32 V.S.A. § 404: Returned payments; penalty

(a) Agencies and departments of State government may assess a penalty of $20.00 against the issuer for each payment for amounts due in the form of a check, draft, electronic payment, or other acceptable forms of payment that have been dishonored for lack of funds or credit to pay the same.

(b) Such penalty collected shall be credited to a special fund established and managed pursuant to chapter 7, subchapter 5 of this title, or to another budgeted fund other than the General Fund, and shall be available to the agency or department to offset the costs of collecting the amount owed.