Vermont Statutes

Title 05 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation

Chapter 1 - TRANSPORTATION BOARD (Contains: §§ 1 – 2)
- § 1 -   Definitions
- § 2 -   Transportation board; generally
Chapter 3 - PROCEEDINGS; APPEAL TO SUPERIOR COURT (Contains: §§ 31 – 46)
- § 31 -   Commencement of proceedings
- § 32 -   Production and examination of books; witnesses
- § 33 -   Right of inspection
- § 34 -   Refusal to show books; false oath; penalties
- § 35 -   Depositions
- § 36 -   Service of process
- § 37 -   Members; terms; retirement; appeal
- § 38 -   Fees of witnesses; duties of executive secretary; duties of secretary of agency
- § 39 -   Joint hearings and investigations
- § 40 -   Pleadings; rules of practice; findings of fact
- § 41 -   Decree of transportation board; enforcement
- § 42 -   Injunctive proceedings
- § 43 -   Review by superior court
- § 44 -   Powers of superior court
- § 45 -   Additional personnel; compensation
- § 46 -   Assessment of costs
Chapter 5 - ASSESSMENTS TO SUPPORT AGENCY OF TRANSPORTATION AN (Contains: §§ 63 – 67)
- § 63 -   Repealed. 1987, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 26, 1988.
- § 64 -   Assessment
- § 65 -   Penalty
- § 66 -   Review
- § 67 -   Determining correctness of returns; estimating taxes
Chapter 9 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (Contains: §§ 201 – 212)
- § 201 -   Short title
- § 202 -   Definitions
- § 203 -   Purpose
- § 204 -   Powers of agency generally
- § 205 -   Duties of agency generally
- § 206 -   Cooperation with United States; federal and other moneys received
- § 207 -   Registration; licenses; certificate of approval
- § 208 -   Inspection
- § 209 -   Payment for acquisition of land
- § 210 -   Disposition of fees
- § 211 -   Appropriation from gasoline taxes
- § 212 -   Penalty
Chapter 11 - AIR COMMERCE (Contains: §§ 301 – 301)
- § 301 -   301-320. Repealed. 1995, No. 60, § 31, eff. April 25, 1995.
Chapter 13 - OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT (Contains: §§ 401 – 486)
- § 401 -   Repealed. 1997, No. 150 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(3).
- § 402 -   Ownership of space
- § 403 -   Lawful and unlawful flight; landing
- § 404 -   Contractual and other legal relations
- § 405 -   Crimes, torts and other wrongs
- § 421 -   Minimum altitudes for operation
- § 422 -   Penalty for violation
- § 423 -   Diversion from normal flight; careless operation
- § 424 -   Repealed. 1997, No. 150 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(4).
- § 425 -   Killing birds or animals
- § 426 -   Helicopters; aircraft engaged in crop spraying or dusting
- § 427 -   Operating under influence of liquor or drugs; penalty; revocation of right
- § 428 -   Reporting an aircraft
- § 476 -   Reports of accidents
- § 477 -   Removal of wrecks
- § 478 -   Minimum disturbance in movement; record of original condition
- § 479 -   Liability of owner of aircraft for injuries
- § 480 -   Liability of airman not owner or lessee
- § 481 -   Lien for damages
- § 482 -   Determination of liability
- § 483 -   Penalties
- § 484 -   Secretary as attorney for service of process
- § 485 -   Service on secretary; mailing copies; fees
- § 486 -   Continuances; costs
Chapter 15 - AIRPORTS AND AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES (Contains: §§ 601 – 809)
- § 601 -   Joint acquisition and operation; lease
- § 602 -   Resolution; joint committee
- § 603 -   Details of resolution
- § 604 -   Extension of boundaries; abandonment; location
- § 605 -   Single municipality; adjacent state
- § 606 -   Vote; income; issuance of notes or bonds
- § 607 -   Acquisition by federal government
- § 608 -   Relations with federal government
- § 651 -   Exercise of right of eminent domain
- § 652 -   Petition to superior court
- § 653 -   Findings and compensation
- § 654 -   Necessity or propriety of taking
- § 655 -   Property devoted to public use
- § 691 -   Grants by state
- § 692 -   Proportion to federal funds
- § 693 -   Conditions
- § 694 -   Application
- § 695 -   Federal assistance
- § 696 -   Payment
- § 697 -   Responsibility; title; and maintenance on completion of project
- § 751 -   Policy of state
- § 752 -   Use of appropriations
- § 753 -   Matching local funds
