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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 30 - Public Service › Chapter 91A - Vermont Community Broadband Board › § 8087. Centralized resources for communications union districts

§ 8087. Centralized resources for communications union districts
(a) The Board shall provide centralized resources and technical and administrative support to communications union districts with respect to the planning, development, and implementation of broadband projects.
(b) In carrying out the purpose of this section, the Board shall:
(1) develop standardized forms, contracts, network business and design models, and templates for use by any communications union district;
(2) assist communications union districts with identifying and negotiating with potential partners, including with respect to the development of a memorandum of understanding or other form of legally-binding commitment pertaining to a broadband project;
(3) when authorized by one or more communications union districts, apply for grants, loans, permits, licenses, certificates, or approvals, or enter into contractual arrangements for goods or services on behalf of or jointly with a communications union district or districts;
(4) assist communications union districts with pursuing route identification for fiber-optic infrastructure and with obtaining pole surveys and negotiating pole attachments;
(5) assist communications union districts with completing grant and loan applications for funding opportunities that exist outside this chapter; and
(6) assist communications union districts with obtaining access to fiber-optic networks owned by the State or by an electric distribution utility, where appropriate. (Added 2021, No. 71, § 2, eff. June 8, 2021.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 30 - Public Service › Chapter 91A - Vermont Community Broadband Board › § 8088. Interagency cooperation and assistance

§ 8088. Interagency cooperation and assistance
Other departments and agencies of the State government, including the E-911 Board, shall assist and cooperate with the Board and shall make available to it information and data as needed to assist the Board in carrying out its duties. The Secretary of Administration shall establish protocols and agreements among the Board and departments and agencies of the State for this purpose. Nothing in this section shall be construed to waive any privilege or protection otherwise afforded to the data and information under exemption to the Public Records Act or under other laws due solely to the fact that the information or data is shared with the Board pursuant to this section. (Added 2021, No. 71, § 2, eff. June 8, 2021.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 30 - Public Service › Chapter 91A - Vermont Community Broadband Board › § 8089. Annual report

§ 8089. Annual report
(a) Notwithstanding 2 V.S.A. § 20(d), on or before January 15 of each year, the Board shall submit a report of its activities pursuant to this chapter for the preceding year to the Senate Committees on Finance and on Natural Resources and Energy, the House Committee on Environment and Energy, and the Joint Information Technology Oversight Committee. The report shall include an operating and financial statement covering the Board’s operations during the year, including a summary of all grant awards and contracts and agreements entered into by the Board. In addition, the report shall include a description of the progress each start-up communications union district has made in achieving long-term financial sustainability that is not dependent upon public funding, an update on its efforts to secure additional federal funds for broadband deployment, and progress made towards meeting the State’s goal of ensuring every E-911 location has access to broadband capable of delivering a minimum of 100 Mbps symmetrical service as required in subdivision 202c(b)(10) of this title.
(b) As part of its first annual report, the Board shall include recommended legislation for policies and programs not authorized under this chapter but consistent with its purpose or for any other policies and programs it deems appropriate. The report shall include recommendations concerning increased access to and use of fiber-optic networks owned by the State or by an electric distribution utility in furtherance of the goals of this chapter. In addition, and with input from relevant stakeholders, the Board shall make recommendations on whether and to what extent authorized expenditures under the Fund should be expanded to include:
(1) funding for equipment replacement in the Department of Libraries’ FiberConnect Network;
(2) funding for building-wide Wi-Fi installations at multi-unit affordable housing owned by nonprofits and housing authorities for the purpose of providing free broadband service to the residents thereof;
(3) funding for digital inclusion efforts, such as subsidized customer equipment installations and broadband service, grants for long-term affordability planning, and outreach and digital literacy training;
(4) funding for co-worker spaces;
(5) additional funding for communications workforce development initiatives; and
(6) funding for any other broadband programs or initiatives. (Added 2021, No. 71, § 2, eff. June 8, 2021.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 30 - Public Service › Chapter 91A - Vermont Community Broadband Board › § 8089a. Sunset; transfer plan

§ 8089a. Sunset; transfer plan
(a) The Fund and Board shall cease to exist on July 1, 2029.
(b) As part of its annual report submitted on or before January 15, 2029, the Board shall develop a plan for transferring its assets, liabilities, and legal and contractual obligations to another appropriate State entity. The Board may include in its report a recommendation regarding the continued existence of the Board beyond its statutory sunset date. (Added 2021, No. 71, § 2, eff. June 8, 2021.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 30 - Public Service › Chapter 92 - Electric and Gas Companies; Providing Access for Communications Facilities › § 8090. Definitions

