24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 56 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 15 / Section 56
App. § 15-56. Penalty
Status: in_force

The penalty, which may be so voluntarily paid by any person so violating any ordinance regulating, restricting, or defining the time and place of parking vehicles in the City of Vergennes, shall be set by the City Council subject to the limits set forth in 23 V.S.A. chapter 19, Parking; police courts. Other violations of the ordinances of said City shall be punished in the manner prescribed by law.
24 V.S.A. § 5204 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 131 / Section 5204
§ 5204. Payment of fees
Status: in_force

(a) An impact fee or obligation for offsite mitigation shall be a lien upon all property and improvements within land development for which the fee is assessed in the same manner and to the same effect as taxes are a lien upon real estate under section 32 V.S.A. § 5061.

(b) A municipality may require payment of an impact fee or accept offsite mitigation before issuance of a zoning or subdivision permit.

(c) A municipality may accept fees on installment at a reasonable rate of interest.

(d) A municipality may require a letter of credit to guarantee future payment of an impact fee or offsite mitigation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 408 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 408
App. § 3-408. Existing provisions to remain valid until new provisions adopted
Status: in_force

The existing retirement and pension provisions of the City charter of said City shall remain in force and effect until the powers granted by this article are exercised by the City Council by the due enactment of an ordinance for that purpose, and such existing retirement and pension provisions of said charter shall, upon the due enactment of such ordinance, be void and of no force and effect, except as to persons theretofore duly retired and pensioned under said provisions, and as to such persons, said existing charter provisions shall remain in force.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 16 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 285 / Section 16
App. § 285-16. Village trustees; power to appoint
Status: in_force

The trustees shall have authority to appoint annually and to prescribe the duties of a Chief of Police and police officers, the superintendents of the Village departments, a Building Inspector, and such other Village officials as they may judge necessary for the welfare of the Village; and the number of police officers and Village departments shall be within the discretion of the trustees. These officers shall be qualified by taking appropriate oaths of office, and their appointments and certificates of their oaths, written thereon, shall be recorded by the Village Clerk. These appointments may be revoked at the pleasure of the trustees, and the trustees shall make rules and regulations governing the activities of these officers. The Chief of Police, before entering upon the duties of the office, shall give a bond to the Treasurer of the County, and the bond and a certificate showing the Chief's appointment shall be filed with and recorded by the County Clerk as in the bylaws provided.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 22
App. § 261-22. Power of trustees in granting licenses
Status: in_force

The trustees of said Village shall have the sole power of granting licenses and vacating the same, within the limits of said Village, agreeably to the bylaws, rules, and ordinances thereof that the selectboard has by chapter 95 and by section 22 of chapter 119 of the general statutes; and all monies received for such licenses shall belong to the Village treasury and be paid into the same.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23.04 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 23.04
App. § 9-23.4. Regular firemen; appointment
Status: in_force

(a) All applicants for position with the Fire Department, except for the position of Chief Engineer, shall file with the Chief Engineer an application in writing on forms approved by the Chief Engineer, and shall be examined in such manner as he or she may prescribe, with the approval of the Mayor. A public record of all applicants for positions on the Fire Department shall be maintained in the City Clerk's office.

(b) The Chief Engineer shall, as the needs of the City may require, appoint from said applicants sufficient number of firemen to ensure the public safety and protection. The number of regular firemen appointed shall not exceed the maximum number set forth in the City ordinance, except by specific approval by the Board of Aldermen. Within one year of the date of permanent appointment, each regular fireman must reside within a five mile radius of the station house to which he or she is assigned.

(c) All members of the regular Fire Department now serving or who shall hereafter be appointed, other than the Chief, shall be retained as such, unless discharged in accordance with other provisions of this charter. All members of the regular Fire Department shall retire not later than at the age of 65.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 31 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 31
App. § 149-31. The Town Manager
Status: repealed

(a) Appointment. The Selectboard shall appoint, with no fewer than four (4) affirmative votes, a Town Manager.

(b) Qualifications. The Town Manager shall be appointed solely on the basis of the person's executive and administrative skills, based on education, training, and experience relative to the duties of the Town Manager, and without reference to political belief or personal relationships.

(c) Term of appointment. The Manager may be appointed for a term of not less than two years and not more than five years and may be removed at the pleasure of the Selectboard.

(d) Residency. The person appointed as Town Manager must become a resident of Vermont within six months of appointment and may be required to become a resident of the Town within a period of time judged reasonable by the Selectboard at the time of appointment.

(e) Terms and conditions of employment; compensation. The conditions of employment and compensation shall be a matter to be determined at the time of appointment, and annually thereafter by the Selectboard on a date convenient for the annual budgeting process, after negotiations that may be held in executive session between the Town Manager (candidate) and the Selectboard.

(f) Town Manager; evaluation. Before the Selectboard determines the subsequent annual compensation of the Manager, the Board and Town Manager shall be required to hold an evaluation session in executive session, at which the Town Manager shall present management goals for the coming year based on townwide goals articulated by the Selectboard, and shall be evaluated by the Selectboard regarding performance in relation to such goals set out for the previous year, and the Selectboard may also employ commonly used evaluation practices in the town management profession.

(g) Oath and bond. Before entering into the duties of office, the Town Manager shall be sworn to the impartial and faithful performance thereof, with a certificate to that effect to be filed with the Town Clerk. The Town Manager shall execute a bond in favor of the Town for the faithful performance of the Town Manager's duties in a sum determined by the Selectboard or shall purchase comparable insurance coverage. The premium for said surety shall be paid by the Town.

(h) Town Manager nonrenewal or removal. The Town Manager's term of employment may be not renewed without explanation or reason. The Town Manager may be removed for cause by the Selectboard, with written reasons presented to the Town Manager and an opportunity for a public hearing before the Selectboard with not less than four affirmative votes, after the following procedure is followed:

(1) The Selectboard shall draft, in executive session, a resolution stating its intent to remove the Town Manager. The resolution must state the reasons for removal and must be served upon the Town Manager personally, not more than five days from the date of drafting.

(2) Action by the Selectboard in the removal of a Town Manager shall be final.

(i) Acting Town Manager; vacancy in the office.

(1) In the event that the Town Manager shall be absent from the Town for a period exceeding two consecutive weeks, the Town Manager shall designate an acting Town Manager, subject to the advice and consent of the Selectboard, who shall exercise the duties of Town Manager.

(2) In the event that illness or injury renders a Town Manager unable to discharge the Town Manager's duties for a period exceeding two consecutive weeks, or in the event that the Town Manager is suspended or placed on administrative leave, the Selectboard shall declare a vacancy in the office and appoint an acting Town Manager to serve until such time as the Town Manager is able to assume regular duties or a new Town Manager is appointed.

(3) An acting Town Manager appointed to fill a declared vacancy in the office shall have all the powers and perform all the duties of the Town Manager and shall be compensated at a rate as determined by the Selectboard. An acting Town Manager shall not serve for more than 180 calendar days unless the Selectboard determines there are extenuating circumstances that warrant an extension of that time period.

(4) In no case shall a Selectboard member act as Town Manager.

(j) Responsibilities and authority of the Town Manager.

(1) In general. The Town Manager shall be the chief administrative officer of the Town. The Town Manager shall be accountable to the Selectboard for the administration and general supervision of all business affairs and property placed in the Town Manager's charge pursuant to this charter, State statute, or otherwise.

(2) Limits to authority in general.

(A) In addition to the limits on authority enumerated in State statutes, authority of the Town Manager shall in no way extend to:

(i) the calling or administration of elections;

(ii) the assessment of taxes or property valuation judgments;

(iii) judicial or legislative functions of the Selectboard or other Town public bodies;

(iv) direct supervision of the Town Clerk or Town Treasurer in statutory duties except as otherwise provided by this charter.

(B) The Town Manager may, upon request, advise or counsel officials in the performance of the duties in subdivision (A) of this subdivision (2).

(C) The Town Manager may not serve in any elective position in the Town. The Town Manager may, however, serve on appointed public bodies relevant to Town functions in an ex officio status, as may be determined by the Selectboard.

(3) Authority and duties in particular. In addition to the authority conferred by State statute, the Town Manager shall be charged with full authority to, and be responsible, for the following:

(A) [Repealed.]

(B) To direct and supervise the administration of all departments, offices, and agencies of the Town except as otherwise provided by the charter or statute.

(C) To carry out the policies determined by the Selectboard and report to the Board on their disposition.

(D) To institute and maintain appropriate budget and financial internal control systems.

(E) To keep the Selectboard informed on the financial condition of the Town, including monthly and year end reports showing in detail all revenues and expenditures for Town functions.

(F) To keep the Selectboard informed as to the future needs of the Town and make proper administrative provisions for long-term planning, in all areas within the scope of the duties of the Manager.

(G) To make such reports as the Selectboard may require, or the Manager deems appropriate, or may be required by law regarding any and all functions under the Town Manager's supervision.

(H) To keep full and complete records of the actions of the Town Manager's office.

(I) To be present at all regular Selectboard meetings unless excused by the Board and to have the right to attend and participate in all special meetings of the Selectboard and subcommittees, except when the removal of the Town Manager is being discussed.

(J) To appoint upon merit alone and, when the Town Manager deems necessary for the good of the Town, suspend or remove any subordinate official, employee, or agent under the Town Manager's supervision as provided for in this charter. Notwithstanding appeals of Town Manager decisions to the Selectboard, the Town Manager shall have the exclusive authority to hold subordinate employees, officers, or agents responsible for the faithful discharge of their duties. All such appointments may be without definite terms unless for provisional, temporary, or emergency service, in which case, terms shall not exceed the maximum periods prescribed by the employee handbook. The Town Manager may authorize the head of a department, or of an office responsible to the Town Manager, to appoint and remove subordinates in the office or department.

(K) To ensure the proper and equitable administration of the Town's human resources function.

(L) To make recommendations to the Selectboard as to the compensation for Town employees as provided in this charter.

(M) To remain ultimately responsible to the Selectboard for all administrative actions under the Town Manager's jurisdiction.

(N) To draft an annual budget document and capital expenditure plan as provided in the financial section of this charter.

(O) To examine, or cause to be examined, with or without notice, the affairs of any department under the Town Manager's control, or the conduct of any officer or employee of a department under the Town Manager's control. For this purpose, the Town Manager shall have access to all books, papers, files, reports, or records of all departments that may be necessary for the proper performance of the Town Manager's duties.

(P) To ensure the preservation of the public peace, health, and safety of persons and property; to see to the enforcement of this charter and ordinances; and to ensure the Town's compliance with State and federal laws as applicable.

(Q) To be the general purchasing agent for the Town.

(R) To have charge and supervision of all Town buildings, properties, and facilities; all repairs thereon; and all construction by the Town.

(S) To expend all special appropriations of the Town as if they were a separate Town department.

(T) To cause to be collected all taxes due the Town, except as otherwise provided by statute.

(U) To cause duties of municipalities not committed to the care of any particular officer to be duly performed and executed.

(V) To perform such other duties consistent with the Town Manager's office as may be required by a vote of the Selectboard, by law, ordinance, or mandate not inconsistent with this charter.

(4) Accountability and appointive power. The Town Manager shall be responsible to the Selectboard for the proper and efficient administration of the departments under the Town Manager's charge as outlined in this charter. Neither the Selectboard, any individual member of the Selectboard, nor any of its committees or committee members shall dictate the appointment or discharge of any Town employee by the Town Manager, or in any manner interfere with the Town Manager's exercising of judgment in the appointment and discharge of employees in the administration.

(5) Noninterference with administrative discretion and supervision. Except for the purposes of formal inquiries investigations, suspensions, and terminations made under this charter, the Selectboard and its members shall deal with the Town officers and employees, who are subject to the Town Manager's direction and supervision, solely through the Town Manager. Neither the Selectboard nor any of its members shall give orders to, or request any action publicly or privately, of any Town employee. Communications for the purposes of information and background shall be considered proper when approved by the Town Manager.
24 V.S.A. § 4345b — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4345b
§ 4345b. Intermunicipal service agreements
Status: repealed

(a)(1) Prior to exercising the authority granted under this section, a regional planning commission shall:

(A) draft bylaws specifying the process for entering into, method of withdrawal from, and method of terminating service agreements with municipalities; and

(B) hold one or more public hearings within the region to hear from interested parties and citizens regarding the draft bylaws.

(2) At least 30 days prior to any hearing required under this subsection, notice of the time and place and a copy of the draft bylaws, with a request for comments, shall be delivered to the chair of the legislative body of each municipality within the region, which may be done electronically, provided the sender has proof of receipt. The regional planning commission shall make copies available to any individual or organization requesting a copy.

(3) The regional planning commission may make revisions to the draft bylaws at any time prior to adoption of the bylaws. If revisions are made to the draft bylaws, the regional planning commission shall hold a final hearing and shall deliver notice as required in subdivision (2) of this subsection.

(b)(1) The draft bylaws required under subsection (a) of this section shall be adopted by a vote of at least 67 percent of the commissioners of the regional planning commission in accordance with the voting procedures of the regional planning commission.

(2) The draft bylaws shall be considered duly adopted and shall take effect 35 days after a vote required under this subsection, unless, within 35 days of the date of adoption, the regional planning commission receives certification from the legislative bodies of a majority of the municipalities in the region vetoing the proposed bylaws. In such case, the bylaws shall be deemed repealed.

(c) Upon adoption of the bylaws under subsection (b) of this section, a regional planning commission may:

(1) promote cooperative arrangements and coordinate, implement, and administer service agreements among municipalities, including arrangements and action with respect to planning, community development, joint purchasing, intermunicipal services, infrastructure, and related activities; and

(2) exercise any power, privilege, or authority, as defined within a service agreement under subsection (d) of this section, capable of exercise by a municipality as necessary or desirable for dealing with problems of local or regional concern.

(d)(1) In exercising the powers set forth in subsection (c) of this section, a regional planning commission shall enter into a service agreement with one or more municipalities.

(2) Participation by a municipality shall be voluntary and only valid upon appropriate action by the legislative body of the municipality. To become effective, a service agreement shall be ratified by the regional planning commission and the legislative bodies of the municipalities who are a party to the service agreement.

(3) A service agreement shall describe the services to be provided and the amount of funds payable by each municipality that is a party to the service agreement. Service of personnel, use of equipment and office space, and other necessary services may be accepted from municipalities as part of their financial support.

(4) Any modification to a service agreement shall not become effective unless approved by the legislative body of the municipalities who are a party to the service agreement.

(e) A regional planning commission shall not have the following powers under this section:

(1) essential legislative functions;

(2) taxing authority; or

(3) eminent domain.

(f)(1) Funds provided for regional planning under section 4341a or 4346 of this chapter shall not be used to provide services under a service agreement without prior written authorization from the State agency or other entity providing the funds.

(2) A commission shall not use municipal funds or grants provided for regional planning services under this chapter to cover the costs of providing services under any service agreement under this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 15
App. § 405-15. Terms of office
Status: in_force

Each commissioner and alternate commissioner shall serve for a term of two years ending May 31 and until his or her successor is duly appointed.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 603 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 603
App. § 19-603. Personnel system
Status: repealed

(a) Merit principle. All appointments and promotions of City officers and employees shall be made solely on the basis of merit and fitness demonstrated by examination or other evidence of competence.

(b) [Repealed.]

(c) [Repealed.]

(d) Personnel policies. The City Manager shall prepare personnel policies. The personnel rules shall be proposed to the Council, and the Council may adopt them with or without amendment. These rules shall provide for:

(1) the classification of all City positions, based on the duties, authority, and responsibility of each position, with adequate provision for reclassification of any position whenever warranted by changed circumstances; and

(2) compensation, benefits, work rules, hiring and termination, grievance procedures, and other matters required by law, collective bargaining, or deemed appropriate by the City Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 417 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 417
App. § 3-417. Authority to acquire property for purposes of sections 415 and 416 of this charter
Status: in_force

For any and all of the purposes set forth in sections 415 and 416 of this charter, said City may acquire and hold within and without the limits thereof by gift, grant, purchase, or by the right of eminent domain, such lands, water powers, and rights-of-way as may be needed for the construction, maintenance, and operation of such electric plant and any and all required enlargements and improvements thereof from time to time, including enlargements and improvements of the present electric plant of said City, and also such lands and rights-of-way as may be needed for the construction, maintenance, and operation, and for the required enlargement and improvement from time to time of such gas plant and gas distribution system and may use any public street that it may be necessary and desirable to pass through with the poles, wires, and conduits of such electric plant, or with the distribution mains and equipment of such gas plant, provided the use of such highway for purposes of public travel is not thereby unnecessarily impaired, and further provided that said City may not exercise the right of eminent domain to acquire any existing property or rights owned and used by any existing public utility company or by any individual for public utility purposes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 302
App. § 414-302. Bond
Status: in_force

Prior to assuming their offices, all officers shall post bond in amounts that shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. The District shall bear the cost of the bond.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 207 / Section 5
App. § 207-5. Elected officers' terms and vacancies
Status: in_force

(a) The officers of said corporation shall be a Moderator, a President, a Clerk, a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, four Trustees, and three Auditors of Accounts. No person shall hold office of Treasurer and Auditor of Accounts simultaneously.

(b) All officers of said Village shall be residents and elected at the annual meeting of said Village, except Collector of Taxes, who shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees.

