24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 501
App. § 5-501. City meetings
Status: in_force

(a)(1) On the first Tuesday of March in each year, a meeting of the voters of the City shall be held as designated on the warning for such meeting, at a place or places to be appointed by the City Council, and a warning shall be posted in accordance with State statute.

(2) Any business or election required by this charter or general law to be transacted at the annual meeting may also be transacted at a special meeting.

(b) The warning for annual and special City meetings shall, by separate articles, specifically indicate the business to be transacted, including the offices and the questions to be voted upon. The warning also shall contain any legally binding article or articles requested by 10 percent of the registered voters of the City. The warning shall also include any nonlegally binding articles, including matters of State, national, or international importance requested by five percent of the voters. Petitions requesting that an article be placed on the warning shall be filed with the City Clerk not fewer than 40 days before the day of the meeting.

(c) All budgets, elections, and public questions shall be considered by Australian ballot at annual and special meetings.

(d) A vote taken at an annual or special meeting shall remain in effect unless rescinded or amended.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 107 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 143 / Section 107
App. § 143-107. Form of government
Status: in_force

Pursuant to its provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by the Vermont Constitution and by this charter, all powers of the Town shall be vested in an elective council, hereinafter referred to as the Selectboard, which shall enact ordinances, codes, and regulations; adopt budgets; and determine policies and that shall execute the laws and administer the government of the Town. The Town shall have a Town Manager as provided in sections 502 and 503 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 503 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 249 / Section 503
App. § 249-503. Streets and walks
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees of said corporation shall have the power to lay out, alter, maintain, or discontinue any street or walk and lane in said Village, and appraise and settle the damage therefor, causing its proceedings to be recorded in the Town Clerk's office in said Town; provided, that the trustees, in laying out, altering, and maintaining, or discontinuing, any such street, walk, or lane, shall be subject to the same regulations, and in all respects shall proceed in same manner, as selectboards of towns in like cases; and any party aggrieved shall be entitled to the same redress to which they would be entitled if the same had been done by the selectboards of the Town of Newfane.
24 V.S.A. § 2801 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 77 / Section 2801
§ 2801. Aqueducts
Status: in_force

(a) The selectboard of a town may procure the right to lay and maintain aqueducts and pipes across the land of any person when the public good and necessity require a new or additional supply of water for use in a town hall or watering trough on a public highway.

(b) When the selectboard is unable to agree with the owner of such land as to the necessity for taking or the compensation to be paid therefor, it shall proceed to secure such right, and have the question of the necessity for taking and the damages sustained thereby determined as provided for taking land for a townhouse. The title to the land so secured shall be valid and vest in the town for the purposes herein named.

(c) The title to the land so secured shall be valid and vest in the town for the purposes herein named.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 222 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 222
App. § 3-222. Duties
Status: in_force

The Director of Public Works shall have general management and control of the City water works, water pollution control plants, and solid waste disposal facilities as assigned by the Mayor or by resolution of the City Council, subject to any limitation and restriction contained in this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 333 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 333
§ 333. Confinement of sheriff; vacancy
Status: in_force

A high bailiff by virtue of a writ or other process directed to him or her against the sheriff may commit the sheriff to the Commissioner of Corrections. While the sheriff remains in confinement, or in case of vacancy in the office, the functions of the sheriff shall be exercised by the high bailiff, who shall have the powers and be subject to the liabilities of a sheriff until the sheriff is released from confinement or one is appointed and sworn into office. (1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. July 1, 1972.)
24 V.S.A. § 2283 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2283
§ 2283. Appeals
Status: in_force

After exhausting the right of administrative appeal to the Board under 19 V.S.A. § 5(d)(5), a person aggrieved by any order, act, or decision of the Agency of Transportation may appeal to the Superior Court, and all proceedings shall be de novo. Any person, including the Agency of Transportation, may appeal to the Supreme Court from a judgment or ruling of the Superior Court. Appeals of acts or decisions of the Secretary of Natural Resources or a legislative body of a municipality under this subchapter shall be appealed to the Environmental Division under 10 V.S.A. § 8503.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 45 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 213 / Section 45
App. § 213-45. Powers of trustees; streets, walks, and lanes
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees of the Village shall have the power to lay out, alter, maintain, or discontinue any sidewalk in the Village, and appraise and settle the damages, causing its proceedings to be recorded in the Town Clerk's office in the Town, provided that the trustees, in laying out, altering, and maintaining, or discontinuing any sidewalk shall be subject to the same regulations, and in all respects shall proceed in the same manner, as the selectboard of towns in laying out, altering, and discontinuing highways; and any party aggrieved shall be entitled to the same redress to which they would be entitled if the same had been done by the Selectboard of the Town of Cambridge.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 16 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 16
App. § 126-16. Nonapplicability to zoning and subdivision regulations
Status: in_force

Sections 12 and 13 of this charter shall not apply to the enactment, amendment, or repeal of any zoning or subdivision bylaw nor to the enactment, amendment, or repeal of any municipal plan or vote on a comprehensive regional plan, all of which are controlled by and shall be accomplished in conformity with 24 V.S.A. chapter 117.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 135 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 135
App. § 3-135. City Council to approve surety company; costs to be paid by City
Status: in_force

All City officers from whom bonds are required shall furnish bonds of a surety company satisfactory to the City Council. The Chief Administrative Officer shall pay the cost of such bonds from the money appropriated for incidental expenses.
24 V.S.A. § 1031 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 33 / Section 1031
§ 1031. Inspector of lumber, shingles, and wood
Status: in_force

At the request of any party interested, an inspector of lumber, shingles, and wood shall examine and classify the quality of lumber and shingles, measure lumber, shingles, and wood, and give certificates thereof.
24 V.S.A. § 1912 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 54 / Section 1912
§ 1912. Communications plant; authority to acquire, construct, operate, improve, extend, and better
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality is authorized and empowered to own, maintain, operate, improve, and extend, or otherwise acquire, and to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of, in accordance with and in any situation or manner not prohibited by law, its communications plant for the furnishing of communications services within or without the corporate limits of the municipality, for public, domestic, commercial, and industrial use, and for the provision of communications service. For the aforesaid purposes, the municipality may hire, lease, purchase, own, hold, and acquire by contract, agreement, or eminent domain proceedings any buildings, land, rights-of-way, and any other real property necessary or convenient to the operation of the communications plant, and may use any public highway over which it may be necessary or desirable to pass with the poles and wire of the same, provided that the use of such public highway for the purpose of public travel is not thereby unnecessarily impaired. These powers may be exercised through a taking by eminent domain in the manner prescribed by law. All of the foregoing powers are in addition to and not in substitution for or in limitation of any other powers conferred by law.

(b) Before a municipality may sell any service using its communications plant subject to Public Utility Commission jurisdiction and for which a certificate of public good is required under 30 V.S.A. chapter 5 or 13, it shall obtain a certificate of public good for such service. Each such certificate of public good shall be nonexclusive and shall not contain terms or conditions more favorable than those imposed on existing certificate holders authorized to serve the municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 51 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 51
App. § 601-51. Withdrawal of member municipality
Status: in_force

A member municipality may vote to withdraw from the District if one year has elapsed since the District became a body politic and corporate, and if the District has not voted to bond for construction and improvements or to authorize a long-term contract pursuant to this chapter. If a majority of the voters of a member municipality present and voting at a meeting of the municipality duly warned for the purpose vote to withdraw from the District, the vote shall be certified by the clerk of that municipality to the Board of Supervisors of the District. Thereafter, the Board of Supervisors shall give notice to the remaining member municipalities of the vote to withdraw and shall hold a meeting to determine if it is in the best interest of the District to continue to exist. Representatives of the member municipalities shall be given an opportunity to be heard at the meeting together with any other interested persons. After the meeting, the Board of Supervisors may declare the District dissolved immediately or as soon thereafter as the financial obligations of the District and of each member municipality on account thereof have been satisfied, or it may declare that the District shall continue to exist despite the withdrawal of the member municipality. The membership of the withdrawing municipality shall terminate as of one year following the vote to withdraw or as soon after the one year period as the financial obligations of the withdrawing municipality have been paid to the District. A vote of withdrawal taken after the District becomes a body politic and corporate but less than one year after that date shall be null and void. A vote of withdrawal taken after the District has voted to bond itself for construction and improvements or to authorize a long term contract shall likewise be null and void.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 96 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 96
App. § 3-96. Board of Tax Appeals and Board of Civil Authority to transmit certified copy of appeal proceedings to assessors
Status: in_force

Said Board of Tax Appeals and Board of Civil Authority shall transmit to said Board of Assessors a certified copy of their proceedings in such appeal, and said copy shall be recorded at length in the book containing said grand list, and the valuations and lists shall be made in compliance with such copy of proceedings.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 47 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 47
App. § 601-47. Conduct of meetings
Status: in_force

At all special meetings of the District, the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapter 55 regarding election officials, voting machines, polling places, absent voters, process of voting, count and return of votes, recounts and contest of elections, and jurisdiction of courts shall apply except where clearly inapplicable. The District Clerk shall perform the functions assigned to the Secretary of State under 17 V.S.A. chapter 55. Rutland Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over petitions for recounts. Election expenses shall be borne by the District.
24 V.S.A. § 5093 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 126 / Section 5093
§ 5093. Rules
Status: in_force

Rules reasonable and necessary to implement this chapter may be adopted by the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to the provisions of 3 V.S.A. chapter 25.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 801 / Section 9
App. § 801-9. Miscellaneous provisions
Status: in_force

(a) The Authority shall prepare an annual report of its activities, including a financial statement, and submit the report to the legislative bodies of the member municipalities.

(b) The fiscal year of the Authority shall commence July 1 in each year.

(c) It is declared to be the legislative intent that if any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or provision of this act is held invalid, no other section, subsection, sentence, clause, or provision of this act shall be deemed invalid or ineffective.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 101
App. § 117-101. Corporate existence retained
Status: in_force

The inhabitants of the Town of Essex, within the corporate limits as now established, shall continue to be a municipal corporation by the name of the Town of Essex. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other municipal charters, territory within the corporate limits shall not be annexed to or become a part of any other municipal corporation except by annexation procedures as set forth in the statutes of the State of Vermont.
24 V.S.A. § 2503 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 67 / Section 2503
§ 2503. Appropriations
Status: in_force

A municipality may appropriate a sum of money to be expended by the tree warden, mayor, aldermen, selectboard, or trustees for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.
24 V.S.A. § 5200 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 131 / Section 5200
§ 5200. Purpose
Status: in_force

It is the intent of this chapter to enable municipalities to require the beneficiaries of new development to pay their proportionate share of the cost of municipal and school capital projects that benefit them and to require them to pay for or mitigate the negative effects of construction.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 26 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 26
App. § 901-26. Removal of officers
Status: in_force

An officer may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Board whenever, in its judgment, the best interest of the Authority will be served.
24 V.S.A. § 294 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 294
§ 294. Sheriff imprisoned
Status: in_force

If a sheriff is confined in prison by legal process, his or her functions as sheriff shall be suspended. When the sheriff is released from imprisonment during his or her term of office, he or she shall file a certificate of his or her discharge signed by one of the judges of the Superior Court, in the office of the county clerk, and deliver a like certificate to the high bailiff. Thereupon he or she shall resume the powers and execute the duties of sheriff.
24 V.S.A. § 1237 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 37 / Section 1237
§ 1237. Examination of departments
Status: in_force

The selectboard may cause the affairs of any town office or the conduct of any officer or employee thereof to be examined. It may compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and other evidence. The manager shall have access to all town books and papers for information necessary for the proper performance of his or her duties.
24 V.S.A. § 366 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 366
§ 366. Deputy sheriffs; police school
Status: in_force

Subject to the approval of the Attorney General, a State's Attorney may enroll a deputy sheriff in a police school for the purpose of receiving training in crime prevention, detection, and apprehension. The officer so enrolled shall receive compensation during the police school session in an amount fixed by the Attorney General which shall not exceed $20.00 per day. The officer so enrolled shall receive his or her necessary expenses. Bills for his or her compensation and expenses shall be sworn to by him or her. Upon approval by the Attorney General, the Commissioner of Finance shall issue his or her warrant in payment thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 24 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 207 / Section 24
App. § 207-24. Sewerage Department
Status: in_force

The Village may maintain a Sewerage Department for the purposes of providing its inhabitants, and as incident to that service, the inhabitants of adjoining towns and the Town of Rockingham, with sewerage systems for domestic and other purposes, and may purchase and hold all necessary real and personal estate for that purpose, and may issue its corporate bonds to secure any present or future indebtedness for the establishing, enlarging, and extending of its sewerage.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1701 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 143 / Section 1701
App. § 143-1701. Severability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of the charter shall not be affected thereby. If the application of the charter or any of its provisions to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the application of the charter and its provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
24 V.S.A. § 2245 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2245
§ 2245. Incinerators, sanitary landfills, etc., excepted
Status: in_force

The provisions of this subchapter shall not be construed to apply to solid waste management facilities regulated under 10 V.S.A. chapter 159.
24 V.S.A. § 2257 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2257
§ 2257. Screening requirements; fencing
Status: in_force

(a) A salvage yard shall be screened by a fence or vegetation which effectively screens it from public view and which complies with the rules of the Secretary relative to the screening and fencing of salvage yards, and shall have a gate which shall be closed after business hours.

(b) Fences and artificial means used for screening purposes as hereafter provided shall be maintained neatly and in good repair. They shall not be used for advertising signs or other displays which are visible from the main traveled way of a highway or State or town road.

(c) All junk stored or deposited in a salvage yard shall be kept within the enclosure, except while being transported to or from the salvage yard. All wrecking or other work on the junk shall be accomplished within the enclosure.

(d) Where the topography, natural growth of timber, or other natural barrier screens the salvage yard from view in part, the legislative body shall upon granting the certificate of approved location require the applicant to screen only those parts of the salvage yard not screened. A legislative body may inspect a salvage yard in order to determine compliance with the requirements of this chapter and a certificate of approved location issued under this chapter. A municipality may request that the Secretary initiate an enforcement action against a salvage yard for violation of the requirements of this subchapter or statute or regulation within the authority of the Secretary.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 605 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 605
App. § 413-605. Severability
Status: in_force

Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any term, phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this chapter to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such judgment shall not affect the validity, legality, or enforceability of this chapter as a whole or any other part of this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 253 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 253
App. § 3-253. When given
Status: in_force

Such citation shall be made at least 12 days prior to the time appointed for such examination or hearing, except when otherwise specially provided in this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 31.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 31.01
App. § 9-31.1. Appointment
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of School Commissioners shall appoint a Superintendent of Schools who shall not be a member of the Board. The appointment shall be consistent with and pursuant to the written Board of School Commissioners' policy. The Board may contract with said Superintendent for a period of appointment and on such terms and conditions that are at that time current and consistent with State statutes.

(b) The Board of School Commissioners may remove such Superintendent if it is established that he or she has been negligent or derelict in his or her official duty or is guilty of any misconduct that affects his or her capacity to perform his or her duties as Superintendent.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 142 / Section 102
App. § 142-102. Assets transferred and liabilities assumed
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the effective merger date, all assets of whatever kind, nature, and description, including lands; easements; rights and interests in lands; buildings and other improvements; vehicles, equipment, and other personal property; funds; grants; assessed but uncollected taxes and charges, including water and sewer rents and charges, together with the lien rights and enforcement powers of the Village of Richford therefore; monies; rights, claims, actions, and contracts; rights of action in legal or administrative proceedings; insurance policies; and documents and records owned, claimed, or held by the Village of Richford shall become vested in and become assets owned by the Town of Richford without any further act, deed, or instrument being necessary.

(b) Any and all property held in trust by the trustees of the Village of Richford or any officer thereof shall become vested in the Selectboard of the Town of Richford and its successors, or in the respective officer of said Town and his or her successor, as the case may be, and shall continue to be held in trust for the same uses as before the merger, all without any further act, deed, or instrument being necessary.

(c) Upon the effective merger date, the Town of Richford shall assume and be obligated to pay or otherwise perform each and every lawful obligation, debt, claim, bonded indebtedness, and other liability of the Village of Richford without any further act, deed, or instrument being necessary.

(d) Prior to the effective merger date, the officers of the Village of Richford shall settle, so far as possible, the financial affairs of the Village of Richford and, on said date, turn over to the proper officers of the Town of Richford all records, books, documents, and property of the Village of Richford.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 172 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 172
App. § 3-172. Duties of Superintendent; commissioners to file monthly report
Status: in_force

The Superintendent of Schools shall perform such duties in connection with the public schools of said City as shall be assigned him or her by the Board of School Commissioners. The Superintendent shall annually report to the City Council such statistics as are required by the law of this State, and such other information as the Superintendent shall deem proper or the school commissioners shall direct, or the City Council shall request. The Board of School Commissioners shall make a monthly report in writing and file the same with the Chief Administrative Officer on the first day of each calendar month, showing the repairs on public school buildings and grounds in connection therewith for the month previous and shall give such other information as the City Council shall request with reference to the administration of the School Department.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 114 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 143 / Section 114
App. § 143-114. Ordinance; effective date
Status: in_force

An ordinance shall become effective in accordance with the provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 59, relating to the adoption of ordinances, except that if adoption of the ordinance by the Selectboard is conditioned upon approval of the voters of the Town, then the ordinance shall become effective upon a favorable vote by Australian ballot of a majority of those voting at a special or annual Town meeting. A vote to disapprove an ordinance under 24 V.S.A. § 1973 shall be by Australian ballot. A reconsideration, rescission, or validation vote pertaining to any of these votes shall be by Australian ballot.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 192 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 192
App. § 3-192. Authority to appoint; defined; powers
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the regular police force hereinbefore provided for, the Chief, with the approval of the Board of Police Commissioners, may appoint for a term not to exceed one year such limited and special police officers as he or she may consider desirable. Such appointments shall be revocable by the Chief, without cause, with the approval of said Board.

