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30 V.S.A. § 8093
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 92 - Electric and Gas Companies; Providing Access for Communications Facilities|§ 8093. Notification

§ 8093. Notification|(a) For cases of gas transmission projects, and for projects involving electric transmission lines requiring approval pursuant to section 248 of this title, companies shall provide notice to the Vermont Telecommunications Authority at the same time that they provide notice pursuant to subdivision 248(a)(4)(C) of this title.(b) In cases of projects involving electric transmission or distribution lines which do not require approval pursuant to section 248 of this title, and which are greater than 2,500 feet, companies under the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission shall notify the Vermont Telecommunications Authority of the project at least 90 days prior to planned commencement of construction for company-initiated projects, or as soon as possible for customer-initiated projects or projects required for urgent reasons of service quality or reliability.(c) The notice shall include:  (1) the location of the project, including the town and a description of the route to be followed; (2) the nature of the project; (3) the date the project is planned to commence; and (4) the contact person for the project and his or her contact information.   (d) For good cause shown by a company, the Public Utility Commission may shorten or eliminate the notice period required under this section.(e) In the alternative to filing notice under subsection (b) of this section, a company may file with the Public Utility Commission, the Department of Public Service, and the Vermont Telecommunications Authority its capital plan or construction work plan, describing the location of linear projects which do not require approval pursuant to section 248 of this title, and in the case of a multiyear plan, the year in which a linear project is scheduled to commence. No construction called for under the capital plan or construction work plan shall commence until the plan has been on file for at least 90 days, unless the construction is required for customer-initiated projects or for urgent reasons of service quality or reliability.(f) A company may specify in its statement of rates, terms, and conditions a deadline or procedure for requests to attach or add communications facilities to a project. Unless otherwise specified by the company in its statement of rates, terms, and conditions, a company shall provide a period for responses of not less than either 45 days after notice is provided, if the company provides notice pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, or 45 days before the planned construction commences, if the company provides notice pursuant to subsection (e) of this section. If a company does not receive a response by the deadline or according to the procedure established for responding to the notice required by this section, it may commence construction of a project prior to the end of the notice period required under subsection (b) or (e) of this section. (Added 2007, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
30 V.S.A. § 8094
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 92 - Electric and Gas Companies; Providing Access for Communications Facilities|§ 8094. Evaluation of commercial wireless networks

§ 8094. Evaluation of commercial wireless networks|(a) No company subject to Public Utility Commission jurisdiction and providing electric service shall begin construction of a two-way point-to-multipoint mobile wireless communication network for the purpose of communication between its facilities for its own personnel unless:  (1) the company has solicited proposals from commercial wireless service providers; and (2) for solicitations issued after July 1, 2008, the company has provided notice prior to the solicitation to the Vermont Telecommunications Authority and to the Commissioner of Public Service and the Director for Public Advocacy.   (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize or disallow the costs of such a network for the purpose of a rate proceeding for the company. (Added 2007, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
30 V.S.A. § 8095
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 92 - Electric and Gas Companies; Providing Access for Communications Facilities|§ 8095. Limitation

§ 8095. Limitation|Nothing in this chapter limits the existing rights and obligations of entities currently authorized to attach to poles and other facilities pursuant to Commission Rule 3.700. (Added 2007, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
30 V.S.A. § 8096
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 92 - Electric and Gas Companies; Providing Access for Communications Facilities|§ 8096. Legislative intent

§ 8096. Legislative intent|The General Assembly intends that this chapter will result in improved and increased access to mobile telecommunications and broadband services for all underserved Vermont households and businesses. (Added 2007, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
30 V.S.A. § 8100
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 93 - Vermont Village Green Pilot Program|§ 8100. Definitions

