Vermont Statutes Title 30 Sec. 513
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 30 Sec. 513
- Cable television system: means facilities by which television signals are received at a central location and for consideration are transmitted to customers or subscribers by means of cables or wires. See
- Municipality: shall include a city, town, town school district, incorporated school or fire district or incorporated village, and all other governmental incorporated units. See
- 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
§ 513. Municipal cable television systems
(a) A municipality may establish de novo a cable television system in an area otherwise unserved after proceeding under section 512 of this title. A municipality may do so under this section without obtaining amendments to and General Assembly authorization of its municipal charter for that purpose. However, this section shall not be construed to affect or limit the authority of any municipality to establish and operate a cable television system under authority of a municipal charter or ordinance.
(b) A company established by a municipality under this section, shall obtain a certificate of public good for the construction or operation of a cable television system under this chapter.
(c) For the purpose of this section, a municipality shall mean any city, town, or village within this State.
(d) Prior to establishing a cable television system under this subsection, a municipality must first obtain authorization from its legislative body or voters in the manner prescribed for authorizing municipal electric plants under section 2903 or 2904 of this title. (Added 1987, No. 271 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. June 21, 1988.)