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20 V.S.A. § 4507
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 201 - Public Assemblies|§ 4507. Criteria for imposing conditions on permit

§ 4507. Criteria for imposing conditions on permit|(a) If there is a reasonable likelihood that an assembly will substantially harm the public health or safety, the permit officer shall grant the permit upon conditions reasonably necessary to avoid substantial harm to the public health or safety.(b) The permit officer may impose conditions to ensure that:  (1) public sanitation, food, water, and emergency medical facilities are adequate; (2) the time, place, and duration of the assembly is suitable in view of the number of persons expected to attend; (3) measures for controlling the crowd and managing the assembly are adequate; (4) the assembly will not substantially impair the provision of fire and police protection and medical and other essential public services; (5) the assembly will not unreasonably interfere with the quiet enjoyment of a residential community; (6) litter incidental to the assembly will be removed and disposed of; (7) the person holding the public assembly furnishes an adequate bond or arranges other financial security in a reasonable amount to ensure reimbursement of a political subdivision, the State of Vermont, or any police agency, for the cost of additional law enforcement officers required to meet any other condition. (Added 1973, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. March 30, 1974; amended 2021, No. 20, § 212.)
20 V.S.A. § 4508
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 201 - Public Assemblies|§ 4508. Judicial review

§ 4508. Judicial review|(a) If there is a reasonable likelihood that an assembly will substantially harm the public health or safety and this cannot be avoided by imposition of conditions, or if no permit for such an assembly has been applied for, the permit officer shall apply without delay to the Superior Court for an order enjoining the applicant, other interested persons, or those persons the permit officer believes intend to hold an assembly without a permit, from holding the assembly.(b) An applicant may petition the Superior Court for review of the reasonableness of any conditions imposed in a permit. A person who desires to organize or promote any outdoor public gathering may also petition the court for an order declaring that the gathering is not subject to this chapter. The petition shall contain a copy of the application, a copy of the permit, if any, and state the grounds for the decision requested. (Added 1973, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. March 30, 1974; amended 2021, No. 20, § 213.)
20 V.S.A. § 4509
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 201 - Public Assemblies|§ 4509. Judicial order relating to an assembly

§ 4509. Judicial order relating to an assembly|When a permit officer applies to the superior court for a restraining order, injunctive relief, or other order, or a person applies for judicial review under subsection  4508(b) of this title, the court shall expedite the proceedings to afford timely relief, cause appropriate notice to be given, and hear the case without a jury. Evidence commonly relied upon by prudent men in the conduct of their affairs may be received. Upon a hearing, the court may enter an order declaring no permit is required, grant the permit as requested, grant a permit upon specified conditions, or enjoin the holding of the assembly, if there is a reasonable likelihood that the assembly will substantially harm public health or safety and this cannot be avoided by the imposition of conditions on the permit. (Added 1973, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. March 30, 1974.)
20 V.S.A. § 4510
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 201 - Public Assemblies|§ 4510. Appeals

§ 4510. Appeals|A party may obtain a review of a final judgment of the superior court by appeal to the supreme court. The appeal shall be taken as in other civil cases. The taking of an appeal does not operate to stay the order of the superior court, but the supreme court may stay the order pending determination of the appeal. (Added 1973, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. March 30, 1974.)
20 V.S.A. § 4511
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 201 - Public Assemblies|§ 4511. Penalties

§ 4511. Penalties|A person who intentionally:  (1) violates a condition imposed in a permit to hold an assembly with knowledge of the provision; or (2) conducts, organizes, or promotes an assembly without applying for a permit, may be fined not more than $2,000.00 or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both. (Added 1973, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. March 30, 1974; amended 2021, No. 20, § 214.)
20 V.S.A. § 4601
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 203 - Voluntary Fingerprinting|§ 4601. Purpose

§ 4601. Purpose|It is the purpose of this chapter to allow state and local law enforcement agencies to assist in providing fingerprint records of minors to their parents or guardians who so request and to ensure the classifiability of the fingerprints so taken. (Added 1985, No. 27.)
20 V.S.A. § 4602
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 203 - Voluntary Fingerprinting|§ 4602. Authority to take fingerprints of minors

§ 4602. Authority to take fingerprints of minors|(a) Subject to the conditions set forth in subsection (b) of this section, any state or local law enforcement agency may establish or participate in a program of voluntary fingerprinting of minors. Only minors whose parents or guardians request the same shall be fingerprinted under the provisions of this chapter.(b) A law enforcement officer shall not take the fingerprints of a minor as a part of a program of voluntary fingerprinting unless he or she has, within the past three years, received training approved by the criminal justice training council in the taking of classifiable fingerprints as certified by the criminal justice training council.(c) Any law enforcement agency participating in a program of voluntary fingerprinting of minors shall ensure that fingerprints are taken in such manner and with such materials and equipment as to ensure their classifiability and their use under the Federal Missing Children Act (28 U.S.C. section 534). (Added 1985, No. 27.)
20 V.S.A. § 4603
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 203 - Voluntary Fingerprinting|§ 4603. Ownership of fingerprint records

