Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3022

  • Apiary: means a place where one or more colonies of bees are kept and shall include hives and bees. See
  • Colony: means the hive and its equipment, including bees, comb, and honey. See
  • Hive: means frame, hive, box hive, box, barrel, log gum, skep, or other receptacle or container, natural or artificial, or any part thereof, that is used or employed as a domicile for bees. See
  • Owner: means a person who in any way owns, leases, possesses, or otherwise controls an apiary, colony, hive, bees, or equipment and shall include the agent of such person. See
  • Person: shall include all corporations, partnerships, associations, societies, individuals or group of individuals, or any employee, servant, or agent acting for or employed by any person as defined in this subdivision. See
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets. 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

§ 3022. Enforcement; inspection

(a) The Secretary shall enforce the provisions of this chapter.

(b) Any person who is the owner of any bees, apiary, colony, or hive shall pay a $10.00 annual registration fee for each apiary. The fee revenue shall be collected by the Secretary and credited to the Pesticide Monitoring Revolving Fund under section 929 of this title to be used to offset the costs of inspection services and to provide educational services and technical assistance to beekeepers in the State. (Added 1983, No. 83, § 1; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2013, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 31; 2015, No. 57, § 26, eff. June 11, 2015; 2019, No. 35, § 7.)