(b) The term “limited police officer” shall be construed to mean police officers appointed upon request for the protection of private property, and their appointment shall restrict their powers to a jurisdiction described as on or about designated premises. Limited police officers shall receive no pay from the City. The term “special police officer” shall be construed to mean police officers appointed for special public service. A special police officer shall have the same general powers and authority as a regular police officer, and may receive pay from the City according to the service performed by him or her, except that he or she shall not receive pay for more than 90 days' service during any one fiscal year of the City unless he or she shall have been subject to the same conditions of appointment as are herein provided for regular police officers, or unless there shall exist a shortage of regular members of the police force and a lack of qualified applicants for appointment thereto.
24 V.S.A. § 362 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 362
§ 362. Full-time State's Attorneys; private law practice
Status: in_force

Elected State's Attorneys shall devote full time to their duties and during their terms shall not engage in the private practice of law nor be a partner or associate of any person practicing law. The State's Attorneys of Essex and Grand Isle Counties shall not serve on a full-time basis and shall not be subject to this section.
24 V.S.A. § 4701 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4701
§ 4701. Rights of holders paramount
Status: in_force

In order to carry out its purpose under this chapter of making loans to governmental units, by purchase of the municipal bonds or revenue bonds of those governmental units, and by receipt of its income from service charges and from payments of interest on the maturing principal of municipal bonds or revenue bonds purchased and held by it, and in order to produce revenues or income to the Bank sufficient at all times to meet its costs and expenses of operation under this chapter and to pay the principal of and interest on its outstanding bonds and notes when due, the Bank must at all times, and to the greatest extent possible, so plan to issue its bonds and notes and so lend money to governmental units by the purchase of municipal bonds or revenue bonds of governmental units so that the purpose is achieved without in any way jeopardizing any rights of the holders of bonds or notes of the Bank or affecting other matters under this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 29 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 11 / Section 29
App. § 11-29. Borrowing in anticipation of taxes
Status: in_force

The City Council may borrow money at the most favorable rate of interest it can obtain in anticipation of City revenues to be collected within the fiscal year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 203 / Section 501
App. § 203-501. Grand list
Status: in_force

The grand list of the ratable estate within said Village as made out by the listers of the Town of Alburgh shall be the grand list of said Village, and the trustees shall cause a copy of such list to be made and filed in the office of the Clerk of said Village within 10 days, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
24 V.S.A. § 4867 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 121 / Section 4867
§ 4867. Cooperation with other agencies
Status: in_force

Whenever a union municipal district intends to operate in a geographical area which may involve other governmental agencies acting in a regional capacity, it shall notify that governmental agency of its plans and intentions.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 259 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 259
App. § 3-259. Proceedings to be postponed until all interested parties notified
Status: in_force

If at any stage of the proceedings before the City Council, or in any proceedings subsequent thereto, it shall appear that any person owning or interested in such lands shall not have been duly notified, the City Council shall cause a citation to be served upon said persons not notified as herein provided, and shall cause said proceedings to be postponed to such time as will permit such citation so issued to be served in the manner provided herein for the service of original citations in such matters. Commissioners appointed by the county court or by a justice of the peace or agreed upon between the parties shall have the same power to issue citations that the City Council has, which citation shall be served in the same manner as reissued by the City Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 51 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 51
App. § 417-51. Qualifications and registration of voters
Status: in_force

All legal voters of the member municipalities shall be legal voters of the District. The member municipalities shall post and revise checklists in the same manner as for municipal meetings prior to any District meeting at which there will be voting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1008 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 1008
App. § 129-1008. Transfers of appropriations
Status: in_force

The Town Manager, in the case of the Town, and the Superintendent, in the case of the School District, may at any time transfer an unencumbered appropriation, balance, or portion between general classifications or expenditures within an office, department, or agency. The Selectboard or School Board of Trustees may, by resolution, transfer any unencumbered appropriation balance or portion within their respected budgets. Notwithstanding the above, no unexpended balance in any appropriation not included in the Selectboard's or the School Board of Trustees' budget shall be transferred or used for any other purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1001 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 133 / Section 1001
App. § 133-1001. Water and sewer systems; duties of Selectboard
Status: in_force

Until such time as a separate Board or Boards of Water and Sewer Commissioners shall be established, the Selectboard shall act as such commissioners.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 27 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 27
App. § 417-27. Records
Status: in_force

The conduct of all meetings and public access thereto, and the maintaining of all records, books, and accounts of the District shall be governed by the laws of this State relating to open meetings and accessibility of public records.
24 V.S.A. § 2433 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 65 / Section 2433
§ 2433. Bonds; actions
Status: in_force

The trustees shall have crime insurance coverage or give bonds to the satisfaction of the selectboard, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties. In the name of the town, they may prosecute and defend a suit or action for the recovery or protection of the estate entrusted to their care.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 6.01
App. § 107-6.1. Composition; eligibility; elections; terms
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of School Directors shall be elected at large by the voters of the School District from among their number, and newly elected school directors' terms shall begin on the first Monday following the final adjournment of annual Representative Town Meeting.

(b) The regular election of school directors shall be held on the first Tuesday in March each year as provided in subchapter 2, subdivision 2.2(3) of this charter. One school director shall be elected for a term of three years, and two school directors shall be elected for terms of one year each. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes for the three-year term shall be declared elected. The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes for the one-year terms shall be declared elected, even if there is a tie between them. In case of a tie between more candidates than there are seats remaining, a recount of ballots shall begin within 24 hours. If the tie is not broken, a new election shall be held as soon as is practical.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 30 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 30
App. § 401-30. Compensation of officers
Status: in_force

Officers of the District shall be paid such compensation or reimbursement of expenses, or both, as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors.
24 V.S.A. § 5082 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 126 / Section 5082
§ 5082. Findings and declarations
Status: in_force

(a) Public transportation is an important matter of State concern, essential to the economic growth of the State and to the public health, safety, and welfare of present and future generations of Vermonters.

(b) In each fiscal year, a portion of the Transportation Fund shall be dedicated to the continued support of public transit.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 605 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 605
App. § 19-605. Surety bonds
Status: in_force

All City officers and employees, as directed by the City Council, shall annually give bonds to the satisfaction of the Council for the faithful discharge of their duties, the premiums of which shall be paid by the City. In the event any officer or employee neglects to give a bond as herein specified, after 10 days' notice from the City Council that a bond is required, the office shall thereupon become vacant, and the vacancy shall be filled as provided in this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 16 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 15 / Section 16
App. § 15-16. City Court
Status: in_force

There may be holden in said City, from time to time, as occasion arises, a City Court, which shall be a court of record, presided over by a justice of the peace who shall be designated by the City Council as judge thereof; of which court the City Clerk shall be the Clerk. Said Court shall have the same jurisdiction and powers within said City as justices of the peace now have and shall be subject to and governed by all statutes relating to courts of justices of the peace.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 802 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 802
App. § 251-802. Use of land for reservoir
Status: in_force

Said Village for the purposes aforesaid may enter upon and use any land and enclosures over or through which it may be necessary for an aqueduct or pipes to pass and may thereon dig, place, lay, and construct such pipes, aqueducts, reservoirs, appurtenances, and connections and repairing of the same, from time to time, may open the ground in any streets, lanes, highways, and public grounds for the purpose of laying down and repairing such pipes, aqueducts, reservoirs, and appurtenances as may be necessary for conducting the water and the purposes aforesaid; provided that such streets, lanes, highways, and public grounds shall not be injured, but shall be left in as good condition as before the laying of said pipes, aqueducts, reservoirs, and appurtenances.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 405 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 111 / Section 405
App. § 111-405. Petition to contest compensation for taking or use of land
Status: in_force

When any person shall be dissatisfied with the award of the Selectboard as made in any of the cases mentioned in the two preceding sections, or if a person disputes the necessity of taking of any lands or streams for the purposes mentioned in said sections, such person may petition the Windsor County Court for an inquiry into such necessity or a reassessment and award of damages, and such proceedings shall be had in said court on said petition as are provided by law in the case of an appeal from the action of Selectboard in taking lands for highway purposes. Said petition shall be served on the Clerk within 30 days next after said award shall be filed in the Town Clerk's office as aforesaid, and at least 12 days before the term of court to which it is returnable, but nothing in said proceedings shall prevent the Selectboard from entering upon such land and using said water after the award shall have been made as herein set forth, and the amount thereof tendered by them, if the petition mentioned in this section is for a reassessment and award of damages only.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 289 / Section 7
App. § 289-7. Treasurer; Collector of Taxes
Status: in_force

The powers and duties of the Treasurer and the Collector of Taxes shall be the same with respect to the corporation as are the powers and duties of town treasurers and town collectors of taxes with respect to towns. Each shall give a bond to the corporation conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties, in such sum and with such sureties as the Board of Trustees shall decide. If a Treasurer or Collector of Taxes does not give such bond within 10 days after election or appointment, the office shall be vacant.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 231 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 231
App. § 3-231. Power and duties
Status: in_force

The City Council shall have the exclusive general management and control of the work on the City streets, sidewalks, sewers, and bridges and shall see that the same are properly constructed and kept in repair, and shall have the same powers in respect to repairs of streets and highways as road commissioners in towns; the City Council shall, when the public good requires, cause all streets and highways to be worked and graded the entire width thereof and made in such a manner as will in the judgment of the City Council best accommodate the public; and shall be subject in all respects to any limitations or restrictions contained in the ordinances, regulations, and orders of the City Council; but shall have no power to spend any money or incur any debt beyond the amount of the appropriations made by the City Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 21
App. § 261-21. Assessment and collection of taxes
Status: in_force

Said corporation may at any annual or special meeting called in whole or in part for that purpose, as herein provided, lay a tax on the grand list of said Town of Barton, of the inhabitants of said Village, and upon the ratable estate within the same belonging to nonresidents; and the trustees shall make out a rate bill accordingly and deliver the same to the Collector, who shall have the same power to collect such tax as the collector of town taxes, and shall proceed in like manner and in like manner may distrain and sell property to satisfy the same, and may for want thereof commit persons against whom the Collector has such tax to jail in the same way and manner and by the same proceedings provided for the arrest and commitment of a delinquent taxpayer by a collector of town taxes, and it shall hereafter be the duty of the listers of the Town of Barton, in making the list of said Town of Barton to designate therein such of a ratable estate thereof as shall be within the limits of said Village.
24 V.S.A. § 2805 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 77 / Section 2805
§ 2805. Municipal buildings; condemnation; procedure
Status: in_force

(a) When the location of a municipal building is determined and lands and grounds are needed or when a municipality votes to purchase additional lands or when, in the exercise of any of the powers or functions authorized by its charter or bylaws, it becomes necessary for public use and benefit to take, damage, or affect lands, and the owner refuses to release or convey the same to such municipality for a reasonable price, the mayor and aldermen of such city, the selectboard of such town, or the trustees of such village or the prudential committee of such fire district shall set out the necessary lands and cause the same to be surveyed.

(b) They shall appoint a time and place for hearing and give at least ten days' notice thereof before such hearing to the persons interested, either personally or by written notice left at the residence of the owner or occupant of such lands.

(c) At such hearing they shall determine the damages sustained by such interested persons. The damages agreed upon or assessed shall be paid or tendered to such persons before taking possession of the lands.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the taking, by condemnation proceedings, of property of any religious, charitable, or educational society, institution, or organization, unless held, owned, or used by it for commercial purposes, without the written consent of the trustees or governing body of such society, institution, or organization, unless two-thirds of the voters at an annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose vote contrariwise.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 103 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 103
App. § 269-103. Powers of the Village
Status: in_force

The Village of Poultney shall have all the powers granted to village and municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of this State and this charter, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 124 / Section 5
App. § 124-5. Appointed officers
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to all other offices that may be filled by appointment by the Selectboard, pursuant to State law, or this charter, the Selectboard shall appoint the following Town officers, who shall serve for such terms as the Selectboard may establish in its act of appointment or until the office otherwise becomes vacant:

(1) a Town Treasurer who shall not simultaneously hold any elective office within Town government;

(2) a Delinquent Tax Collector;

(3) three Town listers.

(b) The Selectboard shall adopt, and revise from time to time, a general statement of the qualifications and job descriptions necessary to perform the duties and responsibilities of each of the appointed Town offices. The Selectboard shall appoint the candidate who, in its judgment, best meets the qualifications for each office, giving due consideration to individuals who have expressed a commitment to serving the best interests of the Town. Appointed officers shall exercise all the powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this charter as well as those provided by State law generally.

(c) The Selectboard may adopt a job description for the position of Town Administrator and may appoint a Town Administrator, who shall not simultaneously hold an elective office within the Town.

(d) The Selectboard shall advertise notice of a vacancy in any appointed Town office, which shall include posting in the office of the Town Clerk and in two or more public places within the Town and publication in a newspaper of general circulation. The notice shall also include a description of the qualifications necessary to be considered for appointment.

(e) All appointed officers shall be employees of the Town of Jericho, subject to all personnel and employment rules, regulations, and policies of the Town. Any appointed official is eligible to apply for reappointment at the expiration of his or her term of office, but failure by the Selectboard to make such reappointment shall not be construed as discharge from employment.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1001 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1001
App. § 5-1001. Appointment; eligibility; qualifications
Status: in_force

The City Manager shall be chosen and appointed by majority vote of the City Council for an indefinite term, solely on the basis of the City Manager's professional qualifications. The City Manager need not be a resident of Montpelier or the State of Vermont at the time of appointment, but shall reside in the City during the City Manager's tenure of office unless other conditions are approved by the Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 96 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 96
App. § 235-96. Electric rates; liens
Status: in_force

The rates and rents for the use of said electric light plant and the appurtenances thereof established by the said Board of Electric Light Commissioners shall be chargeable to and may be collected of the owners of the property so supplied with electric light power when agreed upon by said electric light commissioners and the owners of said property, and shall be a lien and charge upon the buildings, lots, and other property so supplied, and may be collected in the same manner as any tax assessed by said Village corporation. Said Board of Electric Light Commissioners may order said rates to be paid in advance and make all necessary provisions and orders relating to the supply or stoppage of electric light power as it may think expedient to ensure the payment of such rates.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 82 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 82
App. § 235-82. Bonding for construction of sewers
Status: in_force

The said Village of Ludlow is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow such sum or sums of money to defray the expenses of constructing said sewers and to pay land damages as the said Village may deem best, and to issue bonds with coupons attached bearing a rate of interest not exceeding six percent per annum, said interest to be payable annually or semi-annually as the Village may elect, such bonds to be issued in the following manner: The trustees of said Village on the application of 20 or more legal voters of said Village shall within 10 days after the receipt of said application, warn a meeting of the legal voters of such Village, to be held at the usual place of holding Village meetings in such Village, which notice shall specify the time and place of the meeting, which shall not be more than 20 nor less than 12 days from the time of posting said notice, and the warning shall be sufficient if it states that the business to be done at said meeting is to see if the Village will vote to construct sewers in said Village and will vote to issue bonds to defray the expense of constructing said sewers and paying all other necessary expense, and if the majority of the votes given at said meeting shall be to construct said sewers and to issue said bonds, then the Village shall fix the amount of the bonds to be issued and the terms thereof, which sum shall not exceed $15,000.00, and shall elect three commissioners who shall be resident taxpayers of said Village; said commissioners shall be duly sworn, and shall, as soon as may be, prepare suitable books, in which said vote shall be set forth, in which the taxpayers of said Village may sign their names, assenting to said vote to issue said bonds, and the grand list of each person signing said assent shall be annexed to his or her name, and when a majority of the taxpayers of said Village both in number and amount of grand list shall have signed the same, the same shall be binding on the Village; provided the signatures are procured within six months after the first signature to the paper is made; and all persons or corporations residing or located in said Village and liable to pay taxes at the time the assent is given, shall have a right to assent to said vote.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 32 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 32
App. § 235-32. Police officers; duties; failure to arrest violators
Status: in_force

(a) The trustees shall have power to appoint police officers not exceeding five in number, except on public occasions, when they may appoint such number of special police for that occasion as they may think necessary, by writing under their hands, who shall be qualified by taking the oath of office, and causing their said appointments to be recorded by the Clerk of said corporation; but such appointment may be revoked by a majority of said trustees, in their discretion, which revocation shall also be in writing, and be recorded by said Clerk; such police officers shall, by virtue of said appointment be informing officers, constables, and conservators of the peace within said Village, and may serve any criminal process returnable within said Village and they may also commit any person convicted of a violation of this charter, or any bylaw thereof, or of any law of the State, upon mittimus, to the house of correction; and they shall be proper officers in justice criminal courts held within said Village, with full power to empanel, draw, and summon jurors before such justice courts; and a justice holding a justice court shall, in his or her discretion, designate some one of said police officers to act as officer of such court, who shall receive the same fees for his or her services as constables. And such police officers, for serving all such criminal processes as aforesaid, shall be entitled to receive therefor the same fees as constables would be entitled to receive for the same services. Such police officers shall, upon view of any violation of this charter, or of any bylaw of said Village or the laws of this State, within the limits of the Village of Ludlow, arrest the offender forthwith, and, without warrant for that purpose, convey such offender before any justice of the peace to answer complaint therefor, and may make complaint, on oath, against such offender; and, upon the trial of such complaint, shall be a competent witness; provided, if any such police officer shall so arrest any offender, he or she may commit him or her to the Village lock-up or otherwise detain him or her in safe custody, not exceeding 24 hours, at the end of which he or she shall be discharged, unless then taken before some justice of the peace to answer to the offense for which he or she was arrested, provided, further, however, that, if such arrest shall be made between sunset of Saturday and nine o'clock of the following morning, such offender shall be kept in safe custody until the next following Monday morning; and, for such arrest, and the services connected therewith, such police officer shall receive the same fees as sheriffs or constables are entitled to for the same or similar services. Said police shall, upon such arrest, forthwith notify some justice of the peace, who shall have said offender brought before him or her at once unless there is some good reason for not doing so; and said officer shall be entitled to 10 cents for every hour he or she shall have had said offender in custody, and the same shall be taxed as costs against said offender. Said police officer shall have the same right to demand assistance from any person or persons that sheriffs and constables now have, and any person refusing to assist such police officer shall be subject to the same fines and penalties as now provided by law for refusing to assist a sheriff or constable in making an arrest.