§ 8090. Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter:
(1) “Communications facilities” shall mean facilities that are used to send and receive audio, images, data, or other information via any electromagnetic media, including wires, cables, microwaves, radio waves, light waves, or any combination of these or similar media.
(2) “Communications service provider” shall mean the Vermont Telecommunications Authority, a company subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission under subdivision 203(5) or section 502 of this title, or a broadband service provider who is considered to be an “attaching entity” pursuant to subsection 209(g) of this title.
(3) “Company” or “companies” shall mean an electric or gas utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission. (Added 2007, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 30 - Public Service › Chapter 92 - Electric and Gas Companies; Providing Access for Communications Facilities › § 8091. Access to facilities

§ 8091. Access to facilities
(a) Any company shall allow and enable access to its plant and equipment where possible for the installation and maintenance of communications facilities by communications service providers.
(b) When constructing or substantially reconstructing lines or structures used for electric or gas transmission or electric distribution, a company shall allow for the construction and maintenance of communications facilities thereupon if requested by a communications service provider.
(c) Access and services required by this section shall be subject to regulation by the Public Utility Commission and the Department of Public Service and shall be offered on rates, terms, and conditions, including terms of ownership of facilities, established in section 8092 of this chapter, except that services under tariffs developed pursuant to Public Utility Commission rules regarding pole attachments shall be governed by those rules.
(d) Owners of self-generation facilities, those not connected to the electric grid and net-metered generators, shall not be obligated to comply with this section.
(e) If a communications service provider requests services from a company pursuant to this title, then the communications service provider shall be responsible for all of the costs the company incurs to obtain any easements or limited rights in property necessary to provide those services to the communications service provider, including compensation, legal fees, and the administrative costs of the utility. (Added 2007, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 30 - Public Service › Chapter 92 - Electric and Gas Companies; Providing Access for Communications Facilities › § 8093. Notification

§ 8093. Notification
(a) For cases of gas transmission projects, and for projects involving electric transmission lines requiring approval pursuant to section 248 of this title, companies shall provide notice to the Vermont Telecommunications Authority at the same time that they provide notice pursuant to subdivision 248(a)(4)(C) of this title.
(b) In cases of projects involving electric transmission or distribution lines which do not require approval pursuant to section 248 of this title, and which are greater than 2,500 feet, companies under the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission shall notify the Vermont Telecommunications Authority of the project at least 90 days prior to planned commencement of construction for company-initiated projects, or as soon as possible for customer-initiated projects or projects required for urgent reasons of service quality or reliability.
(c) The notice shall include:
(1) the location of the project, including the town and a description of the route to be followed;
(2) the nature of the project;
(3) the date the project is planned to commence; and
(4) the contact person for the project and his or her contact information.
(d) For good cause shown by a company, the Public Utility Commission may shorten or eliminate the notice period required under this section.
(e) In the alternative to filing notice under subsection (b) of this section, a company may file with the Public Utility Commission, the Department of Public Service, and the Vermont Telecommunications Authority its capital plan or construction work plan, describing the location of linear projects which do not require approval pursuant to section 248 of this title, and in the case of a multiyear plan, the year in which a linear project is scheduled to commence. No construction called for under the capital plan or construction work plan shall commence until the plan has been on file for at least 90 days, unless the construction is required for customer-initiated projects or for urgent reasons of service quality or reliability.
(f) A company may specify in its statement of rates, terms, and conditions a deadline or procedure for requests to attach or add communications facilities to a project. Unless otherwise specified by the company in its statement of rates, terms, and conditions, a company shall provide a period for responses of not less than either 45 days after notice is provided, if the company provides notice pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, or 45 days before the planned construction commences, if the company provides notice pursuant to subsection (e) of this section. If a company does not receive a response by the deadline or according to the procedure established for responding to the notice required by this section, it may commence construction of a project prior to the end of the notice period required under subsection (b) or (e) of this section. (Added 2007, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 30 - Public Service › Chapter 92 - Electric and Gas Companies; Providing Access for Communications Facilities › § 8094. Evaluation of commercial wireless networks

§ 8094. Evaluation of commercial wireless networks
(a) No company subject to Public Utility Commission jurisdiction and providing electric service shall begin construction of a two-way point-to-multipoint mobile wireless communication network for the purpose of communication between its facilities for its own personnel unless:
(1) the company has solicited proposals from commercial wireless service providers; and
(2) for solicitations issued after July 1, 2008, the company has provided notice prior to the solicitation to the Vermont Telecommunications Authority and to the Commissioner of Public Service and the Director for Public Advocacy.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize or disallow the costs of such a network for the purpose of a rate proceeding for the company. (Added 2007, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 30 - Public Service › Chapter 92 - Electric and Gas Companies; Providing Access for Communications Facilities › § 8095. Limitation

