The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 19 : Highways
Chapter 001 : State Highway Law; General Transportation Provisions
(Cite as: 19 V.S.A. § 35)-
§ 35. Entrance upon lands for survey
Employees or agents of the Agency, a municipality, or a utility authorized by law shall be allowed to enter a property for the purpose of making the necessary surveys and examinations for construction of or improvements and repairs to transportation and utility facilities, doing as little damage as possible, subject to liability for actual damages. Whenever practicable, advance notice of the proposed survey or examination shall be given to the owner or occupant of the property to be entered. No owner or occupant of property entered upon under authority of this section shall be liable for any property damage or personal injury resulting from work done by the Agency, a municipality, or a utility under authority of this section. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1995, No. 60, § 40, eff. April 25, 1995; 1995, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), § 18i, eff. May 22, 1996.)
