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19 V.S.A. § 1510
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 15 - Federal Aid|§ 1510. Local authorization

§ 1510. Local authorization|(a) In any case of proposed highway construction in which a federal-state-local match is contemplated, a municipality seeking to reserve the state portion of monies for the construction project must obtain ratification of the local portion, as this portion may be periodically assessed by the agency of transportation, within 18 months of receipt of a commitment on the part of the state, as evidenced by a signed application relative to engineering costs and project costs or similar document. In the event ratification of the local portion is not obtained within the 18 month period, the state shall withdraw from the proposal and shall make the state portion available for other program purposes.(b) No second or subsequent application relative to engineering costs and project costs or similar document may be signed by a state official unless 18 months have passed since an earlier signing of a similar application relative to engineering costs and project costs for the same proposed highway project. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
19 V.S.A. § 1511
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 15 - Federal Aid|§ 1511. Town approval of projects on the State highway system

§ 1511. Town approval of projects on the State highway system|(a) If a planned highway project is located completely within one town or is located in more than one town and in the event the voters of one of the towns at an annual or special meeting that has been warned, vote against that project within one year after the corridor or corridor design hearing, or both, the project shall be suspended by the Agency of Transportation and the facts related to the project with appropriate recommendations shall be reported to the Transportation Board for its review. The Board shall make its report with recommendations to the General Assembly, which shall order either completion or discontinuance of the project.(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section do not apply to any project that:  (1) has been the subject of a corridor or corridor/design hearing prior to May 1, 1982; or (2) was specifically designated for one or more of the following: preliminary design; right-of-way acquisition; or construction by the General Assembly prior to May 1, 1982. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2021, No. 20, § 105.)
19 V.S.A. § 1513
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 15 - Federal Aid|§ 1513. Historic bridge program

§ 1513. Historic bridge program|For the purpose of facilitating compliance with section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, 16 U.S.C. § 470f, the agency and cooperating municipalities, in connection with federal-aid projects affecting historic bridges, are authorized to enter into preservation easement agreements. (Added 1999, No. 18, § 22, eff. May 13, 1999.)
19 V.S.A. § 1601
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 16 - Utility Relocations in Connection With Certain Highway Projects|§ 1601. Declaration of policy

§ 1601. Declaration of policy|The purpose of this chapter is to set standards for determining when and to what extent the authority granted by section 1603 of this title may be exercised. (Added 1995, No. 60, § 25, eff. April 25, 1995.)
19 V.S.A. § 1602
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 16 - Utility Relocations in Connection With Certain Highway Projects|§ 1602. Definitions

§ 1602. Definitions|As used in this chapter:  (1) "Environmental considerations" are requirements set forth in any applicable permit or approval issued by a federal or state agency, board or commission responsible for the protection of scenic, natural, and historic resources. (2) "Nondiscriminating local ordinances" are municipal ordinances that apply to similar development or construction, whether undertaken by an individual, a governmental body, or the municipality itself. (3) "Relocation" means required adjustments of utility facilities necessitated by planned highway maintenance or construction activities. "Normal relocation" means constructing a replacement facility, in kind, that is both functionally equivalent to the existing facility and necessary for the continuous operation of the utility service, highway project economy or sequence of highway construction or maintenance. (4) "Safety considerations" are requirements set forth in any applicable permit or approval issued by a federal or state agency, board, or commission responsible for highway and traffic safety. (5) "Utility" means privately, publicly, or cooperatively owned line, facility, or system for producing, transmitting, or distributing communications, cable television, power electricity, light, heat, gas, oil, crude products, water, steam, waste, stormwater not connected with the highway drainage or any other similar commodity, including any fire or police signal system or highway lighting system, which directly or indirectly serves the public. The term "utility" also shall mean the utility company inclusive of any wholly owned or controlled subsidiary. (Added 1995, No. 60, § 25, eff. April 25, 1995; amended 2021, No. 20, § 106.)
19 V.S.A. § 1603
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 16 - Utility Relocations in Connection With Certain Highway Projects|§ 1603. Authority to pay for certain utility relocation costs

§ 1603. Authority to pay for certain utility relocation costs|When relocation of a utility is required by a project for the improvement, construction ,or reconstruction of a highway under chapter 15 of this title, the agency or a municipality, or both, may pay for some or all of the cost of the relocation. (Added 1995, No. 60, § 25, eff. April 25, 1995.)
19 V.S.A. § 1604
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 16 - Utility Relocations in Connection With Certain Highway Projects|§ 1604. Applicability

