24 V.S.A. § 4348a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4348a
§ 4348a. Elements of a regional plan
Status: repealed

(a) A regional plan shall be consistent with the goals established in section 4302 of this title and shall include the following:

(1) A statement of basic policies of the region to guide the future growth and development of land and of public services and facilities, and to protect the environment.

(2) A natural resources and working lands element, which shall consist of a map or maps and policies, based on ecosystem function, consistent with Vermont Conservation Design, support compact centers surrounded by rural and working lands, and that:

(A) Indicates those areas of significant natural resources, including existing and proposed for forests, wetlands, vernal pools, rare and irreplaceable natural areas, floodplains, river corridors, recreation, agriculture using the agricultural lands identification process established in 6 V.S.A. § 8, residence, commerce, industry, public, and semipublic uses, open spaces, areas reserved for flood plain, forest blocks, habitat connectors, recreation areas and recreational trails, and areas identified by the State, regional planning commissions, or municipalities that require special consideration for aquifer protection; for wetland protection; for the maintenance of forest blocks, wildlife habitat, and habitat connectors; or for other conservation purposes.

(B) Indicates those areas that have the potential to sustain agriculture and recommendations for maintaining them that may include transfer of development rights, acquisition of development rights, or farmer assistance programs.

(C) Indicates those areas that are important as forest blocks and habitat connectors and plans for land development in those areas to minimize forest fragmentation and promote the health, viability, and ecological function of forests. A plan may include specific policies to encourage the active management of those areas for wildlife habitat, water quality, timber production, recreation, or other values or functions identified by the regional planning commission.

(D) Encourages preservation of rare and irreplaceable natural areas, scenic and historic features and resources.

(E) Encourages protection and improvement of the quality of waters of the State to be used in the development and furtherance of the applicable basin plans established by the Secretary of Natural Resources under 10 V.S.A. § 1253.

(3) An energy element, including an analysis of resources, needs, scarcities, costs, and problems within the region across all energy sectors, including electric, thermal, and transportation; a statement of policy on the conservation and efficient use of energy and the development and siting of renewable energy resources; a statement of policy on patterns and densities of land use likely to result in conservation of energy; and an identification of potential areas for the development and siting of renewable energy resources and areas that are unsuitable for siting those resources or particular categories or sizes of those resources.

(4) A transportation element consisting of a statement of present and prospective transportation and circulation facilities, and a map showing existing and proposed highways, including limited access highways, and streets by type and character of improvement, and where pertinent, anticipated points of congestion, parking facilities, transit routes, terminals, bicycle paths and trails, scenic roads, airports, railroads and port facilities, and other similar facilities or uses, and recommendations to meet future needs for such facilities, with indications of priorities of need, costs, and method of financing.

(5) A utility and facility element, consisting of a map and statement of present and prospective local and regional community facilities and public utilities, whether publicly or privately owned, showing existing and proposed educational, recreational and other public sites, buildings and facilities, including public schools, State office buildings, hospitals, libraries, power generating plants and transmission lines, wireless telecommunications facilities and ancillary improvements, water supply, sewage disposal, refuse disposal, storm drainage, and other similar facilities and activities, and recommendations to meet future needs for those facilities, with indications of priority of need.

(6) [Repealed.]

(7) A program for the implementation of the regional plan's objectives, including a recommended investment strategy for regional facilities and services based on a capacity study of the elements in this section.

(8) A statement indicating how the regional plan relates to development trends, needs, and plans and regional plans for adjacent municipalities and regions.

(9) A housing element that identifies the regional and community-level need for housing that will result in an adequate supply of building code and energy code compliant homes where most households spend not more than 30 percent of their income on housing and not more than 15 percent on transportation. To establish housing needs, the Department of Housing and Community Development shall publish statewide and regional housing targets or ranges as part of the Statewide Housing Needs Assessment. The regional planning commission shall consult the Statewide Housing Needs Assessment; current and expected demographic data; the current location, quality, types, and cost of housing; other local studies related to housing needs; and data gathered pursuant to subsection 4382(c) of this title. If no such data has been gathered, the regional planning commission shall gather it. The regional planning commission's assessment shall estimate the total needed housing investments in terms of price, quality, unit size or type, and zoning district as applicable and shall disaggregate regional housing targets or ranges by municipality. The housing element shall include a set of recommended actions to satisfy the established needs.

(10) An economic development element that describes present economic conditions and the location, type, and scale of desired economic development, and identifies policies, projects, and programs necessary to foster economic growth.

(11)(A) A flood resilience element that:

(i) identifies flood hazard and fluvial erosion hazard areas, based on river corridor maps provided by the Secretary of Natural Resources pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 1428(a) or maps recommended by the Secretary, and designates those areas to be protected, including floodplains, river corridors, land adjacent to streams, wetlands, and upland forests, to reduce the risk of flood damage to infrastructure and improved property; and

(ii) recommends policies and strategies to protect the areas identified and designated under this subdivision (A) and to mitigate risks to public safety, critical infrastructure, historic structures, and public investments.

(B) A flood resilience element may reference an existing regional hazard mitigation plan approved under 44 C.F.R. § 201.6.

(12) A future land use element, based upon the elements in this section, that sets forth the present and prospective location, amount, intensity, and character of such land uses in relation to the provision of necessary community facilities and services and that consists of a map delineating future land use area boundaries for the land uses in subdivisions (A)–(J) of this subdivision (12) as appropriate and any other special land use category the regional planning commission deems necessary; descriptions of intended future land uses; and policies intended to support the implementation of the future land use element using the following land use categories:

(A) Downtown or village centers. These areas are the mixed-use centers bringing together community economic activity and civic assets. They include downtowns, villages, and new town centers previously designated under chapter 76A and downtowns and village centers seeking benefits under the Community Investment Program under section 5804 of this title. The downtown or village centers are the traditional and historic central business and civic centers within planned growth areas, village areas, or may stand alone. Village centers are not required to have public water, wastewater, zoning, or subdivision bylaws.

(B) Planned growth areas. These areas include the high-density existing settlement and future growth areas with high concentrations of population, housing, and employment in each region and town, as appropriate. They include a mix of historic and nonhistoric commercial, residential, and civic or cultural sites with active streetscapes, supported by land development regulations; public water or wastewater, or both; and multimodal transportation systems. These areas include new town centers, downtowns, village centers, growth centers, and neighborhood development areas previously designated under chapter 76A of this title. These areas should generally meet the smart growth principles definition in chapter 139 of this title and the following criteria:

(i) The municipality has a duly adopted and approved plan and a planning process that is confirmed in accordance with section 4350 of this title and has adopted bylaws and regulations in accordance with sections 4414, 4418, and 4442 of this title.

(ii) This area is served by public water or wastewater infrastructure.

(iii) The area is generally within walking distance from the municipality's or an adjacent municipality's downtown, village center, new town center, or growth center.

(iv) The area excludes identified flood hazard and river corridor areas, except those areas containing preexisting development in areas suitable for infill development as defined in section 29-201 of the Vermont Flood Hazard Area and River Corridor Rule.

(v) The municipal plan indicates that this area is intended for higher-density residential and mixed-use development.

(vi) The area provides for housing that meets the needs of a diversity of social and income groups in the community.

(vii) The area is served by planned or existing transportation infrastructure that conforms with “complete streets” principles as described under 19 V.S.A. chapter 24 and establishes pedestrian access directly to the downtown, village center, or new town center. Planned transportation infrastructure includes those investments included in the municipality's capital improvement program pursuant to section 4430 of this title.

(C) Village areas. These areas include the traditional settlement area or a proposed new settlement area, typically composed of a cohesive mix of residential, civic, religious, commercial, and mixed-use buildings, arranged along a main street and intersecting streets that are within walking distance for residents who live within and surrounding the core. These areas include existing village center designations and similar areas statewide, but this area is larger than the village center designation. Village areas shall meet the following criteria:

(i) The municipality has a duly adopted and approved plan and a planning process that is confirmed in accordance with section 4350 of this title.

(ii) The municipality has adopted bylaws and regulations in accordance with sections 4414, 4418, and 4442 of this title.

(iii) Unless the municipality has adopted flood hazard and river corridor bylaws, applicable to the entire municipality, that are consistent with the standards established pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 755b (flood hazard) and 10 V.S.A. § 1428(b) (river corridor), the area excludes identified flood hazard and river corridors, except those areas containing preexisting development in areas suitable for infill development as defined in 29-201 of the Vermont Flood Hazard Area and River Corridor Rule.

(iv) The municipality has either municipal water or wastewater. If no public wastewater is available, the area must have soils that are adequate for wastewater disposal.

(v) The area has some opportunity for infill development or new development areas where the village can grow and be flood resilient.

(D) Transition or infill area. These areas include areas of existing or planned commercial, office, mixed-use development, or residential uses either adjacent to a planned growth or village area or a new stand-alone transition or infill area and served by, or planned for, public water or wastewater, or both. The intent of this land use category is to transform these areas into higher-density, mixed-use settlements, or residential neighborhoods through infill and redevelopment or new development. New commercial linear strip development is not allowed as to prevent it negatively impacting the economic vitality of commercial areas in the adjacent or nearby planned growth or village area. This area could also include adjacent greenfields safer from flooding and planned for future growth.

(E) Resource-based recreation areas. These areas include large-scale resource-based recreational facilities, often concentrated around ski resorts, lakeshores, or concentrated trail networks, that may provide infrastructure, jobs, or housing to support recreational activities.

(F) Enterprise areas. These areas include locations of high economic activity and employment that are not adjacent to planned growth areas. These include industrial parks, areas of natural resource extraction, or other commercial uses that involve larger land areas. Enterprise areas typically have ready access to water supply, sewage disposal, electricity, and freight transportation networks.

(G) Hamlets. Small historic clusters of homes and may include a school, place of worship, store, or other public buildings not planned for significant growth; no public water supply or wastewater systems; and mostly focused along one or two roads. These may be depicted as points on the future land use map.

(H) Rural; general. These areas include areas that promote the preservation of Vermont's traditional working landscape and natural area features. They allow for low-density residential and some limited commercial development that is compatible with productive lands and natural areas. This may also include an area that a municipality is planning to make more rural than it is currently.

(I) Rural; agricultural and forestry. These areas include blocks of forest or farmland that sustain resource industries, provide critical wildlife habitat and movement, outdoor recreation, flood storage, aquifer recharge, and scenic beauty, and contribute to economic well-being and quality of life. Development in these areas should be carefully managed to promote the working landscape and rural economy, and address regional goals, while protecting the agricultural and forest resource value.

(J) Rural; conservation. These are areas of significant natural resources, identified by regional planning commissions or municipalities based upon existing Agency of Natural Resources mapping that require special consideration for aquifer protection; for wetland protection; for the maintenance of forest blocks, wildlife habitat, and habitat connectors; or for other conservation purposes. The mapping of these areas and accompanying policies are intended to help meet requirements of 10 V.S.A. chapter 89. Any portion of this area that is approved by the LURB as having Tier 3 area status shall be identified on the future land use map as an overlay upon approval.

(b) The various elements and statements shall be correlated with the land use element and with each other. The maps called for by this section may be incorporated on one or more maps, and may be referred to in each separate statement called for by this section.

(c) The regional plan future land use map shall delineate areas within the regional planning commission's member municipalities that are eligible to receive designation benefits as centers and neighborhoods when the future land use map is approved by the Land Use Review Board per 10 V.S.A. § 6033. The areas eligible for designation as centers shall be identified on the regional plan future land use map as regional downtown centers and village centers. The areas eligible for designation as neighborhoods shall be identified on the regional plan future land use map as planned growth areas and village areas in a manner consistent with this section and chapter 139 of this title. This methodology shall include all approved designated downtowns, villages, new town centers, neighborhood development areas, and growth centers existing on December 31, 2025, unless the subject member municipality requests otherwise.

(d) With the exception of preexisting, nonconforming designations approved prior to the establishment of the program, the areas eligible for designation benefits upon the Land Use Review Board's approval of the regional plan future land use map for designation as a center shall not include development that is disconnected from a downtown or village center and that lacks an existing or planned pedestrian connection to the center via a complete street.

(e) The Vermont Association of Planning and Development Agencies shall develop, maintain, and update standard methodology and process for the mapping of areas eligible for Tier 1B status under 10 V.S.A. § 6033 and designation under chapter 139 of this title. The methodology shall be issued on or before December 31, 2024, in consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development and Land Use Review Board.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1002 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 1002
App. § 129-1002. Preparation and submission of general budget
Status: in_force

(a) At least 120 days before the date of the regular annual Town and School District meeting, each department or commission head shall submit to the Town Manager, in the case of the Town, and the Superintendent of the School District, in the case of the School District, a proposed budget for their review and revision. Not less than 60 days prior to the annual meeting, each department or commission head shall submit a written report to the Town Manager or Superintendent of the School District to be included in the Town or School District report.

(b) The Town Manager, in the case of the Town, and the Superintendent, in the case of the School District, at least 60 days before the date of the regular annual meeting, shall submit to the Selectboard or School Board of Trustees a budget that, except as required by law or this charter, shall be in such form as the Town Manager or Superintendent deems desirable and the Selectboard or School Board of Trustees may require. The budget shall contain:

(1) Appropriations and expenditures. 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 the actual appropriations and expenditures for the immediate preceding fiscal year.

(2) Revenue.

(A) Comparative figures of tax and other sources of revenue for the current and the immediate preceding fiscal year.

(B) An itemized statement of estimated revenues from all sources, other than taxation, for the next fiscal year.

(C) A statement of taxes required for the next fiscal year.

(3) Other. Such other information as may be required by the Selectboard or School Board of Trustees.

(c) The Selectboard's or School Board of Trustees' budget, in its final form, and the warning for the annual meeting shall be printed under the direction of the Town Manager, in the case of the Town, and the Superintendent of the School District, in the case of the School District, and shall be made available at least 10 days prior to the annual meeting.

(d) The annual audit of Town and School District shall be published at least 60 days prior to the annual town meeting and included in the Annual Town Report.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 112 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 112
App. § 3-112. Failure of owners to pay assessments; warrant to be issued; Chief Administrative Officer to collect
Status: in_force

If the owner or owners of any land or buildings assessed under any provisions of this charter shall neglect or refuse to pay any such assessment or any installment thereof with interest as hereinafter provided, to the Chief Administrative Officer or the holder of assessment certificates hereinafter mentioned, within the time prescribed for such payment, the Chief Administrative Officer shall issue his or her warrant for the collection thereof, and such Chief Administrative Officer shall proceed to collect the same, in the manner hereinafter prescribed for the collection and enforcement of assessments made in laying out or altering streets or highways.
24 V.S.A. § 4503 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 118 / Section 4503
§ 4503. Removals; vacancies
Status: in_force

(a) Any member of a conservation commission may be removed at any time for just cause by vote of the legislative body, for reasons given to him or her in writing and after a public hearing thereon if he or she so requests.

(b) Any appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 36 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 36
App. § 219-36. Legislative authority
Status: in_force

This chapter shall always be under the control of the Legislature to alter, amend, or repeal as the public good may require.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129B / Section 1
App. § 129B-1. Statement of purpose
Status: in_force

Under the authority granted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, this charter establishes certain guidelines with respect to organization and functioning of local Town government in the Town of Montgomery.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 99 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 99
App. § 3-99. Additional assessment; amount
Status: in_force

The City Council, in addition to the taxes required by the general laws of the State, and required or permitted by the provisions of this charter, to be raised upon the property grand list and not included in the tax authorized by this section for City purposes may also annually at the same meeting and immediately after it gives final approval to the annual City budget, assess upon the property grand list for City purposes during the fiscal year, a tax that shall not exceed 52 and 76/100 cents upon the dollar thereof and may assess a larger tax when authorized to do so by the legal voters of said City at a meeting duly warned for that purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 706 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 706
App. § 19-706. Council and annual meeting action on budget
Status: in_force

(a) Notice and hearing.

(1) The Council shall post and publish the general summary of the budget and proposed capital improvements and a notice stating:

(A) the times and places where copies of the message and budget are available for inspection by the public; and

(B) the time and place, not less than two weeks after such posting publication and not more than 30 days prior to the annual meeting for a public hearing on the budget.

(2) The time and place of the annual meeting shall be posted as set forth in Article 2 of this charter.

(b) Amendment before submission to the voters. After the public hearing, the Council may approve the budget for submission to the voters with or without amendment. In amending the budget, it may add or increase programs or amounts and may delete or decrease any programs or amounts, except expenditures required by law or for debt service or for estimated cash deficit, provided that no amendment to the budget shall increase the Manager's recommended expenditures to an amount greater than the total of estimated income.

(c) Budget vote. The Council shall warn the budget to the voters for approval at the annual meeting held on the first Tuesday in March. The budget vote shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions set forth in Article 2 of this charter. If the voters fail to approve the budget at the annual meeting, the Council shall reconsider the budget and submit a revised budget to the voters prior to June 1 of that same year. The vote on the revised budget shall be conducted as set forth in Article 2 of this charter. If the voters fail to approve the revised budget, the amounts appropriated for current operation for the current fiscal year shall be deemed adopted for the ensuing fiscal year on a month-to-month basis, with all items in it prorated accordingly, until such time as the Council warns and the voters approve a budget for the ensuing fiscal year. Voter approval of the budget shall constitute appropriations of the amounts specified therein as expenditures from the funds indicated and shall constitute a levy of the property tax therein proposed.
24 V.S.A. § 4414 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4414
§ 4414. Zoning; permissible types of regulations
Status: in_force

Any of the following types of regulations may be adopted by a municipality in its bylaws in conformance with the plan and for the purposes established in section 4302 of this title.

