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10 V.S.A. § 6266
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 153 - Mobile Home Parks|§ 6266. Sale of mobile home park; health and safety compliance

§ 6266. Sale of mobile home park; health and safety compliance|(a) The State, a political subdivision of the State, or any local governmental entity that has lawfully issued and served on the owner of a mobile home park an order that is based on a finding that the premises of the mobile home park are in violation of any State, or local health, safety, or environmental law or regulation and requires the owner to bring the park into compliance shall record in the land records of any municipality in which the mobile home park is located, the following:  (1) the order; (2) the health, safety, or environmental laws or regulations that are the basis of the order; (3) the manner in which the park is in violation; and (4) the name, address, and telephone number of a person who can provide additional information about the order and the noncompliance of the mobile home park.   (b) An order issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall include the notice to the owner of the mobile home park that the order will be recorded in the land records of any municipality in which the park is located.(c) If an order has been recorded pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the issuing authority, after determining that the mobile home park is in compliance with the order, shall record a notice of compliance in any land records in which the order was recorded.(d) Prior to any transfer of the mobile home park, the owner shall disclose to the transferee the following:  (1) the results of the most recent sanitary survey conducted by the Agency of Natural Resources and all drinking water tests required to be performed on the mobile home park within the previous 36 months; (2) all State and local governmental permits relating to the operation of the mobile home park, including its water and sewage systems. (Added 1995, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
10 V.S.A. § 6301
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 155 - Acquisition of Interests in Land by Public Agencies|§ 6301. Purpose

§ 6301. Purpose|It is the purpose of this chapter to encourage and assist the maintenance of the present uses of Vermont's agricultural, forest, and other undeveloped land and to prevent the accelerated residential and commercial development thereof; to preserve and to enhance Vermont's scenic natural resources; to strengthen the base of the recreation industry and to increase employment, income, business, and investment; to enable the citizens of Vermont to plan its orderly growth in the face of increasing development pressures in the interests of the public health, safety, and welfare; and to encourage the use of conservation and preservation tools to support farm, forest, and related enterprises, thereby strengthening Vermont's economy to improve the quality of life for Vermonters and to maintain the historic settlement pattern of compact village and urban centers separated by rural countryside. (Added 1969, No. 229 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2011, No. 118 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
10 V.S.A. § 6301a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 155 - Acquisition of Interests in Land by Public Agencies|§ 6301a. Definitions

§ 6301a. Definitions|As used in this chapter:  (1) "State agency" means the Agency of Natural Resources or any of its departments, Agency of Transportation, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, or Vermont Housing and Conservation Board. (2) "Qualified organization" means:  (A) an organization qualifying under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which is not a private foundation as defined in Section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, and which has been certified by the Commissioner of Taxes as being principally engaged in the preservation of undeveloped land for the purposes expressed in section 6301 of this title. (B) an organization qualifying under Section 501(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, provided such organization is controlled exclusively by an organization or organizations described in subdivision (2)(A) of this section.  (3) "Taxation" and "tax" means ad valorem taxes levied by the State and its municipalities. (Added 1987, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 42; amended 1989, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 10(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1991; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
10 V.S.A. § 6302
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 155 - Acquisition of Interests in Land by Public Agencies|§ 6302. Power to acquire

§ 6302. Power to acquire|(a) In order to carry out the purposes set forth in section 6301 of this title, any owner of real property located within this State or of any right or interest in real property located within this State may sell, donate, devise, exchange, or transfer that real property or any right or interest in real property located within this State to a municipality of this State, a State agency, or a qualified organization. A municipality of this State by the action of its legislative body or a State agency may acquire such real property or any right and interest in real property located within this State by purchase with any authorized funds, or by donation, devise, exchange, or transfer, all as herein provided.(b) For the purposes of this chapter, "real property" includes (without limitation) areas covered by water, areas beneath the surface of the ground, air space, and any buildings, other structures, and other improvements, and "real estate" as the same is defined in 1 V.S.A. § 132.(c) The General Assembly hereby declares that the acquisition of real property or any right and interest in real property located within this State, for the purposes expressed in section 6301 of this title, constitutes a public use and a public purpose for which public funds may be expended or advanced.(d) Prior to the acquisition of any right or interest in real property by a State agency, the State agency shall submit a report thereon to the legislative body of the municipality concerned, setting forth the location of the real property, the characteristics of the right or interest to be acquired, and the consideration to be given therefor. (Added 1969, No. 229 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 1983, No. 71, § 1; 1983, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), eff. April 13, 1984; 1987, No. 76, § 18; 1987, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 43; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 18.)
10 V.S.A. § 6304
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 155 - Acquisition of Interests in Land by Public Agencies|§ 6304. Sales of land

