(a) Any assessment made pursuant to this subchapter shall be a debt against the business, or the successors in interest who are not bona fide purchasers as that term is defined under the Uniform Commercial Code, 9A V.S.A., or the principles of the business, or the applicants who applied for the benefit, or the promisors or guarantors who acted as accommodation parties to facilitate the benefit.

(b) The Commissioner may file a security interest against the property of the business or person liable under subsection (a) of this section.

(c) The Commissioner may bring a civil action in Washington County Superior Court against any business or person set forth in subsection (a) of this section who fails to make payment by the date set forth in section 2513 of this title and may seek from the court penalties of no more than $10,000.00 if that business or person set forth in subsection (a) of this section has failed to provide the notice required under section 2512 of this title. (Added 1993, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)