(1) Zoning districts. A municipality may define different and separate zoning districts, and identify within these districts which land uses are permitted as of right, and which are conditional uses requiring review and approval, including the districts set forth in this subdivision (1).

(A) Downtown, village center, new town center, and growth center districts. The definition or purpose stated for local downtown, village center, new town center, or growth center zoning districts should conform with the applicable definitions in section 2791 of this title. Municipalities may adopt downtown, village center, new town center, or growth center districts without seeking State designation under chapter 76A of this title. A municipality may adopt a manual of graphic or written design guidelines to assist applicants in the preparation of development applications. The following objectives should guide the establishment of boundaries, requirements, and review standards for these districts:

(i) To create a compact settlement oriented toward pedestrian activity and including an identifiable neighborhood center, with consistently higher densities than those found in surrounding districts.

(ii) To provide for a variety of housing types, jobs, shopping, services, and public facilities with residences, shops, workplaces, and public buildings interwoven within the district, all within close proximity.

(iii) To create a pattern of interconnecting streets and blocks, consistent with historic settlement patterns, that encourages multiple routes from origins to destinations.

(iv) To provide for a coordinated transportation system with a hierarchy of appropriately designed facilities for pedestrians, bicycles, public transit, and automotive vehicles.

(v) To provide for natural features and undisturbed areas that are incorporated into the open space of the neighborhood as well as historically compatible squares, greens, landscaped streets, and parks woven into the pattern of the neighborhood.

(vi) To provide for public buildings, open spaces, and other visual features that act as landmarks, symbols, and focal points for community identity.

(vii) To ensure compatibility of buildings and other improvements as determined by their arrangement, building bulk, form, design, character, and landscaping to establish a livable, harmonious, and diverse environment.

(viii) To provide for public and private buildings that form a consistent, distinct edge, are oriented toward streets, and define the border between the public street space and the private block interior.

(B) Agricultural, rural residential, forest, and recreational districts. Where, for the purposes set forth in section 4302 of this title, it is deemed necessary to safeguard certain areas from urban or suburban development and to encourage that development in other areas of the municipality or region, the following districts may be created:

(i) Agricultural or rural residential districts, permitting all types of agricultural uses and prohibiting all other land development except low density residential development.

(ii) Forest districts, permitting commercial forestry and related uses and prohibiting all other land development.

(iii) Recreational districts, permitting camps, ski areas, and related recreational facilities, including lodging for transients and seasonal residents, and prohibiting all other land development except construction of residences for occupancy by caretakers and their families.

(C) Airport hazard area. In accordance with 5 V.S.A. chapter 17, any municipality may adopt special bylaws governing the use of land, location, and size of buildings and density of population within a distance of two miles from the boundaries of an airport under an approach zone and for a distance of one mile from the boundaries of the airport elsewhere. The designation of that area and the bylaws applying within that area shall be in accord with applicable airport zoning guidelines, if any, adopted by the Vermont Transportation Board.

(D) Shorelands.

(i) A municipality may adopt bylaws to regulate shorelands as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 1422 to prevent and control water pollution; preserve and protect wetlands and other terrestrial and aquatic wildlife habitat; conserve the scenic beauty of shorelands; minimize shoreline erosion; reserve public access to public waters; and achieve other municipal, regional, or State shoreland conservation and development objectives.

(ii) Shoreland bylaws may regulate the design and maintenance of sanitary facilities; regulate filling of and other adverse alterations to wetlands and other wildlife habitat areas; control building location; require the provision and maintenance of vegetation; require provisions for access to public waters for all residents and owners of the development; and impose other requirements authorized by this chapter.

(E) Design review districts. Bylaws may contain provisions for the establishment of design review districts. Prior to the establishment of such a district, the planning commission shall prepare a report describing the particular planning and design problems of the proposed district and setting forth a design plan for the areas which shall include recommended planning and design criteria to guide future development. The planning commission shall hold a public hearing, after public notice, on that report. After this hearing, the planning commission may recommend to the legislative body a design review district as a bylaw amendment. A design review district may be created for any area containing structures of historical, architectural, or cultural merit, and other areas in which there is a concentration of community interest and participation such as a central business district, civic center, or a similar grouping or focus of activities. These areas may include townscape areas that resemble in important aspects the earliest permanent settlements, including a concentrated urban settlement with striking vistas, views extending across open fields and up to the forest edge, a central focal point and town green, and buildings of high architectural quality, including styles of the early 19th century. Within such a designated design review district, no structure may be erected, reconstructed, substantially altered, restored, moved, demolished, or changed in use or type of occupancy without approval of the plans by the appropriate municipal panel. A design review board may be appointed by the legislative body of the municipality, in accordance with section 4433 of this title, to advise any appropriate municipal panel.

(F) Local historic districts and landmarks.

(i) Bylaws may contain provisions for the establishment of historic districts and the designation of historic landmarks. Historic districts shall include structures and areas of historic or architectural significance and may include distinctive design or landscape characteristics, areas, and structures with a particular relationship to the historic and cultural values of the surrounding area, and structures whose exterior architectural features bear a significant relationship to the remainder of the structures or to the surrounding area. Bylaws may reference National and State Registers of Historic Places, properties, and districts. A report prepared under section 4441 of this title with respect to the establishment of a local historic district or designation of an historic landmark shall contain a map that clearly delineates the boundaries of the local historic district or landmark, justification for the boundary, a description of the elements of the resources that are integral to its historical, architectural, and cultural significance, and a statement of the significance of the local historic district or landmark.

(ii) With respect to external appearances and other than normal maintenance, no structure within a designated historic district may be rehabilitated, substantially altered, restored, moved, demolished, or changed, and no new structure within an historic district may be erected without approval of the plans therefor by the appropriate municipal panel. The panel shall consider the following in its review of plans submitted:

(I) The historic or architectural significance of the structure, its distinctive characteristics, and its relationship to the historic significance of the surrounding area.

(II) The relationship of the proposed changes in the exterior architectural features of the structure to the remainder of the structure and to the surrounding area.

(III) The general compatibility of the proposed exterior design, arrangement, texture, and materials proposed to be used.

(IV) Any other factors, including the environmental setting and aesthetic factors that the panel deems to be pertinent.

(iii) When an appropriate municipal panel is reviewing an application relating to an historic district, the panel:

(I) Shall be strict in its judgment of plans for those structures deemed to be valuable under subdivision (1)(F)(i) of this section, but is not required to limit new construction, alteration, or repairs to the architectural style of any one period, but may encourage compatible new design.

(II) If an application is submitted for the alteration of the exterior appearance of a structure or for the moving or demolition of a structure deemed to be significant under subdivision (1)(F)(i) of this section, shall meet with the owner of the structure to devise an economically feasible plan for the preservation of the structure.

(III) Shall approve an application only when the panel is satisfied that the proposed plan will not materially impair the historic or architectural significance of the structure or surrounding area.

(IV) In the case of a structure deemed to be significant under subdivision (1)(F)(i) of this section, may approve the proposed alteration despite subdivision (1)(F)(ii)(III) of this section if the panel finds either or both of the following:

(aa) The structure is a deterrent to a major improvement program that will be of clear and substantial benefit to the municipality.

(bb) Retention of the structure would cause undue financial hardship to the owner.

(iv) This subdivision (1)(F), and bylaws issued pursuant to it, shall apply to designation of individual landmarks as well as to designation of local historic districts. A landmark is any individual building, structure, or site that by itself has a special historic, architectural, or cultural value.

(v) The provisions of this subdivision (1)(F) shall not in any way apply to or affect buildings, structures, or land within the “Capitol complex,” as defined in 29 V.S.A. chapter 6.

(G) Buffers. In accordance with section 4424 of this title, a municipality may adopt bylaws to protect buffers, as that term is defined in 10 V.S.A. § 1422, in order to protect public safety; prevent and control water pollution; prevent and control stormwater runoff; preserve and protect wetlands and waterways; maintain and protect natural channel, streambank, and floodplain stability; minimize damage to property and transportation infrastructure; preserve and protect the habitat of terrestrial and aquatic wildlife; promote open space and aesthetics; and achieve other municipal, regional, or State conservation and development objectives for buffers. Buffer bylaws may regulate the design and location of development; control the location of buildings; require the provision and maintenance or reestablishment of vegetation, including no net loss of vegetation; require screening of development or use from waters; reserve existing public access to public waters; and impose other requirements authorized by this chapter.

(2) Overlay districts. Special districts may be created to supplement or modify the zoning requirements otherwise applicable in underlying districts in order to provide supplementary provisions for areas such as shorelands and floodplains, aquifer and source protection areas, ridgelines and scenic features, highway intersection, bypass, and interchange areas, or other features described in section 4411 of this title.

(3) Conditional uses.

(A) In any district, certain uses may be allowed only by approval of the appropriate municipal panel, if general and specific standards to which each allowed use must conform are prescribed in the appropriate bylaws and if the appropriate municipal panel, under the procedures in subchapter 10 of this chapter, determines that the proposed use will conform to those standards. These general standards shall require that the proposed conditional use shall not result in an undue adverse effect on any of the following:

(i) The capacity of existing or planned community facilities.

(ii) The character of the area affected, as defined by the purpose or purposes of the zoning district within which the project is located, and specifically stated policies and standards of the municipal plan.

(iii) Traffic on roads and highways in the vicinity.

(iv) Bylaws and ordinances then in effect.

(v) Utilization of renewable energy resources.

(B) The general standards set forth in subdivision (3)(A) of this section may be supplemented by more specific criteria, including requirements with respect to any of the following:

(i) Minimum lot size.

(ii) Distance from adjacent or nearby uses.

(iii) Performance standards, as under subdivision (5) of this section.

(iv) Criteria adopted relating to site plan review pursuant to section 4416 of this title.

(v) Any other standards and factors that the bylaws may include.

(C) One or more of the review criteria found in 10 V.S.A. § 6086 may be adopted as standards for use in conditional use review.

(D) A multiunit dwelling project consisting of four or fewer units located in a district allowing multiunit dwellings may not be denied solely due to an undue adverse effect on the character of the area affected.

(4) Parking and loading facilities. A municipality may adopt provisions setting forth standards for permitted and required facilities for off-street parking and loading, which may vary by district and by uses within each district. In any district that is served by municipal sewer and water infrastructure that allows residential uses, a municipality shall not require more than one parking space per dwelling unit. However, a municipality may require 1.5 parking spaces for duplexes and multiunit dwellings in areas not served by sewer and water, and in areas that are located more than one-quarter mile away from public parking. The number of parking spaces shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number when calculating the total number of spaces. These bylaws may also include provisions covering the location, size, design, access, landscaping, and screening of those facilities. In determining the number of parking spaces for nonresidential uses and size of parking spaces required under these regulations, the appropriate municipal panel may take into account the existence or availability of employer “transit pass” and rideshare programs, public transit routes, and public parking spaces in the vicinity of the development.

(5) Performance standards. As an alternative or supplement to the listing of specific uses permitted in districts, including those in manufacturing or industrial districts, bylaws may specify acceptable standards or levels of performance that will be required in connection with any use. These bylaws shall specifically describe the levels of operation that are acceptable and not likely to affect adversely the use of the surrounding area by the emission of such dangerous or objectionable elements as noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odor, or other form of air pollution, heat, cold, dampness, electromagnetic, or other disturbance, glare, liquid, or solid refuse or wastes; or create any dangerous, injurious, noxious, fire, explosive, or other hazard. The land planning policies and development bylaws manual prepared pursuant to section 4304 of this title shall contain recommended forms of alternative performance standards, and the assistance of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development shall be available to any municipality that requests aid in the application or enforcement of these bylaws.

(6) Access to renewable energy resources. Any municipality may adopt zoning and subdivision bylaws to encourage energy conservation and to protect and provide access to, among others, the collection or conversion of direct sunlight, wind, running water, organically derived fuels, including wood and agricultural sources, waste heat, and geothermal sources, including those recommendations contained in the adopted municipal plan, regional plan, or both. The bylaw shall establish a standard of review in conformance with the municipal plan provisions required pursuant to subdivision 4382(a)(9) of this title.

(7) Inclusionary zoning. In order to provide for affordable housing, bylaws may require that a certain percentage of housing units in a proposed subdivision, planned unit development, or multi-unit development meets defined affordability standards, which may include lower income limits than contained in the definition of “affordable housing” in subdivision 4303(1) of this title and may contain different affordability percentages than contained in the definition of “affordable housing development” in subdivision 4303(2) of this title. These provisions, at a minimum, shall comply with all the following:

(A) Be in conformance with specific policies of the housing element of the municipal plan.

(B) Be determined from an analysis of the need for affordable rental and sale housing units in the community.

(C) Include development incentives that contribute to the economic feasibility of providing affordable housing units, such as density bonuses, reductions or waivers of minimum lot, dimensional or parking requirements, reductions or waivers of applicable fees, or reductions or waivers of required public or nonpublic improvements.

(D) Require, through conditions of approval, that once affordable housing is built, its availability will be maintained through measures that establish income qualifications for renters or purchasers, promote affirmative marketing, and regulate the price, rent, and resale price of affordable units for a time period specified in the bylaws.

(8) Waivers.

(A) A bylaw may allow a municipality to grant waivers to reduce dimensional requirements, in accordance with specific standards that shall be in conformance with the plan and the goals set forth in section 4302 of this title. These standards may:

(i) allow mitigation through design, screening, or other remedy;

(ii) allow waivers for structures providing for disability accessibility, fire safety, and other requirements of law; and

(iii) provide for energy conservation and renewable energy structures.

(B) If waivers from dimensional requirements are provided, the bylaws shall specify the process by which these waivers may be granted and appealed.

(9) Stormwater management and control. Any municipality may adopt bylaws to implement stormwater management and control consistent with the program developed by the Secretary of Natural Resources pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 1264. Municipalities shall not charge an impervious surface fee or other stormwater fee under this subdivision or under other provisions of this title on property regulated under the Required Agricultural Practices for discharges of agricultural waste or agricultural nonpoint source pollution.

(10) Time-share projects. The bylaws may require that time-share projects consisting of five or more time-share estates or licenses be subject to development review.

(11) Archaeological resources. A municipality may adopt bylaws for the purpose of regulating archaeological sites and areas that may contain significant archaeological sites to make progress toward attaining the goals in the municipal plan concerning the protection of archaeological sites.

(12) Wireless telecommunications facilities and ancillary improvements. A municipality may adopt bylaws to regulate wireless telecommunications facilities and ancillary improvements in a manner consistent with State or federal law. These bylaws may include requiring the decommissioning or dismantling of wireless telecommunications facilities and ancillary improvements, and may establish requirements that a bond be posted, or other security acceptable to the legislative body, in order to finance facility decommissioning or dismantling activities.

(13)(A) Wastewater and potable water supply systems. A municipality may adopt bylaws that:

(i) prohibit the initiation of construction under a zoning permit unless and until a wastewater and potable water supply permit is issued under 10 V.S.A. chapter 64; or

(ii) establish an application process for a zoning or subdivision permit, under which an applicant may submit a permit application for municipal review, and the municipality may condition the issuance of a final permit upon issuance of a wastewater and potable water supply permit under 10 V.S.A. chapter 64.

(B) For purposes of an appeal of a permit issued under a bylaw adopted under this subdivision (13), the appealable decision of the municipality shall be the issuance or denial of a final zoning or subdivision permit and not the requirement to condition issuance of a permit on issuance of a wastewater and potable water supply permit under 10 V.S.A. chapter 64.

(14) Green development incentives. A municipality may encourage the use of low-embodied energy in construction materials, planned neighborhood developments that allow for reduced use of fuel for transportation, and increased use of renewable technology by providing for regulatory incentives, including increased densities and expedited review.

(15) Solar plants; screening. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of sections 2291a and 4413 of this title or 30 V.S.A. chapter 5 or 89, a municipality may adopt a freestanding bylaw to establish screening requirements that shall apply to a ground-mounted plant that generates electricity from solar energy. In a proceeding under 30 V.S.A. § 248, the municipality may make recommendations to the Public Utility Commission applying the bylaw to such a plant. The bylaw may designate the municipal body to make this recommendation. Screening requirements and recommendations adopted under this subdivision shall be a condition of a certificate of public good issued for the plant under 30 V.S.A. § 248, provided that they do not prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the installation of such a plant and do not have the effect of interfering with its intended functional use.

(A) Screening requirements under this subdivision shall not be more restrictive than screening requirements applied to commercial development in the municipality under this chapter or, if the municipality does not have other bylaws except flood hazard, 10 V.S.A. chapter 151.

(B) In this section, “plant” shall have the same meaning as in 30 V.S.A. § 8002 and “screening” means reasonable aesthetic mitigation measures to harmonize a facility with its surroundings and includes landscaping, vegetation, fencing, and topographic features.

(C) This subdivision (15) shall not authorize requiring a municipal land use permit for a solar electric generation plant, and a municipal action under this subdivision shall not be subject to the provisions of subchapter 11 (appeals) of this chapter. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this title, enforcement of a bylaw adopted under this subdivision shall be pursuant to the provisions of 30 V.S.A. § 30 applicable to violations of 30 V.S.A. § 248.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 2.01
App. § 9-2.1. City election
Status: in_force

(a) On the first Tuesday in March of odd numbered years, the legal voters of the City shall elect, from among their number, a Mayor, a City Treasurer, a City Assessor, and six aldermen at large, each for a term of two years.

