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. § 3455)
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§ 3455. Unlawful acts; petitions to Board; hearings
In a matter over which the Board has jurisdiction, a person that claims to be injured
by the unlawful action or neglect of a railroad in this State may commence proceedings
by petition to the Board, with a copy to the Agency, briefly setting forth the cause
of complaint. The State’s Attorney of the county in which a matter arises, the Attorney
General, the legislative body of a municipality, or any 10 freeholders of the county
by such complaint may bring before the Board any matter in which they claim the public
safety is endangered or the charter or statutory law regulating railroads is being
violated. When it has information that any railroad in this State is operating in
violation of its charter or of the statutory law, the Board shall call the same to
the attention of the Attorney General or the State’s Attorney of the county where
the matter arises. The Attorney General or the State’s Attorney shall inquire into
the same and, if in that individual’s judgment the matter should be investigated,
that individual shall bring the same before the Board by proper complaint. On receipt
of the complaint, the Board shall summon the person or persons complained of to appear
before it and to make answer to the complaint. When issue is taken to the facts set
out in the complaint, the Board shall appoint a time and place for hearing the same
in the county where the matter arises and shall then and there hear and determine
the matter complained of. Nothing in this section shall be construed to empower the
Board to award monetary damages to any person or entity, except as expressly provided
by law. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1993, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 42; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 24, eff. July 1, 2022.)