24 V.S.A. § 1787 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1787
§ 1787. Application of chapter; charters and special acts to control
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not affect rights allowed a municipal corporation by its charter provisions, nor any rights granted by special act of the Legislature. This chapter, except where inconsistent with such charter or special act, shall apply to the method of exercising all such rights.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 25 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 25
App. § 235-25. Auditor
Status: in_force

The Auditor shall, previous to each annual Village meeting, examine and adjust the accounts of Village officers, and report the accounts so adjusted, with the items thereof, and also the state of the treasury, to the Village at its annual meeting. The Auditor shall cause his or her report to be printed, at the expense of the Village, and circulated among the taxpayers thereof at least five days before said meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 29 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 29
App. § 401-29. Committees
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any and all committees as it may deem necessary.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 313 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 313
App. § 413-313. Recall of officers
Status: in_force

An officer may be removed by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Supervisors whenever, in its judgment, the best interest of the District will be served.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 901 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 901
App. § 5-901. Fiscal year
Status: in_force

The fiscal year shall begin the first day of July and end the 30th day of June each year or as otherwise authorized by the voters of the City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 227 / Section 13
App. § 227-13. Maintenance of library
Status: in_force

The Village may establish, keep, and maintain a free public library for the improvement of its inhabitants, and to that end may purchase, hold, and dispose of real and personal property to preserve, improve, enlarge, and continue the library and erect such building as may be necessary for its safe and convenient keeping and receive such donations of books, maps, charts, or other property as may be donated to the Village or the library.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 801 / Section 13
App. § 801-13. Other representation
Status: in_force

If Washington, Lamoille, Franklin, or Grand Isle County does not have a municipal member from its county on the Board of Commissioners of the Green Mountain Transit Authority, the regional planning commission serving the county may appoint a Board member to the Green Mountain Transit Authority from a member of its regional planning commission or regional planning commission staff to represent its interests on the Green Mountain Transit Authority Board.
24 V.S.A. § 4472 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4472
§ 4472. Exclusivity of remedy; finality
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the exclusive remedy of an interested person with respect to any decision or act taken, or any failure to act, under this chapter or with respect to any one or more of the provisions of any plan or bylaw shall be the appeal to the appropriate panel under section 4465 of this title, and the appeal to the Environmental Division from an adverse decision upon such appeal under section 4471 of this title. The appeal to the Environmental Division, if not on the record, as allowed under section 4471 of this title, shall be governed by the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure and such interested person shall be entitled to a de novo trial in the Environmental Division. If the appeal to the Environmental Division is on the record, according to the provisions of section 4471 of this title, it shall be governed by the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure. Whether proceeding on the record or de novo, the court shall have and may exercise all powers and authorities of a Superior Court.

(b) The remedy of an interested person with respect to the constitutionality of any one or more of the provisions of any bylaw or municipal plan shall be governed by the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure with a de novo trial in the Superior Court, unless the issue arises in the context of another case under this chapter, in which instance it may be raised in the Environmental Division. In such cases, hearings before the appropriate municipal panel shall not be required. This section shall not limit the authority of the Attorney General to bring an action before the Environmental Division under section 4453 of this title, with respect to challenges to housing provisions in bylaws.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not be construed as preventing appeals to the Supreme Court in accordance with the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure and the Vermont Rules of Appellate Procedure.

(d) Upon the failure of any interested person to appeal to an appropriate municipal panel under section 4465 of this title, or to appeal to the Environmental Division under section 4471 of this title, all interested persons affected shall be bound by that decision or act of that officer, the provisions, or the decisions of the panel, as the case may be, and shall not thereafter contest, either directly or indirectly, the decision or act, provision, or decision of the panel in any proceeding, including any proceeding brought to enforce this chapter.
24 V.S.A. § 931 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 33 / Section 931
§ 931. Claims for personal services
Status: in_force

Claims for personal services, except where compensation is fixed by law or by vote of the town or town school district, shall not be allowed to a town or town school district officer, but the auditors shall report claims and the nature and extent of the services at such meeting.
24 V.S.A. § 1321 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 39 / Section 1321
§ 1321. Rights of voters in annexed territory
Status: in_force

Persons residing in such annexed territory, who, at the time of such annexation, are voters in village meeting, shall forthwith become legal voters of such village and of the wards in which they reside, subject to the general provisions of its charter. A new or altered ward of such village shall be entitled to the same officers and privileges as other wards thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 30 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 7 / Section 30
App. § 7-30. Revenues credit and appropriations
Status: in_force

(a) The current revenues of the City shall consist of money raised by taxation, from fines and other lawful sources, and such revenues shall constitute the entire sum from which appropriations and payments are to be made, according to law, by or under the authority of the City Council. The credit of the City, other than by temporary loans, not exceeding $3.50 on the dollar of the grand list of the City for the time being shall not be pledged except by authority of the legal voters of the City. Such temporary loans and all debts incurred by the City Council shall be deemed expenditures and shall be paid by the City Council during the fiscal year in which they are contracted.