(b) On the first Tuesday in March of even numbered years, the legal voters of the City, shall elect from among their number, five aldermen at large and such ward officers as are provided for hereinafter, each for a term of two years.

(c) On the first Tuesday in March 1988, the legal voters of the City shall elect from among their number four school commissioners who shall hold office for three years; and on the first Tuesday in March 1989, they shall elect from among their number, three school commissioners who shall hold office for three years; and on the first Tuesday in March 1990, they shall elect from their number four school commissioners who shall hold office for three years; and annually thereafter school commissioners shall be elected at the annual City election by the legal voters of said City as their respective terms expire, to hold office for three years, and until their successors are elected and have qualified.

(d) All officers of said City of Rutland, who have been duly elected or appointed and have qualified under the provisions of the charter in force before the passing of this charter, and all such officers who shall be hereafter duly elected or appointed and shall qualify under the provisions of this charter, shall continue to hold office until their successors have been duly elected or appointed and have qualified in accordance with the provisions of this charter.

(e) The election of all City and ward officers to be elected under the provisions of this charter, shall be by ballot, and the person or persons receiving a plurality of all votes cast for any office aforesaid, shall be declared elected thereto.

(f) In the election of ward officers, if no candidate receives a plurality of the votes cast, the Mayor shall appoint a legal voter of the ward to fill such office until the next election. In the election of all other elected officers, if no candidate receives a plurality of the votes cast, another election shall be called by the Mayor to be held within 60 days, said election shall be conducted under the same proceedings and methods as the inconclusive election.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 319 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 319
App. § 1-319. Sewers
Status: in_force

The City Council is authorized subject to ordinances of the City Council to establish, construct, or maintain public sewers in the City; and it may assess according to frontage of the owners of land or buildings adjoining or abutting said streets or any portion thereof, in which such sewers may be established, so much of the expense of constructing such sewers as the City Council shall adjudge such land or buildings to be specifically benefited thereby; but in no case shall the expense of construction of any sewer be assessed against the abutting owner on either side of any street or any portion thereof in excess of one-half of such expense; provided that all sewer assessments heretofore made shall remain in full force and effect until paid or abated.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 107 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 107
App. § 1-107. Ordinances; adoption process
Status: in_force

(a) Every ordinance shall be introduced in writing. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be “The Council of the City of Barre hereby ordains...”. If the Council passes the proposed ordinance upon first reading, it shall cause it to be published in the form passed in a newspaper of general circulation in the City or such other manner of publication as acceptable in State law, at least once, together with a notice of the time and place when and where there will be a public hearing to consider the same for final passage. The first such publication shall be at least three days prior to the date of the public hearing.

(b) After the public hearing, the Council may finally pass the ordinance with or without amendment. If the Council amends the proposed ordinance, then it shall cause the amended ordinance to be published at least once together with a notice of the time and place of the public hearing, at which such amended ordinance will be further considered and which publication shall be at least three days prior to the public hearing. Once the ordinance is adopted by the Council, the City Clerk shall cause the ordinance as adopted to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the City or such other manner of publication as acceptable in State law, and said ordinance shall take effect 14 days after the date of the publication.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 502 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 215 / Section 502
App. § 215-502. Fines for violations of bylaws and ordinances
Status: in_force

The Village may impose a fine or forfeiture not exceeding $100.00 for the violation of any bylaw or ordinance. The penalty may be recovered in an action on the case upon this statute, in the name of the Village, in which action it shall be sufficient to declare generally that the defendant is guilty of violation of a certain bylaw, naming it generally, and under that declaration the special matter may be given in evidence. But nothing contained in this section shall be so construed as to prevent the Village from having such other and further relief as it may be entitled by law to compel a compliance with the bylaws and ordinances of the Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 302
App. § 4-302. Moderator
Status: in_force

The Council shall appoint a Moderator who shall preside at the next City Informational Meeting. The term of Moderator shall be one year. Only qualified voters of the City of Essex Junction shall be eligible to hold the office of Moderator.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 54 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 54
App. § 126-54. Development Review Board and Planning Commission; meeting minutes
Status: in_force

Copies of the minutes of the Development Review Board and of the Planning Commission shall be filed and kept in the Town Clerk's office in separate books provided for that purpose, and they shall be available for inspection and copying by any member of the public at the office of the Zoning Officer upon request during normal business hours. Copies of all municipal land use permits, certificates of occupancy, and notices of violation of the Town's land use regulations shall be filed in the Town's land records.
24 V.S.A. § 4505 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 118 / Section 4505
§ 4505. Powers and duties of conservation commissions
Status: in_force

Any conservation commission created under this chapter may:

(1) make an inventory and conduct continuing studies of the natural resources of the municipality including:

(A) air, surface and ground waters, and pollution thereof;

(B) soils and their capabilities;

(C) mineral and other earth resources;

(D) streams, lakes, ponds, wetlands, and floodplains;

(E) unique or fragile biologic sites;

(F) scenic and recreational resources;

(G) plant and animal life, especially the rare and endangered species;

(H) prime agricultural and forest land, and other open lands;

(2) make and maintain an inventory of lands within the municipality which have historic, educational, cultural, scientific, architectural, or archaeological values in which the public has an interest;

(3) recommend to the legislative body of the municipality the purchase or the receipt of gifts of land or rights thereto, or other property, for the purposes of this chapter;

(4) receive appropriations for operating expenses including clerical help by appropriation through the budget of the legislative body;

(5) receive money, grants, or private gifts from any source, for the purposes of this chapter. Grants and gifts received by the trustee of public funds shall be carried in a conservation fund from year to year to be expended only for purposes of this chapter;

(6) receive gifts of land or other property for the purposes of this chapter, by consent of the legislative body or by the affirmative vote of the municipality;

(7) administer the lands, properties, and other rights which have been acquired by the municipality for the purposes of this chapter;

(8) assist the local planning commission or zoning board of adjustment or the District Environmental Commission, by providing advisory environmental evaluations where pertinent to applications made to those bodies, for permits for development;

(9) cooperate with the local legislative body, planning commission, zoning board of adjustment, road committee, or other municipal or private organizations on matters affecting the local environment or the natural resources of the municipality;

(10) prepare, collect, publish, advertise, and distribute relevant books, maps, and other documents and maintain communication with similar organizations; and encourage through educational activities the public understanding of local natural resources and conservation needs;

(11) make a brief annual report to the municipality of its finances and transactions for the year just passed, and its plans and prospects for the ensuing year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 7
App. § 601-7. Composition
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of one representative from each of the member municipalities.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 606 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 606
App. § 113-606. Departmental budget
Status: in_force

The budget for a department shall include all proposed expenditures as provided in the overall budget adopted at Town meeting. Town department heads shall not exceed expenditures as approved by voters, or as altered by the Selectboard or Town Manager, as permitted through this charter or as permitted by Vermont law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 303 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 303
App. § 151-303. Further powers of the Select Board
Status: in_force

In addition to powers otherwise conferred by law, the Select Board members shall also have the power to:

(1) create, consolidate, or dissolve departments as necessary or relevant for the performance of municipal services;

(2) create, consolidate, or dissolve commissions and committees as necessary or relevant and appoint the commission and committee members;

(3) provide on an annual basis an independent audit of all Town financial records by a certified public accountant;

(4) inquire into the conduct of any officer, commission, or department and investigate any and all municipal affairs; and

(5) discharge all duties devolving on the Town Agent by general law and hire attorneys on behalf of the Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 36 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 36
App. § 901-36. Special Authority meetings
Status: in_force

(a) The Board may on its own motion call special meetings of the Authority and shall call a special meeting of the Authority when action by the voters of the Authority is required.

(b) The Board shall call a special meeting of the Authority if petitioned to do so by not less than five percent of the voters of the Authority.

(c) The Board may rescind the call of the special meeting called on its own motion.

(d) The Board shall endeavor to schedule the time of special meetings to coincide with the time of annual municipal meetings, primary elections, general elections, or similar meetings when the electorate within the members will be voting on other matters.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 155 / Section 21
App. § 155-21. Property taxes
Status: in_force

Real and personal property taxes shall be paid in four installments to the Town Treasurer for each tax year on dates and months set by the Selectboard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 903 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 217 / Section 903
App. § 217-903. Board of Tax Abatement
Status: in_force

The trustees and Clerk of said Village shall constitute a Board for the Abatement of Taxes in said Village and shall have the same power and proceed in the same manner as the board for the abatement of taxes in towns.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 253 / Section 2
App. § 253-2. Authority of Village
Status: in_force

By that name may have perpetual succession, and be capable of suing and being sued, may prosecute and defend in any court, may have a common seal, and the same alter at pleasure, and shall be capable of purchasing, holding, and conveying real and personal estate for the use of the Village; and may, at any annual or special meeting warned for that purpose, as provided in this chapter, lay a tax upon the ratable estate within the same, whether residents or nonresidents, for any of the purposes herein mentioned, 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 may in like manner levy on and sell property to satisfy the same, and for want thereof may commit any person to jail against whom the Collector has such a tax.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 104 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 104
App. § 407-104. Duration
Status: in_force

The District shall continue as a body politic and corporate unless and until dissolved according to the procedures herein set forth.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 819 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 819
App. § 251-819. Annual report
Status: in_force

Said Board of Water Commissioners shall make a report to the annual meeting of said Village each year showing the receipts and disbursements of their department and the general condition thereof.
24 V.S.A. § 3211 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 85 / Section 3211
§ 3211. Determination of necessity
Status: in_force

(a) After completion of such survey, the municipality shall petition a Superior Court judge, setting forth therein that it proposes to take certain land or rights therein and describing such lands or rights, and the survey shall be annexed to the petition and made a part thereof. The petition shall set forth the purposes for which the land or rights are desired, and shall contain a request that the judge fix a time and place when the judge, or some other Superior Court judge, will hear all parties concerned and determine whether such taking is necessary.

(b) The Superior Court judge to whom the petition is presented shall fix the time for hearing, which shall not be more than 60 nor less than 40 days from the date the judge signs such order. Likewise, the judge shall fix the place for hearing, which shall be the county courthouse or any other place within the county in which the land in question is located. If the Superior Court judge to whom the petition is presented cannot hear the petition at the time set therefor, the judge shall call upon the Chief Superior Judge to assign another Superior Court judge to hear the cause at the time and place assigned in the order.

(c) Notice of hearing on the petition, which shall include the name of the city, town, or village in which the lands to be taken or affected are located, the names of the persons having an interest in the lands, a brief statement identifying the urban renewal projects contemplated including its location, and the date, time, and place of hearing shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the city, town, or village in which the lands lie, once a week for three consecutive weeks on the same day of the week, the last publication to be not less than five days before the hearing date, and a complete copy of the original petition, together with a copy of the court's order fixing the time and place of hearing, and a copy of the survey shall be placed on file in the clerk's office of the city, town, or village in which the land included in the survey lies. A copy of the petition, together with the court's order fixing the time and place of hearing, shall be served upon each person owning or having an interest in land to be purchased or condemned like a summons by an officer authorized to make service of process under Vermont statutes and residing in the county in which the petition is to be served, or, on absent defendants in such manner as the Supreme Court may by rule provide for service of process in civil actions. If the service on any defendant is impossible, upon affidavit of the sheriff, deputy sheriff, or constable attempting service, stating that the location of the defendant within or without the State is unknown and that he or she has no known agent or attorney in the State of Vermont upon which service may be made, and upon affidavit of an officer of the municipality that diligent inquiry has been made to find the location of the defendant, the publication herein provided shall be considered sufficient service on the defendant. Petitions shall be returnable to the court on the tenth day next preceding the date set for hearing thereon. Compliance with the provisions hereof shall constitute sufficient service upon and notice to any persons owning or having any interest in the land proposed to be taken or affected.

(d) At the time and place appointed for the hearing, the court consisting of the Superior Court judge signing the order or such other Superior Court judge as may be assigned and the two assistant judges of the county in which the hearing is held shall hear all persons interested and wishing to be heard. If any person owning or having an interest in the land to be taken or affected appears and objects to the necessity of taking the land included within the survey or any part thereof, then the court shall require the municipality to proceed with the introduction of evidence of the necessity of such taking. The court may cite in additional parties in its discretion, shall make findings of fact, and shall file the same. The court shall, by its order, determine whether the taking of such land and rights is necessary and may modify the proposed taking in such respects as the court may consider proper.

(e) An appeal may be taken to the Supreme Court by any party aggrieved in such manner as the Supreme Court may by rule provide for appeals from Superior Courts. If an appeal is taken, all proceedings shall be stayed until final disposition of the appeal. If no appeal is taken within the time provided for or, if appeal is taken, upon final disposition thereof, a copy of the order of the court shall be placed on file in the office of the clerk of the city, town, or village where the urban renewal project is located and within a period of two years from the final order the municipality may institute proceedings for the condemnation of the land included in the survey as finally approved by the court without further hearing or consideration of the question of the necessity of such taking.

(f) In considering the issue of necessity, the Superior Court and assistant judges shall, to the extent constitutionally permitted, give effect to the legislative determinations made in this chapter and to the determinations made by the voters and appropriate municipal authorities under this chapter. The court shall not give weight to a projected increase in economic value of the subject property solely or primarily because its condition and value for tax purposes are less than the condition and value projected as the result of the implementation of any State, municipal, or private redevelopment plan.
24 V.S.A. § 2683 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 71 / Section 2683
§ 2683. Term of license
Status: in_force

Full licenses shall be issued on forms to be prescribed by the Department of Health for a period of three years beginning on January 1 or for the balance of any such three-year period. Temporary, conditional, or provisional licenses may also be issued by the Department.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 604 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 604
App. § 247-604. Clerk
Status: in_force

The Clerk shall keep an official record of the proceedings of the Board of Trustees. Such records shall be kept in the office of the Village Clerk and shall be open for public inspection. The Clerk shall keep official record of the proceedings of all special and annual village meetings.

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 Clerk. The Clerk shall keep two copies of annual reports on file in the office of the Clerk and be responsible for depositing two copies in the Tenney Memorial Library.

The Clerk shall have and exercise the same powers and duties with respect to the Village that clerks have and exercise with respect to towns.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2.10 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 2.10
App. § 107-2.10. Limits on terms of office
Status: in_force

A member of any appointed commission or committee shall not serve for more than nine consecutive years or two consecutive terms, whichever is longer, and shall thereafter be ineligible for one year to serve in such office. This section does not apply to Representative Town Meeting members or to appointed Town officials.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 16 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 7 / Section 16
App. § 7-16. Department of Assessment
Status: in_force

There shall be a Department of Assessment, which shall consist of a Chief Assessor and such assistants as are deemed to be necessary by the City Council. The Chief Assessor and assistants shall be appointed and may be removed by the City Council. 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. At least every five years the Department shall review, or cause to be reviewed, their appraisals of all real property in the City that is subject to taxation and conduct a reappraisal of all such properties when necessary to conform their appraisals to the standards for appraising established by the laws of this State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22.14 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 22.14
App. § 9-22.14. Vehicle replacement
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Police Commission through the Chief of Police to provide and maintain safe, reliable emergency police vehicles. Such vehicles, upon reaching three full years of service, shall be replaced as soon as practical. The Chief shall submit specifications as approved by the Police Commission to the City Clerk for immediate bid circulation and replacement of said vehicles.
24 V.S.A. § 1965 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 58 / Section 1965
§ 1965. Duties of the community justice centers
Status: in_force

Each community justice center:

(1) shall work in close coordination with State agencies, law enforcement agencies, State's Attorneys, social service providers, victim advocacy organizations, and other community resources in administering the programs defined in subdivision 1964(a)(3) of this title;

(2) shall, in collaboration with State and local agencies, provide training on the restorative justice process to citizen volunteers to enable their participation in the local community justice center;

(3) may address quality of life issues in the community it serves by providing informational and educational resources to the community; and

(4) may apply for funding from private foundations, other governmental sources, or other sources.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 9
App. § 403-9. Composition
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of one representative from each member municipality.
24 V.S.A. § 2787 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 76 / Section 2787
§ 2787. Economic development strategy; deference to regional plans; CEDS
Status: in_force

In the event a major employer in an economic region announces a closure, relocation, or other significant action that will impact directly and indirectly jobs or wages in the region, and a regional planning commission has adopted a regional plan pursuant to section 4348 of this title or a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) approved by the U.S. Economic Development Administration, or both, and the plan or CEDS, or both, includes mitigation strategies to address substantial local and regional economic and fiscal challenges related to that employer, including closure, relocation, or reduction in workforce, then:

(1) the Executive Branch shall defer to the regional plan and CEDS when using or distributing funds or other resources meant to mitigate anticipated local and regional economic and fiscal challenges, or shall provide the regional planning commission for the region with its basis for not deferring to the plan and the CEDS; and

(2) the Executive Branch shall involve the regional planning commission and regional development corporation for the region in decisions regarding the use or distribution of those funds or resources.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 604 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 604
App. § 129-604. Noninterference with administration
Status: in_force

The School Board of Trustees, its members, and committees shall not deal with School District administrative officers and employees who are subject to the direction and supervision of the Superintendent. They shall deal through the Superintendent and shall not give orders to any such administrative officers or employees publicly or privately.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 716 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 716
App. § 19-716. Authority to pledge credit of City
Status: in_force

Whenever the legal voters of the City shall authorize the City Council to pledge the credit of the City for any purpose, the City shall have authority to issue negotiable orders, warrants, notes, or bonds, not to exceed the limit prescribed by law, for which the legal voters aforesaid have given authority to so pledge the credit of the City. Such notes or bonds shall be payable at such time and at such rate of interest as shall be established by resolution of the City Council.
24 V.S.A. § 2242 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2242
§ 2242. Requirement for operation or maintenance
Status: in_force

(a) A person shall not operate, establish, or maintain a salvage yard unless the person:

(1) holds a certificate of approval for the location of the salvage yard; and

(2) holds a certificate of registration issued by the Secretary to operate, establish, or maintain a salvage yard.

