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24 V.S.A. § 3407
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 95 - Water Mains and Sewers|§ 3407. Proceedings

§ 3407. Proceedings|If for a rehearing upon the question of the extent of or public necessity for taking such land, or on the award of damages, such petition shall be served on the town clerk within 60 days after the return of the doings of the selectmen has been filed in such clerk's office and, if for a rehearing on the question of assessment, within 60 days after such assessment has been recorded in the office of the town clerk. Such proceedings shall be had on such petition as are provided in case of petitions or appeals from proceedings of the selectmen in taking lands for highway purposes, except as herein provided. The commissioners shall notify the town clerk of the time and place, when and where they will hear the matter. The Superior Court shall have power to make such order in regard to recognizance for costs as it deems necessary. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
24 V.S.A. § 3408
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 95 - Water Mains and Sewers|§ 3408. Collection

§ 3408. Collection|When an assessment remains unpaid for the space of 30 days, the treasurer of the town shall issue a warrant for its collection directed to the collector of taxes, who shall have the same power to enforce the collection and shall proceed in the same manner as is provided by law for the collection of taxes.
24 V.S.A. § 3409
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 95 - Water Mains and Sewers|§ 3409. Manner of assessment

§ 3409. Manner of assessment|The proceedings, assessment, and collection of the proportion of expense to be paid by those within the limits of such municipality shall be in the same manner as is provided in their several charters.
24 V.S.A. § 3410
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 95 - Water Mains and Sewers|§ 3410. Water mains and sewerage outside cities and villages

§ 3410. Water mains and sewerage outside cities and villages|When the public good and necessity require water mains, drains, sewers, or sewer outlets to be laid out so as to extend into a town outside the limits of a city or village, or when the public good and necessity require that water mains, drains, sewers, or sewer outlets so laid out, be altered or discontinued, the city, by its council, or the village, by its trustees, if the parties interested cannot agree as to the question of public necessity or damages, may apply by petition to the Superior Court of the county where the highways or lands lie that will be occupied or affected by such laying out, alteration, or discontinuance, for the appointment of commissioners to inquire into the necessity of such laying out, alteration, or discontinuance, and of taking or occupying highways or other lands, and as to the damages that will be sustained thereby. (1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
24 V.S.A. § 3411
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 95 - Water Mains and Sewers|§ 3411. Service; commissioners

§ 3411. Service; commissioners|The petition, with a citation, shall be served on the towns, corporations, or persons owning or interested in the highways or lands affected, either as abutting owners or otherwise, as a writ of summons requiring appearance to be made therein within 21 days from the date of service. Unless cause is shown to the contrary, the court shall appoint three disinterested freeholders as such commissioners.
24 V.S.A. § 3412
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 95 - Water Mains and Sewers|§ 3412. Notice; hearing; report; judgment

§ 3412. Notice; hearing; report; judgment|The commissioners shall appoint a time and place for hearing and shall give at least 12 days' notice thereof to the clerk of the municipality and to all persons and municipalities owning or interested in the highways or lands. When they have completed their inquiries, they shall make report to the court. Upon hearing, the court may accept or reject the report in whole or in part, and, by its order, may establish, alter, or discontinue such water mains, drains, sewers, or sewer outlets, in whole or in part, may render judgment for such damages as may be sustained, may tax costs as appears just, and may issue execution for such damages and costs.
24 V.S.A. § 3413
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 95 - Water Mains and Sewers|§ 3413. Sewers in towns; powers of the selectboard; petition

§ 3413. Sewers in towns; powers of the selectboard; petition|The selectboard of a town shall have the same authority to construct a sewer in a village in that town as is given by this chapter to selectboard of a town having a municipality within its limits. However, before acting, the selectboard shall receive a petition signed by 10 or more legal voters of such town asking them to construct a sewer or sewers in such village or an order of the State Board of Health authorizing them so to do. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. March 1, 1961.)
24 V.S.A. § 3414
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 95 - Water Mains and Sewers|§ 3414. Hearing; assessment

§ 3414. Hearing; assessment|Upon receiving such petition, the selectboard shall give 10 days' notice of a hearing upon the public necessity for the construction of such sewer by posting notices to that effect in three public places in such village. When, after notice and hearing, the selectboard decide that the public good requires the construction of such sewer, they may proceed to construct the same at the expense of the town. They then shall notify all parties who will be benefited thereby to appear before them to be heard upon the apportionment of the cost of such sewer among those benefited, by giving to each of such persons a written notice of the time and place of such hearing, signed by a majority of the selectboard, which notice shall be given not less than 10 days before such hearing. All parties benefited by the construction of such sewer shall be assessed for the construction of the same according to the benefit received.
24 V.S.A. § 3415
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 95 - Water Mains and Sewers|§ 3415. Taking land; proceedings

