Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1802

  • Agency: means the Agency of Transportation. See
  • Board: means the Transportation Board. See
  • following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. 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.
  • 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

§ 1802. Jurisdiction over certain transportation companies by the Agency of Transportation and the Transportation Board

The Transportation Board and the Agency of Transportation shall have jurisdiction over the following described companies within the State, their directors, receivers, trustees, lessees, or other persons or companies owning or operating the companies and of all plants, lines, terminals, facilities, and equipment of the companies used in or about the business carried on by them in this State. This jurisdiction shall be exercised by the Board and the Agency so far as may be necessary to enable them to perform the duties and exercise the powers conferred upon them by law. The Board and the Agency may, when they deem the public good requires, examine the plants, lines, terminals, facilities, and equipment of the companies subject to their jurisdiction under this chapter. The Transportation Board and the Agency of Transportation shall have jurisdiction over the following described companies within the State:

(1) a company owning or operating motor vehicles used as common carriers;

(2) a company owning or operating a ferry; and

(3) a company owning or operating an express business. (Added 1985, No. 224 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)