The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
001
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GENERAL POWERS
(Cite as: 30 V.S.A. § 227e)
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§ 227e. Leasing or licensing of State land; public notice
(a) Beginning July 1, 2011, State land may not be leased or licensed for the purpose of
construction or installation of a wireless telecommunications facility, as defined
in subsection 248a(b) of this title, unless authorized by the Secretary of Administration pursuant to the requirements
of this section. For purposes of this section, “State land” means land owned in fee
or interests in land owned by the Agency of Natural Resources. No initial lease or
license, including any renewal thereof, entered into pursuant to this section shall
exceed 25 years.
(b) Prior to entering into or renewing a lease or license, the Secretary shall:
(1) publish notice of the proposed telecommunications facility site in one daily newspaper
of general circulation in the region of the proposed site and on the website maintained
by the Agency of Administration, with appropriate hyperlinks to that website on all
relevant, State-maintained websites; and
(2) send by certified mail, return receipt requested, a written notice of the proposed
lease or license or renewal to the legislative body of each municipality in which
such leased or licensed land is located. The notice shall include a description of
the land to be leased or licensed and of the proposed telecommunications facility
to be sited on the land, including the facility’s height and location. (Added 2011, No. 53, § 12, eff. May 27, 2011.)