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: 30 V.S.A. § 8087)
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§ 8087. Centralized resources for communications union districts
(a) The Board shall provide centralized resources and technical and administrative support
to communications union districts with respect to the planning, development, and implementation
of broadband projects.
(b) In carrying out the purpose of this section, the Board shall:
(1) develop standardized forms, contracts, network business and design models, and templates
for use by any communications union district;
(2) assist communications union districts with identifying and negotiating with potential
partners, including with respect to the development of a memorandum of understanding
or other form of legally-binding commitment pertaining to a broadband project;
(3) when authorized by one or more communications union districts, apply for grants, loans,
permits, licenses, certificates, or approvals, or enter into contractual arrangements
for goods or services on behalf of or jointly with a communications union district
or districts;
(4) assist communications union districts with pursuing route identification for fiber-optic
infrastructure and with obtaining pole surveys and negotiating pole attachments;
(5) assist communications union districts with completing grant and loan applications
for funding opportunities that exist outside this chapter; and
(6) assist communications union districts with obtaining access to fiber-optic networks
owned by the State or by an electric distribution utility, where appropriate. (Added 2021, No. 71, § 2, eff. June 8, 2021.)