(b) The issuance of a certificate of registration under subsection (a) of this section shall not relieve a salvage yard from the obligation to comply with existing State and federal environmental laws and to obtain all permits required under State or federal environmental law.

(c) The Secretary may require a person to obtain a salvage yard certificate of registration under this section upon a determination, based on available information, that the person has taken action to circumvent the requirements of this subchapter.

(d) Prior to issuing a certificate of registration, the Secretary shall obtain written acknowledgment that the person seeking the certificate is aware of, and will comply with, the requirements for buying, selling, transporting, and keeping records concerning nonferrous scrap, metal articles, proprietary articles, and railroad scrap pursuant to 9 V.S.A. chapter 82.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 111 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 111
App. § 123-111. Applicability of referendum and initiative
Status: in_force

The right of referendum and initiative contained in sections 108 and 109 of this charter shall apply to the amendment or repeal of an ordinance as well as to its enactment.
24 V.S.A. § 4427 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4427
§ 4427. Persons eligible to apply for permits
Status: in_force

Municipalities and solid waste management districts empowered to condemn property or an interest in property may apply for any permit required by any zoning regulation adopted under this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 19 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 19
App. § 401-19. 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. The offices of the Clerk of the District and the Treasurer of the District may be held by one person. No other person may hold more than one office at one time.
24 V.S.A. § 871 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 33 / Section 871
§ 871. Organization of selectboard; appointments
Status: in_force

(a) Forthwith after its election and qualification, the selectboard shall organize and elect a chair and, if so voted, a clerk from among its number, and file a certificate of such election for record in the office of the town clerk.

(b) The selectboard shall appoint a tree warden, who need not be a resident of the municipality, and may appoint from among the registered voters the following officers who shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified and shall certify the appointments to the town clerk who shall record the same:

(1) three fence viewers;

(2) a poundkeeper, for each pound; voting residence in the town need not be a qualification for this office provided appointee gives his or her consent to the appointment;

(3) one or more inspectors of lumber, shingles, and wood;

(4) one or more weighers of coal;

(5) one town service officer; and

(6) one grand juror.

(c) After the selectboard appoints a tree warden, the selectboard shall certify the appointment to the Commissioner of Forests, Parks and Recreation. The certification shall include contact information for the appointed tree warden.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1201 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1201
App. § 5-1201. Assessment of taxes and establishment of tax rate
Status: in_force

(a) The City Council shall assess such taxes upon the grand list of the City as the voters at any annual or special meeting warned for that purpose have approved for the payment of debts and current expenses of the City, for carrying out any of the purposes of this charter, and for the payment of all State and county taxes and obligations imposed by law. The vote of the City shall be upon the specific sum of budgeted tax appropriation for the support of all City departments, grants, schools, recreation, and elders. The City Council shall establish a tax rate based upon the true grand list as appraised by the City Assessor, and shall deliver the same to the City Treasurer for computation and collection.

(b) The City shall have the authority to change the way that the annual fiscal budget is approved, enabling voters to approve the entire municipal budget instead of or in addition to voting on the budgeted tax appropriation amount. Voting on the entire municipal budget shall take effect when such process is adopted by the majority of voters at an annual or special meeting duly warned for this purpose in accordance with general law.

(c) For the purpose of assessing taxes upon the grand list of the City as provided in subsection (a) of this section, an owner whose personal property does not exceed the assessed value of $10,000.00 shall not be set in the grand list of the City as taxable personal estate.
24 V.S.A. § 4025 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 113 / Section 4025
§ 4025. Report
Status: in_force

At least once a year, an authority shall file with the clerk a report of its activities for the preceding year and shall make recommendations with reference to such additional legislation or other actions as it deems necessary in order to carry out the purpose of this chapter.
24 V.S.A. § 5088 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 126 / Section 5088
§ 5088. Definitions
Status: repealed

As used in this subchapter:

(1) “Fixed route service” means a public transit service operated over a set route or network of routes on a regular schedule.

(2) “New public transit service” means any eligible public transit service not previously provided.

(3) “Nonprofit public transit system” means a domestic corporation organized in accordance with Title 11B having the majority of its governing board appointed by the legislative body of the municipality or municipalities served, and a function of providing a public transit service or a foreign nonprofit corporation located in a state which borders Vermont and provides public transit services in both Vermont and the bordering state.

(4) “Paratransit” means transportation services, provided through flexible scheduling or routing in small vehicles, such as ride-matching, dial-a-ride, jitney, subscription, and route-deviated bus services.

(5) A “public transit service” means any fixed route, paratransit, transportation brokerage, user-side subsidy, and or rideshare/ride-match program which is available to any person upon payment of the proper fare, and which is promoted to be available to all members of the public, including those with special needs.

(6) A “public transit system” means:

(A) a transportation authority as provided by 24 App. V.S.A. chapter 801;

(B) a transit authority or transit district as provided by chapter 127 of this title;

(C) any municipal transit system, or any nonprofit public transit system;

(D) a local chapter of the American National Red Cross created by Congress under 36 U.S.C. chapter 3001 that provides public transit service; or

(E) an intercity bus carrier.

(7) [Repealed.]

(8) “Transportation brokerage” means matching the most appropriate services and providers to individual markets.

(9) “User-side subsidy” means a direct subsidy to users which allows them to select the service they prefer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 302
App. § 247-302. Grand list
Status: in_force

The grand list of the Town of Newbury, within the Village corporate limits, shall be the grand list of the Village. The trustees shall make out and deliver to the Treasurer a tax bill, with a warrant for its collection. The Treasurer shall compile a tax roll from the Town of Newbury grand list for those areas of the Town lying within the Village's corporate limits.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 91 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 91
App. § 3-91. Appeal of assessors decision
Status: in_force

A person aggrieved by the decision of the assessors may appeal to the Board of Tax Appeals on or before the 19th day of June or within 14 days after the date of mailing of notice, under section 90 of this charter, by filing with the Chief Administrative Officer of said City a written notice of appeal. The grounds upon which such appeal is based shall therein be briefly set forth; such person shall also notify said assessors in writing of the appeal. The Board of Tax Appeals shall consist of seven residents of the City of Burlington, two of whom shall be real estate professionals and five of whom shall not be required to be real estate professionals. The City Council shall also appoint three of its members to serve as additional members of the Board of Tax Appeals for the purpose of hearing and deciding appeals that arise immediately following implementation of a citywide reappraisal.
24 V.S.A. § 1763 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1763
§ 1763. Specifications
Status: in_force

The legislative branch shall determine the rate of interest or the manner of determining the same, the date, the denominations, the time and place of payment, and the form of bonds and notes to be used by the municipal corporation. The legislative branch may provide that the bonds be sold on bids fixing the rate of interest or the manner of determining the same from time to time for the period during which said bonds or notes shall remain outstanding, and if so sold, the accepted bid shall fix the rate of interest the bonds are to bear or the manner by which such rate of interest shall be determined periodically. When bonds are to be registered they shall be registered as provided by this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123B / Section 22
App. § 123B-22. Amendment
Status: in_force

The amendment of this charter shall be as provided by law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 705 / Section 8
App. § 705-8. Annual meeting
Status: in_force

(a) Until changed in the manner provided by general law, the annual meeting of the District shall be held on the second Wednesday of May, commencing on May 8, 2019. The annual and special meetings shall be warned in the same manner as for annual and special town meetings.

(b) Unless provided for otherwise by vote of the District, the general laws of the State shall control in all matters relating to the call, notice, and conduct of annual and special District meetings.

(c) The Board of Civil Authority shall be the Board of Utility Commissioners, the District Clerk, and the Town of Waterbury justices of the peace residing within the District, all of whom shall constitute election officials for all District purposes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 503 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 503
App. § 409-503. Public hearings
Status: in_force

Not less than 30 nor more than 40 days prior to any special meeting of the District, the Board shall hold at least one public hearing at which the issues to be voted upon at the special meeting shall be presented for public comment. Notice of such public hearings shall include a warning published in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the District at least once a week, on the same day of the week for three consecutive weeks, the last publication to be not less than five nor more than 10 days before the public hearing.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 403 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 403
App. § 411-403. Budget hearing and adoption
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Supervisors shall call at least one meeting of the legal voters of the member municipalities to be held on or before December 15th in each fiscal year for the purpose of having the Board of Supervisors present its proposed budget for the District for the ensuing fiscal year and for the purpose of receiving comment thereupon from the registered voters of the District. The meeting or meetings shall be warned by the publishing of a notice thereof in a newspaper of general circulation within each member municipality at least 15 days prior to the meeting. The notice shall contain a brief summary of the proposed budget, together with the date, time, and place of the meeting. In addition, a copy of the notice and a copy of the proposed budget shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the clerk of each member municipality at least 15 days prior to such meeting.

(b) The Board of Supervisors shall review the proposed budget in light of the oral comments received at hearings and written comments received up to and including the day of the public hearing and shall prepare a final budget to be acted upon by the Board of Supervisors by January 15.

(c) If the annual budget for any fiscal year is not approved as of the beginning of that fiscal year, the District shall continue to operate on the budget for the immediately preceding fiscal year until a new budget is approved.

(d) Notwithstanding any disapproval of the budget, the District shall be obligated to pay the principal of and interest on bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness of the District; to satisfy any other obligations relating to the bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness; and to pay obligations under any long-term contracts. To the extent provided by the terms of the bonds, notes, other evidence of indebtedness, or long-term contracts, each member municipality shall be obligated to pay its share of the indebtedness and obligations under long-term contracts. Unless otherwise provided in the vote authorizing the same, a municipality's share of indebtedness shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors and shall be in an amount proportionate to the actual or estimated tonnage or volume of solid waste generated by that municipality as determined by the Board of Supervisors pursuant to section 404 of this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 1402 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 43 / Section 1402
§ 1402. Appraisers; oath; file
Status: in_force

Each appraiser shall take and subscribe to an oath in form and substance as required of listers in towns and file the same in the office of the county clerk where he or she is to exercise the duties of his or her office.
24 V.S.A. § 5146 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 129 / Section 5146
§ 5146. Restoration of service
Status: in_force

If service has been disconnected or interrupted, the municipality shall within 24 hours restore service upon the customer's request when the cause for disconnection of service has been removed or when an agreement has been reached between the ratepayer and the municipality regarding the dispute that led to the disconnection or when directed to do so by the selectboard. Restoration of service, to the extent feasible, shall be done so as to avoid charging ratepayers for overtime wages and other abnormal expenses. No collection or reconnection fees may be charged for disconnections or interruptions of service made for reasons of health or safety of the ratepayer or of the general public.
24 V.S.A. § 3604 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 101 / Section 3604
§ 3604. Sewage system; construction
Status: in_force

A municipal corporation may:

(1) construct, maintain, operate, and repair a sewage system;

(2) pursuant to the procedures established in this chapter, take, purchase, and acquire real estate and easements necessary for its purposes;

(3) may enter in and upon any land for the purpose of making surveys; and

(4) may lay and connect pipes, stormwater management systems, and sewers as may be necessary to convey and treat stormwater runoff or sewage and dispose of sewage.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 253 / Section 1
App. § 253-1. Corporate existence, boundaries
Status: in_force

All that part of Troy, in the County of Orleans, enclosed within the following boundaries: commencing at the northeast corner of land owned and occupied by Winfield S. Elkins, thence southerly along the line between the land owned and occupied by said Elkins, S. P. Hunt, and C. P. Adams, to the highway leading from North Troy Village to Newport, thence westerly in the highway to the river road, so called, thence southerly in the river road to the southeast corner of land owned and occupied by Curtis Elkins, thence westerly and southerly on said Curtis Elkins' south and east line to the Missisquoi River, thence westerly along the river to the southeast corner of land formerly owned and occupied by the late Harvey Elkins, deceased, thence westerly on the south line of said Harvey Elkins' land to the southwest corner of the land, thence southerly on the easterly line of land owned by John W. Currier to the southeast corner of said Currier's land, thence westerly on the south line of said Currier's land to the west road, so called, crossing the road and continuing westerly to the southwest corner of land owned by H. B. Parkhurst, thence northerly on lot lines to the Canadian boundary, thence easterly on Canada line to the Missisquoi River, following the river to S. B. Hammond's north line, thence easterly along said Hammond's north line to said Winfield S. Elkins' northwest corner, thence along said W. S. Elkins' north line to point commenced at-all surface measure-shall hereafter be known by the name of the Village of North Troy.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 605 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 605
App. § 407-605. Amendment of the District agreement
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors may amend this District agreement by the following procedure. The Board of Supervisors at any regular or special meeting of the Board may, by a majority vote, pass a resolution stating its intent to amend the agreement. A written copy of the resolution, stating the wording of the amendment and the purpose of the amendment and the date of the meeting scheduled to act on the amendment, shall be delivered to the legislative branches of each municipality and mailed to or left at the usual place of residence of each member of the Board of Supervisors at least 10 business days prior to the meeting scheduled to adopt the amendment. The amendment shall become effective after 10 business days following a majority vote of the Board of Supervisors at the meeting scheduled to act on the amendment, unless a majority of the legislative branches of member municipalities requests, in writing, that the Board of Supervisors hold a special District meeting to vote on the amendment. This District agreement may be amended by the voters of the District at a special meeting called in accordance with section 501 of subchapter 5 of this chapter. This agreement may be amended from time to time in the manner herein provided, but no such amendment shall be made that 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 District then outstanding or in effect, or the rights of the District to procure the means for payment, continuation, or termination thereof. If the amendment is adopted by the Board of Supervisors or by the voters of the District, the Clerk of the District, within 10 days after the vote of adoption, shall certify to the Secretary of State each proposal of amendment showing the facts as to its origin and the procedure followed. The Secretary of State shall then proceed as with municipal charter amendments.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 96 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 96
App. § 126-96. Amendment of charter
Status: in_force

This charter may be amended pursuant to and by the procedures of State law.
24 V.S.A. § 1522 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1522
§ 1522. Receipt for tax bills
Status: in_force

Upon the delivery of such tax bills to the collector, the selectboard shall take from him or her a receipt therefor, and shall deliver the same to the town treasurer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 239 / Section 21
App. § 239-21. Violations of Village ordinances
Status: in_force

Violations of the Village ordinances and bylaws may be prosecuted in behalf of the Village by its Attorney or police officers or by any other duly authorized prosecuting officer before the Bennington Municipal Court or before a justice of the peace of the County of Bennington.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 142 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 142
App. § 3-142. Assistants
Status: in_force

An assistant may be designated by the Chief Administrative Officer to make duly certified copies of any records, papers, or documents in the same manner as the Chief Administrative Officer, without regard to the absence or disability of the Chief Administrative Officer, and such copies, so certified, shall be legal evidence, of the same validity and effect as those of town clerks, in all courts and for all purposes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 4.01
App. § 107-4.1. Composition; eligibility; elections; terms
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard shall be elected at large by the voters and youth voters of the Town from among their number, and newly elected Selectboard members' terms shall begin on the first Monday following the final adjournment of the annual Representative Town Meeting.

(b) The regular election of Selectboard shall be held on the first Tuesday in March each year as provided in subchapter 2, subdivision 2.2(2) of this charter. One Selectboard member shall be elected for a term of three years, and two Selectboard members 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, even if there is a tie between them, shall be declared elected. 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 practical.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1731 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 1731
App. §§ 1731-14. Board of Listers
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Listers shall consist of three listers, one elected each year for a term of three years. The Board of Listers shall have the same powers and duties prescribed for listers under the laws of the State of Vermont and this charter.

(b) The listers or the Assessor shall annually review, or cause to be reviewed, their appraisals of all property in the Town that is subject to taxation. The property shall be appraised in accordance with standards established by the laws of the State.

(c) The listers or the Assessor shall annually review and adjust their assessments of all properties enrolled in the State Current Use Program, all properties under tax stabilization agreements, and all properties with partial exemptions.

(d) The listers or the Assessor shall annually update the Windsor property maps.

(e) The listers or the Assessor shall act as the Town's E9-1-1 information liaison.

(f) The listers or the Assessor shall act as Town agent in matters relating to property valuation appeals to the Vermont Department of Taxes, Division of Property Valuation and Review.

(g) The listers or the Assessor shall be compensated as set forth in section 30 of this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 4348 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4348
§ 4348. Adoption and amendment of regional plan
Status: in_force

(a) A regional planning commission shall adopt a regional plan. Any plan for a region, and any amendment, shall be prepared by the regional planning commission. At the outset of the planning process and throughout the process, regional planning commissions shall solicit the participation of each of their member municipalities, local citizens, and organizations by holding informal working sessions that suit the needs of local people. The purpose of these working sessions is to allow for meaningful participation as defined in 3 V.S.A. § 6002, provide consistent information about new statutory requirements related to the regional plan, explain the reasons for new requirements, and gather information to be used in the development of the regional plan and future land use element.

(b) 60 days prior to holding the first public hearing on a regional plan, a regional planning commission shall submit a draft regional plan to the Land Use Review Board review and comments related to conformance of the draft with sections 4302 and 4348a of this title and chapter 139 of this title. The Board shall coordinate with other State agencies and respond within 60 days unless more time is granted by the regional planning commission.

