Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 26 Sec. 5603

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • 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
  • Well: means any hole deeper than 20 feet drilled, driven, or bored into the earth to locate, monitor, extract, or recharge groundwater or any hole deeper than 20 feet drilled, driven, or bored for the primary purpose of transferring heat to or from the earth's subsurface. See
  • Well driller: refers to a person engaged in the business of performing activities within one or both of the following classes:

§ 5603. Prohibitions; penalties

(a) It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person, including any corporation, association, or individual, to:

(1) practice, or to permit a person to practice, as a well driller without a current license or other authorization to practice as a well driller under Vermont law;

(2) practice, or to permit a person to practice, a class of well driller activities, as those classes are established in subdivision 5601(6) of this chapter, without a current license or other authorization to practice the class of well driller activities under Vermont law; or

(3) represent oneself as being licensed or otherwise authorized by this State to practice as a well driller or use in connection with a name any words, letters, signs, or figures that imply that a person is a well driller or able to practice as a well driller when not licensed or otherwise authorized to do so.

(b) A person who violates this section shall be subject to the penalties in 3 V.S.A. § 127. (Added 2021, No. 69, § 10, eff. June 8, 2021.)