§ 3415. Taking land; proceedings|The selectboard shall have the same powers in the taking of land for the construction of such sewer, in the assessment of damages therefor, in the assessment for benefits conferred and in all proceedings necessary for carrying out the provisions of this section and sections 3413 and 3414 of this title, as are conferred upon the selectboard by this chapter. The same right of appeal is hereby given to persons dissatisfied with the decision of the selectboard upon the question of the public necessity for taking land, the assessment of damages therefor, or the assessment of contribution for the construction of such sewer, as is given to such persons by this chapter.
24 V.S.A. § 3501
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 97 - Sewage System|§ 3501. Definitions

§ 3501. Definitions|The following words and phrases, as used in this chapter and in chapter 101 of this title, shall have the following meanings:  (1) "Domestic sewage" or "house sewage" is sanitary sewage derived principally from dwellings, business buildings, and institutions. (2) "Industrial wastes" or "trade wastes" are liquid wastes from industrial processes, including suspended solids. (3) "Sanitary sewage" is used water supply commonly containing human excrement. (4) "Sanitary treatment" shall be an approved method of treatment of solids and bacteria in sewage before final discharge. (5) "Sewage" is the used water supply of a community, including such groundwater, surface, and stormwater as may or may not be mixed with these liquid wastes from the community. (6) "Sewage system" shall include such equipment, pipe line system, and facilities as are needed for and appurtenant to the treatment or disposal of sewage and waters, as defined herein, including a sewage treatment or disposal plant, as defined in section 3601 of this title, and separate pipe lines and structural or nonstructural facilities as are needed for and appurtenant to the treatment or disposal of storm, surface, and subsurface waters. (7) "Stormwater" or "storm sewage" shall have the same meaning as "stormwater runoff" under 10 V.S.A. § 1264. (8) "Surface water" is water other than stormwater flowing on or over the surface of the ground. (Amended 2001, No. 109 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. May 16, 2002; 2015, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 28, eff. June 2, 2016.)
24 V.S.A. § 3502
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 97 - Sewage System|§ 3502. Powers

§ 3502. Powers|A municipal corporation may construct, maintain, operate, and repair a sewage system and take, purchase, and acquire, in the manner hereinafter mentioned, real estate and easements necessary for its purposes, and enter in and upon any land for the purpose of making surveys, and lay pipes and sewers and connect the same as may be necessary to convey sewage and other waters to an outfall or treatment plant.
24 V.S.A. § 3503
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 97 - Sewage System|§ 3503. Contracts for service

§ 3503. Contracts for service|Such municipal corporation may contract with the State, the federal government or any appropriate agency thereof, any town, city, or village, any corporation, and individuals to make disposal of domestic or stormwater sewage for such other town, city, village, corporation, or individuals.
24 V.S.A. § 3504
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 97 - Sewage System|§ 3504. Charges, enforcement

§ 3504. Charges, enforcement|(a) The property owner or group of property owners using the sewage system shall be liable for the rent fixed as provided by sections 3507, 3615, and 3616 of this title. The charges, rates, or rents for such sewage system shall be a lien upon the real estate furnished with such service in the same manner and to the same effect as taxes are a lien upon real estate under 32 V.S.A. § 5061 and shall be an assessment enforceable under the procedures in subsections (b), (c), or (d) of this section, or a combination of these procedures.(b) When an assessment remains unpaid for a period of 30 days, the treasurer of the municipality may issue a warrant for its collection directed to the collector of taxes, who shall have the same power to enforce the collection and shall proceed in the same manner as provided by law for the collection of taxes under 32 V.S.A. chapter 133, subchapter 9.(c) When the ratepayer fails to render payment for a valid bill or charge within 30 days of the postmark on the bill or by the due date, the appointed and elected officials may proceed with collection of the delinquency as provided in chapter 129 of this title.(d) When an assessment remains unpaid for two years the municipal officials may proceed to enforce the lien as provided in 32 V.S.A. chapter 133, subchapter 8. (Amended 1983, No. 54, § 1; 1987, No. 24, § 1; 1989, No. 45, § 1.)
24 V.S.A. § 3506
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 97 - Sewage System|§ 3506. Commissioners

