Vermont Statutes Title 19 Sec. 1510
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 19 Sec. 1510
- Agency: means the Agency of Transportation. See
- highway: includes rights-of-way, bridges, drainage structures, signs, guardrails, areas to accommodate utilities authorized by law to locate within highway limits, areas used to mitigate the environmental impacts of highway construction, vegetation, scenic enhancements, and structures. See
- Month: shall mean a calendar month and "year" shall mean a calendar year and be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. 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
- 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
§ 1510. Local authorization
(a) In any case of proposed highway construction in which a federal-state-local match is contemplated, a municipality seeking to reserve the State portion of monies for the construction project must obtain ratification of the local portion, as this portion may be periodically assessed by the Agency of Transportation, within 18 months of receipt of a commitment on the part of the State, as evidenced by a signed application relative to engineering costs and project costs or similar document. In the event ratification of the local portion is not obtained within the 18 month period, the State shall withdraw from the proposal and shall make the State portion available for other program purposes.
(b) No second or subsequent application relative to engineering costs and project costs or similar document may be signed by a State official unless 18 months have passed since an earlier signing of a similar application relative to engineering costs and project costs for the same proposed highway project. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)