{"data":{"id":"us-vt/32-v.s.a.-404","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"32 V.S.A. § 404","heading":"Returned payments; penalty","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 32: Taxation and Finance","Chapter 007: The Public Monies","Subchapter 001: ACCOUNTING"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/32/007/00404","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:10Z","sha256":"d445df1078b86e4fc8fa20a1c5dddcada0ade8e1c30ae78add19a4c59831c49e","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/32-v.s.a.-403","next":"us-vt/32-v.s.a.-431"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}