24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 56 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 56
App. § 401-56. Definitions
Status: in_force

In this chapter, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Solid waste” means any discarded garbage, refuse, septage, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply plant, or pollution control facility, and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, or agricultural operations and from community activities but does not include animal manure and absorbent bedding used for soil enrichment or solid or dissolved materials in industrial discharges that are point sources subject to permits under 10 V.S.A. chapter 47.

(2) “Hazardous waste” means any waste or combination of wastes of a solid, liquid, contained gaseous, or semisolid form, including those that are toxic, corrosive, ignitable, reactive, strong sensitizers, or that generate pressure through decomposition, heat, or other means, which in the judgment of the Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources or his or her duly authorized representative may cause, or contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness, taking into account the toxicity of such waste, its persistence and degradability in nature, and its potential for assimilation, or concentration in tissue, and other factors that may otherwise cause or contribute to adverse acute or chronic effects on the health of persons or other living organisms, or any matter that may have an unusually destructive effect on water quality if discharged to ground or surface waters of the State. All special nuclear, source, or byproduct material, as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1964 and amendments thereto, codified in 42 U.S.C. § 2014, is specifically excluded from this definition.

(3) “Population” shall be established for the purpose of determining the number of votes to be cast by municipal representatives, amounts of municipal assessments, and other purposes under this chapter, by reference to the official Department of Health population estimate (including group quarters or institutional population) as published most recently preceding the beginning of the District's fiscal year in which the vote is being cast, assessment being determined, or other action is occurring that requires a determination of population. Except for purposes of determining amounts due under subdivision 51(2)(A)(ii) of this chapter, the most recent publication prior to a vote of withdrawal shall be used. In the event the Department of Health ceases to publish population estimates, the Board of Supervisors may designate another appropriate publication containing population estimates for purposes of establishing population.

(4) “Solid waste facility” means all contiguous lands, structures, other appurtenances and improvements on the land, used for treating, storing, or disposing of waste. A facility may consist of several treatment, storage, or disposal operational units.
24 V.S.A. § 1983 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 59 / Section 1983
§ 1983. Identification to law enforcement officers required
Status: in_force

(a) A law enforcement officer is authorized to detain a person if:

(1) the officer has reasonable grounds to believe the person has violated a municipal ordinance; and

(2) the person refuses to identify himself or herself satisfactorily to the officer when requested by the officer.

(b) The person may be detained only until the person identifies himself or herself satisfactorily to the officer or is properly identified. If the officer is unable to obtain the identification information, the person shall forthwith be brought before a Criminal Division of the Superior Court judge for that purpose. A person who refuses to identify himself or herself to the court on request shall immediately and without service of an order on the person be subject to civil contempt proceedings pursuant to 12 V.S.A. § 122.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 308 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 308
App. § 413-308. 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. § 208 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 208
App. § 409-208. Voting
Status: in_force

(a) Each member shall be entitled to one vote plus one vote for each 1,500 people or any portion thereof of its population. The number of votes entitled to be cast on behalf of any member entitled to more than one supervisor shall be divided equally among its supervisors. Fractional votes, if any, shall be taken into account. No supervisor(s) may split votes. No proxies shall be allowed. Population shall be determined as follows until the results of the 1990 U.S. census are available for the members:

(b) When the results of the 1990 census are available, and decennially thereafter when new U.S. decennial census data are available, the number of votes granted to each member shall be determined at the next organizational meeting. Any action adopted by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present shall be the action of the Board. Approval of the siting of any District facility or of the condemnation by eminent domain of any property by the District shall require approval by supervisors representing at least two-thirds of all votes entitled to be cast on behalf of all members and comprising at least two-thirds of the supervisors present.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 504 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 504
App. § 411-504. Warnings required
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn all annual and special meetings of the District by filing a notice thereof with the Clerk of the District, who, in turn, shall file a copy of the notice thereof with the clerk of each member municipality who shall post a copy of the notice thereof in at least three public places within his or her municipality not less than 30 nor more than 40 days prior to the meeting. In addition, the Clerk of the District shall cause the warning to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within each member municipality once a week for three consecutive weeks on the same day of the week prior to the meeting, the last publication thereof to be not less than five nor more than 10 days prior to the date of the meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 371 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 371
App. § 3-371. Purposes and powers
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the orders and ordinances of the City Council, the Department of Permitting and Inspections shall provide a single location to obtain permits and inspection services for all zoning, building, plumbing, electrical wiring, and minimum housing and rental unit matters.

(b) In furtherance of its purpose, the Department of Permitting and Inspections shall, subject to the orders and ordinances of the City Council, have the following rights, powers, and duties:

(1) to review development projects and ensure compliance with the City's building codes, land use bylaws, historic preservation guidelines, design, and subdivision standards;

(2) to issue permits, as provided in State law and local ordinances, for building, zoning, and related matters;

(3) to conduct inspections, as provided in State law and local ordinances, of buildings, plumbing systems, electrical wiring, and related matters;

(4) to conduct inspections to ensure compliance with zoning requirements and zoning, building, or related permits;

(5) to conduct inspections of rental housing units to ensure compliance with the Minimum Housing Code or other housing codes;

(6) to notice and enforce violations of building, zoning, minimum housing, and other laws, regulations, codes, or ordinances, as provided therein; and

(7) to carry out the orders of the Board of Health.
24 V.S.A. § 331 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 331
§ 331. Oath; bond
Status: in_force

Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, a high bailiff shall be sworn and give a bond such as may be required by the assistant judges. The cost of such bond shall be paid by the county.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7.08 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 7.08
App. § 107-7.8. Office of Assessment
Status: in_force

(a) Taxable property within the Town may be reappraised from time to time as may be deemed expedient by the Representative Town Meeting pursuant to a duly warned article.

(b) There shall be an Office of Assessment headed by a professionally qualified assessor or equivalent hereafter known as the Town Assessor, who shall be appointed by the Town Manager.

(c) Except for the duties set forth in subsection (e) of this section, the Town Assessor shall have the authority and shall exercise all powers and shall be responsible to fulfill all duties assigned to the listers in the Vermont Statutes Annotated and case law, including appraisal of all real and business property for the purpose of establishing the grand list, as set forth in 32 V.S.A. § 3431. Appraisals shall be reviewed periodically and kept up to date.

(d) Neither the Town Assessor nor any employee of the Office of Assessment staff, nor any independent contractor directly or indirectly providing services for the tax assessing function of the Town, may simultaneously serve as a lister for the Town.

(e) The Board of Listers, elected at large under the authority of subdivision 2.2(5) of this charter, having no appraisal power, shall function as a Board of Appeals with the authority to hear and adjudicate all appeals by citizens disputing Office of Assessment appraisals and perform other advisory and educational functions for the Office of Assessment.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 103 / Section 101
App. § 103-101. General law applies
Status: in_force

(a) All provisions of the Constitution and laws of the State relating to towns and villages shall apply to the Town of Bennington, except as modified by this charter.

(b) The Town of Bennington shall have all the powers and functions conferred upon towns and villages by the Constitution and laws of the State and shall also have all implied powers necessary to implement such powers and functions.

(c) The powers and functions conferred upon the Town of Bennington by this charter shall be in addition to the powers and functions conferred upon the Town by the laws of the State. Nothing in this charter shall be construed as a limitation upon such powers and functions.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 0 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 114G / Section 0
App. § 114G. Local option tax
Status: in_force

(a) Upon resolution of the Selectboard, the voters of the Town may, by a majority vote of those voting by Australian ballot, assess a one percent rooms tax.

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

(c) The Town's share of the revenues received through the imposition of a tax imposed under this section shall be used for capital projects within the Town of Elmore.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 401 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 401
App. § 151-401. Appointed by the Select Board
Status: in_force

The Select Board members shall appoint a Town Manager for an indefinite term and upon such conditions as they may determine.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 406 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 406
App. § 407-406. Long-term indebtedness
Status: in_force

(a) Submission to voters. On a petition signed by at least five percent of the voters of the District at the last general election, the proposition of incurring a bonded debt or other indebtedness to pay for public improvements or of authorizing a long-term contract shall be submitted by the Board of Supervisors to the qualified voters thereof at a special meeting to be held for that purpose. In the alternative, when the Board of Supervisors, at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Supervisors called for such purpose, shall determine by resolution passed by a vote of the Board that the public interest or necessity demands improvements or a long-term contract and that the cost of the same will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue, it shall order the submission of the proposition of incurring indebtedness or of authorizing a long-term contract to the qualified voters of the District at a meeting to be held for that purpose. A “long-term contract” means a contract in which the District incurs obligations for which the costs are too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenues of the District, in the judgment of the Board of Supervisors. The term “public improvements” shall include improvements that may be used for the benefit of the public, whether or not publicly owned or operated. Bonded debt or other indebtedness may be authorized for any purpose permitted by 24 V.S.A. chapters 53 and 119, and 10 V.S.A. chapter 12, or any other applicable statutes for any purpose for which the District is organized. The Board of Supervisors may not submit to the voters more than twice in any 12-month period the proposition of incurring bonded or other indebtedness to pay for the same or similar public improvement or of entering the same or similar long-term contract.

(b) Warnings of meeting. The warning calling the special meeting of the District to incur bonded debt or other indebtedness or to authorize a long-term contract shall state the object and purpose for which the indebtedness or long-term contract is proposed to be incurred or authorized, the estimated cost of the improvements or service, the amount of bonds or other evidence of indebtedness proposed to be authorized, a summary of the terms of any contract proposed to be authorized, and means of raising or apportioning costs entailed thereby for debt service or payments under a long term contract. The warning shall fix the place where and the date on which the meeting shall be held and the hours of opening and closing the polls. The Board of Supervisors in cooperation with the Board of Civil Authority of each member municipality shall determine the number and location of polling places; provided, however, that there shall be at least one polling place in each member municipality.

(c) Notice of meeting. The Clerk of the District shall cause notice of such special meeting to be published in a newspaper of known circulation in the District once a week for three consecutive weeks on the same day of the week, the last publication to be not less than five nor more than 10 days before such meeting. Notice of such meeting shall also be posted in at least five public places within each member municipality at least 30 and not more than 40 days before the meeting and be filed with the Clerk of each member municipality and the Clerk of the District prior to posting.

(d) Authorization. When a majority of all the voters present and voting on the question from all the member municipalities at such special meeting vote to authorize the issuance of bonds or other evidence of indebtedness or to authorize a long-term contract, the District shall be authorized to issue the bonds or other evidence of indebtedness as provided in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 or other applicable statutes, or to enter into the long-term contract. Or, in accordance with subchapter 1, section 109 of this chapter and 24 V.S.A. chapter 121, subchapter 4, a majority of the voters of the subgroup of member municipalities votes to authorize the issuance of bonds or other evidence of indebtedness or to authorize a long-term contract, the District shall be authorized to issue the bonds or other evidence of indebtedness on behalf of the subgroup of member municipalities. The ballots cast in each member municipality shall be preserved and secured for a period of no more than 48 hours, and thereafter shall be delivered to the District Clerk. The ballots shall be commingled and counted by a member of the Board of Supervisors together with the town or city clerk from each member municipality, or the clerk's designee. Sections 507 (Australian ballot), 508 (qualifications and registration of voters), 509 (conduct of meetings), 510 (reconsideration or rescission of vote), and 511 (validation of District meetings) of subchapter 5 of this chapter shall apply to any District meeting called to incur long-term debt or to authorize a long-term contract.

(e) Assessment. The cost of debt service or of payments under a long-term contract shall be allocated among the member municipalities as provided in subsection 402(c) of this subchapter, unless otherwise provided by applicable law and in the vote authorizing the same. The applicable provision of 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 or other enabling law under which debt is incurred or long-term contracts authorized shall apply to the issuance of bonds or other evidence of indebtedness by the District and for that purpose the District shall be deemed a “municipal corporation,” the Board of Supervisors shall be deemed a “legislative branch,” and the District Treasurer shall be deemed a “municipal treasurer” within the purview of that chapter. Bonds or other evidence of indebtedness and long term contracts shall be signed by the Treasurer and Chair of the Board of Supervisors of the District.

(f) Special limitation. The Board of Supervisors shall not submit to the legal voters of the District any proposition to issue bonds or other long-term indebtedness or to authorize a long-term contract less than 12 months after the District has become a body politic and corporate.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 107 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 107
App. § 411-107. Responsibility to accept waste
Status: in_force

(a) The District shall not enter into any contract with nonmember municipalities or private entities for the management of solid waste generated outside the boundaries of the District unless the contract is deemed to be in the best interests of the District and approved by a two-thirds majority of the Board of Supervisors.

(b) Each member municipality agrees to act as a host community for any District facility or facilities determined by all regulatory agencies having jurisdiction to be environmentally appropriate.
24 V.S.A. § 4861 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 121 / Section 4861
§ 4861. Authorization
Status: in_force

If a joint municipal survey committee approves the creation of a union municipal district, it shall prepare an agreement for the formation of the district and shall file a copy with the legislative body, planning commission, and clerk of each participating municipality.
24 V.S.A. § 3401 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 95 / Section 3401
§ 3401. Drainage adjacent to cities and incorporated villages
Status: in_force

In a town having a municipality within its limits, authorized by law to construct main sewers, drains, and outlets at the expense of the abutters or those interested, where a sewer, drain, or outlet will benefit those outside the limits of such municipality as well as those inside, upon petition of a majority of those interested in its construction, setting forth that they are liable to contribute towards its expense and that the public health and convenience demand it, the selectboard may join the proper officers of such municipality in laying out and constructing the same.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 58 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 58
App. § 405-58. Dissolution of District
Status: in_force

The District may be dissolved upon approval of a majority plus one of its then existing member municipalities. A majority of the voters at a duly warned annual or special meeting in at least a majority plus one of the member municipalities, must approve the dissolution and a plan of dissolution that shall include provisions for the payment of all District obligations, a disposal of District assets, and the means of apportioning continuing liabilities among the member municipalities. The dissolution plan, prior to submission of the voters, must be submitted to the Attorney General to determine whether the plan is in proper form and compatible with the laws of the State. In the event the Attorney General fails to notify the District of his or her determination within 30 days after receipt of a copy of the dissolution plan, it shall be deemed to have been approved.
24 V.S.A. § 1962 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 58 / Section 1962
§ 1962. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Legislative body” means the mayor and board of aldermen of a city, a city council, a town selectboard, the president and trustees of an incorporated village, or the legislative bodies of a group of municipalities.

(2) “Municipality” means a city, town, incorporated village, or group of municipalities.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 84 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 84
App. § 126-84. Electric department; assets, finances, and indebtedness
Status: in_force

(a) The Town of Lyndon Electric Department shall inherit all of the assets, accounts, and liabilities of the Village of Lyndonville Electric Department, subject to the management of the Board of Electric Commissioners under the general supervision of the Selectboard. The Department shall operate under the statutory authority and requirements of 30 V.S.A. chapter 79, relating to municipal electric plants, and 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, relating to municipal indebtedness, all of which control the financing, improvements, expansion, and disposal of the municipal electric plant and its operations.

(b) With specific reference to the legislative authorization contained in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 2, the Board of Electric Commissioners is permitted to issue either revenue-backed bonds or general obligation bonds, or both, for any capital improvement purpose related to its responsibilities to operate such utilities for the benefit of its ratepayers, provided each issuance of bonds is approved according to law.

(c) The Town of Lyndon Electric Department shall take over for administrative purposes all contractual benefits and obligations inherited by the Town of Lyndon under the Merger Plan as approved by the Town and the Village that involve or apply to its operations as an electric utility without any further act, deed, or instrument being necessary, or the approval of any agency of State government.

(d) Annually, the Town of Lyndon Electric Department shall contribute to the Town of Lyndon in lieu of taxes in the form of either a cash payment or the equivalent in free services and municipal rate benefits in an amount equaling the amount of money that would have been received by the Town of Lyndon in ad valorem real estate taxes were such department a privately owned utility, or both.
24 V.S.A. § 2092 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2092
§ 2092. Investigation; notice
Status: in_force

If, upon such investigation, the source and cause of such alleged disturbance or interference is determined, after due notice as provided in section 2091 of this title, the legislative body shall give due notice in writing to the person, firm, or corporation found by such legislative body to be responsible therefor to correct or eliminate the cause of such unnecessary or unreasonable disturbance or interference, within a reasonable time thereafter to be stated in such notice. Such notice may be sent to the person, firm, or corporation affected, by registered mail addressed to the residence or place of business in this State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 406 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 406
App. § 113-406. Removal
Status: in_force

(a) On 90 days' notice, the Town Manager shall be removed by a majority of the entire Selectboard so voting upon a finding of cause for removal. The Town Manager may be suspended during this period, but the Town Manager's pay shall continue until removal.