§ 8095. Limitation
Nothing in this chapter limits the existing rights and obligations of entities currently authorized to attach to poles and other facilities pursuant to Commission Rule 3.700. (Added 2007, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 30 - Public Service › Chapter 92 - Electric and Gas Companies; Providing Access for Communications Facilities › § 8096. Legislative intent

§ 8096. Legislative intent
The General Assembly intends that this chapter will result in improved and increased access to mobile telecommunications and broadband services for all underserved Vermont households and businesses. (Added 2007, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 30 - Public Service › Chapter 93 - Vermont Village Green Pilot Program › § 8100. Definitions

§ 8100. Definitions
In this chapter:
(1) “Commission” means the Public Utility Commission created under section 3 of this title.
(2) “Certification” or “certified,” except when part of the phrase “third party certified,” refers to certification of a Vermont village green renewable project by the Department under subsection 8101(b) of this title.
(3) “Combined heat and power” or “CHP” shall have the meaning stated in section 8015(b) of this title, except that:
(A) CHP excludes facilities using fossil fuel.
(B) CHP using woody biomass as a fuel must achieve, for that fuel, no less than a 50-percent net annual efficiency of energy utilized and, during the heating season, a minimum energy conversion efficiency of 70 percent considering all energy inputs and outputs at normal load.
(4) “Department” means the Department of Public Service created under section 1 of this title.
(5) “District heating” means a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location within a host community to multiple residential, commercial, or industrial uses within that community or a combination of such uses. The source of heat may be a dedicated heat-only facility using renewable energy as a fuel or waste heat from electrical generation that uses renewable energy as a fuel to form a CHP system.
(6) “District power” means a system for distributing electricity generated in a centralized location within a host community to multiple residential, commercial, or industrial uses in that community or a combination of such uses. The electricity must be produced using renewable energy as a fuel source and may include CHP.
(7) “Host community” means the municipality in which a Vermont village green renewable project is to be located.
(8) “Renewable energy” shall have the meaning stated in subsection 8015(b) of this title, except that renewable energy using woody biomass as a fuel must achieve, for that fuel, no less than a 50-percent net annual efficiency of energy utilized and, during the heating season, a minimum energy conversion efficiency of 70 percent considering all energy inputs and outputs at normal load.
(9) “Vermont village green renewable project” means district heating, either with or without district power, to serve a downtown development district designated as such pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 2793 or a growth center designated as such pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 2793c. As long as the end uses served by the project are within such a district or center, the generation of heat and power may be outside the district or center. (Added 2009, No. 45, § 15a, eff. May 27, 2009; 2009, No. 54, § 67, eff. June 1, 2009.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 30 - Public Service › Chapter 93 - Vermont Village Green Pilot Program › § 8102. Incentives

§ 8102. Incentives
(a) The Clean Energy Development Fund created under section 8015 of this title shall provide at least $100,000.00 in incentives to customers who will connect to a certified Vermont village green renewable project. Any such incentive shall be applied by the customer to the cost of constructing the customer’s connection to the project.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section or any other law, on and after April 1, 2012, the Clean Energy Development Fund shall make up to $100,000.00 of funds that would otherwise have been available to customers connecting to Vermont village green renewable projects under this section available to other district heating on a competitive basis. The use of such funds shall not be limited to customer connections. For the purpose of this subsection, it shall not be necessary that the district heating be proposed by a municipality, serve a downtown development district or growth center under 24 V.S.A. § 2793 or 2793c, or obtain certification under this chapter. (Added 2009, No. 45, § 15a, eff. May 27, 2009; amended 2009, No. 54, § 67, eff. June 1, 2009; 2011, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. May 16, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 30 - Public Service › Chapter 93 - Vermont Village Green Pilot Program › § 8103. Heat availability

§ 8103. Heat availability
All of the heat generated by a Vermont village green renewable project shall be made available to the commercial, industrial, and residential users identified in the host community’s application to the Commission under subsection 8101(b) of this title. (Added 2009, No. 45, § 15a, eff. May 27, 2009; 2009, No. 54, § 67, eff. June 1, 2009.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 30 - Public Service › Chapter 93 - Vermont Village Green Pilot Program › § 8104. Rates for electricity