(c) All officers of said Village, except the Trustees, shall hold office for one year and until their successors shall be elected and qualified.

(d) At each annual meeting of said Village, there shall be elected two Trustees who shall hold office for the term of two years and until their successors shall be elected and qualified.

(e) When a vacancy occurs in any of the offices by reason of nonacceptance, death, removal, refusal to act, moved from Village, inability to perform duties due to a mental condition or psychiatric disability, or from any other cause, the corporation may fill the vacancy by a new election, for the unexpired term at any legal meeting. The Board of Trustees may, by temporary appointment, fill any vacancy, and the persons so appointed shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. A record of the appointment shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the corporation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 402 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 402
App. § 1-402. Removal
Status: in_force

(a) On 90 days' notice, the Manager may be removed without cause by a majority of the Council so voting. He or she may be suspended during this period, but his or her pay shall continue until his or her removal.

(b) Notwithstanding the above, the Council may adopt a resolution stating its intention to remove the Manager and the reasons therefore, a copy of which shall be served forthwith on the Manager who may, within 10 days, demand a public hearing. Upon or after passage of such resolution, the Council may suspend him or her from duty, but his or her pay shall continue until his or her removal. If no appeal is filed, the Council may dismiss him or her. In the event of an appeal, the Council shall hold a public hearing not less than 10 days or more than 20 days from the date of appeal, after which they may dismiss him or her.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 303 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 303
App. § 13-303. Organization
Status: in_force

(a) Forthwith after its election and qualification, the Council shall organize and elect a Chair, a Vice Chair and a Clerk by a majority vote of the entire Council and file a certificate of such election for record in the Office Of the City Clerk.

(b) The Chair of the Council or, in his or her absence, the Vice Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Council and shall be recognized as the head of the City government for all ceremonial purposes.

(c) Agenda for regular meetings.

(1) The Chair of the Council or, in his or her absence, the Vice Chair with the City Manager, shall prepare a written agenda for each regular meeting of the Council. The Chair may, and upon written petition of 15 voters shall, add to the agenda any items requested by persons not members of the Council, subject to the time limitations of subdivision (2) of this subsection.

(2) The agenda shall be posted in at least three public places in the City, and shall be related to the local news media, at least 24 hours prior to the time of the meeting.

(3) Any member of the Council may add times of business to the written agenda upon commencement of the meeting, provided that all of the Council members present at such meeting vote to add such items to the agenda.

(4) Any irregularities or defects in the notice for, or conduct of any meeting of the Council may be cured at any subsequent regular meeting of the Council by resolution for that purpose adopted by majority vote of all its members, provided that such resolution is included in the agenda for such subsequent meeting.

(d) Special meetings of the Council may be called at any time by the Chair or, in his or her absence, the Vice Chair. Notice of special meetings shall be served on the members of the Council, unless service thereof shall be waived in writing by all Council members, by delivering to each member at least 24 hours previous to the time of the meeting a written notice of such meeting stating the time, place, and purpose thereof or by leaving such notice 24 hours prior to the meeting at the place of his or her usual abode. Notice of the special meeting shall be released to the local news media.
24 V.S.A. § 2295 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2295
§ 2295. Authority of municipal and county governments to regulate firearms, ammunition, hunting, fishing, and trapping
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by law, no town, city, or incorporated village, by ordinance, resolution, or other enactment, shall directly regulate hunting, fishing, and trapping or the possession, ownership, transportation, transfer, sale, purchase, carrying, licensing, or registration of traps, firearms, ammunition, or components of firearms or ammunition. This section shall not limit the powers conferred upon a town, city, or incorporated village under subdivision 2291(8) of this title. The provisions of this section shall supersede any inconsistent provisions of a municipal charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 62 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 213 / Section 62
App. § 213-62. Bylaws; recordation
Status: in_force

The bylaws of the corporation shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk, and the Clerk's certificate that such 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 certified copies of the bylaws and Clerk's certificates shall also be received as evidence in all the courts of the State.
24 V.S.A. § 1961 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 58 / Section 1961
§ 1961. Legislative findings
Status: in_force

A system of community justice centers that operates under the authority of a single statute will:

(1) help each community justice center collaborate more closely with law enforcement and State's Attorneys, State agencies, social service providers, victim advocacy organizations, and other community resources;

(2) enhance the services each community justice center provides; and

(3) help each community justice center further its policy interest of achieving restorative justice.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 903 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 903
App. § 127-903. Eligible voters
Status: in_force

A method for the identification and designation of the eligible voters in Town meeting shall be established and enforced by the Board of Civil Authority.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 8.01
App. § 107-8.1. Charter amendments
Status: in_force

This charter may be amended:

(1) In the manner provided by 17 V.S.A. § 2645; or

(2) By the Selectboard or the school directors, pursuant to vote by the voters of the Town, by Australian ballot, and subject to approval of the Legislature; or

(3) By resolution of the Representative Town Meeting containing the full text of the proposed amendment, followed by at least one public meeting warned for that purpose, and approved by the next annual Representative Town Meeting or a special Representative Town Meeting held not less than 60 days following such public meeting, and subject to approval of the Legislature; or

(4) By recommendation of the Charter Revision Commission created pursuant to this charter. Any recommendations approved by the Charter Revision Commission shall be voted upon at a special Representative Town Meeting, with votes subject to the rights of referendum set forth herein. This special Representative Town Meeting shall be preceded by one public meeting warned for that purpose and held at least 60 days prior to the special Representative Town Meeting. Any approved recommendations shall be promptly delivered to the State General Assembly for ratification.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 203 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 203
App. § 413-203. Appointment
Status: in_force

(a) The legislative branch of each member municipality that votes to join the District prior to January 1, 1988 shall appoint one representative to the Board of Supervisors. These representatives shall serve until the first Wednesday in April 1988, on which date the Board of Supervisors will hold its first annual organizational meeting as provided in section 204 of this subchapter. As soon after their appointment, the representatives appointed, pursuant to the provisions of this section, shall meet and elect a Chair and Vice Chair, each to hold office until the Board of Supervisors select the replacement at the meeting to be held on the first Wednesday in April 1988.

(b) On or before the last Monday in March 1988, the legislative branch of each member municipality shall appoint its representative to the Board of Supervisors. Member municipalities whose beginning letter falls between A through I shall appoint their representatives for a one-year term. Member municipalities whose beginning letter falls between J through R shall appoint their representatives for a two-year term. Member municipalities whose beginning letter falls between S through Z shall appoint their representatives for a three-year term. On or before the last Monday in March 1989, the legislative branch of each member municipality whose beginning letter falls between A through I shall appoint its representative for a three-year term. On or before the last Monday in March 1990, the legislative branch of each member municipality whose beginning letter falls between J through R shall appoint its representative for a three-year term.

(c) If any municipality joins the District after April 1 of any year, the legislative branch of the joining municipality shall appoint a representative to the Board of Supervisors whose term will expire at the same time as those representatives appointed for a three-year term the previous March.

(d) All appointments shall be in writing, signed by the Chair of the legislative branch, and presented to the Clerk of the District. The legislative branch, by majority vote, may remove its appointed representative during the representative's term for stated reasons.
24 V.S.A. § 4024 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 113 / Section 4024
§ 4024. Exercise of authority
Status: in_force

The exercise by a State public body of the powers granted in this chapter may be authorized by resolution of the governing body of such State public body adopted by a majority of the members thereof present at a meeting of said governing body. Such resolution or resolutions shall take effect immediately upon passage and need not thereafter be laid over or published or posted. (1961, No. 212, § 24, eff. July 11, 1961.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 93 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 93
App. § 235-93. Petition for Court hearing on compensation and damages for land taken
Status: in_force

When any person shall be dissatisfied with award of the electric light commissioners so made in any of the cases mentioned in the preceding section, such person may petition the Windsor County Court for a reassessment of damages, and such proceedings shall be had in said court on said petition as are provided by law for the assessment of damages for land taken for highways, except that the commissioners appointed by said court shall notify one of said electric light commissioners of said instead of one of the Selectboard members; said petition shall be served on the Clerk of said Village within 60 days next after said award shall be filed in the town clerk's office as aforesaid, and at least 12 days before the term of court to which it is made returnable; but nothing in such proceedings shall prevent the Electric Light Commission from taking and entering on such water powers and lands, and laying, constructing, and completing said electric light plant, reservoirs, lines, and appurtenances thereof, and using said water powers and lands after their award shall have been made and the amount thereof tendered by them.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 403 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 403
App. § 113-403. Oath
Status: in_force

Before entering upon official duties, the Town Manager shall be sworn to the faithful performance of those duties by the Town Clerk.
24 V.S.A. § 1580 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1580
§ 1580. Account with collector
Status: in_force

The town and town school district treasurer shall keep with the collector of taxes a separate account of each annual tax bill by endorsing thereon his or her payments and the abatement allowed by the board for abatement of taxes with the date of each endorsement.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 20 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 703 / Section 20
App. § 703-20. Separability of provisions
Status: in_force

(a) If any section, clause, or provision of this chapter shall be held unconstitutional, or be ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional or ineffective, it shall be valid and effective and no other section, clause, or provision shall, on account thereof, be deemed invalid or ineffective.

(b) Where any specific section, clause, or provision of this chapter conflicts with any general provision of the statutory laws of this State, laws other than Constitution, such section, clause, or provision of this chapter shall prevail unless the intent of such general statutory provision to amend this chapter is clear.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 904 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 904
App. § 123-904. Electric Department commissioners
Status: in_force

(a) The Town of Hardwick may own and operate municipal electric plants as provided in 30 V.S.A. chapter 79, the management, operation, and administration of which shall be vested in a Board of Electric Utility Commissioners consisting of five persons to be appointed by the Selectboard whose initial terms shall be established by resolution of the Selectboard so as to provide that no more than two of such commissioners shall be appointed annually. Each appointment shall take effect on July 1 of each year, and no commissioner may be removed from office except for cause. Notwithstanding any provision of this charter or the general law, the Selectboard may appoint no more than two electric utility commissioners who are not residents of the Town; provided, however, that such commissioners reside within and are full time residents of the area served by the Town's municipal electric plant.

(b) The provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 and 30 V.S.A. chapter 79, as amended, or similar general enactments, shall control the financing, improvements, expansion, and disposition of the Town municipal electric plant.

(c) The charges and rates for electric service shall be a lien upon real estate, wherever located, furnished with such service in the same manner and to the same effect as taxes are a lien upon real estate under 32 V.S.A. § 5061. The owner of such property furnished with electric service, wherever located, shall be liable for such charges and rates.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 510 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 510
App. § 407-510. Reconsideration or rescission of vote
Status: in_force

(a) A question considered or voted on at any special meeting of the District shall not be submitted to the voters for reconsideration or rescission, except at a subsequent special meeting duly warned for that purpose and called by the Board of Supervisors 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 District requesting reconsideration or rescission of a question considered or voted on at a previous special meeting is submitted to the Board of Supervisors of the District within 30 days following the date of that meeting, the Board of Supervisors shall provide for a vote by the District in accordance with the petition within 60 days of the submission at a special meeting duly warned for that purpose.

(c) A vote taken at 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 or considered shall not be presented for reconsideration or rescission at more than one subsequent meeting except with the approval of the Board of Supervisors.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5.04 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 5.04
App. § 147-5.4. Meetings
Status: in_force

(a) As soon as possible after the election of the Chair and Vice Chair, the Board shall fix the time and place of its regular meetings and such meetings shall be held at least once a month.

(b) The Board shall determine its own rules and order of business.

(c) The presence of three members shall constitute a quorum.

(d) All meetings of the Board shall be conducted in accordance with 1 V.S.A. chapter 5, subchapter 2, as enacted or from time to time amended.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 105 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 105
App. § 414-105. Powers
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided or limited by this charter, the District shall have the following powers:

(1) to operate, cause to be operated, and contract for the operation of any and all facilities for the collection, transportation, resource recovery, recycling, and disposal of solid wastes and to determine and make proper charges for such services;

(2) to purchase, sell, lease, own, acquire, convey, mortgage, improve, and use real and personal property in connection with the purposes of the District;

(3) to hire and fix the compensation of employees;

(4) to sue and be sued;

(5) to enter into contracts for any term or duration;

(6) to contract:

(A) with architects, engineers, financial and legal consultants, and other experts for services;

(B) with individuals, corporations, associations, authorities, and agencies for services;

(C) to pay for solid waste disposal services on the basis of guaranteed amounts of solid waste with payments based on those guaranteed amounts, whether actually disposed of or not, and payments may be variable and may be determined by formulae expressed in the contract;

(D) with the State of Vermont or the United States, or any agency, department or political subdivision of the State or United States for services; and

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

(7) to promote cooperative arrangements and coordinated action among its member municipalities;

(8) to make recommendations for review and action to its member municipalities and other public agencies that perform functions within the region where its member municipalities are located;

(9) to exercise any other powers that are exercised or are capable of exercise by any of its member municipalities and that are necessary or desirable for dealing with solid waste problems of mutual concern;

(10) to exercise the power of eminent domain;

(11) to borrow money and issue evidence of indebtedness as provided by 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 or other provision of law authorizing general obligations or revenue debt, including 10 V.S.A. chapter 12 and 24 V.S.A. chapter 119;

(12) to establish a budget and assess member municipalities for the expenses of the District;

(13) to appropriate and expend monies;

(14) to establish sinking funds for the retirement of bonded or other indebtedness;

(15) to establish capital reserve funds for public improvements in furtherance of its purpose;

(16) to regulate the collection, transportation, resource recovery, recycling, and disposal of solid wastes within the District;

(17) to require that acceptable solid wastes generated within the District and any member municipality shall be disposed of only in and upon facilities operated by or on behalf of the District;

(18) to enact and enforce any and all necessary or desirable regulations for the orderly conduct of the government and for carrying out purposes of the District;

(19) to accept and administer gifts, grants, and bequests in trust or otherwise for the purpose of the District; and

(20) to exercise all powers incident to a public corporation.
24 V.S.A. § 1405 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 43 / Section 1405
§ 1405. Supervisor not liable for mistakes
Status: in_force

A supervisor shall not be liable to an action which may accrue in consequence of any illegality in the assessment or apportionment of a tax, or any mistake, mischarge, or overcharge in any tax bill, or any illegality or informality in any tax bill, warrant, or other precept furnished him or her for the collection of a tax.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 235 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 235
App. § 3-235. Council may lay out certain streets; owners' petition
Status: in_force

Streets and highways in said City of less than three rods in width may be laid out, opened, accepted, established, and maintained whenever the City Council shall so provide by resolution or ordinance, provided the owners of a majority of the frontage on such street or highway shall file their petition therefor in writing with the Chief Administrative Officer of said City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 245 / Section 10
App. § 245-10. Duties of Treasurer
Status: in_force

(a) The Treasurer shall perform the duties required by State statute or this charter. The Treasurer shall:

(1) promptly deposit all funds coming into his or her hands in such depositories as may be designated by the trustees;

(2) invest funds as directed by the trustees;

(3) keep such books and accounts as may be required by the trustees;

(4) make a monthly report to the trustees showing the state of the corporation's finances; and

(5) perform such other duties with respect to the Village finances as the trustees may require.

(b) The Treasurer shall have and exercise the same powers and duties with respect to the Village that treasurers have and exercise with respect to towns.
24 V.S.A. § 4655 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4655
§ 4655. Presumption of validity
Status: in_force

After issuance, all bonds or notes of the Bank shall be conclusively presumed to be fully authorized and issued by all the laws of this State, and any person or governmental unit shall be stopped from questioning their authorization, sale, issuance, execution, or delivery by the Bank.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 24 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 24
App. § 405-24. Records
Status: in_force

The conduct of all meetings and public access thereto, and the maintaining of all records, books, and accounts of the District shall be governed by the laws of this State relating to open meetings and accessibility of public records.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 439 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 439
App. § 3-439. Same-rights of holders
Status: in_force

Any holder or holders of bonds, including a trustee or trustees for holders of such bonds, shall have the right in addition to all other rights:

(1) by mandamus or other suit, action, or proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce his or her or their rights against the City, the City Council, the Board of Light Commissioners, and any other proper officer, agent, or employee of any of them, including the right to require the City, the City Council, the said Board, and any proper officer, agent, or employee of any of them, to fix and collect rates and charges adequate to carry out any agreement as to, or pledge or revenues, and to require the City, the City Council, the said Board and any officer, agent, or employee of any of them to carry out any other covenants or agreements and to perform its and their duties under this article;

(2) by action or suit in equity to enjoin any acts or things that may be unlawful for a violation of the rights of such holder of bonds.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 607 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 607
App. § 409-607. Severability
Status: in_force

Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any term, phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this chapter to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such judgment shall not affect the validity, legality, or enforceability of the chapter as a whole or any other part of this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 6
App. § 3-6. Requirements generally
Status: in_force

(a) All warnings for meetings for the election of City or ward officers, and for general meetings of all the legal voters of said City, for any purpose, shall be issued by the Mayor and published in the manner and for the length of time designated in 17 V.S.A. chapter 55 relating to local elections as the same may be amended from time to time.