§ 8100. Definitions|In this chapter:  (1) "Commission" means the Public Utility Commission created under section 3 of this title. (2) "Certification" or "certified," except when part of the phrase "third party certified," refers to certification of a Vermont village green renewable project by the Department under subsection 8101(b) of this title. (3) "Combined heat and power" or "CHP" shall have the meaning stated in section 8015(b) of this title, except that:  (A) CHP excludes facilities using fossil fuel. (B) CHP using woody biomass as a fuel must achieve, for that fuel, no less than a 50-percent net annual efficiency of energy utilized and, during the heating season, a minimum energy conversion efficiency of 70 percent considering all energy inputs and outputs at normal load.  (4) "Department" means the Department of Public Service created under section 1 of this title. (5) "District heating" means a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location within a host community to multiple residential, commercial, or industrial uses within that community or a combination of such uses. The source of heat may be a dedicated heat-only facility using renewable energy as a fuel or waste heat from electrical generation that uses renewable energy as a fuel to form a CHP system. (6) "District power" means a system for distributing electricity generated in a centralized location within a host community to multiple residential, commercial, or industrial uses in that community or a combination of such uses. The electricity must be produced using renewable energy as a fuel source and may include CHP. (7) "Host community" means the municipality in which a Vermont village green renewable project is to be located. (8) "Renewable energy" shall have the meaning stated in subsection 8015(b) of this title, except that renewable energy using woody biomass as a fuel must achieve, for that fuel, no less than a 50-percent net annual efficiency of energy utilized and, during the heating season, a minimum energy conversion efficiency of 70 percent considering all energy inputs and outputs at normal load. (9) "Vermont village green renewable project" means district heating, either with or without district power, to serve a downtown development district designated as such pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 2793 or a growth center designated as such pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 2793c. As long as the end uses served by the project are within such a district or center, the generation of heat and power may be outside the district or center. (Added 2009, No. 45, § 15a, eff. May 27, 2009; 2009, No. 54, § 67, eff. June 1, 2009.)
30 V.S.A. § 8102
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 93 - Vermont Village Green Pilot Program|§ 8102. Incentives

§ 8102. Incentives|(a) The Clean Energy Development Fund created under section 8015 of this title shall provide at least $100,000.00 in incentives to customers who will connect to a certified Vermont village green renewable project. Any such incentive shall be applied by the customer to the cost of constructing the customer's connection to the project.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section or any other law, on and after April 1, 2012, the Clean Energy Development Fund shall make up to $100,000.00 of funds that would otherwise have been available to customers connecting to Vermont village green renewable projects under this section available to other district heating on a competitive basis. The use of such funds shall not be limited to customer connections. For the purpose of this subsection, it shall not be necessary that the district heating be proposed by a municipality, serve a downtown development district or growth center under 24 V.S.A. § 2793 or 2793c, or obtain certification under this chapter. (Added 2009, No. 45, § 15a, eff. May 27, 2009; amended 2009, No. 54, § 67, eff. June 1, 2009; 2011, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. May 16, 2012.)
30 V.S.A. § 8103
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 93 - Vermont Village Green Pilot Program|§ 8103. Heat availability

§ 8103. Heat availability|All of the heat generated by a Vermont village green renewable project shall be made available to the commercial, industrial, and residential users identified in the host community's application to the Commission under subsection 8101(b) of this title. (Added 2009, No. 45, § 15a, eff. May 27, 2009; 2009, No. 54, § 67, eff. June 1, 2009.)
30 V.S.A. § 8104
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 93 - Vermont Village Green Pilot Program|§ 8104. Rates for electricity

