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The Vermont Statutes Online

The Vermont Statutes Online have been updated to include the actions of the 2023 session of the General Assembly.

NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.

Title 5 : Aeronautics and Surface Transportation Generally

Chapter 024 : Powers and Duties of Board and Agency as to Companies Other than Railroads and Aircraft

(Cite as: 5 V.S.A. § 1802)
  • § 1802. Jurisdiction over certain transportation companies by the Agency of Transportation and the Transportation Board

    The Transportation Board and the Agency of Transportation shall have jurisdiction over the following described companies within the State, their directors, receivers, trustees, lessees, or other persons or companies owning or operating the companies and of all plants, lines, terminals, facilities, and equipment of the companies used in or about the business carried on by them in this State. This jurisdiction shall be exercised by the Board and the Agency so far as may be necessary to enable them to perform the duties and exercise the powers conferred upon them by law. The Board and the Agency may, when they deem the public good requires, examine the plants, lines, terminals, facilities, and equipment of the companies subject to their jurisdiction under this chapter. The Transportation Board and the Agency of Transportation shall have jurisdiction over the following described companies within the State:

    (1) a company owning or operating motor vehicles used as common carriers;

    (2) a company owning or operating a ferry; and

    (3) a company owning or operating an express business. (Added 1985, No. 224 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)