(b) Upon request of the City Council by resolution or upon petition signed by five percent of the legal voters, filed with the Chief Administrative Officer, the Mayor shall insert in the warning for the annual City meeting any special article for any legal purpose beyond the jurisdiction of the City Council, the purpose to be set forth in said article as stated in such resolution or petition and the Chief Administrative Officer shall prepare suitable ballots in sufficient quantities for the vote upon the article. For the City annual meeting in March of each year, the resolution or petition must be filed with the Chief Administrative Officer not later than the deadline established in 17 V.S.A. chapter 55 as the same may be amended from time to time, and for any special elections, the resolution or petition must be filed with the Chief Administrative Officer not later than 60 days prior to the election; provided, however, that any petition for the insertion of any article calling for the resubmission, reconsideration, or recision of any question previously submitted to the legal voters of the City shall be filed not later than the deadline established for requesting reconsideration or recision of a prior vote as specified in 17 V.S.A. § 2661 as the same may be amended from time to time; and provided further, that no question previously submitted to the legal voters of the City shall be more than once resubmitted or presented for reconsideration or recision except upon request of the City Council by resolution. Each page of a petition filed under this section shall bear the full text of the petition, each signature to the petition shall be witnessed, each signer of such petition shall set after his or her signature his or her legal address within the City, and any part of the petition not conforming to these requirements shall be invalid.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 101
App. § 235-101. Establishing and discontinuing streets
Status: in_force

The trustees of said corporation shall have the power to lay out, alter, maintain, or discontinue any street or walk and lane in said Village, and appraise and settle the damage therefor, causing their proceedings to be recorded in the Town Clerk's office in said Town; provided that the trustees, in laying out, altering, and maintaining, or discontinuing, any such street, walk, or lane shall be subject to the same regulations, and in all respects shall proceed in the same manner, as Selectboards of towns in like cases; and any party aggrieved shall be entitled to the same redress to which they would be entitled if the same had been done by the Selectboards of the Town of Ludlow.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 33a — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 33a
App. § 403-33a. Delegation to District staff
Status: in_force

If the Board of Supervisors authorizes, the District may delegate duties to the District staff when necessary and appropriate to aid the officers.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 109 / Section 22
App. § 109-22. Officers
Status: in_force

(a) The Town of Cavendish shall have the officers as provided for towns by general laws except as provided by this section. Such officers shall have all the powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this merger as well as those provided by law.

(b) Those Town officers that are elected in the Town of Cavendish shall continue to be elected and no provision of this merger will alter or amend their status, standing, or term of office.

(c) The Town of Cavendish shall continue to have five Selectboard members who shall be elected for the following terms: three for three years and two for one year terms. Such Selectboard members shall have all the power and authority given to and perform all duties required of Town legislative bodies or Selectboards under the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont. The Selectboard members as presently constituted in the Town of Cavendish will continue in office for their respective terms as the Selectboard under the provisions of this merger.

(d) The Selectboard shall determine its own rules and procedures but in compliance with pertinent laws of the State of Vermont. The Selectboard may elect its own Chair.

(e) Without limiting any of its duly vested powers and authority, the Selectboard shall continue to have those powers and duties as conferred by law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1303 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 1303
App. § 4-1303. Superseding language
Status: in_force

The City of Essex Junction shall be formed notwithstanding the following language (“Notwithstanding the provisions of any other municipal charters, territory within the corporate limits [of the Town of Essex] shall not be annexed to or become a part of any other municipal corporation except by annexation procedures as set forth in the statutes of the State of Vermont.”) contained in chapter 117, section 101 of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 603 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 603
App. § 414-603. Dissolution of District
Status: in_force

(a) Procedure.

(1) If the Board of Supervisors by resolution approved by two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast determines that it is in the best interests of the public, the member municipalities, and the District that the District be dissolved, and if the District then has no outstanding debt or obligations under long-term contracts, or will have no outstanding debt or obligation upon completion of the plan of dissolution, it shall prepare a plan of dissolution and then adopt a resolution directing that the question of the dissolution and the plan of dissolution be submitted to the voters of the District at a special meeting of the District duly warned for that purpose.

(2) If two-thirds of the voters of the District present and voting at the special meeting of the District duly warned for that purpose shall vote to dissolve District and approve the plan of dissolution, the District shall cease to conduct its affairs except insofar as may be necessary for the winding up of the dissolution.

(3) The Board of Supervisors shall immediately cause a notice of the proposed dissolution to be mailed to each known creditor of the District and shall proceed to collect the assets of the District and apply and distribute them in accordance with the plan of dissolution.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(c) Termination. When the plan of dissolution has been implemented, the Board of Supervisors shall adopt a resolution certifying that fact to the member municipalities and shall terminate the District and this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 4343 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4343
§ 4343. Appointment, term, and vacancy; rules
Status: in_force

(a) Representatives to a regional planning commission representing each participating municipality shall be appointed for a term and any vacancy filled by the legislative body of such municipality in the manner provided and for the terms established by the charter and bylaws of the regional planning commission. Regardless of regional planning commission bylaws, representatives to the commission shall serve at the pleasure of the legislative body. The legislative body may, by majority vote of the entire body, revoke a commission member's appointment at any time.

(b) A regional planning commission may elect an executive board, consisting of not less than five nor more than nine members, to oversee the operations of the commission and implement the policies of the commission, and shall elect a chair and a secretary, and, at its organization meeting shall adopt, by a two-thirds vote of those representatives present and voting at such meeting, such rules and create and fill such other offices as it deems necessary or appropriate for the performance of its functions, including the number and qualification of members, terms of office, and provisions for municipal representation and voting.

(c) A regional planning commission may also have such other members, who may be elected or appointed in such manner as the regional planning commission may prescribe by its rules adopted pursuant to this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 801 / Section 4
App. § 801-4. Purposes and powers
Status: in_force

(a) The Authority is hereby created for the following purposes and is granted the following authority: to purchase, own, operate, or provide for the operation of land transportation facilities; and to contract for transit services; to conduct studies; and to contract with other governmental agencies, private companies, and individuals.

(b) The Authority shall be a body politic and corporate with the powers incident to a municipal corporation under the laws of the State of Vermont consistent with the purposes of the Authority and shall further have the purposes and powers set forth herein.

(c) The Authority is granted the authority to exercise all powers necessary, appurtenant, convenient, or incidental to the carrying out of the aforesaid purposes, including the following rights and powers:

(1) To sue and be sued.

(2) To adopt, use, and alter at will a corporate seal.

(3) To acquire, purchase, hold, lease as a lessee, and use any franchise or property—whether real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible—or any interest therein, necessary or desirable for carrying out the purposes of the Authority, and to sell, lease as lessor, transfer, or dispose of any property or interest therein acquired by it.

(4) To fix, alter, charge, and establish rates, fares, and other charges for the services and facilities within its area of operation, which rates, fees, and charges shall be equitable and just.

(5) To acquire and operate, or provide for the operation of local transportation systems, public or private, within its area of operation.

(6) To make contracts of every name and nature and to execute all instruments necessary or convenient for the carrying on of its business.

(7) To enter into management contracts with any person for the management of a public transportation system controlled by the Authority for such period of time and under such compensation and other terms and conditions as shall be deemed advisable by the Authority.

(8) To accept gifts or grants or loans of money or other property and to enter into contracts, leases, or other transactions with any federal agency, the State, any agency of the State, or with any other public body of the State, including municipalities, school districts, and other authorities.

(9) To borrow money and issue evidence of indebtedness as provided by 24 V.S.A. chapter 53. For the purpose of that chapter, the grand list of the Authority shall be deemed to be the total of the grand lists of member municipalities, and the debt limit of the Authority shall not be diminished by any obligation incurred by a member municipality alone. Obligations incurred under such chapter shall be the joint and several obligations of the Authority and of each member municipality but shall not affect any limitation on indebtedness of a member municipality. The cost of debt service shall be included in the annual budget of the Authority as provided in section 7 of this chapter and shall be allocated among the member municipalities as set forth in section 7. Where voter approval is required pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, the Board of Commissioners shall determine the number and location of polling places, and when a majority of all the voters present and voting on the question from all of the member municipalities at such meeting vote to authorize the issuance of bonds, the Board of Commissioners shall be authorized to issue the bonds as provided in chapter 53. The counting of ballots shall be conducted by the Board of Commissioners together with the town or city clerk from each member municipality or his or her designee.

(10) To develop transportation plans and to coordinate its planning and programs with those of appropriate municipal, county, and State agencies and other political subdivisions of the State.

(11) Within Chittenden County and its member municipalities, to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property that it may have found necessary for its purposes, in the manner provided for the condemnation of land or rights therein as set forth in 19 V.S.A. §§ 501-514, and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.

(12) To adopt necessary rules consistent with the provisions hereof.

(13) To do all acts and things necessary or convenient for the conduct of its business and the general welfare of the Authority in order to carry out the powers granted to it by this chapter or any other law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 105 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 142 / Section 105
App. § 142-105. Police protection
Status: in_force

(a) Police protection in the former Village area shall be considered a special services district for those residing therein, provided that boundaries may be altered as provided in section 208 of the charter. Voters residing in the special services district may determine by a majority vote of those present and voting at a duly warned meeting the extent of services desired. The Selectboard shall assess a tax based on the grand list of the area served for each owner's share of the listed value of his or her property to cover the costs for the entire area.

(b) If and when the Town desires police protection for the entire Town, the special services district will cease to exist for this purpose and the entire cost of police protection will become part of the General Fund budget expense of the Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 205 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 205
App. § 411-205. Organizational meeting
Status: in_force

(a) Annually, the Board of Supervisors shall have its organizational meeting on the second Tuesday of April.

(b) At each organizational meeting, the Board shall elect from among its members a Chair, a Vice Chair, a Treasurer, and a Clerk, each of whom shall hold office for one year and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. All officers shall be eligible for reelection.
24 V.S.A. § 3816 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 109 / Section 3816
§ 3816. Recovery for expense
Status: in_force

When, by the provisions of this chapter, owners of adjoining lands are required to pay to another the expense of making or repairing a division fence, or damages for the neglect of making, or for one-half the value of a division fence, the same with costs may be recovered in a civil action on such statute.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 227 / Section 2
App. § 227-2. Annual and special meetings
Status: in_force

(a) The annual meeting of the Village shall be held on the third Tuesday in June at seven o'clock p. m., or at such other time as shall be prescribed by the bylaws at such places as shall be prescribed by the bylaws.

(b) Special meetings shall be called by the Clerk on request of seven legal voters of the Village. All meetings of the Village shall be warned by the Clerk by posting a notice in at least three public places in the Village 10 days before the meeting. Legal voters in Town meeting who have resided in the Village at least three months, shall be legal voters in Village meetings.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1307 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1307
App. § 5-1307. Record of special assessments
Status: in_force

When the City Council shall make assessments, the City Clerk shall immediately make out a statement of all such assessments, giving the name of the owner and describing the land or other property assessed, and shall cause the same to be properly recorded and indexed in the City Clerk's office. The City Clerk shall, as soon as such assessments have been recorded, deliver a copy of the same to the City Treasurer for collection.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 106 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 106
App. § 3-106. Delinquency assessments
Status: in_force

Except when otherwise provided, if at the expiration of the time within which any installment of such tax is to be paid to the Chief Administrative Officer under the preceding section, any person against whom such tax has been so assessed shall be delinquent in the payment of such installment thereof, the amount due from him or her on such installment shall thereafter be deemed to be the amount of such installment increased by a penalty of one percent for a period of seven days and thereafter by a penalty of five percent thereon. If such installment increased by five percent is not paid by the 12th day of the month after the date upon which it became delinquent, the Chief Administrative Officer shall increase the amount due by an additional one percent of the original installment. On the 12th day of every month thereafter that the tax or any part thereof remains due, the Chief Administrative Officer shall add to the total amount due an additional amount equal to one percent of the original installment, or any portion thereof, remaining unpaid. The Chief Administrative Officer shall apply such penalty to each installment that is delinquent. If at the expiration of 10 months and 25 days from the time said tax bill shall be delivered to said Chief Administrative Officer, any person against whom a tax has been so assessed shall then be delinquent in the payment of any installment or portion thereof, the amount due from him or her on such installment or portion on which he or she is so delinquent shall thereafter be deemed to be the amount of such installment or delinquent portion of such original tax increased by all penalties and interest accruing thereon to date and one dollar for the insertion of his or her name in the warrant hereinafter mentioned, and also 12 percent interest, compounded annually on all of such delinquent tax and any penalties and interest added thereto, from the date of such warrant.
24 V.S.A. § 1528 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1528
§ 1528. Collector of taxes
Status: in_force

When a town at its annual meeting elects a collector of taxes, he or she shall collect State, county, town, and town school district taxes. Warrants and rate bills for the collection of such taxes shall be directed to the collector, and he or she shall give his or her receipt therefor. He or she shall collect and pay over such taxes agreeably to his or her warrant.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 10.02
App. § 9-10.2. Bonds and notes
Status: in_force

The City Treasurer shall keep a record of every note or bond issued under the provisions of this charter, therein stating the number and the denomination of each note or bond, when and where payable, to whom and for what purpose issued, and the rate of interest thereon; and shall also keep a record of payments thereon of principal and interest; and if coupons are taken up, shall cancel and preserve the same.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 215 / Section 101
App. § 215-101. Boundaries and corporate existence
Status: in_force

All that portion of the Town of Derby in the County of Orleans, enclosed within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at the covered highway bridge crossing Clyde River near Carpenter's grist mill, and running easterly up the north bank of said stream to the line between land of Josiah Grout and land of Emera Kingsbury; thence northerly on said line between said Grout and said Kingsbury to the south line of land of Norman W. Bingham; thence easterly following said Bingham's line to the shore of Derby Pond; thence northerly following the shore of said pond, and the east line of land deeded to Josiah Grout and Charles K. Bates, by John E. Searles, now fenced and included with the Derby Center Cemetery grounds, to the north line of the highway leading from the county road easterly, past the premises known as the Emera Stewart Farm; thence following the north line of said highway westerly, to the county road leading to Derby Line; thence northwesterly and across said county road and on the north line of highway leading past school house in district No. 4 to W. F. Kingsbury's, to southeast corner of lot of land occupied by John C. Gray; thence following the east line of said Gray's land northerly to the south line of land of N. T. Blake; thence westerly on north line of said Gray land and north line of land owned by estate of Edwin Bates and Charles K. Bates, to the northwest corner of said Bates' land; thence southerly on the west line of said Bates' land, to the last mentioned highway; thence following said highway westerly to the cross-roads or four corners near the Willey Granite Quarry; thence westerly following the road leading to said quarry to the east line of said quarry lot; thence on the east line of said quarry lot southerly, to land of N. W. Bingham, and southerly and westerly on said Bingham's line to the northwest corner of said Bingham's land; thence southerly on said Bingham's west line, and on west line of land of said E. and C. K. Bates, to the southwest corner of said Bates' land; thence easterly on said Bates' south line to the northeast corner of land of Hollis A. Moran; thence following the west line of land of said Moran southerly to the highway leading to Newport; thence across said highway at the forks of the roads near B. F. Sawyer's dwelling house, to the northwest corner of land of Mrs. Hattie S. Jenne; thence following the west line of said Jenne's land to the north bank of the Clyde River; thence up the north bank of said stream to the point begun at, shall be known as the Village of Derby Center, and in and by that name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend in any court, may purchase, take, hold, sell, and convey real estate and personal property necessary for its corporate purposes, and shall have all the rights and privileges and be subject to all the liabilities incident to public corporations.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 1
App. § 261-1. Boundaries; corporate names; powers
Status: in_force