§ 8104. Rates for electricity|(a) All or a portion of the electricity generated by a Vermont village green renewable project, if it includes district power, shall be made available to the commercial, industrial, and residential users identified in the host community's application to the Commission under subsection 8101(b) of this title.(b) If a Vermont village green renewable project includes district power and does not qualify or opt for treatment as a net metering system under section 8010 of this title:  (1) On petition of the host community, the Commission after notice and opportunity for hearing shall create a rate class for the commercial, industrial, and residential uses served by the project, the rates for which class at a minimum shall be consistent with the following principle: An end user shall pay the same share of the distribution utility's fixed costs as a similar end user not served by the project. (2) Excess electricity may be sold to the distribution utility at the market rate or by contract. (Added 2009, No. 45, § 15a, eff. May 27, 2009; amended 2009, No. 54, § 67, eff. June 1, 2009; 2013, No. 99 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.)
31 V.S.A. § 201
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 31 - Recreation and Sports|Chapter 5 - Municipal Recreation|§ 201. Authority to appropriate for recreation

§ 201. Authority to appropriate for recreation|A city by its council or an incorporated village, at an annual meeting, may appropriate such sums of money as it deems best, not exceeding four percent of its grand list, for the purchase of public playgrounds and lands, and for the construction and maintenance of buildings and equipment thereon, for public recreational purposes. This section shall not apply to a city or incorporated village whose charter or bylaws authorize such appropriation.
31 V.S.A. § 202
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 31 - Recreation and Sports|Chapter 5 - Municipal Recreation|§ 202. Authority to establish and finance recreation system

§ 202. Authority to establish and finance recreation system|Municipalities, singly or jointly, may establish, maintain, and conduct a system of public recreation, including playgrounds; may set apart for such use any land or buildings owned or leased by it; may acquire land, buildings, and other recreational facilities by gift or purchase, and may issue bonds therefor as provided in 24 V.S.A. §§ 1751-1788 and equip and conduct the same; may employ a director of recreation and assistant; and may expend funds for the aforesaid purposes.
31 V.S.A. § 203
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 31 - Recreation and Sports|Chapter 5 - Municipal Recreation|§ 203. Control and supervision of system

§ 203. Control and supervision of system|The legislative body may conduct the same through a department or bureau of recreation or may delegate the conduct thereof to a recreational board created by them, or to a school board or to any other appropriate existing board or commission. The members of such body first appointed shall be appointed for such terms that the term of one member shall expire annually thereafter.
31 V.S.A. § 204
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 31 - Recreation and Sports|Chapter 5 - Municipal Recreation|§ 204. Free musical entertainments

§ 204. Free musical entertainments|A municipality may appropriate such sums of money not exceeding five percent of its grand list, when the grand list of such municipality does not exceed $20,000.00, and a sum not to exceed three percent of the grand list of such municipality, when the grand list exceeds $20,000.00, to pay the expenses of free musical entertainments, to be held within its limits, at such times and places as is directed by such vote.
31 V.S.A. § 401
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 31 - Recreation and Sports|Chapter 9 - Municipal Regulation of Entertainment|§ 401. Permits and fees

§ 401. Permits and fees|A selectboard may permit the exhibition in its town of any show mentioned in 32 V.S.A. §§ 9905 and 9906, on payment by the owners or operators thereof, for the use of the town, of not more than $100.00 nor less than $10.00 for every day on which exhibitions are given in such town.
31 V.S.A. § 402
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 31 - Recreation and Sports|Chapter 9 - Municipal Regulation of Entertainment|§ 402. Revocation of permit

§ 402. Revocation of permit|If, during the exhibition of a show under such license, the selectboard is satisfied that such exhibition disturbs the public peace, it may give notice in writing to the owner or operator thereof that the license is revoked. If, after such notice, such exhibition is not immediately suspended, the owner or operator shall be subject to the same penalty as if he or she had exhibited without a license.
31 V.S.A. § 403
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 31 - Recreation and Sports|Chapter 9 - Municipal Regulation of Entertainment|§ 403. Penalties imposed on town officers

§ 403. Penalties imposed on town officers|Town clerks, selectboards, village trustees, or any other town or city officials shall be fined not more than $10.00 for issuing a permit or license to the owner or operator of a show mentioned in this chapter for less than the minimum fee prescribed for the use of the town in section 401 of this title. (Amended 1967, No. 253 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Feb. 20, 1968; 2013, No. 34, § 21; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 72.)
31 V.S.A. § 404
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 31 - Recreation and Sports|Chapter 9 - Municipal Regulation of Entertainment|§ 404. Exhibiting without State and town licenses