(b) All appropriations for specific purposes made at any annual or special meeting in said City shall, unless otherwise directed by the voters, be paid out of current revenues for that year and shall be deemed as expenditures by the City Council.

(c) The City Council shall not exceed in expenditures, except by express authority of the legal voters of the City, said current revenues of the City during any year. If it should happen that said current revenues of the City shall have been expended before the end of any fiscal year, and there remain necessary or desirable expenditures to be met, the City Council shall call a special meeting of the legal voters of the City to consider what shall be done.

(d) The Mayor and Board of Aldermen, without special direction of the voters of said City, shall not draw, sign, or approve warrants to pay expenditures or appropriations in excess of current revenues. The City Treasurer, without special direction of the voters of said City, shall not honor or pay warrants in excess of current revenues. Any official violating the provisions of this section shall be liable to refund to the City the full amount of all warrants so drawn, signed or approved or so honored or paid.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 52 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 52
App. § 403-52. 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 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 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, 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. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 291 / Section 2
App. § 291-2. Corporate existence; assessment
Status: in_force

(a) The inhabitants residing in the Village are hereby constituted a body, politic and corporate, by the name of the Village of Woodstock and by that name shall have succession, and may commence, prosecute, and defend suits or actions in all courts whatever; may have a common seal and alter the same; may purchase, hold, and convey real and personal estate for the use of the Village; may tax themselves and levy and collect taxes for the purpose aforethe, or to carry into effect any legal vote or bylaw of the corporation.

(b) Provided that, no tax shall be assessed, except by vote at a meeting of the inhabitants warned for that purpose.

(c) The inhabitants of the Village shall hereafter have power to assess and collect taxes on the property situated within the limits of the Village, belonging to nonresidents therein, for the same purposes and in the same manner that taxes may now be assessed and collected on the property situated within the limits of the Village, belonging to residents therein.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 40 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 40
App. § 101-40. Conflict of interest
Status: in_force

No elective or appointive officer or employee of the Town shall be beneficially interested directly or indirectly in any contract with the Town, regardless of amount, or furnish any material, or perform any labor, except in the discharge of his or her official duties, unless such contract shall have been awarded upon bids advertised for by publication. Such publication shall be at least two times in a newspaper having general circulation in the Town; the second publication shall be at least seven days prior to the opening of such bids. No officer or employee of the Town shall take part in any decision concerning the business of the Town in which he or she has a direct or indirect financial interest, aside from his or her salary as an officer or employee, greater than any other citizen or taxpayer in the Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 49 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 49
App. § 261-49. Subject to future legislation; when to take effect
Status: in_force

This charter shall be subject to future Legislature to alter, amend, or repeal; and shall take effect when accepted by a majority of the legal voters of said corporation at a special meeting to be called by the trustees for that purpose. Such meeting to be called and notified in the manner now provided by the bylaws of said corporation for calling special meetings thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 14 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 285 / Section 14
App. § 285-14. Village trustees; fiscal oversight
Status: in_force

The trustees shall audit, and in their discretion allow, the claim of any person against the Village for money paid or services performed, and for any debt contracted or obligation incurred by the trustees for and in behalf of the Village for any matter within the proper scope of their duties, and shall draw orders therefor in favor of the person entitled, upon the Treasurer of the Village. The trustees shall keep a full and true record of all orders drawn and expenditures made by them, and no money shall be paid out of the treasury except upon their order.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 414 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 414
App. § 19-414. Referendum petitions; suspension of effect of ordinance
Status: in_force

When a referendum petition is filed with the City Clerk, the ordinance sought to be reconsidered shall be suspended from taking effect. Such suspension shall terminate when:

(1) there is a final determination of insufficiency of the petition;

(2) the petitioner withdraws the petition;

(3) the Council repeals the ordinance; or

(4) 30 days have elapsed after a vote of the City on the ordinance.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 52 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 213 / Section 52
App. § 213-52. Special meeting
Status: in_force

If the annual meeting of the Village fails to be held, for want of notice or for any other cause, the corporation shall not be prejudiced, and the several officers may at any later time be elected at a special meeting called for that purpose as provided by this charter for calling annual meetings, but the term of office of any officers so selected at any special meeting shall expire at the same time as if they had been regularly chosen at the annual meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 204 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 204
App. § 1-204. Polling places
Status: in_force

All annual and special elections and meetings shall be held at a central polling place in the City to be designated by the Council and which location is to be set forth in the warning. The conduct of said elections and meetings shall conform where applicable to requirements as set forth in 17 V.S.A. §§ 2640-2667.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 67 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 67
App. § 3-67. Appropriations for park and recreation purposes
Status: in_force

The City Council shall annually appropriate a reasonable amount of money, not less than two cents on each dollar of the grand list, to be expended for the purpose of providing necessary funds for the care and improvement of park property and for the City Recreational Program, and meeting the expenses of the Park and Recreation Department.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 403 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 403
App. § 131-403. Appointed officers
Status: in_force

The Selectboard may appoint any officers required by the Town's personnel regulations, this charter, or the general law of this State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 132 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 132
App. § 3-132. Mayor, City Council, and other City officials
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The Mayor shall receive such annual compensation as shall be voted by the City Council, but the same shall not be less than $12,000.00 per year.

