Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1459

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Waters: means all rivers, streams, creeks, brooks, reservoirs, ponds, lakes, and springs and all bodies of surface waters, artificial or natural, that are contained within, flow through, or border upon the State or any portion of it. See

§ 1459. Joint municipal participation

Should the shorelands of waters for which funds are requested under sections 1451-1460 of this title be under more than one municipal governmental jurisdiction, the provisions herein shall apply to the respective municipalities under a joint application, except that the required municipal contribution shall be apportioned among the respective municipalities. (Added 2009, No. 46, § 1, eff. July 1, 2010.)