(b) The Selectboard shall adopt a resolution stating its intention to remove the Town Manager and the reasons therefor, a copy of which shall be served forthwith on the Town Manager, along with a notice of termination hearing not less than 10 days or more than 20 days from the date of notice. The Town Manager shall have an opportunity to be heard at the hearing. The Selectboard may thereafter dismiss the Town Manager for cause.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 105 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 105
App. § 5-105. Intergovernmental relations
Status: in_force

The City, through its City Council, may enter into agreements with the United States of America or the State of Vermont to accept grants, loans, and assistance to make public improvements, and the City may make appropriations consistent with this charter to accomplish such purposes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 112 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 143 / Section 112
App. § 143-112. Ordinance; introduction and readings
Status: in_force

(a) Every ordinance shall be introduced in writing. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be “The Selectboard of the Town of Richmond hereby ordains.” The Selectboard shall cause the ordinance to be published in its entirety or a table of contents of the ordinance to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town, 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 adoption and the place where the ordinance may be viewed. The first such publication shall be at least one week prior to the date of the public hearing.

(b) At the time and place advertised, or at any time and place to which the hearing may from time to time be adjourned, the ordinance shall be read in full, except that by vote of a majority of the Selectboard, the ordinance may be read by title, and at the hearing, all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 24.04 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 24.04
App. § 9-24.4. Commissioner; control of water supply
Status: in_force

(a) The Commissioner of Public Works shall have the exclusive general management and supervision of the City water works and may make and enforce regulations regarding the use and control of water. He or she shall have authority to enforce beyond the limits of the City such regulations as may be necessary for the care, protection, preservation, management, and control of the City water works and water supply, in the same manner and to the same extent as within the City.

(b) The Commissioner of Public Works shall have the exclusive general management and control, and the immediate and practical supervision of the City streets, bridges, culverts, curbs, sidewalks, and sewers, and the work done thereon, and shall see that the same are properly constructed and kept in repair. He or she shall have the same powers in respect to repairs of streets, highways, bridges, and culverts as road commissioners and selectboards in towns and shall, when the public good requires, cause all streets and highways to be worked and graded the entire width thereof and made in such a manner as will in his or her judgment best accommodate the public.

(c) The Commissioner of Public Works shall have power to compel any person, acting under authority from him or her, to restore any sidewalk, street, pavement, highway, alley, lane, court, or public ground in said City that he or she shall dig up or disturb to a condition that shall be satisfactory to the Commissioner of Public Works. If the person fails to make such restoration or repair as requested by the Commissioner of Public Works, the work may be done by the City of Rutland and the City of Rutland may recover the amount it has expended for such work in an action under this section.
24 V.S.A. § 4469 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4469
§ 4469. Appeal; variances
Status: in_force

(a) On an appeal under section 4465 or 4471 of this title or on a referral under subsection 4460(e) of this title in which a variance from the provisions of a bylaw or interim bylaw is requested for a structure that is not primarily a renewable energy resource structure, the board of adjustment or the development review board or the Environmental Division created under 4 V.S.A. chapter 27 shall grant variances and render a decision in favor of the appellant, if all the following facts are found, and the finding is specified in its decision:

(1) There are unique physical circumstances or conditions, including irregularity, narrowness, or shallowness of lot size or shape, or exceptional topographical or other physical conditions peculiar to the particular property, and that unnecessary hardship is due to these conditions, and not the circumstances or conditions generally created by the provisions of the bylaw in the neighborhood or district in which the property is located.

(2) Because of these physical circumstances or conditions, there is no possibility that the property can be developed in strict conformity with the provisions of the bylaw, and that the authorization of a variance is therefore necessary to enable the reasonable use of the property.

(3) Unnecessary hardship has not been created by the appellant.

(4) The variance, if authorized, will not alter the essential character of the neighborhood or district in which the property is located, substantially or permanently impair the appropriate use or development of adjacent property, reduce access to renewable energy resources, or be detrimental to the public welfare.

(5) The variance, if authorized, will represent the minimum variance that will afford relief and will represent the least deviation possible from the bylaw and from the plan.

(b) On an appeal under section 4465 or 4471 of this title in which a variance from the provisions of a bylaw or interim bylaw is requested for a structure that is primarily a renewable energy resource structure, the board of adjustment or development review board or the Environmental Division may grant that variance and render a decision in favor of the appellant if all the following facts are found, and the finding is specified in its decision:

(1) It is unusually difficult or unduly expensive for the appellant to build a suitable renewable energy resource structure in conformance with the bylaws.

(2) The hardship was not created by the appellant.

(3) The variance, if authorized, will not alter the essential character of the neighborhood or district in which the property is located, substantially or permanently impair the appropriate use or development of adjacent property, reduce access to renewable energy resources, or be detrimental to the public welfare.

(4) The variance, if authorized, will represent the minimum variance that will afford relief and will represent the least deviation possible from the bylaws and from the plan.

(c) In rendering a decision in favor of an appellant under this section, a board of adjustment or development review board or the Environmental Division may attach such conditions to variances as it may consider necessary and appropriate under the circumstances to implement the purposes of this chapter and the plan of the municipality then in effect.

(d) A variance authorized in a flood hazard area shall meet applicable federal and State rules for compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 106 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 106
App. § 411-106. Sovereign immunity
Status: in_force

The District shall have the benefit of sovereign immunity to the fullest extent authorized by law, except to the extent that it shall have in force and effect liability or other insurance for itself and members of its Board of Supervisors. The District shall hold harmless and indemnify all members of the Board of Supervisors from all claims of every nature and kind arising out of or in connection with the exercise of a member's duties as a supervisor, with the exception of those actions that shall be deemed to be wilfully negligent or criminal in nature.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 57 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 57
App. § 417-57. Withdrawal of member municipality
Status: repealed

A member municipality may terminate its membership in the District by a majority vote of its voters present and voting at a duly warned annual or special meeting voting for such a termination. At such annual or special meeting, a majority of the municipality's voters present and voting must also approve the terms and conditions of this chapter for withdrawal required pursuant to subdivision (1) of this section. Such duly warned meeting must be held no less than 30 days after notice of intent to withdraw has been given to the Board of Supervisors. Said notice shall be in writing and delivered to the Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The termination shall take effect upon a certification of the termination vote by the clerk of the terminating municipality that must be delivered by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the Secretary of the District between July 1 and October 31 to become effective the following July 1. Requests for withdrawal received after October 31 shall result in the District requiring full payment of the withdrawing municipality's assessment for the next fiscal year.

(1) The terminating municipality must sign a written agreement with the District to pay, as applicable:

(A) Its share of any financial obligations incurred by the District up to the point of termination, including its share of obligations subject to annual appropriation up to the effective date of withdrawal;

(B) Its share of all existing indebtedness incurred by the District and obligations under long-term contracts, at the time its termination becomes effective, including its share of the debt or obligations incurred by the District for the remaining bonding term or contract term; and

(C) Any direct, incidental, and consequential costs resulting from its withdrawal, including fixed operational costs and costs of redesigning, relocating, or rebuilding a facility.

(2) [Repealed.]
24 V.S.A. § 1241 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 37 / Section 1241
§ 1241. Petition; warning
Status: in_force

When voters, in number equal to five percent of the registered voters in town, petition the selectboard in writing to adopt or rescind the town manager form of governance, the warning for the annual or special meeting that shall be called upon such petition shall contain an article in substantially the form set forth in section 1243 of this chapter.
24 V.S.A. § 2605 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 69 / Section 2605
§ 2605. Physician's residence-Purchase
Status: in_force

Municipalities, separately or by compact, may purchase and maintain a residence for a physician, and may contract with the physician for his or her occupancy on a lease-purchase option basis, upon approval of the question and the money therefor, by vote at a regular or special meeting, duly warned for that purpose. (1967, No. 152, § 1, eff. April 15, 1967.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 24 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 24
App. § 261-24. Residents of Village not incompetent to hold Town offices
Status: in_force

The inhabitants of said Village shall belong to and remain inhabitants of the Town of Barton, and no member of such Village corporation shall be deemed incompetent to act as sheriff, constable, or witness in any cause or proceeding in which said corporation shall be interested. And any justice of the peace resident of said Village shall not be incompetent to take jurisdiction of any cause brought under this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 803 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 103 / Section 803
App. § 103-803. Method of adoption; time; voting
Status: in_force

(a) A majority of the qualified voters of the Village of Old Bennington voting by ballot at a meeting duly warned for the purpose may at any time vote to surrender the charter of said Village and merge with the Town of Bennington under the terms of this charter by voting in the affirmative on an article substantially as follows:

“To determine by ballot whether the Village of Old Bennington will surrender its existing charter and merge with the Town of Bennington under the provisions of 1966 Acts and Resolves No. 83 entitled an Act to Provide a Charter for the Town of Bennington.”

(b) A majority of the qualified voters of the Village of North Bennington voting by ballot at a meeting duly warned for the purpose may at any time vote to surrender the charter of said Village and merge with the Town of Bennington under the terms of this charter by voting in the affirmative on an article substantially as follows:

“To determine by ballot whether the Village of North Bennington will surrender its existing charter and merge with the Town of Bennington under the provisions of 1966 Acts and Resolves No. 83 entitled An Act to Provide a Charter for the Town of Bennington.”

(c) A majority of the qualified voters of the Bennington Fire District No. 1, voting by ballot at a meeting duly warned for the purpose, may at any time vote to dissolve said Fire District and merge with the Town of Bennington under the terms of this charter by voting in the affirmative on an article substantially as follows:

“To determine by ballot whether the Bennington Fire District No. 1 will dissolve and merge with the Town of Bennington under the provisions of 1966 Acts and Resolves No. 83 entitled An Act to Provide a Charter for the Town of Bennington.”

(d) A meeting to consider an affirmative vote under any of the foregoing sections shall be held only upon petition of not less than five percent of the qualified voters of the municipality filed with the legislative body thereof within 20 days after such affirmative vote requesting a meeting to vote on an article substantially as follows:

“To determine by ballot whether the (insert municipality) will confirm its vote of (insert date) in favor of 1966 Acts and Resolves No. 83 entitled An Act to Provide a Charter for the Town of Bennington.”

(e) If any municipality votes under subsection (d) of this section to reconsider an affirmative vote, such municipality may at any time thereafter hold a meeting in accordance with subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section to vote again on this charter.

(f) An affirmative vote by any municipality shall become final and conclusive when a petition to reconsider is not filed in accordance with subsection (d) of this section or when a meeting to reconsider is held under subsection (d) of this section and the vote at such a meeting confirms the affirmative vote.

(g) Early Voter Absentee Balloting. Voting by early absentee ballot shall be permitted at any meeting held under this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 54 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 15 / Section 54
App. § 15-54. Violations, convictions; statement
Status: in_force

Any person charged with the violation of any rule, regulation, restriction, or ordinance of said City, which regulates, restricts, or defines the time or place of parking vehicles in the City of Vergennes or prescribes any traffic regulations, may within three days from the date of such charge by a statement signed by such person admit such violation and waive issuing of any process and a trial by jury or hearing and may voluntarily pay to said Traffic Court of said City the penalty herein prescribed; provided, however, that whenever in the opinion of said Court, the gravity of the offense requires a fine in excess of the above penalty, such Court may refuse to accept such signed statement and penalty and shall then make complaint to the proper prosecuting officer of said City or to the State's Attorney of the County. In such event, such signed statement and penalty shall be returned to the offender and shall not be considered as an admission or used as evidence in any trial in any court in this State.
24 V.S.A. § 4571 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4571
§ 4571. Establishment
Status: in_force

There is hereby established a body corporate and politic, with corporate succession, to be known as the “Vermont Bond Bank.” The Bank is hereby constituted as an instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions, and the exercise by the Bank of the powers conferred by this chapter are deemed to be an essential governmental function of the State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 175 / Section 8
App. § 175-8. Elected officers
Status: in_force

(a) The following officers of the Town and such other Town officers as are provided by law and previous vote of the electorate as to number, length of term, and manner of election at an annual meeting shall be elected by Australian (secret) ballot, unless otherwise stated, and shall include the following:

(1) A Moderator to be elected by paper ballot from the floor, for a term of one year.

(2) Three Selectboard members, who shall serve staggered three-year terms.

(3) Three listers, for terms of three years, staggered to ensure no more than one term ends in any particular year. The Board of Listers shall have the same powers and duties prescribed for listers under the laws of the State of Vermont and this charter. The listers or the assessors shall annually review or cause to be reviewed their assessment of all property in the Town that is subject to taxation. The property shall be assessed in accordance with the standards established by the laws of the State.

(4) A Town Clerk for a term of three years.

(5) A Town Treasurer for a term of three years.

(6) A Delinquent Tax Collector for a term of three years.

(7) Four trustees of public funds, three of whom are Selectboard members and one who is the Town Treasurer. Each is to serve a three-year term.

(8) Three auditors shall be elected for staggered three-year terms, with one elected each year. They shall be responsible for the proper financial accountability of the Town by ensuring that an annual audit is done by an independent professional auditing firm hired by the Selectboard and may be assigned other financial-related duties by the Selectboard.

(b) Justices of the peace are also part of the Board of Civil Authority. To become a justice of the peace, a person shall be elected at a general election or be appointed to fill the vacancy by the Governor of Vermont. These elected officials are actually county officers. The duties of the justices fall into five categories of responsibilities: elections, tax abatement and appeals, civil marriages, oaths and notary, and magistrate.

(c) The Board of Civil Authority has the duty of updating the voter checklist and hearing tax abatements and tax grievance appeals. The Board of Civil Authority consists of the justices of the peace, the Town of Woodford Selectboard, the Town Clerk, the Town Treasurer, and the Town assessor(s) (for abatement only). Note Vermont State Statutes, 17 V.S.A. §§ 2103(5), 2122, and 2142-2150.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 27 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 27
App. § 261-27. Powers of trustees respecting water
Status: in_force

Said Village is hereby authorized and empowered through its trustees to be elected as hereinafter provided, to take the waters of any fountains, springs, ponds, rivers, streams, or lakes in the Towns of Barton, Westmore, Brownington, and Irasburg for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of said Village with water for fire, domestic, and other purposes. Provided that if water pipes be laid to Willoughby Lake, the water taken therefrom shall be passed through a filter; and provided further that this charter shall not authorize the taking of water needed for farm or domestic purposes.
24 V.S.A. § 5123 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 127 / Section 5123
§ 5123. Regional transit district membership
Status: in_force

A regional transit district shall contain at least one representative appointed from each member municipality. All representatives may be compensated and reimbursed by their respective municipalities for necessary and reasonable expenses.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 55 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 55
App. § 403-55. Admission of new member municipalities
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion of additional member municipalities in the District upon such terms and conditions as it in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of the District. The legislative branch of any nonmember municipality that desires to be admitted to the District shall make application for admission to the Board of Supervisors of the District. The Board shall determine the effects and impacts that are likely to occur if such municipality is admitted and shall thereafter either grant or deny authority for admission of the petitioning municipality. If the Board grants such authority, it shall also specify any terms and conditions, including financial obligations, upon which such admission is predicated. The petitioning municipality shall thereafter comply with the approval procedures specified in 24 V.S.A. chapter 121. If a majority of the voters of the petitioning municipality present and voting at a meeting of such municipality duly warned for such purpose shall vote to approve this chapter and the terms and conditions for admission, the vote shall be certified by the Clerk of that municipality to the Board of Supervisors. Thereafter, upon satisfactory performance of the terms and conditions of admission, the municipality shall by resolution of the Board of Supervisors become and thereafter be a member municipality of the District.
24 V.S.A. § 1997 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 60 / Section 1997
§ 1997. Enforcement and remedies
Status: in_force

Each municipality shall adopt, by ordinance, rule, or personnel policy, procedures for the investigation of complaints that allege a municipal officer has violated the Municipal Code of Ethics and the enforcement in instances of substantiated complaints, including methods of enforcement and available remedies.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 51 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 51
App. § 403-51. Reconsideration or rescission of vote
Status: in_force

(a) A question 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 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. § 504 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 504
App. § 13-504. Polling places
Status: in_force

In any annual or special City or School District meeting, for the purpose of the election of officers and the voting on all questions to be decided by Australian ballot, there shall be polling places that shall be the polling places designated for the election of Representatives to the General Assembly of each representative district. The checklist for each polling place shall be composed of those voters residing in that representative district. The votes cast shall be separately counted in the manner provided in the election of Representatives to the General Assembly. Except as provided in this section, the conduct of such meeting shall conform to the requirements where applicable, set forth in 17 V.S.A. chapters 51 and 55.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 403 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 111 / Section 403
App. § 111-403. Taking of water and land for water system
Status: in_force

