The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 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.
(Cite as: 5 V.S.A. § 3421)
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§ 3421. Definitions; application
(a) Except where a particular statute provides otherwise or where the context of a statute
unambiguously requires a contrary construction, for the purposes of the parts of this
title relating to railroads:
(1) “Agency” means the Agency of Transportation.
(2) “Board” means the Transportation Board.
(3) “Railroad” or “railroad corporation” includes any railroad located in whole or in
part within this State owned, leased, operated, or managed by any person without regard
to whether the person is located within or outside this State. The rights conferred
in this title upon railroads shall inure to, and the duties imposed in this title
upon railroads shall be binding upon, their owners, lessees, operators, and managers,
as the case may be.
(b) The provisions of the parts of this title that impose upon a railroad any duty or
liability shall apply to any person having the possession, control, or management
of a railroad, or engines and cars running on a railroad. (Amended 1993, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 38.)