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Subchapter
002
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RAILROADS
(Cite as: 32 V.S.A. § 8361)
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§ 8361. General rules for appeals
(a) A party aggrieved, including the State represented by the State Treasurer, on or before
February 15 following such an appraisal, may appeal therefrom to a Superior judge
designated by the Chief Superior Judge, not excluding themselves, who shall hear such
appeal.
(b) In the manner prescribed in this section and within 15 days from the date of notice
prescribed in section 8285 of this title, appeals to the Superior judge may be taken from appraisals made agreeably to the
provisions of such section 8285. Such proceedings shall be had in relation thereto
as are prescribed in this section and section 8362 of this title and shall be heard and determined within 60 days from the date whereon the same are
instituted.
(c) Such Superior judge shall appraise at its fair and just value all property required
to be appraised by the Commissioner under the provisions of sections 8281-8286, 8321, and 8322 of this title, from the appraisal of which an appeal has been taken. Such appraisal shall be made
pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and shall stand in lieu of the appraisal
made by the Commissioner from which such appeal is taken.
(d) Upon establishing its appraisal, such Superior judge shall notify, in writing, the
State Treasurer and the Commissioner of the amount thereof, and a record thereof shall
be made by the Commissioner in the book wherein appraisals of railroad property are
recorded. Notice in writing shall likewise be given to the person or corporation operating
the property thus appraised.
(e) A party aggrieved by any action of the Superior judge may appeal to the Supreme Court. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 232, eff. March 29, 1972; 1973, No. 106, § 13, eff. May 25, 1973; 1979, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 19; 1997, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 16, eff. April 29, 1998; 2021, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 29, eff. May 31, 2022.)