§ 404. Exhibiting without State and town licenses|A person who gives or attempts to give an exhibition in a town of a show mentioned in 32 V.S.A. §§ 9901-9910 without first having obtained permission of the selectboard of such town therefor and without having received from the Secretary of State the license as provided in 32 V.S.A. §§ 9901-9910, shall be fined not more than $3,000.00 nor less than $1,000.00. (Amended 1967, No. 253 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Feb. 20, 1968.)
31 V.S.A. § 405
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 31 - Recreation and Sports|Chapter 9 - Municipal Regulation of Entertainment|§ 405. Permits to exhibit natural curiosities

§ 405. Permits to exhibit natural curiosities|A selectboard may permit a person to exhibit living animals and other natural curiosities for not more than two days at one time on payment of not more than $50.00 nor less than $10.00 by such person to the selectboard for the use of the town.
31 V.S.A. § 406
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 31 - Recreation and Sports|Chapter 9 - Municipal Regulation of Entertainment|§ 406. Exhibition without license

§ 406. Exhibition without license|A person who for reward or gain or under color of a gratuity suffers premises under his or her control to be used for the exhibition of a circus, living animals, and natural curiosities or exhibits a living animal or natural curiosity without having previously obtained such permission shall be fined not more than $200.00.
31 V.S.A. § 441
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 31 - Recreation and Sports|Chapter 9 - Municipal Regulation of Entertainment|§ 441. Regulation of shows and games of chance

§ 441. Regulation of shows and games of chance|The officers of a town fair association may regulate and prevent theatrical, circus, or mountebank exhibitions and shows, or traffic in fruits, goods, wares, and merchandise of whatever description, the trading of horses, and games of chance, on fair days, within a distance of 200 yards in any highway leading to or passing a fairground, if in the opinion of such officers the same would obstruct or interfere with the free and uninterrupted use of such highways. The police employed by such association shall have the same power in respect to such matters on such highways as they have within such grounds.
31 V.S.A. § 442
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 31 - Recreation and Sports|Chapter 9 - Municipal Regulation of Entertainment|§ 442. Licenses for theatres and similar entertainment

§ 442. Licenses for theatres and similar entertainment|The selectboard of a town, trustees of an incorporated village, and the aldermen of a city may grant licenses and fix a fee therefor, for theatres, shows, moving picture shows, or concert halls operated and maintained for profit, may revoke the same, and may also, after hearing, refuse to grant such a license when, in their judgment, the public good requires.
31 V.S.A. § 443
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 31 - Recreation and Sports|Chapter 9 - Municipal Regulation of Entertainment|§ 443. Operating without license

§ 443. Operating without license|A person who installs, operates, or maintains a theatre, show, moving picture show, or concert hall without first obtaining a license therefor, if required by the selectboard of a town, the trustees of an incorporated village, or the aldermen of a city, as provided in section 442 of this title, shall be fined not more than $100.00 for each day on which he or she so operates or maintains the same. Such fine shall be paid to the town treasurer for the benefit of the town.
31 V.S.A. § 501
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 31 - Recreation and Sports|Chapter 11 - Municipal Regulation of Dance Halls, Bowling Alleys, Pool Halls, and Coasting|§ 501. Dance hall defined

§ 501. Dance hall defined|A room, hall, eating place, building, structure, or place shall be deemed to be a dance hall for the purposes of this chapter at all times and occasions when dancing, for which admission is charged and which is open to the general public, is conducted or permitted therein.
31 V.S.A. § 502
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 31 - Recreation and Sports|Chapter 11 - Municipal Regulation of Dance Halls, Bowling Alleys, Pool Halls, and Coasting|§ 502. Supervision

