The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
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RELATED LAWS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 3, § 420)
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§ 420. Procedure for exercising eminent domain right
In exercising the right of eminent domain to acquire any property or some easement
or other limited right in property required by the City for the purposes authorized
by this article, said City shall proceed by petition to the Public Service Commission
and in the same manner and by the same process as provided in Chapter 242 of the Public
Laws for the condemnation of property by public service corporations other than railroads
and the Public Service Commission shall have all and the same powers and perform all
and the same duties in hearing and determining the matter, rendering judgment, and
making findings as in the case of such public utility corporations. Any party who
feels himself or herself aggrieved by such judgment or findings shall have the same
right of appeal with the same incidents thereof as provided by Section 5969 of the
Public Laws in the case of condemnation proceedings by a public service corporation.
In exercising its right to use public highways, said City shall have the same rights
and be subject to the same restrictions as prescribed for towns in Chapter 259 of
the Public Laws.