(b) If the said police officers, or any one of them, neglect or refuse to arrest any person guilty of violating any provisions of this charter, or of the bylaws of said Village relating to gaming, public or private nuisances, immoderate riding or driving in the streets, cruelty to animals, playing of ball, firing of rockets, squibs, firecrackers, or disturbing the peace in other ways, shall be fined not less than five dollars or more than $20.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 701 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 217 / Section 701
App. § 217-701. Power to adopt bylaws
Status: in_force

Said Village may make, alter, and repeal bylaws of the following subject matters, viz.:

First.— Relating to their streets, sidewalks, alleys, public highways, commons, parks, and public grounds, the cleaning, repairing, and improving the same; to prevent the encumbering of the same with firewood, coal, ashes, lumber, carriages, boxes, and other things, and to compel persons to remove from the sidewalks and gutters adjacent to the premises owned or occupied by them snow, dirt, and garbage, and to keep such sidewalks and gutters clean.

Second.— Relating to a watch and lighting the streets.

Third.— Relating to slaughter-houses and nuisances generally and to compel the owner or occupant of an unwholesome or offensive house or place to remove or cleanse the same from time to time as may be necessary for the health and comfort of the inhabitants of said Village.

Fourth.— Relating to sewers.

Fifth.— Relating to water supply for the protection of the Village and the inhabitants thereof against fires and for other purposes and to regulate the use of the same.

Sixth.— To restrain animals from running at large in said Village.

Seventh.— To establish and regulate markets.

Eighth.— To establish and maintain hay scales.

Ninth.— To suppress disorderly and gambling houses, and all descriptions of gaming, and for the destruction of instruments used for that purpose.

Tenth.— To prevent immoderate driving in the streets and cruelty to animals.

Eleventh.— To regulate the erection of buildings and the materials to be used therefor, and the use and occupancy of buildings in crowded localities for special hazardous purposes.

Twelfth.— To regulate the manufacture and keeping of gunpowder and all other combustibles or dangerous materials.

Thirteenth.— To regulate the making, altering, and repairing of stove pipes, furnaces, fire places, depositories for ashes and other things, from which loss or damage from fire may be apprehended, and in general to provide for the preservation of buildings from fires, by precautionary measures and inspections.

Fourteenth.— To establish, regulate, and maintain a fire department and fire, hose, and hook and ladder companies.

Fifteenth.— To regulate or restrain the use and sale of rockets, squibs, firecrackers, toy pistols, or other fireworks within the Village.

Sixteenth.— To regulate the exhibition of shows not interdicted by law.

Seventeenth.— To license inn keepers and victualers, peddlers, itinerant vendors, and auctioneers, and license and suppress pool and billiard tables, bowling alleys, skating rinks, and other places of amusement.

Eighteenth.— To regulate the length and width of streets and sidewalks, and the construction thereof, and protect the same.

Nineteenth.— To prohibit and punish willful injury to trees planted for shade, ornament, convenience, or use, public or private, and to prevent and punish trespass or willful injuries to or upon public buildings, squares, commons, cemeteries, or other property within said Village. And said corporation may establish, alter, or repeal other bylaws and ordinances that it may deem necessary for the well-being of said Village, and for the proper regulation of the officers thereof, not repugnant to the laws of the State.
24 V.S.A. § 3355 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 91 / Section 3355
§ 3355. Withdrawal from district
Status: in_force

(a) A town which is a member of a consolidated water district may vote to withdraw from said district if one year has elapsed since said district has become a body politic and corporate as provided in section 3342 of this title and if said consolidated water district has not voted to bond itself for construction or improvements.

(b) When a majority of the voters of a town present and voting at a town meeting duly warned for that purpose shall vote to withdraw from a consolidated water district such vote shall thereupon be certified by the clerk of the town to the Secretary of State who shall thereupon record such certificate in his or her office, and the membership of the withdrawing town in the consolidated water district to be at an end as of December 31 immediately following or as soon thereafter as the obligations of said withdrawing district as incurred under this chapter have been paid to the district.

(c) A vote of withdrawal taken after a consolidated water district has become a body politic and corporate as provided in section 3342 of this title but less than one year after said date shall be null and void. A vote of withdrawal from a consolidated water district taken after said district has voted to bond itself for construction or improvements shall be null and void. (1964, No. 20 (Sp. Sess.), § 15, eff. March 10, 1964.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 114 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 114
App. § 123-114. Form of government
Status: in_force

The municipal government provided by this charter shall be known as the council manager form of government. Pursuant to its provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by the Vermont Constitution and by this charter, all powers of the Town shall be vested in an elective Council, which shall be known as the Selectboard, which shall enact ordinances, codes, and regulations; propose budgets; determine policies; and appoint the Town Manager, who shall execute the laws and administer the government of the Town. All powers of the Town shall be exercised in the manners prescribed by this charter or prescribed by ordinance.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 501
App. § 411-501. Annual meetings
Status: in_force

Annual meetings of the District shall be held on the first Tuesday in March for the purpose of member towns' consideration of any properly warned District business.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 51 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 51
App. § 901-51. Amendment of the Authority agreement
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Amendments to this chapter may be proposed by a petition signed by five percent of the voters of the members, or by the Board, by a resolution expressing the intention to amend the chapter.

(2) A copy of such resolution shall be mailed to the legislative bodies of the members and to each director at least 10 days prior to the meeting scheduled to act on the proposal of amendment.

(b) Unless a majority of the members request, in writing, on or before the date of the meeting scheduled to act on the amendment that the Board hold a special meeting of the Authority to vote on the amendment, the Board may adopt the amendment.

(c)(1) Within 10 days of the adoption of the amendment by the Board or by the voters of the Authority, the Secretary of the Authority shall certify to the Secretary of State each proposal of amendment.

(2) The Secretary of State and the General Assembly shall then proceed as with municipal charter amendments under 17 V.S.A. § 2645.

(d) No amendment shall substantially impair the rights of the holders of any bonds or other notes or other evidence of indebtedness or substantially affect any obligations under long-term contracts of the Authority then outstanding or in effect or the rights of the Authority to procure the means for payment, continuation, or termination thereof.
24 V.S.A. § 3203 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 85 / Section 3203
§ 3203. Findings and declarations of necessity
Status: in_force

(a) It is hereby found and declared that there exist in municipalities of the State slum and blighted areas, as herein defined, which constitute a serious and growing menace, injurious to the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the State; that the existence of such areas contributes substantially and increasingly to the spread of disease and crime, constitutes an economic and social liability imposing onerous municipal burdens which decrease the tax base and reduce tax revenues, substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of municipalities, retards the provision of housing accommodations, aggravates traffic problems and substantially impairs or arrests the elimination of traffic hazards and the improvement of traffic facilities; and that the prevention and elimination of slums and blight is a matter of State policy and State concern in order that the State and its municipalities shall not continue to be endangered by areas which are focal centers of disease, promote juvenile delinquency, and consume an excessive proportion of its revenues because of the extra services required for police, fire, accident, hospitalization, and other forms of public protection, services, and facilities.

(b) It is further found and declared that certain slum or blighted areas, or portions thereof, may require acquisition, clearance, and disposition subject to use restrictions, as provided in this chapter, since the prevailing condition of decay may make impracticable the reclamation of the area by conservation or rehabilitation; that other areas or portions thereof may, through the means provided in this chapter, be susceptible of conservation or rehabilitation in such a manner that the conditions and evils hereinbefore enumerated may be eliminated, remedied, or prevented; and that salvable slum and blighted areas can be conserved and rehabilitated through appropriate public action as herein authorized, and the cooperation and voluntary action of the owners and tenants of property in such areas.

(c) It is further found and declared that the powers conferred by this chapter are for public uses and purposes for which public money may be expended and the power of eminent domain and police power exercised; and that the necessity in the public interest for the provisions herein enacted is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1502 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 1502
App. § 269-1502. Preparation and submission of budget and Village report
Status: in_force

(a) The Village Manager, at least 60 days before the date of the annual Village meeting, shall submit to the trustees a budget that shall contain:

(1) A statement of the financial condition of the Village as of the end of the fiscal year and as of the date of submission of the budget.

(2) An itemized statement of appropriations recommended for current expenses and for capital improvements during the next fiscal year with comparative statements in parallel columns of appropriations and estimated expenditures for the current fiscal year and actual appropriations and expenditures for the preceding fiscal year.

(3) An itemized statement of estimated revenues from all sources, other than taxation, for the next fiscal year; a statement of estimated taxes required for the next fiscal year; and comparative figures of tax and other sources of revenue for the current and the preceding fiscal year.

(4) A statement of the short- and long-term indebtedness of the Village.

(5) A listing of delinquent taxpayers.

(6) Such other information as may be required by the Board of Trustees or law.

(b) The trustees' budget in its final form and the warning of the meeting shall be made available to the legal voters of the Village in an annual Village report at least 14 days prior to the annual Village meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 301
App. § 407-301. Officers
Status: in_force

The officers of the District shall be the Chair and the Vice Chair of the Board of Supervisors, the Clerk of the District, and the Treasurer of the District. No person may hold more than one office at one time. The Board of Supervisors also may appoint such assistant clerks and assistant treasurers as may be deemed necessary.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 113 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 113
App. § 3-113. Assessments may be collected by suit
Status: in_force

Such assessments and installments may also be collected by an action at law in the name of the holder of such assessment certificates or in the name of the City of Burlington. A declaration setting forth in substance that the action is brought to recover certain assessments or installments and describing the nature of the same, with the date at which they were made and describing in a general way the premises against which the same are assessed, shall be sufficient.
24 V.S.A. § 5002 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 123 / Section 5002
§ 5002. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Board” means the board established or designated as the housing board of review.

(2) “Dwelling” means any building or structure or part thereof, including hotels and rooming houses, that is used, occupied, or intended to be used or occupied for human habitation, and includes dwelling premises, appurtenances, and facilities belonging to the dwelling or usually enjoyed therewith.

(3) “Dwelling premises” means the land and auxiliary buildings thereon used or intended to be used in connection with the dwelling.

(4) “Enforcing officer” means the head, or his or her duly authorized representative, of the division, bureau, office, department, or agency responsible for enforcing and administering any ordinance or regulation adopted under this chapter.

(5) “Municipality” means a city, town, or incorporated village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 195a — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 195a
App. § 3-195a. Authority of University of Vermont police officers
Status: in_force

University of Vermont police officers are hereby empowered to enforce City of Burlington municipal ordinances and to issue citations for the violation thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 307 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 307
App. § 123-307. Vacancies and appointments
Status: in_force

(a) When the term of any member of the Development Review Board, the Planning Commission, or any other Town board, commission, or formal committee expires, or when the term of any officer appointed by the Selectboard or the Town Manager expires, or when there is a vacancy in any board, commission, committee, or office, the Town Manager may cause to be published, in a newspaper or digital news forum of general local circulation or availability, and on the Town website, a notice of the vacancy or the expiration of the term.

(b) Any qualified voter of the Town, within 10 days of the publication, may submit their own name to the Town Manager as an applicant for the vacant or expired office. At the expiration or 10 days from the date of publication, the names of all persons being considered shall be entered in the Selectboard minutes. The Selectboard shall not fill the vacancy or expired term until after at least seven days from the date the names of the applicants are entered in the minutes.
24 V.S.A. § 5604 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 137 / Section 5604
§ 5604. Cultural Facilities Grant Program
Status: in_force

(a) There is established a Cultural Facilities Competitive Grant Program to be administered by the Vermont Arts Council. No portion of a grant shall be used to pay salaries.

(b) Grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis. In recommending grant awards, a review panel shall give priority consideration to applicants who demonstrate greater financial need or are in underserved areas of the State.
24 V.S.A. § 3108 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 83 / Section 3108
§ 3108. Inspector's duties
Status: in_force

The inspector shall daily examine the condition of buildings undergoing alteration or erection and serve notice in writing upon the builders, owners, or architects of such structures as he or she deems to be unsafe or insecure by reason of the mode and manner of construction or materials used in the construction thereof. He or she shall order such changes in the mode or manner of construction and the materials used as he or she deems necessary for the public safety and may order work to cease.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2.04 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 2.04
App. § 9-2.4. Method of conducting elections
Status: in_force

All annual and special City elections, and all special meetings, shall be held in the several wards at times designated by the Board of Aldermen as directed by State statutes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 903 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 903
App. § 13-903. Oath; bond
Status: in_force

Before entering upon his or her duties, the Manager shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his or her duties by the City Clerk and shall give a bond to the City in such amount and with such sureties as the Council may require.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 309 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 309
App. § 127-309. Bonding of officers
Status: in_force

All officers of the Town required to be bonded by State law shall be bonded.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 53 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 53
App. § 401-53. Dissolution of District
Status: in_force

(a) Dissolution by Board of Supervisors. If the Board of Supervisors by resolution determines that it is in the best interests of the public, the member municipalities, and the District that the District be dissolved, and if the District then has no outstanding debt or obligations under long-term contracts, or will have no such debt or obligation upon completion of the plan of dissolution, it shall prepare a plan of dissolution and thereafter adopt a resolution directing that the question of such dissolution and the plan of dissolution be submitted to the voters of the District at a special meeting of the District duly warned for such purpose. The vote required for passage of such resolution shall be as prescribed in section 14 of this chapter, except that the votes of the representatives of two-thirds of the member municipalities and two-thirds of the votes cast shall be required for adoption. If two-thirds of the voters of the District present and voting at such special meeting of the District duly warned for such purpose shall vote to dissolve the District and approve the plan of dissolution, the District shall cease to conduct its affairs, except insofar as may be necessary for the winding up thereof. The Board of Supervisors shall immediately cause a notice of the proposed dissolution to be mailed to each known creditor of the District and to the Secretary of State and shall proceed to collect the assets of the District and apply and distribute them in accordance with the plan of dissolution.

(b) Dissolution pursuant to petition. In the event of a vote pursuant to the petition of the voters for dissolution under section 39 of this chapter, the Board of Supervisors shall proceed to prepare and adopt a plan of dissolution and upon adoption of the plan, the District shall then cease to conduct its affairs, except insofar as necessary for the winding up thereof, and the Board shall cause a notice of the proposed dissolution to be mailed to each known creditor of the District and to the Secretary of State, and shall proceed to collect the assets of the District and apply and distribute them in accordance with the plan of dissolution.

(c) Plan of dissolution. The plan of dissolution shall:

(1) identify and value all unencumbered assets of the District;

(2) identify and value all encumbered assets of the District;

(3) identify all creditors of the District and the nature or amount of all liabilities and obligations of the District;

(4) identify all obligations under long-term contracts;

(5) specify the means by which assets of the District shall be liquidated and all liabilities and obligations of the District shall be paid and discharged, or adequate provision shall be made for the satisfaction thereof;

(6) specify the amount of monies due from each member municipality, if necessary, to extinguish the liabilities of the District;

(7) specify the nature and amount of any liabilities or obligations to be assumed and paid by the member municipalities;

(8) specify the means by which any assets remaining after the discharge of all liabilities shall be liquidated if necessary;

(9) specify that any assets remaining after payment of all liabilities shall be apportioned and distributed among the member municipalities according to the same basic formula used in apportioning the annual assessments of the District.

(d) Termination. When the plan of dissolution has been implemented, the Board of Supervisors shall adopt a resolution certifying that fact to the member municipalities, whereupon this chapter and the District created shall be terminated.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 403 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 403
App. § 129-403. Record of proceedings
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the School Board of Trustees to review and sign off on an official record of its proceedings that shall be open for public inspection.

(b) The minutes of each meeting shall be approved within 30 days of the meeting by a majority vote of the School Board of Trustees. An unofficial copy shall be filed in the Town Clerk's office five days after the meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2.05 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 2.05
App. § 107-2.5. Selectboard
Status: in_force

The Selectboard is a legislative body of five persons elected at large by the voters and youth voters of the Town. The Selectboard directs the affairs of the Town within areas specified in subchapter 4 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 6
App. § 101-6. Board of Civil Authority
Status: in_force

(a) A Board of Civil Authority shall consist of the justices of the peace residing within the Town, the Town Clerk, and the Selectboard. At the first meeting on or after February 1 of each year, the Board shall elect a Chair and Vice Chair from among its members; the Town Clerk shall be the Clerk of the Board. In the event of the absence of the Chair and Vice Chair or Clerk from any meeting of the Board, the first order of business shall be the election of a Chair or Clerk, Pro Tempore, to serve for the balance of the meeting.

(b)(1) The Board of Civil Authority shall meet as necessary to prepare, revise, and post in the manner required by law an alphabetical list of all the legal voters in the Town. For that purpose, the Board shall have access to any books or lists belonging to the Town, except as provided by law, and may require the assistance of any of the Town officers.

