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10 V.S.A. § 5222
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 119 - Private Preserves, Propagation Farms, Private Ponds, Refuges, and Shooting Grounds|§ 5222. Other game

§ 5222. Other game|All species of game, other than those specified or approved by the Commissioner for propagation and release found on the premises governed by such permit, may be taken on such premises only under the general provisions of the law governing the taking and possession of the same. (Added 1961, No. 251, § 6.)
10 V.S.A. § 5223
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 119 - Private Preserves, Propagation Farms, Private Ponds, Refuges, and Shooting Grounds|§ 5223. Hunting license

§ 5223. Hunting license|(a) Every person hunting on such regulated shooting grounds shall:  (1) be the holder of a resident or nonresident hunter's license for the current year; or (2) be the holder of a one-day shooting ground license issued by the owner of the shooting ground on forms prescribed by the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife. Such shooting ground license shall be valid only on the shooting ground where issued and only for taking the small game designated by the Commissioner in the permit for that shooting ground.   (b) The fee for a one-day regulated shooting ground license shall be $5.00. At the end of each calendar quarter, the owner of a shooting ground shall forward to the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife all revenues from one-day license sales and such records of sales as may be required by the Commissioner. (Added 1961, No. 251, § 7; amended 1983, No. 245 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1997, No. 72 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
10 V.S.A. § 5225
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 119 - Private Preserves, Propagation Farms, Private Ponds, Refuges, and Shooting Grounds|§ 5225. Purpose

§ 5225. Purpose|The purpose of sections 5217-5225 of this title is to permit the orderly operation of regulated shooting grounds and to provide an additional option for sportsmen and sportswomen. Licensees shall furnish to the Commissioner whatever pertinent information he or she may request. (Added 1961, No. 251, § 9; amended 1963, No. 131, § 2; 1983, No. 245 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
10 V.S.A. § 5226
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 119 - Private Preserves, Propagation Farms, Private Ponds, Refuges, and Shooting Grounds|§ 5226. Bomoseen State Game Refuge

§ 5226. Bomoseen State Game Refuge|(a) A person shall not hunt, trap, take, or kill wild animals on the Bomoseen State Game Refuge.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5215 of this title, the boundaries of the Refuge shall be conspicuously marked by paint or notices, or both, so as to give reasonable notice. The notices shall read "State Game Refuge: Hunting, Trapping, or Shooting Prohibited."(c) A person who enters this refuge to hunt, trap, take, or kill wild animals or carries or possesses a firearm, bow and arrow, or animal trap or who mutilates or defaces the notices marking the boundaries of the refuge shall be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00.(d) This section shall not restrict the possession or use of firearms by a game warden or other law enforcement officer in the performance of his or her duties. (Added 1985, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 2, 1986.)
10 V.S.A. § 5227
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 119 - Private Preserves, Propagation Farms, Private Ponds, Refuges, and Shooting Grounds|§ 5227. Sport shooting ranges; municipal and State authority

§ 5227. Sport shooting ranges; municipal and State authority|(a) "Sport shooting range" or "range" means an area designed and operated for the use of archery, rifles, shotguns, pistols, skeet, trap, black powder, or any other similar sport shooting.(b) The owner or operator of a sport shooting range, and a person lawfully using the range, who is in substantial compliance with any noise use condition of any issued municipal or State land use permit otherwise required by law shall not be subject to any civil liability for damages or any injunctive relief resulting from noise or noise pollution, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary.(c) If no municipal or State land use permit is otherwise required by law, then the owner or operator of the range and any person lawfully using the range shall not be subject to any civil liability for damages or any injunctive relief relating to noise or noise pollution.(d) Nothing in this section shall prohibit or limit the authority of a municipality or the State to enforce any condition of a lawfully issued and otherwise required permit.(e)(1) In the event that the owner, operator, or user of a range is not afforded the protection set forth in subsection (b) or (c) of this section, this subsection shall apply. A nuisance claim against a range may only be brought by an owner of property abutting the range. The range shall have a rebuttable presumption that the range does not constitute any form of nuisance if the range meets the following conditions:   (A) the range was established prior to the acquisition of the property owned by the person bringing the nuisance claim; and (B) the frequency of the shooting or other alleged nuisance activity at the range has not significantly increased since acquisition of the property owned by the person bringing the nuisance claim.  (2) The presumption that the range does not constitute a nuisance may be rebutted only by an abutting property owner showing that the activity has a noxious and significant interference with the use and enjoyment of the abutting property.   (f) Prior to use of a sport shooting range after dark for purposes of training conducted by a federal, state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency, the sport shooting range shall notify those homeowners and businesses with property abutting the range that have requested such notice from the range.(g) If any subsection of this section is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect the other subsections of this section that can be given effect without the invalid subsection, and for this purpose, the subsections of this section are severable. (Added 1991, No. 20; amended 2001, No. 61, § 71, eff. June 16, 2001; 2005, No. 173 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 22, 2006.)
10 V.S.A. § 5227a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 119 - Private Preserves, Propagation Farms, Private Ponds, Refuges, and Shooting Grounds|§ 5227a. Sport shooting range alternative dispute resolution

