Vermont Statutes Title 10. Conservation and Development, § 1232. General provisions--Article I

1. “Public water supply facilities” shall mean publicly owned water supply sources, storage, treatment, transmission, and distribution facilities and ancillary facilities regardless of whether or not the same qualify for federal or state construction grants-in-aid.

2. “Municipalities” shall mean cities, towns, village districts, or other incorporated units of local government possessing authority to construct, maintain, and operate public water supply facilities and to raise revenue therefor by bonding and taxation, that may legally impose and collect user charges and impose and enforce regulatory control upon users of public water supply facilities.

3. “Water supply agency” shall mean the agencies within New Hampshire and Vermont possessing regulating authority over the construction, maintenance, and operation of public water supply facilities and the administration of grants-in-aid from their respective state for the construction of such facilities.

4. “Governing body” shall mean the legislative body of the municipality.