(2) The Town Clerk shall post in five places an attested copy of the list of voters so prepared and corrected, at least 30 days prior to the regular or special Town meeting or election, and the list of voters so prepared and corrected shall be used at annual or special meetings and elections, except as otherwise allowed by State law.

(3) In preparing the list of voters, the Board shall record each name in such manner as to identify each voter precisely, so as to avoid any possible confusion.

(c) In addition to any other requirement of law, the Board shall cause at least two notices of the time and place of each of its meetings for the purpose of revising the checklist to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town. Publication shall be at least two and not more than 10 days prior to such meeting, but no notice need be published with respect to an adjourned session of a meeting for which notice has been given.

(d) The Board shall assist the Town Clerk and Moderator in supervising all Town elections and meetings and shall take care that all laws and requirements relating to elections and election procedures and Town meetings are fully and faithfully kept. The Board may require the presence of any law enforcement officers it may judge necessary to preserve the integrity of any election or Town meeting.

(e) Except as otherwise provided by law for additions to the checklist, a majority of all of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for all purposes.

(f) Ballots, conduct of elections, counting of votes, recount of votes, and certification of results shall be governed by the general State law, except as otherwise provided in this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 102
App. § 113-102. General law; application
Status: in_force

Except when changed or modified by this charter, or by any lawful regulation or ordinance of the Town of Colchester, all of the statutes of the State relating to municipalities shall apply to the Town of Colchester.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 239 / Section 6
App. § 239-6. Election of Village officials
Status: in_force

(a) At the annual meeting to be held on the second Monday of July, the Village shall, by ballot, if called for by three or more legal voters in the meeting, elect for the ensuing year, and, until their successors are chosen; a President, who shall preside at all Village meetings, and be vested with the powers of a moderator at town meeting and who shall be, by virtue of this office, one of the trustees of the Village and President of the Board of Trustees; a Clerk; a Treasurer; and a Tax Collector; and the Treasurer and Tax Collector shall give bonds for the faithful performance of their duties in the sums as the trustees shall direct; and if a Treasurer or Collector shall fail to give the bonds within 10 days after election or appointment, the office shall be vacant; three auditors, who shall have the powers and perform the duties in the Village which town auditors perform in towns; and the corporation at each annual meeting shall elect two trustees for a term of two years; the trustees shall have charge of the prudential affairs of the corporation, with powers necessary for that purpose, and may fill all vacancies in the offices of the corporation and may act by a majority, and of whom the elder of those oldest in office present at any Village meeting, shall act in the absence of the President.

(b) In case of failure to elect any or all of the officers at an annual meeting, they may be elected at a special meeting called for that purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 601 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 249 / Section 601
App. § 249-601. Date of annual meeting
Status: in_force

The annual meeting of said corporation for the choice of officers and for the transaction of any business specified in the warning of such meeting, shall be held in the Village of Newfane on the first Wednesday in May.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 306 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 306
App. § 411-306. Bonding of officers
Status: in_force

Within 30 days following their election or appointment, all officers of the District shall post bond in the amounts determined by the Board. The cost of the bond shall be borne by the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 172 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 172
App. § 225-172. Severability
Status: in_force

The sections of this charter and parts thereof are severable. If any portion of this charter or its application to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder thereof or the application of such invalid portions to other persons shall not thereby be affected, except that no portion of the charter shall be administered in an erratic, inconsistent, or prejudicial manner or so as to create a double standard.
24 V.S.A. § 1157 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 35 / Section 1157
§ 1157. Duties of town clerk as to chattel mortgages
Status: in_force

A town clerk shall procure and keep a book of records for mortgages of personal property and shall keep an alphabetical index of mortgagors and mortgagees. The record and index shall be open to public inspection. The clerk shall record in the book any mortgage, transfer, discharge, or officer's return of sale upon any mortgage. Reference to the volume and page of the record of the mortgage shall be made by the clerk upon the margin of the record of the return, as well as reference on the margin of the record of the mortgage to the volume and page of the record of the return. When requested, the clerk shall give a certified copy thereof on payment of his or her fees as provided in 32 V.S.A. § 1671 and shall certify the time when the same is received and recorded. Mortgages or deeds of trust conveying both real and personal property shall be recorded only as real estate mortgages, but town clerks shall include in their indices of mortgages of personal property a reference to the record thereof. A copy of the personal mortgage, certified as a true and correct copy by the recording clerk, may be pasted or otherwise permanently attached in the record books, provided that space on the back of the sheet to be pasted is allowed for pasting, and when so done the same shall be deemed to be legally recorded, or if a person leaving the mortgage for record so desires, it shall be copied into the records at length by the town clerk.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 304 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 304
App. § 117-304. Rescission of ordinances
Status: in_force

All ordinances shall be subject to rescission by a special or annual Town meeting, as follows: If, within 44 days after final passage by the Selectboard of any such ordinance, a petition signed by voters of the Town not less in number than five percent of the qualified voters of the municipality is filed with the Town Clerk requesting its reference to a special or annual Town meeting, the Selectboard shall fix the time and place of the meeting, which shall be within 60 days after the filing of the petition, and notice thereof shall be given in the manner provided by law in the calling of a special or annual Town meeting. Voting shall be by Australian ballot. An ordinance so referred shall remain in effect upon the conclusion of the meeting unless a majority of those present and voting against the ordinance at the special or annual Town meeting exceeds five percent in number of the qualified voters of the municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 305 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 305
App. § 407-305. Vacancy
Status: in_force

During the absence or inability of the Vice Chair to render or perform his or her duties or exercise his or her powers, the Board of Supervisors shall elect from among its membership an acting Vice Chair who shall have the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities hereby given or imposed upon the Vice Chair.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 207 / Section 8
App. § 207-8. Clerk's duties
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Clerk to warn all meetings of said corporation, both annual and special, agreeable to the direction of the Board of Trustees, and to keep accurate records of the proceedings of said corporation, to furnish certified copies of the same when required, and the Clerk shall receive compensation as determined by the trustees. The Clerk shall also be ex-officio Clerk of the Board of Trustees.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 503 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 503
App. § 153-503. Board of Library Trustees
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Library Trustees shall consist of seven members appointed by the Selectboard to staggered three-year terms. The library trustees shall be responsible for setting general policies concerning library operations, including programs and collections, consistent with the provisions of this charter. The Library Director shall be responsible for ensuring that library policy adopted by the library trustees is effectively implemented.

(b) Library personnel are Town employees subject to the personnel policies and labor agreements duly adopted by the Selectboard. The Town Manager shall have the authority to hire, appoint, fix the salary of, discipline, suspend, and remove the Library Director and all employees pursuant to the provisions of this charter and personnel rules adopted pursuant to this charter.

(c) On the hiring of the Library Director, the Town Manager shall seek the advice of the library trustees. The library trustees shall have at least two trustees on the search committee to review resumes and interview candidates. The Town Manager shall give seven days' notice to the library trustees of his or her intent to hire the Library Director prior to extending a job offer.

(d) Trust funds and other donations to benefit the Library shall be under the exclusive control and direction of the library trustees subject to the terms of the document creating the trust or evidencing the gift. The Town Treasurer shall maintain separate accounts for these funds and shall write checks from those accounts as directed by the library trustees. Town appropriations and all other taxpayer-sourced library funds shall be subject to and handled in accord with financial policies and controls duly adopted by the Selectboard.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in this section, to the extent of any conflict between the provisions of this charter and the provisions of Vermont statutes pertaining to municipal libraries, the provisions of this charter shall control.
24 V.S.A. § 1204 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 36 / Section 1204
§ 1204. Notice
Status: in_force

(a) Initial public notice of any hearing under this chapter shall be provided in accordance with applicable statutes. All parties and interested persons shall be given an opportunity for hearing after reasonable notice.

(b) At any hearing held under this chapter, opportunity shall be given to all parties to respond and present evidence and argument on all issues involved.

(c) If a hearing is to reconvene at a later date, it shall be deemed sufficient to constitute proper notice of that later session, if an announcement made before adjournment of the previous session of the hearing specifies the time, date, and place of that later session.
24 V.S.A. § 3347 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 91 / Section 3347
§ 3347. Record of proceedings
Status: in_force

The clerk shall keep a record of the votes and the proceedings of the district meetings and give certified copies thereof when required. A clerk who neglects to perform this duty shall forfeit $20.00 to the district, to be recovered in a civil action on this statute. (1964, No. 20 (Sp. Sess.), § 7, eff. March 10, 1964.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 61 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 61
App. § 126-61. Fiscal year
Status: in_force

The Town's fiscal year shall commence on the first day of January.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 11 / Section 1
App. § 11-1. General law application
Status: in_force

Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any legal regulation or ordinance of the City of St. Albans, all provisions of the statutes of this State relating to municipalities shall apply to the City of St. Albans. Prior acts or enactments of the City of St. Albans shall not be affected by this charter, except as otherwise provided herein. Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, all provisions of the statutes of this State relating to schools or school districts shall apply to the City of St. Albans School District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 11
App. § 417-11. Organization meeting
Status: in_force

Annually, during its first meeting in April, the Board of Supervisors shall hold its organizational meeting. At the meeting, the Board of Supervisors shall elect from among its membership, a Chair and a Vice Chair, each of whom shall hold office for one year and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. The Chair and Vice Chair are eligible to be elected to successive terms without limit. For this election, each member municipality's representative shall cast one vote.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 304 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 304
App. § 5-304. Election of President, Vice President, and Parliamentarian
Status: in_force

(a) Following the annual meeting, the City Council shall elect from its members a President, Vice President, and Parliamentarian.

(b) The President shall assume all the duties of the Mayor in the event of a vacancy in that office. The Vice President shall assume powers and duties of the Mayor in the event of a vacancy in the offices of Mayor and President. The Parliamentarian shall advise the Council on rules of procedure.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 107 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 107
App. § 407-107. Responsibility to accept solid waste
Status: in_force

(a) The District becomes responsible for providing a system for solid waste management, as delineated in subsection (b) of this section, when the Board of Supervisors declares the management system operational.

(b) The District shall provide a system for the management of all solid waste generated therein. Such system shall be revised and amended from time to time, and shall include all facilities, both public and private, for the collection, transportation, storage, treatment, disposal, and reuse of solid waste, all of which facilities shall be subject to regulation by the District. All solid waste subject to management control and regulation by the District shall be classified in accordance with the cost of managing or disposing of the same, and charges imposed by the District for such management and disposal shall be made in accordance with such costs. The District may contract with a nonmember municipality or a private entity for the disposal or management of solid waste generated outside the boundaries of the District, provided that such contract will provide a significant benefit to the District or a member thereof, and further provided that the solid waste that is the subject of any such contract shall be subject to at least as stringent standards, conditions, and controls as solid waste generated within the District.

(c) Each member municipality agrees to act as a host community in the event that the District decides to establish a solid waste management and/or material recovery facility within that member municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 703 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 703
App. § 247-703. Confirmation of appropriations
Status: in_force

Whenever a proposal calling for an appropriation in excess of $1,000.00 is made at either an annual or a special meeting, a quorum of 15 percent of the legal voters of the Village shall be confirmed by the Moderator before such proposal can be discussed and/or acted upon in the meeting.
24 V.S.A. § 4306 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4306
§ 4306. Municipal and Regional Planning and Resilience Fund
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The Municipal and Regional Planning and Resilience Fund for the purpose of assisting municipal and regional planning commissions to carry out the intent of this chapter is hereby created in the State Treasury.

(2) The Fund shall be composed of 13 percent of the revenue deposited from the property transfer tax under 32 V.S.A. chapter 231 and any monies from time to time appropriated to the Fund by the General Assembly or received from any other source, private or public. All balances at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward and remain in the Fund. Interest earned by the Fund shall be deposited in the Fund.

(3) Of the revenues in the Fund, each year:

(A) 10 percent shall be disbursed to the Vermont Center for Geographic Information;

(B) 70 percent shall be disbursed to the Secretary of Commerce and Community Development for performance contracts with regional planning commissions to provide regional planning services pursuant to section 4341a of this title; and

(C) 20 percent shall be disbursed to municipalities.

(b)(1) Allocations for performance contract funding to regional planning commissions shall be determined according to a formula to be adopted by rule under 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 by the Department for the assistance of the regional planning commissions. Disbursement of funding to regional planning commissions shall be predicated upon meeting performance goals and targets pursuant to the terms of the performance contract.

(2) Disbursement to municipalities shall be awarded annually on or before December 31 through a competitive program administered by the Department providing the opportunity for any eligible municipality or municipalities to compete regardless of size, provided that to receive funds, a municipality:

(A) shall be confirmed under section 4350 of this title; or

(B)(i) shall use the funds for the purpose of developing a municipal plan to be submitted for approval by the regional planning commission, as required for municipal confirmation under section 4350 of this title; and

(ii) shall have voted at an annual or special meeting to provide local funds for municipal planning and resilience purposes and regional planning purposes.

(3) Of the annual disbursement to municipalities, an amount not to exceed 20 percent of the total may be disbursed to the Department to administer a program providing direct technical consulting assistance under retainer on a rolling basis to any eligible municipality to meet the requirements for designated neighborhood development area under chapter 76A of this title, provided that the municipality is eligible for funding under subdivision (2) of this subsection and meets funding guidelines established by the Department to ensure accessibility for lower capacity communities, municipal readiness, and statewide coverage.

(4) Of the annual disbursement to municipalities, the Department may allocate funding as bylaw modernization grants under section 4307 of this title.

(c) Funds allocated to municipalities shall be used for the purposes of:

(1) funding the regional planning commission in undertaking capacity studies;

(2) carrying out the provisions of subchapters 5 through 10 of this chapter;

(3) acquiring development rights, conservation easements, or title to those lands, areas, and strictures identified in either regional or municipal plans as requiring special consideration for provision of needed housing, aquifer protection, flood protection, climate resilience, open space, farmland preservation, or other conservation purposes; and

(4) reasonable and necessary costs of administering the Fund by the Department of Housing and Community Development, not to exceed six percent of the municipality allocation.

(d) Until July 1, 2027, the annual disbursement to municipalities shall:

(1) prioritize funding grants to municipalities that do not have zoning or subdivision bylaws to create zoning or subdivision bylaws;

(2) allow a regional planning commission to submit an application for disbursement on behalf of a municipality; and

(3) not require a municipality without zoning or subdivision bylaws to contribute matching funds in order to receive a grant.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 36 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 36
App. § 3-36. Administration; vested in Mayor and City Council; selection and terms of same
Status: in_force

(a) The administration of all the fiscal, prudential, and municipal affairs of the City and the government thereof, except as herein otherwise provided, shall be vested in a principal officer to be styled the Mayor and a board of 12 members to be denominated the City Council. The City Council shall elect one of the members President thereof.

(b) The Mayor and City Council sitting in their joint capacity shall be called the City Council with Mayor presiding.
24 V.S.A. § 4671 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4671
§ 4671. Reserve fund
Status: in_force

(a) The Bank shall establish and maintain a special fund called the “Vermont Municipal Bond Bank Reserve Fund” in which there shall be deposited:

(1) All monies appropriated by the State for the purpose of the Fund;

(2) All proceeds of bonds required to be deposited therein by terms of any contract between the Bank and its bondholders or any resolution of the Bank with respect to the proceeds of bonds; and

(3) Any other monies or funds of the Bank that it determines to deposit therein.

(b) Monies in the Reserve Fund shall be held and applied solely to the payment of the interest on and principal of presently outstanding bonds of the Bank and any bonds issued on a parity therewith and any bonds issued to refund such bonds, all as they become due and payable and for the retirement of bonds. Money may not be withdrawn if it reduces the amount in the Reserve Fund to an amount less than the “required debt service reserve,” as defined in this subsection, except for payment of interest then due and payable on bonds and the principal of bonds then maturing and payable and for the retirement of bonds in accordance with the terms of any contract between the Bank and its bondholders and for which payments other monies of the Bank are not then available. As used in this subsection “required debt service reserve” means, as of any date of computation, the amount or amounts required to be on deposit in the Reserve Fund as provided by resolution of the Bank. Required debt service reserve shall not be required by resolution of the Bank to exceed “maximum debt service.” As used in this subsection “maximum debt service” means, as of any date of computation, the largest amount of money required by the terms of all contracts between the Bank and its bondholders to be raised in any succeeding calendar year for the payment of interest on and maturing principal of outstanding bonds and payments required by the terms of any contracts to sinking funds established for the payment or redemption of bonds, all calculated on the assumption that the bonds will cease to be outstanding after date of the computation by reason of the payment of the bonds at their respective maturities and the payments of the required moneys to sinking funds and the application thereof in accordance with the terms of all contracts to the retirement of bonds.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 21.01
App. § 9-21.1. Requirements
Status: in_force

(a) All officers, boards, and departments of the City shall be subject to audit as follows:

(1) at the close of each fiscal year;

(2) at the expiration of the term of office of any officer, board, or department;

(3) at such other times as may be directed by the Board of Aldermen.

(b) The Board of Aldermen shall provide a competent professional auditor who shall have access to all books and vouchers in possession of any officer, employee, board, or department of the City for auditing purposes. Such professional auditor shall report the audit results to the Board of Aldermen.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 26 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 26
App. § 173-26. Tax abatements
Status: in_force

The Board of Civil Authority, along with the Treasurer and the listers, shall constitute the Board of Abatement. The Chair and the Clerk of the Board of Civil Authority shall serve as the Chair and Clerk of the Board of Abatement. The Board of Abatement shall meet at least once a year to consider all the taxpayers' requests for abatement of their taxes, special assessment, or other levy made by the Town. The Clerk shall call the meeting and public notice of the meeting must appear in at least three public places at least two days prior to the meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 10
App. § 601-10. Regular meetings
Status: in_force

Regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be held periodically with the time and place to be determined by the Board of Supervisors.
24 V.S.A. § 3411 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 95 / Section 3411
§ 3411. Service; commissioners
Status: in_force

The petition, with a citation, shall be served on the towns, corporations, or persons owning or interested in the highways or lands affected, either as abutting owners or otherwise, as a writ of summons requiring appearance to be made therein within 21 days from the date of service. Unless cause is shown to the contrary, the court shall appoint three disinterested freeholders as such commissioners.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 51 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 51
App. § 149-51. Taxation and collection
Status: repealed

(a) [Repealed.]