All that part of Barton in the County of Orleans enclosed within the following boundaries, to wit, Beginning at the northwesterly corner of the highway bridge on the highway leading from Orleans Village to Coventry, near the junction of the Barton and Willoughby Rivers; thence north 47 1-2 degrees west across said highway to an iron stake on the westerly side of said highway at the southeasterly corner of land owned by Daniel Buchanan five rods: thence north 77 3-4 degrees west on the division line between said Daniel Buchanan land and land belonging to J.H. Clark and O.H. Austin, (crossing the railroad track) to an iron stake on the easterly line of the town of Irasburg 25 rods: thence south 41 degrees west along said easterly line of Irasburg to the center of the highway leading from Orleans Village to Irasburg Village 196 rods: thence south 41 degrees west on said Irasburg line to an iron stake on said town line at the northwest corner of land owned by H.R. Hall 41 rods: thence south 47 degrees east, on the division line between land owned by H.R. Hall and land owned by E.L. Chandler to an iron stake on the highway leading from Orleans Village to Barton Village 90 rods: thence south 47 degrees east through land owned by H.R. Hall and across the railroad track and Barton River and on the division line between said H.R. Hall land and lands owned by the estate of the late Hiram Blaisdell and by E.L. Chandler, O.H. Austin, C.S. Skinner and P. Guild to an iron stake on said division line at the southeasterly corner of said Chandler, Austin, Skinner and Guild land 78 1-5 rods: thence north 66 1-2 degrees east through land owned by H.C. Dudley to the center of the highway leading from Orleans Village to Barton Village 81 rods: thence north 66 1-2 degrees east across said highway and on the division between land owned by O.H. Austin and land owned by Geo. W. Peavey to an iron stake at the southeasterly corner of said Geo. W. Peavey's land 13 1-2 rods: thence north 79 degrees east through land owned by O.H. Austin to an iron stake on the division line between said O.H. Austin's land and land owned by Cynthia E. Webster 55 1-2 rods: thence south 86 degrees east on the division line between the land owned by said Cynthia E. Webster and lands owned by O.H. Austin and L.W. Stimpson to an iron stake on the northerly side of the highway leading from Orleans Village to Brownington Centre 47 1-2 rods: thence north 75 1-2 degrees east through lands owned by L.W. Stimpson and Carrie B. Hyde to an iron stake at the southwesterly corner of the cemetery 80 rods: thence north 30 1-2 degrees east along the division line between the cemetery and land owned by L.W. Stimpson to an iron stake at the southeasterly corner of the cemetery 16 rods and eight links: thence north 18 degrees east, through land owned by L.W. Stimpson to an iron stake at the northwesterly corner of land purchased of the estate of the late Timothy Dudley by O.H. Austin, 16 rods and 23 links: thence north 39 degrees east along the division line between land owned by L.W. Stimpson and said land purchased of the Dudley estate by O.H. Austin to an iron stake at the northeasterly corner of L.W. Stimpson's land 23 rods: thence north 53 degrees west along the line between land owned by L. W. Stimpson and John Tripp to the northeast corner of land owned by H.R. Smith 11 rods and 4 links: thence north 53 degrees west along the division line between land owned by H.R. Smith and John Tripp and the estate of the late F.A. Stafford to an iron stake on the westerly side of the highway leading from Orleans Village to Brownington Village 69 rods and 17 links: thence south 50 1-2 degrees west, along the division line between said highway and land owned by Joseph Bartlett, to the southerly corner of said Bartlett's land 10 rods and 10 links: thence north 54 degrees west along the line between the slaughter house and land owned by L.W. Stimpson and land owned by Joseph Bartlett to an iron stake at the north corner of said Stimpson's land 69 rods and 10 links: thence south 39 1-4 degrees west along the line between the land owned by J. Bartlett and land owned by L.W. Stimpson to an iron stake at the west corner of L.W. Stimpson's land 16 1-2 rods: thence north 41 1-2 degrees west, on the line between land owned by Joseph Bartlett, and land owned by A.D. Mathews to an iron stake at the north corner of A.D. Mathews' land 40 rods: thence south 40 1-2 degrees west, on the line between land owned by Joseph Bartlett and land owned by A.D. Mathews to an iron stake on the west corner of A.D. Mathews' land, and on the easterly bank of Willoughby River 32 rods: thence north 27 degrees west, through land owned by Joseph Bartlett, to the northeasterly corner of the highway bridge at the junction of Barton and Willoughby rivers 170 rods: thence along the northerly side of said bridge to the northwesterly corner thereof and to the bound begun at two rods and eight links, is hereby incorporated and shall hereafter be known by the name of the Village of Orleans and the inhabitants of said Village are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, with all the usual powers and privileges incident to public corporations to be known by the name of the Village of Orleans and by that name, they and their successors shall and may have perpetual succession, and be capable in law of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended in all courts and places whatever; and may have a common seal and the same change and alter at pleasure, and shall be capable in law of purchasing, holding, and conveying estate and property, both real and personal, for the use of said Village, and for supporting a fire department; may tax themselves and levy and collect such taxes for the purpose aforesaid, or to carry into effect any legal vote or bylaw of said corporation, providing that no tax shall be laid or collected without the consent or approbation of a major part of the legal voters of said Village present in open meeting duly warned and held agreeably to the provisions of this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 5151 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 129 / Section 5151
§ 5151. Special charges
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality providing water and sewer services may charge fees for collection of overdue accounts and reconnection of service disconnected because of nonpayment.

(b) Fees charged shall not exceed the following schedule:

(c) Interest on delinquent accounts may be assessed if voted by the municipality according to 32 V.S.A. § 5136.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 1
App. § 173-1. Authority of citizens
Status: in_force

All governmental authority of the Town of Windsor rests with the citizens of the Town, who exercise their powers at Town meeting, and to whom the elected and appointed officers of the Town are ultimately responsible.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 93 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 93
App. § 3-93. Alterations in valuation to be entered in "corrected valuation" column
Status: in_force

No alteration shall be made by the assessors, Board of Tax Appeals, or Board of Civil Authority in the figures opposite each taxpayer's name in the columns marked “Valuation” except by inserting in the proper columns marked “Corrected Valuation” the valuations finally determined upon in all cases where the first valuation is changed.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 27 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 27
App. § 126-27. Other elected Town officers; terms of office
Status: in_force

(a) Moderator. The Moderator shall be elected annually and shall perform those duties prescribed by State law.

(b) Cobleigh Library Trustees. The Trustees of the Cobleigh Library shall be elected and shall have the powers identified in 22 V.S.A. § 143. The Cobleigh Library shall be operated by its Trustees in accordance with 22 V.S.A. chapter 3, subchapter 3. The term of office of a Trustee of the Cobleigh Library shall be five years. The Trustees of the Cobleigh Library in office on July 1, 2023 shall continue in office until their respective terms expire. The Cobleigh Library building, the parcel of land on which it is situated, and all of the contents thereof are hereby acknowledged, declared, and confirmed to be the property of the Town.

(c) Board of Listers. The Board of Listers shall consist of three, four, or five members, as determined by the Selectboard.

(1) Terms. The term of office of a lister shall be three years. The listers in office on July 1, 2023 shall continue in office until their respective terms expire. If the Selectboard increases the number of listers to four or five, it shall determine the term of office of such additional listers, not to exceed three years.

(2) Listers. The listers shall perform all of the duties imposed on them by State law.

(3) Appraiser. The Selectboard may appoint an appraiser to assist the Board. An appraiser so appointed shall have substantial experience appraising the value of real property and shall be an employee of the Town under the supervision of the listers, at a salary and with benefits established by the Selectboard.

(d) Town Agent. The Town Agent shall be elected for a term of one year.

(e) Town Clerk. The Town Clerk shall be elected for a three-year term and shall carry out the duties of town clerks specified by State law and this charter.

(f) Sanborn School Fund Trustees. The Trustees of the Sanborn School Fund shall be elected for terms of three years. Each of the Trustees of the Sanborn School Fund in office on July 1, 2023 shall continue in office until their respective terms expire.

(g) Justices of the peace. The justices of the peace shall be elected for two-year terms. They shall have the powers and perform the duties of justices of the peace as prescribed by the Vermont Constitution and State law.

(h) Town Treasurer. The Town Treasurer shall be elected for a three-year term and shall carry out the duties of town treasurers specified by State law and this charter. The Treasurer shall:

(1) promptly deposit funds belonging to the Town in such depositories designated by the Selectboard;

(2) invest Town funds as directed by the Selectboard;

(3) keep books and accounts as required by State law and the Selectboard;

(4) make reports to the Selectboard showing the state of the Town's finances at such times as the Selectboard may require; and

(5) perform such other duties with respect to the Town's finances as the Selectboard may lawfully require.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 4
App. § 261-4. Annual Village meeting; when held
Status: in_force

The annual meeting of said Village shall be holden on the third Tuesday of March each year at such place within said Village and at such house as may be named and fixed in the warning thereof for the purpose of electing the officers of said Village, and for the transaction of any business specified in the warning of such meeting, which warning shall be signed by the Clerk, specifying such other business beside the choice of officers as the trustees, or a majority of them, may direct; which notice or warning shall be posted in at least three of the most public places in said Village, not less than ten and not more than 15 days next before the time of holding said meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 68 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 68
App. § 126-68. Borrowing money
Status: in_force

(a) The incurring of bonded debt, the issuing of bonds, the making of temporary loans in anticipation of bond sales, and all other matters pertaining to bonded indebtedness shall be controlled by 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 or other applicable State law.

(b) The Selectboard may borrow money for the Town in anticipation of taxes. The total amount so borrowed shall not exceed 90 percent of the taxes assessed for that year, and notes or orders issued for the debt shall mature on or before the end of the fiscal year for which the debt in anticipation of taxes was incurred.

(c) The Town, by vote at an annual or a special meeting, may borrow money under any terms and conditions and for any lawful municipal purposes as the Town shall vote.

(d) In cases of emergency, the Selectboard may appropriate funds or borrow money in the name of the Town. The total amount of money appropriated and borrowed for any emergencies in any year shall not exceed five percent of the amount voted at the annual meeting as the Town budget. Notes or orders for emergency borrowing shall mature not more than one year from the date of issuance and shall not thereafter be renewed unless the Town votes otherwise. Any emergency borrowing or appropriation shall be reported at the next regular or special meeting of the Selectboard.

(e) The Selectboard may borrow funds in anticipation of the receipt of federal or State funds that have been formally approved and committed. The amount so borrowed may be used only for the purpose for which the federal or State funds were approved and committed. The amount so borrowed shall be repaid from the first federal or State funds received for that purpose.

(f) Any appropriations of money in excess of the amount in the Town budget, except as specified in subsection (d) of this section, and all borrowing by the Town except as specified in subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this section, shall be by vote of the Town, upon terms and conditions as the Town shall vote.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15.04 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 15.04
App. § 9-15.4. Confirmation of appointment
Status: in_force

(a) Unless otherwise provided, all appointments authorized to be made by the Mayor under any of the provisions of this charter shall be submitted by him or her, in writing, to the Board of Aldermen at a regular meeting for confirmation. The Board shall act upon the appointments at the next regular meeting. Such appointments shall stand confirmed unless rejected by a vote of seven members. If a person so appointed is rejected, the Mayor may appoint him or her or another person for such office and submit the same to the Board of Aldermen within one month. In no case shall the Mayor submit the same name more than twice. In case he or she fails to do so within said period, the Board of Aldermen may proceed to make such appointment, which appointment shall be valid without the consent of the Mayor.

(b) If the Mayor fails to appoint any of the officers authorized by section 15.2 or 15.3 of this charter within 90 days, then the Board of Aldermen may appoint said officers by a vote of seven members without the approval of the Mayor.

(c) The Mayor may also contract, for a period of up to one year, subject to confirmation of the Board of Aldermen, to fill a vacancy in either the Office of the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department or the Chief of Police, notwithstanding the appointment powers set forth in section 22.1 or 23.1 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 201 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 201
App. § 153-201. Corporate existence retained
Status: in_force

The inhabitants of the Town of Stowe within the corporate limits now established shall continue to be a municipal corporation by the name of the Town of Stowe. The Town's entire governmental jurisdiction includes the entire area that was previously that of the Village of Stowe.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1703 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 1703
App. § 13-1703. Ethical guideline
Status: in_force

The City Council shall further define business conduct and ethics in an approved guideline document to include at least the following:

(1) No person in the service of the City shall either directly or indirectly give, render, pay, or receive any service or other valuable thing for or on account of or in connection with any appointment, proposed appointment, promotion, or proposed promotion.

(2) No person appointed in the administrative service of the City, under the City Manager, shall continue in that position after becoming a candidate for nomination or election to any South Burlington public office, nor shall he or she make any contribution to the campaign funds on behalf of any candidate for City office. He or she may not take any part in the management of any political party, except by the ordinary exercise of his or her right as a citizen to belong to a political party, to express his or her opinions, and to vote.
24 V.S.A. § 138 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 138
§ 138. Local option taxes
Status: in_force

(a) Local option taxes are authorized under this section for the purpose of affording municipalities an alternative method of raising municipal revenues. Except as provided in subsection (h) of this section, and subject to certification by the Commissioner of Taxes, a local option tax shall be effective beginning on the next tax quarter following 90 days' notice to the Department of Taxes of the imposition.

(b) If the legislative body of a municipality by a majority vote recommends, the voters of a municipality may, at an annual or special meeting warned for that purpose, by a majority vote of those present and voting, assess any or all of the following:

(1) a one percent sales tax;

(2) a one percent meals and alcoholic beverages tax;

(3) a one percent rooms tax.

[Subdivision (c)(1) effective until October 1, 2025; see also subdivision (c)(1) effective October 1, 2025 set out below.]

(c)(1) Any tax imposed under the authority of this section shall be collected and administered by the Department of Taxes, in accordance with State law governing such State tax or taxes and subdivision (2) of this subsection; provided, however, that a sales tax imposed under this section shall be collected on each sale that is subject to the Vermont sales tax using a destination basis for taxation. Except with respect to taxes collected on the sale of aviation jet fuel, a per-return fee of $5.96 shall be assessed, 70 percent of which shall be borne by the municipality, and 30 percent of which shall be borne by the State to be paid from the PILOT Special Fund. Notwithstanding 32 V.S.A. § 603 or any other provision of law or municipal charter to the contrary, revenue from the fee shall be used to compensate the Department for the costs of administering and collecting the local option tax and of administering the State appraisal and litigation program established in 32 V.S.A. § 5413. The fee shall be subject to the provisions of 32 V.S.A. § 605.

[Subdivision (c)(1) effective October 1, 2025; see also subdivision (c)(1) effective until October 1, 2025 set out above.]

(c)(1) Any tax imposed under the authority of this section shall be collected and administered by the Department of Taxes, in accordance with State law governing such State tax or taxes and subdivision (2) of this subsection; provided, however, that a sales tax imposed under this section shall be collected on each sale that is subject to the Vermont sales tax using a destination basis for taxation. Except with respect to taxes collected on the sale of aviation jet fuel, a per-return fee of $5.96 shall be assessed, 75 percent of which shall be borne by the municipality, and 25 percent of which shall be borne by the State to be paid from the PILOT Special Fund. Notwithstanding 32 V.S.A. § 603 or any other provision of law or municipal charter to the contrary, revenue from the fee shall be used to compensate the Department for the costs of administering and collecting the local option tax and of administering the State appraisal and litigation program established in 32 V.S.A. § 5413. The fee shall be subject to the provisions of 32 V.S.A. § 605.

(2) Notwithstanding any other law or municipal charter to the contrary, if the Commissioner determines that local option tax was collected on a transaction in a municipality not authorized to impose local option tax under this section, the Commissioner shall either refund the erroneously collected tax pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 233 or 225 or, if the purchaser cannot reasonably be determined, deposit the erroneously collected tax as required for State sales and use tax pursuant to 16 V.S.A. § 4025(a)(6) or State meals and rooms tax pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 1388(a)(4), 16 V.S.A. § 4025(a)(4), and 32 V.S.A. § 435(b)(7).

[Subdivision (d)(1) effective until October 1, 2025; see also subdivision (d)(1) effective October 1, 2025 set out below.]

(d)(1) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section and subdivision (2) of this subsection with respect to taxes collected on the sale of aviation jet fuel, of the taxes collected under this section, 70 percent of the taxes shall be paid on a quarterly basis to the municipality in which they were collected, after reduction for the costs of administration and collection under subsection (c) of this section. Revenues received by a municipality may be expended for municipal services only, and not for education expenditures. Any remaining revenue shall be deposited into the PILOT Special Fund established by 32 V.S.A. § 3709.

[Subdivision (d)(1) effective October 1, 2025; see also subdivision (d)(1) effective until October 1, 2025 set out above.]

(d)(1) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section and subdivision (2) of this subsection with respect to taxes collected on the sale of aviation jet fuel, of the taxes collected under this section, 75 percent of the taxes shall be paid on a quarterly basis to the municipality in which they were collected, after reduction for the costs of administration and collection under subsection (c) of this section. Revenues received by a municipality may be expended for municipal services only, and not for education expenditures. Any remaining revenue shall be deposited into the PILOT Special Fund established by 32 V.S.A. § 3709.

(2)(A) Of the taxes collected under this section on the sale of aviation jet fuel, on a quarterly basis, 70 percent of the taxes shall be paid to the municipality in which they were collected, and 30 percent shall be deposited in the Transportation Fund.

(B) All revenues referenced in subdivision (A) of this subdivision (2) shall be used exclusively for aviation purposes consistent with 49 U.S.C. § 47133 and Federal Aviation Administration regulations and policies.

(e) As used in this section, “municipality” means a city, town, or incorporated village.

(f) Nothing in this section shall affect the validity of any existing provision of law or municipal charter authorizing a municipality to impose a tax similar to the local option taxes authorized in this section.

(g) If the legislative body of a municipality by a majority vote recommends or by petition of ten percent of the voters of a municipality recommends, the voters of a municipality may at an annual or special meeting warned for that purpose by a majority vote of those present and voting rescind any or all of the local option taxes assessed under subsection (b) of this section.

(h)(1) The Commissioner of Taxes may limit the number of municipalities enacting a local option tax under subsection (b) of this section to five per calendar year.

(2) The Commissioner of Taxes shall certify the first five notices from municipalities it receives under subsection (a) of this section in each calendar year and those municipalities may proceed to assess a local option tax according to subsection (a) of this section.

