Vermont Statutes Title 30 Sec. 5001
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 30 Sec. 5001
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
- Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
- Village: shall mean an incorporated village. See
§ 5001. Definitions
In this chapter, the following words and terms, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning, shall have the following meaning:
(1) “Authority” means the Vermont Public Power Supply Authority created by this chapter.
(2) “Cooperative” means a corporation organized under, or otherwise subject to, chapter 81 of this title.
(3) “Legislative body” means the mayor and board of aldermen of a city, the selectboard of a town, and the trustees or light commissioners of a village.
(4) “Municipality” means any city, town, or village within the State of Vermont, which is authorized to and engaged in the manufacture, distribution, purchase, or sale of electricity in the State of Vermont.
(5) “Person” shall be as defined in section 3001 of this title.
(6) “Project” means any plant, works, system, facilities, and real and personal property of any nature or any interest in any of them, together with all parts of them and appurtenances to them, used or useful in the generation, production, transmission, purchase, sale, exchange, or interchange of electric energy, and together with any capacity or output from them.
(7) “Utility” means any public utility as defined in chapter 83 of this title. (Added 1979, No. 78, § 3.)