Said Town is hereby authorized and empowered under any vote hereafter had for that purpose, through the Selectboard, to take, in addition to the water rights and appurtenances thereof, already owned or acquired by said Town, the waters of any fountains, springs, ponds, or streams for the purpose of affording said Town or any of the inhabitants of the Town of Chester a supply of water for fire, domestic, and other purposes, and may acquire the same by purchase or by right of eminent domain, and in like manner may take and hold such real estate as may be necessary for preventing the pollution of the water supply of said Town water system, provided that said Town shall not take water nor a supply thereof, so as to deprive an owner of water of an amount sufficient for his or her domestic and agricultural uses, without such owner's consent.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 26.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 26.02
App. § 9-26.2. Notice of hearing
Status: in_force

Assessments for public improvements other than those made in response to petition, shall be made only following a public hearing, after giving 21 days' notice to interested parties in the same manner as herein provided in respect to laying out or altering highways. The proposed rate of assessments for the public improvement shall be stated in the notice served upon each interested party.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 404 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 404
App. § 129-404. Mandatory duties
Status: in_force

The School Board of Trustees shall:

(1) perform all duties as required by the Vermont State statutes and this charter;

(2) appoint and remove the Superintendent of Schools;

(3) appoint and remove members of all boards, commissions, committees, or similar bodies unless specifically provided otherwise by this charter;

(4) submit the annual budget to the voters to be voted on at Town meeting in accordance with the provisions of section 1002 of this charter;

(5) provide for an independent audit as described in subdivision 304(6) and subsection 1002(d) of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 11.01
App. § 9-11.1. Fiscal year
Status: in_force

The fiscal year of all departments of the City government shall commence upon the first day of July and end on the 30th day of June in each year.
24 V.S.A. § 1777 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1777
§ 1777. Regulations
Status: in_force

When a municipal corporation has established or provided a sinking fund for the retirement of a bond issue or other debt, the fund so established or provided shall be kept intact and separate from other monies at the disposal of such corporation, shall be accounted for as a pledged asset for the purpose of retiring such obligations, and shall not be appropriated or used for the current expenses of such corporation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 30 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 30
App. § 261-30. Proceedings by persons dissatisfied with award of trustees related to water
Status: in_force

When any person shall be dissatisfied with the award of the trustees so made, in any of the cases mentioned in the preceding section, such person may petition the Orleans County Court for a reassessment and award 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 trustees appointed by said court shall notify one of the trustees of said Village 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 trustees from entering on such land and laying and constructing such aqueduct, reservoirs, and appurtenances and using said water after their award shall have been made and the amount thereof tendered by them.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 21
App. § 149-21. Governmental authority
Status: in_force

All governmental authority of the Town rests ultimately with the citizens and registered voters of the Town, who shall exercise their power by Australian ballot at the annual Town meeting in determining:

(1) the election of officers of the Town;

(2) the approval of the Town budgets;

(3) all authorizations for major bonding or borrowing;

(4) all special appropriations;

(5) any articles placed on the warning that involve the expenditure of tax dollars or directing the power vested in elected or appointed officials;

(6) adoption, amendment, or repeal of ordinances provided by petition per section 5 of this charter; and

(7) charter amendments.
24 V.S.A. § 3610 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 101 / Section 3610
§ 3610. Appeal from order of necessity
Status: in_force

(a) If the State, municipal corporation, or any owner affected by the order of the court is aggrieved by the order, an appeal may be taken to the Supreme Court in the manner as the Supreme Court may by rule provide for appeals from the Civil Division of the Superior Court.

(b) In the event an appeal is taken, all proceedings shall be stayed until final disposition of the appeal. If no appeals are taken within the time provided or, if appeal is taken, upon its final disposition, a copy of the order of the court shall be placed on file within 10 days in the office of the clerk of each town in which the land affected lies, and for a period of one year, the board may institute proceedings for the condemnation of the land included in the survey as finally approved by the court without further hearing or consideration of any question of the necessity of the taking. (1963, No. 214, § 6; amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 204, eff. March 29, 1972; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; renumbered from 24 V.S.A. § 3608 by 2023, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. July 1, 2024.)
24 V.S.A. § 4301 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4301
§ 4301. Short title
Status: in_force

This chapter may be referred to as the Vermont Planning and Development Act.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 3
App. § 261-3. Territory embraced within; corporation limits constituted a highway district; assessment and collection of highway taxes
Status: in_force

All the territory embraced within the limits of said Village is hereby constituted a highway district of the Town of Barton, and all the highway taxes assessed upon the ratable estate therein shall be paid in money; and the Selectboard of the Town of Barton shall make out a tax bill therefor, and deliver the same seasonably as required by law, with a warrant for its collection, to the Collector of said Village, who shall collect and pay said taxes into the Village treasury, to be expended under the direction of the trustees, in building, sustaining, and repairing of streets, roads, walks, lanes, alleys, and sidewalks in said Village; and no surveyor of highways for said highway district shall be required or chosen by said Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 27 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 27
App. § 403-27. Records
Status: in_force

The conduct of all meetings and public access thereto and the maintaining of all records, books, and accounts of the District shall be governed by the laws of this State relating to open meetings and accessibility of public records.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 18 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 18
App. § 601-18. Absence rule
Status: in_force

Any supervisor who fails to attend three consecutive Board meetings without notice to the alternate of the municipality may result in the Board of Supervisors requesting the municipality to replace that supervisor.
24 V.S.A. § 4014 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 113 / Section 4014
§ 4014. Bonds, issuance of
Status: in_force

(a) An authority shall have power to issue bonds from time to time in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes. An authority shall also have power to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds issued previously by it.

(b) Neither the commissioners of an authority nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. The bonds and other obligations of an authority, and such bonds and obligations shall so state on their face, shall not be a debt of the municipality, the State, or any political subdivision thereof and neither the municipality, nor the State or any political subdivision thereof shall be liable thereon. Nor in any event shall such bonds or obligations be payable out of any funds or properties other than those of said authority. Bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any debt limitation or any restriction. Bonds of an authority are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be public instrumentalities and together with interest thereon and income therefrom, shall be exempt from taxes. (1961, No. 212, § 14, eff. July 11, 1961.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 108 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 142 / Section 108
App. § 142-108. Election of Selectboard
Status: in_force

(a) Members of the Selectboard in office at the date of the adoption of the merger shall continue in office until the end of their respective terms.

(b) The four Village trustees whose terms do not expire in 1998 shall remain on the new Board until the election at Town meeting in 1999, at which time the Board shall revert to the statutory limit.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 213 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 213
App. § 411-213. Composition of members of Board of Supervisors
Status: in_force

Each member municipality may pay such compensation, if any, as it deems appropriate to its representative(s) to the Board of Supervisors.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 1101
App. § 269-1101. Application of general laws
Status: in_force

Provisions of the laws of this State relating to preparation for, conduct, and management of Village meetings and elections shall, so far as they may be applicable, govern all municipal elections and all annual and special Village meetings except as otherwise provided in this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 3
App. § 101-3. Warnings
Status: in_force

(a) Public notice of every annual or special Town meeting or Town election shall be given by a warning posted at the municipal building, on the official Town website, and at three public places in the Town, as designated by the Selectboard, at least 14 days prior to the meeting, and published two times, on the same day of the week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper having general circulation in the Town. The first such publication shall be at least 10 days prior to the date of the meeting.

(b) The warning shall:

(1) state the date, time, and place of the meeting;

(2) be signed by a majority of the Selectboard;

(3) specifically indicate by separate articles what business is to be transacted at the meeting;

(4) contain any article approved by the Selectboard;

(5) contain any article requested by petition signed by at least 10 percent of the voters and filed with the Town Clerk at least 45 days prior to the day of the meeting; and

(6) state that copies of the proposed budget shall be available as required by subsection 28(b) of this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 3678 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 105 / Section 3678
§ 3678. Record of proceedings
Status: in_force

The clerk shall keep a record of the votes and the proceedings of the district meetings and give certified copies thereof when required. A clerk who neglects to perform his or her duty shall forfeit $20.00 to the district, to be recovered in a civil action on this statute. (1967, No. 318 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. March 22, 1968.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15.07 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 15.07
App. § 9-15.7. Vacancies
Status: in_force

(a) In case of vacancy for any cause in any appointive office, such vacancy shall be filled in the manner herein provided for the appointment thereto, but only for the unexpired term of the office. In case of vacancy for any cause in an elective office, excepting Mayor and school commissioner, occasioned by death, resignation, removal from the City, or other disability, the office shall be filled by the Mayor by nomination and confirmation by the aldermen as hereinbefore provided. The appointment shall run until the next annual meeting and at such next annual meeting the legal voters of the City shall elect, from among their number, a person to fill such vacancy.

(b) The Mayor with the approval of the Board of Aldermen, shall make a temporary appointment within 15 days after receiving notice from a physician that any appointive officer is rendered incapable of performing the duties of that particular office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 512 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 512
App. § 413-512. Priority
Status: in_force

When a special meeting of the District is called to act upon a proposition to incur bonded or other indebtedness, the special meeting procedures outlined in subchapter 4 of this chapter shall control over the meeting procedures outlined in this subchapter in the event of conflict.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 17 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 17
App. § 401-17. Rules of procedures
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Robert's Rules of Order shall govern at all meetings.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 82 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 82
App. § 126-82. Board of Electric Commissioners; authority
Status: in_force

(a) The Lyndon Electric Commissioners shall serve as electric commissioners under 30 V.S.A. §§ 2915 and 2916.

(b) The Board of Electric Commissioners shall have authority to construct, operate, maintain, and remove an electric light plant for the purpose of lighting the streets, walks, and other public grounds; lighting any buildings in those public grounds; and supplying and furnishing electricity for domestic and other purposes to persons and corporations in the service territory of the Village of Lyndonville Electric Department and as the service territory may be amended by the Public Utilities Commission from time to time.

(c) For the purposes described in this section, the Board may take, purchase or acquire, and hold any water, power, land, and rights of way in the service territory needed for the construction, maintenance, and operation of the electric light plant and may use any public highway over which it may be necessary or desirable to pass with the poles and wire of the same, provided the use of the public highway for the purpose of public travel is not thereby unnecessarily impaired.

(d) The Board of Electric Commissioners shall have the power:

(1) to purchase, hire, construct, or otherwise acquire an interest in; maintain; operate; sell; lease; or otherwise dispose of any:

(A) plant located within or outside the State, including a gas plant or system; or

(B) system located within or outside the State, including existing rights of way, poles, lines, towers, and fixtures and transmission lines serving the existing system owned by others; and

(2) for the production, distribution, purchase, or sale of electricity:

(A) to extend, enlarge, or improve a plant or system; and

(B) for that purpose, to purchase, hire, construct, or otherwise acquire any real or personal property.

(e) The powers described in subsection (d) of this section may be exercised through a taking by eminent domain in the manner prescribed by law.

(f) The Board of Electric Commissioners shall also have the power to:

(1) purchase, sell, and otherwise acquire and dispose of electricity and electricity-related products, including sales to and purchases from electric distribution companies and cooperatives, municipal and privately owned, within or outside the State;

(2) make all agreements, conveyances, and regulations necessary or convenient in connection with the purchase, sale, acquisition, or disposal of electricity and electricity-related products; and

(3) consistent with 30 V.S.A. chapter 5, determine the rates and charges for electric service.

(g) All of the powers enumerated in this section are in addition to, and not in substitution for or in limitation of, any other powers conferred by law and are subject to regulatory review for municipal utilities as provided in Title 30 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 416 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 416
App. § 3-416. Authority to construct, maintain, and operate a gas-generating and distribution plant
Status: in_force

(a) The City of Burlington is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, maintain, and operate a plant for the generation and distribution of manufactured gas and may furnish such gas within and without the corporate limits of the City to corporations and individuals for domestic and other purposes upon such terms as are provided by law or may be lawfully agreed upon between the contracting parties, subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission.

(b) For the purpose of acquiring, holding, maintaining, and operating such gas plant and distribution system for the distribution and sale of manufactured gas to corporations and individuals within and without the City limits, said City is also authorized and empowered to purchase, hold, maintain, and operate any existing gas plant, gas distribution system, rights-of-way, and franchises held and used in connection therewith, and the gas business of any corporation or individual owned and operated in connection with such plant, and the goodwill of such business, or any part of such plant, distribution system, franchises, rights-of-way, business, and goodwill.

(c) Said City may from time to time enlarge and improve such plant and distribution system as the growth and development of the business, in the judgment of the City Council, may require, and for that purpose may from time to time either construct such enlargements and improvements or purchase the same when available.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123B / Section 6
App. § 123B-6. Generally
Status: in_force

The officers of the Town of Jamaica shall be those provided by law for towns, except as otherwise provided by this charter. Officers shall have all the powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this charter as well as those provided by law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 804 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 804
App. § 4-804. Appraisal of business property for tax purposes
Status: in_force

Appraisal of business personal property shall be in accordance with the provisions of 32 V.S.A. § 3618, as the same may from time to time be amended, provided that all business personal property acquired by a taxpayer after September 30, 1995, shall be exempt from tax.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 120a — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 120a
App. § 3-120a. Merger of boards
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding section 120 of this charter, the Mayor shall have power and authority, when authorized by resolution of the City Council, to effect a merger of any one or more of the boards of commissioners enumerated in section 120, or of any other City board or department now existing or hereafter created, except the Board of School Commissioners, when, in the judgment of such Mayor and City Council more efficient and effective delivery of municipal services would result therefrom. The name of any department created by merger, the size of its board of commissioners, and then the scope of its jurisdiction shall be set forth in the resolution approving such merger.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 911 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 911
App. § 19-911. Charter effective
Status: in_force

This charter shall take effect when adopted by the majority vote of the legal voters of the City of Winooski present and voting at an annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose, and upon legislative approval in accordance with the laws of the State of Vermont.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 501
App. § 117-501. Appointment and removal
Status: in_force

(Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-1001 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)

All Town employees not elected by the voters shall be appointed, supervised, and removed by the Town Manager unless otherwise specified by this charter. There shall be no discrimination in employment on account of race, religion, sex, or political opinions. Appointments, lay-offs, suspensions, promotions, demotions, and removals shall be made primarily on the basis of training, experience, fitness, and performance of duties, in such manner as to insure that the responsible administrative officer may secure efficient service. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 117-901 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 36 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 36
App. § 261-36. Power of trustees in lighting streets
Status: in_force

Said Village may through its Board of Trustees, contract for the lighting of the streets of said Village for a term of years not exceeding 10 at a time with such number of lights as said Village may require. And said Village is authorized to purchase an electric light plant and to contract for power to run the same, and sell electric current within the limits of said Village for lights, power, and heat, and also may sell such current for such purposes in the Towns of Barton, Irasburg, Coventry, and Brownington, outside the limits of said Village in surrounding territory, not now supplied by such electric current, but in no way to enter into competition with any individual or corporation now furnishing electric current in any of such towns. Such Village shall have the same right to set poles and string wires without said limits of Village of Orleans as any individual or other corporation now has with the same liabilities.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1505 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 1505
App. § 127-1505. Fire District No. 1 East Middlebury
Status: in_force

(a) The Fire District of East Middlebury shall continue under the provisions of its charter as established by act of the State Legislature.

(b) By majority vote of the Town of Middlebury and of Fire District No. 1 of East Middlebury, the Fire District No. 1 may be incorporated into the Town of Middlebury.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 501
App. § 123-501. Powers and duties
Status: in_force

(a) The members of the Selectboard shall constitute the legislative body of the Town of Hardwick for all purposes required by law and except as otherwise herein specifically provided and shall have all powers 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.

(b) Within the limitations of the foregoing, the Selectboard shall have the power to:

(1) Appoint and remove the Town Manager and supervise, create, change, and abolish offices, commissions, or departments other than the offices, commissions, or departments established by this charter or by law. The Selectboard may prescribe the duties of all offices, commissions, or departments created by them.

(2) Assign additional duties to officers, commissions, or departments established by this charter, but may not discontinue or assign to any other office, commission, or department duties assigned to a particular office, commission, or department established by this charter or by law.

(3) Appoint members of all boards, commissions, committees, or similar bodies unless specifically provided otherwise by this charter or law.

(4) Make, amend, and repeal ordinances in compliance with sections 107 and 108 of this charter.

(5) Inquire into the conduct of any officer, employee, commission, or department and investigate any and all municipal affairs when deemed necessary for the proper and orderly conduct of Town government.

(6) Submit an annual budget to the voters, to be voted on at Town meeting, in accordance with the provision of subchapter 15 of this charter dealing with the budget.

