice left at his or her dwelling house. Such notice shall require such owner or keeper to appear at the dwelling house of the impounder within 24 hours to appoint appraisers to fix the damage done by such animal.
20 V.S.A. § 3414
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3414. Liability for failure to give notice

§ 3414. Liability for failure to give notice|If a person so impounding an animal does not give such notice, he or she shall forfeit to such owner or keeper $.50 for every 24 hours' neglect so to do, and shall pay the damages which such owner or keeper sustains in consequence thereof, to be recovered with costs in a civil action.
20 V.S.A. § 3415
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3415. Appraisers of damages

§ 3415. Appraisers of damages|If the owner or keeper appears, he or she may appoint one person and the impounder another, to appraise such damage. If such appraisers do not agree, they may appoint a third.
20 V.S.A. § 3416
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3416. Ascertainment of damages; discharge on payment

§ 3416. Ascertainment of damages; discharge on payment|The appraisers shall ascertain the damages done by the animal, and make a certificate of the amount of damages, and promptly transmit the certificate to the poundkeeper. An impounded animal shall not be discharged until the damages, charges, and costs are paid, nor shall an animal be detained after payment is made. (Amended 2021, No. 20, § 194.)
20 V.S.A. § 3417
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3417. Application to Superior judge

§ 3417. Application to Superior judge|If the owner or keeper of an animal impounded does not appear, or does not appoint an appraiser, or if the appraisers appointed by the parties do not agree upon a third person, the impounder may apply to a Superior judge who by law can judge between the parties in civil causes, who shall appoint one or more appraisers, as the case requires. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 74, eff. April 9, 1974.)
20 V.S.A. § 3418
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3418. Forfeiture for failure to replevy or redeem

§ 3418. Forfeiture for failure to replevy or redeem|If the owner or keeper of an animal impounded does not, within 48 hours after notice of the impoundment pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, either replevy or redeem the animal, he or she shall be liable to the poundkeeper for $3.00 for each animal left in pound, plus an additional $3.00 for each additional day the animal is left in pound. The poundkeeper may recover the amount in a civil action. (Amended 1981, No. 114 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2021, No. 20, § 195.)
20 V.S.A. § 3419
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3419. Sale of animals

§ 3419. Sale of animals|If the owner or keeper of an animal impounded does not, within 48 hours after notice thereof, replevy or redeem the same, the impounder may advertise and sell the animal, as provided when the owner is unknown.
20 V.S.A. § 3420
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3420. Procedure when owner unknown

§ 3420. Procedure when owner unknown|If the owner of an animal taken in an enclosure, doing damage and impounded, is unknown, the impounder shall, within 48 hours, post an advertisement in some public place in the town in which the animal was impounded, and in two adjoining towns, describing such animal and stating the time when and place where the same was impounded.
20 V.S.A. § 3421
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3421. Payment of damages and charges or sale of animals

§ 3421. Payment of damages and charges or sale of animals|If the owner, within 30 days after the posting of such advertisement, appears and claims the animal, he or she may receive the same on paying the damages done by it and the charges of impounding, keeping, and advertising. If the owner does not appear within the time and claim such animal, the impounder may sell the same at public auction, after six days' notice posted in some public place in the town.
20 V.S.A. § 3422
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3422. Proceeds of sale

§ 3422. Proceeds of sale|The avails of the sale shall be applied to the payment of the damages done by the animal, to be ascertained by the fence viewers, and the expense of impounding, keeping, advertising, ascertaining the damages done, town clerk's fees, and selling the animal. The balance shall be paid to the treasurer of the town in which the animal was impounded, to the use of the owner, if demanded within one year, otherwise to the use of the town.
20 V.S.A. § 3423
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3423. Record of sale

§ 3423. Record of sale|Immediately after the sale, the impounder shall cause a description of the animal, with an account of the associated damages, charges, and expenses pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and the sum for which it was sold, to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the town. (Amended 2021, No. 20, § 196.)
20 V.S.A. § 3451
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3451. Cattle, horses or swine

§ 3451. Cattle, horses or swine|If a person suffers his or her neat cattle, horses, or swine to run at large on the highways or commons, any person may impound them. The owner shall pay the charges of the impounder and poundkeeper, and the poundkeeper shall not release such animals until the charges are paid.
20 V.S.A. § 3452
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3452. Notice

§ 3452. Notice|When such animals are impounded, the poundkeeper shall, within 24 hours, post a notice in a public place in the town, describing the animals and stating the time and place of impounding and the time and place of sale.
20 V.S.A. § 3453
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3453. Sale

§ 3453. Sale|If the owner of the animals, within 20 days, pays the poundkeeper his or her fees, including his or her reasonable expenses for advertising and the reasonable expense of keeping, with the impounder's fees, the animals shall be released, otherwise they shall be sold by the poundkeeper at public auction, and the avails shall be applied as in case of the sale of animals taken doing damage when the owner is unknown. (Amended 1959, No. 262, § 34, eff. June 11, 1959.)
20 V.S.A. § 3454
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3454. Stallions

§ 3454. Stallions|A stallion found running at large may be impounded. Within 48 hours, the impounder shall notify the owner or keeper thereof. If the owner or keeper does not, within three days after such notice, pay to the impounder such damages as are assessed by three disinterested freeholders, appointed by a justice of the peace or a district judge of the county, with the costs and expenses of impounding, appraising, and the poundkeeper's charge of $50.00 per day, the impounder may sell the stallion at public auction to satisfy the same, giving four days' notice of the time and place of sale, and the balance, after paying the damage and expenses, shall be paid to the treasurer of the town in which the stallion was impounded, for the use of the owner, if demanded within one year, otherwise to the use of the town. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. Feb. 1, 1967; 1997, No. 16, § 3.)
20 V.S.A. § 3481
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3481. Breaking open pound; unlawful release

§ 3481. Breaking open pound; unlawful release|A person who breaks open a pound, or directly or indirectly releases an animal impounded, without authority so to do, shall be fined $25.00 and shall be liable to the person impounding for the damages occasioned thereby.
20 V.S.A. § 3482
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3482. Escapes and rescues

§ 3482. Escapes and rescues|If an animal escapes, or is unlawfully rescued from a pound, such animal may, within five days thereafter, be retaken wherever found and again impounded by the keeper of the pound, or by the person impounding it, and the animal shall be held for the payment of the fees and charges, as in this chapter provided. In case the animal was rescued with the knowledge and assent of the owner or keeper, it shall be held for the payment of the reasonable expense and trouble which accrues in retaking the same, to be paid to the poundkeeper, like other charges and expenses.
20 V.S.A. § 3483
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 191 - Control Generally|§ 3483. Hindering retaking

§ 3483. Hindering retaking|A person who hinders or impedes a poundkeeper or impounder in retaking an animal shall be fined $10.00 and shall pay the damages to the person injured.