(3) In the Commissioner's discretion, after receiving notice from the fifth municipality pursuant to subsection (a) of this section in a calendar year, the Commissioner of Taxes may delay certification, or reject further notices for that year, if the Commissioner determines that additional certifications would cause an undue burden on tax administration.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 28 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 207 / Section 28
App. § 207-28. Refuse disposal
Status: in_force

The Village is hereby authorized and empowered by and with the consent of the majority of the legal voters of the Village at a meeting legally warned and held for the purpose, to establish, maintain, and operate a dumping ground, for the reception and disposal of leaves, trees, and like materials and to take by lease or purchase and hold such property, either real or personal, or both, as may be necessary for those purposes, inside or outside the limits of the Village; and the Village shall have authority, by and with the consent of the majority of the legal voters of the Village at a meeting legally warned and held for the purpose, to borrow and appropriate money, to raise taxes, and to issue its corporate bonds for the purpose of purchasing, establishing, constructing, extending, enlarging, and maintaining the dump or refuse disposal plant.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 227 / Section 6
App. § 227-6. Lighting
Status: in_force

The Village may light its streets in such way as it may determine, and construct, own, and maintain gas or electric plants for lighting them or furnishing its inhabitants and the inhabitants of the Towns of Whitingham and Halifax with lights, heating, and power and for this purpose may purchase, take, and hold such real estate, water powers, and water rights and such other real and personal estate as may be necessary and may contract with such person or corporation as it sees fit for supplying light, heat, and power for the purposes aforesaid, and make all necessary regulations in relation thereto, and to the control and management of the same.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 1302
App. § 13-1302. Preparation and submission
Status: in_force

(a) The City Manager and Superintendent of Schools shall prepare the budgets for the City and School District, respectively, and submit same to the Council and Board of School Directors at such time as required by said boards. The budgets shall contain:

(1) an estimate of the financial condition of the City and School District as of the end of the fiscal year;

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

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

(4) a capital budget for the next five fiscal years, showing anticipated capital expenditures, financing, and tax requirements;

(5) such other information as may be required by the Council and the Board of School Directors, respectively.

(b) The Council and the Board of School Directors shall cause copies of the proposed budgets to be delivered to each member of the Steering Committee forthwith after the final preparation of the budgets but not less than 45 days prior to the date of the annual City and School District meeting. The Steering Committee may hold a meeting for the review of such budgets, giving notice of the meeting as required in section 1102 of this charter. No less than 35 days prior to the annual City and School District meeting, the Steering Committee may submit to the Council and the Board of School Directors its report and recommendations concerning the proposed budgets.

(c) The Council shall warn the City budget for submission to the voters not less than 30 days before the annual City meeting, and in the same manner, the Board of School Directors shall warn its budget for submission to the voters.
24 V.S.A. § 1351b — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 41 / Section 1351b
§ 1351b. Functions and duties of Board of Governors
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Governors shall hire, direct, or fire one or more supervisors for the gores who shall reside in Essex County, and who shall not be a current member of the Board of Governors. The Board of Governors shall oversee the Supervisor or supervisors in the execution of the Supervisor's functions and duties.

(b) The Board of Governors shall appoint the appraisers. Each of the appraisers shall be a resident of Essex County.

(c)(1) The Board of Governors shall perform the same functions and duties for the gores that a selectboard, school board, and board of civil authority perform for their municipality.

(2) Except as otherwise specifically provided, the Board of Governors shall enjoy the same powers, privileges and immunities, and fees, and shall be subject to the same obligations, limitation, liabilities, and penalties in respect to the gores, as a selectboard, school board, and board of civil authority enjoy and are subject to in respect to their municipality.

(3) The unified towns and gores of Essex County shall be a “municipal corporation” under subsection 1751(a) of this title and shall have the authority to incur debt, issue bonds, and borrow money in accordance with the provisions of chapter 53 of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 14 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 14
App. § 417-14. Quorum
Status: in_force

For the purpose of transacting business, the presence of members who represent more than 50 percent of the member towns with an appointed representative shall constitute a quorum. However, a smaller number may adjourn to another date.
24 V.S.A. § 1531 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1531
§ 1531. Payment of money; inspection of tax book
Status: in_force

When requested by notice in writing signed by a majority of the selectboard, the collector of taxes shall pay to the town treasurer the money belonging to the town and the town school district collected by him or her. He or she shall submit his or her tax book and list to the treasurer for inspection and computation. When he or she fails to do so for ten days, he or she shall be fined not more than $100.00.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 15
App. § 601-15. Vacancy
Status: in_force

Any vacancy on the Board of Supervisors shall be filled within 30 days after the vacancy occurs by appointment of the authority that appointed the representative whose position has become vacant. An appointee to a vacancy shall serve until the expiration of the term of the representative to whose position the appointment was made and may thereafter be reappointed.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 26 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 26
App. § 126-26. Selectboard; terms of office
Status: in_force

(a) Each member of the Selectboard shall be elected for a term of three years. In the first election after this charter is approved by the General Assembly, two members of the Selectboard shall be elected for terms of three years, two members shall be elected for terms of two years, and one member shall be elected for a term of one year. After the first election following adoption of this charter, members of the Selectboard shall be elected for terms of three years as prior terms expire.

(b) The members of the Selectboard shall be elected at large. The candidates with the largest number of votes for offices of equal terms shall be elected to those offices.
24 V.S.A. § 5109 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 127 / Section 5109
§ 5109. Termination of membership
Status: in_force

(a) A member municipality may withdraw from membership in the authority, if notification of withdrawal is given more than one year after the member municipality joined such authority. The withdrawal shall take effect at the end of the first full fiscal year following a notification of withdrawal. The notification shall be in the form of a resolution duly adopted by the legislative body of the withdrawing member and delivered to the board of commissioners at a regular meeting.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, upon giving notice as required by subsection (a), a member municipality may withdraw from the authority after the authority has voted to bond itself in accordance with the provisions of chapter 53 of this title, but shall continue to be liable for its share of all existing indebtedness incurred under chapter 53 of this title at the time notice of its withdrawal is given.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 217 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 217
App. § 3-217. Condemnation of land for park and/or recreational purposes authorized
Status: in_force

The City Council, on behalf of the City of Burlington, shall have power to take by condemnation land for park and/or recreational purposes; and if the City Council cannot for any cause agree with the owner or owners of any land, which it shall decide to take for public park and/or recreational purposes, as to the necessity of taking such land, the damages sustained by the owner, or the compensation to be paid therefor, the same proceeding shall be taken as required by law for establishing highways.
24 V.S.A. § 3354 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 91 / Section 3354
§ 3354. 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, vote to apply to a consolidated water district for admission as a member of that district, the vote shall be certified by the clerk of the town to the clerk of the consolidated water district and to the Secretary of State. The vote and certification, if accepted by the consolidated district within two years after the date of the vote, shall be binding on the town without the subsequent vote in the town contemplated in subsections (b) and (c) of this section.

(b) When it appears to the board of water commissioners that the boundaries of a consolidated water 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 the change is approved.

(c) When a majority of the voters voting at such a meeting vote to include an additional town within the boundaries of the consolidated water district as a member of the district, the board of water commissioners shall notify the legislative body of the additional town of the vote. Upon notification, the legislative body of the additional town proposed to be included shall duly warn a meeting of the town, setting forth in the warning the vote of the consolidated water 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 that vote and the result of the vote already taken by the consolidated water district shall be certified to the Secretary of State, who shall record the same in his or her office. A certificate of the record shall immediately be filed by the Secretary of State in the office of the clerk of the consolidated water district and of any additional town to be included as a member of the district, which filing shall be notice to all parties of the addition to the consolidated district.

(d) A consolidated water district so enlarged shall 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 of member towns shall be filled as provided in section 3343 of this title. The additional member town shall share in the expenses of the district in the proportion provided in this chapter for other member towns from the date the certificate of the Secretary of State is filed in the office of the clerk of the district and the office of the clerk of the additional town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 12 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 253 / Section 12
App. § 253-12. Licensing authority
Status: in_force

The trustees of the Village shall have the sole power of granting licenses and vacating the same, within the limits of the Village, agreeably to the bylaws, rules, and ordinances thereof that the selectboard has by Titles 7 and 24 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated and all monies received for such licenses shall belong to the Village treasury, and be paid into the same.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 287 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 287
App. § 3-287. Retirement generally
Status: in_force

(a) The Retirement Board may permanently retire any employee, appointive officer, and the Mayor who has reached age 55 with at least three years of service or who has become disabled. In the Police and Fire Departments, the requisite age for retirement shall be 45 with at least three years of service.

(b) Upon the retirement of any person, he or she shall be entitled to receive from the Retirement Fund an amount based upon the provisions found in the retirement ordinance. Any such pension may be increased by cost of living increases as provided for by the ordinance.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 46 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 46
App. § 149-46. Special appropriations
Status: in_force

In response to a request, or upon its own initiative, should the Selectboard so judge, the appropriation relative to a special element of Town business may be placed on the warning as a special appropriation by a majority vote of the Board Selectboard. In taking action, the Selectboard shall maintain the right to reject, alter, or reduce a request. This section does not apply to articles placed on the warning by petition, as described in subdivision 22(b)(3)(C)(i)(II) of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 11.02
App. § 147-11.2. Preparation and submission
Status: in_force

(a) The Town Manager, at least 45 days before the date of the regular annual Town meeting, shall submit to the Selectboard a budget in such form required by them.

(b) The budget shall be published not later than four weeks after its submission to the Selectboard. Said budget as published shall also include an itemized statement of revenues and expenditures for the preceding fiscal year. The Selectboard shall fix the time and place for holding a public hearing for the budget and shall give a public notice of such hearing in a newspaper having general circulation in the Town at least five days but not more than 15 days before such hearing. Said notice shall include a designation of the place or places within the Town where copies of the budget are available for distribution. In the manner provided in this subsection, the directors of the Shelburne School District shall likewise submit their budget for the next fiscal year to the public hearing provided for in this subsection.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 45 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 45
App. § 601-45. Australian ballot
Status: in_force

The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the District when voting is to take place.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 245 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 245
App. § 3-245. Copy of final determination to be recorded; assessment to become lien
Status: in_force

When the proceedings instituted as aforesaid by any person dissatisfied with such assessment shall be finally determined, a duly certified copy thereof shall be duly recorded by the Chief Administrative Officer in the records of streets and highways in said Chief Administrative Officer's office, within 20 days after the final determination of such proceedings. The amount assessed in such proceedings shall be and remain a lien in the nature of a tax upon the lands so assessed until such assessments are fully paid to the Chief Administrative Officer of said City. In case no assessment shall be made in such proceedings, such records shall discharge said lands from all liens created by the assessments thereon made by the City Council as aforesaid.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 1101
App. § 4-1101. Capital programs
Status: in_force

(a) Preparation of capital program. The Manager shall prepare and submit to the Council a capital program at least three months prior to the final date for submission of the budget.

(b) Contents. The capital program shall include:

(1) a clear general summary of its contents;

(2) a list of all capital improvements that are proposed to be undertaken during not fewer than the next five fiscal years, with appropriate supporting information as to the necessity for such improvements;

(3) cost estimates, method of financing, and recommended time schedules for each such improvement; and

(4) the estimated annual cost of operating and maintaining the facilities to be constructed or acquired.

(c) Revision. The information required by this section may be revised and extended each year with regard to capital improvements still pending or in process of construction or acquisition.
24 V.S.A. § 3305 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 89 / Section 3305
§ 3305. Contract for water
Status: in_force

(a) Such municipal corporation may contract with any town, city, or village, or any corporation and individuals to supply water to such municipal corporation for the protection of property and for domestic and other purposes.

(b) A municipal corporation is authorized to enter into, with any contracting party or parties, contracts, leases, or lease-purchase agreements with respect to the construction, operation, and maintenance of water systems. These contracts may be entered into for terms not to exceed 40 years or the useful life of the system, whichever is less.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 707 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 707
App. § 5-707. Public nuisances
Status: in_force

In prosecutions for public nuisances, possible relief for the City may include damages and injunction relief, as well as orders to authorize the City to remedy the nuisance, if possible, and charge the offending party.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 33 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 33
App. § 401-33. Budget appropriation
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Proposed budget. Annually, on or before the first day of December, the Board of Supervisors shall approve and cause to be distributed to the legislative branch of each member municipality for review and comment an annual report of its activities, including a financial statement, and a proposed budget of the District for the next fiscal year. This proposed budget shall include reasonably detailed estimates of:

(A) deficits or surpluses, or both, from prior fiscal years;

(B) anticipated expenditures for the administration of the District;

(C) anticipated expenditures for the operation and maintenance of any District solid waste facilities;

(D) costs of debt service;

(E) payments due on long-term contracts;

(F) payments due to any capital reserve funds;

(G) anticipated revenues from charges for the disposal of solid waste and other sources;

(H) the necessary appropriations to operate and carry out the District's functions for the next fiscal year;

(I) the proposed assessment, if any, to each member municipality;

(J) such other estimates as the Board of Supervisors shall deem necessary to propose.

(2) The Board of Supervisors shall hold a public hearing on or before the last day of December of each year to receive comments from the legislative bodies of member municipalities and hear all other interested persons regarding the proposed budget. Notice of such hearing shall be given in such manner as the Board may prescribe. The Board of Supervisors shall give consideration to all comments received and make such changes to the proposed budget as it deems advisable.

(b) Budget, adoption, appropriations. Annually, on or before January 15, the Board of Supervisors shall adopt the budget, appropriate the sums that it deems necessary to operate and carry out the District's functions for the next ensuing fiscal year, determine the assessment of each member municipality, if necessary, for its proportionate share of the sums so appropriated over and above anticipated revenues to the District, and adopt a schedule designating when such assessments, if any, are due and payable by the member municipalities.

(c) Apportionment of assessments. In the event that it becomes necessary to levy assessments on the member municipalities, the assessments shall be apportioned among the member municipalities on the basis of relative quantities of solid waste disposal by each member municipality in a District facility if, in the judgment of the Board of Supervisors, those quantities can be adequately determined, or on the basis of population within each of the member municipalities should the Board conclude that relative waste quantities cannot be adequately determined for each member municipality at the time assessments needed to be levied. Each member municipality shall be assessed a percentage of the sum appropriated equal to the ratio that the waste quantity or population of the member municipality bears to the total waste quantity or population within the District.

(d) Failure of the Board to take any action required by this section by its prescribed deadline shall not constitute grounds for any claim or defense as to the invalidity of any assessment.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1203 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 1203
App. § 251-1203. Fines
Status: in_force

(a) For the breach of any bylaw, rule, regulation, or ordinance, the Village may impose a fine as specified therein. The court or Judicial Bureau shall impose the costs of prosecution in addition to the fine, in case of a conviction, and when it is necessary to abate a nuisance, the expense of abatement may be imposed upon the delinquent in addition to such fine and costs.

(b) If any person while residing without this State and while owning real or personal property within the Village shall with and by means of the real or personal estate or by his or her agents and servants violate any of the ordinances which the Village is authorized to make, the Village may sue for and recover the penalty for violation of such ordinance in an action founded on this statute and shall proceed in the same manner as by law is now provided in civil actions against persons residing without the State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 239 / Section 9
App. § 239-9. Village trustees; appointments
Status: in_force

The trustees shall have authority to appoint annually and to prescribe the duties of a Chief of Police and police officers; of a Chief Engineer and the assistant engineers of the Fire Department; of the superintendents of the Village departments; of a Building Inspector; and of other Village officials as they may judge necessary for the welfare of the Village; and the number of police officers, engineers, and Village firemen and other employees shall be within the discretion of the trustees. Those officers as the trustees may direct shall be qualified by taking appropriate oaths of office, and their appointments and the certificates of their oaths shall be recorded by the Village Clerk. The appointments may be revoked at the pleasure of the trustees, and the trustees may make rules and regulations governing the activities of these officers and of all other Village employees.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 141 / Section 21
App. § 141-21. Legislative body
Status: in_force

The Town of Readsboro shall be managed by the Selectboard, which shall be its legislative body.
24 V.S.A. § 4480 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4480
§ 4480. Construction of chapter
Status: repealed

The provisions of this chapter shall not affect any act done, contract executed, or liability incurred prior to its effective date, or affect any suit or prosecution pending or to be instituted, to enforce any right, rule, regulation, or ordinance or to punish any offense against any such repealed laws or against any ordinance enacted under them. All ordinances, resolutions, regulations, and rules made under any act of the General Assembly repealed by this chapter shall continue in effect as if such act had not been repealed, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 95 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 95
App. § 126-95. Copies of the charter
Status: in_force

The original copy of this charter shall be kept by the Town Clerk at the Clerk's office. Two copies of this charter shall be kept at all times at the Cobleigh Library. The charter shall be available for inspection and copying by any member of the public on request during normal business hours.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 323 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 323
App. § 3-323. Expansion of Church Street Marketplace District and/or Marketplace
Status: in_force

(a) Upon recommendation of a majority of the Commission to the City Council, the boundaries of the Church Street Marketplace District may be expanded. Said boundaries may be expanded only if all the following conditions are met:

(1) Notification of the consideration of the expansion is given in writing to all persons owning property in the contemplated area of expansion.

(2) A legally warned public hearing on the question is conducted.

(3) Two-thirds of the membership of the City Council present and voting approve the extension.

(4) The expanded boundaries do not extend beyond the boundaries of the Downtown Improvement District above defined.

