Vermont § 9272 - Suspension and revocation of licenses; appeal

§ 9272. Suspension and revocation of licenses; appeal

• (a) The Commissioner may, after notice and hearing, suspend or revoke the license of any
  operator or may refuse to issue or renew any such registration for failure to comply
  with the provisions of this chapter or with all pertinent rules and regulations of
  the Commissioner promulgated hereunder. (b) Any operator aggrieved by such suspension, revocation, or refusal may appeal therefrom
  to any Superior judge within 10 days after written notice of such suspension, revocation,
  or refusal has been mailed or delivered to the operator. Such Superior judge or another
  Superior judge designated by the Chief Superior Judge shall hear such appeal forthwith. (c) If such appealing operator files with the Superior judge to whom he or she appeals
  a bond running to the State with a surety company authorized to do business in this
  State as surety in such sum as the Superior judge shall fix, conditioned upon the
  payment of all taxes due under this chapter and to become due during the pendency
  of such appeal, then during the pendency of any such appeal to the Superior judge,
  the suspension or revocation so appealed from shall be inoperative. (d) In the case of an appeal from the refusal of the Commissioner to issue or renew a
  registration, the Commissioner shall issue or renew such registration during the pendency
  of the appeal if the aforesaid bond is given. (e) Upon suspension or revocation, or in case of an unlicensed business, the Commissioner
  may cause to be posted, at every public entrance of the operator’s premises, a notice
  identifying the operator and the location and informing the public that the operator
  has no license or the license has been suspended or revoked, as the case may be, and
  that no rooms may be offered to the public for occupancy for a consideration or taxable
  meals or alcoholic beverages sold at that location as those terms are defined in this
  chapter. No person shall cover or deface the posted notice, and the posted notice
  shall not be removed until the license is reinstated or a new license issued for the
  location, or removal is otherwise authorized by the Commissioner. Whoever violates
  the terms of this subsection shall be assessed a penalty of $500.00. The Commissioner
  shall give notice of such assessment and make demand for payment. (Added 1959, No. 217, § 5; amended 1979, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; 1991, No. 186 (Adj. Sess.), § 40, eff. May 7, 1992; 1995, No. 29, § 20, eff. April 14, 1995; 1997, No. 50, § 26, eff. June 26, 1997; 2021, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 30, eff. May 31, 2022.)