§ 3506. Commissioners|(a) Except as provided for in subsection (b) of this section, the selectboard of a town, the trustees of a village, the prudential committee of a fire or lighting district, or the mayor and board of aldermen of a city, shall constitute a board of sewage system commissioners.(b) The legislative body of the municipality may vote to constitute a separate board of sewage system commissioners. Such board shall have not less than three nor more than seven members, who shall be legally qualified voters of the municipality. Members shall be appointed, and any vacancy filled, by the legislative body of the municipality. The term of each member shall be four years. Any member may be removed by the legislative body of the municipality for just cause after due notice and hearing. The legislative body may designate the board of sewage system commissioners as the board of sewage disposal commissioners provided for in section 3614 of this title. (Amended 1993, No. 91, § 1.)
24 V.S.A. § 3507
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 97 - Sewage System|§ 3507. Duties

§ 3507. Duties|(a) Such sewage system commissioners shall have the supervision of such municipal sewage system and shall make and establish all needed rates for rent, with rules and regulations for its control and operation. Such commissioners may appoint or remove a superintendent at their pleasure. The rents and receipts for the use of such sewage system shall be used and applied to pay the interest and principal of the sewage system bonds of such municipal corporation, the expense of maintenance and operation of the sewage system, as well as dedicated fund payments provided for in section 3616 of this title.(b) When a rate established under this section for the management of stormwater is applied to property owned, controlled, or managed by the Agency of Transportation, the rate shall not exceed the highest rate category applicable to other properties in the municipality, and the Agency of Transportation shall receive a 35 percent credit on the rate. The Agency of Transportation shall receive no other credit on the rate from the municipal corporation. (Amended 1989, No. 45, § 2; 2015, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 30, eff. June 2, 2016.)
24 V.S.A. § 3508
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 97 - Sewage System|§ 3508. Construction

§ 3508. Construction|Sections 3603-3610, 3613, 3615, 3617, and 3618 of this title, relating to entry on lands, compensation, record, bonds, rents, ordinances, and meetings are adopted as a part of this chapter as fully as though herein set forth. (Amended 1959, No. 207, § 1.)
24 V.S.A. § 3509
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 97 - Sewage System|§ 3509. Sewers and plumbing; orders

§ 3509. Sewers and plumbing; orders|The sewage commissioners may require the owners of buildings, subdivisions, or developments abutting on a public street or highway to have all sewers from those buildings, subdivisions, or developments connected to the municipal corporation's sewage system. (Added 1989, No. 45, § 3.)
24 V.S.A. § 3601
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 101 - Sewage Disposal System|§ 3601. Definitions

§ 3601. Definitions|The definitions established in section 3501 of this title shall establish the meanings of those words as used in this chapter, and the following words and phrases as used in this chapter shall have the following meanings:  (1) "Necessity" means a reasonable need that considers the greatest public good and the least inconvenience and expense to the condemning party and to the property owner. Necessity shall not be measured merely by expense or convenience to the condemning party. Due consideration shall be given to the adequacy of other property and locations; to the quantity, kind, and extent of property that may be taken or rendered unfit for use by the proposed taking; to the probable term of unfitness for use of the property; to the effect of construction upon scenic and recreational values, upon home and homestead rights and the convenience of the owner of the land; to the effect upon town grand list and revenues. (2) "Board" means the board of sewage disposal commissioners. (3) The phrase "sewage treatment or disposal plant" shall include, for the purposes of this chapter, such plant, equipment, system, and facilities, whether structural or nonstructural, as are needful for and appurtenant to the treatment or disposal by approved sanitary methods of domestic sewage, garbage, industrial wastes, stormwater, or surface water. (1963, No. 214, § 1; amended 2001, No. 109 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. May 16, 2002.)
24 V.S.A. § 3602
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 101 - Sewage Disposal System|§ 3602. Sewage disposal plant, construction

§ 3602. Sewage disposal plant, construction|A municipal corporation may construct, maintain, operate, and repair a sewage disposal plant and system, to take, purchase, and acquire, in the manner hereinafter mentioned, real estate and easements necessary for its purposes, may enter in and upon any land for the purpose of making surveys, may lay pipes and sewers, and connect the same as may be necessary to convey sewage for the purpose of disposing of sewage by such municipal corporation.
24 V.S.A. § 3603
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 101 - Sewage Disposal System|§ 3603. Entry on lands