(b) Upon advice of the Commission to the City Council, that section of the District now or hereafter defined as the Marketplace may be expanded or not within the Downtown Improvement District, subject to the same restrictions listed under subsection (a) of this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 239 / Section 2
App. § 239-2. Alteration of Village boundaries
Status: in_force

The inhabitants of the Village may alter the bounds of the Village with the written consent of the persons owning real estate that will be included or excluded thereby, the written consent and alteration being first recorded in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Manchester, and with the approval of the Town of Manchester as evidenced by the majority vote of the Town in Town meeting duly warned therefor. If the Town of Manchester votes its approval, the consent, alteration, and the vote of the Town of Manchester shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Village, and upon recording, the alterations in the bounds of the Village so made shall become effective.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 313 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 313
App. § 5-313. Council minutes recorded
Status: in_force

All minutes of the City Council meetings shall be recorded and shall be available to the public as provided in the general access to public records laws of the State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2002 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 2002
App. § 13-2002. Operations
Status: in_force

The City Manager shall manage, and be responsible for, the administrative operation of the Water Department, including maintenance, repair, replacement, and expansion of the water system and purchasing. He or she shall generally perform the management and other duties vested in the superintendent of the water department under the general laws of the State, subject to the supervision and authority of the water commissioners.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 38 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 38
App. § 261-38. Corporation may purchase franchise, property, and privileges of Barton Landing Water Company
Status: in_force

Said corporation shall have power to purchase from the Barton Landing Water Company their franchise, property, and privileges upon such terms as may be agreed upon; and all contracts hitherto made by said Orleans Village corporation with said Barton Landing Water Company, are hereby confirmed. Said Orleans Village corporation may issue their corporation bonds to said water company for the purchase of said franchise, property, and privileges, and may make the same negotiable, and may secure said bonds by mortgage or otherwise. It is hereby enacted that upon the completion of said purchase of said water company, that all enactments and laws then in force, relating to said Barton Landing Water Company, shall inure to the Orleans Village corporation, and remain operative and valid and all actions, suits, and recoveries thereon, may be had in the name of said corporation.
24 V.S.A. § 3345 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 91 / Section 3345
§ 3345. Eligibility of voters
Status: in_force

Persons residing within the limits of the district, who are qualified voters in their town meetings, shall be voters in the district meeting. The moderator, clerk, and members of the board of water commissioners shall decide all questions as to the eligibility of a person to vote at a district meeting. (1964, No. 20 (Sp. Sess.), § 5, eff. March 10, 1964.)
24 V.S.A. § 1623 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1623
§ 1623. Signing orders
Status: in_force

(a) The selectboard may do either of the following:

(1) Authorize one or more members of the board to examine and allow claims against the town for town expenses and draw orders for such claims to the party entitled to payment.

(A) Orders shall state definitely the purpose for which each is drawn and shall serve as full authority to the treasurer to make the payments.

(B) The selectboard shall be provided with a record of orders drawn under this subdivision (1) whenever orders are signed by less than a majority of the board.

(2) Submit to the town treasurer a certified copy of those portions of the selectboard minutes, properly signed by the clerk and chair or by a majority of the board, showing to whom and for what purpose each payment is to be made by the treasurer. The certified copy of the minutes shall serve as full authority to the treasurer to make the approved payments.

(b) This section shall apply to all municipal public bodies authorized by law to draw orders on the municipal treasurer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 265 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 265
App. § 3-265. Statement to be made
Status: in_force

The City Council shall make a statement of all assessments, describing the lands or buildings assessed and forthwith cause the same to be recorded in the Chief Administrative Officer's office, and when so recorded such assessments shall be and remain a lien in the nature of a tax upon the lands or buildings so assessed until the same shall be paid, and shall have precedence over all other liens except ordinary taxes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 112 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 112
App. § 123-112. Authority of police officers
Status: in_force

Police officers of the Town shall have those powers conferred upon them by 24 V.S.A. chapter 55 and by all other laws applicable to municipal police officers.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 24.05 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 24.05
App. § 9-24.5. Water rates
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Aldermen shall establish rates to be paid for the use of water supplied by the City water works, which shall be called “service rates.” Such service rates shall be a lien in the nature of a tax upon the real estate so supplied with water and shall be collected and enforced under such regulations and ordinances as the Board of Aldermen shall prescribe. Water may be furnished outside the City upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Board of Aldermen and furnished solely at the discretion of said Board of Aldermen.

(b) All monies received in any way on account of the City water works shall be paid into the City Treasury. The City Treasury shall keep accounts, showing fully all receipts and payments had and made in any manner on account of the water works, separately from all other receipts and payments.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 504 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 504
App. § 129-504. Noninterference with administration
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard, its members, and committees shall not deal with Town administrative officers and employees who are subject to the direction and supervision of the Town Manager. They shall deal solely through the Town Manager and shall not give orders to any such administrative officers or employees, either publicly or privately.

(b) Neither the Selectboard nor any of its members or committees shall in any manner dictate the appointment or removal of any Town administrative officer or employee whom the Manager is empowered to appoint. They may, however, express its views fully and freely and discuss with the Town Manager, in open or executive session consistent with the law, anything pertaining to the appointment and removal of such officers and employees.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1301
App. § 5-1301. Taking property for public purposes
Status: in_force

The City Council, upon notice to persons affected, may lay out, make, maintain, alter, establish, install, construct, discontinue, or repair the following: any street, road, highway, lane, alley, transportation path, or sidewalk; any heat facilities and devices or other measures to conserve or generate energy or promote efficient energy use in the City; any public facilities, parks, playing fields, and other improvements deemed necessary by the Council; any municipal building; any water source, treatment, storage, delivery, sale, transmission, and distribution facilities within and without the City; and any sewer and storm water collection, transmission, separation, treatment, and disposal facilities as the public health or the public good shall require.
24 V.S.A. § 5802 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 139 / Section 5802
§ 5802. Vermont Community Investment Board
Status: in_force

(a) A Vermont Community Investment Board, also referred to as the “State Board,” is created to administer the provisions of this chapter. The State Board shall be composed of the following members or their designees:

(1) the Secretary of Commerce and Community Development;

(2) the Secretary of Transportation;

(3) the Secretary of Natural Resources;

(4) the Commissioner of Public Safety;

(5) the State Historic Preservation Officer;

(6) a member of the community designated by the Director of Racial Equity;

(7) a person, appointed by the Governor from a list of three names submitted by the Vermont Natural Resources Council and the Preservation Trust of Vermont;

(8) a person, appointed by the Governor from a list of three names submitted by the Vermont Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives;

(9) three public members representative of local government, one of whom shall be designated by the Vermont League of Cities and Towns and two of whom shall be appointed by the Governor;

(10) the Executive Director of the Vermont Bond Bank;

(11) the State Treasurer;

(12) a member of the Vermont Planners Association designated by the Association;

(13) a representative of a regional development corporation designated by the regional development corporations; and

(14) a representative of a regional planning commission designated by the Vermont Association of Planning and Development Agencies.

(b) The State Board shall elect a chair and vice chair from among its membership.

(c) The Department shall provide legal, staff, and administrative support to the State Board; shall produce guidelines to direct municipalities seeking to obtain designation under this chapter and for other purposes established by this chapter; and shall pay per diem compensation for board members pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 1010(b).

(d) The State Board shall meet at least quarterly.

(e) The State Board shall have authority to adopt rules of procedure to use for appeal of its decisions and rules on handling conflicts of interest.

(f) In addition to any other duties confirmed by law, the State Board shall have the following duties:

(1) to serve as the funding and benefits coordination body for the State Community Investment Program;

(2) to review and comment on proposed regional plan future land use maps prepared by the regional planning commission and presented to the LURB for designated center and designated neighborhood recognition under 10 V.S.A. § 6033;

(3) to award tax credits under the 32 V.S.A. § 5930aa et seq.;

(4) to manage the Downtown Transportation and Related Capital Improvement Fund Program established by section 5808 of this title; and

(5) to review and comment on LURB guidelines, rules, or procedures for the regional plan future land use maps as they relate to the designations under this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 110 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 110
App. § 1-110. Fiscal year
Status: in_force

The fiscal year of the City shall begin on the first day of July of each calendar year. The fiscal year shall constitute the budget and accounting year as used in this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 2
§ 2. Addison
Status: in_force

The County of Addison is formed of the towns of Addison, Bridport, Bristol, Cornwall, Ferrisburgh, Goshen, Granville, Hancock, Leicester, Lincoln, Middlebury, Monkton, New Haven, Orwell, Panton, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham, Starksboro, Waltham, Weybridge, Whiting, the City of Vergennes, and so much of Lake Champlain as lies in this State west of the towns in the county adjoining the lake. Middlebury is the shire town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 1101
App. § 131-1101. Separability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of the charter shall not be affected thereby. If the application of the charter or any of its provisions to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the application of the charter and its provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 201 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 201
App. § 414-201. Authority
Status: in_force

The legislative power and authority of the Rutland County Solid Waste District and the administration and general supervision of all fiscal, prudential, and governmental affairs thereof shall be vested in a governing body known as the Board of Supervisors, except as specifically provided otherwise in this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 210 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 210
App. § 414-210. Vacancy
Status: in_force

Any vacancy on the Board of Supervisors shall be filled within 30 days after the vacancy occurs by appointment of the authority that appointed the representative whose position has become vacant. An appointee to a vacancy shall serve until the expiration of the term of the representative to whose position the appointment was made and may be reappointed.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 601 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 203 / Section 601
App. § 203-601. Residency not disqualification to serve
Status: in_force

No person being a resident or taxpayer of said corporation shall thereby be deemed disqualified to act as judge, justice, juror, sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, or police officer in any matter, cause, or proceeding in which said corporation shall be interested.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 804 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 103 / Section 804
App. § 103-804. Notice to Secretary of State
Status: in_force

The Clerk of the Town of Bennington shall notify the Secretary of State of the vote of any meeting held under section 803 of this charter within 10 days after the meeting.
24 V.S.A. § 365 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 365
§ 365. Penalty for taking bribe
Status: in_force

A State's Attorney who, directly or indirectly under color of his or her office, unlawfully receives to his or her use, or the use of another person, money or other valuable thing, shall be fined not less than $300.00 and shall be incapable of holding civil office in the State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 4
App. § 417-4. Duration
Status: in_force

The District shall continue as a body politic and corporate unless and until dissolved according to the procedures set forth in this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 61 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 155 / Section 61
App. § 155-61. Recall of elected town officers
Status: in_force

Any elected Town officer may be removed from office subject to the following conditions and procedures:

(1) A written petition that is signed by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters of the Town seeking the removal of the Town officer or officers and requesting a vote of the Town at a regular or special Town meeting called for that purpose shall be filed with the Town Clerk.

(2) The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting, to be held within 45 days of receiving the petition, to vote on whether the elected officer shall be removed. The vote shall be held by Australian ballot.

(3) When the petition is approved by a majority of the ballots cast at the special Town meeting, the Town officer named in the petition shall cease to hold the office.

(4) A vacancy resulting from the recall of an officer shall be filled in the manner prescribed by law.

(5) A recall petition shall not be brought against an individual more than once within 12 months.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 159 / Section 1
App. § 159-1. Local option tax
Status: in_force

The Town Selectboard is authorized to levy a one percent tax on sales, meals and alcoholic beverages, and rooms. A tax imposed under the authority of this section shall be collected and administered by the Department of Taxes pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 138.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 802 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 802
App. § 4-802. Real estate assessor
Status: in_force

There shall be either a real estate Assessor who is a certified real estate appraiser or an independent appraisal firm, headed by a certified real estate appraiser, appointed by the Manager that shall carry out the duties of assessor in the same manner and be subject to all of the same liabilities prescribed for listers under the law of the State of Vermont in assessing property within the City of Essex Junction and that shall establish the grand list thereof and shall return such list to the City Clerk within the time required by State statute.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 155 / Section 3
App. § 155-3. Powers of the Town
Status: in_force

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. Any mention of specific powers in this charter shall not be construed as limiting in any way the general powers stated in this charter, the Constitution, or the laws of this State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 3
App. § 417-3. Composition
Status: in_force

The District shall be composed of and shall include all of the lands and residents within those municipalities that vote to approve and enter into this chapter at the time of its creation, and any other municipalities subsequently admitted to the District, except for those municipalities that may withdraw as provided in this chapter.
24 V.S.A. § 1461 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 47 / Section 1461
§ 1461. Location or alteration of municipal lines; monuments
Status: in_force

(a) When the legislative bodies of adjoining municipalities are able to agree as to the location of a municipal line, each legislative body shall vote in meetings duly warned for the purpose to adopt the location. Prior to the vote, each legislative body shall hold at least one public hearing duly warned for the purpose of informing the public of, and allowing public comment on, the location of the line. Following the meetings, the legislative bodies shall conduct a, or ratify an existing, survey of the municipal line and file certified copies of the minutes of the meetings, and the survey, and a list of property owners, the legal location of whose property is changed by the agreement, with the Secretary of State, the clerk of each of the municipalities, and the Vermont Enhanced 911 Board.

(b) When the legislative bodies of adjoining municipalities are unable to agree as to the location of a municipal line, or in the absence of a clearly definable charter line, the legislative bodies shall sign a written agreement to submit to arbitration pursuant to 12 V.S.A. chapter 192.

(1) If an award of arbitration does not alter a municipal line, the award shall be filed with the Secretary of State and the clerk of each of the municipalities.

(2) If an award of arbitration would result in an alteration of a municipal line, the award shall require that a survey be conducted of the municipal line and apportion the cost of the survey between or among the respective municipalities as deemed appropriate. Following the survey, one or more of the legislative bodies shall petition the General Assembly to adopt the alteration of the municipal line pursuant to the survey. Following enactment of legislation which alters a municipal line, the legislative bodies shall file the survey and a list of property owners, the legal location of whose property is changed by the award, with the Secretary of State, the clerk of each of the municipalities, and the Vermont Enhanced 911 Board. Each legislative body of the adjoining municipalities shall post a notice of the petition to the General Assembly that specifies the nature and extent of the proposed legislation in at least two public places and in the town clerk's office at least three weeks prior to filing the petition.

(c) When the legislative bodies of adjoining municipalities are able to agree as to the location of a municipal line and one or more of the legislative bodies believes that alteration of the existing line or the establishment of a new line is necessary, the legislative bodies shall conduct a survey of the new municipal line. Following the completion of the survey, one or more of these legislative bodies shall petition the General Assembly to establish the location of the municipal line. Following the enactment of legislation which ratifies the alteration of the municipal line, the legislative bodies shall file the survey and a list of property owners, the legal location of whose property is changed by the legislation, with the Secretary of State, the clerk of each of the municipalities, and the Vermont Enhanced 911 Board. Each legislative body of the adjoining municipalities shall post a notice of the petition to the General Assembly that specifies the nature and extent of the proposed legislation in at least two public places and in the town clerk's office at least three weeks prior to filing the petition.

(d) When the General Assembly enacts legislation which ratifies a survey of a municipal line, it may appropriate funds sufficient to monument those municipal lines at the points on the municipal lines where the lines change direction. If the legislative body of a municipality desires additional monuments, it shall provide funds for those monuments at the expense of the municipality.

(e) A survey required by this section shall be conducted by a land surveyor licensed in this State.

(f) The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Agency of Transportation, shall develop a process for requesting proposals for surveying for use by municipalities.

(g) Upon receipt of a list of property owners filed pursuant to subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section, a municipal clerk shall file the list in the land records of the municipality and shall place in the grantee index of those records the names of property owners whose land or portion thereof has been added to the municipality and in the grantor index of those records the names of property owners whose land or portion thereof has been subtracted from the municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 261 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 261
App. § 3-261. Proceedings not to be voided for failure to give notice
Status: in_force

No proceedings instituted by the City Council under said 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.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 11 / Section 8
App. § 11-8. Voting
Status: in_force

(a) Voting qualifications for the right to vote in any City election or meeting shall be the same as those required by State statutes for municipal meetings.

(b) The penalties for illegal voting at any City election shall be the same as those prescribed for illegal voting by State statutes.

(c) Checklists of voters for the City and for each of the City's wards shall be compiled and maintained pursuant to Title 17 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated. All persons who are legal voters in City meetings shall be entitled to have their names added to the checklist for the district where they reside, at the time the checklist is compiled and no person shall vote for any City official or other item on the warning unless the person's name is on the checklist.

(d) For any general or primary election, the City Council, or the City Clerk as its designee if so chosen by the City Council, may appoint as many additional ballot and assisting clerks as deemed necessary.

(e) At the close of the balloting at any City election, the City Clerk and assisting clerks and the City Council shall count the votes cast for all officials and report a list of the candidates for whom votes have been cast, for each office, and the number of votes the candidate has received, which shall be recorded by the City Clerk, and the candidate who has received a plurality of the votes cast for each respective office shall by the Mayor be declared elected to that office. If no candidate shall have received a plurality of all votes for the office for which he or she is candidate, the Mayor shall order a new ballot in the ward or wards as have so failed to elect and a reasonable time shall be allowed for receiving and counting votes as shall be cast at that or any subsequent ballot until all the officials are duly elected.

(f) No person, or family member of a person, whose name appears on the ballot as a candidate for any office at an election shall assist in the counting of ballots in the election. No person shall assist in the counting of ballots who is otherwise deemed by the City Clerk to have a conflict of interest due to:

(1) any association with a candidate;

(2) financial interests, as provided for in section 15 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 245 / Section 7
App. § 245-7. Board of Trustees; powers; meetings
Status: in_force

(a) The members of the Board of Trustees shall constitute the legislative body of the Village of Morrisville for all purposes required by statute, and, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall have all powers and authority given to, and perform all duties required of, incorporated villages or boards of trustees under the laws of the State of Vermont.

(b) The Board of Trustees shall have the general care and management of the prudential interests and affairs of the corporation, shall direct the expenditure of all monies belonging to the corporation, draw orders upon the Treasurer, and generally perform all the duties legally enjoined upon them by the corporation, and shall submit their accounts and vouchers to the Auditor at least 30 days before the annual meeting.

