§ 702 - Definitions - Vermont Statutes

§ 702. Definitions

Wherever used or referred to in this chapter unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

"Council" or "state natural resources conservation council" means the agency created in section 703 of this title;

"District" or "natural resources conservation district" means a corporate body and governmental subdivision organized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;

"Union" or "supervisory union" means the agency created in accordance with section 803 of this title;

"Due notice" means notice published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the proposed district, stating the time and place of such meeting and questions to be voted on, the last publication being not less than two days before such meeting, or ten days' notice by mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the owners of land within the proposed district, stating the time and place of such meeting and questions to be voted on;

"Owner" means any person, firm or corporation who shall hold title in fee to one or more acres of land lying within a district organized under the provisions of this chapter. (Amended 1963, No. 79, § 1 (b), eff. May 7, 1963; 1967, No. 303 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 22, 1968.)