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30 V.S.A. § 607
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 14 - Municipal Utility Acquisition of Facilities and Other Assets|§ 607. Consent to application of laws of other states

§ 607. Consent to application of laws of other states|(a) Legislative consent is hereby given to the application of the laws of other states with respect to taxation, payments in lieu of taxes, and the assessment thereof to the City of Burlington, the Village of Lyndonville, or the Town of Rockingham, to the extent that any such municipality acquires or has an interest in an electric power facility, real or personal, situated outside the State or to the extent it owns or operates electric power facilities outside the State pursuant to authority granted in this chapter.(b) Legislative consent is hereby given to the application of regulatory and other laws of other states and of the United States to the City of Burlington, the Village of Lyndonville, or the Town of Rockingham to the extent it owns or operates electric power facilities outside the State pursuant to authority granted in this chapter.(c) Any law, municipal bylaw, or ordinance governing contracts awarded by the City of Burlington or the Village of Lyndonville shall not be applicable by reason of the participation of the City of Burlington or the Village of Lyndonville in electric power facilities pursuant to the authority granted in this chapter wherever the City of Burlington or the Village of Lyndonville is not the lead participant. (Added 1973, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), eff. March 25, 1974; amended 1977, No. 278 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. Feb. 9, 1978; 2003, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 96, eff. June 8, 2004.)
30 V.S.A. § 608
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 14 - Municipal Utility Acquisition of Facilities and Other Assets|§ 608. Bonding authority- City of Burlington

§ 608. Bonding authority- City of Burlington|(a) The City of Burlington, when authorized by a two-thirds vote of all voters present and voting at a meeting called for that purpose, may pledge its credit by issuing the negotiable orders, warrants, notes, or bonds for project costs, or its share of project costs, of electric power facilities authorized pursuant to section 604 of this title. Such project costs may include all costs, whether incurred prior to or after the issue of bonds or notes hereunder, of acquisition, site development, construction, improvement, enlargement, reconstruction, alteration, machinery, equipment, furnishings, nuclear fuel, demolition or removal of existing buildings or structures, including the cost of acquiring any lands to which such buildings or structures may be moved, financing charges, interest prior to and during the carrying out of any project and for a reasonable period thereafter, planning, engineering, financial advisory and legal services, administrative expenses, prepayments under contracts made pursuant to section 604 of this title, the funding of notes issued for project costs as hereinafter provided, and all other expenses incidental to the determination of the feasibility of any project or to carrying out the project or to placing the project in operation.(b) The obligations shall be issued in accordance with the charter of the City of Burlington relating thereto. The amount of obligations issued for such purpose shall not be considered in computing any debt limit applicable to the City.(c) The March 6, 1973 vote of the voters of the City of Burlington authorizing and empowering the Burlington City Council to pledge the credit of the City by issuing general obligation bonds or notes in an amount not to exceed $6,000,000.00 for the purpose of acquiring joint ownership interests in four nuclear power plants presently designated as the Connecticut 1979 Nuclear Unit, Pilgrim No. 2, and Seabrook Units No. 1 and No. 2, to be constructed and located in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire is hereby ratified, adopted, and validated in all respects. In addition, any action authorized hereunder taken during the calendar year that commenced January 1, 1974 shall be valid and effective as if this chapter were in effect on January 1, 1974. (Added 1973, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), eff. March 25, 1974.)
30 V.S.A. § 609
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 14 - Municipal Utility Acquisition of Facilities and Other Assets|§ 609. Village of Lyndonville

