(a) "Person" as used in Parts 2, 4, and 5 of this subtitle shall include a partnership, association, corporation, or limited liability company.

(b) "Party to a civil union" is defined for purposes of this title as under 15 V.S.A. § 1201(5).

(c) "Laws of the United States," "federal tax laws" and other references to United States tax law shall mean United States tax law applied as if federal law recognized a civil union in the same manner as Vermont law. (Amended 1997, No. 50, § 8, eff. June 26, 1997; 1999, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; 2001, No. 140 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. June 21, 2002.)