Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 4 Sec. 34

  • 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.

§ 34. Jurisdiction; Environmental Division

The Environmental Division shall have:

(1) jurisdiction of matters arising under 10 V.S.A. § chapters 201 and 220;

(2) jurisdiction of matters arising under 24 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 61, subchapter 12 and chapter 117; and

(3) original jurisdiction to revoke permits under 10 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 151. (Added 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 7e.)