Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 30 Sec. 2508

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • town: includes an incorporated village or city, and the words "telegraph, telephone, and electric lines or wires" include wires or cables used in conjunction with a cable television system as defined in section 501 of this title. See
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Village: shall mean an incorporated village. See

§ 2508. Penalty

A person or corporation that neglects or refuses, after 20 days’ notice in writing given by the Transportation Board, a selectboard member, alderman, or trustee, to paint such poles or substitute straight poles for crooked ones, as provided in section 2507 of this title, shall forfeit $100.00 to the State, town, city, or village, to be recovered in an action on this statute. (Amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 31.)