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The Vermont Statutes Online
Title
10
:
Conservation and Development
Chapter
109
:
PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT
Subchapter
003
:
UNIFORM FISH AND WILDLIFE INFORMATION
§
4555. Answers to uniform fish and wildlife informations
(a) A person who
is charged with committing a violation of this part may waive appearance and
trial with the consent of the prosecuting attorney and plead guilty or nolo
contendere by a signed statement. The person shall submit a fine in an amount
as established under subsection (b) of this section with the signed statement.
The court shall accept the signed statement accompanied by the fine assessed as
a plea of guilty or nolo contendere as indicated on the signed statement and
shall proceed accordingly.
(b) Three
criminal division of the superior court judges appointed by the court
administrator shall establish schedules, within the limits prescribed by law,
of the amount of fines to be imposed. The fines shall be paid to, receipted by
and accounted for by the clerk in the same manner as other fines. A game warden
or law enforcement officer who issues an information shall advise the defendant
of the schedule of fines and show him a copy of that schedule.
(c) If a
defendant fails to answer or appear as directed on the uniform fish and
wildlife information or by the criminal division of the superior court judge or
fails to pay the fine after judgment, the commissioner shall suspend the
hunting, fishing and trapping license or the privilege of the defendant to take
wild animals in this state until the defendant answers, appears or pays the
fine. (Added 1977, No. 229 (Adj. Sess.); amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), §
238.)