Vermont Statutes Title 5 Sec. 3648
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 5 Sec. 3648
- Board: means the Transportation Board. See
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- 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.
- Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or body politic, including a trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative. See
- road: shall include bridges thereon and their approaches. See
§ 3648. Complaint regarding fences, guards, crossings, watercourses
A person through whose land a railroad passes, after such road is in operation, and after 10 days’ notice by registered or certified letter addressed to the principal office of such railroad, may make complaint in writing to the Transportation Board that he or she is aggrieved by the neglect or default of a railroad corporation in constructing or maintaining fences, cattle guards, or farm crossings that the corporation is bound to construct or maintain, or by its stopping, impeding, or altering a watercourse, or by its making or stopping a ditch. The Board shall give reasonable notice to the petitioner and to the railroad corporation and to any other parties having an interest in the subject matter of the complaint of the time and place of hearing thereon, and such notice shall be given by registered or certified mail or by personal delivery. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1993, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 61.)