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10 V.S.A. § 806
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 33 - Supervisory Unions|§ 806. Removal of board member

§ 806. Removal of board member|Any board member may be removed from office by the Council upon notice and hearing for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office but for no other reason. The Council shall replace any board member so removed by a representative from the district of the removed member. (Added 1967, No. 303 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. March 22, 1968.)
10 V.S.A. § 807
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 33 - Supervisory Unions|§ 807. Duties of union conservationist

§ 807. Duties of union conservationist|The union conservationist shall:  (1) Devote his or her entire time to the duties of his or her office and apportion his or her time as prescribed by the board of directors after determining the workload in districts. He or she shall help implement programs of the member districts and shall perform the duties as set forth by the board of directors from time to time. (2) Endeavor to coordinate programs and plans of the member districts. (3) Furnish the executive secretary of the Council such data and information from time to time as he or she may require. (4) Report to the executive secretary of the Council on or before July 15 each year, the needs, conditions, and progress of the districts under his or her jurisdiction. (5) Report to the board of directors and the member districts annually concerning his or her activities and the needs of the districts within the union, together with recommendations for their improvement. (Added 1967, No. 303 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. March 22, 1968.)
10 V.S.A. § 821
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 34 - Conservation and Preservation Rights and Interests|§ 821. Definitions

§ 821. Definitions|As used in this chapter:  (1) "Conservation rights and interests" mean rights held by a qualified holder to restrict or condition the use, modification, or subdivision of a land or water area and rights to perform, or require the performance of, specified activities with respect thereto. These rights and interests shall be for the purpose of maintaining, enhancing, and conserving that land or water area, including improvements thereon, predominantly in its natural, scenic, or open condition, or in agricultural, farming, forest, wildlife, or open space use, or for public recreation, or in other use or condition consistent with the purposes set forth in section 6301 of this title. (2) "Preservation rights and interests" mean rights held by a qualified holder to restrict or condition the use, modification, or subdivision of a structure or site, and rights to perform, or require the performance of, specified activities with respect thereto. Such rights and interests shall be for the purpose of preserving, rehabilitating, or restoring a structure or site having significant historical, architectural, cultural, or archaeological characteristics. (3) "Qualified holder" and "holder" mean:  (A) a municipality, department, or board of the State of Vermont; (B) an organization qualifying under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, provided one of the stated purposes of the organization is to acquire property or rights and interests in property in order to preserve historic, agricultural, forestry, or open space resources; (C) an organization qualifying under Section 501(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, provided that organization is controlled exclusively by an organization or organizations described in subdivision (B) of this subdivision (3); and (D) the United States of America. (Added 1977, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 12, 1978; amended 1987, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 48; 1993, No. 59, § 25b, eff. June 3, 1993; 2019, No. 14, § 27, eff. April 30, 2019.)
10 V.S.A. § 822
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 34 - Conservation and Preservation Rights and Interests|§ 822. Rights and interests

§ 822. Rights and interests|Conservation and preservation rights and interests shall be stated in the form of a deed restriction, right, easement, covenant, or condition. These rights and interests shall be valid, exercisable, and enforceable by the holder thereof and by the holder's successors and assigns, against the owner of the encumbered property and the owner's heirs, successors, and assigns, whether or not such rights or interests are appurtenant to or benefit a specific parcel of real property, and regardless of privity of contract, or lack thereof, between the holder of such rights or interests and the owner of the encumbered property. (Added 1977, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 12, 1978; amended 1987, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 49.)
10 V.S.A. § 823
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 34 - Conservation and Preservation Rights and Interests|§ 823. Interests in real property

§ 823. Interests in real property|Conservation and preservation rights and interests shall be deemed to be interests in real property and shall run with the land. A document creating such a right or interest shall be deemed to be a conveyance of real property and shall be recorded under 27 V.S.A. chapter 5 but shall not be subject to the requirement of filing a notice of claim within the 40-year period as provided in 27 V.S.A. § 603. Such a right or interest shall be enforceable in law or in equity. Any subsequent transfer, mortgage, lease, or other conveyance of the real property or an interest in the real property shall reference the grant of conservation rights and interests in the real property; provided, however, that the failure to include a reference to the grant shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the conservation rights and interests. (Added 1977, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 12, 1978; amended 1987, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 50; 2011, No. 118 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2015, No. 84 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
10 V.S.A. § 851
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 35 - Drainage of Low Lands|§ 851. Landowner's duties