(c) The regional planning commission shall hold two or more public hearings within the region after public notice on any proposed plan or amendment. The minimum number of required public hearings may be specified within the bylaws of the regional planning commission.

(d)(1) At least 30 days prior to the first hearing, a copy of the proposed plan or amendment, a report documenting conformance with the goals established in section 4302 of this chapter and the plan elements established in section 4348a of this chapter, and a description of any changes to the Regional Future Land Use Map with a request for general comments and for specific comments with respect to the extent to which the plan or amendment is consistent with the goals established in section 4302 of this title, shall be delivered physically or electronically with proof of receipt or sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to each of the following:

(A) the chair of the legislative body, or municipal manager, if any, of each municipality within the region;

(B) the executive director of each abutting regional planning commission;

(C) the Department of Housing and Community Development within the Agency of Commerce and Community Development and the Community Investment Board for a formal review and comment;

(D) business, conservation, low-income advocacy, and other community or interest groups or organizations that have requested notice in writing prior to the date the hearing is warned; and

(E) the Agency of Natural Resources; the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets; the Agency of Transportation; the Department of Public Service; the Department of Public Safety's Division of Emergency Management; and the Land Use Review Board.

(2) At least 30 days prior to the first hearing, the regional planning commission shall provide each of its member municipalities with a written description of map changes within the municipality, a municipality-wide map showing old versus new areas with labels, and information about the new Tier structure under 10 V.S.A. chapter 151, including how to obtain Tier 1A or 1B status, and the process for updating designated area boundaries.

(e) Any of the foregoing bodies, or their representatives, may submit comments on the proposed regional plan or amendment to the regional planning commission, and may appear and be heard in any proceeding with respect to the adoption of the proposed plan or amendment.

(f) The regional planning commission may make revisions to the proposed plan or amendment at any time not less than 30 days prior to the final public hearing held under this section. If the proposal is changed, a copy of the proposed change shall be delivered physically; electronically with proof of receipt; or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the chair of the legislative body of each municipality within the region and to any individual or organization requesting a copy at least 30 days prior to the final hearing.

(g) A regional plan or amendment shall be adopted by not less than a 60 percent vote of the commissioners representing municipalities, in accordance with the bylaws of the regional planning commission.

(h)(1) Within 15 days following adoption, a regional planning commission shall submit its regionally adopted regional plan to the Land Use Review Board for a determination of regional plan compliance with a report documenting conformance with the goals established in section 4302 of this chapter and the plan elements established in section 4348a of this chapter and a description of any changes to the regional plan future land use map.

(2) The Land Use Review Board shall hold a public hearing within 60 days after receiving a plan and provide notice of it at least 15 days in advance by direct mail or electronically with proof of receipt to the requesting regional planning commission, posting on the website of the Land Use Review Board, and publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the region affected. The regional planning commission shall notify its municipalities and post on its website the public hearing notice.

(3) The Land Use Review Board shall issue the determination in writing within 15 days after the close of the hearing on the plan. If the determination is affirmative, a copy of the determination shall be provided to the regional planning commission and the Community Investment Board. If the determination is negative, the Land Use Review Board shall state the reasons for denial in writing and, if appropriate, suggest acceptable modifications. Submissions for a new determination that follow a negative determination shall receive a new determination within 45 days.

(4) The Land Use Review Board's affirmative determination shall be based upon finding the regional plan meets the following requirements:

(A) Consistency with the State planning goals as described in section 4302 of this chapter with consistency determined in the manner described under subdivision 4302(f)(1) of this chapter.

(B) Consistency with the purposes of the regional plan established in section 4347 of chapter.

(C) Consistency with the regional plan elements as described in section 4348a of this chapter, except that the requirements of section 4352 of this chapter related to enhanced energy planning shall be the under the sole authority of the Department of Public Service.

(D) Compatibility with adjacent regional planning areas in the manner described under subdivision 4302(f)(2) of this chapter.

(i) Objections of interested parties.

(1) An interested party who has participated in the regional plan adoption process may object to the approval of the plan or approval of the future land use maps by the Land Use Review Board within 15 days following plan adoption by the regional planning commission. Participation is defined as providing written or oral comments stating objections for consideration at a public hearing held by the regional planning commission. Objections shall be submitted using a form provided by the Land Use Review Board.

(2) As used in this section, an “interested party” means any one of the following:

(A) Any 20 persons by signed petition who own property or reside within the region. The petition must designate one person to serve as the representative of the petitioners regarding all matters related to the objection. The designated representative shall have participated in the regional plan adoption process.

(B) A party entitled to notice under subsection (d) of this section.

(3) Any objection under this section shall be limited to the question of whether the regional plan is consistent with the regional plan elements and future land use areas as described in section 4348a of this title. The requirements of section 4352 of this title related to enhanced energy planning shall be under the sole authority of the Department of Public Service and shall not be reviewed by the Land Use Review Board.

(4) The Land Use Review Board shall hear any objections of regional plan adoption concurrently with regional plan review under subsection (h) of this section and 10 V.S.A. § 6033. The Land Use Review Board decision of approval of a regional plan shall expressly evaluate any objections and state the reasons for their decisions in writing. If applicable, the decision to uphold an objection shall suggest modifications to the regional plan.

(j) Minor amendments to regional plan future land use map. A regional planning commission may submit a request for a minor amendment to boundaries of a future land use area for consideration by the Land Use Review Board with a letter of support from the municipality. The request may only be submitted after an affirmative vote of the municipal legislative body and the regional planning commission board. The Land Use Review Board, after consultation with the Community Investment Board and the regional planning commissions, shall provide guidance about what constitutes a minor amendment. Minor amendments may include any change to a future land use area consisting of fewer than 10 acres. A minor amendment to a future land use area shall not require an amendment to a regional plan and shall be included in the next iteration of the regional plan. The Board may adopt rules to implement this section.

(k) An affirmative determination of regional plan compliance issued pursuant to this section shall remain in effect until the end of the period for expiration or readoption of the plan to which it applies.

(l) Regional planning commissions shall be provided up to 18 months from a negative determination by the Land Use Review Board to obtain an affirmative determination of regional plan compliance. If a regional planning commission is unable to obtain affirmative determination of regional plan compliance, the plan shall be considered unapproved and member municipalities shall lose any associated benefits related to designations, such as Act 250 exemptions or eligibility for State infrastructure investments.

(m) Upon approval by the Land Use Review Board, the plan shall be considered duly adopted, shall take effect, and is not appealable. The plan shall be immediately submitted to the entities listed in subsection (d) of this section.

(n) Regional plans may be reviewed from time to time and may be amended in the light of new developments and changed conditions affecting the region.

(o) In proceedings under 10 V.S.A. chapter 151, 10 V.S.A. chapter 159, and 30 V.S.A. § 248, in which the provisions of a regional plan or a municipal plan are relevant to the determination of any issue in those proceedings:

(1) the provisions of the regional plan shall be given effect to the extent that they are not in conflict with the provisions of a duly adopted municipal plan; and

(2) to the extent that such a conflict exists, the regional plan shall be given effect if it is demonstrated that the project under consideration in the proceedings would have a substantial regional impact as determined by the definition in the regional plan.

(p) Regional planning commissions shall adopt a regional plan in conformance with this title on or before December 31, 2026.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 168 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 168
App. § 3-168. Adoption of budget
Status: repealed

(a)(1) Said Board shall annually be responsible for the preparation and adoption of a budget, which shall include a detailed estimate of revenues and expenditures for the ensuing July 1 to June 30 fiscal year. The budget shall be formally adopted no later than January 20 of the fiscal year prior to its applicability, but it may be amended by the Board from time to time thereafter.

(2) The Board shall, not earlier than 21 days prior to its formal action to adopt a budget, make a formal presentation to the City Council, at a City Council meeting to be called for this purpose, concerning its proposed budget. At such meeting, the City Council will also allocate time to receive public commentary on the proposed budget. The Board shall also present information concerning its purposed budget, the status of the current fiscal year to date, its educational goals and outcomes, its strategies for improvement, and other pertinent information.

(b)(1) Annually, immediately following the formal adoption of its budget, the Board shall pass a resolution placing before the voters at the annual City meeting the question of whether the education spending portion of the Board-adopted budget will be approved. The City's Chief Administrative Officer shall place such budget approval question upon the ballot of the annual City meeting.

(2) Should a majority of the voters present and voting approve the presented education spending portion of the budget, it shall be considered approved. If such portion of the Board-adopted budget is not approved at the annual City meeting, the Board may make alterations thereto which it deems appropriate, if any, and thereafter resubmit such portion of the budget to the voters at a special City meeting to be arranged for such purpose by the Chief Administrative Officer. This sequence may be repeated until the voters approve the education spending portion of the budget presented to them or until July 1 of any year, whichever sooner occurs. Should such portion of the budget not be approved by the voters by July 1 of any year, the Board shall amend its budget and may permit education spending for that fiscal year in an amount that does not exceed the education spending last duly approved by the legal voters adjusted by the total dollar amount change in the base education payment for the budget year multiplied by the equalized pupil count for the budget year. No question that is submitted to the voters on or after May 20 of any year shall be subject to a petition for reconsideration or rescission under any provision of this charter or under 17 V.S.A. chapter 55.

(c) [Repealed.]
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 42 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 42
App. § 235-42. Board investigations
Status: in_force

Said Board, or a majority thereof, upon application of any citizen shall forthwith examine into nuisances, sources of filth, and causes of sickness in said Village, and make such order to destroy, remove, or prevent the same, as the case may require, and when found on private property shall in writing order the owner or occupant thereof, at his or her own expense, to remove the same, and if such owner or occupant does not remove the same within 24 hours after being ordered, he or she shall be fined not more than $20.00.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 23
App. § 126-23. Qualifications of officers
Status: in_force

All elected officers shall be legally qualified voters of the Town, with the exception that one of the five Trustees of the Cobleigh Library may live outside the Town. All elected officers shall hold office for the terms specified in this charter and until their successors are elected and qualified.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 305 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 305
App. § 409-305. Acting Chairperson
Status: in_force

When both the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson are either absent or elect not to preside, the Board shall designate a member of the Board to serve as acting Chairperson. In any such case, the acting Chairperson shall have the same duties and authority of the Chairperson and shall serve until either the Chairperson or Vice Chairperson resume his or her duties.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 279 / Section 3
App. § 279-3. Annual meeting
Status: in_force

The annual meeting of the Village shall occur on the first Tuesday of March in each year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 31 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 31
App. § 901-31. Collection
Status: in_force

(a) Annually on or before July 1, the Treasurer shall issue and present a warrant to the legislative body of each member requiring that the amount of such assessment be paid beginning in accordance with the schedule of payments adopted by the Board.

(b) The legislative body of each member shall draw an order on the municipal treasurer for the amount of such assessment, and the municipal treasurer shall pay to the Authority Treasurer the amount of such order.

(c) If any member shall fail to pay when due any assessment against it by the Authority, it shall incur an additional charge that the Board determines will be reasonable. However, the charge shall not exceed eight percent plus interest. Interest shall be charged at a rate the Board determines to be reasonable, not exceeding what may be permitted by general law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 17 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 703 / Section 17
App. § 703-17. Changes in membership; inclusion of additional towns
Status: in_force

(a) When a majority of voters of a town present and voting at a meeting duly warned for that purpose shall vote to apply to the District for admission as a member of the District, such vote shall thereupon be certified by the clerk of the town to the Clerk of the District and to the Secretary of State. Such vote and certification, if accepted by the District within two years after the date of said vote shall be binding on said town without the subsequent vote in the town contemplated in subsection (c) of this section.

(b) When it appears to the Board of Water Commissioners that the boundaries of the District should be changed to include another town, they may insert an article fully describing the proposed change in the warning for a regular or special meeting of the District, which proposed change shall state the number of additional members to be added to the Board of Water Commissioners if such change is approved.

(c) When a majority of the voters voting at such meeting vote to include an additional town within the boundaries of the District as a member thereof, the Board of Water Commissioners shall notify the legislative body of such additional town of such vote. Thereupon the legislative body of the additional town proposed to be included shall duly warn a meeting thereof, setting forth in such warning the vote of the District and the proposed change in its boundaries. If a majority of the voters voting at the meeting of the additional town vote to be included within the District, the result of such vote and the result of the vote already taken by the District shall be certified to the Secretary of State. A certificate of such record shall immediately be filed by the Secretary of State in the office of the Clerk of the District and of any additional Town to be included therein as a member thereof, which filing shall be notice to all parties of such addition to the District.

(d) The District as so enlarged shall thereupon have all the powers and responsibilities given it by this chapter. Any vacancy on the Board of Water Commissioners created as a result of the increase in the number thereof shall be filled as provided in 24 V.S.A. § 3343. The additional member town shall share in all existing expenses, including bonded indebtedness, in the proportion provided in this chapter for other members.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1002 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 1002
App. § 131-1002. Amount to be raised by taxation
Status: in_force

Upon passage of the budget by the annual Town meeting, the amounts stated therein as the amount to be raised by property taxes shall constitute a determination of the amount of the levy for the purposes of the Town in the corresponding tax year, and the Selectboard shall levy such taxes on the grand list furnished by the listers for the corresponding tax year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 227 / Section 8
App. § 227-8. Bylaws; penalty for violations
Status: in_force

The Village may impose a fine or forfeiture not exceeding $100.00 for a violation of any bylaw or ordinance. The penalty may be recovered in an action on the case upon this statute in the name of the Village, in which action it shall be sufficient to declare generally that the defendant is guilty of a violation of a certain bylaw, naming it generally, and under the declaration the special matter may be given in evidence. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as to prevent the Village from having such other and further relief as it may be entitled by law to compel a compliance with the bylaws and ordinances of the Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 84 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 84
App. § 235-84. Trustees to effectuate construction of sewers
Status: in_force

The trustees aforesaid as soon as the assent is given and recorded as aforesaid, shall proceed to carry into effect the vote of said Village according to the terms and conditions thereof, and shall have power to act for said Village on all proper occasions to carry into effect the votes aforesaid and to proceed to construct said sewers and to issue said bonds as herein provided.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 4.01
App. § 9-4.1. Administrative powers
Status: in_force

The administration of all fiscal, prudential, and municipal affairs of the City and the government thereof shall be vested in the Board of Aldermen, except as otherwise provided by this charter or by law, and except where the powers are specifically delegated to the Mayor or other boards or officers herein created.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 304 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 133 / Section 304
App. § 133-304. Other elected officers
Status: in_force

(a) Town Clerk. The Town Clerk shall be elected for a three-year term.

(b) Auditors.

(1) Three auditors shall be elected, who shall be responsible for a full audit of all Town funds. Such audit shall be required at least once a year and shall verify delinquent taxes, disbursements, and receipts.

(2) A certified public accountant or registered public accountant shall conduct a full audit at least once in every three years. The certified or registered public accountant shall verify delinquent taxes, disbursements, and receipts and shall report to the elected auditors.

(3) The auditor position shall be for a three-year term, with one auditor being elected each year.

(c) Library trustees. The duties of the library trustees shall be the operation and care of a Town Public Library in accordance with the recommendations of the Vermont Library Association. Each trustee shall serve a term of five years, with one trustee elected each year.

(d) Town Treasurer. The Town Treasurer shall be elected to a term of three years.
24 V.S.A. § 4452 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4452
§ 4452. Enforcement; remedies
Status: in_force

If any street, building, structure, or land is or is proposed to be erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, converted, maintained, or used in violation of any bylaw adopted under this chapter, the administrative officer shall institute in the name of the municipality any appropriate action, injunction, or other proceeding to prevent, restrain, correct, or abate that construction or use, or to prevent, in or about those premises, any act, conduct, business, or use constituting a violation. A court action under this section may be initiated in the Environmental Division, or as appropriate, before the Judicial Bureau, as provided under section 1974a of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 30 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 30
App. § 3-30. General laws applicable; exceptions
Status: in_force

In all respects not inconsistent with this charter, the provisions of the general statutes respecting freemen's meetings shall apply to such meetings in said City, except that a voter's name shall not be required to be checked when his or her ballot is deposited in the ballot box, and except that the number of ballot clerks and assisting clerks to be appointed shall be discretionary with the Board of Civil Authority.
24 V.S.A. § 1311 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 39 / Section 1311
§ 1311. Forfeiture for breach of bylaws
Status: in_force

An incorporated village may fix the amount of forfeitures for the breach of bylaws, not exceeding $20.00 for any one offense, to be recovered by a civil action on this statute. Such action shall be brought within 90 days from the time the offense is committed, before a Criminal Division of the Superior Court.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1401 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 1401
App. § 251-1401. Boundaries
Status: in_force

(a) All that portion of the Town of Bennington in the County of Bennington that is embraced within the following described limits, viz.:

It being the same territory that on the 10th day of May, 1866, the Selectboard of Bennington, pursuant to law, set out as and for the Village of North Bennington, the bounds of which in their order so setting out the Village of North Bennington were as follows, viz.:

Commencing on the north line of the Town of Bennington at the northeast corner of lands belonging to Robinson and Parsons; thence westerly on the north line of the Town of Bennington to the west side of Sidney Colvin's land; thence southerly on the west line of Sidney Colvin's land to the highway leading from North Bennington Village to Richard Henry's dwelling house; thence westerly on the north side of the highway to a point due north from the northwest corner of T. W. Park's home farm; thence across the highway southerly and following the westerly boundary of T. W. Park's farm to the southwest corner thereof; thence easterly on the south side of the Park's farm to the road leading by the Milo Hinsdill place; thence southerly on the west side of the road to a point due west from the southwest corner of Hiram Richardson's land; thence easterly across the road and following the south line of the Richardson's land to the highway; thence easterly across the highway to the southwest corner of Hall Brothers' land; thence on the south line of the Hall Brothers' land to the southeast corner thereof; thence northerly on their east line to the northwest corner of the Fasset farm; thence easterly on the north line of the Fasset farm to the highway leading from North Bennington Village to the Edgerton place; thence on the west side of the highway southerly and on the south side of the highway easterly to the southeast corner of the Harvey farm recently bought by T. W. Park; thence northerly on the east side of the Harvey farm to the northeast corner thereof; thence northerly across the highway and following the boundaries of Robinson and Parsons land to the place of beginning which the proceedings so setting out the Village, were recorded on the 11th day of May, 1866, in the Bennington land records in book E on page 310 thereof.

