Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 23 > Chapter 29 > Subchapter 1 - Snowmobiles

• Act: means the Federal Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, Pub. See
• Adjusted property tax: means the amount of education and municipal property taxes on the homestead parcel after reduction for any property tax credit under section 6066a of this chapter. See
• Allocable rent: means , for any housesite and for any taxable year, 21 percent of the gross rent. See
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
• Amusement ride: means a mechanical device that carries or conveys passengers along, around, or over a fixed or restricted route or course for the purpose of giving the passengers amusement, pleasure, thrills, or excitement. See
• Annual meeting: when applied to towns shall mean the annual town meeting in March or an adjournment thereof. See
• Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
• 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.
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Applied behavior analyst: means a person who is licensed under this chapter to engage in the practice of applied behavior analysis. See
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Appraisal: means an analysis, opinion, or conclusion relating to the value of specified interests in or aspects of identified real estate or identified real property. See
• Appraisal management company: means an entity that acts as a broker in acquiring finished appraisals from real estate appraisers licensed under this chapter and that supplies the appraisals to third parties. See
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• AQB: means the Appraisal Qualifications Board of the Appraisal Foundation as referenced in the Act. See
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• ASC: means the Appraisal Subcommittee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council created pursuant to the Act. See
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Assistant behavior analyst: means a person who is licensed under this chapter to engage in the practice of applied behavior analysis under the supervision of an applied behavior analyst. See
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
• Audiologist: means a person licensed to practice audiology under this chapter. See
• Audiology: means the application of principles, methods, and procedures related to hearing and the disorders of hearing, and to related language and speech disorders, which includes all conditions that impede the normal process of human communication, including disorders of auditory sensitivity, acuity, function, or processing. See
• Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• biennially: shall mean the year in which a regular session of the General Assembly is held. See
• Board: means the Vermont Community Broadband Board. See
• Board: means the Board of Allied Mental Health Practitioners established under this chapter. See
• Break-open ticket: means a lottery utilizing a card or ticket of the so-called pickle card, jar ticket, or break-open variety commonly bearing the name "Lucky 7" "Nevada Club" "Victory Bar" "Texas Poker" "Triple Bingo" or any other name. See
• broadband: means a mass-market retail service by wire or radio in Vermont that provides the capability to transmit data to and receive data from all or substantially all Internet endpoints, including any capabilities that are incidental to and enable the operation of the communications service, but excluding dial-up Internet access service. See
• Carbon intensity value: means the amount of lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy of fuel expressed in grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per megajoule (gCO2e/MJ). See
• Claim year: means the year in which a claim is filed under this chapter. See
• Clean heat credit: means a tradeable, nontangible commodity that represents the amount of greenhouse gas reduction attributable to a clean heat measure. See
• Clean heat measure: means fuel delivered and technologies installed to end-use customers in Vermont that reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the thermal sector. See
• Clinical mental health counseling: means providing, for a consideration, professional counseling services that are primarily drawn from the theory and practice of psychotherapy and the discipline of clinical mental health counseling, involving the application of principles of psychotherapy, human development, learning theory, group dynamics, and the etiology of mental illness and dysfunctional behavior to individuals, couples, families, and groups, for the purposes of treating psychopathology and promoting optimal mental health. See
• Clinical mental health counselor: means a person who is licensed to practice clinical mental health counseling under this chapter. See
• Commercial operation: means the operation of a snowmobile on the SSTS by an individual participating in a guided tour or who has rented a snowmobile from an individual or corporate entity charging a fee for the tour or rental. See
• Commission: means the Public Utility Commission. See
• Commissioner: means Commissioner of Motor Vehicles unless otherwise stated. See
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Liquor and Lottery. See
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Taxes. See
• Common level of appraisal: means the ratio of the aggregate value of local education property tax grand list to the aggregate value of the equalized education property tax grand list. See
• compensation: means payment in any form except reimbursement for mileage or the normal salary paid to a person otherwise employed by the school. See
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contemplation of death: The expectation of death that provides the primary motive to make a gift.
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Dealer: means a person, partnership, corporation, or other entity engaged in the business of selling or exchanging new or used motor vehicles, snowmobiles, motorboats, or all-terrain vehicles. See
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Default delivery agent: means an entity designated by the Commission to provide services that generate clean heat measures. See
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the Department of Public Service. See
• Department: means Department of Motor Vehicles unless otherwise stated. See
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• design: means planning the physical and operational characteristics of a potable water supply or wastewater system that requires a permit or designer's certification or license under the laws of this State. See
• designer: means a person who is licensed under this chapter to engage in the practice of potable water supply or wastewater system design. See
• Direct supervision: means sufficiently close and able to control, by communicating visually or orally, the operation of a snowmobile by an operator under 16 years of age, taking into account the noise created by snowmobiles and protective headgear worn by the operator. See
• Director: means the Director of the Office of Professional Regulation. See
• Director: means the Director of the Office of Professional Regulation. See
• Director: means the Director of the Office of Professional Regulation. See
• Director: means the Director of the Office of Professional Regulation. See
• Director: means the Director of the Office of Professional Regulation. See
• Director: means the Director of the Office of Professional Regulation. See
• Director: means the Director of Property Valuation and Review. See
• Director: means the Director of the Office. See
• Director: means the Director of the Office of Professional Regulation. See
• Disciplinary action: includes any action taken by the Board against a licensed clinical mental health counselor or applicant premised on a finding that the licensed clinical mental health counselor or applicant has engaged in unprofessional conduct. See
• Disciplinary action: includes any action taken by an administrative law officer established by 3 V. See
• Distributor: means a person that purchases break-open tickets from a manufacturer and sells or distributes break-open tickets at wholesale in Vermont. See
• Domestic: when applied to a corporation, company, association, or copartnership shall mean organized under the laws of this State; "foreign" when so applied, shall mean organized under the laws of another state, government, or country. See
• Domicile: means the principal dwelling of a person who has established permanent residence in the State. See
• Education property tax grand list: means the list of property determined pursuant to section 5404 of this title. See
• Education property tax spending adjustment: means the greater of one or a fraction in which the numerator is the district's education spending plus excess spending, per equalized pupil, for the school year, and the denominator is the property dollar equivalent yield for the school year, as defined in subdivision (15) of this section. See
• Education property value: means the aggregate fair market value of all nonhomestead and homestead real property that is required to be listed at fair market value as certified during that year by the Director of Property Valuation and Review under section 5406 of this title, plus the aggregate value of property required to be listed at a value established under a stabilization agreement described under section 5404a of this title, plus the aggregate use value established under chapter 124 of this title of all nonhomestead real property that is enrolled in the use value appraisal program. See
• Education spending: means "education spending" as defined in 16 V. See
• Enforcement officers: shall include :