§ 851. Landowner's duties|When the public good or the necessity or convenience of individuals requires the opening of a ditch or watercourse to drain low or swamp lands, to enable owners or occupants thereof to cultivate the same, such owners or occupants shall open such ditch or watercourse in proportion to their several interests.
10 V.S.A. § 852
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 35 - Drainage of Low Lands|§ 852. Dispute between landowners; notice to selectboard; investigation

§ 852. Dispute between landowners; notice to selectboard; investigation|When there is a dispute between parties as to the opening of a ditch or watercourse or the width, depth, or extent that a person shall open, either party may notify in writing the selectboard of the town in which the lands are located of the dispute and ask for an investigation.
10 V.S.A. § 853
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 35 - Drainage of Low Lands|§ 853. Hearings; orders; charges; lien

§ 853. Hearings; orders; charges; lien|On receiving such notice, the selectboard shall notify all the parties interested of the time when it will examine the premises and hear the parties and their witnesses. They shall apportion the ditch or watercourse among the several parties having regard to the interest of each party in the opening thereof, and shall decide what time each party shall have to open his or her share of the ditch or watercourse, and they may order such ditch or watercourse or a part thereof to be covered, or the selectboard may, if it deems it advantageous and with the written consent of three-fourths of the landowners concerned, place one or more contracts covering all or such portions of said ditch or watercourse as it may deem advisable, and allocate costs in proportion to the benefits received by the interested parties. Such charges shall become a first lien on the property after taxes, and shall be paid to the town treasurer at such time as shall be directed by the selectboard. Funds shall be paid out by the town treasurer on order of the selectboard for costs incurred in drainage. When lands affected lie in more than one town, the selectboard of each town shall appoint one of its own number with authority to act jointly with a similarly appointed representative or representatives from the other town or towns to act in determining the necessity of drainage, allocation of costs, entering into contracts, and other powers as set forth herein.
10 V.S.A. § 854
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 35 - Drainage of Low Lands|§ 854. When only part of landowners to open drain

§ 854. When only part of landowners to open drain|When it appears to the selectboard that the owner or occupant of a piece of land is not sufficiently interested in opening the ditch or watercourse to be required to perform or pay for any part thereof, but it appears necessary for the other parties that such ditch or watercourse should be constructed across such land, they may award that the same be done at the expense of such other parties. The parties in whose favor the award is made, may open the ditch or watercourse across such land at their own expense without being trespassers.
10 V.S.A. § 855
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 35 - Drainage of Low Lands|§ 855. Land damages

§ 855. Land damages|When an owner of land through which a drain is to be constructed claims damages therefor, the selectboard shall hear the parties interested therein, and may award reasonable damages to be paid by the parties benefited in such proportions as the selectboard deem just. In estimating such damages, the benefit that the person may receive thereby shall be taken into consideration.
10 V.S.A. § 856
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 35 - Drainage of Low Lands|§ 856. Expenses, paid by whom

§ 856. Expenses, paid by whom|All expenses under this chapter shall be paid by the parties interested in such proportion as the selectboard orders, and the selectboard shall receive the same compensation as for other services.
10 V.S.A. § 857
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 35 - Drainage of Low Lands|§ 857. Decision; written and filed

§ 857. Decision; written and filed|The award of the selectboard shall be in writing, signed by a majority of them, and they shall lodge it, or a certified copy thereof, in the office of the town clerk. The clerk shall keep it on file, and the selectboard shall deliver a copy to each of the interested parties. Such award shall be binding on the parties.
10 V.S.A. § 858
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 35 - Drainage of Low Lands|§ 858. Depth of drainage

§ 858. Depth of drainage|An owner of land shall not be required to make or assist in making a ditch or watercourse of greater depth than is necessary for draining his or her land.
10 V.S.A. § 859
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 35 - Drainage of Low Lands|§ 859. Cleaning or repairing ditches

§ 859. Cleaning or repairing ditches|Ditches or watercourses opened under the provisions of this chapter shall be kept free for the passage of water into and through the same. If a person fails to do his or her proportionate share of cleaning or repairing a ditch or watercourse, the same proceedings may be had as in case of opening ditches or watercourses.
10 V.S.A. § 860
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 35 - Drainage of Low Lands|§ 860. Opening on noncompliance with order

§ 860. Opening on noncompliance with order|When a person does not open a ditch or watercourse, or his or her proportion thereof, in accordance with the order of the selectboard, a person interested who was a party of record in the proceedings may open such ditch or watercourse and collect pay for the same of the party who was directed by the order of the selectboard to open such ditch or watercourse.
10 V.S.A. § 861
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 35 - Drainage of Low Lands|§ 861. Discontinuance