§ 4603. Ownership of fingerprint records|(a) No law enforcement officer or agency shall make or retain duplicates of fingerprint cards or records taken as a part of a program of voluntary fingerprinting.(b) Fingerprint cards and records created under this chapter shall be given to the parents or guardians of the minor to be held for the benefit of the minor. Such cards and records shall become the property of the person fingerprinted when he or she attains the age of majority.(c) Fingerprint cards and records created under this chapter shall not be used against the person fingerprinted in any criminal or other judicial proceeding and all cards and records shall prominently state this limitation on their use. (Added 1985, No. 27.)
20 V.S.A. § 4604
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 203 - Voluntary Fingerprinting|§ 4604. Exclusions

§ 4604. Exclusions|(a) Nothing in this chapter prohibits any person from fingerprinting any other person by a method not authorized by this chapter. However, this chapter provides the only sanctioned method by which law enforcement agencies and officers may take fingerprints of minors pursuant to a program of voluntary fingerprinting of minors.(b) No law enforcement agency or officer is required by this chapter to take the fingerprints of any minor if doing so would be unreasonably difficult or impossible or would create an undue burden on the law enforcement agency or officer. (Added 1985, No. 27.)
20 V.S.A. § 4621
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 205 - Drones|§ 4621. Definitions

§ 4621. Definitions|As used in this chapter:  (1) "Correctional facility" shall have the same meaning as in 28 V.S.A. § 3. (2) "Drone" means a powered aerial vehicle that does not carry a human operator and is able to fly autonomously or to be piloted remotely. (3) "Law enforcement agency" means:  (A) the Vermont State Police; (B) a municipal police department; (C) a sheriff's department; (D) the Office of the Attorney General; (E) a State's Attorney's office; (F) the Capitol Police Department; (G) the Department of Liquor and Lottery; (H) the Department of Fish and Wildlife; (I) the Department of Motor Vehicles; (J) a State investigator; or (K) a person or entity acting on behalf of an agency listed in this subdivision (3).  (4) "Public safety agency" shall have the same meaning as in section 1841 of this title. (Added 2015, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2016; amended 2017, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 17, 2018; 2019, No. 73, § 34.)
20 V.S.A. § 4622
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 205 - Drones|§ 4622. Law enforcement use of drones

§ 4622. Law enforcement use of drones|(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a law enforcement agency shall not use a drone or information acquired through the use of a drone for the purpose of investigating, detecting, or prosecuting crime.(b)(1) A law enforcement agency shall not use a drone to gather or retain data on private citizens peacefully exercising their constitutional rights of free speech and assembly.  (2) This subsection shall not be construed to prohibit a law enforcement agency from using a drone:  (A) for observational, public safety purposes that do not involve gathering or retaining data; or (B) pursuant to a warrant obtained under Rule 41 of the Vermont Rules of Criminal Procedure.    (c) A law enforcement agency may use a drone and may disclose or receive information acquired through the operation of a drone if the drone is operated:  (1) for a purpose other than the investigation, detection, or prosecution of crime, including search and rescue operations and aerial photography for the assessment of accidents, forest fires and other fire scenes, flood stages, and storm damage; or (2) pursuant to:  (A) a warrant obtained under Rule 41 of the Vermont Rules of Criminal Procedure; or (B) a judicially recognized exception to the warrant requirement.    (d)(1) When a drone is used pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the drone shall be operated in a manner intended to collect data only on the target of the surveillance and to avoid data collection on any other person, home, or area.  (2) Facial recognition or any other biometric matching technology shall not be used on any data that a drone collects on any person, home, or area other than the target of the surveillance. (3)(A) If a law enforcement agency uses a drone in exigent circumstances pursuant to subdivision (c)(2)(B) of this section, the agency shall obtain a search warrant for the use of the drone within 48 hours after the use commenced.  (B) If the court denies an application for a warrant filed pursuant to subdivision (A) of this subdivision (d)(3):  (i) use of the drone shall cease immediately; and (ii) information or evidence gathered through use of the drone shall be destroyed.     (e) Information or evidence gathered in violation of this section shall be inadmissible in any judicial or administrative proceeding. (Added 2015, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2016.)
20 V.S.A. § 4623
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 205 - Drones|§ 4623. Use of drones; Federal Aviation Administration requirements