- § 754 -   Title; taxation
- § 771 -   State aid for repair, maintenance and improvement
- § 772 -   Lease of land for restricted landing areas
- § 773 -   Rules
- § 774 -   Funds
- § 801 -   Establishment of air navigation facilities
- § 802 -   Establishment or acquisition of radio air navigational aid
- § 803 -   Lease and operation of radio air navigational aid
- § 804 -   Acquisition of airports
- § 805 -   Acquisition of areas for safe approaches
- § 806 -   Improvements
- § 807 -   Lease for aircraft hangars and other structures
- § 808 -   Maintenance of airports
- § 809 -   Personnel and equipment
Chapter 17 - AIRPORT ZONING (Contains: §§ 1001 – 1020)
- § 1001 -   Short title
- § 1002 -   Airport zoning commission
- § 1003 -   Joint zoning board; powers
- § 1004 -   Zoning regulations generally
- § 1005 -   Incorporation in comprehensive zoning regulations
- § 1006 -   Conflict with other regulations
- § 1007 -   Adoption or amendment of airport zoning regulations
- § 1008 -   Record and notice of regulations
- § 1009 -   Nature of regulations
- § 1010 -   Existing nonconforming use
- § 1011 -   Permits as to structures
- § 1012 -   Variance from regulations
- § 1013 -   Conditional permit or variance
- § 1014 -   Administrative agency
- § 1015 -   Appeals to board of adjustment
- § 1016 -   Powers of board of adjustment
- § 1017 -   Appeals to superior court
- § 1018 -   Violations
- § 1019 -   Condemnation, appeals
- § 1020 -   Penalties
Chapter 20 - AGENCY OF TRANSPORTATION; POWERS (Contains: §§ 1601 – 1601)
- § 1601 -   Agency of transportation; powers
Chapter 22 - TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES, OTHER THAN RAILROADS; FO (Contains: §§ 1701 – 1701)
- § 1701 -   1701-1711. Repealed. 1993, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 67(1).
Chapter 24 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD AND AGENCY AS TO COMPAN (Contains: §§ 1801 – 1830)
- § 1801 -   Definitions
- § 1802 -   Jurisdiction over certain transportation companies by the agency of transportation and the transportation board
- § 1803 -   Organization; reports of transportation corporations
- § 1804 -   Duty to furnish copies of contracts
- § 1805 -   Information to be furnished to the agency of transportation
- § 1806 -   Report of accidents; investigation
- § 1807 -   Complaints; investigations; procedure
- § 1808 -   Jurisdiction of transportation board; general scope
- § 1809 -   Prosecution of cases before board
- § 1810 -   Jurisdiction by the transportation board over charges and rates
- § 1811 -   Service to the public
- § 1812 -   Repealed. 1993, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 67(2).
- § 1813 -   Exceptions
- § 1814 -   1814-1816. Repealed. 1993, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 67(3).
- § 1817 -   Copy of schedules
- § 1818 -   Rebates; exceptions
- § 1819 -   Special rate or rebate; penalty
- § 1820 -   Motor bus defined
- § 1821 -   Common carrier defined
- § 1822 -   Jurisdiction of transportation board over common carriers
- § 1823 -   Certificate of public good
- § 1824 -   Application for certificate of public good; hearing
- § 1824a -   Publicly-funded carriers
- § 1825 -   Petition by public; notice; hearing
- § 1826 -   Display of certificate
- § 1827 -   Jurisdiction of commissioner of motor vehicles
- § 1828 -   Safe operation of motor buses
- § 1829 -   Supervision by transportation board of common carriers; abandonment of service
- § 1830 -   Penalty
Chapter 26 - CONSOLIDATION OR MERGER OF CORPORATIONS UNDER JURI (Contains: §§ 1901 – 1901)
- § 1901 -   1901-1911. Repealed. 1993, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 67(4).
Chapter 28 - TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS (Contains: §§ 2001 – 2003)
- § 2001 -   Transportation of hazardous materials
- § 2002 -   Repealed. 1989, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 28(a)
- § 2003 -   Transportation of radioactive materials; preferred routes
Chapter 29 - MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY STANDARDS (Contains: §§ 2101 – 2101)
- § 2101 -   Motor carrier safety standard rules
Chapter 56 - INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE (Contains: §§ 3001 – 3002)
- § 3001 -   Repealed. 2003, No. 56, § 13, eff. June 4, 2003.