§ 861. Discontinuance|Ditches and watercourses opened under the provisions of this chapter may be discontinued by the same proceedings and under the regulations provided for opening the same.
10 V.S.A. § 862
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 35 - Drainage of Low Lands|§ 862. Appeal from award; recognizance

§ 862. Appeal from award; recognizance|A person owning land through which a drain or watercourse is to be laid may appeal from the award of the selectboard to the Superior Court, by entering into a recognizance with sufficient sureties, before the board, in such sum as it requires, conditioned that the appellant will prosecute his or her appeal to effect and pay intervening damages and costs in case the award is affirmed. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
10 V.S.A. § 863
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 35 - Drainage of Low Lands|§ 863. Procedure on appeal; commissioners

§ 863. Procedure on appeal; commissioners|When the appeal is entered in the Superior Court with the report of the selectboard in writing, in its discretion, upon hearing, the court may accept or reject the award, or may appoint a commission consisting of three disinterested freeholders of the vicinity, who shall make examination of the premises. After notice to the parties and hearing, such commissioners shall make report thereof to the court within 30 days thereafter, or within such further time as the court upon request may fix. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
10 V.S.A. § 864
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 35 - Drainage of Low Lands|§ 864. Duties of court

§ 864. Duties of court|The Superior Court shall make necessary orders and render judgments to carry out its decisions and tax costs as seems just. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
10 V.S.A. § 865
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 35 - Drainage of Low Lands|§ 865. Copy of award and judgment filed

§ 865. Copy of award and judgment filed|A certified copy of the award of the selectboard or of the report of the commissioners, finally accepted by the Superior Court, with the orders and judgments of such court, shall be recorded in the office of the town clerk where the lands are situated. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
10 V.S.A. § 901
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 37 - Wetlands Protection and Water Resources Management|§ 901. Water resources management policy

§ 901. Water resources management policy|It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State that the water resources of the State shall be protected, regulated and, where necessary, controlled under authority of the State in the public interest and to promote the general welfare. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 42, eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 100, § 1; 1965, No. 116; 1975, No. 254 (Adj. Sess.), § 142; 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 11.)
10 V.S.A. § 902
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 37 - Wetlands Protection and Water Resources Management|§ 902. Definitions

§ 902. Definitions|Wherever used or referred to in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:  (1) "Board" means the Natural Resources Board. (2) "Department" means Department of Environmental Conservation. (3) "Waters" means any and all rivers, streams, brooks, creeks, lakes, ponds, or stored water, and groundwaters, excluding municipal and farm water supplies. (4) "Water resources" means the waters and the values inherent or potential in waters and their uses. (5) "Wetlands" means those areas of the State that are inundated by surface or groundwater with a frequency sufficient to support significant vegetation or aquatic life that depend on saturated or seasonally saturated soil conditions for growth and reproduction. Such areas include marshes, swamps, sloughs, potholes, fens, river and lake overflows, mud flats, bogs, and ponds, but excluding such areas as grow food or crops in connection with farming activities. (6) "Class I wetland" means:  (A) a wetland identified on the Vermont significant wetlands inventory maps as a Class I wetland; (B) a wetland that the former Water Resources Board identified in rules of the Board as a Class I wetland; or (C) a wetland that the Secretary, based upon an evaluation of the extent to which the wetland serves the functions and values set forth in subdivision 905b(18)(A) of this title, determines is exceptional or irreplaceable in its contribution to Vermont's natural heritage and, therefore, merits the highest level of protection.  (7) "Class II wetland" means a wetland other than a Class I or Class III wetland that:  (A) is a wetland identified on the Vermont significant wetlands inventory maps; or (B) the Secretary determines to merit protection, pursuant to section 914 of this title, based upon an evaluation of the extent to which it serves the functions and values set forth in subdivision 905b(18)(A) of this title and the rules of the Department.  (8) "Class III wetland" means a wetland that is neither a Class I wetland nor a Class II wetland. (9) "Buffer zone" means an area contiguous to a significant wetland that protects the wetland's functions and values. The buffer zone for a Class I wetland shall extend at least 100 feet from the border of the wetland, unless the Department determines otherwise under section 915 of this title. The buffer zone for a Class II wetland shall extend at least 50 feet from the border of the wetland unless the Secretary determines otherwise under section 914 of this title. (10) "Panel" means the Water Resources Panel of the Agency of Natural Resources. (11) "Significant wetland" means any Class I or Class II wetland. (12) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Natural Resources or the Secretary's authorized representative. (Amended 1969, No. 281 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 1985, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1987, No. 76, § 18; 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 16, eff. Jan. 31, 2005; 2009, No. 31, § 3; 2011, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. May 14, 2012.)
10 V.S.A. § 905a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 37 - Wetlands Protection and Water Resources Management|§ 905a. Department of Environmental Conservation