§ 3603. Entry on lands|Such municipal corporation, for the purposes enumerated in section 3602 of this title, may enter upon and use any land and enclosures over or through which it may be necessary for pipes and sewer to pass, and may thereon at any time place, lay and construct such pipes and sewers, appurtenances, and connections as may be necessary for the complete construction and repairing of the same from time to time, may open the ground in any streets, lanes, avenues, highways, and public grounds for the purposes hereof; provided that such streets, lanes, avenues, highways, and public grounds shall not be injured, but shall be left in as good condition as before the laying of such pipes and sewers.
24 V.S.A. § 3604
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 101 - Sewage Disposal System|§ 3604. Petition for hearing to determine necessity

§ 3604. Petition for hearing to determine necessity|The municipal corporation may agree with all the owners of land or interest in land affected by the survey made under section 3602 of this title for the conveyance of their interest. Where such agreement is not made, the board shall petition a Superior judge, setting forth therein that such board proposes to take certain land, or rights therein, and describing such lands or rights, and the survey shall be annexed to said petition and made a part thereof. Such petition shall set forth the purposes for which such land or rights are desired, and shall contain a request that such judge fix a time and place when he or she or some other Superior judge will hear all parties concerned and determine whether such taking is necessary. (1963, No. 214, § 2.)
24 V.S.A. § 3605
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 101 - Sewage Disposal System|§ 3605. Hearing to determine necessity

§ 3605. Hearing to determine necessity|The judge to whom such petition is presented shall fix the time for hearing, which shall not be more than 60 nor less than 30 days from the date he or she signs such order. Likewise, he or she shall fix the place for hearing, which shall be the county courthouse or any other convenient place within the county in which the land in question is located. If the Superior judge to whom such petition is presented cannot hear the petition at the time set therefore he or she shall call upon the Administrative Judge to assign another Superior judge to hear such cause at the time and place assigned in the order. (1963, No. 214, § 3.)
24 V.S.A. § 3606
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 101 - Sewage Disposal System|§ 3606. Service and publication of petition

§ 3606. Service and publication of petition|A copy of the petition together with a copy of the court's order fixing the time and place of hearing shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the town in which the land included in the survey lies once a week for three consecutive weeks on the same day of the week, the last publication to be not less than five days before the hearing date, and a copy of the petition, together with a copy of the court's order fixing the time and place of hearing, and a copy of the survey shall be placed on file in the clerk's office of the town. The petition, together with the court's order fixing the time and place of hearing, shall be served upon each person owning or having an interest in land to be purchased or condemned like a summons, or, on absent defendants, in such manner as the Supreme Court may by rule provide for service of process in civil actions. If the service on any defendant is impossible, upon affidavit of the sheriff, deputy sheriff, or constable attempting service, therein stating that the location of the defendant within or without the State is unknown and that he or she has no known agent or attorney in the State of Vermont upon which service may be made, the publication herein provided shall be deemed sufficient service on the defendant. Compliance with the provisions hereof shall constitute sufficient service upon and notice to any person owning or having any interest in the land proposed to be taken or affected. (1963, No. 214, § 4; amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 203, eff. March 29, 1972.)
24 V.S.A. § 3607
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 101 - Sewage Disposal System|§ 3607. Hearing and order of necessity

§ 3607. Hearing and order of necessity|At the time and place appointed for the hearing, the court shall hear all persons interested and wishing to be heard. If any person owning or having an interest in land to be taken or affected appears and objects to the necessity of taking the land included within the survey or any part thereof, then the court shall require the board to proceed with the introduction of evidence of the necessity of such taking. The burden of proof of the necessity of the taking shall be upon the board. The court may cite in additional parties including other property owners whose interests may be concerned or affected by any taking of land or interest therein based on any ultimate order of the court. The court shall make findings of fact and file them. The court shall, by its order, determine whether necessity requires the taking of such land and rights and may modify or alter the proposed taking in such respects as to it may seem proper. (1963, No. 214, § 5.)
24 V.S.A. § 3608
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 101 - Sewage Disposal System|§ 3608. Appeal from order of necessity

§ 3608. Appeal from order of necessity|If the State, municipal corporation, or any owner affected by the order of the court is aggrieved thereby, an appeal may be taken to the Supreme Court in such manner as the Supreme Court may by rule provide for appeals from Superior courts. In the event an appeal is taken, all proceedings shall be stayed until final disposition of the appeal. If no appeals are taken within the time provided therefor or, if appeal is taken, upon its final disposition a copy of the order of the court shall be placed on file within 10 days in the office of the clerk of each town in which the land affected lies and thereafter for a period of one year the board may institute proceedings for the condemnation of the land included in the survey as finally approved by the court without further hearing or consideration of any question of the necessity of the taking. (1963, No. 214, § 6; amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 204, eff. March 29, 1972; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)