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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 5 Sec. 427

  • Aircraft: means a contrivance used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air and specifically includes ultralight aircraft. See
  • Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or body politic, including a trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative. See

§ 427. Operating under influence of liquor or drugs; penalty; revocation of right

(a) No person shall operate or attempt to operate an aircraft or serve as a member of a crew while under the influence of alcohol or any habit-forming drug.

(b) A person who violates a provision of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00, or, if he or she is the operator of the aircraft, may be imprisoned for not more than two years, or both.

(c) [Repealed.] (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 1997, No. 150 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(c); 2017, No. 83, § 161(1).)