(b) Also a parcel of contiguous land bounded and described as follows, namely:

Beginning at a point on the highway running easterly from the Village of North Bennington, now known as Mechanics Street in the Village at the northeasterly corner of lands owned by the late T. W. Park, and being the same point mentioned in the above description as the northeast corner of the Harvey farm; thence on the east line of the Park's land south two degrees west thirty five rods twenty links to the northerly line of the Park's land; thence on the northerly line east six and one-half degrees south seven rods and nine links; thence north eleven degrees east thirty and one-half rods to the southerly side of the highway; thence on the southerly side of the highway west thirty degrees north thirteen and one-half rods to the place of beginning; containing two acres of land, more or less, and being the same parcel of land that was annexed to the present Village of North Bennington by vote of the corporation at the annual meeting held on the 20th day of March, A. D., 1888.

(c) The following described portion of the Town of Bennington, in the County of Bennington embraced within the following described limits is hereby added to and made a part of the Village of North Bennington, viz; commencing at the southwest corner of the old T. W. Park farm now said to be owned by the estate of John G. McCullough; thence south 74 degrees 30 minutes east 107 feet along the north line of property belonging to Charles Hinsdill to the northeast corner thereof; thence south 56 degrees 45 minutes west 799 feet along the west line of the Henry woods, so-called, to the south line of the woods; thence south 20 degrees 15 minutes east 417 feet, following the fence along the south line of the woods to the McCullough estate's west line; thence south 66 degrees west 717 feet along the McCullough estate's west line to the north line of a cross road leading from Hindillville, so called, to Sodom, so called, by the Charles Hinsdill farm; thence easterly following the northerly boundary of the aforesaid road 1504 feet to a point opposite the center line of the covered bridge called the Henry Bridge; thence south 31 degrees 50 minutes west to the north abutment of the bridge; thence easterly following along the north bank of the Walloomsac River, so called, to a point in line with the east line of property belonging to Charles Wood; thence north 15 degrees 26 minutes 56 seconds east, crossing the tracks of the Vermont Company and the concrete highway leading from the Village of Bennington to the Village of North Bennington to the southeast corner of the Charles Wood property; thence north 15 degrees, 26 minutes 56 seconds east 218§ feet along the Wood's east line to the south line of property belonging to Mrs. F. B. Jennings; thence north 15 degrees 26 minutes 56 seconds east 818.31 feet along the Jennings' line to a corner marking the intersection of an easterly boundary of the Jennings' land; thence north 72 degrees 39 minutes 18 seconds east 2285.36 feet through the Jennings' land to a point in the south line of the private drive owned by Jennings leading easterly to the highway; thence running along the southerly boundary of the Village of North Bennington as heretofore established by law, the southerly line running from the above described point in the south line of the private drive south-westerly to the west line of the highway leading from H. C. White Company's factory, northerly to the Village of North Bennington, and thence northerly on the west side of the highway and thence westerly on the southerly line of the Village as heretofore established, to the point of beginning.

(d) The following described lands within the Town of Bennington in the County of Bennington are hereby annexed to and made a part of the Village of North Bennington, viz:

PARCEL NO. 1:

Beginning at a point on the south side of Town Highway No. 118 (Harland Road, so called) where the present Village line intersects with the highway, and thence running easterly along the south boundary of Town Highway No. 118 to its intersection with the West boundary of Town Highway No. 117 (Mattison Road, so called); thence running easterly across the highway to the easterly side thereof; thence northeasterly along the east boundary of Town Highway No. 117 to the southwest corner of lands of Buchsbaum; thence continuing along the south line of Buchsbaum's land to its southeast corner; thence running northeasterly along Buchsbaum's east line to its intersection with lands of G. D. Mattison on the south line of the Mattison's lands; thence running easterly along Mattison's south line to the west line of the right-of-way of the Rutland Railroad Corporation; thence in a north-westerly direction following the southwesterly boundary of the Rutland Railroad Corporation right-of-way to the point of its intersection with the present Village line; thence running in a generally southerly direction following the present Village line to the place of beginning.

PARCEL NO. 2:

Beginning at a point on the south line of the Town of Shaftsbury where the present Village line turns south through lands of Colvin; thence running westerly along the south line of the Town of Shaftsbury along or through lands of Colvin, Jolivette, and Thurber to the west line of Thurber's land; thence running southerly along the west line of Thurber to the north line of West Street Extension, so called; thence running easterly along the north line of West Street Extension to the point of its intersection with the present Village line; thence continuing easterly and then northerly following the present Village line to the place of beginning.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 14 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 289 / Section 14
App. § 289-14. Bylaws
Status: in_force

The Village corporation may adopt, amend, or repeal any bylaws relating only to the functions that, by this chapter, the Village may exercise, and are not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution and laws of this State. The bylaws of the corporation shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk and the Clerk's certificate that the bylaws were adopted at an annual meeting of the corporation, or at a special meeting thereof called for that purpose, shall be prima facie evidence of such fact in any court in this State; and the certified copies of the bylaws and the Clerk's certificate shall also be received as evidence in all the courts of this State.
24 V.S.A. § 3205 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 85 / Section 3205
§ 3205. Workable program
Status: in_force

A municipality for the purposes of this chapter may formulate for the municipality a workable program for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to eliminate and prevent the development or spread of slums and urban blight, to encourage needed urban rehabilitation, to provide for the redevelopment of slum and blighted areas, or to undertake such of the aforesaid activities or other feasible municipal activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of such workable program. Such workable program may include provision for: the prevention of the spread of blight into areas of the municipality which are free from blight through diligent enforcement of housing, zoning, and occupancy controls and standards; the rehabilitation or conservation of slum and blighted areas or portions thereof by re-planning, removing congestion, providing parks, playgrounds, and other public improvements, by encouraging voluntary rehabilitation and by compelling the repair and rehabilitation of deteriorated or deteriorating structures; and the clearance and redevelopment of slum and blighted areas or portions thereof.
24 V.S.A. § 4761 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 120 / Section 4761
§ 4761. Noncontestability
Status: in_force

No action at law or in equity shall be brought or maintained that directly or indirectly challenges, attacks, or questions or in any manner contests the formation, or the existence as a body corporate and politic of any municipality whose bonds, notes, or other instruments of debt issued and held by the Bond Bank on behalf of the State after six months from the date of issue; nor shall any action at law or in equity be brought or maintained that directly or indirectly challenges, attacks, or questions or in any manner contests the legality or validity of bonds, notes, or other instruments of debt, issued or unissued, voted by a municipality for the purpose of financing any project eligible for financing under any loan fund created under section 4753 of this chapter after six months from the date upon which such municipality met pursuant to warning and voted affirmatively to issue bonds, notes, or other form of debt to finance in whole or in part any such eligible project, or upon vote of a question of rescission thereof, whichever occurs later. This section shall be construed liberally to effect the legislative purpose to validate and make certain the legal existence of all municipalities whose bonds, notes, or other instruments of debt have been issued and are held by the Bond Bank on behalf of the State for any of the purposes stated in section 4753, and to bar every right to question in any manner the existence of any such municipality or the validity of any bond, note, or other instrument of debt voted by it for such purposes, and to bar every remedy therefor notwithstanding any defects or irregularities, jurisdictional or otherwise, after expiration of the six-month period established in this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 63 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 63
App. § 3-63. Council may pledge credit of City when authorized by voters to do so
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever the legal voters of said City, by two-thirds vote of all voters present and voting on the question at any special or annual City meeting duly warned for the purpose, or, if the purpose shall be the making of an improvement relating to a public school by a majority vote of all voters present and voting on the question, shall give authority to the City Council thereof to pledge the credit of said City for any purpose by issuing its negotiable orders, warrants, notes, or bonds, or whenever the City Council shall determine by resolution, upon prior recommendation of the Board of Light Commissioners, that it is necessary during a fiscal year to pledge the credit of the City by issuing its negotiable orders, warrants, notes, or bonds in an amount not to exceed in the aggregate $3 million in any such fiscal year for the purpose of providing capital improvements, additions, and replacements required for the efficient and economical operation of the Electric Light Department, said City shall have power and authority to issue its negotiable orders, warrants, notes, or bonds, and to prescribe whether such bonds shall be registered or have interest coupons attached, to the amount, not to exceed the limit prescribed by the general laws of the State, for which authority has been given as aforesaid to so pledge the credit of said City; such notes or bonds to be of such denominations, payable at such time or times; and at such a rate of interest, and to be sold and registered in such manner and under such terms and conditions as shall be established by resolution of said City Council.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, however, a City Council resolution authorizing the credit of the City to be pledged in an amount not to exceed $3 million in a fiscal year for the operation of the Electric Light Department as aforesaid shall not give the City power to so pledge its credit until 44 days have passed following the effective date of such resolution. If during such 44-day period a petition is filed with the Chief Administrative Officer signed by not less than five percent of the qualified voters of the City requesting a referendum vote on whether the credit of the City will be pledged in accordance with the City Council resolution, the credit of the City shall not be pledged pursuant thereto unless a majority of the qualified voters of the City present and voting at a duly warned annual or special City meeting vote to affirm such City Council resolution. Upon receipt of a proper petition, a special City meeting shall be called by the City Council within 60 days from the date such petition is received, or if the next annual City meeting falls within the 60-day period, the City Council shall include an article in the warning for such annual City meeting, to determine whether the voters will affirm such resolution. If at such City meeting a majority of the qualified voters voting on the question affirm the action of the City Council, the City shall have power to pledge its credit pursuant to the City Council resolution as of the day following such City meeting. If the City Council resolution is not affirmed by a majority of the qualified voters voting on the question, the City shall not have power to pledge its credit in accordance with such resolution.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 207 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 207
App. § 1-207. Voting on request of the City Manager
Status: repealed

(a) Annually, on the second Tuesday in May, the legal voters of the City shall meet to vote on the requests of the City Manager.

(b) If, at the annual meeting, the voters disapprove the request of the City Manager, the Mayor, or in his or her absence or disability, the City Clerk, shall warn a general meeting of the legal voters to consider the article disapproved by the voters and to authorize a specific sum of money therefor. The meeting shall be in accordance with 17 V.S.A. §§ 2630–2689 and shall be held at the same location as the previous meeting with the polls open for the same hours as the previous meeting. If the voters continue to disapprove any portion of the request, similar meetings shall be held in the same manner.

(c) When the legal voters have authorized a specific sum for the request of the City Manager, the City Council shall set the tax rate necessary to raise the specific sum(s) so voted.

(d) [Repealed.]
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 506 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 506
App. § 411-506. Signing of warnings
Status: in_force

The original warning for each annual and special meeting of the District shall be signed by a majority of the members of the Board of Supervisors and shall be filed with the District Clerk.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 505 / Section 4
App. § 505-4. Voters
Status: in_force

Qualification and registration of voters for Fire District purposes shall be as provided by Vermont law. The Fire District shall use the Town checklist, which shall be revised by the Town Board of Civil Authority as provided under 17 V.S.A. chapter 43 prior to annual or special meetings of the Fire District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 202 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 202
App. § 414-202. Composition
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of three representatives from the City of Rutland and one representative from each of the other member municipalities.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 228 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 228
App. § 3-228. Powers of City
Status: in_force

(a) The City shall have power to purchase, hire, construct, or otherwise acquire, or acquire an interest in, to maintain, operate, and to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any plant or system, located within or outside the State, for the production, distribution, purchase, or sale of electricity, to extend, enlarge, or improve the same and for that purpose to purchase, hire, construct, or otherwise acquire any real or personal property. These powers may be exercised through a taking by eminent domain in the manner prescribed by law except that the City shall have no power to acquire timberlands or other fuel sources by eminent domain. The City shall also have the power to purchase, sell, and otherwise acquire and dispose of electricity including sale to electric distribution companies, cooperative, municipal, and privately owned, within or without the State and to make all agreements, conveyances, and regulations necessary or convenient in connection therewith; all of the foregoing powers to be in addition to and not in substitution for or in limitation of any other power conferred by law. Such plant or system may include facilities described in 1953 Acts and Resolves No. 298 as amended.

(b) The City Council shall exercise the powers of the City with respect to its electric plant. The City Council may by resolution delegate any of its powers relating to the electric plant, improvements thereto, or electric service to the Board of Light Commissioners.
24 V.S.A. § 3687 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 105 / Section 3687
§ 3687. Eligibility for State aid
Status: in_force

A consolidated sewer district formed under this chapter shall be eligible to receive State aid as provided in 10 V.S.A. chapter 55 and under the terms, conditions, and procedures set forth in these chapters. (1967, No. 318 (Adj. Sess.), § 16, eff. March 22, 1968; amended 1971, No. 97, § 2, eff. April 22, 1971.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 25.10 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 25.10
App. § 9-25.10. Failure of notice
Status: in_force

No proceedings instituted by the Board of Highway Commissioners under the citation, nor any proceedings subsequent and pertaining thereto, shall be void on account of any failure to give notice to any person or persons interested therein or shall for that reason be dismissed, but such proceedings shall be suspended till such person or persons are duly notified; whereupon the same proceedings shall be had in the same manner and with the same effect as if such person had been duly notified by the original citation. If the person so notified shall appear he or she may be heard upon all matters therein pending in which he or she is interested.
24 V.S.A. § 82 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 82
§ 82. Submission to voters
Status: in_force

(a) Debt may be incurred and bonds issued pursuant to the limitations of this chapter for the amount of funds necessary for capital construction.

(b) Any bond issue pursuant to this chapter for capital construction shall be passed by a majority of the votes of those voting. The issue shall be submitted to the voters of the county at the first general or annual municipal election scheduled at least 90 days after the completion of the preliminary construction plans and cost estimates.

(c) The assistant judges shall not submit to the voters more than twice the same proposition of incurring a bonded debt to pay for the cost of any particular capital construction project. If the first submission to the voters fails, the proposition may be resubmitted a second time at least 90 days but less than 180 days following the first submission.

(d) Warnings of election, notification and conduct of meeting if required, and validation of bond issuance shall, insofar as applicable, be governed by the provisions of subchapter 1 of chapter 53 of this title relating to the issuance of municipal bonds.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 24 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 24
App. § 173-24. Purchasing policy
Status: in_force

The Town Administrator may expend an amount determined by the Selectboard, and the Selectboard may expend up to one-half of one percent of the then current General Fund budget for any established program without requesting competitive bids. Any other expenditures shall be open to competitive bidding, except if the Selectboard finds that bidding would be of no advantage to the Town. In such cases, the Selectboard shall detail in its minutes all reasons for such findings.
24 V.S.A. § 1975 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 59 / Section 1975
§ 1975. Evidence of adoption
Status: in_force

A certificate of the clerk of a municipality showing the publication, posting, recording, and adoption of an ordinance or rule, or any of the foregoing, shall be presumptive evidence of the facts so stated in any action or proceeding in court or before any board, commission, or other tribunal.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 403 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 403
App. § 247-403. Vacancy
Status: in_force

When a vacancy occurs in any Village office, the trustees forthwith, by appointment in writing, shall fill such vacancy until an election is had; except that in the event of more than one vacancy on the Board of Trustees at the same time, such vacancies shall be filled by a special Village meeting called for that purpose. Any appointment shall be filed by the trustees in the office of the Clerk and duly recorded by the Clerk in the book of Village records.

A person appointed to a vacant office shall serve until the next annual meeting. A person elected to fill a vacant office at either a special or annual meeting shall serve for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 1
App. § 149-1. Incorporation
Status: in_force

The inhabitants of the Town of Springfield shall continue to be a body politic and corporate under the name of “Town of Springfield” and as such shall enjoy all rights, immunities, powers, and privileges and be subject to all the duties and liabilities now appertaining to or incumbent upon them as a municipal corporation. All existing property of the Town shall remain vested in it, and all its existing debts and obligations shall remain obligatory upon it under this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 2241 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2241
§ 2241. Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter:

(1) “Abandoned” means a motor vehicle as defined in 23 V.S.A. § 2151.

(2) “Board” means the State Transportation Board or its duly delegated representative.

(3) “Highway” means any highway as defined in 19 V.S.A. § 1.

(4) “Interstate or primary highway” means any highway, including access roads, ramps, and connecting links, which have been designated by the State with the approval of the Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, as part of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, or as a part of the National System of Primary Highways.

(5) “Junk” means old or scrap copper, brass, iron, steel, and other old or scrap or nonferrous material, including rope, rags, batteries, glass, rubber debris, waste, trash, or any discarded, dismantled, wrecked, scrapped, or ruined motor vehicles or parts thereof.