• engaged in the business: means having sold or exchanged at least 12 cars or motor trucks, or a combination thereof, in the immediately preceding year, or 24 in the two immediately preceding years. See
• Entity: means any individual, trustee, agency, partnership, association, corporation, company, municipality, political subdivision, or any other form of organization. See
• Equalized education property tax grand list: means one percent of the aggregate fair market value of all nonhomestead and homestead property that is required to be listed at fair market value as certified during that year by the Director of Property Valuation and Review under section 5406 of this title, plus one percent of the aggregate value of property required to be listed at a value established under a stabilization agreement described under section 5404a of this title, plus one percent of the aggregate use value established under chapter 124 of this title of all nonhomestead property that is enrolled in the use value appraisal program. See
• Equalized value of the housesite in the taxable year: means the value of the housesite on the grand list for April 1 of the taxable year, divided by the municipality's common level of appraisal determined by equalization of the grand list for April 1 of the year preceding the taxable year. See
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Excess spending: means :

• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Extremely low-income limit: means the limit as determined by the U. See
• Fair Credit Reporting Act: A federal law, established in 1971 and revised in 1997, that gives consumers the right to see their credit records and correct any mistakes. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fair market rent: means the monthly fair market rent for the area in which the claimant resides as determined by the U. See
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• federal adjusted gross income:

• Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
• Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Fuel pathway: means a detailed description of all stages of fuel production and use for any particular fuel, including feedstock generation or extraction, production, transportation, distribution, and combustion of the fuel by the consumer. See
• Fund: means the Vermont Community Broadband Fund established by this chapter. See
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
• Gross rent: means the rent actually paid during the taxable year by the claimant solely for the right of occupancy of the housesite during the taxable year. See
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Hearing aid: means an amplifying device to be worn by a person who is hard of hearing to improve hearing, including any accessories specifically used in connection with such a device, but excluding theater- or auditorium-wide-area listening devices, telephone amplifiers, or other devices designed to replace a hearing aid for restricted situations. See
• Hearing aid dispenser: means a person licensed under this chapter to dispense hearing aids. See
• Heating fuel: means fossil-based heating fuel, including oil, propane, natural gas, coal, and kerosene. See
• Homestead: means the principal dwelling and parcel of land surrounding the dwelling, owned and occupied by a resident individual as the individual's domicile or owned and fully leased on April 1, provided the property is not leased for more than 182 days out of the calendar year or, for purposes of the renter credit under subsection 6066(b) of this title, is rented and occupied by a resident individual as the individual's domicile. See
• Homestead: means a homestead as defined under subdivision 5401(7) of this title, but not under subdivision 5401(7)(G) of this title, and declared on or before October 15 in accordance with section 5410 of this title. See
• Household: means , for any individual and for any taxable year, the individual and such other persons as resided with the individual in the principal dwelling at any time during the taxable year. See
• Household income: means modified adjusted gross income, but not less than zero, received in a calendar year by:

• Housesite: means that portion of a homestead, as defined under subdivision 5401(7) of this title but not under subdivision 5401(7)(G) of this title, that includes as much of the land owned by the claimant surrounding the dwelling as is reasonably necessary for use of the dwelling as a home, but in no event more than two acres per dwelling unit, and, in the case of multiple dwelling units, not more than two acres per dwelling unit up to a maximum of 10 acres per parcel. See
• income: means federal adjusted gross income increased by the following:

• Income dollar equivalent yield: means the amount of spending per equalized pupil that would result if the income percentage in subdivision 6066(a)(2) of this title were 2. See
• increased by inflation: means increasing the statewide average district education spending per equalized pupil for fiscal year 2015 by the most recent New England Economic Project cumulative price index, as of November 15, for state and local government purchases of goods and services, from fiscal year 2015 through the fiscal year for which the amount is being determined. See
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• 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.
• Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
• Justice: when applied to a person, other than a Justice of the Supreme Court, shall mean a justice of the peace for the county for which he or she is elected or appointed. See
• Late-payment fee: The fee that will be imposed when your payment is late. ^{Source: Federal Reserve}
• Law clerk: Assist judges with research and drafting of opinions.
• Law enforcement officer: means a person designated in subdivision 4(11) of this title and includes deputy State game wardens and auxiliary State Police officers. See
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• License: means a current authorization granted by the Director permitting the practice of applied behavior analysis. See
• License: means a current authorization granted by the Director permitting the practice of potable water supply or wastewater system design. See
• License: means a current authorization granted by the Director permitting the practice of pollution abatement facility operation. See
• Licensed acupuncturist: means a person who is licensed to practice acupuncture under this chapter. See
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Location: means an E-911 business or residential address connected to the electric power grid. See
• Magistrate: shall mean any Supreme Court Justice, Superior judge, District judge, or Probate judge. See
• Manufacturer: means a person that designs, assembles, fabricates, produces, constructs, or otherwise prepares a break-open ticket for sale to a distributor. See
• Modified adjusted gross income: means "federal adjusted gross income":

• Month: shall mean a calendar month and "year" shall mean a calendar year and be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Municipality: shall include a city, town, town school district, incorporated school or fire district or incorporated village, and all other governmental incorporated units. See
• Municipality: means a city, town, unorganized town, village, grant, or gore; or, in the case of property located within the territorial limits of an incorporated school district, "municipality" means an incorporated school district. See
• Nonhomestead property: means all property except:

• Nonprofit organization: means a nonprofit corporation that is qualified for tax exempt status under I. See
• Nonresident: shall include any person who does not come under the definition of a resident. See
• Obligated party: means :

• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Office: means the Office of Professional Regulation. See
• Office: means the Office of Professional Regulation. See
• Office: means the Office of Professional Regulation. See
• Operate: includes an attempt to operate and shall be construed to cover all matters and things connected with the presence and use of snowmobiles whether they be at motion or rest. See
• Operator: shall include all persons 18 years of age or over properly licensed to operate motor vehicles. See
• Original bill: A bill which is drafted by a committee. It is introduced by the committee or subcommittee chairman after the committee votes to report it.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• owner: means a person who owns or controls or has the duty to control the operation of amusement rides. See
• Owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a vessel. See
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Permit: when used as a noun, means an authorization by the Agency of Natural Resources to operate a facility regulated under 10 V. See
• Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
• Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity. See
• Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, or other business entity. See
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Pollution abatement facility operator: means a person who is licensed under this chapter, or pursuant to rules developed pursuant to this chapter, to engage in the practice of pollution abatement facility operation consistent with a permit. See
• Portable electronic device: means a portable electronic or computing device, including a cellular telephone, personal digital assistant (PDA), or laptop computer. See
• practice of acupuncture: means the insertion of fine needles through the skin at certain points on the body, with or without the application of electric current or the application of heat to the needles or skin, or both, for the purpose of promoting health and well-being or to prevent or alleviate pain or unease. See
• Practice of applied behavior analysis: means the design, implementation, and evaluation of systematic instructional and environmental modifications for the purpose of producing socially significant improvements in and understanding of behavior based on the principles of behavior identified through the experimental analysis of behavior. See
• Practice of audiology: includes the following services, which may be provided to persons of all ages:

• Practice of pollution abatement facility operation: means the operation and maintenance of a facility regulated under 10 V. See
• Practice of speech-language pathology: includes :

• Private investigator: means any person who, for consideration engages in or solicits business, accepts employment, or holds himself or herself out to the public as someone who will investigate, obtain information, or provide security of persons incident to, but not limited to, the following:

• Privilege to operate: includes the privilege of a nonresident to operate a motor vehicle within the State and includes the privilege of a resident to obtain a license. See
• Probate: Proving a will
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Property dollar equivalent yield: means the amount of spending per equalized pupil that would result if the homestead tax rate were $1. See
• Property tax: means the amount of ad valorem taxes, exclusive of special assessments, interest, penalties, and charges for service, assessed on real property in this State used as the claimant's housesite, or that would have been assessed if the homestead had been properly declared at the time of assessment. See
• Property tax credit: means a credit of the prior tax year's statewide or municipal property tax liability or a homestead owner credit, as authorized under section 6066 of this title, as the context requires. See
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Psychotherapy: means the provision of treatment, diagnosis, evaluation, or counseling services to individuals or groups, for a consideration, for the purpose of alleviating mental disorders. See
• Public land: means all land that is either owned or controlled by a local, State, or federal governmental body. 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
• real estate appraiser: means a person licensed under this chapter. See
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
• Resident: as used in this title only, means any person living in the State who intends to make the State his or her principal place of domicile either permanently or for an indefinite number of years. See
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• road: shall include bridges thereon and their approaches. See
• said: when used by way of reference to a person or thing shall apply to the same person or thing last mentioned. See
• seal: shall include an impression of the official seal made upon paper alone or by means of a wafer or wax affixed thereto. See
• Secretary: means the Secretary of State. See
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources. See
• Secretary: means the Secretary of State. See
• Security: means a person engaged for compensation in the business of protecting property or persons by providing armed or unarmed security service, or armed transport service, or the use of guard dogs. See
• Security services: includes :

• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Snowmobile: means a self-propelled vehicle intended for off-road travel primarily on snow, having a curb weight of not more than 793. See
• Speech-language pathologist: means a person licensed to practice speech-language pathology under this chapter. See
• Speech-language pathology: means the application of principles, methods, and procedures related to the development and disorders of human communication, which include any and all conditions that impede the normal process of human communication. 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
• Statewide education tax rate: means the homestead education property tax rate multiplied by the municipality's education spending adjustment under subdivision 5402(a)(2) of this title and used to calculate taxes assessed in the municipal fiscal year that began in the taxable year. See
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• sworn: shall include affirmed. See
• Taxable year: means the calendar year preceding the year in which the claim is filed. See
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
• Tour: means a snowmobile ride led by a guide or leader over a defined route or routes lasting anywhere from one-half hour to less than a day and participated in by one or more individuals that have paid a fee to an individual or corporate entity for the privilege of riding a snowmobile. See
• Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• VAST: means the Vermont Association of Snow Travelers. See
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• Very low-income limit: means the limit as determined by the U. See
• Village: shall mean an incorporated village. See