(c) The trustees shall prepare a budget for the oncoming year to be included in the annual report of the Village of Morrisville, and to be voted upon by the legal voters of the Village at the annual meeting.

(d) The trustees shall have the power to abate taxes laid and assessed by virtue of this Charter for the same causes and subject to the same limitations as boards of civil authority have in the matter of town taxes.

(e) The trustees may, by resolution, create, change, and abolish boards as in its judgment are required or necessary and convenient to, or as are now or hereinafter provided by law, and may grant to them such power and duties as are consistent with the provisions of this charter. The trustees shall be ex officio members of all boards.

(f) All powers vested in the trustees shall be exercised by a majority of the Board.

(g) Forthwith, after an election and qualification, the Trustees shall organize and elect a Chairperson, and file a certificate of such election for record in the office of the Village Clerk. As soon as possible after an election of a Chairperson, the Board of Trustees shall fix the time and place of its regular meetings, and such meetings shall be held at least once a month. The Clerk shall attend all meetings of the Board of Trustees. The Board shall determine its own rules and order of business.

(h) All meetings of the Board of Trustees shall be open to the public, unless, by an affirmative vote of a majority present, the Board shall vote that any particular session shall be an executive session in accordance with 1 V.S.A. § 313 or any amendments thereto.
24 V.S.A. § 1895 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1895
§ 1895. Original taxable value
Status: in_force

(a) Certification. As of the date the district is created, the lister or assessor for the municipality shall certify the original taxable value and shall certify to the legislative body in each year thereafter during the life of the district the amount by which the total valuation as determined in accordance with 32 V.S.A. chapter 129 of all taxable real property located within the tax increment financing district has increased or decreased relative to the original taxable value.

(b) Boundary of the district. No adjustments to the physical boundary lines of a district shall be made after the approval of a tax increment financing district plan.
24 V.S.A. § 4678 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4678
§ 4678. Special accounts
Status: in_force

The Bank may establish in the General Fund accounts, subaccounts or special accounts that in its opinion are necessary, desirable, or convenient for its purposes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 507 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 507
App. § 3-507. Bonds; issuance of
Status: in_force

The City is hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds, from time to time, for the purpose of financing the cost of any improvement to the waterworks or wastewater system. The bonds and the interest thereon shall be payable solely and exclusively from the revenues of the waterworks or wastewater system as the case may be and shall not constitute general indebtedness of the City nor be an obligation or liability upon the City to pay the same from any funds of the City other than the revenues of the system. No holder or holders of any bonds issued under this article shall ever have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of the City to pay the bonds or the interest thereon. The bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any debt limitation or restriction and shall not be within any statutory limitation upon the power of the City to issue bonds. It shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond that it does not constitute an indebtedness of the City but is payable solely from the revenues of its waterworks or wastewater system. The bonds may be authorized by resolutions of the Board of Public Works Commissioners. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, no bonds other than refunding bonds shall be authorized or issued under this article unless and until more than 50 percent of the legal voters of the City present and voting thereon at any annual or special City meeting duly warned for that purpose shall have first voted to authorize the project or improvement for which the bonds are to be issued. The warning shall describe in general terms the project or improvement, shall estimate its costs, and shall state the amount of bonds proposed to be issued to finance it. Except for purposes of refunding pursuant to section 508 of this charter, the City shall not issue bonds in excess of the amount set forth in the warning as aforesaid unless and until more than 50 percent of the legal voters of the City present and voting at any annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose shall have first voted to authorize the issuance of additional bonds for any previously authorized project or improvement.
24 V.S.A. § 1307 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 39 / Section 1307
§ 1307. Duties of clerk; fees
Status: in_force

The clerk shall keep records of the proceedings of such corporation and give copies of the same when required. He or she shall be paid therefor the same fees as a town clerk.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 407 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 407
App. § 413-407. Capital reserve fund
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall establish and provide for a capital reserve fund to pay for public improvements, replacement of worn-out buildings and equipment, and planned and unplanned major repairs of a disposal facility, in furtherance of the purpose for which the District was created. Any such capital reserve fund shall be kept in a separate account and invested as are other public funds and shall be expended for such purposes for which established. The cost of payments to any capital reserve fund shall be included in the annual budget of the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 118 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 118
App. § 235-118. Service in law enforcement or judicial capacity
Status: in_force

No person being a resident or taxpayer of said Village shall thereby be deemed incompetent to act as judge, justice, juror, sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, or police officer, in any matter, cause, or proceeding in which said corporation shall be interested.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 171 / Section 2
App. § 171-2. Application of general law; charter
Status: in_force

(a) Except when modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any regulation or ordinance of the Town adopted pursuant to special authority granted by this charter, all statutes of the State of Vermont relating to municipalities shall apply to the Town of Williston.

(b) If any matter mentioned in this charter is said to be controlled by a statute, the reference to such statute shall include the statute as amended or renumbered or any statute substituted therefor and having a similar subject matter.

(c) In this charter, no mention of a particular power shall be construed to be exclusive or to restrict the scope of the powers that the Town would have if the particular power were not mentioned.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 703 / Section 4
App. § 703-4. Existing District
Status: in_force

The District created hereunder shall supersede and substitute the presently existing Champlain Water District. The District shall, initially, have as its officers and commissioners, the officers and commissioners of the present Champlain Water District. The District shall succeed to the title of all properties, and shall assume all assets and liabilities of the present Champlain Water District. This chapter shall be deemed to ratify any and all previous actions taken by the existing Champlain Water District.
24 V.S.A. § 2809 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 77 / Section 2809
§ 2809. Disagreement as to damages; reference
Status: in_force

When the owner of such land does not accept the damages awarded by the mayor and aldermen, selectboard, or trustees, as the case may be, they may agree with him or her to refer the question of such damages to one or more disinterested persons, whose award shall be made in writing and shall be final.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 18 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 18
App. § 219-18. Judicial review
Status: in_force

If a person having an interest in a pond, spring, stream, water source, water right, land, or easement in or over lands is dissatisfied with the action of the Selectboard, either as to the necessity for taking or with the damages awarded therefor by it, he or she may apply by petition to the Superior Court at its next stated term, if there is sufficient time for notice, and, if not, the succeeding term; and any number of persons aggrieved may join in the petition. The petition, with a citation, shall be served on the trustees of the Village at least 12 days before the session of Court; and the Court shall appoint three disinterested commissioners who shall inquire into the necessity for taking of the ponds, springs, streams, water sources, water rights, lands, or easements in or over lands; and as to the amount of damages sustained by the persons interested therein.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 311 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 311
App. § 407-311. Compensation of officers
Status: in_force

Officers of the District shall be paid such compensation or reimbursement, or both, of expenses as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 420 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 420
App. § 1-420. Duties
Status: in_force

The Superintendent of the City Waterworks shall have the care and management of the City Waterworks and shall, at all times, be subject in respect thereto to the orders of the City Manager.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 502 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 502
App. § 251-502. Firefighting apparatus
Status: in_force

All apparatus for the extinguishment of fires and the rooms for storing the same, owned or leased by the Village, and all fire companies organized under the authority of said Village, shall be under the direction and control of the Chief of the Fire Department; and the Chief shall make a detailed report to the Board of Trustees before each annual meeting of the condition of the Fire Department.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 601 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 217 / Section 601
App. § 217-601. Police officers
Status: in_force

The trustees of said Village shall have power to, and may appoint such number of police officers within said Village, as said trustees may judge necessary for the interest of the inhabitants of said Village, by writing under their hands, which shall be recorded in the office of the Village Clerk; and such appointment may be revoked at any time. Said trustees may specify their duties as watchmen and patrols, and agree with them for their compensation, which shall be paid by the said corporation. Each of said police shall be sworn, and shall have the same powers, within the limits of said Village as constables, in serving criminal process and in criminal matters, and when on duty shall wear conspicuously a badge of office, and shall hold their office for one year, unless sooner discharged as aforesaid.
24 V.S.A. § 1910a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1910a
§ 1910a. Indebtedness
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality approved for tax increment financing under section 1910 of this subchapter may incur indebtedness against revenues of the housing development site at any time during a period of up to five years following the creation of the housing development site. The Vermont Economic Progress Council may extend this debt incursion period by up to three years.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of any municipal charter, each instance of borrowing by a municipality to finance or otherwise pay for a housing infrastructure project shall occur only after the legal voters of the municipality, by a majority vote of all voters present and voting on the question at a special or annual municipal meeting duly warned for the purpose, authorize the legislative body to pledge the credit of the municipality, borrow, or otherwise secure the debt for the specific purposes so warned.

(c) Any indebtedness incurred under this section may be retired over any period authorized by the legislative body of the municipality.

(d) The housing development site shall continue until the date and hour the indebtedness is retired or, if no debt is incurred, the debt incursion period ends.

(e) A municipal legislative body shall provide information to the public prior to the public vote required under subsection (b) of this section. This information shall include the amount and types of debt and related costs to be incurred, including principal, interest, and fees; terms of the debt; the housing infrastructure project to be financed; the housing development projected to occur because of the housing infrastructure project; and notice to the voters that if the tax increment received by the municipality from any property tax source is insufficient to pay the principal and interest on the debt in any year, the municipality shall remain liable for the full payment of the principal and interest for the term of the indebtedness. If interfund loans within the municipality are used, the information must also include documentation of the terms and conditions of the loan.

(f) If interfund loans within the municipality are used as the method of financing, no interest shall be charged.

(g) The use of a bond anticipation note shall not be considered a first incurrence of debt pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 106 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 106
App. § 13-106. Introduction; first and second readings; public hearing
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 South Burlington hereby ordains . . .”. If the Council passes the proposed ordinance upon first reading, it shall cause a short and concise one-paragraph description of the effects of the proposed ordinance to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, at least once, together with a notice of the time and place where and when there shall be a public hearing to consider the same for final passage. Such publication shall include reference to a place within the City where copies of the entire text of the proposed ordinance may be examined. The first such publication shall be at least one week prior to the date of said public hearing.

(b) At the time and place so advertised, or at any time and place to which such hearing may from time to time be adjourned, such ordinance shall be read in full, except that by vote of a majority of the Council the ordinance may be read by title, and after such reading, all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 133 / Section 1501
App. § 133-1501. Fiscal year
Status: in_force

The fiscal year shall commence on the first day of July and end with the last day of June.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 7.01
App. § 147-7.1. Appointment and compensation
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard may appoint a Town Manager.

(b) The Manager shall receive such pay as may be fixed by the Selectboard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 155 / Section 22
App. § 155-22. Tax collections
Status: in_force

The Town Treasurer shall collect real and personal property taxes and penalty and interest charges. The Town shall not elect other collectors of current or delinquent taxes. The Town Treasurer shall deposit all taxes, penalties, and interest charges in the Town accounts for the benefit of the Town of Underhill.
24 V.S.A. § 1782 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1782
§ 1782. Registered bonds; form of certificate
Status: in_force

In all cases where bonds are registered the following shall be the form of

CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION

It is hereby certified that upon the written request of the holder of the within bond, the coupons attached thereto, being ___________ in number, of ___________ each have been this day cut off and destroyed and that the within bond is hereby converted into a registered bond with the interest thereon payable _______________________________________ annually, and that such interest, as well as the principal, is payable to the registered holder thereof, his or her legal representatives, successors, or assigns at the time and place expressed on the face of such bond.

The within bond when registered is transferable only upon the books of the treasurer of _______________________________________ upon presentation to the treasurer with a written assignment duly acknowledged or proved.

Date _________________________________________ 20 ___________ .

Treasurer of _________________________________________

_________________________________________

Date of registration.

_________________________________________

Name and address of registered holder.

Signature of treasurer who acts as transfer agent.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 25 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 25
App. § 417-25. Treasurer
Status: in_force

The Treasurer shall have the custody of the funds of the District and shall be the disbursing officer of the District. The Treasurer may perform all of the duties and functions incident to the office of treasurer of a municipal corporation. Such duties and functions shall be determined annually by the Board of Supervisors. During the absence or inability of the Treasurer to render or perform his or her duties or exercise his or her powers, the Chair shall serve as the disbursing officer of the District.
24 V.S.A. § 5705 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 138 / Section 5705
§ 5705. Officers
Status: in_force

(a) Generally. The board shall elect at its first meeting and at each annual meeting thereafter a chair, vice chair, clerk, and treasurer, who shall hold office until the next annual meeting and until others are elected. The board may fill a vacancy in any office.

(b) Chair. The chair shall preside at all meetings of the board and make and sign all contracts on behalf of the district upon approval by the board. The chair shall perform all duties incident to the position and office as required by the general laws of the State.

(c) Vice chair. During the absence of or inability of the chair to render or perform his or her duties or exercise his or her powers, the same shall be performed and exercised by the vice chair, and when so acting, the vice chair shall have all the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities given to or imposed upon the chair. During the absence or inability of the vice chair to render or perform his or her duties or exercise his or her powers, the board shall elect from among its members an acting vice chair who shall have the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities given to or imposed upon the vice chair.

(d) Clerk. The clerk shall keep a record of the meetings, votes, and proceedings of the district for the inspection of its inhabitants.

(e) Treasurer. The treasurer of the district shall be elected by the board and shall serve at its pleasure. The treasurer shall have the exclusive charge and custody of the funds of the district and shall be the disbursing officer of the district. When warrants are authorized by the board, the treasurer may sign, make, or endorse in the name of the district all checks and orders for the payment of money and pay out and disburse the same and receipt therefor. The treasurer shall keep a record of every obligation issued and contract entered into by the district and of every payment made. The treasurer shall keep correct books of account of all the business and transactions of the district and such other books and accounts as the board may require. The treasurer shall render a statement of the condition of the finances of the district at each regular meeting of the board and at such other times as required of the treasurer. The treasurer shall prepare the annual financial statement and the budget of the district for distribution, upon approval of the board, to the legislative bodies of district members. Upon the treasurer's termination from office by virtue of removal or resignation, the treasurer shall immediately pay over to his or her successor all of the funds belonging to the district and at the same time deliver to the successor all official books and papers.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 17.05 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 17.05
App. § 9-17.5. Specifications
Status: in_force

The department head shall prepare specifications for all supplies, materials, and equipment needed by said department, in consultation with the City Purchasing Agent. Any disagreement regarding said specification shall be resolved by the Mayor.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 210 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 210
App. § 4-210. Appointments
Status: in_force

The Council shall have the power to appoint the members of all boards, commissions, committees, or similar bodies unless specifically provided otherwise by this charter. The terms of all appointments shall commence on the day after the day of appointment unless the appointment is to fill a vacancy in an office, in which case the term shall commence at the time of appointment.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 701 / Section 6
App. § 701-6. Board of Directors
Status: in_force

The Board of Directors shall be the legislative and administrative body of the municipal corporation and shall be responsible for the control and management of all affairs, property, and interests of the corporation. The Board of Directors may exercise all legal powers of the corporation consistent with this chapter, the bylaws of the corporation, and Vermont law. These powers shall include the execution of contracts, the authority to purchase insurance on behalf of the corporation, the commencement of actions in the name of the corporation, defending actions brought against the corporation, and the settlement of claims on behalf of the corporation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 1
App. § 235-1. Boundaries
Status: in_force

All that part of the Town of Ludlow in the County of Windsor, bounded and described as follows: Commencing at a post on the south side of the highway leading from Ludlow Village to Proctorsville at the northeast corner of land of Freeman H. Fuller, thence running north 22 degrees and 30 minutes east, 84 rods to a stone wall between land of S. L. Valentine and land of William L. Lawrence; thence continuing on the same course 110 rods to a post set for a corner; thence running north, 67 degrees and 30 minutes west, 187 and one-half rods to a post on the east side of North Hill road, opposite the northeast corner of land of Delia C. King; thence running north, 79 degrees west, along a stone wall 96 rods to the west end of said stone wall; thence in the same course 50 rods to a stake on the east side of a road leading to back lots; thence in same course 63 rods to a post on the west side of the Dug-way road; thence in same course across Black River to a post on the west side of the stage road to Plymouth; thence in the same course, 22 rods, to the west line of the Rutland Railroad; thence southerly along the west line of said railroad 224 rods to a post on the north side of the West Hill road; thence south, 22 degrees and 30 minutes west, 26 rods to a post on the north side of the line fence between lands of Richard M. Bates and Wallace E. Hemmenway; thence in the same course 111 rods to a post on the north side of the highway leading to said Richard M. Bates' dwelling house; thence in the same course 29 rods to a post set as a corner near a large yellow birch tree; thence north 86 degrees and 20 minutes east, 394 rods to a post set as a corner near a railroad mile post marked “93” on the south side of the railroad aforesaid; thence north, 22 degrees and 30 minutes east, 63 rods to the place of beginning is hereby incorporated and made a body politic and corporate, and shall hereafter be known by the name of the Village of Ludlow, and by that name may have perpetual succession, and be capable of suing and being sued, may have a common seal and the same alter at pleasure, and shall be capable of purchasing, holding, and conveying personal and real estate for the use of said Village, and at any annual or special meeting, warned for that purpose as herein provided, lay a tax upon the real estate within the same, whether of residents or nonresidents, for any of the purposes herein mentioned; and the trustees shall assess all taxes and make out a rate-bill accordingly, and deliver the same to the Collector. And it shall hereafter be the duty of the listers of Ludlow in making the list of the said Town of Ludlow to designate therein such of the ratable estate thereof as shall be within the limits of said Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 327 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 327
App. § 3-327. Powers supplemental; construction
Status: in_force

(a) The powers conferred by sections 321 through 326 of this charter are supplemental and alternative to other powers conferred by law, and these sections are intended as an independent and comprehensive conferral of powers to accomplish the purpose set forth herein.

