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30 V.S.A. § 2518
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 71 - Telecommunications and Electric Wires and Poles Along Highways, Railroad Tracks, and Cemeteries; Transportation Board and Selectboard Role|§ 2518. Restriction of right to move poles; action

§ 2518. Restriction of right to move poles; action|The proprietors of a line of poles so required to be used by another person or corporation shall not take down or alter the position of such poles without obtaining permission of all parties who may have acquired a right to use the same, or the permission of the Transportation Board or selectboard. A person or corporation injured by a violation of this section may recover the amount of the injury in an action on this statute. (Amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 32.)
30 V.S.A. § 2519
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 71 - Telecommunications and Electric Wires and Poles Along Highways, Railroad Tracks, and Cemeteries; Transportation Board and Selectboard Role|§ 2519. No prescriptive rights

§ 2519. No prescriptive rights|Enjoyment of any length of time of the privilege of maintaining a line of telegraph, telephone, or electric wires, poles, conduits, or other apparatus upon or over the buildings or lands of other persons shall not give a right to the continued enjoyment of such easement or raise a presumption of a grant thereof.
30 V.S.A. § 2520
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 71 - Telecommunications and Electric Wires and Poles Along Highways, Railroad Tracks, and Cemeteries; Transportation Board and Selectboard Role|§ 2520. Town lines

§ 2520. Town lines|For their own use, towns may construct telegraph, telephone, and electric lines upon and along the highways and public roads within their limits, subject to the provisions of this chapter so far as the same are applicable.
30 V.S.A. § 2521
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 71 - Telecommunications and Electric Wires and Poles Along Highways, Railroad Tracks, and Cemeteries; Transportation Board and Selectboard Role|§ 2521. Private lines

§ 2521. Private lines|The Transportation Board or selectboard may authorize persons, upon such terms as it prescribes and subject to the provisions of this chapter so far as applicable, to construct for private use such lines along the highways of the town. (Amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 33.)
30 V.S.A. § 2522
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 71 - Telecommunications and Electric Wires and Poles Along Highways, Railroad Tracks, and Cemeteries; Transportation Board and Selectboard Role|§ 2522. Transportation Board or selectboard's control; town's rights

§ 2522. Transportation Board or selectboard's control; town's rights|After the erection of such line, the posts and structures thereof within the highways shall be subject to the regulation and control of the Transportation Board or selectboard, which may at any time require alterations in the location or erection of such poles and structures and may order the removal thereof, having first given the parties notice and an opportunity to be heard. The town may attach wires for its own use to such posts and structures under such terms and conditions as it deems just. (Amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 33.)
30 V.S.A. § 2523
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 71 - Telecommunications and Electric Wires and Poles Along Highways, Railroad Tracks, and Cemeteries; Transportation Board and Selectboard Role|§ 2523. Court may permit line to be attached to standing poles

§ 2523. Court may permit line to be attached to standing poles|Persons desiring to attach a telephone line to poles of a telegraph company may petition the Superior Court of the county in which such line of poles or part thereof is situated, for permission so to do. The court shall appoint three disinterested persons commissioners to make examination and determine whether the request of the petitioner can be granted without injury to the company owning the poles. If, in their judgment, such permission ought to be given, the commissioners shall so report to the court, and state what, in their opinion, would be a fair annual compensation to be paid for such privilege. The court shall render such judgment thereon as it deems just, or for cause shown may reject the report and appoint new commissioners to reexamine and report. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
30 V.S.A. § 2524
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 71 - Telecommunications and Electric Wires and Poles Along Highways, Railroad Tracks, and Cemeteries; Transportation Board and Selectboard Role|§ 2524. Court may enforce order

§ 2524. Court may enforce order|When, in such cause, it is finally adjudged that the petitioner may attach his or her line to the poles of the telegraph company, if such company hinders or obstructs such use, the compensation decreed to it having been paid or tendered, the court may proceed against it for contempt.
30 V.S.A. § 2525
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 71 - Telecommunications and Electric Wires and Poles Along Highways, Railroad Tracks, and Cemeteries; Transportation Board and Selectboard Role|§ 2525. Attachment of wires

