Vermont Statutes Title 30 Sec. 8090
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 30 Sec. 8090
- 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.
§ 8090. Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter:
(1) “Communications facilities” shall mean facilities that are used to send and receive audio, images, data, or other information via any electromagnetic media, including wires, cables, microwaves, radio waves, light waves, or any combination of these or similar media.
(2) “Communications service provider” shall mean the Vermont Telecommunications Authority, a company subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission under subdivision 203(5) or section 502 of this title, or a broadband service provider who is considered to be an “attaching entity” pursuant to subsection 209(g) of this title.
(3) “Company” or “companies” shall mean an electric or gas utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission. (Added 2007, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)