§ 702. Definitions
Wherever used or referred to in this chapter unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
(1) “Council” or “State Natural Resources Conservation Council” means the Agency created in section 703 of this title;
(2) “District” or “natural resources conservation district” means a corporate body and governmental subdivision organized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;
(3) “Union” or “supervisory union” means the agency created in accordance with section 803 of this title;
(4) “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;
(5) “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.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 10 - Conservation and Development
Chapter 31 - Soil Conservation Act
§ 703. State Natural Resources Conservation Council; members; duties
§ 705. Chair, quorum, compensation, surety bonds
§ 706. Funds; allocation of by Council
§ 708. Districts; unions; expenditure statement; duties of Council
§ 709. Petition to organize district
§ 711. Determination of need; boundaries of proposed district
§ 713. Publication of results of referendum; determination of feasibility
§ 714. Appointment and election of supervisors; application for creation of district
§ 715. Establishment of district as governmental subdivision; certificate
§ 716. Subsequent petition may be filed; when
§ 717. Additional territory; petition to include
§ 718. Certificate as proof of validity of district
§ 720. Supervisors as governing body of district; qualifications
§ 721. Terms, vacancies, compensation
§ 722. Duties of supervisors; bonds; records; removal
§ 724. Land-use, erosion control, and natural resources conservation rules; approval
§ 726. Ordinances prescribing rules; referendum
§ 728. Amendment or repeal of rules
§ 729. Termination of district
§ 731. Failure to observe land-use ordinance; conferences
§ 734. Supervisors may petition Superior Court
§ 735. Validation of defectively organized districts
§ 736. Division and combination of districts and unions — Generally
§ 737. Not more than three towns
§ 739. Divided portion as new district