§ 609. Village of Lyndonville|(a) The Village of Lyndonville, when authorized as provided in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, may pledge its credit by issuing its negotiable orders, warrants, notes, or bonds for project costs, or its share of project costs, of electric power facilities authorized pursuant to section 604 of this title. Such project costs may include all costs, whether incurred prior to or after the issue of bonds or notes hereunder, of acquisition, site development, construction, improvement, enlargement, reconstruction, alteration, machinery, equipment, furnishings, nuclear fuel, demolition or removal of existing buildings or structures, including the cost of acquiring any lands to which such buildings or structures may be moved, financing charges, interest prior to and during the carrying out of any project and for a reasonable period thereafter, planning, engineering, financial advisory and legal services, administrative expenses, prepayments under contracts made pursuant to section 604 of this title, the funding of notes issued for project costs as hereinafter provided, and all other expenses incidental to the determination of the feasibility of any project or to carrying out the project or to placing the project in operation.(b) The obligations shall be issued in accordance with 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 and the charter of the Village of Lyndonville relating to said obligations. The amount of obligations issued for such purpose shall not be considered in computing any debt limit applicable to the Village.(c) The May 3, 1977 vote of the voters of the Village of Lyndonville authorizing and empowering the Village of Lyndonville Board of Trustees to pledge the credit of the Village by issuing general obligation bonds or notes in an amount not to exceed  $3,800,000.00 for the purpose of acquiring joint ownership interests in four power plants presently designated as the Connecticut 1979 Nuclear Unit, Pilgrim No. 2, and Wyman Unit No. 4 and MMWEC Phase I Intermediate Units and located in the states of Connecticut, Maine, and Massachusetts is hereby ratified, adopted, and validated in all respects. In addition, any action authorized hereunder taken during the calendar year that commenced January 1, 1977 shall be valid and effective as if this chapter were in effect on January 1, 1977. (Added 1977, No. 278 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. Feb. 9, 1978.)
30 V.S.A. § 610a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 14 - Municipal Utility Acquisition of Facilities and Other Assets|§ 610a. Authorization of indebtedness

§ 610a. Authorization of indebtedness|(a) A municipality owning and operating a municipal plant and conducting itself as a utility pursuant to chapter 79 of this title, when authorized as provided in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapters 1 and 2 or municipal charter, may pledge its credit or the net revenues of its municipal plant by issuing negotiable orders, warrants, notes, or bonds for the acquisition of equity ownership in Vermont Transco LLC or Vermont Electric Power Company or both pursuant to subsection 604(e) of this title. In addition, an acquisition of equity ownership may be effected through any instrument permitted under 24 V.S.A. § 1789. Acquisition costs may include all costs, whether incurred prior to or after the issue of bonds or notes relating to the acquisition of equity ownership under this chapter. Acquisition of equity ownership is an improvement as defined in 24 V.S.A. § 1751(3).(b) The obligations shall be issued in accordance with 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 or municipal charter. The amount of obligations issued for such purpose shall not be considered in computing any debt limit applicable to the municipality.(c) Any contract entered into and any debt obligation issued under this section for any purpose pursuant to this chapter shall have been issued for an essential government purpose and shall not be deemed to be a pledge of private credit for public benefit nor a delegation of municipal authority, responsibility, or discretion. (Added 2007, No. 83 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 28, 2008.)
30 V.S.A. § 611
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 30 - Public Service|Chapter 14 - Municipal Utility Acquisition of Facilities and Other Assets|§ 611. Liability of the State; immunity

§ 611. Liability of the State; immunity|No provision of this chapter shall constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity of the State. The State of Vermont shall not be liable for injury to persons or property or loss of life caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of the Town of Rockingham or any of the Town's agents or employees in the maintenance or operation of the hydroelectric facilities specified in subsection 604(d) of this title. (Added 2003, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 98, eff. June 8, 2004.)
30 V.S.A. § 2501
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|§ 2501. Town; duties of certain officers

§ 2501. Town; duties of certain officers|As used in this chapter, the word "town" includes an incorporated village or city, and the words "telegraph, telephone, and electric lines or wires" include wires or cables used in conjunction with a cable television system as defined in section 501 of this title. Where powers are given to or duties imposed upon selectboard with reference to a town, the aldermen of a city, or the trustees of a village shall have the same powers and perform like duties in relation to their respective city or village. The powers given or duties imposed by this chapter upon selectboard shall be exercised and performed by the Agency of Transportation in relation to State highways, except those of a regulatory or quasi-judicial nature, which shall be exercised and performed by the Transportation Board. (Amended 1969, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Feb. 10, 1970; 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 30.)
30 V.S.A. § 2502
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|§ 2502. Lines of wires along highways; wireless telecommunications facilities; broadband facilities construction; restriction

