Vermont § 1815 - Records, reports, access to premises

§ 1815. Records, reports, access to premises

• (a) The Commission may by rule and regulation prescribe record keeping and reporting requirements
  for all regulated persons. For purposes of the administration and enforcement of this
  compact, the Commission is authorized to examine the books and records of any regulated
  person relating to his or her milk business, and for that purpose, the Commission’s
  properly designated officers, employees, or agents shall have full access during normal
  business hours to the premises and records of all regulated persons. (b) Information furnished to or acquired by the Commission officers, employees, or its
  agents pursuant to this section shall be confidential and not subject to disclosure
  except to the extent that the Commission deems disclosure to be necessary in any administrative
  or judicial proceeding involving the administration or enforcement of this compact,
  an over-order price, a compact marketing order, or other regulations of the Commission.
  The Commission may promulgate regulations further defining the confidentiality of
  information pursuant to this section. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit
  (i) the issuance of general statements based upon the reports of a number of handlers,
  which do not identify the information furnished by any person, or (ii) the publication
  by direction of the Commission of the name of any person violating any regulation
  of the commission, together with a statement of the particular provisions violated
  by such person. (c) No officer, employee, or agent of the Commission shall intentionally disclose information,
  by inference or otherwise, which is made confidential pursuant to this section. Any
  person violating the provisions of this section shall upon conviction be subject to
  a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or to imprisonment for not more than one year, or
  to both, and shall be removed from office. The Commission shall refer any allegation
  of a violation of this section to the appropriate state enforcement authority or U.S.
  Attorney. (Added 1993, No. 57, § 1, eff. June 3, 1993.)