Title 05, Title 05: Aeronautics and Surface Transportation

§ 1805. Information to be furnished to the Agency of Transportation On request by the Agency of Transportation, a company owning or operating a plant, line, or property subject to supervision under this chapter shall furnish the Agency information concerning the condition, operat…

§ 1806. Report of accidents; investigation The superintendent or manager of any transportation company subject to supervision under this chapter shall notify the Agency by telephone or wire and subsequently in writing of any accident within this State, immediately after its occur…

§ 1807. Complaints; investigations; procedure A complaint to the Transportation Board may be made against a company subject to supervision under the provisions of this chapter concerning any claimed unlawful act or neglect adversely affecting the complainant, who may be a company…

§ 1808. Jurisdiction of Transportation Board; general scope On notice, the Board shall have jurisdiction to hear, determine, render judgment, and make orders and decrees in all matters provided for in the charter or articles of any corporation owning or operating any plant, line,…

§ 1809. Prosecution of cases before Board The Secretary of Transportation or his or her designee shall represent the public at a Board hearing when the matters involved result directly from a proposed increase in rates, tolls, or charges, or the issuing of stock, bonds, notes, or…

§ 1810. Jurisdiction by the Transportation Board over charges and rates When, upon hearing, the rates, tolls, charges, or schedules are found unjust, unreasonable, insufficient, or unjustly discriminatory, or are found to be preferential or otherwise in violation of a provision o…

§ 1811. Service to the public Each company subject to supervision under this chapter shall be required to furnish reasonably adequate service, accommodation, and facilities to the public. The charge made by any company subject to supervision under this chapter for any provision o…

§ 1813. Exceptions Companies under the jurisdiction of a federal commission shall not be required to keep any system of accounts and records that would conflict with any requirement of the federal commission or agency. (Added 1985, No. 224 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

§ 1817. Copy of schedules Each company subject to the provisions of this chapter shall keep on file in every one of its stations or offices where payments are made by consumers or users a copy printed in plain type of so much of its schedules as the Board shall deem necessary. Th…

§ 1818. Rebates; exceptions A company shall not directly or indirectly or by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device or method make any deviation from the rates, fares, charges, or prices for any service rendered by it or in services rendered or to be rendered in conn…

§ 1819. Special rate or rebate; penalty Except as provided in section 1818 of this title, an officer or employee of a transportation company who grants or knowingly consents to a special rate or rebate shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00 and the company g…

§ 1820. Motor bus defined A motor bus is defined to be any motor vehicle, other than a street car, operated upon the public streets and highways along a regular route, and in the operation of receiving, discharging, and transporting passengers for hire. However, this definition s…

§ 1821. Common carrier defined Each person, association, or corporation owning or operating a motor bus, which indiscriminately carries passengers, freight, or express for hire, regularly over a fixed route or between fixed terminals, is declared a common carrier. (Added 1985, No…

§ 1822. Jurisdiction of Transportation Board over common carriers A common carrier shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Transportation Board and, while so operating, to all reasonable rules as the Board prescribes with respect to routes, fares, schedules, continuity of ser…

§ 1823. Certificate of public good An individual, association, or corporation shall not operate a motor bus until the owner has obtained a certificate from the Transportation Board specifying the route over which the motor bus may operate, the number of passengers that the motor …

§ 1824. Application for certificate of public good; hearing A certificate shall be issued only after written application has been made. Upon receipt of an application, the Board shall fix a time and place for hearing, which shall be in a town within which the route or a part of t…

§ 1824a. Publicly funded carriers Sections 1823-1824 of this title shall not apply to any carrier subsidized by public funds under 24 V.S.A. chapter 126. (Added 1993, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)

§ 1825. Petition by public; notice; hearing Any town, city, or village within which, or between which, and any other town, city, or village in this State any common carrier is furnishing service, may bring a written petition to the Transportation Board, or the Board on its own mo…

§ 1826. Display of certificate The owner or operator of every motor bus shall display in a conspicuous place in or on the motor bus the certificate in abbreviated form prescribed by the Board or a certified copy of the certificate. (Added 1985, No. 224 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

§ 1827. Jurisdiction of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles Upon the granting of a certificate as provided in section 1823 of this title, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall have jurisdiction over the registration of a motor bus, its speed and lighting, the safety devices, and th…

§ 1828. Safe operation of motor buses Common carriers shall furnish motor buses and operate them in a manner that will afford safety and protection to their passengers and to the public. (Added 1985, No. 224 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

§ 1829. Supervision by Transportation Board of common carriers; abandonment of service The Transportation Board shall have general supervision and jurisdiction of common carriers, make rules, hold hearings, and issue certificates as may be required under the provisions of this ch…

§ 1830. Penalty An individual or the officers of an association or corporation who violates any order, rule, or regulation adopted or established under the provisions of this chapter or violates any provision of this chapter shall be fined not more than $5,000.00 or imprisoned fo…