(7) Exercise each and every power not specifically set forth in this section, which is granted to the Selectboard by the laws of this State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 803 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 803
App. § 129-803. Eligible voters
Status: in_force

A method for the identification and designation of the eligible voters in Town or School District meetings shall be established by the Board of Civil Authority. The Town Clerk, Selectboard members, and Justices of the Peace shall constitute the Board of Civil Authority.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 101
App. § 251-101. Corporate existence
Status: in_force

The geographical area as described in subchapter 14 of this chapter shall hereafter be known by the name of the Village of North Bennington, and by that name may have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, prosecute, and defend in any court, may have a common seal and alter it at pleasure, may purchase, take, hold, and convey real and personal estate for the use or benefit of said Village, and generally shall have, exercise, and enjoy all the rights, immunities, and privileges, and shall be subject to the duties, liabilities, and obligations that are incident to public corporations in this State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 2
App. § 149-2. Application of general law; proposed charter
Status: in_force

(a) Purpose. This document is drafted to update and replace the existing charter.

(b) Application of general laws.

(1) Except when modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any regulation or ordinance of the Town, all statutes of the State of Vermont relating to municipalities shall apply to the Town of Springfield.

(2) In the event of any conflict or contradiction, either direct or implied, between the powers conferred in this charter and State statute, this charter shall prevail.
24 V.S.A. § 4945 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 121 / Section 4945
§ 4945. Inapplicability of other laws
Status: in_force

The provisions of section 4863 of this title shall not apply to the formation of an association organized under this subchapter, nor to the participation therein by a municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 201 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 201
App. § 4-201. Powers and duties of governing body
Status: in_force

(a) The members of the City of Essex Junction City Council shall constitute the legislative body of the City of Essex Junction for all purposes required by statute and, except as otherwise provided in this charter, shall have all the powers and authority given to and perform all duties required of City legislative bodies or Councils under the laws of the State of Vermont.

(b) Within the limitations of the foregoing, the City of Essex Junction Council shall have the power to:

(1) Appoint and remove a City Manager and supervise, create, change, and abolish offices, commissions, or departments other than the offices, commissions, or departments established by this charter.

(2) Appoint the members of all boards, commissions, committees, or similar bodies unless specifically provided otherwise by this charter.

(3) Provide for an independent audit by a certified public accountant.

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

(5) Exercise every other power that is not specifically set forth herein but that is granted to councils or legislative bodies by the statutes of the State of Vermont.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 706 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 706
App. § 127-706. Removal
Status: in_force

The Selectboard may remove the Town Manager by a majority vote of its total membership. At least 30 days before such removal shall become effective, the Selectboard shall by a majority vote of its members adopt a preliminary resolution stating the reason for his or her removal. The Manager may reply in writing and may request a public hearing that shall be held not earlier than 20 days nor later than 30 days after the filing of such request. After such public hearing, if one be requested, and after full consideration, the Board by a majority vote of its members may adopt a final resolution of removal. By the preliminary resolution, the Board may suspend the Manager from duty, but the regular salary of the Manager shall continue to be paid to him or her during the period of suspension. The Manager's pay will continue up to 30 days and will not be contingent upon whether or not a public hearing is held or when it is held. The Selectboard may appoint a temporary Manager to serve at the pleasure of the Board, for not more than 90 days. The temporary Manager shall have none of the powers of appointment. He or she shall have the power to suspend, but not to remove employees.
24 V.S.A. § 4019 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 113 / Section 4019
§ 4019. United States cooperation
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers conferred upon an authority by other provisions of this chapter, an authority is empowered to borrow money or accept grants or other financial assistance from the federal government for, or in aid of, any housing project within its area of operation, to take over or lease or manage any housing project or undertaking constructed or owned by the federal government and to these ends to comply with such conditions and enter into such mortgages, trust indentures, leases, or agreements as may be necessary, convenient, or desirable. It is the purpose and intent of this chapter to authorize every authority to do any and all things necessary or desirable to secure the financial aid or the cooperation of the federal government in the undertaking, construction, maintenance, or operation of any housing project by such authority. (1961, No. 212, § 19, eff. July 11, 1961.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 705 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 705
App. § 151-705. Fire District; process for abolition
Status: in_force

The St. Johnsbury Center Fire District No. 1 is abolished when a majority of the legal voters of said Fire District present and voting on the question at a regular or special meeting of said Fire District warned for said purpose so vote and shall thereupon cease to exist as a political entity and body corporate. All the property and funds of said Fire District shall on such date be vested in the Town of St. Johnsbury and the Town of St. Johnsbury shall thereupon assume all indebtedness and obligations of said Fire District unless said liabilities and obligations exceed said assets in which case said Fire District shall continue to exist until such excess is paid unless the Town of St. Johnsbury votes otherwise at a regular or special meeting warned for said purpose. Any existing debt service shall be assessed as a special assessment to those properties within the Fire District. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 151-6 by 2023, No. M-27 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 30, 2024.)
24 V.S.A. § 4481 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4481
§ 4481. Saving clause
Status: in_force

The amendment of this chapter and the repeal of prior enabling laws relating to zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, or bylaws or any ordinance or regulation similar to a bylaw authorized by this chapter shall not invalidate any zoning ordinance, subdivision regulation, or bylaw or any such ordinance or regulation enacted under those prior enabling laws, except as follows. Effective September 1, 2005, the provisions of sections 4412 and 4413 of this title, and the provisions of subchapters 9, 10, and 11 of this chapter and the related definitions in section 4303 of this title, shall control over any inconsistent municipal regulations, ordinances, or bylaws. With respect to other provisions of this chapter, any previously enacted zoning ordinance, subdivision regulation, bylaw, or such similar ordinance or regulation shall be amended to conform with the provisions of this chapter by September 1, 2011.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 42 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 42
App. § 401-42. Warnings required
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn a special meeting of the District by filing a notice with the town clerk of each member municipality and by posting a notice in a minimum of three public places in each municipality in the District not less than 30 nor more than 40 days before the meeting. In addition, the warning shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the District once a week on the same day of the week for three consecutive weeks before the meeting, the last publication to be not less than five nor more than 10 days before the meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 806 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 806
App. § 251-806. Connections to sewer system
Status: in_force

After such system of sewers or mains has been constructed as above provided, each and every owner of a house or other building in said Village situate upon any highway, street, lane, or alley through which a sewer main has been so laid out and constructed, shall, when requested by the trustees, cause to be constructed under the direction of the Commissioner a sewer or drain from such house or other building to the nearest sewer main and connected therewith so as to take all the sewage from and around said house or building and discharge the same into such sewer main. In case any person or corporation owning a house so situate shall fail or neglect to construct such branch sewer from such house, it shall be the duty of the Sewer Commissioner to give such person notice in writing, recorded by the Clerk, requiring the person to build such branch sewer from the person's premises to the main sewer; and in case any such person does not construct such branch sewer within 30 days from the time of receiving said notice, it shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees to declare said premises a nuisance, and said Board of Trustees may direct the Sewer Commissioner who is hereby authorized and empowered so to do to enter upon said premises and properly construct said branch sewer, and the person upon whose premises such branch sewer has been so constructed shall pay to the Treasurer of said Village forthwith upon the completion of work all expense which the Sewer Commissioner has incurred in the construction of such branch sewer, and upon neglect of such person to pay the same then the corporation shall have an action founded on this statute to recover such expenses and said premises shall be holden for the payment of any judgment recovered in such action, and no homestead shall be exempt from attachment and execution in such action.
24 V.S.A. § 1682 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1682
§ 1682. Report; distribution
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The auditors shall report their findings in writing and cause the same to be mailed or otherwise distributed to the voters of the town at least ten days before the annual meeting.

(2) At a duly warned annual or special meeting, the voters of the town may vote to provide notice of the availability of the auditors' report to the voters of the town in lieu of mailing or otherwise distributing the report itself. If the voters of the town vote to provide notice of availability, they must specify how notice of availability shall be given, and such notice of availability shall be provided to the voters of the town at least 30 days before the annual meeting.

(3) Upon request, the auditors shall mail or distribute a copy of the full report to a voter or resident of the town.

(4) When the auditors mail or distribute the report or provide notice of the availability of the report to the voters of the town, they shall at the same time deliver to the town clerk the copies required by section 1173 of this title and shall place all surplus copies in the custody of the town clerk before the first Tuesday in March.

(5) As used in this subsection, the term “resident” shall be defined as the term is defined in 17 V.S.A. § 2122(b).

(b) If a town has voted to eliminate the office of auditor, the findings of the public accountant employed in accordance with 17 V.S.A. § 2651b shall be mailed or otherwise distributed by the selectboard in the same manner that findings are required to be distributed by auditors.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 901 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 901
App. § 269-901. Appointments
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees may appoint and compensate commissions, officers, committees, and employees as needed and delegate incidental powers necessary for their proper functioning as established by law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 207 / Section 1
App. § 207-1. Preface
Status: in_force

Under authority granted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, the voters of the Bellows Falls Village corporation hereby adopt a charter for the following purposes:

(1) To clarify the structure and organization of local government.

(2) To define the duties and responsibilities of Village officers.

(3) To provide for the citizens of the Village a unified and convenient reference with respect to the basic laws affecting local government.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 18.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 18.01
App. § 9-18.1. Duties
Status: in_force

The City Attorney shall be Corporation Counsel, Chief Union Negotiator, and shall prosecute and defend on behalf of said City all suits in which the City is interested; and may prosecute all violations of the City ordinances and bylaws. The City Attorney is also authorized to file informations and complaints in criminal causes in the District Court, before any justice of the peace in the City according to law and prosecute the same to final judgment.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 804 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 804
App. § 129-804. Polling places
Status: in_force

In any annual or special Town or School District meeting for the purpose of the election of officers and the voting on all questions to be decided by Australian ballot, such polling places as needed shall be established by the Board of Civil Authority.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 503 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 503
App. § 407-503. Public hearings
Status: in_force

Not less than three nor more than 14 days prior to any special meeting called by the Board of Supervisors, at least one public hearing shall be held by the Board of Supervisors at which time the issues under consideration shall be presented and comments received. Notice of such public hearing shall include the publication of a warning in a newspaper of general circulation in the District at least once a week, on the same day of the week, for three consecutive weeks, the last publication not less than five nor more than 10 days before the public hearing.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 115 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 115
App. § 123-115. Change of form of government
Status: in_force

Upon petition of a number of legal voters equal to at least 15 percent of the total registered voters of the Town may, at any annual meeting or special meeting duly warned and held for that purpose, vote to change the council-manager form of government to any other legal form. A majority of the legal votes cast shall be needed to effect a change of government.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 181 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 181
App. § 3-181. Liabilities to be approved and budget preparation
Status: in_force

All bills, accounts, and claims on account of the Library and its maintenance, except such as are incurred by the trustee commissioners on account of funds under their control, shall be approved by the City Council or, if such authority has been delegated to it, by six or more members of the Board of Library Commissioners and the Mayor's warrant shall be drawn upon the Chief Administrative Officer for the payment of such bills, accounts, and claims. By such date requested annually by the Mayor, the Library staff shall prepare and the Board of Library Commissioners shall approve a recommended Library budget for the ensuing fiscal year. Such proposed budget after being presented to the Mayor may be revised as he or she believes appropriate and ultimately submitted to the City Council for its approval in accordance with the procedures set forth in section 157 of this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 4501 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 118 / Section 4501
§ 4501. Creation of conservation commissions
Status: in_force

A conservation commission may be created at any time when a municipality votes to create one, or, if the charter of a municipality permits it, when the legislative body of the municipality votes to create one.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 8.01
App. § 9-8.1. Grand list
Status: in_force

In the City of Rutland, the grand list shall be made up in the manner prescribed by the general laws of the State of Vermont.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102c — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 102c
App. § 3-102c. Annual assessment for library use authorized
Status: in_force

The City Council shall annually assess upon the property grand list of the City to assist in meeting the appropriation made for the use of purchasing books and other media for the Library Department, a tax that will, in the judgment of the City Council, be sufficient to assist in meeting such appropriation, but the rate shall not exceed one-half cent upon the dollar of said property grand list, except when a larger rate shall be authorized by the legal voters of said City. Such tax shall not be included within the limitations of the amount of tax for City purposes prescribed in section 99 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15.11 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 15.11
App. § 9-15.11. Oath of officers
Status: in_force

All officers of the City shall, before assuming office, take, subscribe, and file with the City Clerk the following oath: “I solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office (duty or trust) of __________ of the City of Rutland, to the best of my judgment and abilities, according to law, so help me God.”
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 202 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 202
App. § 1-202. Time of elections and meetings
Status: in_force

(a) The annual City meeting of the City for the election of officers, the voting of budgets, and any other business included in the warnings for the meeting, shall be held on the second Tuesday in May, unless otherwise legally warned by the Council.

(b) The election of officers and the voting on all questions shall be by the Australian ballot system. The ballot boxes shall be open for 12 consecutive hours at times to be determined and warned by the Board of Civil Authority.

(c) The warning for annual and special City meetings shall, by separate articles, specifically indicate the business to be transacted, including the offices and the questions to be voted upon. The warning also shall contain any legally binding article or articles requested by 10 percent of the registered voters of the City. Petitions requesting that an article or articles be placed on the warning shall be filed with the City Clerk on or before the filing deadline set forth in 17 V.S.A. § 2642(a)(3).
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 108C / Section 2
App. §§ 108B-2. General Law; application
Status: in_force

(a) The Town of Calais shall have all powers granted to towns and municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of this State and this charter, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers therein granted.

(b) Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, all provisions of the statutes of the State applying to towns and municipal corporations shall apply to the Town.

(c) In this charter, any mention of a particular power shall not be construed to restrict the scope of the powers that the Town would have if the particular power were not mentioned, unless this charter otherwise provides.

(d) Nothing in this charter shall be construed to limit in any way the powers and functions conferred on the Town, the Selectboard, or its elected or appointed officers by general or special enactment of State statutes or rules in force or effect or hereafter enacted, and the powers and functions conferred by this charter shall be cumulative and in addition to the provisions of the general or special enactment unless this charter otherwise provides.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 601 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 601
App. § 19-601. Organization
Status: in_force

(a) The City Council, in consultation with the Manager, may create, modify, or eliminate administrative departments, offices, or agencies that shall be under the direction and supervision of the City Manager, who shall appoint the head of such departments.

(b) The City Manager, with the approval of the City Council, shall have the authority to merge one department with another for purposes of efficiency and to establish divisions within a department.

(c) All departments, offices, and agencies under the direction and supervision of the Manager shall be administered by an officer appointed by and subject to the direction and supervision of the Manager. With the consent of the Council, the Manager may serve as the head of one or more such departments, offices, or agencies or may appoint one person as the head of two or more of them.

(d) The Water Department shall continue to operate under, and have the same powers and duties as set forth in 1900 Acts and Resolves No. 184 and all amendments thereto, and any other provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont applying to the Department, except as otherwise herein provided. The management of the Department; the appointment or removal of the Superintendent, or both; the hiring and dismissal of the Department employees; and all other administrative duties required by the act shall hereafter be and become duties and responsibilities of the City Manager.
24 V.S.A. § 2181 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2181
§ 2181. License not required
Status: in_force

Owners and renters of land shall have the right to vend or sell all products of such land at wholesale or retail, in person or by agent, in towns without obtaining licenses therefor from such towns.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 14 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123B / Section 14
App. § 123B-14. Specific conflicts
Status: in_force

A Town officer shall be disqualified from any proceeding in which his or her impartiality might reasonably be questioned, including instances where:

(1) the Town officer or a near-relative or business associate has a property or financial interest that might be substantially affected, favorably or adversely, by the decision of the board, commission, or committee of which the Town officer is a member;

(2) the Town officer has a personal bias or prejudice toward any party; or

(3) the Town officer has previously expressed an opinion as to the proper disposition of a specific case or controversy involving the exercise of his or her discretion while acting in a quasi-judicial capacity, such as serving on the Development Review Board on permits and appeals or as a member of the Selectboard acting to lay out, alter, reclassify, or discontinue Town highways.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 304 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 304
App. § 414-304. Vice Chair
Status: in_force

During the absence 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 under this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 2795 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 76A / Section 2795
§ 2795. Repealed. 2023, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 65(a), eff. July 1, 2034.
Status: in_force

In awarding competitive-based financial incentives under section 2794 of this title, including a rebate and tax incentives, or in awarding grants or other assistance from the Downtown Transportation and Related Capital Improvement Fund under section 2796 of this title, the Vermont Downtown Development Board shall give consideration to the following factors:

(1) the vacancy rate for existing buildings in the downtown district;

(2) the current or projected unemployment rate for the labor market area in which the municipality is located;

(3) ordinances or bylaws adopted by the municipality that support the preservation of the downtown's vitality, including:

(A) an ordinance or bylaw requiring that new construction in the downtown development district shall be compatible with the buildings that contribute to the integrity of the district, in terms of materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing of buildings, and that exterior rehabilitation shall respect the historic and architectural significance and its exterior features; and

(B) a conditional use provision in a town zoning ordinance that supports adaptive reuse of historic properties;

(4) the integration of the proposed improvements with any coordinated plan for the downtown district and surrounding area;

(5) the degree of any deficiency in the downtown district of transportation infrastructure including parking facilities;

(6) the vulnerability of the downtown district to economic decline due to competing development in adjacent areas;

(7) the immediacy of the benefits provided and the desirability of prompt action to secure those benefits for a downtown district;

(8) the amount of investment from individual Vermont taxpayers that has been committed to projects in the downtown district. In considering this factor, the Board shall recognize the value of individuals participating in downtown projects by giving preference to applications for incentives from individual Vermont taxpayers, and projects coordinated by developers who have encouraged the participation of such investors.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 433 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 433
App. § 3-433. Bonds; issuance of
Status: in_force

(a) The City is hereby authorized and empowered to issue negotiable bonds, from time to time, for the purpose of financing the cost of any improvement to the electric plant. Said bonds and the interest thereon shall be payable solely and exclusively from the revenues of the electric plant 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 electric plant. 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 said bonds or the interest thereon. Said 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 has been issued under the provisions of this article and that, it does not constitute an indebtedness of the City but is payable solely from the revenues of its electric plant. Said bonds may be authorized by resolution of the City Council adopted by a majority vote of the members thereof present at any meeting of such Board. Each such resolution shall take effect immediately from its passage and need not thereafter be laid over or published or posted. The issuance of bonds under the provisions of this article by the City shall not be subject to the authorization or approval thereof by the legal voters of the City or to any other authorization or approval except as provided in section 447 of this charter.