§ 4623. Use of drones; Federal Aviation Administration requirements|(a) Any use of drones by any person, including a law enforcement agency, shall comply with all applicable Federal Aviation Administration requirements and guidelines.(b) It is the intent of the General Assembly that any person who uses a model aircraft as defined in the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 shall operate the aircraft according to the guidelines of community-based organizations such as the Academy of Model Aeronautics National Model Aircraft Safety Code. (Added 2015, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2016.)
20 V.S.A. § 4624
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 205 - Drones|§ 4624. Reports

§ 4624. Reports|(a) On or before September 1 of each year, any law enforcement agency that has used a drone within the previous 12 months shall report the following information to the Department of Public Safety:  (1) The number of times the agency used a drone within the previous 12 months. For each use of a drone, the agency shall report the type of incident involved, the nature of the information collected, and the rationale for deployment of the drone. (2) The number of criminal investigations aided and arrests made through use of information gained by the use of drones within the previous 12 months, including a description of how the drone aided each investigation or arrest. (3) The number of times a drone collected data on any person, home, or area other than the target of the surveillance within the previous 12 months and the type of data collected in each instance. (4) The cost of the agency's drone program and the program's source of funding.   (b) On or before December 1 of each year that information is collected under subsection (a) of this section, the Department of Public Safety shall report the information to the House and Senate Committees on Judiciary and on Government Operations. (Added 2015, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2016.)
20 V.S.A. § 4625
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 205 - Drones|§ 4625. Correctional facilities; use of drones prohibited; civil penalty

§ 4625. Correctional facilities; use of drones prohibited; civil penalty|(a) A person shall not knowingly operate a drone over a correctional facility or surrounding property that is readily recognizable to a reasonable person as being correctional facility property or is reasonably identified as such by fencing or appropriate signs.(b) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than $500.00.(c)(1) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to the use of a drone by:   (A) the Department of Corrections; (B) a person operating a drone with the written consent of the correctional facility's supervising officer; or (C) a person operating a drone that is being used for a commercial purpose, if the person is operating in compliance with any authorization, rule, or exemption granted by the Federal Aviation Administration.  (2) With prior notice to the correctional facility, subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to the use of a drone by:  (A) the Department of Buildings and General Services or its contractors working on behalf of the Department; (B) a law enforcement agency; or (C) a public safety agency responding to an emergency or a person engaged in emergency functions or emergency management pursuant to chapter 1 of this title (emergency management). (Added 2017, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 17, 2018.)
20 V.S.A. § 4651
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 207 - Protection of Personally Identifying Information|§ 4651. Prohibited disclosure of personally identifying information

§ 4651. Prohibited disclosure of personally identifying information|(a) As used in this section:  (1) "Personally identifying information" means information concerning a person's sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, race, color, religion, national origin, immigration status, age, or disability. (2) "Public agency" has the same meaning as in 1 V.S.A. § 317 and shall include all officers, employees, agents, and independent contractors of the public agency.   (b) A public agency shall not:  (1) collect information regarding the religious beliefs, practices, or affiliation of any individual for the purpose of registration of an individual based on his or her religious beliefs, practices, or affiliations; (2) knowingly disclose personally identifying information to any federal agency or official for the purpose of registration of an individual based on his or her personally identifying information; or (3) use public agency money, facilities, property, equipment, or personnel to assist in creating or enforcing any federal government program for the registration of an individual based on his or her personally identifying information.   (c) Any section, term, or provision of an agreement in existence on the effective date of this section that conflicts with subsection (b) of this section shall be invalidated on that date to the extent of the conflict.(d) Nothing in this section is intended to prohibit or impede any public agency from complying with the lawful requirements of 8 U.S.C. §§ 1373 and 1644. To the extent any State or local law enforcement policy or practice conflicts with the lawful requirements of 8 U.S.C. §§ 1373 and 1644, said policy or practice is, to the extent of such conflict, abolished.(e) Nothing in this section is intended to prohibit or impede any public agency from disclosing or exchanging aggregated information that cannot be used to identify an individual with any other public agency or federal agency or official. (Added 2017, No. 5, § 2, eff. March 28, 2017.)
20 V.S.A. § 4652
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 207 - Protection of Personally Identifying Information|§ 4652. Authorization to enter into agreements pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1357(g) and 19 U.S.C. § 1401(i)

§ 4652. Authorization to enter into agreements pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1357(g) and 19 U.S.C. § 1401(i)|(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, only the Governor, in consultation with the Vermont Attorney General, is authorized to enter into, modify, or extend an agreement pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1357(g) or 19 U.S.C. § 1401(i).(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a State, county, or municipal law enforcement agency is authorized to enter into an agreement pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1357(g) or 19 U.S.C. § 1401(i) when necessary to address threats to the public safety or welfare of Vermont residents arising out of a declaration of a State or national emergency. (Added 2017, No. 5, § 2, eff. March 28, 2017.)
21 V.S.A. § 1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 1 - Commissioner of Labor|§ 1. Department created; Commissioner, appointment