§ 2525. Attachment of wires|Telephone wires attached to poles of a telegraph company under the provisions of sections 2523 and 2524 of this title shall be attached and maintained so as not to interfere with the wires already thereon.
30 V.S.A. § 2526
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 71 - Telecommunications and Electric Wires and Poles Along Highways, Railroad Tracks, and Cemeteries; Transportation Board and Selectboard Role|§ 2526. Fees of certain officers

§ 2526. Fees of certain officers|When the selectboard members or other officers are called upon to act under the provisions of this chapter, each shall receive his or her necessary expenses and $2.00 a day, to be paid by the party erecting the line of wires or other appurtenances or apparatus.
30 V.S.A. § 2527
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 71 - Telecommunications and Electric Wires and Poles Along Highways, Railroad Tracks, and Cemeteries; Transportation Board and Selectboard Role|§ 2527. Penalties; injuries to trees

§ 2527. Penalties; injuries to trees|A person or corporation maintaining or operating a line of wires, that cuts down, mutilates, or injures the trees standing upon the lands of another, or a person or corporation that affixes or causes to be affixed to the property of another, a post, structure, fixture, wire, or other apparatus for telephonic, telegraphic, or other electrical communication, without first procuring the right to do so by application to and determination of the Transportation Board or the selectboard of the town, agreeably to this chapter, or first obtaining the consent of the owner or lawful agent of the owner of such property, shall be fined not more than $100.00. (Amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 34.)
30 V.S.A. § 2528
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 71 - Telecommunications and Electric Wires and Poles Along Highways, Railroad Tracks, and Cemeteries; Transportation Board and Selectboard Role|§ 2528. Injuries to line

§ 2528. Injuries to line|A person who willfully or intentionally injures a wire, post, or other fixture erected or maintained in pursuance of this chapter, or who willfully interferes with the working of the same, or who aids or assists in such offense, shall forfeit to the owner $100.00 to be recovered in an action on this statute and may also be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $500.00, or both. (Amended 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
30 V.S.A. § 2529
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 71 - Telecommunications and Electric Wires and Poles Along Highways, Railroad Tracks, and Cemeteries; Transportation Board and Selectboard Role|§ 2529. Loitering upon telephone property; penalty

§ 2529. Loitering upon telephone property; penalty|A person who without right loiters or remains in a telephone central office, a public telephone pay station, or approaches thereto, after being requested to leave by a railroad police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, or police officer shall be fined not more than $20.00 nor less than $2.00.
30 V.S.A. § 2530
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 71 - Telecommunications and Electric Wires and Poles Along Highways, Railroad Tracks, and Cemeteries; Transportation Board and Selectboard Role|§ 2530. Telephones in public areas

§ 2530. Telephones in public areas|The selectboard of a town (or the Agency of Transportation in the case of State highways) may upon written application and after notice to adjacent landowners permit the construction, erection, and maintenance of public telephones, telephone booths, and appurtenances thereto within the limits of public highways, sidewalks, parks, and parking areas when consistent with the public interest under such reasonable rules, regulations, and arrangements as it may prescribe. (1961, No. 55, eff. April 4, 1961; amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 35.)
30 V.S.A. § 2601
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 73 - Provisions Applicable to Express and Telegraph Companies|§ 2601. Names of members; filing and record

§ 2601. Names of members; filing and record|Every foreign express or telegraph company shall keep on file and have recorded in the town clerk's office in each town where such express or telegraph company has a place of business a statement of the names and residences of the persons constituting such express or telegraph company.
30 V.S.A. § 2602
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 73 - Provisions Applicable to Express and Telegraph Companies|§ 2602. Charges restricted to tariff rate; excess recoverable

§ 2602. Charges restricted to tariff rate; excess recoverable|A telegraph or express company shall be restricted in its charges to the tariff of rates filed as provided by law. When a greater sum than its established rates is paid, the person paying the same may recover the amount so paid above such rates, with 12 percent interest thereon from the time of payment, with full costs, in an action on this statute.
30 V.S.A. § 2603
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 73 - Provisions Applicable to Express and Telegraph Companies|§ 2603. Lien on goods restricted

§ 2603. Lien on goods restricted|An express company shall not have a lien on goods or property transported by it, after the payment or tender of the amount embraced in the tariff of rates.
30 V.S.A. § 2604
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 73 - Provisions Applicable to Express and Telegraph Companies|§ 2604. Noncompliance; effect

