Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 5 > Chapter 68 > Subchapter 7 - Operating Railroads

• Accountability: means the degree to which the holder of a position is accountable for the end results of his or her job performance. See
• Agency: means the Agency of Transportation. See
• Agency: means any agency, board, department, commission, committee, or authority of the Executive Branch of State government. See
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Board: means the Transportation Board. See
• Bona fide emergency: means an unanticipated need for short-term staffing:

• Class: means one or more positions sufficiently similar in nature, scope, and accountability that the same title, test of fitness, and schedule of compensation may be applied to each position. See
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contract for services: means an agreement or combination or series of agreements by which an entity or individual agrees with an agency to provide services as a contractor, rather than as an employee. See
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
• following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• 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
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Privatization contract: means a contract for services valued at $25,000. See
• Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
• road: shall include bridges thereon and their approaches. See
• Seasonal employment: means employment in a temporary position with a specific start date and anticipated end date for a period of not more than seven months in any 12-month period or employment in a temporary position with a specific start date and anticipated end date for a period of more than seven months that has been approved by the Commissioner of Human Resources pursuant to subdivision 331(c)(3) of this chapter. See
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Structure: means any object constructed or installed by man, including buildings, towers, smokestacks, and overhead transmission lines. See