(2) Each member of the City Council, beginning on July 1, 2017 and thereafter with the first Monday of April 2018, shall receive the annual sum of $5,000.00.

(3) Compensation shall be prorated according to actual months of service.

(b) A member of the City Council shall receive proper reimbursement for any expenses necessarily incurred in fulfilling the duties of the member's office. Regulations for determining eligibility for necessary expense reimbursement may be promulgated by the Board of Finance. The City Council shall fix the compensation of all other City officers, except as herein otherwise provided.
24 V.S.A. § 1207 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 36 / Section 1207
§ 1207. Ex parte communications
Status: in_force

(a) A presiding officer shall not communicate, directly or indirectly, with any party, party's representative, party's counsel, or any person interested in the outcome of the proceeding, on any issue in the proceeding, while the proceeding is pending, without notice and opportunity for all parties to participate.

(b) No other members of a local board sitting in a contested hearing shall communicate on any issue in the proceeding, directly or indirectly, with any party, party's representative, party's counsel, or any person interested in the outcome of the proceeding, while the proceeding is pending.

(c) A presiding officer who receives an ex parte communication on any issue relating to the proceeding and a member who receives any ex parte communication shall place on the record all written communications received, all written responses to those communications, and a memorandum stating the substance of all oral communications received, all responses made, and the identity of each person making the ex parte communication.
24 V.S.A. § 2282 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2282
§ 2282. Penalty
Status: in_force

A person who violates this subchapter shall be fined by the legislative body not less than $5.00 nor more than $50.00 for each day of the violation. A person who violates the requirements of this subchapter shall be fined by the Agency of Natural Resources in accordance with 10 V.S.A. chapter 201.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 502 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 502
App. § 413-502. Places of meetings
Status: in_force

At any special meeting of the District, voters of each member municipality shall cast their ballots at such polling places within the municipality of their residence as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors of the District in cooperation with the board of civil authority of each member municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 704 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 704
App. § 127-704. Duties of Manager
Status: in_force

(a) The Manager shall be the chief executive officer of the Town and shall carry out the policies established by the Selectboard, to whom the Manager shall be responsible.

(b) The Manager shall attend all meetings of the Selectboard, except when his or her compensation or removal is being considered or the Selectboard allows his or her absence. The Manager shall keep the Selectboard informed of the financial condition and future needs of the Town and shall make such other reports as may be required by law, requested by the Selectboard, or deemed by him or her to be advisable.

(c) The Manager has the right to attend all meetings of standing committees, boards, and agencies appointed by the Selectboard.

(d) The Manager shall be an ex-officio member of all standing committees, but may not vote.

(e) The Manager shall perform all other duties prescribed by this charter, required by laws of the State, or resolution of the Selectboard.

(f) The Manager shall prepare an annual budget, submit it to the Selectboard, and be responsible for its administration after adoption.

(g) The Manager shall compile for general distribution at the end of each fiscal year a complete report on the finances and administrative activities of the Town for the year.

(h) The Manager shall furnish a monthly financial statement to the Selectboard, with the assistance and cooperation of the Town Treasurer, who shall furnish whatever financial data are necessary to enable the Town Manager to fulfill his or her budgetary and financial responsibilities.

(i) The Manager shall be responsible for the operation of all departments.

(j) The Manager shall be the general purchasing agent for the whole Town.

(k) The Manager shall be responsible for the administration of a system of accounts.

(l) The Manager shall have authority to appoint, fix the salary of, suspend, and remove all employees of the Town appointed by him or her, subject to the provisions of this charter and any personnel regulations as approved by the Selectboard. He or she shall obtain approval from the Selectboard before appointing, removing, or suspending the head of any department.

(m) The Manager may, when advisable or proper, and with the approval of the Selectboard, delegate to subordinate officers and employees of the Town, any duties conferred upon him or her.

(n) The Manager, with the department heads, shall prepare annually for the Selectboard a five-year capital improvement plan.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 114 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 114
App. § 235-114. Village powers
Status: in_force

Said Village shall have power to make, amend, or repeal bylaws not repugnant to the Constitution or laws of this State or of the United States, for the following purposes:

(1) To establish and regulate a market.

(2) To suppress and restrain disorderly and gaming houses, billiard and pool tables, and all descriptions of gaming, and for the destruction of all instruments and devices used for that purpose.

(3) To regulate the exhibition of common showmen, and of shows every kind not interdicted by law.

(4) To abate and remove all public and private nuisances.

