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Title 1: General Provisions Chapter 5: COMMON LAW; GENERAL RIGHTS 1 V.S.A. ยง 314. Penalty and enforcement Subchapter II. Public Information < 1 VSA 313 | 1 VSA 315 > § 314. Penalty and enforcement (a) A person who is a member of a public body and who knowingly and intentionally violates the provisions of this subchapter or who knowingly and intentionally participates in the wrongful exclusion of any person or persons from any meeting for which provision is herein made, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $500.00. (b) The attorney general or any person aggrieved by a violation of the provisions of this subchapter may apply to the superior court in the county in which the violation has taken place for appropriate injunctive relief or for a declaratory judgment. Except as to cases the court considers of greater importance, proceedings before the superior court, as authorized by this section and appeals therefrom, take precedence on the docket over all cases and shall be assigned for hearing and trial or for argument at the earliest practicable date and expedited in every way. (Amended 1979, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. April 24, 1980; 1987, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.) [Source: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/statutes/statutes2.htm]Links (Documents and outside links will open in a separate window)
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