§ 17. Collections
(a) The Secretary may collect an unpaid administrative or civil penalty by filing a civil collection action in any Superior Court or through any other means available to State agencies.
(b) The Secretary may, subject to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25, suspend any license, certificate, registration, or permit issued pursuant to his or her authority for failure to pay a penalty under this chapter more than 45 days after the penalty was imposed by order and served. (Added 1989, No. 49, § 3; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2017, No. 75, § 3.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Chapter 1 - General Powers; Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets
§ 1. General powers of Agency; Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets
§ 2. Appointment of Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets
§ 3. Duties of Secretary generally; educational work
§ 7. Feed, seed, and fertilizer authority
§ 8. Agricultural lands planning criteria
§ 11. Administrative hearings; hearing officers
§ 13. Assurances of discontinuance
§ 14. Acceptance of gifts of real property
§ 15. Administrative penalties
§ 16. Notice and fair hearing requirements
§ 18. Certificate of free sale
§ 19. Emergency livestock feed program
§ 20. Vermont Food Animal Veterinarian Educational Loan Repayment Fund
§ 21. Authority to address public health hazards and food safety issues
§ 22. License applications and pending allegations or past violations