§ 6304. Sales of land|In any case where rights and interests in real property have been reconveyed or leased back to a person by a municipality or a department, the use of land subject in the reconveyance or lease back shall not be changed, and no residential, industrial, or commercial construction except for the use of the owner or his or her family shall be undertaken, except with the consent of the legislative body of the municipality or the department or except as specifically provided in the instrument evidencing the reconveyance or lease. In the event of the termination of any rights or interests of such person, the legislative body of the municipality or the department shall pay to such person an amount equal to the fair market value of that portion of such right that remained unexpired on the date of such termination, unless such termination is caused by the breach by such person of a term of the instrument by which he or she acquired such right or interest. In any case of acquisition subject to a right of occupancy and use, or acquisition and reconveyance, or acquisition and lease, under subsection 6303(a) of this title, the legislative body or department shall give priority to the grantor thereof in selecting the grantee or lessee, as the case may be. (Added 1969, No. 229 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 20.)
10 V.S.A. § 6305
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 155 - Acquisition of Interests in Land by Public Agencies|§ 6305. Exchanges of land

§ 6305. Exchanges of land|In exercising its authority to acquire property by exchange, a department may accept real property and rights and interests in the real property, and may convey to the grantor of such real property or rights and interests in the real property any State-owned property under the jurisdiction of the department, but only with the favorable advice and recommendation of the Interagency Committee on Natural Resources. In effecting such exchanges, the department may also utilize for exchange purposes any privately owned land and rights and interests in the land donated or made available to it for such purpose of an exchange. The land and rights and interests thus exchanged shall be approximately equal in fair market value, provided that the department may accept cash from or pay cash to the grantor in such an exchange, in order to equalize the value of the property and rights and interests in the property being exchanged. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law and with the approval of the Interagency Committee on Natural Resources, State real property and rights and interests in the property may, with the authorization of the department or other agency having custody thereof, be transferred without consideration to the jurisdiction of a department designated under section 6302 of this title for use in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. (Added 1969, No. 229 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; amended 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 21.)
10 V.S.A. § 6306
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 155 - Acquisition of Interests in Land by Public Agencies|§ 6306. Exemption from taxation

§ 6306. Exemption from taxation|(a) The rights and interests in real property acquired by a municipality or State agency under the authority of this chapter shall be considered as municipal or State-owned land, as the case may be, with respect to taxation and State reimbursement in lieu of taxes.(b)(1) The Commissioner of Taxes may certify that real property acquired by a qualified organization under this chapter is being held and maintained for the purposes expressed in section 6301 of this title. As a condition of that certification, the Commissioner may require that the qualified organization provide adequate assurances that the property is being so held and maintained, including written agreements with the Department of Taxes, deeds, covenants, or other conveyances. Property that is so certified:   (A) if in the nature of an interest in fee simple, shall be assessed on the basis of its actual use or may be enrolled by the qualifying organization in a current use program under 32 V.S.A. chapter 124; or (B) shall be exempt from assessment and taxation, if in the nature of an interest other than fee simple.  (2) For purposes of this section, where a qualified organization holds a lease in the property for a term greater than ten years, including renewal terms, or holds such other interests as the Commissioner shall determine to be substantially equivalent to an interest in fee simple, the organization shall be deemed to hold an interest in fee simple. (3) A certification granted to a qualified agency shall first affect the April 1 grand list following the date that all information deemed necessary by the Commissioner has been provided by the qualified organization.   (c) After acquisition by a municipality, State agency, or qualified organization of a right or interest in real property under the authority of this chapter, the owner of any remaining right or interest in the real property not so acquired shall be taxed, under the applicable provisions of 32 V.S.A. chapter 123, only upon the value of those remaining rights or interests to which he or she retains title. The State agency or qualified organization, and the Department of Taxes, shall cooperate with that owner and with the town assessing such tax in the determination of the fair market value of any such remaining right or interest.(d) Property held by a qualified organization and taxed or exempted under subsection (b) of this section shall be subject to a conversion tax if the Commissioner determines that it is no longer being held and maintained for the purposes expressed in section 6301 of this title. The amount of the conversion tax shall be five times the amount of the taxes avoided by reason of the exemption in the most recent year. The conversion tax shall be paid to the municipality in which the property is located. (Added 1969, No. 229 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; amended 1987, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 45; 1997, No. 60, § 68c; 2013, No. 73, § 26, eff. June 5, 2013; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 22.)
10 V.S.A. § 6307
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 155 - Acquisition of Interests in Land by Public Agencies|§ 6307. Enforcement

