Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 24 Sec. 4941

  • Association: shall mean an association, compact, or corporation, any of which shall be organized not for profit, and formed for the purpose of entering into intermunicipal insurance agreements under this subchapter. 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.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. 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

§ 4941. Definitions

As used in this subchapter:

(1) “Association” shall mean an association, compact, or corporation, any of which shall be organized not for profit, and formed for the purpose of entering into intermunicipal insurance agreements under this subchapter.

(2) “Municipality” shall mean “municipality” as defined in section 4801 of this title, but shall also include the following:

(A) all governmental entities defined in 1 V.S.A. § 126 and in subdivision 1751(1) of this title;

(B) all bodies corporate and politic created and existing under any special act of the General Assembly;

(C) all bodies corporate and politic created and existing under an interstate compact;

(D) all bodies corporate and politic created under intermunicipal agreements entered into and approved as provided in subchapter 3 of chapter 121 of this title;

(E) all supervisory unions created under 16 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 7, subchapter 1;

(F) all incorporated school districts;

(G) all entities providing educational services and eligible for State aid under 16 V.S.A. § 3447;

(H) all consolidated water and sewer districts;

(I) all ambulance districts created under subchapter 1 of chapter 71 of this title;

(J) all regional mass transportation authorities created under chapter 127 of this title;

(K) all local housing authorities created under section 4003 of this title;

(L) all conservation commissions created under section 4501 of this title;

(M) all special assessment or tax increment financing districts created under subchapter 5 of chapter 53 of this title;

(N) all counties established by chapter 1 of this title;

(O) all regional planning commissions established under chapter 117 of this title;

(P) all instrumentalities and agencies of the foregoing. (Added 1985, No. 237 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 3, 1986.)