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The Vermont Statutes Online
Title
10
:
Conservation and Development
Chapter
119
:
PRIVATE PRESERVES, PROPAGATION FARMS, PRIVATE PONDS, REFUGES, AND SHOOTING GROUNDS
§
5215. Game refuges; how created; regulations
(a) For a
specified period of years, the commissioner may prohibit or regulate the taking
of wild animals upon public lands set aside with the approval of the governor
or upon private lands set aside with the consent of the owner thereof, for game
refuges. At least 30 days before such a prohibition or regulation takes effect,
he or she shall file a copy of the same in the office of the town clerk of the
town in which such lands lie. Notices reading "State Game Refuge; hunting
is unlawful" shall be placed at conspicuous places on the boundaries of
refuges.
(b) Upon receipt
of a fee of $50.00, the commissioner may issue a permit to a person,
organization or group for the purpose of rehabilitating sick or injured wild
animals. For the purposes of this subsection, rehabilitation means treating the
sick or injured wild animal back to a sufficient state of health so that the
animal may be returned to the wild. The commissioner shall adopt rules to
implement this subsection. (Added 1961, No. 119, § 1, eff. May 9, 1961; amended
1985, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 2, 1986; 1997, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.),
§ 51, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.)