§ 1604. Applicability|(a) Eligibility for reimbursement of utility relocation costs incurred for highway projects that advance to the construction phase after April 25, 1995 shall be determined in accordance with the standards provided in this chapter.(b) The reimbursement provisions of this chapter only apply to "utilities," as defined in section 1602 of this title.(c) Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, this chapter shall be applied in conjunction with regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 23 C.F.R. Part 645-Utilities, as may be amended. (Added 1995, No. 60, § 25, eff. April 25, 1995; amended 2021, No. 20, § 107.)
19 V.S.A. § 1605
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 16 - Utility Relocations in Connection With Certain Highway Projects|§ 1605. Eligibility

§ 1605. Eligibility|(a) Adjustment of utility facilities may be eligible for reimbursement under this chapter when the required design and installation of utility facilities exceed normal relocation requirements as the result of the highway project's need to address environmental considerations, nondiscriminating local ordinances, safety considerations, or other requirements found to be applicable by the agency of transportation. Before finding adjustment of utility facilities to be eligible for reimbursement under this chapter, the secretary shall make a determination that options other than placing the utilities underground have been considered. Alternative aerial relocation may be eligible for reimbursement in accordance with section 1606 of this title.(b) Adjustment of utility facilities shall continue to be eligible for reimbursement under existing law when:  (1) relocation is required by construction or reconstruction of limited access facilities; or (2) affected utility facilities are located on private property and the utility holds a fee or nonterminable easement in its existing location; or (3) affected municipal utility facilities are located within municipal highway rights-of-way. (Added 1995, No. 60, § 25, eff. April 25, 1995; amended 1995, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), § 18e, eff. May 22, 1996.)
19 V.S.A. § 1606
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 16 - Utility Relocations in Connection With Certain Highway Projects|§ 1606. Reimbursement

§ 1606. Reimbursement|(a) Except as provided in section 1605 of this title, normal relocation required by highway maintenance operations or highway construction projects is not eligible for reimbursement.(b) Where the eligibility criteria set forth in section 1605 of this title are met, the differential costs over and above normal relocation cost shall be apportioned on a 50/50 basis between the agency and the municipality. The agency may waive the requirement for municipal participation for projects located on the state highway system.(c) Oversize or other than normal relocation installations undertaken for the sole benefit of the utility shall be considered as betterments and shall not qualify for reimbursement. (Added 1995, No. 60, § 25, eff. April 25, 1995.)
19 V.S.A. § 1701
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 17 - Limited Access Facilities|§ 1701. Declaration of policy

§ 1701. Declaration of policy|The general assembly finds that limited access facilities in some areas are necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, and for the promotion of the general welfare. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
19 V.S.A. § 1702
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 17 - Limited Access Facilities|§ 1702. Definition of a limited access facility

§ 1702. Definition of a limited access facility|For the purposes of this chapter, a limited access facility is defined as a highway or street over, from, or to which owners, or occupants of abutting land, or any other person have no right, or easement, or only a limited right, or easement, of access, light, air, or view by reason of the fact that their property abuts upon the limited access facility or for any other reason. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
19 V.S.A. § 1704
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 17 - Limited Access Facilities|§ 1704. Design of limited access facility

§ 1704. Design of limited access facility|The agency may design any limited access facility and regulate, restrict, or prohibit access as to best serve the traffic for which the facility is intended. In this connection, it may divide and separate any limited access facility into separate roadways by the construction of raised curbings, central dividing sections or other physical separations, or by designating the separate roadways by signs, markers, stripes, and other devices. No person may pass to, from, or across limited access facilities from or to abutting lands, except at such designated points as the agency may permit, and upon such terms and conditions as it may specify. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 16.)
19 V.S.A. § 1705
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 17 - Limited Access Facilities|§ 1705. Acquisition of property

§ 1705. Acquisition of property|The agency or the town may acquire private or public property for limited access facilities and service roads, including rights of access, air, view and light, by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation in the same manner as it may acquire property for other highways within its jurisdiction. It shall take title in fee simple when practical. In connection with the acquisition of property for any limited access facility or portion of a facility, or service road in connection with a facility, the agency or town may acquire an entire lot, block or tract of land, if, by so doing, the interests of the public will be best served, even though the entire lot, block or tract is not immediately needed for the right-of-way. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 16.)
19 V.S.A. § 1706
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 17 - Limited Access Facilities|§ 1706. Disposal of property