(b) Said bonds may be issued in one or more series, may bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times not exceeding 40 years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, be declared or become due before the maturity date thereof, as such resolutions authorizing their issuance may provide. Said bonds may be sold at public or private sale for such price or prices as the Board of Light Commissioners shall determine.

(c) In case any officer of the City whose signature appears on any bond or coupon shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of such bond, such signature shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if he or she had remained in office until such delivery. Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding any bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be deemed to be investment securities under the Uniform Commercial Code. Any bonds issued by the City pursuant to the provisions of this article are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be public instrumentalities, and, together with interest and income thereon, shall be exempt from taxes. The resolution authorizing the issuance of said bonds may provide that the bonds shall contain a recital that they are issued pursuant to this article, which recital shall be conclusive evidence of their validity and of the regularity of this issuance.
24 V.S.A. § 3110 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 83 / Section 3110
§ 3110. Arbitrators; decision
Status: in_force

The board of arbitrators shall be composed of two disinterested persons, residents of the municipality, one of whom shall be appointed by the appellant and one by the building inspector. If such arbitrators cannot agree, a third member shall be chosen by them. On failure to agree as to such third member, he or she shall be appointed by a Superior judge. A decision of a majority of the board of arbitrators thus composed, when reduced to writing, sworn to, and filed in the inspector's office, shall be final and conclusive upon the parties. Upon the filing of such decision, work may be immediately resumed in accordance therewith. The expense of such arbitration shall be paid by the appellant.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 1
App. § 151-1. Redesignated. 2023, No. M-27 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. May 30, 2024.
Status: in_force

(Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 151-702 by 2023, No. M-27 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. May 30, 2024.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 9
App. § 101-9. Intergovernmental relations
Status: in_force

Subject only to any applicable superior laws or constitutional provisions, the Town through the Selectboard may exercise any of its powers or perform any of its functions and may participate in the financing thereof, jointly or in cooperation, by contract or otherwise, with any one or more states or civil divisions or agencies thereof, or the United States or any agency thereof, including other towns, cities, and school systems.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 91 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 91
App. § 235-91. Purchase of electric light plant and contract for power
Status: in_force

(a) Said Village is authorized to purchase an electric light plant and to contract for power and service to run the same for such number of years and such number of lights as may be deemed for the best interest of said Village.

(b) Said Village is hereby authorized and empowered under any vote heretofore or hereafter had for that purpose, through said electric light commissioners, to purchase and sell electric current for light, heat, and power purposes in the Town of Ludlow and adjoining towns, to purchase, construct, and complete an electric light plant, with all necessary water powers, reservoirs, and appurtenances to produce and conduct electric light power to and distribute the same through said Village; and for that purpose may take, enter upon, and use any water-powers and lands upon, over, or through which it may be necessary or desirable for the said electric light plant and the lines thereof to be situate and to pass; and may thereon lay and construct such pipes, reservoirs, lines of wire, and appurtenances as may be necessary for the complete construction and repairing of the same; and it may also for the purpose aforesaid dig up or occupy any common highway, street, or bridge in the Town of Ludlow or towns adjacent thereto for the purpose of laying, constructing, or repairing such electric light plant, reservoirs, lines, and the appurtenances thereof.

(c) In the taking of lands for the construction of transmission and distribution lines said Village shall proceed under Chapter 211 of the General Laws.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 50 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 50
App. § 3-50. City Council to establish penalty
Status: in_force

The City Council may provide a penalty for the violation of any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw not to exceed $500.00. Each day the violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. If no penalty shall be fixed for the violation of any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw, the court before which such action is heard shall impose a fine not to exceed $500.00 for each offense.
24 V.S.A. § 1305 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 39 / Section 1305
§ 1305. Meetings; warnings
Status: in_force

After the first election, a meeting of such corporation shall be held in each year at the time and place designated in its bylaws, to elect officers and for the transaction of business specified in the warning of such meeting. Special meetings may be called by the trustees. Warnings shall be signed by the clerk, shall specify the business to be transacted as the trustees direct, shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the village, and shall be posted in two public places in such village, not more than 40 days nor less than 30 days before such meeting. Such warning shall be recorded in the office of the clerk before it is posted.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 18 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 18
App. § 261-18. Bylaws, rules, and ordinances, when recorded to be the prima facie evidence
Status: in_force

The bylaws, rules, and ordinances of said Village shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of said Village, and the Clerk's certificate that such bylaws, rules, and ordinances were adopted at an annual meeting of said Village or at a special meeting thereof, called for that purpose, shall be a prima facie evidence of such fact in any court in this State: and certified copies of said bylaws, rules, ordinances and Clerk's certificates shall also be received as evidence in all courts in this State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 1
App. § 901-1. Purpose and composition
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Authority is to provide the member towns in the Authority with an affordable, integrated, efficient system of public safety services (fire, police, ambulance, dispatch) that protects public welfare and provides rapid responses with highly qualified personnel when emergency situations arise.
24 V.S.A. § 2244 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2244
§ 2244. Repealed. 1993, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 67(5).
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary shall conduct an unannounced inspection of the physical operation, record-keeping practices, and regulatory compliance practices of salvage yards to ensure compliance with applicable provisions of this subchapter.

(b) As part of the inspection program, the Secretary shall annually inspect at least one facility to ensure compliance with 9 V.S.A. chapter 82.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 175 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 175
App. § 3-175. Commissioners to control location, construction, sale, and purchase
Status: in_force

The location and construction of the schoolhouses and the management, sale, and purchase of school property shall be under the control of the school commissioners, subject to the limitations herein provided, and the limitation upon their power of incurring liabilities in behalf of said City.
24 V.S.A. § 2296b — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2296b
§ 2296b. Expungement of municipal violation records
Status: in_force

(a) Expungement. Two years following the satisfaction of a judgment resulting from an adjudication of a municipal violation, the Judicial Bureau shall make an entry of “expunged” and notify the municipality of such action, provided the person has not been adjudicated for any subsequent municipal violations during that time. The data transfer to the municipality shall include the name, date of birth, ticket number, and offense. Violations of offenses adopted pursuant to chapter 117 of this title shall not be eligible for expungement under this section.

(b) Effect of expungement.

(1) Upon entry of an expungement order, the order shall be legally effective immediately and the individual whose record is expunged shall be treated in all respects as if the individual had never been adjudicated of the violation.

(2) Upon an entry of expunged, the case will be accessible only by the Clerk of the Court for the Judicial Bureau or the Clerk's designee. Adjudications that have been expunged shall not appear in the results of any Judicial Bureau database search by name, date of birth, or any other data identifying the defendant. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, any documents or other records related to an expunged adjudication that are maintained outside the Judicial Bureau's case management system shall be destroyed.

(3) Upon receiving an inquiry from any person regarding an expunged record, the Judicial Bureau and the municipality shall respond that “NO RECORD EXISTS.”

(c) Exception for research entities. Research entities that maintain adjudication records for purposes of collecting, analyzing, and disseminating criminal justice data shall not be subject to the expungement requirements established in this section. Research entities shall abide by the policies established by the Court Administrator and shall not disclose any identifying information from the records they maintain.

(d) Policies for implementation. The Court Administrator shall establish policies for implementing this section.

(e) Application. This section shall apply to municipal violations that occur on and after July 1, 2025.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 203 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 203
App. § 19-203. Special meetings
Status: in_force

The City Clerk shall, when directed by the City Council on its own motion or upon receipt of a proper petition, call a special meeting of the City at such time and place as the City Council may direct. The warning for such special meeting shall state the purposes for which is it called, shall designate the time and place thereof, and shall be posted and published in the manner provided by general law. Special City meetings shall be called and warned as provided by general law.
24 V.S.A. § 5150 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 129 / Section 5150
§ 5150. Unauthorized connection
Status: in_force

The officers and agents of such a municipality entrusted with the care and superintendence of the municipality may at all reasonable times enter all premises so supplied to examine the pipes and fixtures and prevent any unnecessary waste, and to examine for sanitary correction thereto. If any person, without the consent of such municipal corporation, shall use any connection to water or sewer, a civil action on this statute may be maintained against such person by such municipality for the recovery of damages thereon.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 308 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 308
App. § 5-308. Special Council meetings
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor may call special meetings of the City Council at any time. Special meetings may also be called by the Clerk on a petition signed by a majority of the City Council and filed with the Clerk.

(b) Public notice and notice to the Council shall be given in accordance with 1 V.S.A. § 312, as may be amended from time to time.
24 V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 6
§ 6. Essex
Status: in_force

The County of Essex is formed of the towns of Bloomfield, Brighton, Brunswick, Canaan, Concord, East Haven, Granby, Guildhall, Lemington, Lunenburg, Maidstone, Norton, Victory, Avery's Gore, Warner's Grant, Warren Gore, and the unorganized townships of Averill, Ferdinand, and Lewis. Guildhall is the shire town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1401 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 1401
App. § 247-1401. Incursion of debt
Status: in_force

The Village shall not incur an indebtedness for public improvements which, with its previously contracted indebtedness, shall, in the aggregate exceed 10 times the amount of the last grand list of the corporation or the amounts authorized by the provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 1 or any amendments thereto.

Debt may be incurred and bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of the above noted subchapter, or any amendments thereto, for any improvements, but no bonds shall be issued for the purpose of providing funds for ordinary expenses of the Village, except as otherwise provided by the provisions of this charter or of the laws applicable to municipal corporations.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 276 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 276
App. § 3-276. Composition; terms; powers; airport management
Status: in_force

(a)(1)(A) The Board of Airport Commissioners of the City of Burlington shall consist of five legal voters of said City to be appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding to serve for three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified.

(B) In addition, so long as the public aviation field and municipal airport is located within the limits of the City of South Burlington, the Board of Airport Commissioners shall likewise consist of one legal voter of said City of South Burlington to be appointed by the governing body thereof to serve for three years and until a successor is appointed and qualified.

(C) In addition, the Board of Airport Commissioners shall likewise include one legal voter of the City of Winooski to be appointed by the governing body to serve for three years and until a successor is appointed and qualified.

(2) The City Council shall have the exclusive general management and control of all lands owned or leased and used by the City for the purpose of a municipal airport, and of all buildings, property, and equipment of the City thereon, and shall see that the same are kept in good condition and repair.

(3) The City Council may by resolution delegate any of its powers relating to the airport to the Board of Airport Commissioners.

(b) The City Council shall have power to make and alter from time to time all needful rules and regulations for the maintenance of order, safety, and decency within the boundaries of said airport and to fix penalties for disobedience thereof, which rules and regulations shall have the force of ordinances of the City of Burlington, provided that no such rule or regulation shall be of any effect unless it shall have been published in full in one or more of the daily newspapers published in Burlington and also printed and posted in conspicuous places within the limits of the property to which such regulation is intended to apply.

(c) The Director of Aviation shall have special and immediate care and practical supervision of the Airport Department subject to the authority of the Mayor as Chief Executive Officer and to the orders and ordinances of the City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 289 / Section 13
App. § 289-13. Legal voters
Status: in_force

Every person who resides within the limits of the Village and is a legal voter in Town meeting of the Town of Westminster shall be entitled to vote at any Village meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 509 / Section 3
App. § 509-3. Collector of Taxes
Status: in_force

(a) The Prudential Committee shall annually appoint one or more Collectors of Taxes who shall collect all past due taxes and accounts, interest, and penalties owing on those taxes or accounts. All amounts so collected shall be promptly remitted to the Treasurer of North Branch Fire District No. 1.

(b) An appointed Collector of Taxes shall receive such compensation for his or her services as determined by the Prudential Committee.

(c) An appointed Collector of Taxes shall serve at the pleasure of the Prudential Committee and need not be a resident or voter of North Branch Fire District No. 1.

(d) An appointed Collector of Taxes may also be the Treasurer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 16 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 16
App. § 219-16. Orders; recordation
Status: in_force

Orders and proceedings of the Selectboard, under the provisions of section 15 of this charter, be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Town in which the property against which the orders are directed is located.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129B / Section 4
App. § 129B-4. Separability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of the charter shall not be affected by that holding. If the application of the charter or any of its provisions to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the application of this charter and its provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected by that holding.
24 V.S.A. § 4384 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4384
§ 4384. Preparation of plan; hearings by planning commission
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may have a plan. Any plan for a municipality shall be prepared by the planning commission of that municipality. At the outset of the planning process and throughout the process, planning commissions shall solicit the participation of local citizens and organizations by holding informal working sessions that suit the needs of local people. An amendment or repeal of a plan may be prepared by or at the direction of the planning commission or by any other person or body.

(b) If any person or body other than a municipal planning commission prepares an amendment to a plan, that person or body shall submit the amendment in writing and all supporting documents to the municipal planning commission. The planning commission may then proceed as if the amendment had been prepared by the commission. However, if the proposed amendment is supported by a petition signed by not less than five percent of the voters of the municipality, the planning commission shall correct any technical deficiency and shall, without otherwise changing the amendment, promptly proceed in accordance with subsections (c) through (f) of this section as if it had been prepared by the commission.

(c) When considering an amendment to a plan, the planning commission shall prepare a written report on the proposal. The report shall address the extent to which the plan, as amended, is consistent with the goals established in section 4302 of this title. If the proposal would alter the designation of any land area, the report should cover the following points:

(1) The probable impact on the surrounding area, including the effect of any resulting increase in traffic, and the probable impact on the overall pattern of land use.

(2) The long-term cost or benefit to the municipality, based upon consideration of the probable impact on:

(A) the municipal tax base; and

(B) the need for public facilities.

(3) The amount of vacant land which is:

(A) already subject to the proposed new designation; and

(B) actually available for that purpose, and the need for additional land for that purpose.

(4) The suitability of the area in question for the proposed purpose, after consideration of:

(A) appropriate alternative locations;

(B) alternative uses for the area under consideration; and

(C) the probable impact of the proposed change on other areas similarly designated.

(5) The appropriateness of the size and boundaries of the area proposed for change, with respect to the area required for the proposed use, land capability, and existing development in the area.

(d) The planning commission shall hold at least one public hearing within the municipality after public notice on any proposed plan or amendment.

(e) At least 30 days prior to the first hearing, a copy of the proposed plan or amendment and the written report shall be delivered physically or electronically with proof of receipt, or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to each of the following:

(1) the chair of the planning commission of each abutting municipality, or in the absence of any planning commission in an abutting municipality, to the clerk of that municipality;

(2) the executive director of the regional planning commission of the area in which the municipality is located;

(3) the Department of Housing and Community Development within the Agency of Commerce and Community Development; and

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

Any of the foregoing bodies, or their representatives, may thereafter submit comments on the proposed plan or amendment to the planning commission, and may appear and be heard in any further proceeding with respect to the adoption of the proposed plan or amendment. The planning commission shall demonstrate that it has solicited comment from planning commissions of abutting municipalities and from the regional planning commission with respect to the compatibility of their respective plans with its own plan.

