{"data":{"id":"us-vt/10-v.s.a.-1453","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"10 V.S.A. § 1453","heading":"Aquatic nuisance control program","body":"(a) The Agency of Natural Resources shall establish and maintain an aquatic nuisance control program.\n(b) The aquatic nuisance control program shall perform the following services:\n(1) receive and respond to aquatic nuisance complaints;\n(2) work with municipalities, local interest organizations, private individuals, and agencies of the state to develop long-range programs regarding aquatic nuisance controls;\n(3) work with federal, state, and local governments to obtain funding for aquatic nuisance control programs;\n(4) implement an aquatic species rapid response program under this chapter;\n(5) administer a grant-in-aid program under section 1458 of this title;\n(6) place a sign at least two feet by two feet in size that states that the water is infected with an aquatic nuisance and that a person transporting the nuisance in violation of section 1454 of this title may be subject to a penalty of up to $1,000.00 pursuant to 23 V.S.A. § 3317, so that the sign is easily visible from a ramp used to launch vessels at any fish and wildlife access area on a body of water infected with an aquatic nuisance;\n(7) provide the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife and the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles with written educational information about aquatic nuisances that can be included in an envelope containing a boat registration and in a Department of Fish and Wildlife publication pertaining to fishing and boating.","path":["Title 10: Conservation and Development","Chapter 050: Aquatic Nuisance Control"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/10/050/01453","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T15:23:21Z","sha256":"169e4ab7cf87cc4225b3812def73505bfa88c198b9efc521a4ebbcb59d948f67","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/10-v.s.a.-1452","next":"us-vt/10-v.s.a.-1454"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}