(6) “Junk motor vehicle” means a discarded, dismantled, wrecked, scrapped, or ruined motor vehicle or parts thereof, or a motor vehicle, other than an on-premise utility vehicle, which is allowed to remain unregistered or uninspected for a period of 90 days from the date of discovery.

(7) “Salvage yard” means any place of outdoor storage or deposit for storing, keeping, processing, buying, or selling junk or as a scrap metal processing facility. “Salvage yard” also means any outdoor area used for operation of an automobile graveyard. It does not mean a garage where wrecked or disabled motor vehicles are stored for less than 90 days for inspection or repairs.

(8) “Legislative body” means the city council of a city, the selectboard of a town, or the board of trustees of a village.

(9) “Main traveled way” means the portion of a highway designed for the movement of motor vehicles, shoulders, auxiliary lanes, and roadside picnic, parking, rest, and observation areas and other areas immediately adjacent and contiguous to the traveled portion of the highway and designated by the Transportation Board as a roadside area for the use of highway users and generally but not necessarily located within the highway right-of-way.

(10) “Motor vehicle” means any vehicle propelled or drawn by power other than muscular power, including trailers.

(11) “Notice” means by certified mail with return receipt requested.

(12) “Scrap metal processing facility” means a manufacturing business which purchases sundry types of scrap metal from various sources including the following: industrial plants, fabricators, manufacturing companies, railroads, junkyards, auto wreckers, salvage dealers, building wreckers, and plant dismantlers and sells the scrap metal in wholesale shipments directly to foundries, ductile foundries, and steel foundries where the scrap metal is melted down and utilized in their manufacturing process.

(13) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Natural Resources or the Secretary's designee.

(14) “Automobile hobbyist” means a person who is not primarily engaged in the business of:

(A) selling motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts; or

(B) accepting, storing, or dismantling junk motor vehicles.

(15) “Automobile graveyard” means a yard, field, or other outdoor area on a property owned or controlled by a person and used or maintained for storing or depositing four or more junk motor vehicles. “Automobile graveyard” does not include:

(A) an area used by an automobile hobbyist to store, organize, restore, or display motor vehicles or parts of such vehicles, provided that the hobbyist's activities comply with all applicable federal, State, and municipal law;

(B) an area used for the storage of motor vehicles exempt from registration under 23 V.S.A. chapter 7;

(C) an area owned or used by a dealer registered under 23 V.S.A. § 453 for the storage of motor vehicles; or

(D) an area used or maintained for the parking or storage of operational commercial motor vehicles, as that term is defined in 23 V.S.A. § 4103(4), that are temporarily out of service and unregistered but are expected to be used in the future by the vehicle operator or owner.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 504 / Section 2
App. § 504-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

Bolton Fire District No. 1 is a fire district incorporated to purchase and operate water and wastewater systems for residents of the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23.08 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 23.08
App. § 9-23.8. Suspensions
Status: in_force

The Chief Engineer shall have the power, for disciplinary purposes, to suspend any member of the Department without pay for a period not to exceed four weeks.
24 V.S.A. § 1940 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 55 / Section 1940
§ 1940. Special investigative units; boards; grants
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to the authority established under section 1938 of this title, and in collaboration with law enforcement agencies, investigative agencies, victims' advocates, and social service providers, the Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs shall coordinate efforts to provide access in each region of the State to special investigative units that:

(1) shall investigate:

(A) an incident in which a child suffers, by other than accidental means, serious bodily injury as defined in 13 V.S.A. § 1021; and

(B) potential violations of:

(i) 13 V.S.A. § 2602 (lewd or lascivious conduct with child);

(ii) 13 V.S.A. chapter 60 (human trafficking);

(iii) 13 V.S.A. chapter 64 (sexual exploitation of children);

(iv) 13 V.S.A. chapter 72 (sexual assault); and

(v) 13 V.S.A. § 1379 (sexual abuse of a vulnerable adult); and

(2) may investigate:

(A) an incident in which a child suffers:

(i) bodily injury, by other than accidental means, as defined in 13 V.S.A. § 1021; or

(ii) death;

(B) potential violations of:

(i) 13 V.S.A. § 2601 (lewd and lascivious conduct);

(ii) 13 V.S.A. § 2605 (voyeurism); and

(iii) 13 V.S.A. § 1304 (cruelty to a child); and

(3) may assist with the investigation of other incidents, including incidents involving domestic violence and crimes against vulnerable adults.

(b) Any interview of a child pursuant to this section shall be electronically recorded. As used in this subsection, “electronically recorded” means an audio and visual recording that is an authentic, accurate, unaltered record of the interview.

(c) A special investigative unit organized and operating under this section may accept, receive, and disburse in furtherance of its duties and functions any funds, grants, and services made available by the State of Vermont and its agencies, the federal government and its agencies, any municipality or other unit of local government, or private or civic sources. Any employee covered by an agreement establishing a special investigative unit shall remain an employee of the donor agency.

(d) A Special Investigative Unit Grants Board is created, which shall comprise the Attorney General, the Secretary of Administration, the Executive Director of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs, the Commissioner of Public Safety, the Commissioner for Children and Families, a representative of the Vermont Sheriffs' Association, a representative of the Vermont Association of Chiefs of Police, the Executive Director of the Center for Crime Victim Services, and the Executive Director of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns. Special investigative units organized and operating under this section may apply to the Board for a grant or grants covering the costs of salaries and employee benefits to be expended during a given year for the performance of unit duties as well as unit operating costs for rent, utilities, equipment, training, and supplies. Grants under this section shall be approved by a majority of the entire Board and shall not exceed 50 percent of the yearly salary and employee benefit costs of the unit. Preference shall be given to grant applications which include the participation of the Department of Public Safety, the Department for Children and Families, sheriffs' departments, community victims' advocacy organizations, and municipalities within the region. Preference shall also be given to grant applications which promote policies and practices that are consistent across the State, including policies and practices concerning the referral of complaints, the investigation of cases, and the supervision and management of special investigative units. However, a sheriff's department in a county with a population of fewer than 8,000 residents shall upon application receive a grant of up to $20,000.00 for 50 percent of the yearly salary and employee benefits costs of a part-time special investigative unit investigator, which shall be paid to the department as time is billed on a per hour rate as agreed by contract up to the maximum amount of the grant.

(e) The Board may adopt rules relating to grant eligibility criteria, processes for applications, awards, and reports related to grants authorized pursuant to this section. The Attorney General shall be the adopting authority.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 45 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 45
App. § 901-45. Reconsideration or rescission of vote
Status: in_force

(a) A question voted on at any special meeting of the Authority shall not be submitted for reconsideration or rescission except at a subsequent special meeting duly warned for that purpose and called by the Board on its own motion or pursuant to a petition requesting such reconsideration or rescission signed and submitted in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Where a petition signed by not less than five percent of the qualified voters of the Authority requesting reconsideration or rescission of a question considered or voted on at a previous special meeting is submitted to the Board within 30 days following the date of that meeting, the Board shall provide for a vote by the Authority in accordance with the petition within 60 days of the submission at a special meeting duly warned for that purpose.

(c) A vote taken by a special meeting shall remain in effect unless rescinded at a special meeting called and warned in accordance with this section.

(d) A question voted on shall not be presented for reconsideration or rescission at more than one subsequent meeting without the approval of the Board.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 904 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 904
App. § 5-904. Administrative officers
Status: in_force

The administrative officers of the City shall be those provided by law for towns except as otherwise provided by this charter. Officers shall have all the powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this charter as well as those provided by law.
24 V.S.A. § 5066 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 125 / Section 5066
§ 5066. Exemption of member's interest; assignment
Status: in_force

That portion of the salary or wages of a member deducted or to be deducted under this chapter, the right of a member to an annuity, pension, or retirement allowance hereunder, and all the member's rights in the assets of the Retirement System, shall be exempt from taxation, except income tax, and from the operation of any laws relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, and shall not be attached or taken upon execution or other process of any court. No assignment by a member of any part of the assets to which the member is or may be entitled, or of any right to or interest in those assets, shall be valid, except to the extent permitted by this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 54 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 54
App. § 405-54. Priority
Status: in_force

When a special meeting of the District is called to act upon a proposition to incur bonded or other indebtedness, the special meeting procedures outlined in subchapter 4 of this chapter shall control over the meeting procedures outlined in this article in the event of conflict.
24 V.S.A. § 2790 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 76A / Section 2790
§ 2790. Repealed. 2023, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 65(a), eff. July 1, 2034.
Status: repealed

(a) The General Assembly finds that:

(1) Economically strong downtowns are critical to the health and well-being of Vermont's communities and that downtowns are the natural location for both small businesses and other uses that together constitute the diverse fabric of communities that define Vermont's quality of life.

(2) Vermont's distinctive character of historic downtowns and villages surrounded by working landscapes is recognized worldwide. This character defines Vermont's image, economy, and sense of place as well as its community spirit and identity, which are enjoyed by residents and visitors alike. This distinctive character is among our most valuable assets, and investing in its health is a critical component of the State's overall economic well-being. The General Assembly recognizes the particular importance of Vermont's downtowns as historic regional centers providing services and amenities to nonresidents and further recognizes their need for targeted support in avoiding continued loss of commercial and residential land use to the surrounding area.

(3) Investments made to revitalize the State's historic downtowns and village centers, to encourage pedestrian-oriented development within and around the commercial core, and to build upon the State's traditional settlement patterns support statewide goals concerning energy conservation, the efficient use of transportation and other public infrastructure and services, the protection of the working landscape, and the promotion of healthy lifestyles.

(4) Strategies, programs, and investments that advance smart growth principles today will result in the long-term fiscal, economic, cultural, and environmental viability of the State.

(b) It is therefore the intent of the General Assembly to:

(1) support historic downtowns and villages by providing funding, training, and resources to communities designated under this chapter, to revitalize such communities, to increase and diversify economic development activities, to improve the efficient use of public investments, including water and sewer systems, and to safeguard working landscapes;

(2) improve the ability of Vermont's historic downtowns and villages to attract residents and businesses by enhancing their livability and unique sense of place; by expanding access to employment, housing, education and schools, services, public facilities, and other basic needs; and by expanding businesses' access to markets;

(3) coordinate policies and leverage funding to support historic downtowns and villages by removing barriers to collaboration among local downtown organizations, municipal departments, local businesses, and local nonprofit organizations and increasing accountability and effectiveness at all levels of government to revitalize communities and plan for future growth;

(4) promote healthy, safe, and walkable downtown and village neighborhoods for people of all ages and incomes by increasing investments in those locations; providing energy efficient housing that is closer to jobs, services, health care, stores, entertainment, and schools; and reducing the combined cost of housing and transportation;

(5) encourage investment in mixed use development and provide for diverse housing options within walking distance of historic downtowns and villages that reinforce Vermont's traditional settlement patterns and meet the needs of community members of all social and economic groups;

(6) develop safe, reliable, and economical transportation options in historic downtowns and villages to decrease household transportation costs, promote energy independence, improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and promote public health; and

(7) reflect Vermont's traditional settlement patterns, and to minimize or avoid strip development or other unplanned development throughout the countryside on quality farmland or important natural and cultural landscapes.

(c) [Repealed.]

(d) The General Assembly finds that Vermont's communities face challenges as they seek to accommodate growth and development while supporting the economic vitality of the State's downtowns, village centers, and new town centers and maintaining the rural character and working landscape of the surrounding countryside. While it is the intention of the General Assembly to give the highest priority to facilitating development and growth in downtowns and village centers whenever feasible, when that is not feasible, the General Assembly further finds that:

(1) A large percentage of future growth should occur within duly designated growth centers that have been planned by municipalities in accordance with smart growth principles and Vermont's planning and development goals pursuant to section 4302 of this title.

(2) Designated growth centers, if properly located and scaled, will serve to support the State's downtowns, village centers, and new town centers by encouraging new residential neighborhoods and compatible civic, commercial, and industrial uses to locate within proximity to historic community centers.

(3) Designated growth centers will provide a cost-effective means of allocating and targeting limited municipal and State resources to those areas specifically planned to accommodate and support concentrated development and a large percentage of future growth.

(4) Designated growth centers will provide a mechanism for concentrating private investment in those areas targeted for growth and development through public investments and incentives, and by establishing a process that will effectively reduce cost and delay in the permitting and approval of development.

(5) Designated growth centers will accomplish these goals if they are economically viable, they are appropriately planned to accommodate future growth needs and a mix of uses, they originate at the municipal or regional level, and they are recognized by the State under State planning, financing, and permitting programs.
24 V.S.A. § 2510 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 67 / Section 2510
§ 2510. Penalty
Status: in_force

(a) Whoever shall willfully mar or deface a shade tree without the written permission of a tree warden or legislative body of the municipality shall be fined not more than $50.00 for the use of the municipality.

(b) Any person who willfully and critically injures or cuts down a shade tree without written permission of the tree warden or the legislative body of the municipality shall be fined pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 3602 for each tree so injured or cut, for the use of the municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 41 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 41
App. § 261-41. Trustees to make list of water rents; list, how composed
Status: in_force

(a) The trustees of said Village shall between the 20th day of July and the first day of August each year make out a list of the water rents due said Village, with five percent thereof added thereto, in which list they shall set down in three separate columns, according to the best information in their power.

(1) In the first column, the name of the owner of the real estate chargeable with water rents under the provisions of this charter.

(2) In the second column, the name of the street or avenue and the number or some other brief description of the tenement, building, or lots chargeable with water rents as aforesaid.

(3) In the third column, the amount of water rent due for water used or to be used in such tenement, building or lot.

(b) And the trustees or a majority of them, shall certify that the same is a true list of the water rents due said Village at the date thereof, and shall attach thereto a warrant for the collection of said water rents, signed by a justice of the peace in and for the County of Orleans, which shall be in the same form as is now prescribed by statute for warrants for the collection of town and other taxes, and shall be directed to the Collector of Taxes for said Village and the trustees shall deliver such list of water rents, with the warrant for the collection of the same thereto attached, to such Collector of Taxes, who shall collect the same as provided in this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4.07 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 4.07
App. § 9-4.7. Board of Civil Authority
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor and the Board of Aldermen shall constitute the Board of Civil Authority for the City except as herein provided. The Mayor shall preside and vote at all meetings of the Board of Civil Authority except as otherwise provided herein.

(b) The Board shall be empowered to act in all proceedings for the taking of land or other property for public purposes, in actions for the removal or suspension of City employees provided herein, and when authorized by law. Notwithstanding the above, the composition of the Board of Civil Authority, when considering tax appeals pursuant to State law and apportionment matters pursuant to Title 17 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated shall conform to 24 V.S.A. § 801.

(c) The Board of Civil Authority shall adopt its own procedures regarding the taking of evidence, deliberations, conclusions, and other business of the Board. An outline of such procedures shall be filed in the City Clerk's office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 205 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 205
App. § 4-205. Compensation
Status: in_force

(a) Compensation paid to the Council members shall be set by the voters at the annual meeting, with a minimum of $1,500.00 a year each. Council members' compensation must be set forth as a separate item in the annual budget presented to the meeting. Council members may choose to forgo the compensation or a portion of the compensation.

(b) The City Council shall fix the compensation of all appointees and the City Manager. The Council shall review, approve, and ratify any collective bargaining agreements, which may be negotiated or fixed by the Manager or their designee.
24 V.S.A. § 1690 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1690
§ 1690. Certified or public accountant to audit town accounts; warning; form
Status: in_force

(a) The legislative body of a city, town, or incorporated village may upon its own motion contract with a public accountant, licensed in this State, to perform an annual financial audit of all funds of the town; or upon petition in writing of legal voters equal to five percent of the legal voters of the town or village, the legislative body shall insert in the warning for any annual meeting, or in the warning for a special meeting, which shall be called upon such petition, an article in substantially the following form:

“To see if the [city, town, or village] will vote to instruct the [legislative body] to employ a certified public accountant or public accountant licensed in this State, to perform an annual financial audit of all funds of the [city, town, or village].”