§ 6307. Enforcement|(a) Injunction. In any case where rights and interests in real property are held by a municipality, State agency, or qualified organization under the authority of this chapter, the legislative body of the municipality, the State agency, or the qualified organization may institute injunction proceedings to enforce the rights of the municipality, State agency, or qualified organization, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and may take all other proceedings as are available to an owner of real property under the laws of this State to protect and conserve its right or interest.(b) Liquidated damages. Any contract or deed establishing or relating to the sale or transfer of rights or interests in real property under the authority of this chapter may provide for specified liquidated damages, actual damages, costs, and reasonable attorney's fees in the event of a violation of the rights of the municipality, State agency, or qualified organization under the municipality or State agency.(c) Conservation rights. The holder of conservation rights and interests may seek injunctive relief and damages against any person who damages the holder's rights and interests, irrespective of whether the owner of the land is a party to the proceeding. This subsection shall not affect any right of the owner of the land to join or intervene in any proceeding. (Added 1969, No. 229 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; amended 1987, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 46; 2011, No. 118 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
10 V.S.A. § 6308
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 155 - Acquisition of Interests in Land by Public Agencies|§ 6308. Rights in perpetuity unless limited

§ 6308. Rights in perpetuity unless limited|(a) If the legislative body of a municipality in the case of municipal rights or interests, or a State agency in the case of State-owned rights or interests, finds that the retention of the rights or interests is no longer needed to carry out the purposes of this chapter, the rights or interests may be released and conveyed to the co-owner, to another public agency, to another party holding other rights or interests in the land, or to a third party. Where the conveyance is to a party other than another public agency or qualified organization, the municipality or State agency shall receive adequate compensation from that party for the conveyance of the rights or interests.(b) The conveyance of rights or interests in real property less than fee simple made under the authority of this chapter shall be perpetual, except if the conveyance is limited by its terms to a specific period. (Added 1969, No. 229 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; amended 1975, No. 186 (Adj. Sess.); 1987, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 47; 2011, No. 118 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
10 V.S.A. § 6309
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 155 - Acquisition of Interests in Land by Public Agencies|§ 6309. Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets; leases

§ 6309. Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets; leases|In the event that real property acquired by the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets is leased to a lessee other than a governmental entity of the State of Vermont, the lessee shall be taxed on the fair market value or the use value under the provisions of 32 V.S.A. chapter 124 of the property by the municipality in which it is located. (Added 1983, No. 71, § 2; amended 1989, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 10(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1991; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
10 V.S.A. § 6310
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 155 - Acquisition of Interests in Land by Public Agencies|§ 6310. Conservation easement holder; nonmerger

§ 6310. Conservation easement holder; nonmerger|If a holder of a conservation easement is or becomes the owner in fee simple of property subject to the easement, the easement shall continue in effect and shall not be extinguished. (Added 2015, No. 51, § F.8.)
10 V.S.A. § 6311
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 155 - Acquisition of Interests in Land by Public Agencies|§ 6311. Conservation rights and interests; tax liens

§ 6311. Conservation rights and interests; tax liens|A tax lien shall not affect conservation rights and interests if the tax lien attaches to the subject property under 32 V.S.A. § 5061 subsequent to the recording of the conservation rights and interests in the municipal land records. (Added 2015, No. 84 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
10 V.S.A. § 6501
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 157 - Storage of Radioactive Material|§ 6501. Storage of radioactive material