§ 5227a. Sport shooting range alternative dispute resolution|Upon request of a homeowner or business that owns property abutting a sport shooting range, a range shall, at least once, attempt to resolve through mediation an issue or dispute that the homeowner or business has concerning operation of the range. The parties to such mediation may agree upon the use of a mediator to assist in the resolution of the agreed upon issue or dispute, and the parties shall share the cost of the mediator. If the parties to the mediation are unable to resolve the relevant issue or dispute through mediation, the parties may agree to submit the issue or dispute to binding arbitration pursuant to 12 V.S.A. chapter 192 and shall share the cost of the arbitration. (Added 2005, No. 173 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 22, 2006.)
10 V.S.A. § 5228
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 119 - Private Preserves, Propagation Farms, Private Ponds, Refuges, and Shooting Grounds|§ 5228. A fee fishing business; permit

§ 5228. A fee fishing business; permit|(a) The Commissioner may issue a permit to operate a fee fishing business that shall entitle the holder and the holder's clients to take fish from the holder's private pond. The Commissioner may issue a permit that shall continue for one year upon the payment of a fee of $50.00. The permit may be renewed annually for $50.00 per year.(b) Fish in the private pond shall come from a propagation farm permitted under section 5207 of this title or shall have been imported under a permit obtained pursuant to section 4605 of this title. No live fish shall be taken from the fee fishing premises.(c) Fish taken under this section may be taken without regard to creel limits.(d) A person fishing under the permit issued under this section is not required to hold a fishing license pursuant to chapter 105 of this title. The Commissioner may, in consultation with the industry, conduct surveys to assess the impact on fishing license sales. A person holding a permit issued under this section shall respond to questions asked in a survey conducted pursuant to this subsection.(e) The Commissioner shall adopt rules governing operation of fee fishing businesses that are necessary to ensure that operators, growers, and fishery resources of the State are protected. The rules may include mandatory testing of fish health and imposition of a prohibition on the moving or harvesting of any fish from a fee fishing business found to contain fish that carry an infectious disease. (Added 1993, No. 63, § 1; amended 2005, No. 42, § 3.)
10 V.S.A. § 5402
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 123 - Protection of Endangered Species|§ 5402. Endangered and threatened species lists

§ 5402. Endangered and threatened species lists|(a) The Secretary shall adopt by rule a State endangered species list and a State threatened species list. The listing for any species may apply to the whole State or to any part of the State and shall identify the species by its most recently accepted genus and species names and, if available, the common name.(b) The Secretary shall determine a species to be endangered if it normally occurs in the State and its continued existence as a sustainable component of the State's wildlife or wild plants is in jeopardy.(c) The Secretary shall determine a species to be threatened if:  (1) it is a sustainable component of the State's wildlife or wild plants; (2) it is reasonable to conclude based on available information that its numbers are declining; and (3) unless protected, it will become an endangered species.   (d) In determining whether a species is threatened or endangered, the Secretary shall consider:  (1) the present or threatened destruction, degradation, fragmentation, modification, or curtailment of the range or habitat of the species; (2) any killing, harming, or over-utilization of the species for commercial, sporting, scientific, educational, or other purposes; (3) disease or predation affecting the species; (4) the adequacy of existing regulation; (5) actions relating to the species carried out or about to be carried out by any governmental agency or any other person who may affect the species; (6) competition with other species, including nonnative invasive species; (7) the decline in the population; (8) cumulative impacts; and (9) other natural or human-made factors affecting the continued existence of the species.   (e) In determining whether a species is threatened or endangered or whether to delist a species, the Secretary shall:  (1) use the best scientific, commercial, and other data available; (2) at least 30 days prior to commencement of rulemaking, notify and consult with appropriate officials in Canada, appropriate State and federal agencies, other states having a common interest in the species, affected landowners, and any interested persons; and (3) notify the appropriate officials and agencies of Quebec or any state contiguous to Vermont in which the species affected is known to occur. (Added 1981, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2015, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 20.)
10 V.S.A. § 5403
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 123 - Protection of Endangered Species|§ 5403. Protection of endangered and threatened species

