Vermont Statutes Title 19 Sec. 1108
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 19 Sec. 1108
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- highway: includes rights-of-way, bridges, drainage structures, signs, guardrails, areas to accommodate utilities authorized by law to locate within highway limits, areas used to mitigate the environmental impacts of highway construction, vegetation, scenic enhancements, and structures. See
- Person: includes a municipality or State agency. See
- road: shall include bridges thereon and their approaches. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
- Town: includes incorporated villages and cities. See
§ 1108. Injuring highway
(a) A person who wantonly or willfully injures a highway, or a bridge, or any of their components by destroying or removing planks, posts, timber, stones, or asphalt surface, or by digging pits for gravel, clay, or for any other purpose, shall forfeit to the town or State, to be expended in repairing highways, not more than $100.00 plus actual costs of repairing damage to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the town or State, with costs.
(b) A person who injures a public highway by obstructing or diverting a stream, watercourse, or sluice, or by dragging logs or timber or any other objects on the road surface, shall be fined not more than $100.00 for each offense. The person shall be further liable to the town or State for the damage to the highway, to be recovered in a civil action, in the name of the town or State.
(c) A person guilty of an offense prohibited in this section, besides the penalty, shall be liable to the town or State, or to any individual, in a civil action, for damages sustained by either in consequence of the acts prohibited, with costs. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2021, No. 20, § 102.)