(b) Responsibility for taxation and collection.

(1) The Town Treasurer shall be responsible for tax collection.

(2) [Repealed.]

(3) The Collector of Taxes or Delinquent Taxes may charge and collect such fees and interest as may be fixed by the Selectboard and shall deposit them into the General Fund. Fees and interest established shall not exceed those provided by statute.

(c) Manner of collection.

(1) The timetable of tax collection in terms of due dates and installments shall be fixed by the Town Treasurer, subject to the approval of the Selectboard.

(2) [Repealed.]

(d) [Repealed.]

(e) Tax stabilization.

(1) The authority to negotiate and grant tax stabilization agreements shall be granted and revoked by the voters.

(2) The Selectboard shall negotiate all stabilization agreements when so authorized by the voters.

(3) Under this section, the Selectboard shall maintain uniform guidelines outlining the scope and nature of tax stabilization agreements.

(4) The Selectboard shall retain final authority on stabilization agreements.

(f) Special assessments.

(1) The Selectboard shall have the authority to negotiate or impose by ordinance reasonable special assessments or special use charges.

(2) The procedures for each special assessment must be outlined and authorized by an ordinance explaining the reason for the assessment, the amounts and basis for the amounts, the collection of the assessments, and all other matters related to the assessment.

(g) [Repealed.]
24 V.S.A. § 3220 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 85 / Section 3220
§ 3220. Urban renewal agency
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby created in each municipality a public body corporate and politic to be known as the “urban renewal agency” of the municipality; provided, that such agency shall not transact any business or exercise its powers hereunder until or unless the local governing body has made the finding prescribed in section 3206 of this title and has elected to have the urban renewal project powers exercised by an urban renewal agency as provided in section 3219 of this title.

(b) If the urban renewal agency is authorized to transact business and exercise powers hereunder, the mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the local governing body, shall appoint a board of commissioners of the urban renewal agency which shall consist of five commissioners. The term of office of each such commissioner shall be one year.

(c)(1) A commissioner shall receive no compensation for his or her services but shall be entitled to the necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of his or her duties. Each commissioner shall hold office until his or her successor has been appointed and has qualified. A certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of such commissioner.

(2) The powers of an urban renewal agency shall be exercised by the commissioners thereof. A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting business and exercising the powers of the agency and for all other purposes. Action may be taken by the agency upon a vote of a majority of the commissioners present, unless in any case the bylaws shall require a larger number. Any persons may be appointed as commissioners if they reside within the area of operation of the agency, which shall be coterminous with the area of operation of the municipality, and are otherwise eligible for such appointments under this chapter.

(3) The mayor shall designate a chair and vice chair from among the commissioners. An agency may employ an executive director, technical experts, and such other agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require, and determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation. For such legal service as it may require, an agency may employ or retain its own counsel and legal staff. An agency authorized to transact business and exercise powers under this chapter shall file, with the local governing body, on or before March 31 of each year a report of its activities for the preceding calendar year, which report shall include a complete financial statement setting forth its assets, liabilities, income, and operating expense as of the end of such calendar year. At the time of filing the report, the agency shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the community a notice to the effect that such report has been filed with the municipality and that the report is available for inspection during business hours in the office of the clerk and in the office of the agency.

(d) For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, a commissioner may be removed only after a hearing and after he or she shall have been given a copy of the charges at least 10 days prior to such hearing and have had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 207 / Section 23
App. § 207-23. Streets and sidewalks
Status: in_force

(a) Lighting and the regulation of the highways, streets, and sidewalks located within the corporate limits of said corporation shall be within the control of the Board of Trustees and the corporation shall have the right to use said highways, streets, and sidewalks for sewer and water purposes and for other municipal purposes, all as provided elsewhere in this charter and as may be amended from time to time.

(b) The trustees shall have no power to control or direct the expenditure of funds for the purpose of maintaining the highways, bridges, and culverts located within the corporate limits. The trustees may, on behalf of the corporation, petition the Selectboard of the Town of Rockingham to make repairs to highways, bridges, and culverts within the corporate limits, or to lay out, alter, or discontinue highways within said limits. Upon receipt of such a petition, the Selectboard shall take appropriate action thereon as if the petition had been submitted in accordance with Title 19, chapter 7 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated and the trustees may appeal the actions of the Selectboard and exercise any other rights of an interested person with respect to said petition.

(c) The Board of Trustees of said corporation shall have the power to regulate, improve, beautify, light, repair, or sustain the parks and commons of said corporation. Said Board of Trustees may cause to be trimmed or removed any tree, obstruction, or vegetation in any street, sidewalk, or right-of-way in said corporation when said trustees shall deem the same to be necessary to the free use and occupancy of the streets and sidewalks, or to the proper lighting of the same.
24 V.S.A. § 3677 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 105 / Section 3677
§ 3677. Check list
Status: in_force

The clerk of each town within a consolidated sewer district shall furnish to the clerk of the district, at the expense of the district, authenticated copies of the check lists of legal voters within the town as the same appears after revision of the check list before the last town meeting, annual or special, preceding the date of the district meeting, which check list shall control for the purposes of determining the voters eligible to vote at the district meeting. Whenever a matter, including bond issues under chapter 53, subchapter 1 of this title, is to be determined by ballot or voting machine, the regular polling places within the district shall be used. (1967, No. 318 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. March 22, 1968.)
24 V.S.A. § 1964 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 58 / Section 1964
§ 1964. Structure of the community justice boards; confidentiality of certain restorative justice meetings
Status: in_force

(a) Each community justice center:

(1) shall have an advisory board comprising at least 51 percent citizen volunteers;

(2) may use a variety of community-based restorative justice approaches, including restorative justice panels, group conferencing, or mediation; and

(3) shall include programs to resolve disputes, address the needs of victims, address the wrongdoing of the offender, and promote the rehabilitation of youthful and adult offenders.

(b) Meetings of restorative justice panels and meetings to conduct restorative justice group conferencing or mediation shall not be subject to the Vermont Open Meeting Law, 1 V.S.A. chapter 5, subchapter 2.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 505 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 505
App. § 13-505. Rescission of ordinances
Status: in_force

All ordinances shall be subject to rescission by a special City meeting, as follows: if, within 10 days after final passage by the Council of any such ordinance, a petition signed by electors of the City not less in number than 10 percent of the number of votes cast in the last municipal election is filed with the City Clerk requesting its reference to a special City meeting, the Council shall fix the time and place of such meeting, within 14 days after the filing of the petition, and notice thereof shall be given in the manner provided by law in the calling of a special City meeting. An ordinance so referred shall remain in effect upon the conclusion of such meeting unless electors, not less in number than 10 percent of the number of votes cast in the last municipal election and constituting a majority of those voting thereon, shall have voted against the ordinance.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 152 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 152
App. § 3-152. Powers and duties
Status: in_force

The City Constable shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and be under the same liabilities as are prescribed by the laws of this State for constables of towns, and the said Constable shall have the same powers as sheriffs in suppressing riots and all unlawful assemblages and of arresting without warrant all persons disturbing the peace and may forthwith bring them before the Chittenden Municipal Court, or a justice of the peace, or detain them in custody until such court can be held. The Second, Third, and Fourth Constables, in case such are appointed, shall have the same powers and perform the same duties and be under the same liabilities as the City Constable except that neither the Second, Third, nor Fourth Constable shall have the power or perform the duties of collector of taxes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 44 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 44
App. § 3-44. Authorized
Status: in_force

At all meetings of the Board of Civil Authority, the Board for the Abatement of Taxes, and also of the City Council for the appointment of officers or for the removal of such officers, except for the meeting for the appointment of those officers identified in Article 38 of this charter, and in all proceedings by the City Council for the purpose of taking lands or other property for public purposes, the Mayor shall preside and shall vote as other members thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 26 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 26
App. § 601-26. Treasurer
Status: in_force

The Treasurer of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, shall not be a member of the Board, and shall serve at its pleasure. The Treasurer shall have the exclusive charge and custody of the funds of the District and shall be the receiving and the disbursing officer of the District. When authorized by the Board of Supervisors, the Treasurer may sign, make, or endorse in the name of the District all checks and orders for the payment of the money and pay out and disburse the same and receipt therefor. The Treasurer shall keep a record of every note or bond issued by the District and of every payment thereon of principal and interest and, if coupons are taken up, shall cancel and preserve them. The Treasurer shall keep correct books of account of all the business and transactions for the District and other books and accounts as the Board of Supervisors may require. The Treasurer shall render a statement of the condition of the finances of the District at each regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors and at other times as shall be required of the Treasurer. The Treasurer shall prepare an annual financial statement of the District and distribute it to the member municipalities. The Treasurer shall do and perform all of the duties appertaining to the office of treasurer of a body politic and corporate. The Treasurer shall settle with the auditors within 30 days of the end of the fiscal year and at other times as the Board of Supervisors may require and upon retirement from office. Upon retirement from office, the Treasurer shall immediately pay over to his or her successor all of the funds belonging to the District and, at the same time, deliver to his or her successor all official books and papers.
24 V.S.A. § 3686 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 105 / Section 3686
§ 3686. Withdrawal from district
Status: in_force

(a) A town that is a member of a consolidated sewer district may vote to withdraw from the district if one year has elapsed since the district has become a body politic and corporate as provided in section 3673 of this title and if the consolidated sewer district has not voted to bond itself for construction or improvements. Any vote to withdraw before the expiration date of one year or after the district has voted bonds or other form of long term obligation shall be null and void.

(b) When a majority of the voters of a town present and voting at a town meeting duly warned for that purpose shall vote to withdraw from a consolidated sewer district, the vote shall thereupon be certified by the clerk of the town to the Secretary of State who shall thereupon record such certificate in his or her office, and the membership of the withdrawing town in the consolidated sewer district shall be at an end as of December 31 immediately following or as soon thereafter as the obligations of the withdrawing town as incurred under this chapter have been paid to the district. (1967, No. 318 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. March 22, 1968.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 40 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 40
App. § 261-40. Application of water rents
Status: in_force

The rents and receipts of said corporation for the use of water shall first be applied to pay the annual interest as it becomes due, upon the bonds issued by said corporation to the Barton Landing Water Company for the purchase price of its property and privileges, and whenever such rents and receipts shall exceed the amount required to pay such interest, and the interest of any other water bonds of said corporation, it shall be the duty of said corporation to pay such excess, in the necessary repairs, management, and additions to said waterworks; and the balance of such excess, if any, shall be invested by the Treasurer of said corporation, with the approval of the trustees, in the name of said corporation, and the same shall be set apart as a sinking fund, and be applied solely for the payment or purchase of said water bonds or other bonds of said corporation until the full amount of said bonds shall be paid.
24 V.S.A. § 3344 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 91 / Section 3344
§ 3344. Warnings of meetings
Status: in_force

(a) Meetings shall be warned by the clerk, or in case of his or her inability to act, by a majority of the water commissioners, by posting a notice thereof, specifying the time, place, and business of the meeting, in not less than five public places in the district, including at least one public place in each member town, at least 10 days before the time therein specified and causing the same to be published in a paper circulating in the district, such publication to be not less than 10 days before the date of the meeting, and the warning shall be recorded in the office of the clerk before being posted.

(b) Any meeting called for the purpose of considering a bond issue shall be warned as is provided for in chapter 53, subchapter 1 of this title.

(c) The water commissioners shall have the same authority and obligation to warn or call meetings of the district as selectmen have to warn or call town meetings.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 705 / Section 7
App. § 705-7. District officers
Status: in_force

(a) At the discretion of the Board of Utility Commissioners, the District may engage and employ a manager and such additional personnel as it deems necessary.

(b) The Board of Utility Commissioners shall appoint a district clerk and district treasurer, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 109 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 109
App. § 1-109. Reservation of powers to the City
Status: in_force

Nothing in this charter shall be so construed as in any way to limit the powers and functions conferred upon the City of Barre and the Council by general or special enactments in force or effect or hereafter enacted, and the powers and functions conferred by this charter shall be cumulative and in addition to the provisions of such general or special enactments.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 202 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 142 / Section 202
App. § 142-202. Officers
Status: in_force

(a) The officers of the Town of Richford shall be those provided by law for towns except as otherwise provided by this charter. Such officers shall have all the powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this charter as well as those provided by law.

(b) All elected officials, except as provided by law or as specifically provided in this charter, shall be chosen at large from the legally qualified voters of the Town and shall hold office for the term specified and until their successors are elected and qualified.

(c) When an elected or appointed officer resigns, makes another town his or her residence, dies, or becomes incapacitated, that office shall become vacant and the Selectboard shall appoint an eligible person to fill the vacancy until the next annual meeting. The person elected at the annual meeting shall serve until his or her predecessor's term expires.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 37 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 37
App. § 901-37. Places of meetings
Status: in_force

At any annual and special meeting of the Authority, voters of each member shall cast their ballots at such polling places within the municipality of their residence as shall be determined by the Board in consultation with the board of civil authority of each municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 816 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 816
App. § 251-816. Board of Water Commissioners' rules
Status: in_force

The said Board of Water Commissioners shall adopt rules and regulations and a proper system of bookkeeping for the keeping of accurate accounts of the receipts and income received by it for water or from any other source from or for said system of water works and it shall show the rents and charges paid by every person, the kind and extent of service rendered him or her and when and where, and how much rent there may be overdue, if any. Said accounts shall also show all the sums expended and the purpose for which the sums are expended and said accounts shall, at all times, be kept separate from all accounts of said Village, and shall be public accounts and shall be open to public inspection.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 9
App. § 173-9. Nomination of candidates
Status: in_force

All Town elections shall be nonpartisan and no party designation or slogan shall be printed on any Town ballot or petition.
24 V.S.A. § 5106 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 127 / Section 5106
§ 5106. Exemption from regulation
Status: in_force

The public transportation systems and facilities operating under this authority are exempt from any of the regulatory provisions of Title 30, except that the Public Utility Commission may impose any regulatory provisions of Title 30 that it may determine from time to time to be necessary.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 6
App. § 401-6. Procedure for adoption of ordinances, rules, and regulations
Status: repealed

Any ordinance, rule, or regulation of the District may be adopted by the Board of Supervisors at a duly called Board of Supervisors' meeting following the following procedure: if the Board of Supervisors desires to adopt an ordinance, rule, or regulation, it shall hold at least one public hearing on the proposed ordinance, rule, or regulation. Public notice shall be given of the public hearing by publication of the date, place, and purpose of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation within the District on a date not less than 15 days prior to the date of the hearing; the notice shall also be posted in at least three public places within each member municipality and mailed to the town clerk of each municipality at least 30 days prior to the date of the hearing. The notice shall make reference to a place within the District where copies of the proposed ordinance, rule, or regulation may be examined, and the full text of the ordinance, rule, or regulation, or a concise summary of it, including a statement of purpose, principal provisions, and table of contents or list of section headings, shall also be published. Following such public hearing, the Board of Supervisors may at any duly called Board of Supervisors' meeting adopt the ordinance, rule, or regulation by resolution, and the ordinance, rule, or regulation shall become effective upon adoption. An ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted in accordance with these procedures may be amended or repealed in accordance with the same procedures. No ordinance, rule, or regulation, or amendment or repeal shall be subject to any voter referendum. The foregoing procedure shall not be required for rules as to the internal workings of the Board or internal administration of this District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 701 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 215 / Section 701
App. § 215-701. Village grand list
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the listers of the Town of Derby, in making their assessments of real estate in the Town, to designate, in the list made by them, the real estate situated within the Village of Derby Center; and in case any piece or parcel of real estate is situated partly within and partly outside the limits of the Village, the listers shall designate in the list the appraised value of the real estate that lies within the Village limits.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 33 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 33
App. § 235-33. Waiving of Village bylaws
Status: in_force

The trustees may on legal holidays, or on the occurrence of any important event, suspend such rules and regulations contained in the Village bylaws as in their judgment may seem advisable, by posting notice defining the same in at least three public places in said Village.
24 V.S.A. § 4007 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 113 / Section 4007
§ 4007. Removal
Status: in_force

For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, a commissioner of an authority may be removed by the mayor (or in the case of an authority of a town, by the governing body of said town) or in the case of the State Authority, by the Governor, but a commissioner shall be removed only after he or she shall have been given a copy of the charges at least ten days prior to the hearing thereon and had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. In the event of the removal of any commissioner, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings thereon, shall be filed in the office of the clerk, or in the case of the State Authority, in the office of the Secretary of State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 10
App. § 261-10. Duties of the Clerk
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Clerk to keep fair and accurate records of all of the proceedings of said corporation, and the Clerk shall give copies of the same when required, and shall have power to certify to the same, for which copies so certified the Clerk shall have the same fees as town clerks for similar services; and the Clerk shall also make out such tax bills as the trustees shall from time to time direct, for which the Clerk shall have reasonable compensation, or such sum as may be agreed upon between the Clerk and the trustees. It shall also be the Clerk's duty to warn special meetings agreeably to the direction of the trustees or a majority of them, or upon petition of five or more legal voters of said Village; and shall also duly warn all annual meetings; special meetings of said corporation shall be warned in the same way and upon the same time hereinbefore provided for calling annual meetings, and the warning thereof shall contain a statement of the business to be transacted. The Clerk shall also have the usual powers and duties incident to Clerks of such corporations. Any business may be transacted at an adjourned meeting that, under warning, might have been transacted at the original meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 814 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 814
App. § 251-814. Gross income of water works
Status: in_force

The gross income from said system of water works shall from time to time as collected be paid into the Village treasury and the same shall by the Treasurer be kept separate and apart from all other monies of the Village and a separate account of the same showing all monies received and payments therefrom shall be kept by the Treasurer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 37 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 37
App. § 261-37. Village may issue bonds for purpose of lighting streets; duties of Village Treasurer in respect thereto
Status: in_force

Said Village is hereby authorized to issue bonds not exceeding the aggregate amount of $40,000.00, on such terms as said Village shall prescribe, for carrying into effect the foregoing provisions. And in case said Village neglects to make reasonable provision for the payment of the interest and principal of said bonded indebtedness as the same become due and payable, the Treasurer of said Village shall seasonably make out and deliver to the Collector of said Village a tax bill on the grand list of said Village and the Treasurer shall therewith issue to said Collector the Treasurer's warrant in manner and form substantially as is now provided by law for the collection of other taxes, directing the collection and payment of such tax to said Treasurer within 60 days from the time of such delivery, in an amount sufficient to promptly pay the interest or principal then past due and unpaid; and the money so collected shall be specially held and used for the payment of such interest and principal and for no other purpose, except the incidental expense of assessing and collecting such tax. The Treasurer of said Village shall provide for and promptly pay the interest and principal of such bonded indebtedness as the same shall become due and payable without any vote thereupon by said Village and without an order therefor by the trustees of said Village; and such tax bill shall have the same force and authority as a tax bill for a tax voted at a regular meeting of said Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 33 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 33
App. § 149-33. Administrative code
Status: repealed

(a) The administrative code shall include the following:

(1) a copy of the Town charter;

(2) a properly indexed and codified volume of all Town ordinances;

(3) a copy of the Town's employee handbook, classification, and pay plan;

(4) a copy of the Town's financial and purchasing and procurement policies;

(5) any and all collective bargaining agreements and departmental rules and regulations;

(6) enabling Town legislation, ordinances, and resolutions for all Town public bodies, accompanying an updated list of all elected and appointed officers.

