(a) The Secretary may collect an unpaid administrative or civil penalty by filing a civil collection action in any Superior Court or through any other means available to State agencies.

(b) The Secretary may, subject to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25, suspend any license, certificate, registration, or permit issued pursuant to his or her authority for failure to pay a penalty under this chapter more than 45 days after the penalty was imposed by order and served. (Added 1989, No. 49, § 3; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2017, No. 75, § 3.)