§ 126. Saving clause; corporations formed before April 2, 1915
All corporations formed prior to April 2, 1915, by special act or under the general laws of this State, that are conducting any business subject to regulation by the Public Utility Commission, shall, with respect to acts done after such date, be deemed to be within the provisions of this chapter and the provisions of the general corporation law in like manner as a corporation formed under this chapter. However, a corporation theretofore formed shall not do any act in violation of any restriction contained in its charter. The foregoing provisions of this section shall be subject to the exceptions and qualifications contained in 11 V.S.A. §§ 2 and 3, so far as the same may be applicable to corporations formed under the provisions of this chapter. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1985, No. 224 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Chapter 3 - Public Service Corporations, Other Than Railroads; Formation, Financing, Eminent Domain
§ 101. Corporations subject to Commission; formation
§ 102. Petition; hearing; certificate
§ 103. Transmission to Secretary of State; record; effect
§ 104. Amendment of articles, certificate by Commission
§ 105. Payment for stock with property; approved by Commission
§ 106. Ownership of stock in other corporations
§ 107. Acquisition of control of one utility company by another; supervision
§ 108. Issue of bonds or other securities
§ 109. Sales and leases; hearings
§ 110. Eminent domain; companies authorized
§ 110a. Inclusion of communications facilities
§ 111. Petition; notice of hearing
§ 111a. Preexisting utility lines
§ 112. Findings; dams; assessment of damages; jury trial
§ 113. Compensation; where party cannot be found
§ 115. Effect of payment of awards
§ 117. Rights acquired and not used
§ 118. Taking burial grounds; condemnation
§ 122. Headstones or monuments erected
§ 126. Saving clause; corporations formed before April 2, 1915