(b) Distribution and availability.

(1) The administrative code and its components shall be considered official documents to which a person may refer for up-to-date information on the Town.

(2) A current administrative code shall be made available in the Town Clerk's office for public access at no charge.

(c) [Repealed.]
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 239 / Section 23
App. § 239-23. Aqueducts and reservoirs
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation may purchase, construct, and maintain the aqueducts and reservoirs and build and lay the pipes and conduits as may be required for the purpose of furnishing the Village with suitable protection from fire, and for sewer purposes and sprinkling streets, for furnishing the inhabitants of the Village with water for household, culinary, and other purposes; and for the purposes stated in this subsection may purchase and hold lands, and springs and streams of water, and may erect and maintain buildings and hydrants, and purchase and hold fire apparatus and property; and may also lease from a person or corporation now or hereafter having a water system sufficient for any or all of the purposes enumerated in this subsection.

(b) A person who shall maliciously disturb, damage, or injure in any manner whatever the aqueducts and reservoirs and appurtenances, springs, ponds, lakes, fountains, or streams, or any connecting appurtenances, enclosures, or works thereof, or pollute or swim and bathe in the waters or any of them, shall be liable to prosecution therefor by the grand juror of the town or the State's Attorney of the county wherein the offense shall be committed by information complaint or indictment, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $100.00 nor less than $5.00 and costs of prosecution and shall also be liable to the Village for all damages resulting to it by reason of the injury, pollution, or disturbance together with full costs, the same to be recovered by the Village in an action of tort founded on this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 803 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 203 / Section 803
App. § 203-803. Procedures for eminent domain authority
Status: in_force

In all proceedings under this charter for taking land, rights, or property, the trustees shall pass upon the convenience and necessity for the taking at hearings held by them after giving notice to each owner or interested person of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing. The notice shall give a description of the land, property, or rights to be taken and used. At the hearing, the trustees shall determine the question of convenience and necessity and decide the question of damages and shall pay or tender the amount of the damages to the person or persons entitled to the same, in the same manner as is provided by law for selectboards in taking lands for highways and in awarding damages. A person aggrieved by any act of the trustees in the taking of lands, rights, or property for the foregoing purposes and in the awarding of damages may have the same right of appeal, and in the case of an appeal, proceedings shall be had in the same manner as is provided for appeals from acts of selectboards in taking land and awarding damages for highway purposes.
24 V.S.A. § 835 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 33 / Section 835
§ 835. Payment of premiums
Status: in_force

Bonds or crime insurance coverage required of officers of a municipality shall be paid for by the municipality requiring the same.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 32 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 32
App. § 126-32. Selectboard; organization
Status: in_force

(a) Immediately after the annual Town meeting, the Selectboard shall elect a chair and a vice chair by vote of the majority of the entire Selectboard.

(b) The Chair, or in the Chair's absence the Vice Chair, shall preside at all meetings of the Selectboard.
24 V.S.A. § 4411 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4411
§ 4411. Zoning bylaws
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may regulate land development in conformance with its adopted municipal plan and for the purposes set forth in section 4302 of this title to govern the use of land and the placement, spacing, and size of structures and other factors specified in the bylaws related to public health, safety, or welfare. Zoning bylaws may permit, prohibit, restrict, regulate, and determine land development, including the following:

(1) specific uses of land and shoreland facilities;

(2) dimensions, location, erection, construction, repair, maintenance, alteration, razing, removal, and use of structures;

(3) areas and dimensions of land to be occupied by uses and structures, as well as areas, courts, yards, and other open spaces and distances to be left unoccupied by uses and structures;

(4) timing or sequence of growth, density of population, and intensity of use;

(5) uses within a river corridor and buffer, as those terms are defined in 10 V.S.A. §§ 1422 and 1427.

(b) All zoning bylaws shall apply to all lands within the municipality other than as specifically limited or exempted in accordance with specific standards included within those bylaws and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The provisions of those bylaws may be classified so that different provisions may be applied to different classes of situations, uses, and structures and to different and separate districts of the municipality as may be described by a zoning map made part of the bylaws. The land use map required pursuant to subdivision 4382(a)(2) of this title of any municipality may be designated as the zoning map except in cases in which districts are not deemed by the planning commission to be described in sufficient accuracy or detail by the municipal plan land use map. All provisions shall be uniform for each class of use or structure within each district, except that additional classifications may be made within any district for any or all of the following:

(1) To make transitional provisions at and near the boundaries of districts.

(2) To regulate the expansion, reduction, or elimination of certain nonconforming uses, structures, lots, or parcels.

(3) To regulate, restrict, or prohibit uses or structures at or near any of the following:

(A) Major thoroughfares, their intersections and interchanges, and transportation arteries.

(B) Natural or artificial bodies of water.

(C) Places of relatively steep slope or grade.

(D) Public buildings and public grounds.

(E) Aircraft and helicopter facilities.

(F) Places having unique patriotic, ecological, historical, archaeological, or community interest or value, or located within scenic or design control districts.

(G) Flood or other hazard areas and other places having a special character or use affecting or affected by their surroundings.

(H) River corridors, river corridor protection areas, and buffers, as the term “buffer” is defined in 10 V.S.A. § 1422.

(4) To regulate, restrict, or prohibit uses or structures in overlay districts, as set forth in subdivision 4414(2) of this title.
24 V.S.A. § 4027 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 113 / Section 4027
§ 4027. Joint municipal housing authorities
Status: in_force

The governing bodies of two or more municipalities may, pursuant to and in the manner set forth in section 4003 of this title, adopt a resolution to establish a housing authority for such municipalities. When the governing bodies of two or more towns adopt such a resolution, they shall also appoint, in the manner set forth in section 4004 of this title, five persons as the commissioners of the authority established. A housing authority established pursuant to this section shall have the same powers and responsibilities as a housing authority established for a single municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 291 / Section 11
App. § 291-11. Contract with aqueduct company
Status: in_force

(a) The Village of Woodstock is hereby authorized and empowered to contract with the Woodstock Aqueduct Company, or any other aqueduct company, from time to time, for supplying the Village with water for fire purposes, for watering the streets, and for other purposes, for such length of time and upon such terms as the Village at its annual meeting, or at any special meeting duly called for that purpose, shall direct.

(b) All contracts made by the Village with the aqueduct company, or companies, as provided for by subsection (a) of this section, shall be legal and binding of the Village; and the Village may vote, levy, and collect taxes for fulfilling such contract or contracts.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1704 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 1704
App. § 269-1704. Municipal laws
Status: in_force

All Village ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, orders, and regulations that are in force at the time this charter becomes fully effective shall remain in full force and effect excepting only those ordinances, resolutions, orders, and regulations that are inconsistent with this charter or with each other.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 92 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 92
App. § 225-92. Appropriations
Status: in_force

(a) All amounts specified in the budget and approved by the voters at the annual Village meeting are appropriated for the purpose specified. The trustees may transfer appropriated amounts between general classifications and expenditures. All unexpended and unencumbered appropriations, except appropriations for capital expenditures, shall lapse at the close of the fiscal year.

(b) The majority of the trustees shall sign the orders at each regularly scheduled meeting. However, the Board may adopt to use the provisions of 24 V.S.A. § 1623 in lieu of this provision.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 501 / Section 4
App. § 501-4. Annual and special Fire District meetings
Status: in_force

Annual and special meetings of Milton Fire District No. 1 shall be held in conformance with the notice, warning, and voting requirements of 17 V.S.A. chapter 55, subchapter 2.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 519 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 519
App. § 1-519. Powers and duties
Status: in_force

The Department of Assessment shall have the same powers, discharge the same duties, proceed in the discharge thereof in the same manner, and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed for listers or the board of listers under the laws of this State, except as herein otherwise provided.
24 V.S.A. § 1158 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 35 / Section 1158
§ 1158. Assignment or discharge of mortgage or judgment lien
Status: in_force

An assignment or discharge of a mortgage or judgment lien shall be duly recorded in the records of the town. A mortgage or judgment lien may be discharged by the mortgagee, judgment creditor, or assignee of such mortgage or judgment lien in writing on the margin of the mortgage record or judgment lien notice. A satisfaction or assignment of the mortgage or judgment lien recorded elsewhere shall bear a marginal notation of the book and page of the mortgage or judgment lien record and a corresponding cross-reference shall be made on the margin of the mortgage or judgment lien notice record.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 101
App. § 407-101. Creation
Status: in_force

Upon approval of this agreement by the participating municipalities, as required in 24 V.S.A. chapter 121, subchapter 3, there is hereby created a union municipal district that shall be known as the Greater Upper Valley Solid Waste Management District (hereinafter referred to as the District) and that shall be a body politic and corporate.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 167 / Section 101
App. § 167-101. Corporate existence retained
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to the authority granted by the General Assembly, there is hereby enacted a charter to govern the organization and operation of local government in the Town of Weybridge.

(b) The inhabitants of the Town of Weybridge, within the geographical limits as now established, shall continue to be a municipal corporation by the name of the Town of Weybridge.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 52 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 52
App. § 401-52. Admission of new member municipalities
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion of additional member municipalities in the District upon such terms and conditions as it in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of the District. The legislative branch of any nonmember municipality that desires to be admitted to the District shall make application for admission to the Board of Supervisors of the District. The Board shall determine the effects and impacts that are likely to occur if such municipality is admitted and shall thereafter either grant or deny authority for admission of the petitioning municipality. If the Board grants such authority, it shall also specify any terms and conditions, including financial obligations, upon which such admission is predicated. The petitioning municipality shall thereafter comply with the approval procedures specified in 24 V.S.A. chapter 121. If a majority of the voters of the petitioning municipality present and voting at a meeting of such municipality duly warned for such purpose shall vote to approve the agreement and the terms and conditions for admission, the vote shall be certified by the clerk of that municipality to the Board of Supervisors. Thereafter, upon satisfactory performance of the terms and conditions of admission, said municipality shall by resolution of the Board of Supervisors become and thereafter be a member municipality of the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 46 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 46
App. § 261-46. Abatement of highway and Village taxes
Status: in_force

The officers of the Village corporation, excepting the Collector of Taxes, are hereby constituted a Board for the Abatement of highway and Village taxes, and shall have the same powers in relation thereto as is now provided by law for the board of civil authority in relation to the abatement of town taxes. A majority of such offices shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the trustees when requested thereto by the Collector of Taxes shall call a meeting of said Board within 30 days of the time for the annual meeting of said Village corporation by posting notices thereof in two public places in said Village at least three days before the meeting of said Board.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 502 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 502
App. § 117-502. Personnel rules and regulations
Status: in_force

(Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-1003 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)

(a) The Town Manager or the Town Manager's appointee shall be the Personnel Director. The Town Manager shall maintain personnel rules and regulations protecting the interests of the Town and of the employees. These rules and regulations must be approved by the Selectboard and shall include the procedure for amending them and for placing them into practice. Each employee shall receive a copy of the rules and regulations when he or she is hired.

(b) The rules and regulations may deal with the following subjects or with other similar matters of personnel administration: job classification, jobs to be filled, tenure, retirement, pensions, leaves of absence, vacations, holidays, hours and days of work, group insurance, salary plans, rules governing hiring, temporary appointments, lay-off, reinstatement, promotion, transfer, demotion, settlement of disputes, dismissal, probationary periods, permanent or continuing status, in-service training, injury, employee records, and further regulations concerning the hearing of appeals. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 117-902 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)
24 V.S.A. § 5152 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 129 / Section 5152
§ 5152. Disconnections prohibited; state of emergency
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding this chapter or any provision of law to the contrary, a municipality; a person who is permitted as a public water system pursuant to 10 V.S.A. chapter 56 and who provides another person water as a part of the operation of that public water system; or a company engaged in the collecting, sale, and distribution of water for domestic, industrial, business, or fire protection purposes that is regulated by the Public Utility Commission under 30 V.S.A. § 203(3) shall be prohibited from disconnecting any person from services during a declared state of emergency under 20 V.S.A. chapter 1, provided that:

(1) the state of emergency is declared in response to an all-hazards event that will cause financial hardship and the inability of ratepayers to pay for water or sewer services; and

(2) the all-hazards event does not require the water or sewer service provider to disconnect services to protect the health and safety of the public.

(b) A person or company that is subject to subsection (a) of this section may temporarily disconnect water or sewer services during the declared state of emergency when the temporary disconnection is necessary for the maintenance or repair of the water or sewer system.

(c)(1) A violation of subsection (a) of this section by a municipality or a person who is permitted as a public water system pursuant to 10 V.S.A. chapter 56 may be enforced by the Agency of Natural Resources pursuant to 10 V.S.A. chapter 201.

(2) A violation of subsection (a) of this section by a company engaged in the collecting, sale, and distribution of water for domestic, industrial, business, or fire protection purposes that is regulated by the Public Utility Commission under 30 V.S.A. § 203(3) may be enforced by the Public Utility Commission pursuant to 30 V.S.A. § 30.

(d) A ratepayer shall remain obligated for any amounts due to a water or sewer service provider subject to this section. The ratepayer shall have a minimum of 90 days after the end of the declared state of emergency to pay the amounts due.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1004 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1004
App. § 5-1004. Removal of City Manager
Status: in_force

The City Manager may be removed from office by a majority vote of the City Council at a duly warned meeting for that purpose, as provided by general law or employment contract. At least 30 days prior to the effective date of such removal, the City Council shall by majority vote of its members adopt a resolution stating the reason for the removal, and cause a copy of such resolution to be given to the Manager. The City Council may by such resolution immediately suspend the City Manager from active duty, but shall continue the Manager's salary until final dismissal, unless otherwise contracted between the Council and the City Manager.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 14 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 15 / Section 14
App. § 15-14. Water
Status: in_force

The City Manager and the aldermen who are designated as water commissioners are hereby empowered to enter in the daytime any premises or buildings in said City in which City water may be used, for the purpose of determining how much of said water is used and for the reasonable inspection of the same.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 51 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 51
App. § 3-51. Ordinance enforcement
Status: in_force

(a) The violation of an ordinance, regulation, or bylaw adopted by the City, including zoning and subdivision bylaws adopted pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 117, as the same may be amended from time to time, may be prosecuted as a criminal or civil action.

(b) All penalties collected for the violation of an ordinance, regulation, or bylaw shall be paid over to the City except for a surcharge that shall be set and retained by the court.