§ 2604. Noncompliance; effect|An express or telegraph company shall not make contracts within the State, or enforce in the State contracts made out of it, unless such company has complied with the provisions of sections 2601-2603 of this title.
30 V.S.A. § 2701
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 75 - Interchange of Service Between Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 2701. Transfer of messages and interchange of service

§ 2701. Transfer of messages and interchange of service|Whenever the Commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, finds that a physical connection can reasonably be made between the lines of two or more telephone companies or two or more telegraph companies whose lines can be made to form a continuous line of communication, by the construction and maintenance of suitable connections, for the transfer of messages or conversations, and that public convenience and necessity will be subserved thereby, or finds that two or more telegraph or telephone companies have failed to establish joint rates, tolls, or charges for service by or over their lines, and that joint rates, tolls, or charges ought to be established, the Commission may, by its order, (a) require that the connection be made, except where the purpose of the connection is primarily to secure the transmission of local messages or conversations between points within the same city or town, and that conversations be transmitted and messages transferred over the connection under such rules and regulations as the Commission may establish, and (b) may prescribe through lines and joint rates, tolls, and charges to be made and to be used, observed, and enforced in the future. If the telephone or telegraph companies do not agree upon the division of the joint rates, tolls, or charges established by the Commission over the through lines, the Commission may, after further hearing, establish the division by supplemental order. (Amended 1961, No. 180, § 2.)
30 V.S.A. § 2703
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 75 - Interchange of Service Between Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 2703. Telephone service

§ 2703. Telephone service|On application of a telegraph or telephone company and upon reasonable terms, a person or corporation owning, controlling, or operating a telephone exchange or service in this State shall furnish such applicant with the use of a telephone or telephones, and telephonic service and connection with the respective exchanges and the subscribers thereto, without discriminating between telegraph or telephone companies as to the connection, service, or use of instruments furnished or charges made.
30 V.S.A. § 2704
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 75 - Interchange of Service Between Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 2704. Discrimination prohibited

§ 2704. Discrimination prohibited|On application of a person or corporation and tender of the charges or rental sum usual or customary for the class of service required, without discrimination for the same class of service rendered, a person or corporation owning, controlling, or operating a telephone exchange or service in this State shall furnish the applicant with the use of a telephone and telephonic service and connection with their respective exchanges and subscribers thereto. (Amended 1961, No. 180, § 3.)
30 V.S.A. § 2706
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 75 - Interchange of Service Between Telegraph and Telephone Companies|§ 2706. Transmission of telephone messages

§ 2706. Transmission of telephone messages|A person owning, hiring, or leasing a telephone shall have the right to transmit by telephone to any telegraph company using a telephone, a message to be forwarded by telegraph, and also the right to receive from such telegraph company over such telephone wires, messages received by telegraph for such individual.
30 V.S.A. § 2802
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 77 - Gas and Electric Companies|§ 2802. Sale and distribution; regulation

§ 2802. Sale and distribution; regulation|A person, association, company, or corporation, its successors, grantees, lessees, trustees, or receivers by whatever court appointed, that generates electric energy within the State by means of water power, or transmits in this State electric energy generated from outside the State, and which, in the location, construction, or maintenance of its generating plant, including the acquiring of water rights, flowing or ponding rights, within the State or rights-of-way, or in the establishment or maintenance of its lines for transmission of electric energy, confiscates by the exercise of the right of eminent domain, either under the general law, or if a corporation, under the provisions of its charter or general law, or has by the provisions of its charter or general law power so to do, the property of any person or any right, title, interest, easement, or estate therein, or uses a public highway for carrying its transmission lines over or along the same or beneath the surface thereof, at all reasonable times when requested so to do, shall sell and furnish at a reasonable price so much or such an amount of such electric energy as the public convenience or necessity may require to any and all persons, companies, cooperatives, and corporations, municipal, public or private, in this State, desiring to use the same in the State for heating, lighting, or power purposes or for any other public use or purpose. Such sale and distribution shall be subject to such reasonable conditions and limitations in each case as the Public Utility Commission may prescribe upon petition brought and after due notice to all parties. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 180, § 5; 1967, No. 66, § 2.)
30 V.S.A. § 2803
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 77 - Gas and Electric Companies|§ 2803. Procedure; petition; recognizance

