The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Vermont
- Level
- State
- Authority
- police power of the State; 18 V.S.A. secs. 102, 126, 127
- Effective
- standing; in force throughout March 2020 to September 2021
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationStanding duty
- Addressees
- persons generally; employers; owners or persons in control of premises; every business subject to a health order, rule or permit
- Character
- order penalty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Vermont DUT-VT
Operative words
The Commissioner, or a local board of health, may bring an action in the Superior Court... to enforce the provisions of this title, or the rules, permits, or orders issued pursuant to this title... (6) Levying civil penalties not to exceed $10,000.00 for each violation. In the case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance may be deemed a separate violation.
Penalty
civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each violation, each day of a continuing violation a separate violation; injunctive relief; remedial orders; compensation and reimbursement of governmental expenditures (sec. 130(b)(1)-(6))
What it required
Every person subject to Title 18, its rules or a health order to comply, on pain of a Superior Court action by the Commissioner or a local board of health for temporary and permanent injunctions, remedial orders, reimbursement of the State's investigation and mitigation costs, and civil penalties of up to $10,000 for each violation, each day a separate violation.
Retrieval noteCurrent text rendered September 29, 2026. The 2017 amendment (2017, No. 74, sec. 25) predates the period; 2023, No. 6 is technical. Subsection (b)(1) authorizes the court to enjoin 'future activities that may contribute to a public health hazard or a public health risk'; (b)(5) authorizes 'reimbursement from any person who caused governmental expenditures for the investigation and mitigation of the public health risk'.