Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 19 Sec. 1714

  • Agency: means the Agency of Transportation. See
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Board: means the Transportation Board. See
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles responsible to the Secretary for the administration of the Department. See
  • real estate: shall include lands, tenements, and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interests therein, and pews or slips in places of public worship shall be treated as real estate. See
  • Selectboard: includes village trustees and city councils. See
  • Town: includes incorporated villages and cities. See

§ 1714. Listers’ annual report

The listers of a town entitled to a payment under section 1713 of this title shall report annually the material facts involved, including the amount of the tax loss by reason of the taking of real estate to the Agency, which, after determining the amount of the tax loss, shall certify the loss to the listers. Costs of this program shall be paid from the Transportation Fund. If the selectboard of a town is aggrieved by the determination of the Board, it may, within 21 days after receipt of notice by the listers, appeal to the tax commissioner. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)