- § 3002 -   Powers of agency
Chapter 58 - STATE ACQUISITION OF RAILROADS (Contains: §§ 3401 – 3409)
- § 3401 -   Repealed. 2003, No. 56, § 13, eff. June 4, 2003.
- § 3402 -   Scope
- § 3403 -   Acquisition and modernization
- § 3403a -   Emergency repairs to bridges on state-owned railroad property
- § 3404 -   Right of first refusal
- § 3405 -   Lease for continued operation
- § 3406 -   Sale or lease of state-owned railroad property for other purposes
- § 3407 -   Deposits into the transportation fund
- § 3408 -   Railbanking
- § 3409 -   Delegation
Chapter 60 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (Contains: §§ 3421 – 3432)
- § 3421 -   Definitions; application
- § 3422 -   Scope of chapter
- § 3423 -   Construction of terms
- § 3424 -   Application of provisions of title
- § 3425 -   Adverse possession in roadway confers no right
- § 3426 -   Contracts between corporations; corporate property
- § 3427 -   Alien railroad corporations; exceptions
- § 3428 -   Jurisdiction of superior court
- § 3429 -   Rights and liabilities not affected
- § 3430 -   Legislative control
- § 3431 -   Railroad rights-of-way
- § 3432 -   Emergency action for railroad derailment accidents
Chapter 62 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD RELATING TO RAILROADS (Contains: §§ 3451 – 3458)
- § 3451 -   Supervision and inspection
- § 3452 -   Disclosure of information
- § 3453 -   Report of accidents
- § 3454 -   Investigation of accidents; hearing; determination; publicity
- § 3455 -   Unlawful acts; petitions to board; hearings
- § 3456 -   Jurisdiction
- § 3457 -   Commencement of proceedings; expedited proceedings
- § 3458 -   Planning
Chapter 64 - INCORPORATION UNDER GENERAL LAW (Contains: §§ 3478 – 3478)
- § 3478 -   Organization of railroad corporations; continuation of existing corporations
Chapter 66 - CONSOLIDATION AND MERGER (Contains: §§ 3498 – 3498)
- § 3498 -   Liability to taxation
Chapter 68 - CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE ROAD (Contains: §§ 3518 – 3763)
- § 3518 -   Preliminary survey
- § 3519 -   Location of road to be recorded
- § 3520 -   Right to take land and water
- § 3521 -   Taking for depot accommodations
- § 3522 -   Land without road limits
- § 3523 -   Appraisal of damages; appointment of commissioners
- § 3524 -   Notice of time and place of appraisal
- § 3525 -   Description of land and property
- § 3526 -   Estate for life or years; reversionary interest
- § 3527 -   Notice and statement of appraisal; record
- § 3528 -   Payment or deposit of damages conveys property
- § 3529 -   When owner is an infant, mental defective or insane
- § 3530 -   Appeal to superior court
- § 3531 -   Proceedings in superior court respecting damages
- § 3532 -   Notice required before final decree
- § 3533 -   Deposit of damages; sum invested
- § 3534 -   Obstruction to private way
- § 3535 -   Right of action on nonpayment of damages
- § 3536 -   Security from contractors; liability for wages
- § 3537 -   Changes in location
- § 3538 -   When other land of same owner is taken, first land to revert
- § 3539 -   -Difference in value; adjustment
- § 3540 -   -Change after damages are paid
- § 3541 -   -Change before damages are paid
- § 3542 -   Right to alter highway
- § 3543 -   Appeal
- § 3544 -   Alteration of course of highway at crossing
- § 3545 -   Alterations to be recorded
- § 3546 -   Additional lands
- § 3566 -   Highway crossing railroad
- § 3567 -   -Application to transportation board
- § 3568 -   Railroad crossing highway
- § 3569 -   Highway changed; notice; hearing
- § 3570 -   Crossing; repairs at town highways
- § 3571 -   State highways
- § 3572 -   Highway bridges on state highways; repairs and construction
- § 3573 -   Railroad bridges; repairs and construction
- § 3574 -   Expense; apportionment; state, municipality and railroad
- § 3575 -   Maintenance, road bed; underpass
- § 3576 -   Expense; state highways
- § 3577 -   Liability; railroad
- § 3578 -   Release of corporation from liability
