{"id":"DUT-VT-004","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Vermont","state":"VT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Vermont General Assembly (Title 18, chapter 3)","authority":"police power of the State; 18 V.S.A. secs. 126, 127","instrument":"18 V.S.A. sec. 131 (Criminal penalty)","title":"Criminal penalty","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing; in force throughout March 2020 to September 2021","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMER"],"addressees":["persons generally (\u0027any person\u0027); employers; owners or persons in control of premises; every business subject to a health order"],"clause":"Any person who violates a provision of this title or who fails or neglects to obey or comply with an order or the terms of a permit issued under this title shall be fined not more than $5,000.00. Each violation shall be a separate offense and, in the case of a continuing violation, each day\u0027s continuance shall be deemed a separate violation.","enforcement":"sec. 131(a): fine up to $5,000, each day a separate violation; sec. 131(b): fine up to $25,000 or imprisonment up to six months, or both, each day a separate violation; sec. 131(d): fine up to $1,000 for hindering","functions":[],"notes":"Every person to obey every provision of Title 18 and every health order and permit issued under it, on pain of a criminal fine of up to $5,000 per day; a person \u0027who refuses to obey or comply with an order... or who knowingly creates a public health hazard or knowingly contributes to a significant public health risk\u0027 faces a fine of up to $25,000 or six months\u0027 imprisonment, or both, per day (subsection (b)); hindering enforcement is a separate offense (subsection (d)).","sourceUrl":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/18/003/00131","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":37771,"grade":"primary","character":"order_penalty","description":"","collection":"DUT-VT","url":"/library/DUT-VT-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-VT-004","citation":"Vermont General Assembly (Title 18, chapter 3), 18 V.S.A. sec. 131 (Criminal penalty) (standing) (Ex. DUT-VT-004)","stateName":"Vermont","related":["DUT-VT-001"]}