Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 10 > Chapter 158 - Fragile Areas Registry

• Adjacent: means those lands and waters directly abutting a site on the register, including lands and waters separated from the site by highways or bodies of water where such separated lands and waters are an integral part of the site's ecosystem. See
• articles: include amended and restated articles of incorporation and articles of merger. See
• board of directors: means the board of directors except that no person or group of persons are the board of directors because of powers delegated to that person or group pursuant to section 8. See
• Bylaws: means the code or codes of rules (other than the articles) adopted pursuant to this title for the regulation or management of the affairs of the corporation, stored or depicted in any tangible or electronic medium, and irrespective of the name or names by which such rules are designated. See
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Corporation: means public benefit and mutual benefit corporation. See
• Directors: means individuals, designated in the articles or bylaws or elected by the incorporators, and their successors and individuals elected or appointed by any other name or title to act as members of the board. See
• following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
• Fragile area: means an area of land or water that has unusual or significant flora, fauna, geological, or similar features of scientific, ecological, or educational interest. See
• Individual: includes the estate of an individual who is incompetent. See
• Meeting: means any structured communications conducted by participants in person or through the use of an electronic or telecommunications medium permitting simultaneous or sequentially structured communications. See
• Municipality: shall include a city, town, town school district, incorporated school or fire district or incorporated village, and all other governmental incorporated units. See
• Person: includes any individual or entity. See
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Register: means the fragile areas register that lists those fragile areas designated by the Secretary. See
• Register of fragile areas: means the listing of fragile areas that are being managed by the owner of the fragile area according to guidelines adopted by the Secretary. See
• Registry: means the act of voluntary agreement between the owner of a fragile area and the Secretary for designation of the fragile area and its placement on the register of fragile areas. See
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources. See
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
• Vote: includes authorization by written ballot and written consent. See