§ 5403. Protection of endangered and threatened species|(a) Except as authorized under this chapter, a person shall not:  (1) take, possess, or transport wildlife or wild plants that are members of a threatened or endangered species; or (2) destroy or adversely impact critical habitat.   (b) Any person who takes a threatened or endangered species shall report the taking to the Secretary.(c) The Secretary may, with advice of the Endangered Species Committee and after the consultation required under subsection 5408(e) of this section, adopt rules for the protection, conservation, or recovery of endangered and threatened species. The rules may establish application requirements for an individual permit or general permits issued under this section, including requirements that differ from the requirements of subsection 5408(h) of this title.(d) The Secretary may bring an environmental enforcement action against any person who violates subsection (a) or (b) of this section or rules adopted under this chapter in accordance with chapters 201 and 211 of this title.(e) Instead of bringing an environmental enforcement action for a violation of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter, the Secretary may refer violations of this chapter to the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife for criminal enforcement.(f) In a criminal enforcement action, a person who knowingly violates a requirement of this chapter or a rule of the Secretary adopted under subsection (c) of this section related to taking, possessing, transporting, buying, or selling a threatened or endangered species shall be fined in accordance with section 4518 of this title, and the person shall pay restitution under section 4514 of this title.(g) Any person who violates subsection (a) or (b) of this section by knowingly injuring a member of a threatened or endangered species or knowingly destroying or adversely impacting critical habitat and who is subject to criminal prosecution may be required by the court to pay restitution for:  (1) actual costs and related expenses incurred in treating and caring for the injured plant or animal to the person incurring these expenses, including the costs of veterinarian services and Agency of Natural Resources staff time; or (2) reasonable mitigation and restoration costs such as species restoration plans; habitat protection; and enhancement, transplanting, cultivation, and propagation. (Added 1981, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 1985, No. 192 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1987, No. 216 (Adj. Sess.); 2015, No. 61, § 8, eff. June 17, 2015; 2015, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 22.)
10 V.S.A. § 5404
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 123 - Protection of Endangered Species|§ 5404. Endangered Species Committee

§ 5404. Endangered Species Committee|(a) A committee on endangered species is created to be known as the Endangered Species Committee and shall consist of nine members, including the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets, the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife, the Commissioner of Forests, Parks and Recreation, and six members appointed by the Governor from the public at large. Of the six public members, two shall be actively engaged in agricultural or silvicultural activities, two shall be knowledgeable concerning flora, and two shall be knowledgeable concerning fauna. Members appointed by the Governor shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in the attendance of meetings, as approved by the Chair. The Chair of the Committee shall be elected from among and by the members each year. Members who are not employees of the State shall serve terms of three years, except that the Governor may make appointments for a lesser term in order to prevent more than two terms from expiring in any year.(b) The Endangered Species Committee shall advise the Secretary on all matters relating to endangered and threatened species, including whether to alter the lists of endangered and threatened species, how to protect those species, and whether and where to designate critical habitat.(c) The Agency of Natural Resources shall provide the Endangered Species Committee with necessary staff services. (Added 1981, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 1987, No. 76, § 18; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2015, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
10 V.S.A. § 5405
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 123 - Protection of Endangered Species|§ 5405. Conservation programs

§ 5405. Conservation programs|The Secretary, with the advice of the Endangered Species Committee, may establish conservation programs and establish recovery plans for the conservation or recovery of threatened or endangered species of wildlife or plants or for the conservation or recovery of critical habitat. The programs may include the purchase of land or aquatic habitat and the formation of contracts for the purpose of management of wildlife or wild plant refuge areas or for other purposes. (Added 1981, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2015, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 24.)
10 V.S.A. § 5406
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 123 - Protection of Endangered Species|§ 5406. Cooperation by other agencies