(5) To compel the owner or occupant of any unwholesome, noisesome, or offensive house or place to remove or cleanse the same from time to time, as may be necessary for the health or comfort of the inhabitants of said Village.

(6) To direct the location and management of all slaughter houses, meat markets, steam mills, blacksmith shops, and sewers.

(7) To regulate the manufacture and keeping of gunpowder, ashes, and all combustibles and dangerous materials.

(8) To regulate the making of alterations and repairs of stovepipes, furnaces, fireplaces, and other things from which damage by fire may be apprehended, and also to regulate the use of buildings in crowded localities for hazardous purposes; to provide for the preservation of buildings from fires by precautionary measures and inspections and to establish and regulate a fire department and fire companies.

(9) To prevent immoderate riding or driving in the streets, and cruelty to animals.

(10) To regulate the erection of buildings, and to regulate entrances and exits to public halls and theatres until proper exits are provided; to prevent the encumbering of the streets, sidewalks, and public alleys with firewood, lumber, carriages, boxes, and other things; and provide for the care, preservation, and improvement of public grounds.

(11) To restrain all cattle, horses, sheep, swine, and fowls from running at large in the streets of said Village.

(12) To provide a supply of water for the protection of the Village against fire, and for other purposes, and to regulate the use of the same.

(13) To compel all persons to remove from the sidewalks and gutters adjacent to the premises owned or occupied by them all snow, ice, dirt, and garbage, and to keep such sidewalks and gutters clean.

(14) To license innkeepers, keepers of saloons or victualing houses, peddlers, itinerant venders, and auctioneers, under such regulations and for such sums of money as shall be prescribed therefor.

(15) To regulate or restrain the use of rockets, squibs, firecrackers, or other fireworks in the streets or commons, and to prevent the practicing therein of amusements having a tendency to injure or annoy persons passing thereon, or to endanger the security of property.

(16) To regulate the place and manner of selling and weighing hay; packing, inspecting, and branding beef, pork, and produce; and selling and measuring wood, lime, and coal; and to appoint suitable persons to superintend and conduct the same.

(17) To prescribe the powers and duties of watchmen of said Village.

(18) To regulate the grade of streets, and the grade and width of sidewalks, and the construction thereof, and protect the same.

(19) To provide for lighting the Village.

(20) To prohibit and punish willful injury to trees planted for shade, ornament, convenience, or use, public or private, and to prevent and punish trespasses or willful injuries to or upon public buildings, squares, commons, cemeteries, or other property.

(21) To restrain and punish vagrants, mendicants, and common prostitutes, and to suppress houses of ill-fame.

(22) To establish and maintain a public library and reading room.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 418 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 418
App. § 3-418. Authority to sell services, merchandise, and equipment incidental to use of electricity or gas
Status: in_force

(a) Said City, when engaged in the business of distributing and selling electricity or gas, is hereby authorized and empowered, as part of such business, to engage in the sale, installation, and servicing of such merchandise and equipment as is incidental or auxiliary to the use of electricity or gas or necessary to properly serve the interests of its customers and to promote the sale and use of electricity or gas.

(b) And all acts heretofore done by said City and any of its officers and employees in connection with the sale, installation, or servicing of such merchandise and equipment are hereby confirmed and made valid to the same extent as though this article had then been in effect.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 25.04 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 25.04
App. § 9-25.4. Altering highways
Status: in_force

The said Board of Highway Commissioners shall have the power to raise or lower the surface of any street or highway of the City. The same proceedings shall be had in respect to awarding damages to the abutting owners upon such street or highway that they shall suffer by reason of the raising or lowering of the street or highway as herein provided in laying out or altering streets or highways.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 315 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 315
App. § 5-315. Council authority to require information
Status: in_force

The City Council shall have the authority to require the City Clerk and each appointive City officer, excluding school department officers, to furnish information concerning anything connected with, or work planned to be performed in, their respective department.
24 V.S.A. § 1621 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1621
§ 1621. Orders for land damages or damages for injuries
Status: in_force

The selectboard may draw orders on the town treasurer for damages for lands or property taken or improved for a highway or other public use, or for damages settled by agreement or awarded for injuries sustained from the insufficiency of a highway.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 8
App. § 225-8. Board of Civil Authority
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Civil Authority shall consist of the justices of the peace residing within the Village, the Village Clerk, and the trustees. At the first meeting following each annual Village election, the Board of Civil Authority shall elect a Chair from among its members; the Village Clerk shall be the Clerk of the Board. In the event of the absence of either the Chair or the Clerk from any meeting of the Board, the first order of business shall be the election of a Chair or Clerk Pro Tempore to serve for the balance of the meeting.