§ 8104. Rates for electricity
(a) All or a portion of the electricity generated by a Vermont village green renewable project, if it includes district power, shall be made available to the commercial, industrial, and residential users identified in the host community’s application to the Commission under subsection 8101(b) of this title.
(b) If a Vermont village green renewable project includes district power and does not qualify or opt for treatment as a net metering system under section 8010 of this title:
(1) On petition of the host community, the Commission after notice and opportunity for hearing shall create a rate class for the commercial, industrial, and residential uses served by the project, the rates for which class at a minimum shall be consistent with the following principle: An end user shall pay the same share of the distribution utility’s fixed costs as a similar end user not served by the project.
(2) Excess electricity may be sold to the distribution utility at the market rate or by contract. (Added 2009, No. 45, § 15a, eff. May 27, 2009; amended 2009, No. 54, § 67, eff. June 1, 2009; 2013, No. 99 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 30 - Public Service › Chapter 94 - Clean Heat Standard › § 8121. Intent

§ 8121. Intent
Pursuant to 2 V.S.A. § 205(a), it is the intent of the General Assembly that the Clean Heat Standard be designed and implemented in a manner that achieves Vermont’s thermal sector greenhouse gas emissions reductions necessary to meet the requirements of 10 V.S.A. § 578(a)(2) and (3), minimizes costs to customers, protects public health, and recognizes that affordable heating is essential for Vermonters. It shall enhance social equity by prioritizing customers with low income and moderate income and those households with the highest energy burdens. The Clean Heat Standard shall, to the greatest extent possible, maximize the use of available federal funds to deliver clean heat measures. (Added 2023, No. 18, § 3, eff. May 12, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 30 - Public Service › Chapter 94 - Clean Heat Standard › § 8122. Clean Heat Standard

§ 8122. Clean Heat Standard
(a) The Clean Heat Standard is established. Under this program, obligated parties shall reduce greenhouse gas emissions attributable to the Vermont thermal sector by retiring required amounts of clean heat credits to meet the thermal sector portion of the greenhouse gas emission reduction obligations of the Global Warming Solutions Act.
(b) By rule or order, the Commission shall establish or adopt a system of tradeable clean heat credits earned from the delivery of clean heat measures that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
(c) An obligated party shall obtain the required amount of clean heat credits through delivery of eligible clean heat measures by a default delivery agent, unless the obligated party receives prior approval from the Commission to use another method as described in section 8125 of this title.
(d) The Commission shall adopt rules and may issue orders to implement and enforce the Clean Heat Standard program. (Added 2023, No. 18, § 3, eff. May 12, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 30 - Public Service › Chapter 94 - Clean Heat Standard › § 8126. Rulemaking

§ 8126. Rulemaking
(a) The Commission shall adopt rules and may issue orders to implement and enforce the Clean Heat Standard program.
(b) The requirements to adopt rules and any requirements regarding the need for legislative approval before any part of the Clean Heat Standard goes into effect do not in any way impair the Commission’s authority to issue orders or take any other actions, both before and after final rules take effect, to implement and enforce the Clean Heat Standard.
(c) The Commission’s rules may include a provision that allows the Commission to revise its Clean Heat Standard rules by order of the Commission without the revisions being subject to the rulemaking requirements of the 3 V.S.A. chapter 25, provided the Commission:
(1) provides notice of any proposed changes;
(2) allows for a 30-day comment period;
(3) responds to all comments received on the proposed change;
(4) provides a notice of language assistance services on all public outreach materials; and
(5) arranges for language assistance to be provided to members of the public as requested using professional language services companies.
(d) Any order issued under this chapter shall be subject to appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court under section 12 of this title, and the Commission must immediately file any orders, a redline, and clean version of the revised rules with the Secretary of State, with notice simultaneously provided to the House Committee on Environment and Energy and the Senate Committees on Finance and on Natural Resources and Energy. (Added 2023, No. 18, § 3, eff. May 12, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 30 - Public Service › Chapter 94 - Clean Heat Standard › § 8129. Clean Heat Standard Equity Advisory Group

