{"id":"DUT-VT-009","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Vermont","state":"VT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Vermont General Assembly (Title 18, chapter 11)","authority":"police power of the State; 18 V.S.A. sec. 604 (the selectboard and the local health officer constitute the local board of health)","instrument":"18 V.S.A. sec. 613 (Powers of local board)","title":"Powers of local board","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing; in force throughout March 2020 to September 2021 (text captured January 20, 2021)","end":"standing","startDate":"2021-01-20","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY"],"addressees":["persons generally; employers; owners or persons in control of premises within the municipality"],"clause":"A local board of health may make and enforce rules in such town or city relating to the prevention, removal, or destruction of public health hazards and the mitigation of public health risks, provided that such rules have been approved by the Commissioner. Such rules shall be posted and published in the same manner that ordinances of the municipality are required to be posted and published.","enforcement":"18 V.S.A. sec. 130 (action by the local board of health; civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation) and sec. 131 (criminal); municipal ordinance enforcement","functions":[],"notes":"Every person and business in a town to comply with the local board of health\u0027s Commissioner-approved rules for the prevention, removal or destruction of public health hazards and the mitigation of public health risks; the local vehicle for the stricter municipal mask, bar and gathering rules the Governor\u0027s orders invited (Exs. VT-021 para. 3, VT-024 para. 8, VT-029 para. 2).","sourceUrl":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/18/011/00613","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210120044831/https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/18/011/00613","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":39085,"grade":"primary","character":"sanitary_code_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-VT","url":"/library/DUT-VT-009","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-VT-009","citation":"Vermont General Assembly (Title 18, chapter 11), 18 V.S.A. sec. 613 (Powers of local board) (standing) (Ex. DUT-VT-009)","stateName":"Vermont","related":["VT-021","VT-024","VT-029"]}