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.
Subchapter
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CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF VILLAGE INFRASTRUCTURE
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 203, § 803)
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§ 803. Procedures for eminent domain authority
In all proceedings under this charter for taking land, rights, or property, the trustees
shall pass upon the convenience and necessity for the taking at hearings held by them
after giving notice to each owner or interested person of the time, place, and purpose
of the hearing. The notice shall give a description of the land, property, or rights
to be taken and used. At the hearing, the trustees shall determine the question of
convenience and necessity and decide the question of damages and shall pay or tender
the amount of the damages to the person or persons entitled to the same, in the same
manner as is provided by law for selectboards in taking lands for highways and in
awarding damages. A person aggrieved by any act of the trustees in the taking of lands,
rights, or property for the foregoing purposes and in the awarding of damages may
have the same right of appeal, and in the case of an appeal, proceedings shall be
had in the same manner as is provided for appeals from acts of selectboards in taking
land and awarding damages for highway purposes. (Amended 2023, No. 6, § 269, eff. July 1, 2023.)