(f) The planning commission may make revisions to the proposed plan or amendment and to any written report, and shall thereafter submit the proposed plan or amendment and any written report to the legislative body of the municipality. However, if requested by the legislative body, or if a proposed amendment was supported by a petition signed by not less than five percent of the voters of the municipality, the planning commission shall promptly submit the amendment, with changes only to correct technical deficiencies, to the legislative body of the municipality, together with any recommendation or opinion it considers appropriate. Simultaneously with the submission, the planning commission shall file with the clerk of the municipality a copy of the proposed plan or amendment, and any written report, for public review.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 32 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 175 / Section 32
App. § 175-32. Amount to be raised by taxation
Status: in_force

Upon passage of the budget by the Annual Town meeting, the amount stated therein as the amount to be raised by property taxes shall constitute a determination of the amount of the levy for the purposes of the Town in the corresponding tax year, and the Selectboard shall levy such taxes on the grand list furnished by the listers of the corresponding year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 106 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 106
App. § 407-106. Transportation and collection system
Status: in_force

Each member municipality, either directly or through independent parties, shall be responsible for providing a collection system for the solid waste generated within such member municipality and for the transportation of such solid waste to the District facilities, together with all costs incident thereto. In the event that any member municipality does not wish to institute its own collection system for delivery of the solid waste to the facilities designated by the District, then the Board of Supervisors may provide for collection and transportation as provided in section 105 of this subchapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 203 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 142 / Section 203
App. § 142-203. Tax collection
Status: in_force

The Town Treasurer shall collect 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 Richford.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 207 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 207
App. § 19-207. Voting machines
Status: in_force

The Council may provide for the use of mechanical or other devices for voting or counting the votes not inconsistent with law.
24 V.S.A. § 3206 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 85 / Section 3206
§ 3206. Finding of necessity by local governing body
Status: in_force

No municipality shall exercise the authority hereafter conferred upon municipalities by this chapter until after it has voted by a majority of the voters present and voting on the question at a regular or special meeting duly warned for such purpose to adopt a resolution finding that: (1) one or more slum or blighted areas exist in such municipality; and (2) the rehabilitation, conservation, redevelopment, or a combination thereof, of such area or areas is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, or welfare of the residents of such municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 45 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 45
App. § 403-45. Warnings required
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn a special meeting of the District by filing a notice with the clerk of each member municipality and by posting a notice in at least five public places in each municipality in the District not less than 30 nor more than 40 days before the meeting. In addition, the warning shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the District once a week on the same day of the week for three consecutive weeks before the meeting, the last publication to be not less than five nor more than 10 days before the meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 108 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 108
App. § 113-108. Effective date
Status: in_force

Every ordinance shall become effective 21 days after passage unless a petition for overrule is filed in accordance with section 305 of this charter; or, if the ordinance is conditioned upon approval of the voters of the Town, then upon a favorable vote of a majority of those voting thereon at a meeting duly warned for the purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 601 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 601
App. § 409-601. Withdrawal of a municipality
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, a member municipality may vote to withdraw from this chapter in the same manner as it votes to adopt the chapter if one year has elapsed since the District has become a body politic and corporate and if the District has not voted to bond for construction and improvements, all in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 4863(g). The provisions of 24 V.S.A. § 4863(i) and (j) shall apply so that any vote of withdrawal taken less than one year from the time the District has become a body politic and corporate or any vote of withdrawal taken after the District has voted to bond for construction and improvements shall be null and void. The membership of a withdrawing member shall terminate as of one year following a valid vote to withdraw or as soon after such one-year period as the financial obligations of the withdrawing member have been paid to the District. All of the foregoing notwithstanding, however, in the event that the General Assembly of the State of Vermont shall specifically approve, then a member may vote to withdraw from the District at any time.

(b) The financial obligations of a withdrawing member shall include all ongoing costs and assessments of the District until the withdrawing member has entered into a written agreement satisfactory to counsel for the District obliging the withdrawing municipality as follows:

(1) To continue to pay its share of all debts incurred by the District for the remaining terms of all bonds and contracts in existence at the time when the vote to withdraw was taken.

(2) To pay the costs of redesigning, rebuilding, or otherwise changing any facility of the District that may be occasioned by the reduced volume of solid waste resulting from the withdrawal of the member. Such costs shall be determined by an independent engineering firm hired by the Board and shall bind both the Board and the withdrawing municipality.

(3) To pay its share, based upon its assessment for the year in which it withdraws, of the defense costs and judgment rendered in any legal action brought against the District arising or accruing in any year during which it was a member of the District.

(4) To pay its share, based upon its assessment for the year in which it withdraws, of all unbudgeted costs and expenses of the District arising out of the activities of the District during the withdrawing member's term of membership, regardless of when such costs and expenses may be discovered.

(5) To pay all of these additional costs either in a lump sum or in installments at such times and in such amounts as required by the Board.

(c) Subsections (a) and (b) of this section notwithstanding, in the event there is a recycling or treatment facility or contracts for recycling or treatment in effect, and in the further event that the withdrawal of a member would reduce the amount of solid waste generated to less than the minimum volume required to meet the District's long-term contractual commitments related thereto, then no withdrawal of a member shall be permitted during the term of such commitments.

(d) After a member has voted to withdraw, the Board shall give notice to the remaining members of the vote to withdraw and shall hold a meeting to determine if it is in the best interest of the District to continue to exist. All interested parties shall be given an opportunity to be heard. If the Board determines that it would be in the best interests of the District to cease operations, the Board may prepare and implement a plan for dissolution of the District.
24 V.S.A. § 3403 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 95 / Section 3403
§ 3403. Apportionment of expense
Status: in_force

When such sewer, drain, or outlet has been constructed, the selectboard and the same number selected by and from the proper officers of such municipality shall agree upon the proportion of expenses that shall be borne by those inside and those outside the limits of such municipality. In case of a disagreement, the decision of a majority shall be final.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 503 / Section 6
App. § 503-6. Resignation, vacancy, and removal of officers
Status: in_force

(a) Any officer, other than a member of the Prudential Committee, may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Prudential Committee. Unless otherwise specified in the notice, resignation shall take effect on the receipt of the notice. Acceptance of the notice is not necessary to make it effective.

(b) A vacancy occurring in any District office, other than a member of the Prudential Committee, caused by death, resignation, removal, or incapacity of an officer to carry out his or her duties shall be filled within 30 days by the Prudential Committee. The officer appointed by the Prudential Committee shall serve until the next annual meeting.

(c) Any officer, other than a member of the Prudential Committee, may be removed by a two-thirds vote of the members of the Prudential Committee if the Committee believes that removal will serve the best interests of the Fire District.
24 V.S.A. § 2791 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 76A / Section 2791
§ 2791. Repealed. 2023, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 65(a), eff. July 1, 2034.
Status: repealed

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Community reinvestment agreement” means an agreement among municipal government officials, business leaders, and community groups pursuant to subdivision 2793(b)(2) of this title.

(2) “Design review district” means a district created pursuant to subdivision 4414(1)(E) of this title.

(3) “Downtown” means the traditional central business district of a community that has served as the focus of socio-economic interaction in the community, characterized by a cohesive core of commercial and mixed use buildings, some of which may contain mixed use spaces, often interspersed with civic, religious, residential, and industrial buildings and public spaces, typically arranged along a main street and intersecting side streets that are within walking distance for residents who live within and surrounding the core and that are served by public infrastructure such as sidewalks and public transit. Downtowns are typically larger in scale than village centers and are characterized by a development pattern that is consistent with smart growth principles.

(4) “Downtown development district” or “downtown district” means a district delineated by the municipality and designated by the Downtown Development Board under section 2793 of this title.

(5) “Local downtown organization” means either a nonprofit corporation, including a nonprofit corporation established by the Vermont Economic Development Authority, or a board, council, or commission created by the legislative body of the municipality, whose primary purpose is to administer and implement the community reinvestment agreement and other matters regarding the revitalization of the downtown district under subdivision 2793(b)(2) of this title.

(6) “Historic district” means a district created pursuant to subdivision 4414(1)(F) of this title.

(7) “Certified historic structure” means a certified historic structure as defined in the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 47(c).

(8) “Special assessment” means a tax assessment pursuant to chapter 87 of this title or a municipal charter, among all commercial owners, or a significant portion thereof, within a downtown development district to impose an incremental tax assessment above the amount otherwise assessed, for the purposes of supporting downtown interests.

(9) “Tax stabilization agreement” means a contract executed pursuant to either section 2741 of this title or 32 V.S.A. § 5404a to provide a stable and predictable tax rate or assessment on properties in a downtown development district.

(10) “Village center” means the core of a traditional settlement, typically comprised of a cohesive mix of residential, civic, religious, commercial, and mixed use buildings arranged along a main street and intersecting streets that are within walking distance for residents who live within and surrounding the core. Industrial uses may be found within or immediately adjacent to these centers. Village centers are typically smaller in scale than downtowns and are characterized by a development pattern that is consistent with smart growth principles.

(11) “New town center” means the area planned for or developing as a community's central business district, composed of compact, pedestrian-friendly, multistory, and mixed use development that is characteristic of a traditional downtown, supported by planned or existing urban infrastructure, including curbed streets with sidewalks and on-street parking, stormwater treatment, sanitary sewers, and public water supply.

(12) “Growth center” shall have the same meaning as under section 2793c of this title.

(13) “Smart growth principles” means growth that:

(A) Maintains the historic development pattern of compact village and urban centers separated by rural countryside.

(B) Develops compact mixed-use centers at a scale appropriate for the community and the region.

(C) Enables choice in modes of transportation.

(D) Protects the State's important environmental, natural, and historic features, including natural areas, water quality, scenic resources, and historic sites and districts.

(E) Serves to strengthen agricultural and forest industries and minimizes conflicts of development with these industries.

(F) Balances growth with the availability of economic and efficient public utilities and services.

(G) Supports a diversity of viable businesses in downtowns and villages.

(H) Provides for housing that meets the needs of a diversity of social and income groups in each community.

(I) Reflects a settlement pattern that, at full build-out, is not characterized by:

(i) scattered development located outside compact urban and village centers that is excessively land consumptive;

(ii) development that limits transportation options, especially for pedestrians;

(iii) the fragmentation of farmland and forestland;

(iv) development that is not serviced by municipal infrastructure or that requires the extension of municipal infrastructure across undeveloped lands in a manner that would extend service to lands located outside compact village and urban centers;

(v) linear development along well-traveled roads and highways that lacks depth, as measured from the highway.

(14) “Important natural resources” means headwaters, streams, shorelines, floodways, rare and irreplaceable natural areas, necessary wildlife habitat, wetlands, endangered species, productive forestlands, and primary agricultural soils, all of which are as defined in 10 V.S.A. chapter 151.

(15) [Repealed.]

(16) “Neighborhood planning area” shall have the same meaning as under section 2793e of this title.

(17) “Neighborhood development area” shall have the same meaning as under section 2793e of this title.

(18) “Department” means the Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development.

(19) “District coordinator” means a district environmental coordinator attached to a District Commission established under 10 V.S.A. chapter 151.

(20) “Infill” means the use of vacant land or property within a built-up area for further construction or development.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 801 / Section 11
App. § 801-11. Assessments of new members outside Chittenden County
Status: in_force

Municipalities outside Chittenden County that vote to join the Green Mountain Transit Authority on or after July 1, 2010 shall negotiate with the Board of Commissioners of the Green Mountain Transit Authority on the amount of the levy to be assessed upon the municipality and terms of payment of that assessment, and the municipality may not join prior to agreement with the Authority on terms of the levy and payment. Upon the addition of one municipality to the membership of the Green Mountain Transit Authority from outside Chittenden County, the Authority shall immediately begin work on the formula for assessment that will be approved in accordance with this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3.07 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 3.07
App. § 147-3.7. Removal of officers appointed by the Board
Status: in_force

Officers appointed by the Selectboard may be removed by the Selectboard at any time with cause after a hearing. The hearing shall be public if the official so requests.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 804 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 804
App. § 5-804. Board for Abatement of Taxes
Status: in_force

(a) The Board for Abatement of Taxes, consisting of the Board of Civil Authority, the City Assessor, and the City Treasurer, shall be governed by the general laws of the State in respect to abatement of taxes.

(b)(1) The Board for Abatement of Taxes shall meet on the first Tuesday in June in each year, which meeting may be adjourned from time to time thereafter for the purpose of considering abatement of paid taxes as provided by 24 V.S.A. § 1535, as may be amended from time to time.

(2) All requests for the abatement of paid taxes shall be filed with the City Clerk at least five days before the date of such meeting.

(3) The City Clerk shall cause such meeting to be warned by posting and publishing a notice of the same at least 15 days prior to such meeting and also five days prior to such meeting.

(c) All meetings of the Board for Abatement of Taxes shall be called by the Mayor who shall request the City Clerk to notify the members thereof of the time and place of such meeting, either personally or by written notice duly mailed to each member at least five days before such time appointed. If the Mayor fails to call a meeting of the Board for Abatement of Taxes when such meeting is required by law, the City Clerk shall call such meeting and shall notify the members.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 806 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 806
App. § 129-806. Voting questions by Australian ballot
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard or School Board of Trustees shall cause all questions to be voted by Australian ballot at any properly warned annual or special Town or School District meeting called on their motion or by petition.

(b) A question voted by Australian ballot shall be preceded by a public hearing for discussion to be held not less than one nor more than five days prior to the vote.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 310 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 310
App. § 413-310. Executive Board
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish an Executive Board and grant such powers as it may deem necessary.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 13
App. § 403-13. Special meetings
Status: in_force

Special meetings of the Board of Supervisors may be called at any time by the Chair or may be called by the Clerk. 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, e-mailed, or left at a member's usual place of residence.
24 V.S.A. § 1943 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 55 / Section 1943
§ 1943. Animal Cruelty Investigation Advisory Board
Status: in_force

(a) Board. An Animal Cruelty Investigation Advisory Board is created within the Department of Public Safety to advise the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Commissioner of Public Safety on issues involving the cooperation and coordination of all agencies that exercise animal welfare responsibilities.

(b) Membership.

(1) The Advisory Board shall be composed of the following members:

(A) the Commissioner of Public Safety or designee;

(B) the Executive Director of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs or designee;

(C) the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets or designee;

(D) the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife or designee;

(E) a member appointed by the Governor to represent the interests of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns;

(F) two members appointed by the Governor to represent the interests of organizations dedicated to promoting the welfare of animals;

(G) a member appointed by the Governor to represent the interests of the Vermont Police Association;

(H) a member appointed by the Governor to represent the interests of dog breeders and associated groups;

(I) a member appointed by the Governor to represent the interests of veterinarians; and

(J) a member to represent the interests of the Criminal Justice Training Council.

(2) The Board shall elect a chair and a vice chair, which shall rotate among the various member representatives. Each member shall serve a term of two years. The Board shall meet at the call of the Chair. A quorum shall consist of six members, and decisions of the Board shall require the approval of a majority of those members present and voting.

(c) Duties. The Board shall exercise oversight over Vermont's system for investigating and responding to animal cruelty complaints and develop a systematic, collaborative approach to providing the best services to Vermont's animals statewide, given monies available. In carrying out its responsibilities under this subsection, the Board shall:

(1) identify and monitor the extent and scope of any deficiencies in Vermont's system of investigating and responding to animal cruelty complaints;

(2) work with the Department of Public Safety to study the feasibility of designating one law enforcement agency to receive, dispatch, and document the outcome of animal cruelty complaints and, with the assistance of the Vermont Sheriffs' Association, develop a uniform response protocol for assigning complaints to the appropriate local law enforcement agencies;

(3) ensure that investigations of serious animal cruelty complaints are systematic and documented, and develop written standard operating procedures and checklists to support the objective investigation of cruelty complaints that include objective measures of both environmental and clinical evidence of cruelty;

(4) ensure that requests for voluntary compliance are made in writing, with clear requests and timelines, and include a timeline for the investigator to perform a follow-up visit to confirm actions taken;

(5) develop a guide for animal cruelty prosecution, including a review of current sentencing recommendations for State's Attorneys;

(6) research the feasibility of developing and implementing an animal cruelty prevention and education program for offenders to be used as a part of offenders' sentencing;

(7) explore potential private and public sources of funding for animal cruelty investigations, including animal care expenses;

(8) develop trainings, protocols, procedures, and guidance documents for agencies engaging in animal welfare responsibilities;

(9) develop and identify funding sources for an animal cruelty investigation certification program for humane officers in accordance with 13 V.S.A. § 356, and develop a standard by which a person who has been actively engaged in this State as a humane officer conducting animal cruelty investigations for at least five years preceding July 1, 2017 may become certified without completion of the certification program requirements;

(10) identify funding sources for the training requirement under 20 V.S.A. § 2365b;

(11) develop recommendations for providing liability protection and reducing uncompensated costs to animal shelters and animal welfare groups that assist law enforcement authorities in animal cruelty investigations;

(12) explore changing the annual deadline for dog licensure under 20 V.S.A. § 3582 better to align with the time of year dogs require annual veterinary care; and

(13) determine what should appropriately constitute an enforcement action triggering the obligation of the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets to assist law enforcement pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 354(a).

