Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 30 Sec. 3001a

  • Cable television: means cable television system as defined in chapter 13 of this title. See
  • Cooperative: means a corporation organized under this chapter or which becomes subject to this chapter in the manner hereinafter provided. See
  • Energy: includes electrical, propane, natural gas, fossil fuels, and other forms of energy. See
  • Interactive media: means communications media that is regularly used to transmit information in two directions. See
  • Internet: means collectively the computer and telecommunications facilities, including equipment and operating software, that comprise the interconnected network of networks that employ the transmission control protocol/Internet protocol, or any predecessor or successor protocols to such protocol, to communicate information of any kind, whether by wire or wireless means. See
  • Telecommunications: means one or more of the following as defined in chapter 88 of this title:

§ 3001a. Purpose

Cooperatives may be organized under this chapter for the purpose of creating or supplying energy, cable television, telecommunications, interactive media, and Internet access and facilitating and extending the use thereof, and in addition, any other lawful business not inconsistent with this chapter that utilizes the electric distribution facilities of the cooperative. (Added 1999, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)