Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 24 Sec. 4757

  • Agency: means the Agency of Natural Resources. See
  • Bond Bank: means the Vermont Municipal Bond Bank established by section 4571 of this title. 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
  • Municipality: means any city, town, village, town school district, incorporated school district, union school district, or other school district, fire district, consolidated sewer district, consolidated water district, solid waste district, or statewide or regional water quality utility or mechanism organized under laws of the State. 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

§ 4757. Revolving loan funds; additional uses

In addition to providing a source of funds from which loans may be made to municipalities under this chapter, each fund created under section 4753 of this chapter may be used for one or more of the following purposes:

(1) To make loans, to refund bonds or notes of a municipality issued after March 7, 1985 for sewerage works, or after July 1, 1993 for water supply systems for the purpose of financing the construction of any capital improvements or management program described in section 4753 and certified under section 4756 of this title.

(2) To guarantee or insure, directly or indirectly, the payment of notes or bonds issued or to be issued by a municipality for the purpose of financing the construction of any capital improvement or management program described in section 4754 of this title and certified under section 4756.

(3) To guarantee or insure, directly or indirectly, funds established by municipalities for the purpose of financing construction of any capital improvement described in section 4754 of this title.

(4) To invest available fund balances, and to credit the net interest income thereon to the particular fund providing investment funds.

(5) To pay the costs of the Bond Bank, VEDA, and the agency associated with the administration of each fund; provided, however, that no more than four percent of the aggregate of the highest fund balances in any fiscal year shall be used for such purposes, and that a separate account be established outside the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for such purposes. As used in this subsection, costs shall include fiscal, clerical, administrative, and issuance expenditures directly attributable and allocated to the maintenance implementation and administration of the loan funds created under this chapter.

(6) To pay from the Vermont Environmental Protection (EPA) Pollution Control Revolving Fund or the Vermont Wastewater and Potable Water Revolving Loan Fund the costs of administration of loans awarded under section 4763b of this title. (Added 1987, No. 75, § 1; amended 1997, No. 62, § 71, eff. June 26, 1997; 2013, No. 137 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 22, 2014; 2023, No. 79, § 6, eff. July 1, 2023.)