§ 5406. Cooperation by other agencies|All agencies of this State shall review programs administered by them that may relate to this chapter and shall, in consultation with the Secretary, utilize their authorities only in a manner that does not jeopardize the threatened or endangered species, critical habitat, or the outcomes of conservation or recovery programs established by this chapter or by the Secretary under his or her authority. (Added 1981, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2015, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 25.)
10 V.S.A. § 5407
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 123 - Protection of Endangered Species|§ 5407. Authority to seize threatened or endangered species

§ 5407. Authority to seize threatened or endangered species|In addition to other methods of enforcement authorized by law, the Secretary may direct under this section that wildlife or wild plants that were seized because of violation of this chapter be rehabilitated, released, replanted, or transferred to a zoological, botanical, educational, or scientific institution, and that the costs of the transfer and staff time related to a violation may be charged to the violator. The Secretary, with the advice of the Endangered Species Committee, may adopt rules for the implementation of this section. (Added 1981, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2015, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 26.)
10 V.S.A. § 5410
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 123 - Protection of Endangered Species|§ 5410. Location confidential

§ 5410. Location confidential|(a) The Secretary shall not disclose information regarding the specific location of threatened or endangered species sites except that the Secretary shall disclose information regarding the location of the threatened or endangered species to:  (1) the owner of land upon which the species is located; (2) a potential buyer of land upon which the species is located who has a bona fide contract to buy the land and applies to the Secretary for disclosure of threatened or endangered species information; or (3) qualified individuals or organizations, public agencies, and nonprofit organizations for scientific research or for preservation and planning purposes when the Secretary determines that the preservation of the species is not further endangered by the disclosure.   (b) When the Secretary issues a permit under this chapter to take a threatened or endangered species or destroy or adversely impact critical habitat and when the Secretary designates critical habitat by rule under section 5402a of this title, the Secretary shall disclose only the municipality and general location where the threatened or endangered species or designated critical habitat is located. When the Secretary designates critical habitat under section 5402a of this title, the Secretary shall notify the municipality in which the critical habitat is located and shall disclose the general location of the designated critical habitat. (Added 1995, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 2015, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 28.)
10 V.S.A. § 5501
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 124 - Trade in Covered Animal Parts or Products|§ 5501. Definitions

§ 5501. Definitions|As used in this chapter:  (1) "Bona fide educational or scientific institution" means an institution that establishes through documentation that it is a tax-exempt institution under the Internal Revenue Service's educational or scientific tax exemption. (2) "Covered animal" means any species of:  (A) Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus); (B) Elephant (family Elephantidae); (C) Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); (D) Hippopotamus (family Hippopotamidae); (E) Jaguar (Panthera onca); (F) Leopard (Panthera pardus); (G) Lion (Panthera leo); (H) Mammoth (genus Mammuthus); (I) Mastodon (genus Mammut); (J) Pangolin (family Manidae); (K) Endangered ray, as listed by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; (L) Rhinoceros (family Rhinocerotidae); (M) Sea turtle (family Chelonioidea); (N) Endangered shark, as listed by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; (O) Tiger (Panthera tigris); (P) Whale (families Balaenidae, Balaenopteridae, Cetotheriidae, Eschrichtiidae, Monodontidae, Physeteridae, Kogiidae, and Ziphiidae); or (Q) The following primates: gorillas, bonobos, orangutans, gibbons, or chimpanzees.  (3) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife. (4) "Covered animal part or product" means any item that contains, or is wholly or partially made from, a covered animal, including the meat or flesh of a covered animal sold as food. (5) "Firearm" has the same meaning as in 13 V.S.A. § 4016(a)(3). (6) "Sale" or "sell" means any act of selling, trading, or bartering for monetary or nonmonetary consideration and includes any transfer of ownership that occurs in the course of a commercial transaction. "Sale" or "sell" shall not include a nonmonetary transfer of ownership by way of gift, donation, or bequest. (7) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Natural Resources. (8) "Total value" means either the fair market value or the actual price paid for a covered animal part or product, whichever is greater. (Added 2019, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.)
10 V.S.A. § 5502
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 124 - Trade in Covered Animal Parts or Products|§ 5502. Prohibition

§ 5502. Prohibition|Except as provided in this chapter, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a person shall not purchase, sell, offer for sale, or possess with intent to sell any item that the person knows or should know is a covered animal part or product. (Added 2019, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.)