Vermont Statutes Title 4 Sec. 1102
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 4 Sec. 1102
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. 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
§ 1102. Judicial Bureau; jurisdiction
(a) The Judicial Bureau is created within the Judicial Branch under the supervision of the Supreme Court.
(b) The Judicial Bureau shall have jurisdiction of the following matters:
(1) Traffic violations alleged to have been committed on or after July 1, 1990.
(2) Civil ordinance violations alleged to have been committed on or after July 1, 1994.
(3) Minor fish and wildlife violations alleged to have been committed on or after September 1, 1996.
(4) Violations of 7 V.S.A. § 1005(a), relating to possession of tobacco products by a person under 21 years of age.
(5) Violations of 7 V.S.A. § 1007, relating to furnishing tobacco products to a person under 21 years of age.
(6) Violations of 24 V.S.A. § 2201, relating to littering, burning of solid waste, and illegal dumping.
(7) Violations of 16 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 9, subchapter 5, relating to hazing.
(8) Violations of 20 V.S.A. §§ 2056a, 2056b, and 2056c, relating to unauthorized disclosure of criminal record information.
(9) Violations of 7 V.S.A. § 656, relating to illegal possession of alcoholic beverages.
(10) Violations under 7 V.S.A. § 658(c)(1), relating to an employee of a second-class licensee selling alcohol to a minor during a compliance check.
(11) Violations of 18 V.S.A. § 4234b(b), relating to selling ephedrine base, pseudoephedrine base, or phenylpropanolamine base.
(12) Violations of 13 V.S.A. § 352(3), (4), and (9), relating to cruelty to animals, and 13 V.S.A. § 355(d), relating to interference with a guide dog.
(13) Violations of 18 V.S.A. § 4249, relating to the introduction of tobacco or tobacco products into a correctional facility.
(14) Violations of 21 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 5, subchapter 1, relating to conditions for employment.
(15) Violations of 9 V.S.A. § 3023(a), relating to the purchase and sale of scrap metal.
(16) Violations of 18 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 38 that are subject to civil penalties pursuant to subsection 1760a(a), relating to reducing lead hazards in housing.
(17) [Repealed.]
(18) Violations of 23 V.S.A. § 3327(d), relating to obeying a law enforcement officer while operating a vessel.
(19) [Repealed.]
(20) Violations of 21 V.S.A. § 692(c)(1).
(21) Violations of State or municipal rental housing health and safety laws when the amount of the cumulative penalties imposed pursuant to 18 V.S.A. § 603 is $800.00 or less.
(22) Violations of 10 V.S.A. § 1266b, relating to the application of fertilizer to nonagricultural turf.
(23) Violations of 18 V.S.A. § 1513, relating to minors using tanning facilities.
(24) Violations of 18 V.S.A. §§ 4230a and 4230b, relating to possession of cannabis.
(25) Violations of 9 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 97A that are subject to civil penalties pursuant to 9 V.S.A. § 3890(a), relating to the purchase and sale of precious metal by a precious metal dealer, as defined in 9 V.S.A. § 3881.
(26) Violations of 9 V.S.A. § 4191, relating to the solicitation or acceptance of a fee to remove a booking photograph from the Internet.
(27) Violations of 10 V.S.A. § 1454(a)-(d), relating to the transport of aquatic plants and aquatic nuisance species.
(28) Violations of 20 V.S.A. § 4625, relating to the use of drones near correctional facilities.
(29) Violations of 10 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 21, relating to the prohibition of outdoor advertising.
(30) Violations of 13 V.S.A. § 7611, relating to the unauthorized disclosure of sealed criminal history record information.
(31) Violations of 13 V.S.A. § 1033, relating to interference with access to health care facility.
(32) Violations of 23 V.S.A. § 1213(k), relating to tampering with an ignition interlock device on behalf of another person.
(c) The Judicial Bureau shall not have jurisdiction over municipal parking violations.
(d) Three hearing officers appointed by the Court Administrator shall determine waiver penalties to be imposed for violations within the Judicial Bureau’s jurisdiction, except municipalities shall adopt full and waiver penalties for civil ordinance violations pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 1979. For purposes of municipal violations, the issuing law enforcement officer shall indicate the appropriate full and waiver penalty on the complaint. (Added 1997, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 1999, No. 63, § 2; 1999, No. 120 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 1999, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 1999, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 1999, No. 163 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a; 2005, No. 23, § 2; 2005, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Sept. 30, 2006; 2007, No. 51, § 19; 2007, No. 64, § 1; 2007, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2007, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 35, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; 2007, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. July 1, 2009; 2009, No. 30, § 5; 2009, No. 54, § 58; 2009, No. 78 (Adj. Sess.), § 6d; 2009, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2009, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2009, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2011, No. 37, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2012; 2011, No. 73 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 2011, No. 97 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 2, 2012; 2013, No. 76, § 3; 2013, No. 196 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; 2015, No. 62, § 5; 2015, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2017, No. 67, § 5, eff. June 8, 2017; 2017, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 17, 2018; 2019, No. 27, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2019; 2019, No. 48, § 7; 2019, No. 59, § 49; 2021, No. 65, § 9, eff. June 7, 2021; 2021, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 6a, eff. May 31, 2022; 2023, No. 14, § 5, eff. May 10, 2023; 2023, No. 46, § 15, eff. June 5, 2023.)