§ 2803. Procedure; petition; recognizance|When the parties cannot agree, the procedure for carrying out the provisions of sections 2801 and 2802 of this title shall be by petition brought by the person or party seeking to purchase and receive such electric energy against the party generating or transmitting the same to the Public Utility Commission, setting forth the purpose for which the energy is needed, the amount and such other facts as under the provisions of the section relied upon will entitle the petitioner to purchase and receive such electric energy from the petitionee, and praying that the petitionee may be called upon to answer such petition and for relief. The petitioner shall give sufficient security to the petitionee that he or she will prosecute his or her petition to effect, and pay all costs that may be awarded against him or her. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 180, § 6.)
30 V.S.A. § 2804
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 77 - Gas and Electric Companies|§ 2804. Citation; service; hearing

§ 2804. Citation; service; hearing|The petition, with a citation attached, signed by the Chair or one of the other members of the Commission, or its clerk, shall require the petitionee to appear at a certain time and place within not less than 10 days after the date of such citation. The citation, with the petition, shall be served on the petitionee like a summons, not less than six days before the date he or she is required to appear. At the required time and place, the Commission shall hear the parties and their witnesses and such other evidence as they may offer, and determine the facts and thereupon make such order and decree as the law and justice require, which order shall be final unless appealed from. The Commission may adjourn such hearing from time to time and to another place in the county, and may adjourn it elsewhere if the parties consent. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 180, § 7.)
30 V.S.A. § 2805
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 77 - Gas and Electric Companies|§ 2805. Appeal; commissioners; hearing on report

§ 2805. Appeal; commissioners; hearing on report|A party to the cause who feels himself or herself aggrieved by the final order or decree of the Commission shall have the right to take the cause to the Supreme Court. Such appeal shall be taken and the cause entered in the Supreme Court for the county where the petition and citation were returnable, in the manner and under the law and rules of procedure that govern such appeals from the Superior Court, and the Supreme Court shall have the same power therein that it has over appeals from such Superior Court. The Supreme Court, if cause is not shown to the contrary, on motion of either party, shall appoint three disinterested freeholders, residents of the county where the appeal is taken, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties, to be commissioners, who shall appoint a time and place of hearing the matter set forth in the petition and give at least six days' notice thereof to the parties; and, after hearing the parties, the commissioners shall report in writing the facts found by them and such other findings as the Court may direct. Upon the return of the report, either party may object to its acceptance for good cause shown and the Court may set aside the report and order a rehearing; but if the Court accepts and establishes the same, the Court may reverse or affirm the orders or decrees made by the Public Utility Commission, and may remand the cause to the Commission with such mandate as law and equity require; and the Commission shall enter an order or decree in accordance with such mandate. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961.)
30 V.S.A. § 2806
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 77 - Gas and Electric Companies|§ 2806. Penalty

§ 2806. Penalty|A person or corporation that violates a provision of sections 2801-2805 of this title shall be fined not more than $5,000.00.
30 V.S.A. § 2812
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 77 - Gas and Electric Companies|§ 2812. Meter tests on customer's demand

§ 2812. Meter tests on customer's demand|Upon demand of any of its customers, a public service company that sells gas or electricity shall test without charge the meters used to measure the gas or electricity sold to such customer, provided that the customer does not request such test more frequently than once in 12 months.
30 V.S.A. § 2813
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 77 - Gas and Electric Companies|§ 2813. Time

§ 2813. Time|Such company shall test every service meter for correct connection and proper mechanical condition in its permanent position at the time of installation or within 60 days thereafter.
30 V.S.A. § 2814
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 77 - Gas and Electric Companies|§ 2814. Cost; report

§ 2814. Cost; report|When a customer requests a meter test within 12 months after the date of the installation or of the last previous test of his or her meter, he or she may be required by the company to make a deposit equal to the reasonable cost of such test. The amount so deposited with the company shall be refunded or credited to the customer if the meter has a positive average error, that is, is fast, in excess of four percent, otherwise such deposit may be retained by the company. A customer may be present when the company tests his or her meter or may select an expert or other representative to be present. A written report, giving the results of such test, shall be made to the customer by the company.
30 V.S.A. § 2815
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 77 - Gas and Electric Companies|§ 2815. Inaccurate meters

§ 2815. Inaccurate meters|Such company shall not keep in service a gas or electric service meter that registers upon no load or that has an error in measurement in excess of four percent.