(b) Audits performed by a public accountant under this section shall be conducted in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, including the issuance of a report on internal control over financial reporting that shall be provided to recipients of the financial statements. When there are material weaknesses or significant deficiencies found in the internal control over financial reporting or the auditor's or public accountant's opinion is qualified, adverse, or disclaimed:

(1) the auditor or public accountant shall present the findings or opinion to the legislative body of the town and explain those material weaknesses or significant deficiencies or his or her opinion at a meeting duly warned for the purpose;

(2) after the audit report is delivered to the legislative body of a municipality, the notice for the next meeting of the legislative body shall also notify the voters of the availability of the audit report and the accompanying report on internal control over financial reporting;

(3) the next published annual report of the town shall include a summary of material weaknesses or significant deficiencies found in the internal controls over financial reporting or a statement that the audit report sets forth an opinion that is qualified, adverse, or disclaimed; and

(4) the legislative body shall post the audit report and the accompanying report on internal control over financial reporting on the municipality's website, if the municipality has a website.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 11 / Section 21
App. § 11-21. Ordinances; court authorized to order abatement
Status: in_force

In any prosecution for a nuisance arising under this charter or under any lawful ordinance, regulation, or bylaw resulting in a judgment or conviction, the court before which the judgment or conviction shall be had shall order the nuisance or offense complained of to be removed or abated and shall determine the expense of removing or abating the same and tax such expense as part of the costs of prosecution. All such service rates shall constitute a lien and charge upon the buildings, lots, and other property so served and may be collected in the same manner as any tax assessed by the City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 502 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 502
App. § 407-502. Public hearings
Status: in_force

At any special meeting of the District, voters of each member municipality shall cast their ballots at such polling places within the municipality of their residence as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors in cooperation with the Board of Civil Authority of each member municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 509 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 509
App. § 409-509. Conduct of meetings
Status: in_force

At all special meetings of the District, the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapter 51 regarding election officials (subchapter 1), voting machines (subchapter 3), polling places (subchapter 4), absent voters (subchapter 6), process of voting (subchapter 7), count and return of votes (subchapter 8), recount and contest of elections (subchapter 9), and jurisdiction of courts (subchapter 10) shall apply except where clearly inapplicable. The District Clerk shall perform the functions assigned to the Secretary of State under that chapter. The Lamoille Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over petitions for recounts. Election expenses shall be borne by the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 501 / Section 8
App. § 501-8. Rules
Status: in_force

The Prudential Committee shall adopt rules that govern the administration, operation, and maintenance of the water system. Rules adopted by the Committee shall become effective upon a majority vote of the Prudential Committee.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 34 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 34
App. § 219-34. Bonds; denominations
Status: in_force

The trustees of the Village shall determine the denomination of the bonds, the rate of interest, the time and place of payment, and the form of such bond to be used. When such bonds are to be registered, they shall be registered in the manner as prescribed by the trustees of the Village. The bonds issued under this charter shall be sold to the highest bidder after being advertised for sale in such manner as the trustees of the Village may determine.
24 V.S.A. § 3812 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 109 / Section 3812
§ 3812. Agreement as to division
Status: in_force

An agreement in writing between the owners of adjoining lands, relating to their division fence, signed by the owners, witnessed by two witnesses, acknowledged by the parties and recorded in the office of the town clerk in the town where the fence is situated shall be valid against the parties, their heirs, and assigns.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 20 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 20
App. § 901-20. Secretary
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary of the Authority shall be appointed by the Board. The Secretary, with the approval of the Board, may appoint an assistant secretary, who shall not be a director of the Board.

(b) The Secretary shall have charge and custody of the public records of the Authority and the seal of the Authority.

(c) The Secretary shall record all votes and proceedings of the Authority, including meetings of the Authority and meetings of the Board, and shall cause to be posted and published all warnings of meetings of the Authority. The Secretary shall prepare all warnings of meetings of the Authority as required.

(d) Following approval by the Board, the Secretary shall cause the annual report to be distributed to the legislative bodies of the members. The Secretary shall prepare and distribute any other reports required by laws of the State of Vermont and resolutions or rules of the Board.

(e) The Secretary shall perform all the duties and functions incident to the office of secretary or secretary of a body politic and corporate.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 503 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 503
App. § 113-503. Duties
Status: in_force

(a) 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 the State of Vermont, except as herein otherwise provided.

(b) The Department shall review, or cause to be reviewed, the appraisals of all real property in the Town that is subject to taxation in accordance with the standards for appraising established by the laws of the State of Vermont.
24 V.S.A. § 1091 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 33 / Section 1091
§ 1091. Pension system
Status: in_force

A municipality having a population of at least 5,000 according to the latest preceding U.S. census may adopt a pension system for its employees. However, a municipality having a population of less than 5,000 may adopt a pension system for its employees, if such municipality at its annual meeting so votes by a two-thirds vote of the voters present and voting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 301
App. § 4-301. Brownell Library Trustees
Status: in_force

There shall be a five-member Board of Library Trustees who shall be elected to five-year terms using the Australian ballot system. Only qualified voters of the City of Essex Junction shall be eligible to hold the office of elected library trustee.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 21
App. § 101-21. Powers and duties in particular
Status: in_force

The Town Manager shall have power, and it shall be his or her duty:

(1) To organize, operate, continue, or discontinue any departments as the Selectboard may determine.

(2) To carry out the policies laid down by the Board, to keep the Board informed of the financial condition and future needs of the Town, and to make any reports as may be required by law or requested by the Board, together with any other reports and recommendations that he or she may deem advisable.

(3) To appoint and remove, upon merit and fitness alone, all subordinate officials, employees, and agents under his or her control and, with the approval of the Selectboard, to fix their compensation as provided in subsection 39(c) of this charter. Although the Town Manager may hold subordinate officers and employees of the Town responsible for the faithful discharge of their duties, the Town Manager shall remain ultimately responsible to the Board for all administrative actions under his or her jurisdiction.

(4) To be present at all regular meetings of the Selectboard, except when excused by the Board, and to have the right to attend all other meetings of the Board and its committees, except when his or her removal or suspension is being discussed, provided that this section shall not be construed to deny any right the Town Manager may otherwise have to a public hearing relative to his or her removal.

(5) To keep full and complete records of the actions of his or her office, to keep necessary accounts, to render to the Selectboard an itemized monthly report showing in detail the disbursements of the preceding month, and to maintain an appropriate budget control system.

(6) To keep the Selectboard fully advised as to the needs of the Town within the scope of the Manager's duties and annually to furnish to them, as prescribed in this charter, a detailed budget proposal, and also to furnish to them annually a five-year projection of capital improvements for the Town. To enable the Town Manager to make estimates of expenditures and receipts, all boards, officers, and committees of the Town shall, upon his or her written request, furnish all information in their possession and submit to him or her in writing a detailed estimate of anticipated income and appropriations required for the efficient and proper conduct of their respective responsibilities during the next fiscal year.

(7) To examine or cause to be examined, with or without notice, the affairs of any department under his or her control, or the conduct of any officer or employee thereof. For that purpose, he or she shall have access to all books and papers of the department for the information necessary for the proper performance of his or her duties.

(8) To be the General Purchasing Agent of the Town and purchase all supplies for every department.

(9) To supervise all special programs of the Town as if the same were a separate department of the Town, unless otherwise voted by the Town.

(10) To have charge, control, and supervision of the following matters:

(A) the Police Department, including appointment and removal of the Chief, with the consent of the Selectboard;

(B) any Town Fire Department supported by Town funds, including the appointment and removal of the Chief, with the consent of the Selectboard;

(C) the system of licenses not otherwise regulated by law;

(D) the system of sewers and drainage;

(E) lighting of highways, bridges, and public places;

(F) construction and maintenance of Town highways;

(G) town buildings, and repairs and construction on Town buildings;

(H) maintenance of parks, playgrounds, forests, and other public lands, unless otherwise provided for in the Administrative Code;

(I) any public water system owned or operated by the Town.

(11) To cause duties prescribed for towns and not committed to the care of any particular officer to be duly performed and executed.

(12) To participate in the discussion of matters coming before the Selectboard and its committees, but not the right to vote.

(13) To perform other duties that may be required of him or her by vote of the Selectboard, by law, or by ordinance, consistent with this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 30.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 30.01
App. § 9-30.1. Composition of Board
Status: in_force

The Board of School Commissioners of the City shall be composed of 11 school commissioners, who shall be elected as hereinbefore provided.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 7.01
App. § 9-7.1. Terms of grant
Status: in_force

The Board of Aldermen may exercise the power set forth in subsection 23 of chapter 3 of this charter by the grant of public franchise. All such grants shall be granted upon such terms and conditions as are just and reasonable, including any sum or sums of money to be paid therefore. The Board of Aldermen may prohibit exercise of any franchise grant until such time as the terms and conditions of said grant have been complied with. This charter shall not be construed to repeal or take away any of the rights and franchises now being exercised by corporations, or persons now conducting business in the City, or to repeal any rights previously granted by the City of Rutland, the general laws of this State, or any special acts of the State Legislature. However, no special franchise shall be granted by said Board of Aldermen for a longer period than 35 years, and no special franchise shall take effect until it has been submitted to the legal voters of the City at a regular or special City election and has received a majority of the votes cast upon the questions.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 503 / Section 5
App. § 503-5. Officers
Status: in_force

(a) Prudential Committee. The Prudential Committee shall consist of three members elected for a term of three years. The members of the Prudential Committee shall be elected to staggered terms so that only one member shall be elected annually.

(b) District Clerk. The District Clerk shall keep minutes of all Fire District and Prudential Committee meetings and votes.

(c) District Treasurer. The duties of the District Treasurer shall include:

(1) accepting payment of all current accounts on behalf of the Fire District;

(2) keeping accurate records of all payments made to the District;

(3) writing and signing all checks on behalf of the District;

(4) alerting the Prudential Committee of any past due accounts;

(5) keeping accurate records of all financial transactions made by the District.

(d) District Collector of Delinquent Taxes. The Collector of Delinquent Taxes shall collect all past due accounts, interest on those accounts, and penalties in accordance with the rules adopted by the Prudential Committee under section 11 of this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 20 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 279 / Section 20
App. § 279-20. Property
Status: in_force

By action of the Board of Trustees, the Village may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any Village purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, condemnation, devise, or lease. The Village may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control property as its interest may require.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 157 / Section 3
App. § 157-3. Powers of the Town
Status: in_force

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

(b) In this charter, any mention of a particular power shall not be construed to be exclusive or to restrict the scope of the powers that the Town would have if the particular power were not mentioned.
24 V.S.A. § 3680 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 105 / Section 3680
§ 3680. Annual budget, apportionment, assessment, taxes
Status: in_force

(a) The board of sewer commissioners of the district shall at each annual meeting present to the district its budget for the ensuing year, which shall include an estimate of the revenue from sewer rates and other sources, except taxes and the expenses for the ensuing year and the district shall appropriate such sum as it deems necessary for the expenses as are not disapproved (which disapproval may not include interest on or principal of any indebtedness created or assumed by the district), together with the amount required to pay any balance left unpaid from the preceding year as will not be met from the estimated revenues, expressing the sum in dollars in its vote. At its first annual meeting the district shall likewise vote a sum sufficient to pay any unpaid balance of expense, as defined in section 3674 of this title, which has been theretofore incurred by or on behalf of the district. Immediately following the annual meeting, the board of sewer commissioners shall compute the share of each member town in the sums so voted and give notice of the amount thereof to the legislative branch of each member town.

(b) The expense of establishing, acquiring, maintaining, extending, improving, and operating a sewer system for a consolidated sewer district shall, insofar as the expense shall not be met from the proceeds of indebtedness or from sewer rates, rents or other charges received from the use of such sewer system, be divided among the member towns in accordance with a formula agreed to by the member towns by vote at an annual or special town meeting or in the absence of any such agreement as follows: two-thirds of such expense shall be divided in the proportion which the total sewage flow to the inhabitants of each member town of the district bears to the total sewage flow in all the member towns in the last preceding full calendar year of operation of the district and the balance of such expense (or all of such expense until the sewage system has been in operation for at least one full calendar year) shall be divided among the member towns in the proportion which the population of each member town according to the last rental census bears to the total population of the district.

(c) The legislative branch of each member town shall, upon receipt of the notice of the share in the district expenses to be paid by the member town, assess upon the grand list of each member town, in addition to any tax previously voted thereon, a tax sufficient to raise the member town's share in the expenses. The additional tax as so assessed shall be collected as are other taxes of the member town and be deposited in the account of the member town. The legislative branch of the member town shall order the additional tax to be paid over to the treasurer of the district as collected by the twentieth of the month after the taxes become payable. If by the end of its fiscal year a member town has failed to collect and pay over to the treasurer of the district a sum sufficient to pay the member's share of the expenses of the district, the legislative branch of the member town shall assess a special tax of five percent on the grand list of the member town, or a multiple thereof as is necessary to make up the unpaid balance of the share, which special tax shall be collected as are other taxes of the member town. Upon the collection of the special tax, it shall be paid over to the treasurer of the district. If by the end of its fiscal year a member town fails to pay its share of the expenses of the district, or fails to make up a deficit therein from the preceding year as provided under this chapter, the board of sewer commissioners of the district may bring a civil action on this statute in the name of the district to recover from the member town twice the amount of the share of the member town that remains unpaid, and upon judgment may levy its execution against any of the real or personal property within the member town. (1967, No. 318 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. March 22, 1968.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 289 / Section 8
App. § 289-8. Auditor
Status: in_force

The Auditor shall, at least once each year and whenever the Auditor sees fit, examine and adjust and make and file with the Town Clerk a statement of the accounts of all corporation officers and of the corporation and shall report all accounts and items thereof and the state of the treasury to the corporation at each annual meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 303 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 303
App. § 117-303. Filing
Status: in_force

(Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-703 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)

The Town Clerk shall prepare and keep in the Town Clerk's office a book of ordinances that shall contain each ordinance finally passed by the Selectboard, together that a complete index of the ordinances according to subject matter. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 117-108 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 143 / Section 101
App. § 143-101. Corporate existence retained
Status: in_force

The inhabitants of the Town of Richmond as presently constituted and the inhabitants of the Village of Richmond as constituted by 1902 Acts and Resolves No. 227, as amended by 1923 Acts and Resolves No. 216, 1929 Acts and Resolves No. 178, 1939 Acts and Resolves No. 293, 1947 Acts and Resolves No. 247, and 1951 Acts and Resolves No. 292 are hereby incorporated and continue to be incorporated and declared to be a body corporate and politic under the name of the Town of Richmond and under that name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend in any court; may have a common seal and alter it at pleasure; may borrow money on the credit of the Town, in the mode and under the restrictions hereinafter provided and as provided by the general law of the State; may elect Representatives to the General Assembly of the State, and the number of justices of the peace as provided in Chapter II of the Vermont Constitution for a town of equal population; and generally shall have, exercise, and enjoy all such rights, immunities, powers, and privileges as are conferred upon or are incident to towns in this State; and shall be subject to like duties, liabilities, and obligations, except as otherwise provided in this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 26 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 26
App. § 101-26. Fiscal year
Status: in_force

The fiscal year of the Town and all its departments shall begin on the first day of July and end on the last day of June unless another date is fixed by voters at any annual Town election.
24 V.S.A. § 4571a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4571a
§ 4571a. Reports
Status: in_force

The Vermont Bond Bank shall prepare and submit, consistent with 2 V.S.A. § 20(a), a report on activities for the preceding calendar year, pursuant to section 4594 of this title.
24 V.S.A. § 5001 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 123 / Section 5001
§ 5001. Legislative findings
Status: in_force

The General Assembly finds:

(1) There exist in the various municipalities numerous dwellings and dwelling premises that are substandard due to dilapidation, deterioration and disrepair, structural defects, uncleanliness, lack of adequate ventilation, light, sanitary, heating and hot water facilities, overcrowding of dwellings, occupancy of unfit dwellings, and other conditions and defects which increase the hazards of illness, disease, fire, accidents, and other calamities;

(2) These conditions, singly or in combination, endanger the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the people of the various municipalities and give impetus to the development, continuation, extension, and aggravation of blighted and substandard housing conditions;

(3) The establishment and maintenance of minimum standards for dwellings is necessary to the protection of the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1705 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 1705
App. § 123-1705. Amendment of charter
Status: in_force

This charter may be amended as set forth by the general law of the State of Vermont, 17 V.S.A. § 2645.
24 V.S.A. § 5066a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 125 / Section 5066a
§ 5066a. Alternate payee; domestic relations orders
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section:

(1) “Alternate payee” means any individual who is recognized by a domestic relations order as having a right to receive all, or a portion of, another individual's payment rights in the System.

(2) “Domestic relations order” means a judgment, decree, or order of the Family Division of the Superior Court issued pursuant to 4 V.S.A. chapter 10, concerning marital property rights that includes a transfer of all, or a portion of, a member's or beneficiary's payment rights in the System to an alternate payee. It also means a judgment, decree, or order from a court of competent jurisdiction in another state, concerning marital property rights that includes a transfer of all, or a portion of, a member's or beneficiary's payment rights in the System to an alternate payee. Domestic relations orders shall conform to the requirements of this section in order to be effective. A domestic relations order does not take effect until it is served on the System by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. In the event that there is more than one domestic relations order, the order which is most recent in time and which has been served on the System will control.

(b) A member's or beneficiary's rights in the Retirement System may be modified by a domestic relations order as provided in this section.

(c) A domestic relations order shall contain all of the following elements:

(1) the identity of the member or beneficiary and the alternate payee by full name, current address, and Social Security number;

(2) the amount or percentage of the member's or beneficiary's benefits to be paid by the Board to the alternate payee and the date or dates upon which the calculation of payments is to be based;

(3) the number of payments or time period in which payments are required to be made under the domestic relations order; and

(4) each retirement plan to which the domestic relations order applies.

(d) A domestic relations order shall not provide:

(1) for a type or form of benefit, option, or payment not available to the affected member or beneficiary;

(2) for an amount or duration of payment greater than that available to the affected member or beneficiary;

(3) that payment of a retirement allowance commence before the member departs from service and commences to receive benefits;

(4) withdrawal of the member's contributions without the consent of the member and the alternate payee; or

(5) any requirements that are contrary to the intent of this section.

(e) A domestic relations order may provide for apportionment of post-retirement adjustments to the retirement allowance.

(f) Payments to the alternate payee under a domestic relations order shall be limited to the life of the member or beneficiary.

(g) An alternate payee's rights and interests under this section shall not survive the alternate payee's death and shall not be transferable by inheritance.

(h) An alternate payee's rights or interests acquired pursuant to this section are not subject to assignment, execution, garnishment, attachment, or other process. An alternate payee's rights or interests may be modified only by a domestic relations order amending the domestic relations order that established the right or interest.

(i) The Board, the System, its agents, and employees shall not be liable to any person for carrying out the terms and conditions of a domestic relations order.

(j) The Board may adopt rules to implement this section.