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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 19 Sec. 781

  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles responsible to the Secretary for the administration of the Department. See
  • highway: includes rights-of-way, bridges, drainage structures, signs, guardrails, areas to accommodate utilities authorized by law to locate within highway limits, areas used to mitigate the environmental impacts of highway construction, vegetation, scenic enhancements, and structures. See
  • Town: includes incorporated villages and cities. See

§ 781. Assessment

When a town does not perform the order of the Supreme or Superior Court as to building a highway or building a bridge, the court may, on application, assess the town a sum sufficient to build and complete the highway or bridge. The assessment shall be spent in building the highway or bridge under the direction of a commissioner to be appointed by the court. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)