(b) The Board of Civil Authority shall meet prior to every regular or special Village meeting or election to prepare, revise, and post in the manner required by law, an alphabetical list of all the legal voters in the Village. For that purpose, the Board shall have access to any books or lists belonging to the Village, except as provided by law, and may require the assistance of any of the Village officers. The Board shall post in three places an attested copy of the list of voters so prepared and corrected, at least four days prior to the meeting or election, and the said list of voters so prepared and corrected, and no others, shall be used at the meeting or election. In preparing the list of voters, the Board shall record each name in such manner as to identify each voter precisely, so as to avoid any possible confusion. The Board of Civil Authority shall be governed by State laws relating to voter qualification, checklist maintenance, and removal of names from the checklist, as they appear in 17 V.S.A. chapter 43.

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

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

(e) The members of the Board of Civil Authority present shall constitute a quorum for all purposes.
24 V.S.A. § 2261 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2261
§ 2261. Application
Status: in_force

Application for a certificate of registration for a salvage yard shall be made in writing to the Secretary upon a form prescribed by the Secretary.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 227 / Section 1
App. § 227-1. Boundaries
Status: in_force

All that part of the Town of Whitingham as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of A. C. Stetson's pasture near the watering trough, thence southeasterly on the southerly side of the highway to the lands of Herbert G. Porter, thence northeasterly on lands of said Porter to lands of Mattie E. Corkins; thence easterly and northerly on said Corkins' land to the Roberts farm, owned by La Fill Dickenson; thence easterly on said Dickenson's southerly line and lands of Sarah M. Goodnow to lands of Hollis Stetson; thence southerly on lands of said Stetson, Hulbert Stetson, C. A. Pike, Perry Hall's estate, Joseph Leonard, E. S. and W. S. Allen, to E. J. Corkins' land; thence westerly on land of E. J. Corkins, Edward Boudry, Charles Mitchell, Eva O. Bell, and A. A. Butterfield to the southwest corner of Jane B. Chase's farm; thence northerly on lands of A. A. Butterfield, Wm. H. H. Packer and O. W. Parks to the Carley farm; thence easterly and northerly on the Carley farm to the place of beginning; together with the ratable estate included within said boundary, is hereby constituted a body corporate to be known as the Village of Jacksonville, Vt.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 302
App. § 129-302. Meetings
Status: in_force

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

(b) The Selectboard shall also designate annually a paper of general circulation to be used for publications as prescribed in 17 V.S.A. § 2641(b).

(c) The Selectboard shall conduct its business under Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised.

(d) Three Selectboard members shall constitute a quorum. No action of the Selectboard shall be valid or binding unless adopted by the affirmative vote of at least three Selectboard members.

(e) All meetings of the Selectboard shall be open to the public, unless by an affirmative vote of the majority of the Selectboard a portion of the meeting is declared to be an executive session. Executive sessions may be held in compliance with 1 V.S.A. § 313.

(f) Emergency meetings may be held without a 24-hour warning, provided that some public notice is given as soon as possible before such meeting and all members of the Selectboard are notified.

(g) The agenda of the Selectboard's meeting shall be available to the public at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and posted in one or more physical public places as well as electronically.

(1) Any member of the Selectboard may add items of business to the written agenda prior to its posting.

(2) The Selectboard may add items of business to the agenda at the commencement of the meeting and in open session. If action is taken on an item added in this section, the action may be reconsidered at the next scheduled Selectboard meeting. Additions in this section shall be kept to a minimum.
24 V.S.A. § 2656 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 71 / Section 2656
§ 2656. Duties and powers of officers and directors
Status: in_force

(a) The board of directors shall have full power to manage, control, and supervise the conduct of the district and to exercise in the name of the district all powers and functions belonging to the district, subject to such laws or rules as may be applicable.

(b) The chair of the board of directors shall preside at meetings of directors, and shall perform such other duties as the directors may delegate to him or her.

(c) The treasurer shall have the custody of all monies belonging to the district and shall keep accurate and complete books of account. Prior to assuming his or her duties, the treasurer shall execute a bond in favor of the district, conditioned on the faithful performance of his or her duties, in such sum and with such sureties as the directors approve.

(d) The clerk shall keep minutes of meetings of directors and of the district, and shall record all votes.

(e) The vice chair, if one is elected, shall perform the duties of the chair in the chair's absence.
24 V.S.A. § 1351a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 41 / Section 1351a
§ 1351a. Board of Governors
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Governors shall be composed of three individuals residing in the gores. At each annual meeting, the residents of the gores shall elect a member, who shall serve for a term of three years, for each expired term. A vacancy on the Board shall be filled at the next annual meeting in a manner to retain staggered terms.