§ 2502. Lines of wires along highways; wireless telecommunications facilities; broadband facilities construction; restriction|Lines of telegraph, telephone, and electric wires, as well as two-way wireless telecommunications facilities and broadband facilities, may, subject to the provisions of 19 V.S.A. § 1111, be constructed and maintained by a person or corporation upon or under a highway, in such manner as not to interfere with repairs of such highway or the public convenience in traveling upon or using the same. (Amended 1991, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. May 15, 1992; 1995, No. 168 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2007, No. 79, § 9, eff. June 9, 2007.)
30 V.S.A. § 2503
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|§ 2503. Location by Transportation Board or selectboard; notice

§ 2503. Location by Transportation Board or selectboard; notice|When it is inconvenient or inexpedient to erect such wires, agreeably to section 2502 of this title, the Transportation Board, after soliciting the advice of the Agency of Transportation, or the selectboard of the town shall determine upon application where and in what manner such wires shall be erected, giving notice to parties interested or their agents, and shall certify their decision and cause the same to be recorded in the town clerk's office, and such decision shall be final. (Amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.) § 31.)
30 V.S.A. § 2504
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|§ 2504. Transportation Board or selectboard may direct and change manner of crossing highway

§ 2504. Transportation Board or selectboard may direct and change manner of crossing highway|The Transportation Board or the selectboard of a town may direct a line of wires to be placed at a greater height or underground where it crosses a street or highway. If a line of wires is erected or maintained upon, under, or across a street or highway, contrary to the direction of the Transportation Board or the selectboard, or is not changed when directed by them, they may remove such line, and recover the expense thereof from the person or corporation using the same in an action on this statute. (Amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 31.)
30 V.S.A. § 2505
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|§ 2505. Location near residence

§ 2505. Location near residence|When a person objects to the erection of a line of wires along a street or highway in front of his or her residence, he or she may apply to the Transportation Board or the selectboard of the town, who, upon notice and hearing, as provided in section 2503 of this title, shall determine upon what streets or highways the same shall pass, or in what manner, if at all, such objection may be obviated. Such decision shall be final. (Amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 31.)
30 V.S.A. § 2506
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|§ 2506. Trees not to be injured; exception; penalty

§ 2506. Trees not to be injured; exception; penalty|A tree within a street or highway shall not be cut or injured in constructing, maintaining, or repairing a line of wires, without the written consent of the adjoining owner or occupant, unless the Transportation Board or the selectboard of the town in which the tree is situated, after due notice to the parties and upon hearing, shall decide that such cutting or injury is necessary. A person or corporation cutting or injuring such trees shall pay the damages, if any, awarded on such hearing, before cutting or injuring the trees. A person or corporation that violates a provision of this section shall be fined not more than $50.00 nor less than $5.00 for each tree so cut or injured. (Amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 31.)
30 V.S.A. § 2507
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|§ 2507. Poles

§ 2507. Poles|A person or corporation owning or operating a line of wires in a city or village shall cause the poles upon which the wires are strung to be kept suitably painted, to the satisfaction of the aldermen of such city or the trustees of such village, if incorporated, and, if unincorporated, to the satisfaction of the Transportation Board or the selectboard of the town in which such village is situated, and shall substitute straight poles in place of crooked ones. (Amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 31.)
30 V.S.A. § 2508
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|§ 2508. Penalty

§ 2508. Penalty|A person or corporation that neglects or refuses, after 20 days' notice in writing given by the Transportation Board, a selectboard member, alderman, or trustee, to paint such poles or substitute straight poles for crooked ones, as provided in section 2507 of this title, shall forfeit $100.00 to the State, town, city, or village, to be recovered in an action on this statute. (Amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 31.)
30 V.S.A. § 2509
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|§ 2509. Selectboard's powers; expense

§ 2509. Selectboard's powers; expense|The Agency of Transportation, selectboard, aldermen, or trustees may cause such poles to be painted, and may substitute straight poles in place of crooked ones, and may recover the expense thereof in an action on this statute, in the name of the State or of such town, city, or village against the person or corporation owning or operating such wires or line of wires. (Amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 31.)
30 V.S.A. § 2510
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|§ 2510. Cemeteries