§ 1706. Disposal of property|When any property acquired by the state for a limited access facility becomes no longer necessary, the agency, with approval of the governor, may sell and convey it by deed or lease. The proceeds from the sale or lease shall be deposited in the transportation fund. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 16.)
19 V.S.A. § 1707
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 17 - Limited Access Facilities|§ 1707. Precedence of condemnation proceedings

§ 1707. Precedence of condemnation proceedings|Court proceedings to acquire property for limited access facilities shall take precedence over all other causes not involving the public interest in all courts, to the end that completion of limited access facilities may be expedited. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
19 V.S.A. § 1708
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 17 - Limited Access Facilities|§ 1708. New and existing facilities; grade crossing eliminations

§ 1708. New and existing facilities; grade crossing eliminations|(a) The agency, with approval of the governor, may designate and establish new facilities, or existing highways, as included within a limited access facility. The agency, with approval of the governor, may eliminate intersections at grade of limited access facilities with existing state and town highways, by grade separation or service road, or by closing off those highways at the right-of-way boundary line of the limited access facility.(b) After the establishment of any limited access facility, no highway which is not part of the facility shall intersect it at grade. No highway or other public way may be opened into or connected with any limited access facility without prior written consent and approval of the board. Its approval and consent shall be given only if the board, after conducting a public hearing and giving due consideration to the technical recommendations of the agency, finds that the public interest will be served. Notice of the date, time, and place of the public hearing shall be given to the secretary of transportation, the legislative body of the municipality, the municipal planning commission, the regional planning commission, and the agency of natural resources and shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality in which the limited access facility lies. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 17; 1997, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 25.)
19 V.S.A. § 1709
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 17 - Limited Access Facilities|§ 1709. Local service highways

§ 1709. Local service highways|In the development of any limited access facility, the agency may plan, designate, establish, use, regulate, alter, improve, maintain, and vacate local service highways or designate as local service highways, any existing highway, and may exercise jurisdiction over local service highways in the same manner as over limited access facilities if the local service highways are necessary or desirable. The local service highways shall be separated from the limited access facility. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 17.)
19 V.S.A. § 1710
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 17 - Limited Access Facilities|§ 1710. Commercial enterprises prohibited

§ 1710. Commercial enterprises prohibited|Commercial enterprises or activities for serving motorists, other than welcome centers and emergency service for disabled vehicles, are prohibited within or on any property designated as, or acquired for, or in connection with, a limited access facility. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
19 V.S.A. § 1711
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 17 - Limited Access Facilities|§ 1711. Unlawful use of limited access facilities

§ 1711. Unlawful use of limited access facilities|A person shall not:  (1) drive a vehicle over, upon, or across any curb, central dividing section, or other separation or dividing line on limited access facilities; (2) make a left turn, or a semicircular, or U-turn except through an opening provided for the purpose in the dividing curb section, separation, or line; (3) drive any vehicle except in the proper lane provided for that purpose and in the proper direction and to the right of the central dividing curb, separation section, or line; nor (4) drive any vehicle into the limited access facility from a local service road except through an opening provided for that purpose in the dividing curb, section, or line which separates the service highway from the limited access facility. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
19 V.S.A. § 1712
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 17 - Limited Access Facilities|§ 1712. Penalty

§ 1712. Penalty|A person who violates section 1711 of this title shall be imprisoned for not more than 90 days, or fined not more than $100.00, or both. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
19 V.S.A. § 1713
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 17 - Limited Access Facilities|§ 1713. Reimbursement of towns for loss of taxes

§ 1713. Reimbursement of towns for loss of taxes|A town whose grand list is reduced by reason of the state's taking taxable real estate for limited access facilities shall be reimbursed by the state annually to the amount of taxes last assessed and payable on the real estate before the taking. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 18.)
19 V.S.A. § 1714
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 17 - Limited Access Facilities|§ 1714. Listers' annual report