§ 502. Supervision|A person, partnership, association, or corporation shall not operate a dance hall unless, at the hours when dancing is conducted or permitted therein, there is in attendance one or more police or other officers empowered to make arrests. With the approval of the selectboard, city council, or trustees of the town, city, or incorporated village where the dance hall is operated, licensed security guards may be employed in place of officers. The officers or security guards shall be paid for their services by the operator of the dance hall. The number of officers or security guards and the individuals so acting shall be approved by the selectboard, mayor, or trustees of the town, city, or incorporated village. (Amended 1991, No. 69, § 2, eff. June 21, 1991.)
31 V.S.A. § 503
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 31 - Recreation and Sports|Chapter 11 - Municipal Regulation of Dance Halls, Bowling Alleys, Pool Halls, and Coasting|§ 503. License required

§ 503. License required|A person, partnership, association, or corporation shall not operate a dance hall, bowling alley, or pool hall unless a license so to do has been obtained from the selectboard, city council, or trustees of the town, city, or incorporated village in which it is proposed to operate such dance hall, bowling alley, or pool hall. Any such license may, after hearing and for cause, be revoked by the municipal officers granting the same when in their judgment the public good requires.
31 V.S.A. § 504
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 31 - Recreation and Sports|Chapter 11 - Municipal Regulation of Dance Halls, Bowling Alleys, Pool Halls, and Coasting|§ 504. Fees and regulations

§ 504. Fees and regulations|The selectboard, city council, or trustees of a town, city, or incorporated village shall grant a license as provided in section 503 of this title upon application therefor and upon compliance by the applicant with such reasonable requirements as they may prescribe for the protection and safety of the public and the preservation of the public morals and upon payment of such fee as they may require, not to exceed $25.00 in case of an annual fee or $5.00 in case of a single dance.
31 V.S.A. § 505
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 31 - Recreation and Sports|Chapter 11 - Municipal Regulation of Dance Halls, Bowling Alleys, Pool Halls, and Coasting|§ 505. Regulations on operation

§ 505. Regulations on operation|The selectboard, city council, or trustees of a town, city, or incorporated village are hereby empowered to make regulations concerning the operation of dance halls, bowling alleys, and pool halls including lighting, both inside and outside, on the premises where such dance halls, bowling alleys, or pool halls are operated. Such rules and regulations shall not be effective until they are recorded in the office of the clerk of the municipality for which the same are made, and no license shall be issued until such rules and regulations are complied with.
31 V.S.A. § 506
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 31 - Recreation and Sports|Chapter 11 - Municipal Regulation of Dance Halls, Bowling Alleys, Pool Halls, and Coasting|§ 506. Charitable exemptions

§ 506. Charitable exemptions|The provisions of sections 503-505 of this title shall not apply to dance halls, bowling alleys, or pool halls operated by charitable, educational, and fraternal organizations or institutions on premises owned or regularly occupied by charitable, educational, and fraternal organizations or institutions except that in any event no license fee shall be required from any of the organizations or institutions mentioned in this section.
31 V.S.A. § 507
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 31 - Recreation and Sports|Chapter 11 - Municipal Regulation of Dance Halls, Bowling Alleys, Pool Halls, and Coasting|§ 507. Construction

§ 507. Construction|The provisions of sections 503-506 of this title shall not apply to cities or incorporated villages whose charters, ordinances, or bylaws make different provisions as to the licenses or any of them provided for in this chapter.
31 V.S.A. § 508
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 31 - Recreation and Sports|Chapter 11 - Municipal Regulation of Dance Halls, Bowling Alleys, Pool Halls, and Coasting|§ 508. Penalties

§ 508. Penalties|A person, partnership, association, or corporation who violates a provision of sections 501-507 of this title or who violates any lawful rule or regulation made as provided in section 505 of this title shall be fined not more than $100.00 nor less than $25.00 for each such violation. Each such violation occurring at any single dance shall be deemed to be a separate offense.