§ 8129. Clean Heat Standard Equity Advisory Group
(a) The Commission shall establish the Clean Heat Standard Equity Advisory Group to assist the Commission in developing and implementing the Clean Heat Standard in a manner that ensures an equitable share of clean heat measures are delivered to Vermonters with low income and moderate income and that Vermonters with low income and moderate income who are not early participants in clean heat measures are not negatively impacted in their ability to afford heating fuel. Its duties shall include:
(1) providing feedback to the Commission on strategies for engaging Vermonters with low income and moderate income in the public process for developing the Clean Heat Standard program;
(2) supporting the Commission in assessing whether customers are equitably served by clean heat measures and how to increase equity;
(3) identifying actions needed to provide customers with low income and moderate income with better service and to mitigate the fuel price impacts calculated in section 8128 of this title;
(4) recommending any additional programs, incentives, or funding needed to support customers with low income and moderate income and organizations that provide social services to Vermonters in affording heating fuel and other heating expenses;
(5) providing feedback to the Commission on the impact of the Clean Heat Standard on the experience of Vermonters with low income and moderate income; and
(6) providing information to the Commission on the challenges renters and residents of manufactured homes face in equitably accessing clean heat measures and recommendations to ensure that renters and residents of manufactured homes have equitable access to clean heat measures.
(b) The Clean Heat Standard Equity Advisory Group shall consist of up to 10 members appointed by the Commission and at a minimum shall include at least one representative from each of the following groups: the Department of Public Service; the Department for Children and Families’ Office of Economic Opportunity; a community action agency with expertise in low-income weatherization; a community action agency with expertise in serving residents of manufactured homes; Efficiency Vermont; the Vermont Association of Area Agencies on Aging; individuals with socioeconomically, racially, and geographically diverse backgrounds; renters; rental property owners; the Vermont Housing Finance Agency; and a member of the Vermont Fuel Dealers Association. Members who are not otherwise compensated by their employer shall be entitled to per diem compensation and reimbursement for expenses under 32 V.S.A. § 1010.
(c) The Equity Advisory Group shall cease to exist when the initial Clean Heat Standard rules are adopted. Thereafter, the issues described in subsection (a) of this section shall be reviewed by the Commission, in compliance with 3 V.S.A. chapter 72. (Added 2023, No. 18, § 3, eff. May 12, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 30 - Public Service › Chapter 94 - Clean Heat Standard › § 8130. Severability

§ 8130. Severability
If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid or in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States or in violation of the Constitution or laws of Vermont, the invalidity or the violation shall not affect other provisions of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this chapter are severable. (Added 2023, No. 18, § 3, eff. May 12, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 30 - Public Service › Chapter 94 - Clean Heat Standard › § 8131. Rulemaking authority

§ 8131. Rulemaking authority
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Commission shall not file proposed rules with the Secretary of State implementing the Clean Heat Standard without specific authorization enacted by the General Assembly. (Added 2023, No. 18, § 3, eff. May 12, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 5 - Municipal Recreation › § 201. Authority to appropriate for recreation

§ 201. Authority to appropriate for recreation
A city by its council or an incorporated village, at an annual meeting, may appropriate such sums of money as it deems best, not exceeding four percent of its grand list, for the purchase of public playgrounds and lands, and for the construction and maintenance of buildings and equipment thereon, for public recreational purposes. This section shall not apply to a city or incorporated village whose charter or bylaws authorize such appropriation.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 5 - Municipal Recreation › § 202. Authority to establish and finance recreation system

§ 202. Authority to establish and finance recreation system
Municipalities, singly or jointly, may establish, maintain, and conduct a system of public recreation, including playgrounds; may set apart for such use any land or buildings owned or leased by it; may acquire land, buildings, and other recreational facilities by gift or purchase, and may issue bonds therefor as provided in 24 V.S.A. §§ 1751-1788 and equip and conduct the same; may employ a director of recreation and assistant; and may expend funds for the aforesaid purposes.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 5 - Municipal Recreation › § 203. Control and supervision of system

§ 203. Control and supervision of system
The legislative body may conduct the same through a department or bureau of recreation or may delegate the conduct thereof to a recreational board created by them, or to a school board or to any other appropriate existing board or commission. The members of such body first appointed shall be appointed for such terms that the term of one member shall expire annually thereafter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 5 - Municipal Recreation › § 204. Free musical entertainments

§ 204. Free musical entertainments
A municipality may appropriate such sums of money not exceeding five percent of its grand list, when the grand list of such municipality does not exceed $20,000.00, and a sum not to exceed three percent of the grand list of such municipality, when the grand list exceeds $20,000.00, to pay the expenses of free musical entertainments, to be held within its limits, at such times and places as is directed by such vote.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 9 - Municipal Regulation of Entertainment › § 401. Permits and fees

§ 401. Permits and fees
A selectboard may permit the exhibition in its town of any show mentioned in 32 V.S.A. §§ 9905 and 9906, on payment by the owners or operators thereof, for the use of the town, of not more than $100.00 nor less than $10.00 for every day on which exhibitions are given in such town.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 9 - Municipal Regulation of Entertainment › § 402. Revocation of permit