§ 905a. Department of Environmental Conservation|There is created the Department of Environmental Conservation, to be administered by a Commissioner of Environmental Conservation. (Added 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; amended 1987, No. 76, § 17.)
10 V.S.A. § 906
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 37 - Wetlands Protection and Water Resources Management|§ 906. Investigators

§ 906. Investigators|Investigators employed by the Department of Environmental Conservation when designated in writing by the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation shall enforce the provisions of chapters 37, 39, 41, 43, 47 and 49 and subchapter 3 of chapter 48 of this title; Title 29, chapter 11; sections 1215 and 1217 of Title 18; section 2201 of Title 24 and sections 4411 and 4444 of Title 24 insofar as those chapters and sections contain enforceable provisions and may summons or arrest violators thereof. In those matters, they may serve criminal process and subpoenas. They shall have the same powers as other informing officers to make and subscribe to complaints for violation thereof. (1965, No. 110, eff. June 22, 1965; amended 1971, No. 255 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 11, 1972; 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 1987, No. 76, § 18.)
10 V.S.A. § 911
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 37 - Wetlands Protection and Water Resources Management|§ 911. Entrance upon lands; records, maintenance

§ 911. Entrance upon lands; records, maintenance|The Department employee or agent may enter upon lands for the purposes of inspecting and investigating conditions relating to sources of pollution of the waters of the State or the potential pollution thereof, and to determine whether the rules and orders of the Department are being complied with. Any authorized representative of the Department may examine any records or memoranda pertaining to the operation of disposal systems or related water quality projects. The Department may require the maintenance of records relating to the operation of disposal systems. Copies of these records shall be submitted to the Department on request. (1964, No. 37 (Sp. Sess.), § 7; amended 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 11.)
10 V.S.A. § 912
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 37 - Wetlands Protection and Water Resources Management|§ 912. Temporary emergency permits

§ 912. Temporary emergency permits|The Secretary or the Secretary's designee shall expedite and may authorize temporary emergency permits under this title, pursuant to 3 V.S.A. § 2822(c). (Added 2003, No. 82 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
10 V.S.A. § 913
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 37 - Wetlands Protection and Water Resources Management|§ 913. Prohibition

§ 913. Prohibition|(a) Except for allowed uses adopted by the Department by rule, no person shall conduct or allow to be conducted an activity in a significant wetland or buffer zone of a significant wetland except in compliance with a permit, conditional use determination, or order issued by the Secretary.(b) A permit shall not be required under this section for:  (1) any activity that occurred before the effective date of this section unless the activity occurred within:  (A) an area identified as a wetland on the Vermont significant wetlands inventory maps; (B) a wetland that was contiguous to an area identified as a wetland on the Vermont significant wetlands inventory maps; (C) the buffer zone of a wetland referred to in subdivision (A) or (B) of this subdivision (1);  (2) any construction within a wetland that is identified on the Vermont significant wetlands inventory maps or within the buffer zone of such a wetland, provided that the construction was completed prior to February 23, 1992, and no action for which a permit is required under the rules of the Department was taken or caused to be taken on or after February 23, 1992. (Added 2009, No. 31, § 5; amended 2011, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. May 14, 2012.)
10 V.S.A. § 914
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 37 - Wetlands Protection and Water Resources Management|§ 914. Wetlands determinations

§ 914. Wetlands determinations|(a) The Secretary may, upon a petition or on his or her own motion, determine whether any wetland is a Class II or Class III wetland. Such determinations shall be based on an evaluation of the functions and values set forth in subdivision 905b(18)(A) of this title and the rules of the Department.(b) The Secretary may establish the necessary width of the buffer zone of any Class II wetland as part of any wetland determination pursuant to the rules of the Department.(c) The provisions of chapter 170 of this title shall apply to issuance of determinations under this section.(d) [Repealed.](e) The Secretary may recommend to the panel that a wetland be classified as a Class I wetland under section 915 of this title. (Added 2009, No. 31, § 5; amended 2011, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. May 14, 2012; 2015, No. 150 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. Jan. 1, 2018.)