§ 1714. Listers' annual report|The listers of a town entitled to a payment under section 1713 of this title shall report annually the material facts involved, including the amount of the tax loss by reason of the taking of real estate to the agency which, after determining the amount of the tax loss, shall certify the loss to the listers. Costs of this program shall be paid from the transportation fund. If the selectmen of a town are aggrieved by the determination of the board, they may, within 21 days after receipt of notice by the listers, appeal to the tax commissioner. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
19 V.S.A. § 1715
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 17 - Limited Access Facilities|§ 1715. Time limit

§ 1715. Time limit|Sections 1713 and 1714 of this title shall continue in effect as to any town affected until its grand list times its tax rate equals the grand list times the tax rate last preceding the date of the taking of real estate by the state, or for a period of five years, whichever date comes first. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 19.)
19 V.S.A. § 1901
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 19 - Highways Relocated in Connection With Federal Projects|§ 1901. Purpose

§ 1901. Purpose|It is the purpose of this chapter to facilitate cooperation by the state and by the towns with the federal government in the acquisition of certain highway rights and facilities needed by the federal government for authorized projects or purposes, in those cases where the federal government provides the replacement for those rights and facilities at its expense. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
19 V.S.A. § 1902
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 19 - Highways Relocated in Connection With Federal Projects|§ 1902. Acceptance of highways; authority

§ 1902. Acceptance of highways; authority|The selectmen for town highways and the agency for state highways may accept from the United States of America or any agency of the United States and open for public travel any relocated or reconstructed section of those highways provided by the United States as replacement for sections of those highways acquired or to be acquired by the United States for an authorized federal project or purpose. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
19 V.S.A. § 1903
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 19 - Highways Relocated in Connection With Federal Projects|§ 1903. Relinquishment of control

§ 1903. Relinquishment of control|(a) The agency may relinquish to the town in which it is located any portion of the state highway system located on land acquired or to be acquired by the United States or any agency of the United States as contemplated by section 1901 of this title.(b) When the entire section of an existing state highway which is replaced or to be replaced as contemplated by section 1901 of this title, is not in fact ultimately acquired by the United States, and so much of the section as is not so acquired is, in the judgment of the board, no longer needed as a part of the state highway system, the board may relinquish control of that portion to the town in which that portion is located. However, for the provisions of this chapter, the national system of interstate and defense highways shall not be considered as a replacement for existing state highways. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 20.)
19 V.S.A. § 1904
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 19 - Highways Relocated in Connection With Federal Projects|§ 1904. Certificate to be filed

§ 1904. Certificate to be filed|In relinquishments under section 1903 of this title, the secretary shall file the agency's certificate of relinquishment with the clerk of the town in which the relinquished highway is located and the relinquishment shall be effective on the date of the filing unless otherwise set aside or modified under section 1905 of this title. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 21.)
19 V.S.A. § 1905
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 19 - Highways Relocated in Connection With Federal Projects|§ 1905. Appeals

§ 1905. Appeals|A town in which a relinquishment under section 1902 of this title is to be effected, which is dissatisfied with the determination of the agency, may appeal that determination to the board within 30 days from the date on which the secretary files the agency's certificate under section 1904 of this title. The board after hearing the appeal shall make findings of fact and issue its order, and may by the order affirm the determination of the agency, set the determination aside, or establish reasonable conditions under which the agency, if it still desires to do so in the case, may relinquish control to the town concerned. Any party may appeal the board's decision to the superior court. However, there shall be no appeal to a relinquishment under subsection 1903(a)  of this title. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 21.)
19 V.S.A. § 2101
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 21 - Relocation Assistance|§ 2101. Definitions

§ 2101. Definitions|As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates another meaning or different intent:  (1) "Eligible person" means any individual, family, business concern, including the operation of a farm, and nonprofit organization displaced by construction on any highway project undertaken by the state of Vermont. (2) "Individual" means a person who is not a member of a family as defined in this section. (3) "Family" means two or more persons who are living together in the same quarters. (4) "Business concern" means a corporation, partnership, individual or other private entity, engaged in a business or professional activity necessitating tangible property for the carrying on of the business or profession on the premises. (5) "Moving expense" means cost of dismantling, disconnecting, crating, loading, insuring, temporary storage, transporting, unloading, reinstalling of personal property, exclusive of the cost of any additions, improvements, alterations, or other physical changes in or to any structure in connection with effecting the reinstallation. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2021, No. 20, § 108.)