(d) Reimbursement. Members of the Board who are not employees of the State of Vermont and who are not otherwise compensated or reimbursed for their attendance shall be entitled to per diem compensation and reimbursement of expenses pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 1010, paid from the budget of the Agency of Administration for attendance of meetings of the Board.

(e) Meetings and report. The Board shall meet no fewer than six times a year to undertake its duties as outlined in subsection (c) of this section. The Board shall report on its findings and specific recommendations in brief summary to the House and Senate Committees on Judiciary, House Committee on Agriculture and Forest Products, and Senate Committee on Agriculture annually on or before January 15.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 501
App. § 413-501. Special meetings
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors may call a special meeting of the District when it deems it necessary or prudent to do so and shall call a special meeting of the District when action by the voters of the District is necessary under this agreement or under any applicable law. In addition, the Board of Supervisors shall call a special meeting of the District if petitioned to do so by not less than five percent of the legal voters of the District. The Board of Supervisors may rescind the call of a special meeting called by them but not a special meeting called on application of five percent of the legal voters of the District. The Board of Supervisors shall endeavor to have the time of such special meetings coincide with the time of annual municipal meetings, primary elections, general elections, or similar meetings when the electorate within the member municipalities will be voting on other matters.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129B / Section 3
App. § 129B-3. Local options tax
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard is authorized to impose a one-percent sales tax, a one-percent meals and alcoholic beverages tax, and a one-percent rooms tax upon the sales within the Town that are subject to the State of Vermont tax on sales, meals, alcoholic beverages, and rooms.

(b) A tax imposed under the authority of this section may be rescinded and shall be collected and administered pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 138, provided that the Town shall:

(1) receive on a quarterly basis not less than 70 percent of the tax collected, less the per-return fee; and

(2) pay not more than 70 percent of the per-return fee.

(c) The tax to be paid to the Town shall be set aside in the Sewer Reserve Fund to assist in the repayment of debt obligations related to the construction of a Municipal Wastewater System in Montgomery Center and Village.

(d) The taxes authorized by this section shall expire 90 days after the date that the Town has fully repaid the debt obligations related to the construction of the Municipal Wastewater System in Montgomery Center and Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 15.02
App. § 147-15.2. Severability
Status: in_force

The sections of this charter and the parts hereof are severable. If any portion or section of this charter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this charter shall not be affected thereby. If a clause, portion of, or section of this charter is so held invalid, then the applicable provisions of State law, if any, shall govern.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 34.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 34.01
App. § 9-34.1. Appropriations and expenditures
Status: in_force

The voters of the City shall annually approve a budget for the use of the schools pursuant to the general laws of the State of Vermont. The Board of School Commissioners shall not expend any money or incur any debt for any purpose by contract or otherwise beyond the amount approved in the budget, the provisions of section 17.4 of this charter shall apply to the Board of School Commissioners and any committee or member thereof. Accounts relating to federal and State funds shall be maintained as directed and regulated by State and federal authorized guidelines and shall be subject to audit by the City Treasurer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 227 / Section 9
App. § 227-9. Fire district
Status: in_force

The Village is hereby constituted a fire district for the purpose of preventing the destructive consequences of fires, and the trustees shall have all the powers, and be subject to the same restrictions as prudential committees in fire districts, in making contracts and expenditures for the preservation of property in the Village from loss or damage by fire.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 17 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 207 / Section 17
App. § 207-17. Police Department
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Trustees, and in its stead, the Village Manager, when appointed pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 37, and as may be amended, may establish and maintain a Police Department. Such Police Department shall consist of one Chief of Police and subordinate officers as deemed necessary. Such officers, including the Chief of Police, shall take an oath to faithfully perform their respective duties as such police officer, which instrument shall be recorded by and in the office of the Clerk of said corporation. Such police officers shall have the same powers as sheriffs in criminal matters and the enforcement of the law and in serving criminal process and such special authority as may be provided in any bylaw or ordinance of said corporation enacted under authority of Vermont statutes.

(b) The direction and control of the entire Police Department, except as otherwise provided, shall be vested in the Chief of Police. If the Chief of Police is absent or disabled, or if the office of Chief of Police is vacant, the appointing authority may appoint another officer to discharge the duties of the Chief of Police.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 114 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 114
App. § 3-114. Council to establish and prescribe nature of connections
Status: in_force

The City Council shall establish rates to be paid for the use of water supplied by the City water works that shall be called “service rates.” Such service rates and the rates for electricity supplied at retail by the electric light plant shall be and hereby are made a lien in the nature of a tax upon the real estate so supplied with water and electricity and shall be collected and enforced under such regulations and ordinances as the City Council shall prescribe. The City Council may by ordinance prescribe the nature and character of connections between the water mains and lands and buildings to be supplied with water and what lands and buildings shall be so connected and when, under what circumstances, and in what manner, and that the connections and all repairs to the same shall be made by the City at the expense of the owner of the property, and that the cost of all materials and labor for the same may be charged against the owner of the property served, and shall be a lien in the nature of a tax upon the real estate so supplied with water, and may likewise prescribe the means of collecting and enforcing such lien and payment of all such charges.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 24 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 24
App. § 219-24. Sewers and drains; condemnation
Status: in_force

The Village may take the land of individuals and corporations on making compensation for the lands so taken; and the trustees shall proceed in the same manner as is prescribed by law for selectboard members in taking land for public highways and in awarding damages therefor; and the trustees shall make a return of their doings to the office of the Clerk of the Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 33 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 33
App. § 101-33. Collection of taxes
Status: in_force

(a) Real and personal property taxes and other taxes, assessments, charges, or levies by the Town shall be due either in one payment or in not more than four installments, as equal as possible, on dates specified by the voters at the annual Town election. If an interim tax rate has been set, the installments shall be calculated as though it were not an interim rate. However, once the budgets have passed, revised tax bills shall be sent to the taxpayers and the remaining installments shall be calculated to offset equally, or as equal as possible, the over- or underpayment caused by the interim rate. Any installment not paid when due shall be delinquent and there shall immediately be added to the amount due a charge for late payment equivalent to five (5) percent of the delinquent installment. For a period of 30 days immediately following the due date, delinquent accounts shall be retained by the Treasurer and shall be payable to his or her office.

(b) As soon as practicable after the expiration of 30 days from the due date of each installment, the Treasurer shall forward all accounts then remaining unpaid to the Tax Collector, together with a warrant for the collection of such accounts, in the form prescribed by law. Thereafter, all such accounts shall be payable only to the Tax Collector. Accounts forwarded to the Tax Collector shall bear simple interest at the rate of one percent per month, which is an annual rate of 12 percent, on the original amount of the tax due. In addition, a collection fee of eight percent of the original tax due shall be charged together with any reasonable attorney fees and court costs incurred in the collection of any delinquent account. All such charges, fees, interest, and other added amounts shall be cumulative and shall accrue at the times and in the manner herein specified.

(c) The Tax Collector shall have all the powers that tax collectors of towns have under the general law of the State, including the power to levy on personal property, bring actions at law, conduct tax sales, and bring petitions for foreclosure of tax liens. Such acts shall be done in the name of the Town of Barre and in the manner provided by such general law, except as modified by any provision of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 401 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 401
App. § 407-401. Fiscal year
Status: in_force

The fiscal year of the District shall commence on July 1 and end on June 30 of the following year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 502 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 502
App. § 411-502. Special meetings
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors may call a special meeting of the District whenever a majority of the Board of Supervisors shall deem it necessary or prudent so to do and shall call a special meeting of the District upon receipt of a petition signed by at least five percent of the legal voters of the District. The Board of Supervisors may rescind the call for a special meeting called by it but may not rescind the call for a special meeting by petition. A special meeting called for by petition shall be held within 60 days of receipt of the petition by the Board of Supervisors.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 511 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 511
App. § 413-511. Validation of District meetings
Status: in_force

When any of the requirements as to notice or warning of a special District meeting have been omitted or not complied with, the omission or noncompliance, if the meeting and the business transacted at it is otherwise legal and within the scope of the District powers, may be corrected and legalized by a vote at a special meeting of the District called and duly warned for that purpose. The question to be voted upon shall substantially be, “Shall the action taken at the meeting of this District held on (state date) in spite of the fact that (state the error or omission), and any act or action of the District officers or agents pursuant thereto be readopted, ratified, or confirmed?” Errors or omissions in the conduct of an original meeting that are not the result of an unlawful notice or warning or noncompliance within the scope of the warning may be cured by a resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the District by a vote of two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast at a regular meeting or a special meeting called for that purpose stating that the defect was the result of an oversight, inadvertence, or mistake. When an error or omission of this nature has been thus corrected by resolution, all business within the terms of the action of the qualified voters shall be as valid as if the requirements had been initially complied with upon condition, however, that the original action thereby corrected by the Board of Supervisors was in compliance with the legal exercise of its corporate powers.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 33 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 175 / Section 33
App. § 175-33. Budget limitations; borrowing
Status: in_force

(a) The incurring of bonded indebtedness, 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 such statutes as are applicable.

(b) The Town, through the Selectboard, may borrow money in anticipation of taxes. The total amount so borrowed shall not exceed 90 percent of the taxes assessed for such year, and notes or orders issued therefore shall mature not later than the end of the fiscal year of the Town.

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

(d)(1) In cases of emergency, the Selectboard may appropriate funds or borrow money in the name of the Town. The total combined emergency appropriations and borrowing in any year shall not exceed five percent of the amount voted at the annual meeting as the Town budget or, if the appropriation or borrowing is prior to the annual meeting, then five percent of the amount voted at the prior annual meeting as the Town budget.

(2) Notes or orders for such emergency borrowing shall mature not more than one year from the date of issuance and shall not thereafter be renewed unless the Town so votes.

(3) Any federally or State-declared emergency that requires borrowing or appropriation in excess of five percent shall require a duly warned special meeting, and a majority of Trustees of Public Funds must approve such expenditures.

(4) Any emergency borrowing or approval shall be reported at the next Town meeting.

(e) The Selectboard, in the name of the Town, may borrow funds in anticipation of federal and State funds that have been approved and committed, until such time as such funds are available. Any debt so incurred for a project shall be repaid from the first federal or State funds received for that project.

(f) Any appropriations beyond the amount in the Town budget, except as specified in subsection (d) of this section, and all borrowing, except as specified in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of this section, shall be by vote of the Town and upon such terms and conditions as the Town shall vote.

(g) An annual budget shall be adopted at Town meeting by the vote of a majority of those eligible to vote present at the meeting. If, after the total budget has been appropriated, the Selectboard finds additional appropriations necessary, the appropriations shall be made and reported at the next town meeting as a specified item. The appropriations shall only be made in special circumstances or situations of an emergency nature. No specific explanation need be given for any normal annual operating expense that may be increased over the budget amount by an amount not more than 10 percent of the specified budget.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 148 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 148
App. § 3-148. Duties
Status: in_force

The City Attorney shall be corporation counsel and shall prosecute and defend in behalf of said City all suits in which said City is interested and shall prosecute all violations of the City ordinances and bylaws except when absent from City or disqualified or unable to serve. The assistant City attorneys shall have all the powers and perform all of the duties of the City Attorney as may by the City Attorney be delegated to them and shall receive for the performance of their duties such compensation as the City Council may vote.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 45 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 45
App. § 101-45. Offices abolished
Status: in_force

The Offices of Road Commissioner, tree warden, fence viewer, grand juror, inspector of lumber-wood-shingles, second constable, Town agent, and weigher of coal are all hereby abolished. Except as otherwise provided in this charter, the Town Manager or his or her designee shall exercise the powers, duties, and responsibilities of any of the offices abolished by this section in the event that the need should arise.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 808 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 808
App. § 251-808. Electric light plant
Status: in_force

The Village shall also have authority to construct and maintain an electric or other light plant, for the purpose of lighting the streets, walks, and public grounds of said Village, and the lighting any buildings therein, and for this purpose may take or purchase, acquire, and hold any water power, land, and rights of way in said Town, needed for the construction, maintenance, and operation of said light plant, as provided in this charter, and may use any public highway over which it may be necessary or desirable to pass with the poles and wire or other conduits of the same, provided the use of such highway for the purpose of public travel is not thereby necessarily impaired.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 804 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 203 / Section 804
App. § 203-804. Assessments for sidewalks and curbs
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees in making, altering, or repairing sidewalks and curbs shall have power, subject to the ordinances and bylaws of the Village, on giving 12 days' notice to the parties interested, of the time and place of hearing, to assess the owners of the benefited lands or buildings, so much of the expense of making, altering, or repairing the sidewalks and curbs as they shall judge the lands or buildings abutting the sidewalks and curbs to be benefited by the sidewalks and curbs; the assessment not to exceed 50 percent of the cost of making, altering, or repairing the sidewalks and curbs. And when they shall make any assessment, they shall make a report thereof, in writing, setting forth their doings in that respect, and cause the report to be recorded in the Village Clerk's office; and when so recorded the amount so assessed shall be and remain a lien in the nature of a tax upon the land so assessed until the same shall be paid. From the assessment there shall be the right of appeal to the county court as is provided in case of laying out, constructing, or repairing sewers and drains in the charter of the Village, and the final decision of the county court in the matter of the appeal, where the record of the report is recorded pursuant to this section, shall be a lien upon the lands so assessed, but the appeal shall not delay the making, altering, or repairing of the sidewalks and curbs.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 148 / Section 1
App. § 148-1. Corporate existence retained
Status: in_force

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

(b) The inhabitants of the Town of South Hero, within the geographical limits as now established, shall continue to be a municipal corporation by the name of the Town of South Hero.
24 V.S.A. § 834 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 33 / Section 834
§ 834. Neglect of clerk or constable; indemnity
Status: in_force

A town shall make good the pecuniary damages which may accrue to a person by the neglect or default of the town clerk or constable of such town, to be recovered in a civil action on this statute.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 33 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 33
App. § 261-33. Duties of Village in taking water or land
Status: in_force

Said Village shall, within 60 days after taking any springs, streams, water sources, or land, under the provisions of this charter and before entering into possession of the same file in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Barton and the town within which the same are taken, a description of the same sufficiently accurate for identification at all times together with the amount of the damages sustained by the owner or owners of the lands, springs, streams, or water sources so taken, which description shall be signed by a majority of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Orleans, and shall within three days from the time said description is filed, and before entering into possession of the same, tender to said owner or owners such sum as said trustees have therein awarded as damages as aforesaid.
24 V.S.A. § 4802 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 121 / Section 4802
§ 4802. Approval of plan
Status: in_force

(a) Every agreement for a union municipal district under this chapter shall be submitted to the Attorney General before being presented to the voters for acceptance or rejection. The Attorney General shall determine whether the agreement is in proper form and compatible with the laws of this State. In the event that the Attorney General fails to notify the joint survey committee provided for in subchapter 2 of this chapter of his or her determination within 30 days after receipt of a copy of the agreement, it shall be deemed to have been approved.

(b) In the event that an agreement for a union municipal district deals in whole or in part with services or facilities over which an officer or agency of the State government has constitutional or statutory powers of control, the agreement shall be submitted to him or her or it, at the time of its submission to the Attorney General. The officer or agency involved may file objections with the Attorney General.

(c) No agreement shall be submitted to the voters unless it has been approved by the Attorney General under subsection (a) of this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 10
App. § 149-10. Emergency powers
Status: in_force

(a) Declaration of public emergency. The Selectboard may, upon a two-thirds vote with at least three members present, declare a state of public emergency that threatens life, property, or the public health or welfare.

(b) Condemnation; eminent domain. In the event of a declared public emergency that threatens life, property, the public health or welfare, duly declared by Selectboard meeting warned in accordance with State statute, the Selectboard, by a minimum of three affirmative votes and not more than one dissenting vote, may exercise powers of eminent domain and condemnation and take real property or personal property, after notice to the owner and the fixing of fair compensation. An aggrieved party may appeal to Superior Court.

(c) Civil preparedness. The Town Manager shall be the designated civil preparedness Chair and shall be duty bound to exercise the powers afforded by statute and any powers and functions outlined by the Selectboard in a declared emergency. On an annual basis, the Selectboard shall adopt an emergency preparedness plan that shall go into effect upon declaration of a public emergency.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 16 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 16
App. § 401-16. Vacancy
Status: in_force

Any vacancy on the Board of Supervisors or in an alternate representative position shall be filled within 30 days after such vacancy occurs by the legislative body of the member municipality that appointed the representative or alternate 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. § 301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 301
App. § 251-301. Terms of office
Status: in_force

The term of office for all trustees shall be three years, staggered so that at least one trustee is elected at any annual meeting. The Moderator, Clerk, Treasurer, and auditors shall all serve a one-year term. The term of office of all the Village officers shall commence on the day following their election, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, and continue until their successors are chosen and qualified. The term of the Treasurer shall coincide with the Village's fiscal year (July-June).
24 V.S.A. § 1681 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1681
§ 1681. Auditors; duties; meeting
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Town auditors shall meet at least 25 days before each annual town meeting to examine and adjust the accounts of all town officers and all other persons authorized by law to draw orders on the town treasurer.