§ 1. Department created; Commissioner, appointment|(a) The Department of Labor is hereby created to administer the laws relating to labor in chapter 1, subchapters 4 and 5 of chapter 3, and chapters 5, 9, and 12 through 17 of this title and other laws assigned to the Department for administration. There shall be within the Department the Apprenticeship Council and other boards, councils, and committees specially assigned to the Department.(b) Biennially, with the advice and consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint a Commissioner of Labor. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 30, eff. March 1, 1961; 1967, No. 71, § 1; 2005, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 5, 2006.)
21 V.S.A. § 1a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 1 - Commissioner of Labor|§ 1a. Reports

§ 1a. Reports|The Commissioner of Labor shall prepare and submit, consistent with 2 V.S.A. § 20(a), a report on attorney's fees, pursuant to subsection 678(c) of this title. (Added 2003, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 294n; amended 2003, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 294x, eff. April 1, 2005; 2005, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 5, 2006.)
21 V.S.A. § 2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 1 - Commissioner of Labor|§ 2. Cooperation with United States

§ 2. Cooperation with United States|With the written approval of the Governor, the Commissioner of Labor is authorized and empowered to cooperate and contract in the name and on behalf of the State with the U.S. Department of Labor in the work of inspection and investigation under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and to accept grants and assistance from the U.S. Department of Labor for such inspection and investigation. (Amended 2005, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 5, 2006.)
21 V.S.A. § 4
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 1 - Commissioner of Labor|§ 4. Duties as to employment and payment of wages

§ 4. Duties as to employment and payment of wages|The Commissioner or the Commissioner's agent shall make examinations and investigations to see that the laws pertaining to the employment of minors and the weekly payment of wages are being complied with and for such purposes may enter any place where persons are employed. (Amended 2017, No. 74, § 30.)
21 V.S.A. § 141
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 3 - Safety|§ 141. Purpose; definitions

§ 141. Purpose; definitions|(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to assure that elevators and other automated conveyances are correctly and safely installed and operated within the State by authorizing and enforcing rules for the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of automated people conveyances, and by licensing mechanics and inspectors who work on these conveyances.(b) For the purposes of this subchapter:  (1) "Board" means the Elevator Safety Review Board. (2) "Certificate of operation" means a document issued by the Department indicating that a conveyance has passed the required safety inspection, and the conveyance may be operated for a year from the date the certificate is issued. (3) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Public Safety or the Commissioner's designee. (4) "Conditional certificate of operation" means a document issued by the Department that permits a conveyance that is not in compliance with rules adopted under this subchapter, but, after inspection, has been deemed safe for temporary operation to operate for up to 30 days or until the conveyance is in compliance, whichever occurs earlier. (5) "Conveyance" means an electrically-driven mechanical device that moves people or materials vertically, and includes elevators, escalators, platform lifts and stairway chairlifts. (6) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety. (7) "Elevator inspector" means an individual who is licensed by the Commissioner to perform safety inspections of newly installed and existing conveyances. (8) "Elevator mechanic" means an individual who is licensed by the Commissioner to erect, construct, install, alter, service, repair, and maintain conveyances. (9) "Public building" has the same meaning as that term is defined in 20 V.S.A. § 2730. (10) "Lift mechanic" means an individual who is licensed by the Commissioner to erect, construct, install, alter, service, repair, and maintain platform lifts and stairway chairlifts. (Added 2001, No. 60, § 1, eff. June 16, 2001; amended 2001, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 44b, eff. June 27, 2002; 2005, No. 8, § 6, eff. April 25, 2005.)
21 V.S.A. § 142
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 21 - Labor|Chapter 3 - Safety|§ 142. Conveyances regulated

§ 142. Conveyances regulated|(a) This subchapter regulates the design, construction, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, alteration, and repair of the following conveyances and associated parts that are installed in or on a public building:  (1) Hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped with a car or platform, that moves between two or more landings, including:  (A) Elevators. (B) Platform lifts and stairway chairlifts. (C) Power-driven stairways. (D) Escalators.  (2) Hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped with a car that serves two or more landings and is designed to carry material, not people, but not including dumbwaiters.   (b) This subchapter does not cover the conveyances that are regulated by the Vermont Tramway Board or by the rules of the Vermont Occupational and Safety Administration, or by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, 30 U.S.C.A. § 801 et seq. (Added 2001, No. 60, § 1, eff. June 16, 2001.)