§ 104 - Duties - Vermont Statutes

§ 104. Duties

The board shall have supervision and management of the sale of spirituous liquors within the state in accordance with the provisions of this title, and through the commissioner of liquor control shall:

(1) See that the laws relating to intoxicating liquor and to the manufacture, sale, transportation, barter, furnishing, importation, exportation, delivery, prescription and possession of malt and vinous beverages, spirituous liquors and alcohol by licensees and others are enforced, using for that purpose such of the moneys annually available to the liquor control board as may be necessary. However, the liquor control board and its agents and inspectors shall act in this respect in collaboration with sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables, officers and members of village and city police forces, control commissioners, the attorney general, state's attorneys, and town and city grand jurors. When the board acts to enforce any section of this title or any administrative rule or regulation relating to sale to minors, its investigation on the alleged violation shall be forwarded to the attorney general or the appropriate state's attorney whether or not there is an administrative finding of wrongdoing. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the responsibility or duties of such enforcement officers or agencies with respect to the enforcement of such laws.

(2) Supervise the opening and operation of local agencies for the sale and distribution of spirituous liquors.

(3) Locate and establish a central liquor agency for the purpose of supplying local agencies established in accordance with this title and for the purpose of selling to licensees of the third class and druggists, and supervise the operation of such central liquor agency.

(4) Supervise the financial transactions of such central liquor agency and the local agencies established in accordance with this title.

(5) Make and promulgate regulations necessary for the execution of its powers and duties and of the powers and duties of all persons under its supervision and control.

(6) Employ such assistants, inspectors and other officers as it deems necessary, subject to the approval of the governor.

(7) Fix bonds or other security to be given by licensees.

(8) Make rules and regulations concerning, and issue permits under such terms and conditions as it may impose for the furnishing, purchasing, selling, bartering, transporting, importing, exporting, delivering and possessing of alcohol, including denatured alcohol, for manufacturing, mechanical, medicinal and scientific purposes.

(9) Make and promulgate regulations regarding labeling and advertising of malt or vinous beverages and spirituous liquors by adoption of federal regulations or otherwise, and collaborate with federal agencies in respect thereto and the enforcement thereof.

(10) Make and promulgate regulations relating to extension of credit by and to licensees or permittees.

(11) Make and promulgate regulations regarding intrastate transportation of malt and vinous beverages. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 33, eff. March 1, 1961; 1975, No. 254 (Adj. Sess.), § 138; 1977, No. 54, § 1(a), eff. April 23, 1977; 1981, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)