(b) The provisions of these sections shall be liberally construed in order to effect their purpose.

(c) If any provision of these sections shall be held invalid in any circumstance, such invalidity shall not affect any other provisions or circumstances.

(d) These sections shall be construed in all respects so as to meet all constitutional requirements. In carrying out the purposes and provisions of these sections, all steps shall be taken that are necessary to meet constitutional requirements whether or not such steps are required by statute.
24 V.S.A. § 2093 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2093
§ 2093. Penalty
Status: in_force

Within the time fixed in the notice, a person who refuses and neglects to correct or eliminate the cause of the unreasonable disturbance, provided the same is reasonably subject to correction at a cost not to exceed $50.00, and who, after such time, knowingly, willfully, or maliciously continues unreasonably or unnecessarily to disturb the reception of such radio or television waves, shall be fined not more than $50.00.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 6
App. § 901-6. Authority
Status: in_force

All power and authority of the Authority shall be exercised by the Board.
24 V.S.A. § 1585 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1585
§ 1585. Unassigned fund balance
Status: in_force

Monies from a budget approved by the voters at an annual or special meeting that are not expended by the end of a municipality's fiscal year shall be under the control and direction of the legislative body of the municipality and may be carried forward from year to year as an unassigned fund balance. Unassigned fund balances may be invested and reinvested as are other monies received by a town treasurer and may be expended for any public purpose as established by the legislative body of the municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 908 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 908
App. § 19-908. Penalties; forfeitures or suits not affected
Status: in_force

This charter shall not affect a penalty or forfeiture incurred under any acts amended by this charter, nor any suit or proceeding had or commenced in a civil or criminal cause before this charter takes effect, but the proceedings therein shall, when necessary, conform to the provisions of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 109 / Section 6
App. § 109-6. Water rates
Status: in_force

(a) All water rates of the Village of Proctorsville in effect at the time of merger shall continue in effect until changed by the Selectboard of the Town of Cavendish. All costs of the Water Department shall be paid by the users.

(b) Annual water charges shall be at a rate sufficient to cover annual expenditures, adequate reserves, temporary indebtedness, and the amortizing of bonded indebtedness and interest.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 9
App. § 219-9. Corporate powers
Status: in_force

The corporation may purchase, hold, and convey any real estate, and erect and keep in repair any building necessary for their purposes; may construct, maintain, or purchase such aqueducts and reservoirs as they may judge best; may make bylaws regulating zoning and development; may adopt municipal ordinances for the erection of dwelling houses and other buildings; may make such bylaws and regulations as they shall deem proper to restrain all nuisances, or abate the same; direct the clearing, repairing, and improvement of streets, highways, commons, or walks, and protect the same from injury, light the same, keep a watch, restrain cattle, horses, sheep, swine, geese, and other creatures from running at large, or permit the same to run at large under such restrictions as they may provide; provide for the planting and preservation of shade and other trees, lay out, grade, fence, and otherwise improve all public parks and commons; and may impose any fine not exceeding $500.00 for a breach of any bylaws, which fines, and all others prosecuted within six months from the time they accrue, in the name of the corporation, may be recovered in the District Court of the State, in an action of debt, declaring generally for a breach of the bylaws or of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 27 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 7 / Section 27
App. § 7-27. Sale or lease of City owned property
Status: in_force

The City Council may authorize the sale of real or personal estate belonging to the City when the same shall not exceed in value $1,000.00, or may lease the same for a term not exceeding one year, and all conveyances, grants, or leases of any such real estate shall be signed by the Mayor and sealed with the City Seal.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 279 / Section 6
App. § 279-6. Village Clerk
Status: in_force

The Village Clerk shall be a Village resident or nonresident elected for a one year term at the annual meeting of the Village. The Village Clerk shall have all the authority, duties, and responsibilities that are conferred upon the office of the Village Clerk by the general laws of the State of Vermont. Upon election, the Village Clerk shall appoint one or more assistant village clerks with the approval of the Board of Trustees, for whose official acts the Village Clerk shall be responsible.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 206 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 206
App. § 407-206. Special meetings
Status: in_force

Special meetings of the Board of Supervisors may be called at any time by the Chair or shall be called by the Clerk upon written request of a majority of the members of the Board of Supervisors. Except in case of emergency, each member of the Board of Supervisors shall be given at least 24-hours' notice of any special meeting of the Board of Supervisors by notice in person, by telephone, or by written notice delivered personally, mailed, or left at such member's usual place of residence. To the extent permitted by law, action may be taken at special meetings of the Board of Supervisors by means of telephonic communications.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 55 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 55
App. § 405-55. Indemnification; contribution
Status: in_force

(a) The District agrees it shall protect, indemnify, and hold harmless each member municipality (except a member municipality found to be at fault) and its respective officials, officers, members, employees, and agents, from and against all liabilities, damages, claims, demands, judgments, losses, costs, expenses, suits, action, or proceedings, and attorney's fees, and further agrees to defend the indemnified party in any suit, action, or proceeding, with respect to any act by or default of the District arising out of the location and operation of a District waste disposal facility or the negligent conduct of any District activities.

(b) Any member municipality that operates or maintains, or has operated or maintained, a facility or facilities for the disposal of solid or hazardous waste (except a facility the operation or maintenance of which is, pursuant to express written authorization of the Board of Commissioners, conducted for the District) agrees that it shall protect, indemnify, and hold harmless the District and each other member municipality (except a member municipality found to be at fault) and their respective officials, officers, members, employees, and agents from and against all liabilities, damages, claims, demands, judgments, losses, costs, expenses, suits, actions, or proceedings, and attorney's fees, and further agrees to defend the indemnified parties in any suit, action, or other proceeding, with respect to any act by or default of such municipality arising out of its operation or maintenance, or both, of such facility.

(c) It is expressly agreed and understood by the District and the member municipalities that by entering into this agreement and forming the Chittenden Regional Solid Waste Management District, neither the District nor any member municipality has accepted or assumed any responsibility or liability for the past, present, or future operation or maintenance of any solid or hazardous waste disposal facility located within the District or operated by any member municipality, except a facility the operation or maintenance of which is, pursuant to express written authorization of the Board of Commissioners, conducted for or on behalf of the District.

(d) In the event the District is unable to meet any obligation with regard to which the member municipalities are jointly liable, each member municipality shall contribute its proportionate share of such obligations that are paid by the District to insure that all member municipalities share financial responsibility for these obligations in an amount proportionate to the actual or estimated tonnage or volume of solid waste generated by that municipality as determined by the District Board of Commissioners pursuant to section 34 of this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1001 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 1001
App. § 4-1001. Taxes on real property
Status: in_force

Taxes on real property shall be paid in equal installments on March 15 and September 15. The Council shall send notice to taxpayers not less than 30 days prior to when taxes are due.
24 V.S.A. § 1576 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1576
§ 1576. Town treasurer; record of orders
Status: in_force

The treasurer shall pay orders drawn on him or her by officials authorized by law to draw such orders. If he or she does not pay such orders, on demand, the holder thereof may recover the amount from the town, with interest from the time of such demand. The treasurer shall keep a record of such orders not paid on demand in a book kept for that purpose. In the event, however, where there are insufficient funds on hand for the payment of any such order, the treasurer shall forthwith notify the selectboard and the officer drawing the same.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 301
App. § 117-301. Introduction; first and second readings; public hearing
Status: in_force

(Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-601 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)

(a) Every ordinance shall be introduced in writing. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be “The Selectboard of the Town of Essex hereby ordains . . . ”. If the Selectboard passes the proposed ordinance upon first reading they shall cause it to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town in the form passed, or a concise summary of it including a statement of purpose, principal provisions, and table of contents or list of section headings, together with a reference to a place within the Town where copies of the full text of the proposed ordinance may be examined, 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 one week prior to the date of said public hearing. Any published notice shall explain citizens' rights to petition for a vote on the ordinance at an annual or special meeting pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 1973 and shall also contain the name, address, and telephone number of a person with knowledge of the ordinance who is available to answer questions about it.

(b) At the time and place so advertised, or at any time and place to which the hearing may from time to time be adjourned, the ordinance shall be introduced, and thereafter, all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard.

(c) After the hearing, the Selectboard may finally pass the ordinance with or without amendment, except that if the Selectboard make an amendment they shall cause the amended ordinance to be published pursuant to section 106(a) hereof at least once together with a notice of the time and place of a public hearing at which the amended ordinance will be further considered, which publication shall be at least three days prior to the public hearing. At which time so advertised or at any time and place to which the meeting may be adjourned, the amended ordinance shall be introduced, and after the hearing, the Selectboard may finally pass the amended ordinance, or again amend it subject to the same procedures as outlined herein. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 117-106 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)
24 V.S.A. § 5704 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 138 / Section 5704
§ 5704. Governing board; composition; meetings; report
Status: in_force

(a) Governing board. The legislative power and authority of a district and the administration and the general supervision of all fiscal, prudential, and governmental affairs of a district shall be vested in a governing board, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter.

(b) Composition. The governing board of the district shall consist of members appointed in equal numbers by the legislative bodies of the underlying municipalities. The board shall draft the district's bylaws specifying the size, composition, quorum requirements, and manner of appointing and removing members to the board, including nonvoting, at-large board members. The bylaws shall require that the legislative bodies of the underlying municipalities appoint board members and fill board member vacancies. Board members appointed by the underlying municipalities may appoint additional, nonvoting, at-large board members and fill at-large board member vacancies. Board members, including at-large members, are not required to be residents of an underlying municipality. However, a majority of the board shall be residents of an underlying municipality. Board members shall serve staggered, three-year terms and shall be eligible to serve successive terms. At-large board members shall serve one-year terms, and shall be eligible to serve successive terms. Any bylaws developed by the governing board under this subsection shall be submitted for approval to the legislative bodies of the municipalities within the district and shall be considered duly adopted 45 days after the date of submission, provided none of the legislative bodies disapprove the bylaws.

(c) First meeting. The first meeting of the district shall be called upon 30 days' posted and published notice by a presiding officer of a legislative body in which the district is located. The board shall elect from among its members a chair, vice chair, clerk, and treasurer. The board shall establish the fiscal year of the district and shall adopt rules of parliamentary procedure. Prior to assuming their offices, officers may be required to post bond in such amounts as determined by resolution of the board. The cost of such bond shall be borne by the district.

(d) Annual and special meetings. Unless otherwise established by the voters, the annual district meeting shall be held on the second Monday in January and shall be warned by the clerk or, in the clerk's absence or neglect, by a member of the board. Special meetings shall be warned in the same manner on application in writing by five percent of the voters of the district. A warning for a district meeting shall state the business to be transacted. The time and place of holding the meeting shall be posted in two or more public places in the district not more than 40 days nor less than 30 days before the meeting and recorded in the office of the clerk before the same is posted.

(e) Annual report. The district shall report annually to the legislative bodies and the citizens of the municipalities in which the district is located on the results of its activities in support of economic growth, job creation, improved community efficiency, and any other benefits incident to its activities.

(f) Definition. For purposes of this section and section 5709 of this chapter, after a district has been established pursuant to section 5702 of this chapter, “voter” means a board member or subscriber or customer of a service provided by the district. “Voter” does not mean an at-large board member unless the vote is taken at an annual or special meeting and the at-large board member is a subscriber or customer of a service provided by the district.
24 V.S.A. § 5105 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 127 / Section 5105
§ 5105. Grand list; debt limit
Status: in_force

The grand list of the authority shall be deemed to be the total of the grand lists of member municipalities, and the debt limit of the authority shall not be diminished by any obligation incurred by a member municipality alone. Obligations incurred under chapter 53 of this title shall be the joint and several obligations of the authority and of each member municipality but shall not affect any limitation on indebtedness of a member municipality. The cost of debt service shall be included in the annual budget of the authority as provided in section 4866 of this title, and shall be allocated among the member municipalities as provided in that section. Where voter approval is required pursuant to chapter 53 of this title, the board of commissioners shall determine the number and location of polling places, and when a majority of all the voters present and voting on the question from all of the member municipalities at the meeting vote to authorize the issuance of bonds, the board of commissioners shall be authorized to issue the bonds as provided in chapter 53 of this title. The counting of ballots shall be conducted by the board of commissioners together with the town or city clerk from each member municipality or his or her designee.
24 V.S.A. § 1423 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 45 / Section 1423
§ 1423. Town committees; joint plan for consolidation
Status: in_force

(a) Any committee appointed at the suggestion of the assistant judges shall meet and confer with the committee of the town proposing consolidation, and the two committees acting jointly, if they determine that a consolidation would promote the interests of the residents of the areas to be consolidated and that greater governmental efficiency would result, shall draw a detailed plan for a consolidation, setting forth the boundaries of the areas to be consolidated, scheduling and listing land, buildings, and equipment owned by each town which will not be needed after consolidation and placing a fair market value thereon and scheduling and listing land, buildings, and equipment deemed necessary for the areas to be consolidated. They shall also schedule and list the liabilities of each town and draw up a balance sheet showing the true assets and liabilities of the proposed consolidated town taking into consideration the value of the land, buildings, and equipment which will not be needed after consolidation.

(b) Any plan for consolidation may provide for the establishment of one or more of the towns consolidating as a village within the consolidated town, and for the continuance of any zoning ordinances in effect in such town as village ordinances and, in case such town has a bonded debt, for special village tax levies for the payment thereof. Any plan may also provide that school districts within the areas to be consolidated may be established as incorporated school districts within the consolidated town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 54 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 54
App. § 401-54. Amendment of this chapter
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Supervisors may amend this chapter by the procedure set out in this section. Any vote of the Board required under this section shall be as prescribed in section 14 of this chapter, except that the votes of the representatives of two-thirds of the member municipalities and two-thirds of the votes cast shall be required for adoption. The Board of Supervisors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Supervisors may pass a resolution stating their intent to amend this chapter. A written copy of the resolution, stating the wording of the amendment and the purpose of the amendment, and the date of a Board meeting scheduled to act on the amendment, shall be delivered to the legislative branches of each municipality and mailed or left at the usual place of residence of each member of the Board of Supervisors at least 30 business days prior to the meeting scheduled to adopt the amendment. The amendment shall be considered adopted by the Board of Supervisors 30 business days following approval of the Board. However, if a majority of the legislative branches of member municipalities request a special District meeting within such a 30-day period, a special District meeting shall be held on the question of approval of the proposed amendment as provided in subchapter 5 of this chapter, and the amendment shall not be adopted unless approved by the District voters.

(b) Upon adoption by the Board of Supervisors or approval of the voters, the amendment shall be submitted and acted on by the General Assembly in accordance with the provisions of 17 V.S.A. § 2645. The amendment shall become effective upon affirmative enactment of the proposal, either as proposed or as amended by the General Assembly. For the purposes of this section, this chapter shall be considered a municipal charter.

(c) This chapter may be amended from time to time in the manner provided in this chapter, but no such amendment shall be made that shall substantially impair the rights of the holders of any bonds 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.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 902 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 902
App. § 127-902. Time of holding
Status: in_force

(a) An annual Town meeting for the consideration of the budget and other Town business shall be held according to State law except as hereinafter provided.

(b) The ballot boxes shall be open for a minimum of nine consecutive hours determined and warned by the Selectboard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 289 / Section 5
App. § 289-5. Board of Trustees
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Trustees shall have the general care and management of the prudential interests and affairs of the corporation; shall draw orders upon the Treasurer for, and direct the expenditure of all monies belonging to, the corporation; and generally perform all duties legally enjoined upon it by the corporation. The Board of Trustees shall have power to abate taxes imposed by the corporation subject to the same limitations and for the same causes provide in section 3519 of the Public Statutes.

(b) All powers vested in the Board may be exercised by a majority of its members.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11.05 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 11.05
App. § 9-11.5. City report
Status: in_force

The City report shall be published annually, on or before the 15th day of November each year, by the direction of the Mayor. It shall contain a clear statement of the financial affairs of the City, including a record of all expenditures, receipts, and disbursements of the City monies, and the name and amount of compensation for services from the City of every person receiving compensation by way of salary or otherwise in amount of $300 or more a year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1507 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 1507
App. § 269-1507. Taxation
Status: in_force

(a) Taxes on real and personal property shall be paid as voted at the annual Village meeting.

(b) Taxes shall be collected as established by law.

(c) Taxes are due October 1st; and taxes unpaid by November 1st shall be considered delinquent property taxes and shall accrue penalty, interest, fees, and costs to the maximum extent permitted by law, and all such penalty, interest, fees, and costs shall be paid over to the Village Treasurer for inclusion in the General Fund of the Village.

(d) The Village shall have a Board of Abatement with powers enumerated under State law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 21
App. § 126-21. General
Status: in_force

The officers of the Town of Lyndon shall be those provided by law, except as otherwise provided in this charter. Town officers shall have all of the powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this charter as well as those provided by law.