§ 2510. Cemeteries|The owner or operator of a line of wires shall maintain straight and painted poles upon which such wires are strung, whenever the same pass in front of or along a cemetery, to the satisfaction of the cemetery trustees, or the Transportation Board, or the selectboard of the town, aldermen of the city, or trustees of the village in which such cemetery is located if there are no trustees of such cemetery, and such operator or owner shall substitute straight poles in place of crooked ones. The provisions of sections 2508 and 2509 of this title as to notice, penalty, and procedure, shall apply to and be deemed a part of this section. (Amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 31.)
30 V.S.A. § 2511
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|§ 2511. Damages; appraisal; payment

§ 2511. Damages; appraisal; payment|When, in the erection of a line of wires, the owner or occupant of lands or tenements sustains or is likely to sustain damages thereby, the Transportation Board or the selectboard of the town, upon notice to parties interested, shall appraise such damages. The same shall be paid before the line is erected, unless petition is made to the Superior Court on the question of damages as provided in section 2512 of this title. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 31.)
30 V.S.A. § 2512
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|§ 2512. Appeal; proceedings

§ 2512. Appeal; proceedings|When either party is dissatisfied with such appraisal of damages, he or she may apply to the Superior Court by petition in the same manner as is provided for a person dissatisfied with the compensation for damages for the laying out or altering of highway, and thereupon similar proceedings shall be had. The line shall not be erected until such cause is finally decided, unless the party erecting the same files with the clerk of the court to which such application is made, before the line is erected, a bond to the other party, with sureties approved by such clerk, conditioned for the payment of such damages and costs as may finally be awarded. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
30 V.S.A. § 2513
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|§ 2513. Lines along railroad tracks; wireless and other telecommunications facilities

§ 2513. Lines along railroad tracks; wireless and other telecommunications facilities|(a) A company subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission may erect and maintain its telecommunications or electric transmission and distribution lines and facilities along the sides of railroad tracks within the limits of lands owned or held by a railroad on paying reasonable compensation to the railroad. If they cannot agree upon the amount of reasonable compensation, it shall be determined by the Transportation Board which shall ascertain the compensation.(b) Wireless telecommunications and broadband facilities may be erected and maintained within the limits of lands owned or held by a railroad in the same manner as other utility facilities.(c) For purposes of this section, "broadband" shall have the same definition as in the rules adopted by the Public Utility Commission for purposes of attachment to utility poles. (Amended 1995, No. 168 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 1997, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 26; 2007, No. 79, § 7, eff. June 9, 2007.)
30 V.S.A. § 2514
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|§ 2514. Line to remain property of company

§ 2514. Line to remain property of company|A line erected as authorized in section 2513 of this title shall remain the property of such telegraph, telephone, or electric light company, and shall not pass by sale, transfer, or mortgage made by the railroad corporation, of the lands upon which the line is erected, nor shall the line be liable to attachment or levy of execution against such railroad corporation.
30 V.S.A. § 2515
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|§ 2515. Erecting new lines

§ 2515. Erecting new lines|When a person or corporation is about to erect a line of telegraph or telephone wires, in and along a highway within a town, in and along which a line of poles has already been erected by another person or corporation for a similar purpose, the Transportation Board or selectboard of such town shall have the right to permit and may require the new line to be attached to the poles already standing, as provided in section 2516 of this title. (Amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 32.)
30 V.S.A. § 2516
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|§ 2516. Expenses; repairs

§ 2516. Expenses; repairs|The Transportation Board or selectboard shall ascertain, as near as may be, the original cost of erecting such line of poles, and shall direct such person or corporation as they may require to use such poles, to pay the owners of the line already erected a fair proportion of such expense, not to exceed one-half the estimated original cost of construction. In no case shall the poles be used until the owners of the new line tender to the original owners of such line of poles the amount so directed. When it is necessary to repair or renew the poles used by two or more persons or corporations, the expense thereof shall be borne equally by the parties using the same. (Amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 32.)
30 V.S.A. § 2517
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|§ 2517. Notice; copy

§ 2517. Notice; copy|The Transportation Board or selectboard shall give written notice to the proprietors of both the old and new lines of all their requirements in the premises, and shall also lodge a copy of the notice in the town clerk's office, and its decision shall be final. (Amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 32.)