- § 3579 -   Towns may require repairs
- § 3580 -   Contract between town and company not affected
- § 3581 -   Warning devices and signs at grade crossings; exemption from stopping
- § 3582 -   Crossings; use of audible warning device
- § 3583 -   -Penalty
- § 3584 -   Gates, electric signals, flaggers
- § 3585 -   Procedure for payment of state's portion of cost
- § 3586 -   Obstructing crossings; penalty
- § 3587 -   Obstructing crossing more than five minutes; penalty; exemption
- § 3588 -   Nuisance on highway; penalty
- § 3589 -   -Liability for neglect
- § 3590 -   Obstructing sight of cars at crossing; penalty
- § 3591 -   -Nonremoval after notice; penalty
- § 3592 -   Agency approval
- § 3593 -   Partial reimbursement of crossing maintenance costs; crossing surfaces
- § 3612 -   Railroads may cross or unite; compensation, points and manner
- § 3613 -   Foreign corporations may hold real estate, when
- § 3614 -   Terms of business between connecting roads
- § 3615 -   Terms with two competing roads which intersect
- § 3616 -   Connection of passenger trains; board may determine
- § 3617 -   -Making competing road a party
- § 3618 -   Intersection of railroads; stopping trains
- § 3619 -   -Penalty
- § 3639 -   Farm crossings and cattle guards; construction and maintenance
- § 3640 -   -Board, when parties disagree
- § 3641 -   Cattle guards at highway crossings
- § 3642 -   Fences; construction and maintenance
- § 3643 -   -Neglect; proceedings
- § 3644 -   Construction of fence when landowner is to keep it
- § 3645 -   Damage to animals on railroad
- § 3646 -   Driving animals or vehicle within fences on railroad; damages; penalty
- § 3647 -   Allowing animal to be at large in roadway; damages; penalty
- § 3648 -   Complaint regarding fences, guards, crossings, watercourses
- § 3649 -   -Order of board
- § 3650 -   -Penalty
- § 3670 -   Clearance standards; variance
- § 3671 -   Destruction of weeds and thistles
- § 3672 -   -Selectmen's duties; recovery
- § 3673 -   Cutting of trees
- § 3674 -   -Selectmen's duties; liability for damages
- § 3694 -   Rebate on fare paid on train; penalty
- § 3695 -   Equal charges and facilities; long and short haul
- § 3696 -   Special rates; fairs and schools
- § 3697 -   Equal and reasonable facilities
- § 3698 -   Connecting roads not to charge more for short than long distance; exception
- § 3699 -   -Penalty; excursion tickets
- § 3700 -   Installation of telephone in stations
- § 3720 -   Repealed. 1995, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), § 9b, eff. May 22, 1996.
- § 3721 -   Badges
- § 3722 -   Baggage checks
- § 3723 -   Ejectment of passenger from train
- § 3724 -   -Liability for damages
- § 3725 -   Refusal to pay fare; penalty
- § 3726 -   Running out of time; penalty
- § 3727 -   Only company's engines to be run on road; penalty
- § 3728 -   Employ of person using intoxicating liquor; penalty; damages
- § 3729 -   Use of intoxicating liquor by employee; penalty
- § 3730 -   Negligence of employee; penalty
- § 3731 -   Property held for injuries on road
- § 3732 -   Damages for fire communicated by engine
- § 3733 -   Repealed. 2007, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 47.
- § 3734 -   Trespass on railroad property; penalty
- § 3735 -   Boarding train or loitering about railroad property; penalty
- § 3755 -   Commissions
- § 3756 -   Oath of office
- § 3757 -   Qualifications
- § 3758 -   Powers
- § 3759 -   Arrest; place of arraignment and trial
- § 3760 -   Carrying of badge
- § 3761 -   Compensation; liability of employer
- § 3762 -   Reciprocity
- § 3763 -   Termination of authority
Chapter 70 - GRADE CROSSINGS (Contains: §§ 3783 – 3790)
- § 3783 -   Alteration, petitions for; hearings
- § 3784 -   -Grade crossings, alteration, expense apportionment
- § 3785 -   Alterations, crossings; order by transportation board
- § 3786 -   Tracks of more than one railroad
- § 3787 -   Taking of land, proceedings
- § 3788 -   Orders of board; appeals
- § 3789 -   Record of changes
- § 3790 -   Agency approval