(b) The residents of the gores may vote at an annual or special meeting to elect not more than two additional members of the Board of Governors for terms of two years each. When the additional members are first elected, one shall be elected for one year and the other member shall be elected for two years. Terms of these additional members shall end on annual meeting days. If the additional members are elected at a special meeting, the term of those elected for one year shall expire on the next annual meeting day and the term of those elected for two years shall expire on the second annual meeting day following their election. A vote establishing additional members of the Board of Governors shall remain in effect until the residents of the gores vote to discontinue the positions at an annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 505 / Section 1
App. § 505-1. Name
Status: in_force

The name of this municipality shall be the Williamstown Fire District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 56 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 56
App. § 417-56. Indemnification
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(d) In the event the District is unable to meet any obligation with regard to which the member municipalities are jointly liable, each member municipality shall contribute its proportionate share of such obligations as computed under section 37 of this chapter that are paid by the District to insure that all member municipalities share financial responsibility for these obligations.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23.07 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 23.07
App. § 9-23.7. Compensation
Status: in_force

The compensation of all members of the Fire Department, including the Chief Engineer, shall be fixed by the Board of Aldermen. The Board shall further fix the compensation for a call fireman, after the recommendation of the Chief Engineer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 6
App. § 261-6. Checklist of voters; power of trustees in respect thereto
Status: in_force

The trustees may, previous to an annual Village meeting, prepare an alphabetical list of the persons qualified to vote at such annual meeting, in the same manner, and subject to the same provisions in respect to corrections and use in all respects, as are enacted by chapter six of the Revised Laws, concerning a checklist of voters for use in freeman's meetings; the Trustees have the same powers and duties in respect thereto as are by said chapter conferred upon the selectboard and the board of civil authority of towns, when so authorized or directed by vote of the Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 407 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 111 / Section 407
App. § 111-407. Malicious damage to water system
Status: in_force

Any person who shall maliciously disturb or injure said aqueduct, reservoir, springs, streams, or fountains, named or referred to in this charter, or swim or bathe in the waters of said reservoir, springs, streams, or fountains supplying such reservoir, shall be liable to be prosecuted therefor by the Grand Juror of the Town or the State's Attorney of the county wherein such offense is committed by information, complaint, or indictment, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $100.00 and costs of prosecution and shall be liable, to said Town for all damage resulting to it by such disturbance-injury or pollution with full costs, the same to be recovered by said Town in an action on the case founded on this statute.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 211 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 211
App. § 3-211. Authority to regulate parking
Status: in_force

The City Council shall have control of the parkings upon each street of said City, including the right to permit, regulate, or prohibit the placing of signs within and upon said parkings. Said parkings shall be understood and held to be the space between the curb or gutter and the street line on each side of the street, except so much thereof as may be occupied by publicly owned and maintained sidewalks. The City Council shall also have control of these areas in the center of streets not used for traffic. In case said parkings are not properly cared for by the owners of the property abutting thereon, the City Council may, in its discretion, and shall, upon petition of the majority owners of the abutting property on such street or any block or blocks upon such street, cause such parkings to be properly cared for, the grass cut, weeds destroyed, and such work done as they deem necessary; and the cost of doing such work shall be assessed upon abutting property as provided in the preceding section. Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall interfere with the necessary work of the City in its work on the streets, curbing, sidewalks, or in making sewer connections in any such streets, or of the City in making or repairing water connections.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 28 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 28
App. § 901-28. Budget appropriation and assessment
Status: in_force

(a) Proposed budget.

(1) Annually on or before January 1, the Board shall approve and cause to be distributed to the legislative body of each member for review and comment an annual report of its activities, including a financial statement, the budget history of the preceding two years, a proposed budget of the Authority for the next fiscal year, and a budget projection for the two successive years. The Board may appoint a budget committee to develop the proposed budget.

(2) The Board shall hold a public hearing on or before February 1 of each year to receive comments from the legislative bodies of the members and hear all other interested persons regarding the proposed budget. Additional public hearings may be held if the Board deems it appropriate to do so. Notice of such hearing(s) shall be as provided in sections 39-41 of this chapter, except that for additional public hearings, the time requirements of section 39 shall be reduced by 15 days, and notice(s) need only be published once.

(3) The Board shall give consideration to all comments received and make such changes to the proposed budget as it deems advisable.

(b) Budget adoption, appropriations, and assessment. Annually on or before January 1, the Board shall approve the budget.

(1) At the Town Meeting Day elections, the voters of each member shall vote on appropriating the total sums necessary to operate and carry out the Authority's functions for the next ensuing fiscal year. Ballot totals from the members shall be totaled together, and the cumulative total will be used to determine passage of the budget.

(2) Once a budget is approved, the Board shall assess each member for its proportionate share of the sums so appropriated, less revenues anticipated from the members, and adopt a schedule designating when such assessments are due and payable by the members.

(3) The members shall include the Authority's assessment as a separate line item on the annual property tax bills so as to appropriate such sums as the member is apportioned, once voted as described in section 29 of this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 4
App. § 901-4. Sovereign immunity
Status: in_force

The Authority shall have the benefit of sovereign immunity to the same extent that a municipality of the State does. The Authority shall provide liability and other insurance for itself and the members of the Board. The Authority shall hold harmless and indemnify all members of the Board from all claims of every kind and nature arising out of or connected with duties as directors, excepting only willful negligence and criminal conduct.
24 V.S.A. § 4420 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4420
§ 4420. Local Act 250 review of municipal impacts
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall apply to any municipality in which all of the following have taken place, either at the direction of the legislative body or pursuant to a vote of the municipality's voters at a duly warned municipal meeting considering the question:

(1) The criteria specified in this section have been adopted in the appropriate bylaws authorized under this chapter.

