Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 30 > Chapter 91A - Vermont Community Broadband Board

• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Board: means the Vermont Community Broadband Board. See
• Board: means the Board of Medical Practice. See
• broadband: means a mass-market retail service by wire or radio in Vermont that provides the capability to transmit data to and receive data from all or substantially all Internet endpoints, including any capabilities that are incidental to and enable the operation of the communications service, but excluding dial-up Internet access service. See
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Department: means the Department of Public Service. See
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Director: means the Director of the Office. See
• Eligible provider: means :

• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• 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.
• Fair Credit Reporting Act: A federal law, established in 1971 and revised in 1997, that gives consumers the right to see their credit records and correct any mistakes. ^{Source: OCC}
• following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
• Fund: means the Vermont Community Broadband Fund established by this chapter. See
• Health care professional: means an individual who holds a valid license, certificate, or registration to provide health care services in any other U. See
• Health care services: means services for the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, cure, or relief of a health condition, illness, injury, or disease. See
• Internet service provider: means a business that provides broadband Internet access service to any person in Vermont. See
• 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.
• Law clerk: Assist judges with research and drafting of opinions.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Location: means an E-911 business or residential address connected to the electric power grid. See
• Municipality: shall include a city, town, town school district, incorporated school or fire district or incorporated village, and all other governmental incorporated units. See
• Municipality: means a city, town, incorporated village, or unorganized town or gore. See
• Office: means the Office of Professional Regulation. See
• Office: means the Office of Professional Regulation. See
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• 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
• Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, or other business entity. See
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• road: shall include bridges thereon and their approaches. See
• Security: means a person engaged for compensation in the business of protecting property or persons by providing armed or unarmed security service, or armed transport service, or the use of guard dogs. See
• Security services: includes :

• Served: means a location that has access to broadband service capable of speeds of at least 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload. See
• Small communications carrier: means :

• 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
• Telehealth: means health care services delivered by telemedicine, store and forward, or audio-only telephone. See
• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
• Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
• Underserved: means a location that only has access to broadband service capable of speeds of at least 4 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload but less than 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload. See
• Universal service plan: means a plan for providing each unserved and underserved location in a communications union district or in a municipality that was not part of a communications union district prior to June 1, 2021 access to broadband service capable of speeds of at least 100 Mbps download and 100 Mbps upload. See
• Unserved: means a location that only has access to broadband capable of speeds of less than 4 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload. See
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• Village: shall mean an incorporated village. See