§ 402. Revocation of permit
If, during the exhibition of a show under such license, the selectboard is satisfied that such exhibition disturbs the public peace, it may give notice in writing to the owner or operator thereof that the license is revoked. If, after such notice, such exhibition is not immediately suspended, the owner or operator shall be subject to the same penalty as if he or she had exhibited without a license.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 9 - Municipal Regulation of Entertainment › § 403. Penalties imposed on town officers

§ 403. Penalties imposed on town officers
Town clerks, selectboards, village trustees, or any other town or city officials shall be fined not more than $10.00 for issuing a permit or license to the owner or operator of a show mentioned in this chapter for less than the minimum fee prescribed for the use of the town in section 401 of this title. (Amended 1967, No. 253 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Feb. 20, 1968; 2013, No. 34, § 21; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 72.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 9 - Municipal Regulation of Entertainment › § 404. Exhibiting without State and town licenses

§ 404. Exhibiting without State and town licenses
A person who gives or attempts to give an exhibition in a town of a show mentioned in 32 V.S.A. §§ 9901-9910 without first having obtained permission of the selectboard of such town therefor and without having received from the Secretary of State the license as provided in 32 V.S.A. §§ 9901-9910, shall be fined not more than $3,000.00 nor less than $1,000.00. (Amended 1967, No. 253 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Feb. 20, 1968.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 9 - Municipal Regulation of Entertainment › § 405. Permits to exhibit natural curiosities

§ 405. Permits to exhibit natural curiosities
A selectboard may permit a person to exhibit living animals and other natural curiosities for not more than two days at one time on payment of not more than $50.00 nor less than $10.00 by such person to the selectboard for the use of the town.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 9 - Municipal Regulation of Entertainment › § 406. Exhibition without license

§ 406. Exhibition without license
A person who for reward or gain or under color of a gratuity suffers premises under his or her control to be used for the exhibition of a circus, living animals, and natural curiosities or exhibits a living animal or natural curiosity without having previously obtained such permission shall be fined not more than $200.00.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 9 - Municipal Regulation of Entertainment › § 441. Regulation of shows and games of chance

§ 441. Regulation of shows and games of chance
The officers of a town fair association may regulate and prevent theatrical, circus, or mountebank exhibitions and shows, or traffic in fruits, goods, wares, and merchandise of whatever description, the trading of horses, and games of chance, on fair days, within a distance of 200 yards in any highway leading to or passing a fairground, if in the opinion of such officers the same would obstruct or interfere with the free and uninterrupted use of such highways. The police employed by such association shall have the same power in respect to such matters on such highways as they have within such grounds.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 9 - Municipal Regulation of Entertainment › § 442. Licenses for theatres and similar entertainment

§ 442. Licenses for theatres and similar entertainment
The selectboard of a town, trustees of an incorporated village, and the aldermen of a city may grant licenses and fix a fee therefor, for theatres, shows, moving picture shows, or concert halls operated and maintained for profit, may revoke the same, and may also, after hearing, refuse to grant such a license when, in their judgment, the public good requires.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 9 - Municipal Regulation of Entertainment › § 443. Operating without license

§ 443. Operating without license
A person who installs, operates, or maintains a theatre, show, moving picture show, or concert hall without first obtaining a license therefor, if required by the selectboard of a town, the trustees of an incorporated village, or the aldermen of a city, as provided in section 442 of this title, shall be fined not more than $100.00 for each day on which he or she so operates or maintains the same. Such fine shall be paid to the town treasurer for the benefit of the town.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 11 - Municipal Regulation of Dance Halls, Bowling Alleys, Pool Halls, and Coasting › § 501. Dance hall defined

§ 501. Dance hall defined
A room, hall, eating place, building, structure, or place shall be deemed to be a dance hall for the purposes of this chapter at all times and occasions when dancing, for which admission is charged and which is open to the general public, is conducted or permitted therein.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 11 - Municipal Regulation of Dance Halls, Bowling Alleys, Pool Halls, and Coasting › § 502. Supervision

§ 502. Supervision
A person, partnership, association, or corporation shall not operate a dance hall unless, at the hours when dancing is conducted or permitted therein, there is in attendance one or more police or other officers empowered to make arrests. With the approval of the selectboard, city council, or trustees of the town, city, or incorporated village where the dance hall is operated, licensed security guards may be employed in place of officers. The officers or security guards shall be paid for their services by the operator of the dance hall. The number of officers or security guards and the individuals so acting shall be approved by the selectboard, mayor, or trustees of the town, city, or incorporated village. (Amended 1991, No. 69, § 2, eff. June 21, 1991.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 11 - Municipal Regulation of Dance Halls, Bowling Alleys, Pool Halls, and Coasting › § 503. License required