§ 6501. Storage of radioactive material|(a) No facility for deposit, storage, reprocessing, or disposal of spent nuclear fuel elements or radioactive waste material shall be constructed or established in the State of Vermont unless the General Assembly first finds that it promotes the general good of the State and approves, through either bill or joint resolution, a petition for approval of the facility. No facility for the incineration of low-level radioactive waste, as defined in subdivision 7001(7) of this title, shall be constructed or established without a similar finding and approval.(b) The construction or establishment after July 1, 1980 of a low-level, temporary storage facility is exempted from subsection (a) of this section. For the purposes of this subsection, the term "low-level, temporary storage" means storage of material:  (1) that is produced by research, educational, industrial, or medical uses not involving a fission reactor; and (2) that has an overall radioactivity level, before any dilution, of less than one curie per cubic foot; and (3) that either:  (A) is awaiting transfer to a commercial disposal site; or (B) is of a material that spontaneously decreases its radioactivity level by one-half in 90 days or less. (Added 1977, No. 77, § 1, eff. April 26, 1977; amended 1979, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1989, No. 296 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. June 29, 1990.)
10 V.S.A. § 6502
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 157 - Storage of Radioactive Material|§ 6502. Petition procedure

§ 6502. Petition procedure|(a) A petition for approval by the General Assembly of a facility under section 6501 of this title shall be submitted to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate. The petition shall be referred forthwith to the Joint Energy Committee.(b) The Committee shall hold a public hearing on each petition for approval. Notice of the public hearing shall be published two weeks successively in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the proposed facility is to be located, the last publication to be at least 12 days before the day appointed for the hearing. Any agency or person may submit recommendations relating to the proposed facility to the Committee. The Committee shall be authorized to examine all records and information relevant to the petition in the possession of the petitioner or any State agency.(c) Upon receipt of the petition, notice shall be given by the Committee to the Chair of the Public Utility Commission, the Commissioner of Health, the Secretary of Natural Resources, and the Attorney General. Each public official so notified shall, prior to the public hearing under subsection (b) of this section, submit to the Committee his or her agency's evaluation of the impact of the facility on the State and any other information deemed relevant to the petition.(d) Notice, by certified mail, shall be given to the chair or director of the municipal and regional planning commissions and the selectboard for each town in which the proposed facility is to be located and each contiguous town not less than 30 days prior to the public hearing under subsection (b) of this section. (Added 1977, No. 77, § 1, eff. April 26, 1977; amended 1979, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1987, No. 76, § 18; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 72.)
10 V.S.A. § 6503
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 157 - Storage of Radioactive Material|§ 6503. Legislative approval

§ 6503. Legislative approval|(a) The Committee shall report to the General Assembly its recommendation to approve or not to approve the petition for the facility together with such additional information and comment it deems appropriate.(b) Any bill or joint resolution approving a facility under section 6501 of this title shall include findings that the proposed facility:  (1) will promote the general welfare and will not have an undue adverse effect on health, safety, aesthetics, historic sites, air and water purity, the natural environment, and the economy; and (2) will not unduly interfere with the orderly development of the region with due consideration having been given to the recommendations of the municipal and regional planning commissions and the municipal legislative bodies.   (c) Unless the proposed facility is approved by the General Assembly, no State officer, agency, or department shall undertake to approve or license the proposed facility or undertake to cause or obtain the approval or licensing from any other state or federal governmental agency or board. The appropriate State officers and agencies shall use every proper and available legal means to prevent siting and licensing of such facility until the approval of the General Assembly is obtained.(d) No temporary storage facility that is a part of a nuclear fission plant approved by the General Assembly pursuant to 30 V.S.A. § 248(e) shall be required to obtain the additional approval required by this section. (Added 1977, No. 77, § 1, eff. April 26, 1977; amended 2013, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 23; 2015, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 22.)
10 V.S.A. § 6505
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 157 - Storage of Radioactive Material|§ 6505. Exemption

§ 6505. Exemption|This subchapter does not apply to any temporary storage by Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation of spent nuclear fuel elements or other radioactive waste at its present site. (Added 1979, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 1985, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. May 14, 1986.)
10 V.S.A. § 6506
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 157 - Storage of Radioactive Material|§ 6506. Definitions

§ 6506. Definitions|As used in this chapter, "radioactive waste" means waste material:  (1) technologically enhanced for the purpose of increasing the concentration of radioactive elements; or (2) contaminated with such technologically enhanced material to a radioactive level above background. (Added 1979, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)