(2) Such auditing shall include the account that the treasurer is required to keep with the collector, the tax accounts of the collector, trust accounts where the town or any town officer, as such officer, is trustee or where the town is sole beneficiary, accounts relating to the town indebtedness, and accounts of any special funds in the care of any town official.

(b) Notice of such meeting shall be given by posting or publication ten days in advance of such meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 113 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 143 / Section 113
App. § 143-113. Ordinance; consideration and passage
Status: in_force

After the hearing, the Selectboard may adopt the ordinance with or without amendment.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 207 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 106 / Section 207
App. § 106-207. Voting procedures for water and sewer expenses and extensions
Status: in_force

(a) Voting for new capital improvements for water or sewer service within the areas being served by the water and sewer systems shall be by the voters using these services, and all votes shall be approved by a majority of the voters residing in the respective designated areas and present and voting at the district meeting on the subject.

(b) In case of future extension of water or sewer lines into currently unserved areas where bonding or temporary costs are to be assumed by the Town, all legal Town voters shall be eligible to vote on the project.

(c) In all cases where bonding is required, all legal voters of the Town may vote on the bond issue. Capital expenditures or projects requiring bonding shall first be approved by a majority vote of the water or sewer users who are legal voters of the Town present and voting at a meeting called for that purpose.
24 V.S.A. § 3268 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 87 / Section 3268
§ 3268. Release of lien
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality shall release a participating property owner of the lien on the property against which the assessment under this subchapter is made upon full payment of the value of the assessment.

(b) Notice of a release of a lien for an assessment under this subchapter shall be filed with the clerk of the applicable municipality for recording in the land records of that municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 511 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 511
App. § 411-511. Reconsideration or rescission of vote
Status: in_force

(a) A question considered or voted upon at an annual or special meeting of the District shall not be submitted to the voters for reconsideration or rescission, except at a subsequent annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose, and called for by the Board of Supervisors on its own motion or pursuant to a petition filed with the Board of Supervisors in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Upon the filing of a petition signed by at least five percent of the legal voters of the District requesting reconsideration or rescission of a question considered or voted on at an annual or special meeting of the District held no longer than 30 days prior to the date of the receipt of the petition, the Board of Supervisors shall call for an annual or special meeting of the District for the purpose of considering said request, which meeting shall be held not more than 60 days following the date of receipt of said petition.

(c) A vote taken at an annual or special meeting of the District shall remain in effect until and unless rescinded at a meeting of the District called and warned in accordance with the provisions of this agreement and the laws of the State of Vermont.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 110 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 106 / Section 110
App. § 106-110. Votes required for effect
Status: in_force

All sections of this plan of merger shall take effect if this plan is approved as follows:

(1) By majority vote of the Town of Bradford that includes qualified voters in Town and Village.

(2) By majority vote of the Village of Bradford that includes all qualified voters of the Village.

(3) Subject to approval by the General Assembly, the merger shall take effect at midnight at the end of November 30, 2004.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 35 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 35
App. § 901-35. Capital reserve fund
Status: in_force

(a) The Board may establish and provide for a capital reserve fund to pay for public improvements, replacement of worn-out buildings and equipment, and major repairs of Authority facilities.

(b) 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.

(c) The cost of payments to any capital reserve fund shall be included in the annual budget of the Authority.
24 V.S.A. § 2253 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2253
§ 2253. Location requirements
Status: in_force

(a) At the time and place set for hearing, the legislative body shall hear the applicant, the owners of land abutting the facility, and all other persons wishing to be heard on the application for certificate of approval for the location of the salvage yard. The legislative body shall consider the following in determining whether to grant or deny the certificate:

(1) proof of legal ownership or the right to such use of the property by the applicant;

(2) the nature and development of surrounding property, such as the proximity of highways and State and town roads and the feasibility of screening the proposed salvage yard from such highways and State and town roads; the proximity of places of worship; schools; hospitals; existing, planned, or zoned residential areas; public buildings; or other places of public gathering; and

(3) whether or not the proposed location can be reasonably protected from affecting the public health, safety, environment, or from a nuisance condition.

(b)(1) A person shall not establish, operate, or maintain a salvage yard which is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of the interstate or primary highway systems and visible from the main traveled way thereof at any season of the year.

(2) On or after July 1, 2009, no person shall establish or initiate operation of a new salvage yard within 100 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of a State or town road or within 100 feet of a navigable water, as that term is defined in 10 V.S.A. § 1422.

(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, salvage yards and scrap metal processing facilities may be operated within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of the interstate and primary highway system or within 100 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of a State or town road, provided that the area in which the salvage yard is located is zoned industrial under authority of State law, or if not zoned industrial under authority of State law, is used for industrial activities as determined by the Board with the approval of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 17.04 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 17.04
App. § 9-17.4. Bidding procedures
Status: in_force

(a) No board or officer of the City shall incur any indebtedness or enter into any contract on behalf of the City requiring the payment of money, unless such indebtedness or contract is provided for in the previous appropriations of the Board of Aldermen. Contracts shall not be awarded for an amount in excess of $3,000.00 unless the contract is awarded upon sealed bids submitted as a result of advertising in a local newspaper, or in response to an invitation to bid from the City Purchasing Agent, or Rutland City School Department, or bids invited by the Vermont Agency of Administration, Division of Purchasing, if the Board of Finance determines it is in the best interests of the City of Rutland to participate in the Vermont State bid process. No contract as entered into as aforesaid shall be altered or amended unless such alterations or amendments are reduced to writing in a form satisfactory to the City Attorney and approved by the Mayor. No acceptance of performance of such contact by any officer of the City shall be valid or binding unless the same shall be approved by the Board of Finance. However, contracts of the School Department shall not require the approval of the Mayor and the Board of Finance but shall be approved by a majority vote of the school commissioners.

(b) The Board of Finance is authorized to receive all bids and to make awards on the same, upon consultation with the City Purchasing Agent and the department head involved in the purchase.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 5.01
App. § 9-5.1. Enactment of ordinances
Status: in_force

The Board of Aldermen may make, alter, amend, or repeal any resolutions, bylaws, regulations, and ordinances that it may deem necessary and proper for carrying into effect any of the powers conferred upon said City by this charter or for the well being of said City, and that shall not be inconsistent with this charter or with the Constitution or laws of the United States or of this State; and to provide penalties for the breach thereof. Any new ordinance adopted, or alteration, amendment, or repeal of an existing ordinance, shall be published in one or more newspapers in the City, to be prescribed by the Board of Aldermen at least 20 days before they shall take effect.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 279 / Section 15
App. § 279-15. Fire Department authorization
Status: in_force

The Village is authorized to own, operate, control, and manage a Fire and Emergency Services Response Department and to appropriate and expend funds for the Department, and to contract for the receipt or delivery of fire and emergency services with one or more municipalities or volunteer or municipal fire departments.
24 V.S.A. § 1898 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1898
§ 1898. Powers supplemental; construction
Status: repealed

(a) The powers conferred by this subchapter are supplemental and alternative to other powers conferred by law, and this subchapter is intended as an independent and comprehensive conferral of powers to accomplish the purposes set forth herein.

(b) A municipality shall have power to issue from time to time general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, or revenue bonds also backed by the municipality's full faith and credit in its discretion to finance the undertaking of any improvements wholly or partly within such district. If revenue bonds are issued, such bonds shall be made payable, as to both principal and interest, solely from the income proceeds, revenues, tax increments, and funds of the municipality derived from or held in connection with its undertaking and carrying out of improvements under this chapter.

(c) Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose.

(d) Bonds issued under this section shall be authorized by resolution or ordinance of the local governing body and may be payable upon demand or mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denomination or denominations, be in registered form, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium or payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption, such other characteristics, as may be provided by such resolution or trust indenture or mortgage issued pursuant thereto.

(e) [Repealed.]

(f) Such bonds may be sold at not less than par at public or private sales held after notice published prior to such sale in a newspaper having a general circulation in the municipality.

(g) In case any of the public officials of the municipality whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons issued under this chapter shall cease to be such officials before the delivery of such bonds, such signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such officials had remained in office until such delivery. Any provisions of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be fully negotiable.

(h) In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforceability of any bond issued under this chapter or the security therefor, any such bond reciting in substance that it has been issued by the municipality in connection with an improvement, as herein defined, shall be conclusively deemed to have been issued for such purpose and such improvement shall be conclusively deemed to have been planned, located, and carried out in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(i) [Repealed.]
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 19 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 19
App. § 405-19. Chair
Status: in_force

The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Commissioners. The Chair shall also perform all of the duties incident to the position and office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 47 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 47
App. § 101-47. Construction
Status: in_force

The provisions of this charter shall be construed liberally in favor of the Town and in such manner as to give effect to the intent of this charter to make government more efficient and more responsive to the citizens of the Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 502 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 502
App. § 409-502. Places of meetings
Status: in_force

At any special meeting of the District, voters of each member shall cast their ballots at such polling places within the municipality of their residence as shall be determined by the Board in consultation with the board of civil authority of each municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1505 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 1505
App. § 13-1505. Tax stabilization agreements
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this charter or the requirements of the general law of the State of Vermont, the City Council is authorized and empowered to negotiate and execute agreements between the City and taxpayers regarding assessment and taxation of taxable commercial and industrial property located within the City, subject only to requirements of the Vermont Constitution and the limitation that no agreement shall be for a term longer than 10 years. Any agreement entered into under this provision shall require approval by four members of the City Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 37 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 37
App. § 405-37. Indebtedness; short-term borrowing
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Commissioners may borrow money through the issuance of notes of the District in an amount not to exceed 25 percent of the District's current operating budget, for the purpose of paying current expenses of the District. Such notes must mature within one year.

(b) The Board of Commissioners may also borrow money in anticipation of grants-in-aid from any source and any revenues other than assessments, in an amount not to exceed 50 percent of such grants or revenues, through the issuance of notes of the District. Such notes must mature within one year, but may be renewed as provided by general law; provided, however, such notes may not be renewed more than once or for a term in excess of two years from the date of the original loan without the approval of a majority of the voters of the District.

(c) The Board of Commissioners may also borrow money in anticipation of assessments to each member municipality in an amount not to exceed 90 percent of the amount assessed for each year, and may issue notes of the District that must mature within one year.

(d) The Board of Commissioners may also borrow money in anticipation of bond proceeds that have been authorized as provided in this subchapter. These notes shall be issued as provided in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53.
24 V.S.A. § 1032 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 33 / Section 1032
§ 1032. Weigher of coal
Status: in_force

A weigher of coal shall be sworn and shall not be directly or indirectly interested in the sale of coal. Upon request of the seller or purchaser, he or she shall weigh all coal sold in his or her town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 447 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 447
App. § 3-447. Ratification
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this article, and except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no bonds shall be 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 such bonds are to be issued. The warning shall describe in general terms such project or improvement, shall estimate its cost, and shall state the amount of bonds proposed to be issued to finance it.

(b) The City may issue bonds under this article without voter approval:

(1) to pay the costs of:

(A) the completion of a project or improvement previously authorized by the voters of the City, provided that such costs of completion do not exceed by more than 50 percent the estimated cost of the City's share of the project or improvement as set forth in the warning submitting the question to the voters, and

(B) repairs, alterations, or other improvements necessary to maintain the operational status of any facilities of the electric plant, whether necessitated by casualty, regulatory, or licensing requirements, or other cause; or

(2) in the case of jointly owned facilities not controlled by the City, to pay the City's share of the costs of improvements which the lead participants are empowered to make; or

(3) for refunding as provided in section 436 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 13
App. § 405-13. Compensation of members of Board of Commissioners
Status: in_force

The District shall pay to the Board of Commissioners such reimbursement of expenses as it shall determine reasonable and for which authorization is provided in an approved budget.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 22.02
App. § 9-22.2. Powers and duties of Police Commission
Status: in_force

The Police Commission shall have the jurisdiction and control of the Police Department and of the police force of the City of Rutland. It shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as are necessary to govern its own actions and proceedings and to exercise jurisdiction and control of the Department. It may delegate this authority to the Chief of Police as it deems appropriate. It shall exercise all powers and duties as provided by charter and ordinance, or policy set by the Board of Aldermen. It shall prepare and submit to the Mayor as directed the annual budget of the Police Department. It shall appoint the Chief of Police.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 25 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 25
App. § 126-25. Vacancies in Town offices
Status: in_force

When an elected officer identified in section 22 of this charter resigns, moves the officer's residence outside the Town, dies, or becomes incapacitated, that office shall become vacant. In addition, if a member of the Selectboard fails to attend at least 50 percent of the Selectboard's meetings in any calendar quarter, the member's office may be declared vacant by the vote of a majority of the Selectboard held at a warned meeting. If a vacancy is created more than 90 days prior to the Town's next annual meeting, the Selectboard shall promptly appoint an eligible person to fill the vacancy until the next annual meeting. If the vacancy is created within 90 days of the Town's next annual meeting, the vacancy shall be filled by vote of the Town at that annual meeting. A person so appointed or elected shall serve until the person's predecessor's term expires.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 26 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 213 / Section 26
App. § 213-26. Fire Marshal
Status: in_force

(a) The Fire Marshal may by writing recorded by the Clerk appoint one or more deputy fire marshals.

(b) The Fire Marshal or in the Fire Marshal's absence the deputy fire marshal next in authority shall have power at fires to suppress tumults and riots, by force if necessary, to direct the labor of all persons present at times of the fire, to remove all effects endangered by the fire and protect the same from waste and depredation, to pull down or remove any building when the Fire Marshal deems it necessary to prevent the spreading of the fire, and to require the assistance of any and all inhabitants of the corporation for the several purposes described in this section, and for any such acts, the Fire Marshal and those acting under the Fire Marshal's authority shall not be held personally responsible.

(c) The Fire Marshal shall inspect the manner of manufacturing and keeping gunpowder, lime, ashes, matches, lights, fireworks, and other combustibles and the construction and repairs of fireplaces, chimneys, and stoves within the Village, and if the Fire Marshal deems the same dangerous shall by the Fire Marshal's order in writing recorded by the Clerk and delivered to the person conducting such manufacturing, keeping, construction, or repairs direct in what way to conduct the same, and any person refusing or neglecting to obey any such order of the Fire Marshal or in the Fire Marshal's absence of the Fire Marshal's deputy next in authority, so made and recorded and delivered, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding $20.00 with costs of prosecution.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 111 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 111
App. § 225-111. Ordinances
Status: repealed

(a) Village legislation shall be by ordinance adopted pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 59.

(b) The Village Clerk shall prepare and keep in the Village Clerk's office a book of ordinances that shall contain each Village ordinance, together with a complete index of the ordinances according to subject matter. Failure to comply with this provision shall not invalidate any Village ordinance lawfully passed.

(c) An ordinance adopted by the Board in the manner set forth shall be subject to its repeal by a Village meeting if a petition signed by not less than 10 percent of the voters is filed with the Village Clerk on or before the effective date of the ordinance. The Clerk shall warn a Village meeting to be held within 45 days of the filing, to consider the question of repeal of the ordinance. Until the vote and question of repeal is held, the ordinance shall not become effective. If a majority of the votes cast shall be in favor of repealing the ordinance, the same shall be repealed and no further action shall be taken. If a majority of the votes cast shall be opposed to repeal, the ordinance shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on the day following such a vote.

(d) To meet a real public emergency affecting life, health, property, or the public peace, the trustees may adopt one or more emergency ordinances that may be adopted or rejected at the meeting at which they are introduced, but the affirmative vote of at least four trustees shall be required for adoption. Every emergency ordinance shall be repealed as of the 61st day following the day of adoption, but the ordinance may be reenacted if the emergency still exists.

(e) A Village ordinance may provide for any or all of the following:

(1) the general penalty for violation of an ordinance shall be a fine in an amount not to exceed the sum of $500.00 for a single offense;

(2) each week a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense, the fine not to exceed $100.00 per day for each day the violation continues;

(3) the Village may seek to enjoin the offense by applying to the Superior Court, in addition to the penalty of a fine;

(4) the trustees may authorize the Village Attorney to bring an action in the name of the Village of Hyde Park for any relief that the trustees may deem appropriate for the enforcement of any Village ordinance.

(f) All valid Village ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, and regulations that are in force when this charter becomes effective shall remain in full force and effect, excepting only those ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, and regulations that are inconsistent with this charter.