(c) A Superior or District Court judge shall have the jurisdiction to enjoin the violation of an ordinance or rule but the election of the City to proceed under this subsection shall not prevent its proceeding under subsection (a) of this section.
24 V.S.A. § 5708 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 138 / Section 5708
§ 5708. District powers
Status: in_force

A district created under this chapter has the power to:

(1) exercise independently and in concert with other municipalities any other powers which are necessary or desirable for the installation, ownership, operation, maintenance, and disposition of infrastructure promoting economic development in rural areas and matters of mutual concern and that are exercised or are capable of exercise by any of its members;

(2) enter into municipal financing agreements as provided by sections 1789 and 1821-1828 of this title, or other provisions authorizing the pledge of district assets or net revenue, or alternative means of financing capital improvements and operations;

(3) purchase, sell, lease, own, acquire, convey, mortgage, improve, and use real and personal property in connection with its purpose;

(4) enter into contracts for any term or duration;

(5) operate, cause to be operated, or contract for the construction, ownership, management, financing, and operation of an enterprise which a municipal corporation is authorized by law to undertake;

(6) hire employees and fix the compensation and terms of employment;

(7) contract with individuals, corporations, associations, authorities, and agencies for services and property, including the assumption of the liabilities and assets thereof, provided that no assumed liability shall be a general obligation of a municipality in which the district is located;

(8) contract with the State of Vermont, the United States of America, or any subdivision or agency thereof for services, assistance, and joint ventures;

(9) contract with any municipality for the services of any officers or employees of that municipality useful to it;

(10) promote cooperative arrangements and coordinated action among its members and other public and private entities;

(11) make recommendations for review and action to its members and other public agencies that perform functions within the region in which its members are located;

(12) sue and be sued; provided, however, that the property and assets of the district, other than such property as may be pledged as security for a district obligation, shall not be subject to levy, execution, or attachment;

(13) appropriate and expend monies; provided, however, that no appropriation shall be funded or made in reliance upon any taxing authority of the district;

(14) establish sinking and reserve funds for retiring and securing its obligations;

(15) establish capital reserve funds and make deposits in them;

(16) solicit, accept, and administer gifts, grants, and bequests in trust or otherwise for its purpose;

(17) enter into an interstate compact consistent with the purposes of this chapter, subject to the approval of the Vermont General Assembly and the U.S. Congress;

(18) develop a public sewer or water project, provided the legislative body and the planning commission for the municipality in which the sewer or water project is proposed to be located confirm in writing that such project conforms with any duly adopted municipal plan, and the regional planning commission confirms in writing that such project conforms with the duly adopted regional plan;

(19) exercise all powers incident to a public corporation, but only to the extent permitted in this chapter;

(20) adopt a name under which it shall be known and shall conduct business; and

(21) make, establish, alter, amend, or repeal ordinances, regulations, and bylaws relating to matters contained in this chapter and not inconsistent with law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 33 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 141 / Section 33
App. § 141-33. Existing ordinances
Status: in_force

Existing ordinances of the Village of Readsboro will be carried over and be deemed in force and effect for the merged and consolidated Town of Readsboro.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 17.03 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 17.03
App. § 9-17.3. Requisitions
Status: in_force

(a) All purchases made under section 17.1 of this charter shall be made upon written requisitions therefor upon the Purchasing Agent. The Purchasing Agent shall immediately proceed to purchase under the provisions of the ordinances the property so required and to distribute it accordingly taking a receipt therefor upon the original requisition. The Purchasing Agent shall then forward the requisition to the City Clerk. Purchases in excess of the amount identified in the City's Purchasing Policy shall be awarded upon bids as set forth in this subchapter.

(b) Notwithstanding any of the provisions herein, purchases may be made at auctions with the express approval of the Board of Aldermen and City Purchasing Agent.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 14 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 14
App. § 3-14. List of voters to be prepared; posting
Status: in_force

Preceding each annual or special City or ward or City district election to be held in said City, it shall be the duty of the Board for Registration of Voters to prepare full and complete lists of the voters in the respective wards or City districts of said City, and to certify the same to the Chief Administrative Officer. One copy of such lists shall be posted by or under the direction of the Chief Administrative Officer in some public place in the wards or City districts to which the voters whose names are on such list respectively belong, at least 12 days previous to any such election.
24 V.S.A. § 2296a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2296a
§ 2296a. Right to recover expenses for emergency services
Status: in_force

A municipal, county, or State entity that deploys police, fire, ambulance, rescue, or other services to aid an operator of a vehicle who is stranded due to a violation of 23 V.S.A. § 1006b, 1112, or 1434(c) or to move a vehicle that is disabled due to a violation of 23 V.S.A. § 1006b, 1112, or 1434(c) may recover in civil action the costs of providing services from the operator or the operator's employer, provided that the operator was acting during or incidental to the operator's scope of employment.
24 V.S.A. § 1966 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 58 / Section 1966
§ 1966. Community justice centers' relationship with state government entities
Status: in_force

(a) Support from the Agency of Human Services. The Agency of Human Services shall provide to the community justice centers the information, analysis, and technical support that the community justice centers, in collaboration with the Agency of Human Services, determine are necessary to further their policy of restorative justice.

(b) Support from the Office of the Attorney General. The Community Justice Unit of the Office of the Attorney General shall provide to the community justice centers support for domestic violence and sexual violence case referrals in accordance with section 1968 of this title.

(c) Funding from the Agency of Human Services. The Agency of Human Services may provide funding and authorize community justice centers to participate in the implementation of State programs related to juvenile and criminal offenses.

(d) Access to information. Community justice center employees and volunteers participating in State-funded programs shall have access to information, analysis, and technical support as necessary to carry out their duties within the program in accordance with State and federal confidentiality statutes and policies. Victim information that is not part of the public record shall not be released without the victim's consent.

(e) Liability.

(1) For the purposes of defining liability, community justice center volunteers participating in programs funded by the Agency of Human Services pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall be considered volunteers of that agency.

(2) In all other cases, the State and the municipality shall each be liable for the acts and omissions of employees operating within the scope of their employment.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5.05 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 5.05
App. § 147-5.5. Record of proceedings
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty of the Selectboard to keep official records of its proceedings, which shall be open for public inspection.

(b) The minutes of each meeting shall be approved by the Board at its next meeting and the official copy authenticated by the signature of the Chair and placed on file in the Town Clerk's office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 105 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 105
App. § 4-105. Form of government
Status: in_force

The municipal government provided by this charter shall be known as council-manager form of government. Pursuant to its provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by the State Constitution and by this charter, all powers of the City of Essex Junction shall be vested in an elective City Council, which shall enact ordinances, codes, and regulations; adopt budgets; determine policies; and appoint the City Manager, who shall enforce the laws and ordinances and administer the government of the City. All powers of the City shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this charter or prescribed by ordinance.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 48 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 48
App. § 149-48. Appropriation; budget
Status: in_force

(a) Gross appropriation fixed and levy.

(1) No appropriation may be voted unless such action was duly warned.

(2) As of the effective date of the budget, all amounts stated therein are appropriated (for the specified agency's or department's purpose). Adoption of the budget shall constitute appropriations of the amounts specified therein from the funds indicated. This shall constitute an authorization to raise all monies required.

(3) Nothing herein shall limit the authorizing of payments or making of capital expenditures to be financed, whether in whole or in part, by the issuance of bonds except as provided in section 52 of this charter.

(4) The Town Manager or the Town Manager's designee may, upon approval of the Selectboard, make a contract or lease for payments beyond the end of the fiscal year.

(5) Every appropriation, except an appropriation for a capital expenditure and multiyear contracts for which Town monies have been obligated, shall lapse at the close of the fiscal year to the extent that it has not been expended or encumbered. An appropriation for a capital expenditure shall continue in force until the purpose for which it has been made has been accomplished or abandoned.

(b) Overruns on gross appropriations; emergency appropriations.

(1) The gross appropriation may not be exceeded, except by consent of the Selectboard, as limited in this charter.

(2) In the event of an emergency situation officially declared by the Selectboard, an amount not exceeding five percent of the gross appropriation may be expended.

(3) Any amount in excess of five percent of the gross appropriation shall be warned and voted by special or regular Town meeting.

(c) Under expenditures; excess revenues.

(1) Under expenditures. If during the fiscal year, the Board, upon recommendation and certification of the Town Manager, determines that there are funds available due to under expenditure of the funds or revenue returns exceeding projections proposed in the budget, the Board may make supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year up to the amount of such excess, not to exceed five percent of the gross appropriation.

(2) Excess revenues unexpected. If unexpected revenues or underexpenditures equal over five percent of the gross appropriation respectively, such overage shall be carried over as surplus.

(d) Surplus. Any surplus created, subject to the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, may be carried over to the next fiscal year's budget and counted as a fixed receipt on the calculation of the ensuing tax rate or, by action of the Selectboard, may be placed in a capital reserve fund as provided for in this charter.

(e) Transfers—alterations in the work program.

(1) The Town Manager may transfer, at any time, with a public report to the Selectboard, an unencumbered appropriation balance, or portion, between general classifications of expenditures within an office, department, or agency.

(2) The Selectboard may transfer, by formal vote, any unencumbered portion or balance of an appropriation from one department or agency to another.

(3) In no case shall a transfer violate the gross appropriation as limited by subsection (a) of this section.

(f) Ongoing appropriation; in the event of a budget revote.

(1) In the event that the budget is not adopted before the beginning of the fiscal year, the amount appropriated for the prior year shall be deemed adopted.

(2) In the event that the budget is not adopted before the beginning of the fiscal year, expenditures during the budget revote shall be limited on a monthly basis to an allotment based on the prior year's appropriation until such time as the budget is adopted.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 207 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 207
App. § 113-207. Record of proceedings
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty of the Selectboard to keep an official record of its proceedings and policies, which shall be open for public inspection and published on the Town's website.

(b) The minutes of each meeting shall be approved by the Selectboard at a subsequent meeting.
24 V.S.A. § 1976 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 59 / Section 1976
§ 1976. Amendments and repeals
Status: repealed

An ordinance or rule adopted in accordance with the procedures provided for in this chapter may be amended or repealed in accordance with the procedure herein set forth relating to adoption of ordinances and rules, and the provisions of this chapter, including the right of petition and referendum contained in section 1973 of this title, shall apply to the amendment or repeal of an ordinance or rule adopted under this chapter as well as to its enactment.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 403 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 403
App. § 151-403. Oath and bond
Status: in_force

Before entering upon the Manager's duties, the Town Manager shall be sworn to the faithful performance of the Manager's duties by the Town Clerk and shall be bonded in an amount and with sureties as the Select Board may require.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 19 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 279 / Section 19
App. § 279-19. Fiscal year
Status: in_force

The fiscal year of the Village shall be from January 1 through the following December 31.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 146 / Section 2
App. § 146-2. Town Clerk
Status: in_force

(a) The Town Clerk shall be elected for one year and shall carry out the duties of a town clerk as specified by statute and by this charter.

(b) The Clerk shall carry out those duties required by State law.

(c) Additional duties include:

(1) handle day-to-day office duties and provide friendly, informative assistance to public and other Town officials;

(2) provide information to assist the Selectboard in setting the open office hours to accommodate the needs of the Town;

(3) maintain the electronic e-mail files of Town officials ensuring that privileged information is not divulged;

(4) ensure that all members of the Selectboard are made aware, in a timely manner, of situations that should be brought to their attention;

(5) assist in the production of the annual Town report by producing the Town Clerk's report, vital statistics report, and labels for same;

(6) ensure that the Town offices are clean and safe;

(7) maintain all records, electronic and digital, kept on computers;

(8) attend the first monthly meeting of the Selectboard;

(9) provide information as requested by the Selectboard so as to contribute to the effective governance of the Town;

(10) be responsible for performing all functions as mandated by the State pertaining to Town records.
24 V.S.A. § 3301 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 89 / Section 3301
§ 3301. Water supply; construction; condemnation; exceptions
Status: in_force

A municipal corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, maintain, and repair an artesian well, reservoir or reservoirs, pumps, engines, and apparatus; take, purchase, and acquire any artesian wells, ponds, springs, streams, water courses, real estate, water rights, flowage rights, and easements necessary for its purposes within the limits provided by this section, together with such land surrounding and adjacent to the same as may be reasonably necessary for protecting and preserving the purity of the water in such artesian wells, ponds, springs, and streams; and may enclose such artesian wells, ponds, springs, and streams by suitable fences for the purpose of such protection; and such corporation, within the limits set forth in this section, and subject to the provisions of 30 V.S.A. § 108, may take, acquire, or purchase any or all of the rights or properties owned or operated by any person or corporation engaged in the business of a water company, as defined by 30 V.S.A. § 203, within the limits of such municipal corporation. Such corporation may enter in and upon any land or water for the purpose of making surveys, may take and construct dams and reservoirs, lay pipes and aqueducts, may connect the same with the main aqueduct as may be necessary to convey the water taken to the reservoirs of such municipal corporation and distribute the same through such municipal corporation for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants thereof with water for fire, domestic, and other purposes. However, such municipal corporation shall not take otherwise than by purchase water or a spring of water that the owner or lessee or other person having a vested right or interest in such water or the use thereof may reasonably require for domestic use or the watering of animals on the premises where such water may be in use.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 27 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 27
App. § 405-27. Committees
Status: in_force

The Board of Commissioners shall have the authority to establish any and all committees as it may deem necessary.
24 V.S.A. § 2507 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 67 / Section 2507
§ 2507. Cooperation
Status: in_force

With consent of the legislative body of the municipality, the tree warden may:

(1) enter into financial or other agreements with the owners of land adjoining or facing public ways and places for the purpose of encouraging and effecting the shade tree preservation plan;

(2) enter into agreements with other municipal corporations to provide tree warden services or training; and

(3) cooperate with federal, State, county, or other municipal governments, agencies, or other public or private organizations or individuals and may accept on behalf of the municipality any funds, equipment, supplies, or services from organizations and individuals, or others, as deemed appropriate for use in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129D / Section 301
App. § 129D-301. Town officers generally
Status: in_force

The Town shall have the officers as provided for towns by the general laws of this State except as provided by this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 4652 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4652
§ 4652. Waiver of defenses; rights of holder
Status: in_force

On the sale and issuance of any municipal bonds or revenue bonds to the Bank by any governmental unit, that governmental unit is deemed to agree that on the failure of that governmental unit to pay interest or principal on any of the municipal bonds or revenue bonds owned or held by the Bank when payable, all defenses to nonpayment are waived; and further, with respect to municipal bonds that constitute general obligation bonds supported by the full faith and credit of the municipality, upon nonpayment and demand on that governmental unit for payment, if funds are not available in its treasury to make payment, the governing body of that governmental unit shall forthwith assess a tax on the grand list of the governmental unit, sufficient to make payment with 12 percent interest thereon, and cause the tax to be collected within 60 days; and further, with respect to municipal bonds that do not constitute general obligation bonds supported by the full faith and credit of the municipality and revenue bonds, upon nonpayment and demand on that governmental unit for payment, such governmental unit shall make payment together with interest thereon of 12 percent, which shall be due and payable within 60 days; and further, notwithstanding any other law, including any law under which the municipal bonds or revenue bonds were issued by that governmental unit, the Bank upon nonpayment is constituted a holder or owner of the municipal bonds or revenue bonds as being in default. Also, notwithstanding any other law as to time or duration of default or percentage of holders or owners of bonds entitled to exercise rights of holders or owners of bonds in default, or to invoke any remedies or powers thereof or of any trustee in connection therewith or of any board, body, agency, or commission of the State having jurisdiction in the matter or circumstance, the Bank may thereupon avail itself of all other remedies, rights, and provisions of law applicable in that circumstance, and the failure to exercise or exert any rights or remedies within any time or period provided by law may not be raised as a defense by the governmental unit. All of the bonds of the issue of municipal bonds or revenue bonds of a governmental unit on which there is nonpayment, are for all of the purposes of this section deemed to be due and payable and unpaid. The Bank may carry out the provisions of this section and exercise all of the rights and remedies and provisions of law provided or referred to in this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 103 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 103
App. § 1-103. Wards established
Status: in_force

There shall be three wards for the City of Barre and the boundaries of the wards shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Civil Authority subject to the approval of the City Council. The boundaries shall be fixed so as to provide equal or near equal distribution of population among the three wards in accordance with the most recent federal census.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 404 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 404
App. § 409-404. Limitations of appropriations
Status: in_force

Appropriations made by the Board for the various estimates of the budget as defined in section 402 of this chapter above shall be expended only for such estimates; however, by majority vote of the Board, the budget may be amended from time to time to transfer funds between or among such estimates. Any balance left or unencumbered in any such budget estimate shall lapse at the end of the fiscal year. The amount of any deficit at the end of the fiscal year shall be included in the next proposed operating budget and paid out of the appropriations for that budget year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 31 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 31
App. § 219-31. Electric and gas plants; bonding
Status: in_force

When authorized by a majority of all the voters voting at a regular or special meeting of the Village, the Village may issue and sell its negotiable bonds to an amount not exceeding the amount authorized by the meeting for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, establishing, maintaining, and operating an electric plant, electric transmission and distribution lines, and a gas plant and pipe lines, or for any or all of such purposes, or for additions thereto or any part thereof, as may be necessary from time to time. The warning calling the meeting shall state the object and purpose for which the indebtedness is proposed to be incurred, the estimated cost of the improvements, the amount of bonds proposed to be issued therefor, and the maximum rate of interest to be paid, and shall fix the place where and the date on which such meeting shall be held. The vote shall be by ballot.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1401 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 1401
App. § 153-1401. Effective date
Status: in_force

This charter shall become effective upon approval in accordance with 17 V.S.A. § 2645. Any amendment to this charter shall become effective in accordance with the laws of Vermont then in effect.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1003 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1003
App. § 5-1003. Oath of office
Status: in_force

The City Manager shall be required to take the oath of allegiance and the oath of office as prescribed in the Constitution of the State of Vermont before entering upon the City Manager's duties. (See section 1401 of this charter (oath of allegiance; oath of office)).
24 V.S.A. § 3619 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 101 / Section 3619
§§ 3619-3624. Repealed. 1971, No. 97, § 6, eff. April 22, 1971.
Status: in_force

Any action taken by a municipal corporation under the provisions of this chapter or relating to the matters contained in this chapter, may be taken by vote of the legislative body of the municipal corporation, excepting the issuance of bonds and, in municipalities wherein the legislative body is not otherwise given the power to levy taxes, the levying of a tax under section 3615 of this title; provided, however, that no action shall be taken hereunder unless the construction of a sewage disposal plant shall have first been authorized by majority vote of the legal voters of the municipal corporation attending a meeting warned for that purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 63 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 63
App. § 405-63. Transfer of rights
Status: in_force

No member municipality may sell its allocation, capacity, or rights, or any part thereof, in the District to any other party without the approval of at least two-thirds of the total votes then eligible to be cast by the Board of Commissioners.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 46 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 46
App. § 405-46. Warnings required
Status: in_force

The Board of Commissioners of the District shall warn a special meeting of the District by filing a notice with the town clerk of each member municipality and by posting a notice in at least two public places in each municipality in the District, and in or near the office of the clerk of each municipality, not less than 30 nor more than 40 days before the meeting. In addition, the warning shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the District once a week on the same day of the week for three consecutive weeks before the meeting, the last publication to be not less than five nor more than 10 days before the meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 32 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 105 / Section 32
App. § 105-32. Powers of the Town
Status: in_force

(a) The Town of Berlin shall have all the powers granted to towns and municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of this State and this charter, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted. The Town of Berlin may enact ordinances not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont or with this charter, and impose penalties for violation thereof.