(2) The municipality's plan has been duly adopted under the provisions of this chapter.

(3) The municipality has adopted zoning bylaws and subdivision bylaws, either separately or incorporated into one unified development bylaw.

(4) The municipality has adopted, for purposes of this section, the Municipal Administrative Procedure Act established in chapter 36 of this title.

(5) A development review board has been created and has been authorized to undertake local Act 250 review of municipal impacts caused by a development or subdivision, or both, as the terms “development” and “subdivision” are defined in 10 V.S.A. chapter 151.

(b)(1) With respect to developments or subdivisions to which this section applies, the development review board, pursuant to the procedures established in chapter 36 of this title, shall hear such applications as meet the criteria set forth in the bylaws with respect to size or impact, or both, for local Act 250 review of municipal impacts. Once a municipality has determined to conduct reviews under this section, all applicants meeting such criteria for Act 250 permits for developments or subdivisions located within the municipality shall go through this process, unless all the following apply:

(A) The applicant can establish to the satisfaction of the development review board that the applicant relied on a determination by the Land Use Review Board's local district coordinator that Act 250 jurisdiction did not apply to the development or subdivision in question, and based upon that reliance, the applicant obtained local permits without complying with this section.

(B) The Land Use Review Board's local district coordinator's jurisdictional ruling was later reconsidered or overturned on appeal, with the result that Act 250 jurisdiction does apply to the development or subdivision in question.

(C) The development review board waives its jurisdiction under this section in the interest of fairness to the applicant.

(2) Determinations by the development review board regarding whether to waive jurisdiction under this subsection shall not be subject to review.

(c) In proceedings under this section, the applicant shall demonstrate that the proposed development or subdivision:

(1) Will not cause an unreasonable burden on the ability of the municipality to provide educational services.

(2) Will not cause an unreasonable burden on the ability of the municipality to provide municipal or governmental services.

(3) Is in conformance with the plan of the municipality adopted in accordance with this chapter.

(d) A violation of the provisions of this section shall be subject to enforcement as a violation of this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1.04 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 1.04
App. § 147-1.4. Additional powers
Status: in_force

The general grant of authority in section 1.3 of this charter shall include the following:

(1) To adopt and enforce ordinances relating to making and installation of local improvements, including curbs, sidewalks, sewers, drainage systems, water systems, and streets; requiring the installation of any or all of such improvements in a manner specified by the Town as a condition precedent to the issuance of a building permit; apportioning part or all of the expenses of such improvements against property owners benefitted thereby; providing for the collection of such assessments and penalties for nonpayment.

(2) To adopt and enforce police ordinances regulating or prohibiting the use of firearms, air rifles, and devices having a capacity to inflict personal injury, and the parking, operation, and speed of motor vehicles upon Town and State aid streets and highways, and to regulate or prohibit any activities constituting a hazard to the safety or health of the public.

(3) To adopt and enforce ordinances relating to the prevention of pollution of streams, ponds, and other waterways within the Town.

(4) To adopt and enforce ordinances relating to the cleaning and repair of any premises when in such condition as to impair the general appearance of the Town, to be injurious to other property in the vicinity or to be a health hazard, and to control the removal of rubbish, waste, and objectionable material therefrom.

(5) To adopt and enforce ordinances relating to regulation, licensing, or prohibition of the storage and accumulation of garbage, ashes, rubbish, refuse, and waste materials; regulation of the removal and disposal of such materials, licensing for revenue and regulation or prohibition of the collection, removal, and disposal of such materials by persons; collection, removal of such materials by the Town either by contract or by a Town officer or department now existing or created for that purpose; establishment of service rates to be paid the Town for such service.

(6) To adopt and enforce ordinances prohibiting and punishing willful injuries to trees planted for shade, ornament, convenience, or use, public and private, and to prevent and punish trespassing or willful injuries to or upon public or private buildings, property, or lands.

(7) To adopt and enforce ordinances relating to codes for building construction, including also wiring and plumbing.

(8) To adopt and enforce ordinances relating to fire prevention and control.

(9) To adopt and enforce ordinances relating to the use, protection, care, and management of all public recreation facilities and systems of the Town.

(10) To adopt and enforce ordinances for the purpose of regulating and licensing the placing of mooring buoys, bathing beach markers, swimming floats, speed zone markers, or any other floating object having no navigational significance in the waters of Shelburne Pond and Shelburne Bay and other waters of Lake Champlain bordering the Town of Shelburne and extending 1,000 feet into the lake from the high water mark.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 311 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 311
App. § 13-311. Board of School Directors; number; terms of office; election
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be a Board of School Directors consisting of seven members.

(b) Four members shall have terms of office of three years; three members shall have terms of office of two years.

