Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 30 Sec. 3085

  • Communications plant: means any and all parts of any communications system owned by the district, whether using wires, cables, fiber optics, wireless, other technologies, or a combination thereof, and used for the purpose of transporting or storing information, in whatever forms, directions, and media, together with any improvements thereto hereafter constructed or acquired, and all other facilities, equipment, and appurtenances necessary or appropriate to such system. See
  • district: means a communications union district formed under this chapter. See
  • 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.
  • 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

§ 3085. Certificate of good standing

(a) A district may apply to the Secretary of State for a certificate of good standing.

(b) A certificate of good standing shall include:

(1) the official name of the district;

(2) that the district is duly formed pursuant to this chapter;

(3) the date of the district’s formation;

(4) that the fee required by this section has been paid; and

(5) that a plan of dissolution for the district has not been approved pursuant to section 3083 of this chapter.

(c) Subject to any qualification stated in the certificate, a certificate of good standing issued by the Secretary of State may be:

(1) relied upon as conclusive evidence that the district is in existence and is authorized to deliver communications services and operate a communications plant pursuant to this chapter; and

(2) taken as prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the certificate.

(d) A district that applies for a certificate of good standing under this section shall pay to the Secretary of State a nonrefundable application fee of $25.00. (Added 2023, No. 78, § E.232, eff. July 1, 2023.)