§ 503. License required
A person, partnership, association, or corporation shall not operate a dance hall, bowling alley, or pool hall unless a license so to do has been obtained from the selectboard, city council, or trustees of the town, city, or incorporated village in which it is proposed to operate such dance hall, bowling alley, or pool hall. Any such license may, after hearing and for cause, be revoked by the municipal officers granting the same when in their judgment the public good requires.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 11 - Municipal Regulation of Dance Halls, Bowling Alleys, Pool Halls, and Coasting › § 504. Fees and regulations

§ 504. Fees and regulations
The selectboard, city council, or trustees of a town, city, or incorporated village shall grant a license as provided in section 503 of this title upon application therefor and upon compliance by the applicant with such reasonable requirements as they may prescribe for the protection and safety of the public and the preservation of the public morals and upon payment of such fee as they may require, not to exceed $25.00 in case of an annual fee or $5.00 in case of a single dance.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 11 - Municipal Regulation of Dance Halls, Bowling Alleys, Pool Halls, and Coasting › § 505. Regulations on operation

§ 505. Regulations on operation
The selectboard, city council, or trustees of a town, city, or incorporated village are hereby empowered to make regulations concerning the operation of dance halls, bowling alleys, and pool halls including lighting, both inside and outside, on the premises where such dance halls, bowling alleys, or pool halls are operated. Such rules and regulations shall not be effective until they are recorded in the office of the clerk of the municipality for which the same are made, and no license shall be issued until such rules and regulations are complied with.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 11 - Municipal Regulation of Dance Halls, Bowling Alleys, Pool Halls, and Coasting › § 506. Charitable exemptions

§ 506. Charitable exemptions
The provisions of sections 503-505 of this title shall not apply to dance halls, bowling alleys, or pool halls operated by charitable, educational, and fraternal organizations or institutions on premises owned or regularly occupied by charitable, educational, and fraternal organizations or institutions except that in any event no license fee shall be required from any of the organizations or institutions mentioned in this section.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 11 - Municipal Regulation of Dance Halls, Bowling Alleys, Pool Halls, and Coasting › § 507. Construction

§ 507. Construction
The provisions of sections 503-506 of this title shall not apply to cities or incorporated villages whose charters, ordinances, or bylaws make different provisions as to the licenses or any of them provided for in this chapter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 11 - Municipal Regulation of Dance Halls, Bowling Alleys, Pool Halls, and Coasting › § 508. Penalties

§ 508. Penalties
A person, partnership, association, or corporation who violates a provision of sections 501-507 of this title or who violates any lawful rule or regulation made as provided in section 505 of this title shall be fined not more than $100.00 nor less than $25.00 for each such violation. Each such violation occurring at any single dance shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 11 - Municipal Regulation of Dance Halls, Bowling Alleys, Pool Halls, and Coasting › § 509. Setting up alley near schoolhouse or church

§ 509. Setting up alley near schoolhouse or church
A person as owner or keeper, who sets up or uses a bowling alley upon land adjoining the land on which a school building, college, academy, or church is located, shall be fined $20.00 for each day or time he or she permits such alley to be used.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 11 - Municipal Regulation of Dance Halls, Bowling Alleys, Pool Halls, and Coasting › § 511. Coasting on sleds

§ 511. Coasting on sleds
The selectboard shall forbid coasting upon the highways when it endangers the lives or property of travelers and shall post notices to that effect in two or more conspicuous places in the vicinity. However, such prohibition shall not apply to highways in villages or cities having regulations respecting coasting.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 14 - State Lottery › § 651. Powers and duties of Board of Liquor and Lottery