(b) The Town may acquire real property within or without its corporate limits necessary or convenient for any lawful purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or otherwise, consistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control such property as its interest may require consistent with the Constitution and laws of the State by vote of a majority of the voters present and voting at a duly warned meeting. Once the voters have approved the sale, lease, or mortgage of property of the Town of Berlin, the Selectboard shall have the full authority to sign all conveyances and legal documents in the name of the Town to complete the transaction.

(c) In this charter, no mention of a particular power shall be construed to be exclusive or to restrict the scope of the powers that the Town would have if the particular powers were not mentioned, unless this charter otherwise provides.

(d)(1) The Town of Berlin Selectboard may assess:

(A) a one percent sales tax;

(B) a one percent rooms tax; and

(C) a one percent meals and alcoholic beverages tax.

(2) A tax imposed under the authority of this section shall be collected and administered by the Department of Taxes in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 138.

(3) Revenues received through a tax imposed under this section shall be designated for capital projects within the Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 175 / Section 9
App. § 175-9. Duties of elective officers
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Listers shall perform duties established by law.

(b) The auditors shall perform duties as established in 24 V.S.A. §§ 1681-1691.

(c) The Town Moderator shall perform duties as prescribed by law and shall preside at all Town meetings, but in the Moderator's absence the Town Clerk shall call the meeting to order and the first order of business shall be the election of a Moderator Pro Tempore to preside for the duration of the meeting. The Moderator shall conduct every meeting according to this charter or the laws of the State of Vermont. The Moderator shall preserve order in the conduct of the business of the meeting and in all things shall preserve the principles of fairness and openness in Town government.

(d)(1) The Town Clerk shall perform the duties of Town Clerk as required by State statutes, this charter, a written personnel policy, and job a description. He or she shall also:

(A) Receive fees for filing copies of records and other instruments and shall cause these to be paid to the General Fund of the Town and recorded into a ledger.

(B) Maintain a record of all action taken at special or annual Town meetings.

(C) Maintain all Town records and an index to those records.

(D) Maintain and file all reports required by law, this charter, or ordinances.

(E) Prepare and keep in the Town Clerk's office a book of ordinances that shall contain each Town ordinance together with a complete index of the ordinances according to subject manner.

(F) Serve as the presiding officer at all Town elections by Australian (secret) ballot and shall cooperate with the Board of Civil Authority to assure that all the laws relating to elections are faithfully observed. While the polls are open, the Town Clerk may rule on all questions concerning the conduct of the election and shall not be disqualified from performing any duties by reason of his or her own candidacy for any office. In the Town Clerk's absence, the members of the Board of Civil Authority who are present may designate one of the members to perform the Town Clerk's duties under this section.

(2) Before entering upon the duties of the office, the Town Clerk shall give bond conditioned for the faithful performance of the Clerk's duties. The bond shall be of a sum and with such surety as prescribed and approved by the Selectboard, and the premium shall be paid by the Town.

(3) The Town Clerk shall be subject to this charter, a written comprehensive personnel policy, and a job description.

(e)(1) The Town Treasurer shall perform the duties required by State statutes, this charter, and Woodford's written comprehensive personnel policy and job description. He or she shall:

(A) receive taxes, assessments, charges, and levies and maintain a record of monies collected and uncollected;

(B) serve in the capacity of Collector of Current Taxes;

(C) pay orders drawn on the Treasurer by officials authorized to draw orders;

(D) promptly deposit funds coming into the Treasurer's hands in such depositories as may be designated by the Selectboard;

(E) invest Town funds coming into the Treasurer's hands in the manner designated by the Selectboard;

(F) keep such books and accounts as may be required by the Selectboard;

(G) provide detailed financial statements and reports as may be requested or required by the Selectboard; and

(H) perform any other such duties required by State statute, this charter, Woodford's ordinances, Woodford's written comprehensive personnel policy and job description, and as the Selectboard may require.

(2) Before entering upon the duties of the office, the Town Treasurer shall give bond conditioned for the faithful performance of the Treasurer's duties. The bond shall be a sum and with surety as prescribed and approved by the Selectboard and the premium shall be paid by the Town.

(3) In addition to other defined duties, the Treasurer shall also be a member of the Trustees of Public Funds.
24 V.S.A. § 132 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 132
§ 132. United States and State flags; display
Status: in_force

Such judges shall purchase at the expense of the county and cause to be displayed in the court room in the county courthouse a United States and a State flag. On legal holidays commemorative of historic events they shall cause such flags to be displayed on the courthouse or grounds.
24 V.S.A. § 2434 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 65 / Section 2434
§ 2434. Report
Status: in_force

The trustees shall report to the annual town meeting the amount of the funds in their hands, the manner and condition of its investment, and the disposal of the income thereof. If any part of such fund is school money, such trustees shall make like report to the State Board of Education.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 19 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 175 / Section 19
App. § 175-19. Appointment of alternate officers
Status: in_force

The Selectboard may appoint an alternate Town officer to serve in place of a Town officer during a stated period of disqualification or unavailability.
24 V.S.A. § 5606 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 137 / Section 5606
§ 5606. Human Services and Educational Facilities Competitive Grant Program
Status: in_force

(a) Creation of Program. There is created a Human Services and Educational Facilities Competitive Grant Program to be the successor to and a continuation of the Human Services Competitive Grant Program established in 2005 Acts and Resolves No. 43, Sec. 36 to provide competitive grants to municipalities as defined in chapter 117 of this title and to nonprofit organizations for capital costs associated with the major maintenance, renovation, or development of facilities for the delivery of human services and health care or for the development of educational opportunities in Vermont communities. The Program is authorized to award matching grants of up to $25,000.00 per project. The required match shall be met through dollars raised and not through in-kind services.

(b) Creation of Committee. There is established a Human Services and Educational Facilities Grant Advisory Committee to administer and coordinate the Human Services and Educational Facilities Grant Program. The Committee shall include the Secretary of Human Services or the Secretary's designee; the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services or the Commissioner's designee; two members of the Vermont General Assembly, one appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and one appointed by the Senate Committee on Committees; and three representatives of broad-based community organizations, such as the United Way of Vermont, who shall be selected and appointed by the Governor. The members of the Committee shall select a chair. The members appointed by the Governor shall serve for terms of two years or until their successors are appointed.

(c) Administrative support. The Department of Buildings and General Services shall provide administrative support to the Program.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1709 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 143 / Section 1709
App. § 143-1709. Continuation of acts amended
Status: in_force

The provisions of this charter, so far as they are the same as those of acts hereby amended, shall be construed as a continuation of such acts and not as new enactments.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 306 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 306
App. § 407-306. Clerk
Status: in_force

The Clerk of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, need not be a member of the Board, and shall serve at its pleasure. The Clerk shall have the exclusive charge and custody of the public records of the District and the Seal of the District. The Clerk shall record all votes and proceedings of the District, including meetings of the District and meetings of the Board of Supervisors, and shall cause to be posted and published all warnings of meetings of the District. The Clerk shall prepare all warnings of meetings of the District as required by section 505 of subchapter 5 of this chapter. Following approval by the Board of Supervisors, the Clerk shall cause the annual report to be distributed to the legislative branches of its member municipalities. The Clerk shall prepare and distribute any other reports required by laws of the State of Vermont and resolutions or regulations of the Board of Supervisors. The Clerk shall perform all of the duties and functions incident to the office of secretary or clerk of a body corporate.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 205 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 205
App. § 151-205. Recall
Status: in_force

Any Town officer, as defined by 17 V.S.A. § 2646, may be recalled by the following process:

(1) A petition shall be filed with the Town Clerk signed by not less than 25 percent of the number of registered voters at the time the petition is submitted.

(2) The petition shall request a meeting of the voters of the Town for the purpose of recalling a Town officer and shall set forth the name of the person to be recalled, the reason for the recall, and shall identify the office he or she holds.

(3) The Selectboard shall, within 15 days of receipt of such petition, warn a meeting to act upon the petition.

(4) The meeting shall be held not less than 30 nor more than 40 days from the date of the warning.

(5) The meeting shall be warned as provided by the general laws of the State of Vermont.

(6) At least four days, but not more than 15 days, prior to the meeting, an informational meeting shall be held at which time both the Town officer who is the subject of the recall petition and the proponents of the recall shall have the opportunity to discuss the petition to recall. The informational meeting shall be warned in conjunction with the warning for the meeting.

(7) When a two-thirds majority of the voters present and voting on the question at such meeting vote in favor of the recall, the Town officer subject to the petition shall be recalled and the office he or she held shall be deemed vacant.

(8) A recall petition shall not be brought against the same officer more than once within any 12-month period.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 108 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 108
App. § 127-108. Referendum
Status: repealed

(a) All Town ordinances, except as specified in section 110 of this charter, may be repealed by vote of the Town as follows: A petition signed by not less than 10 percent of the registered voters shall be filed with the Town Clerk requesting a vote on the question of repealing the ordinance. The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting to be held within 60 days of the date of filing the petition, to vote on whether the ordinance shall be repealed. The ordinance shall be repealed only if at least 15 percent of the registered voters vote and a majority of that number vote for repeal.

(b) Within 40 days after passage of an ordinance, five percent of the registered voters shall constitute sufficient signatures for a referendum petition, and all other procedures of subsection (a) of this section shall apply.
24 V.S.A. § 2685 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 71 / Section 2685
§ 2685. Liability for cost of services
Status: in_force

A person who receives emergency medical treatment from an ambulance or first responder service or transportation by an ambulance service shall be liable in contract to the person providing such services for the reasonable and necessary cost of the services, whether or not he or she has agreed or consented to such liability.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 603 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 603
App. § 413-603. Dissolution of District
Status: in_force

(a) Procedure. If the Board of Supervisors by resolution approved by two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast determines that it is in the best interests of the public, the member municipalities, and the District that the District be dissolved, and if the District then has no outstanding debt or obligations under long-term contracts, or will have no such debt or obligation upon completion of the plan of dissolution, it shall prepare a plan of dissolution and thereafter adopt a resolution directing that the question of such dissolution and the plan of dissolution be submitted to the voters of the District at a special meeting of the District duly warned for such purpose. If two-thirds of the voters of the District present and voting at such special meeting of the District duly warned for such purpose shall vote to dissolve the District and approve the plan of dissolution, the District shall cease to conduct its affairs except insofar as may be necessary for the winding up thereof. The Board of Supervisors shall immediately cause a notice of the proposed dissolution to be mailed to each known creditor of the District and to the Vermont Secretary of State and shall proceed to collect the assets of the District and apply and distribute them in accordance with the plan of dissolution.

(b) Plan of dissolution. The plan of dissolution shall:

(1) Identify and value all unencumbered assets of the District.

(2) Identify and value all encumbered assets of the District.

(3) Identify all creditors of the District and the nature or amount of all liabilities and obligations of the District.

(4) Identify all obligations under long-term contracts.

(5) Specify the means by which assets of the District shall be liquidated and all liabilities and obligations of the District shall be paid and discharged, or adequate provision shall be made for the satisfaction thereof.

(6) Specify the amount of monies due from each member municipality, if necessary, to extinguish the liabilities of the District.

(7) Specify the nature and amount of any liabilities or obligations to be assumed and paid by the member municipalities.

(8) Specify the means by which any assets remaining after discharge of all liabilities shall be liquidated if necessary.

(9) Specify that any assets remaining after payment of all liabilities shall be apportioned and distributed among the member municipalities according to the same basic formula used in apportioning the annual assessments of the District.

(c) Termination. When the plan of dissolution has been implemented, the Board of Supervisors shall adopt a resolution certifying that fact to the member municipalities whereupon this chapter and the District created hereby shall be terminated.
24 V.S.A. § 215 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 215
§ 215. Lands in unorganized towns and gores; power to sue and defend actions
Status: in_force

During the time the towns or gores described in section 214 of this subchapter remain unorganized, the treasurer may commence and prosecute or defend in the name of the county any action necessary to recover or protect the possession of such lands or to recover damages for trespass committed thereon.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 703 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 703
App. § 113-703. Local sales, rooms, and meals and alcohol beverages tax
Status: in_force

(a) Upon resolution of the Selectboard, or upon receipt of a petition submitted by five percent of the registered voters of the Town, at an annual or special meeting warned for the purpose by a majority of those present and voting, the voters of the Town may vote to assess any or all of the following:

(1) a one percent sales tax;

(2) a one percent rooms tax; and

(3) a one percent meals and alcoholic beverage tax.

(b) A tax imposed under the authority of this section shall be collected and administered and may be rescinded as provided by the general laws of the State.

(c) Revenues received through the imposition of a tax imposed under this section shall be used for expenses or financing of voter-approved capital projects within the Town and voter-approved intermunicipal financial support related thereto.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 291 / Section 3
App. § 291-3. Annual meeting; election of officers
Status: in_force

A meeting of the inhabitants shall be held annually on the third Tuesday in March for the purpose of electing a Clerk, five trustees, a Treasurer, and a Collector of Taxes, and for the transaction of any business specified in the warning of the meeting, which warning shall be signed by the Clerk, and shall specify such other business to be done at the meeting, besides the choice of officers, as the trustees shall direct, and shall be published in a newspaper in the Village, or posted up in three public places therein, at least 10 days before the meeting. The warning shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk before it is posted.
24 V.S.A. § 5142 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 129 / Section 5142
§ 5142. Definitions
Status: repealed

For the purpose of this chapter:

(1) “Selectboard” means the selectboard in the case of a town, the city council in the case of a city, the board of trustees in the case of an incorporated village, the prudential committee in the case of a fire district, or the board of commissioners in the case of a consolidated sewer or water district.

(2) “Disconnection” means the deliberate interruption or disconnection of water or sewer service, or both, to a ratepayer by the servicing municipality for nonpayment of water or sewer charges.

(3) “Delinquency” means failure of the ratepayer to tender payment for a valid bill or charge within 30 days of the postmark date of that bill or charge, or by a “due date” at least 30 days after mailing, which shall be clearly printed on the bill and which shall control in the absence of the postmark. A delinquency of sewer charges shall be considered a delinquency of water charges, if operated by the same municipal corporation.

(4) “Hearing officer” means a person appointed pursuant to section 5147 of this chapter to act as a fact finder and to hear and investigate evidence, and to make recommendations to the selectboard for final determination of the dispute.

(5) “Notice” means the written notice on the form prescribed in section 5144 of this chapter, sent within 40 days after delinquency and postmarked and sent not more than 20 days, nor less than 14 days prior to the disconnect of service.

(6) “Physician's certificate” means a written statement by a duly licensed medical practitioner certifying that a ratepayer or resident within the ratepayer's household would suffer an immediate and serious health hazard by the disconnection of the utility's service to that household. The certificate will be considered valid and in force for 30 days, or the duration of the hazard, whichever is less.

(7) “Payment of a bill” means the receipt at the municipal office of cash, check, or money order which is subsequently honored.

(8) “Business days” means Monday through Thursday, excluding legal holidays and any other time, or the day before such time, when municipal offices are not open to the public.

(9) [Repealed.]

(10) “Credit supervisor” is any person appointed by the selectboard to perform the functions of a credit supervisor under this chapter. Notwithstanding section 1524 of this title, the municipal tax collector may be appointed, but the fees provided under Title 32 for a tax collector do not apply to the collection procedure in this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 108 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 108
App. § 3-108. Chief Administrative Officer to collect delinquent taxes
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Chief Administrative Officer to collect all legal taxes contained in such tax bill, the amount thereof being determined as hereinbefore provided on or before the time when such warrant is returnable, subject to such abatement of taxes as may be made by the Board for the Abatement of Taxes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 94 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 94
App. § 225-94. Tax abatements
Status: in_force

The Board of Civil Authority, along with the Treasurer and the listers, shall constitute the Board of Abatement. The Board shall meet at least once a year, elect a Chair and Clerk, and consider all the taxpayers' requests for abatement of their taxes, special assessment, or other levy made by the Village in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 1535. The Clerk shall call the meeting, and public notice of the meeting must appear in at least three public places at least two days prior to the meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 401 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 103 / Section 401
App. § 103-401. Appointed by selectors
Status: in_force

The Selector Board members shall appoint a Town Manager for an indefinite term and upon such conditions as they may determine.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 38.03 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 38.03
App. § 9-38.3. Effective date
Status: in_force

This charter shall take effect in conformity with the provisions of 17 V.S.A. § 2645 or as amended.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 111 / Section 101
App. § 111-101. Merger of the Village and Town
Status: in_force

The Village of Chester and the Town of Chester are hereby consolidated and merged, and the Village of Chester shall, except as hereinafter provided, cease to exist as a political entity or body corporate.