§ 651. Powers and duties of Board of Liquor and Lottery
The Board of Liquor and Lottery shall adopt rules pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25, governing the establishment and operation of the State Lottery. The rules may include the following:
(1) Types of lotteries to be conducted, provided that no lottery shall be conducted that depends upon the outcome of an athletic contest except that the lottery may be affiliated with a sporting event, or sweepstakes, where the outcome is determined solely by lot or random drawing and not by choice of the lottery participant.
(2) Price of lottery tickets.
(3) Number and size of prizes.
(4) Manner of payment of prizes.
(5) Manner and frequency of drawings.
(6) The licensing of agents, provided that:
(A) no person who has not attained the age of majority shall be licensed as an agent; and
(B) no agent shall be in the business of solely selling lottery tickets.
(7) Lottery product sales locations, which may include State agency liquor stores; private business establishments, except establishments holding first- or first- and third-class licenses pursuant to Title 7; fraternal, religious, and volunteer organizations; town clerks’ offices; and State fairs, race tracks, and other sporting arenas.
(8) Method for sale of tickets, provided that they may be sold only for cash.
(9) Manner of compensation of sales agents, claims agents, and financial institutions involved in the operation of the Lottery.
(10) Manner of selecting winning tickets.
(11) Apportionment of total revenues, within limits hereinafter specified, accruing to the State Lottery Fund among:
(A) the payment of prizes to winning ticket holders;
(B) the payment of all costs incurred in the creation, operation, and administration of the State Lottery, including compensation of the Board, Commissioner of Liquor and Lottery, employees of the Department of Liquor and Lottery, consultants, and contractors and other necessary expenses;
(C) the repayment of monies advanced to the State Lottery Fund for initial funding of the State Lottery;
(D) the transfer of monies to the Education Fund established by 16 V.S.A. § 4025, to be used solely for the purposes of State and local funding of public education. (Added 1977, No. 82, § 2, eff. April 27, 1977; amended 1997, No. 60, § 86, eff. July 1, 1998; 2015, No. 23, § 135; 2015, No. 57, § 97, eff. July 2, 2016; 2015, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § E.141; 2018, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 90.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 14 - State Lottery › § 652. Multijurisdictional lottery games

§ 652. Multijurisdictional lottery games
(a)(1) In addition to the Tri-State Lotto Compact provided for in subchapter 2 of this chapter, and the other authority to operate lotteries contained in this chapter, the Board of Liquor and Lottery is authorized to negotiate and contract with not more than four multijurisdictional lotteries to offer and provide multijurisdictional lottery games. The Board may join any multijurisdictional lottery that provides indemnification for its standing committee members, officers, directors, employees, and agents.
(2)(A) The Board shall adopt procedures pursuant to 3 V.S.A. § 835 to govern the establishment and operation of any multijurisdictional lottery game authorized by this section. For each procedure proposed to be adopted or amended pursuant to this section, the Board shall publish the proposal on the Department of Liquor and Lottery’s website, provide notice of the proposal to all persons licensed to sell lottery tickets, provide not less than 30 days for public comment on the proposal, and hold not less than two public hearings at which members of the public may seek additional information or submit oral or written comments on the proposal.
(B) The Board of Liquor and Lottery shall not be required to initiate rulemaking pursuant to 3 V.S.A. § 831(c) in relation to a procedure adopted pursuant to this section.
(C) A procedure adopted pursuant to this section shall have the force of law and be binding on all persons who play or sell the multijurisdictional lottery game.
(b) In each fiscal year, the revenues received from the operation of any multijurisdictional lottery game authorized by this section, after payment of prizes and costs of administration, shall be deposited in the Education Fund established in 16 V.S.A. § 4025.
(c) The provisions of subdivisions 674L.1.1A through 674L.1.1I of this title shall apply to the payment of prizes to a person other than a winner for prizes awarded under any multijurisdictional lottery authorized by this section, except that the Board of Liquor and Lottery shall be responsible for implementing the provisions under this section, rather than the Tri-State Lotto Commission. (Added 2003, No 19, § 49, eff. May 6, 2003; amended 2007, No. 65, § 296, eff. June 4, 2007; 2018, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 91.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 14 - State Lottery › § 653. License fees

§ 653. License fees
A license fee shall be charged for each sales license granted to a person for the purpose of selling lottery tickets at the time the person is first granted a license. The fee shall be fixed by the Board of Liquor and Lottery, but no license fee in excess of $50.00 may be charged. (Added 1977, No. 82, § 2, eff. April 27, 1977; amended 2013, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2018, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 93.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 31 - Recreation and Sports › Chapter 14 - State Lottery › § 654. Interstate lottery; consultant; management

§ 654. Interstate lottery; consultant; management
(a) The Board of Liquor and Lottery may develop and operate a lottery or the State may enter into a contractual agreement with another state or states to provide for the operation of the Lottery. Approval of the Joint Fiscal Committee and the Governor shall be required for such contractual agreements with other states.
(b) If no interstate contract is entered into, the Board shall obtain the service of an experienced lottery design and implementation consultant. The fee for the consultant may be fixed or may be based upon a percentage of gross receipts realized from the Lottery.
(c) The Board may enter into a facilities management type of agreement for operation of the Lottery by a third party. (Added 1977, No. 82, § 2, eff. April 27, 1977; amended 2018, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 94.)