(c) All present School Directors shall serve as Directors until the expiration of their terms and their successors have been duly elected and have qualified.

(d) On the first Tuesday in March, 2025, the voters shall elect, from among the legal voters of the city, two members for terms of three years and two members for terms of two years. On the first Tuesday in March, 2026, one member for a term of three years and one member for a term of two years shall be elected. Thereafter, the election of school directors shall be for the length of the term of the member whose term is expiring.

(e) All Board of School Directors shall be elected at large.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 209 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 209
App. § 413-209. Term
Status: in_force

All representatives to the Board of Supervisors shall hold office for three years, except as otherwise provided in section 203 of this subchapter and until their successors are duly appointed. Any representative may be reappointed to successive terms without limit.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129D / Section 102
App. § 129D-102. Severability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this charter shall for any reason be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions that can be given effect without the invalid provision. To this end, the provisions of this charter are severable.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 417 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 417
App. § 1-417. Duties
Status: in_force

The Collector of Taxes shall have the same powers and be under the same duties and liabilities as are prescribed for collectors of taxes by the statutes of this State, except where such statutes are in conflict with this charter and then the provisions of this charter shall control.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 505 / Section 8
App. § 505-8. Indebtedness and bonding
Status: in_force

The Fire District may at a special or annual meeting, notice thereof having been given in the warning, vote to issue bonds of the Fire District as provided in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1118 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1118
App. § 5-1118. Bonds or notes for refunding; authorization; procedure
Status: in_force

The City may issue bonds or notes to refund the principal and interest of bonds or notes then outstanding and for any other purpose authorized by the general laws of the State. Such refunding bonds or notes shall be authorized and issued as provided by law.
24 V.S.A. § 3306 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 89 / Section 3306
§ 3306. Charges; lien
Status: in_force

The owner or occupant of any tenement, house, or building who takes the water of a municipal corporation shall be liable for the rent or price of the same, and the officers and agents of the municipal corporation entrusted with the care and superintendence of the water may at all reasonable times enter all premises so supplied to examine the pipes and fixtures and prevent any unnecessary waste. If any person, without the consent of the municipal corporation, shall use any water, a civil action on this statute may be maintained against the person by the municipal corporation for the recovery of damages. The charges, rates, or rents for water shall be a lien upon the real estate furnished with the municipal corporation water in the same manner and to the same effect as taxes are a lien on real estate under 32 V.S.A. § 5061.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 507 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 507
App. § 413-507. Australian ballot
Status: in_force

The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the District when voting is to take place.
24 V.S.A. § 4000 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 113 / Section 4000
§ 4000. Statutory purposes
Status: in_force

The statutory purpose of the exemption for housing authorities in section 4020 of this title is to promote, provide, and preserve affordable housing.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 307 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 307
App. § 129-307. Sidewalks, streetlights, and special assessments of the former incorporated Milton Village
Status: repealed

In accordance with the Town and Village merger agreement of 2003, the Town of Milton shall adhere to the following:

(1) Sidewalks. The Town of Milton shall own, maintain, repair, and plow all sidewalks formerly owned by the Village of Milton.

(2) Streetlights. The Town of Milton shall own, maintain, and repair all streetlights formerly owned, maintained, and repaired by the Village of Milton.

(3) Service and special assessments. The Town of Milton shall not reduce the level of service for sidewalks and streetlights formerly owned and maintained by the Village of Milton. The Town shall not levy any special assessments to construct new sidewalks or streetlights within the former Village limits except upon an affirmative vote of three-fourths of those present and voting at an annual or special Town meeting duly warned for that purpose.

(4) Supermajority amendment of this section. No part of this section may be amended or repealed except upon the affirmative vote of three-fourths of those present and voting at an annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 209 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 209
App. § 414-209. Term
Status: in_force

All representatives to the Board of Supervisors shall hold office for one year and until their successors are duly appointed and qualified. Any representative may be reappointed to successive terms without limit.
24 V.S.A. § 3115 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 83 / Section 3115
§ 3115. Refusal to obey order; survey; report
Status: in_force

When an owner, agent, or person interested in such unsafe structure refuses or neglects to comply with the requirements of such order within the time limited, a careful survey of the premises shall be made by a board consisting, in a city, of the city engineer, the chief engineer of the fire department, and one disinterested person to be appointed by the inspector, and, in a town or incorporated village, by a board consisting of a surveyor, the chief engineer of the fire department, and one disinterested person to be appointed by the inspector. When there is not a city engineer or chief engineer of the fire department, the mayor and board of aldermen, or the proper officers in such town or village, as the case may be, shall designate one or more officers or other suitable persons in place of the officers so named, as members of the board. A report of such survey shall be made in writing and a copy thereof served on such owner, agent, or other person interested.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 141 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 141
App. § 3-141. Certification that notices, ordinances, etc., have been posted required
Status: in_force

Whenever any notice signed by the Mayor, City Council, or any City officer or officers, or any advertisement, ordinance, resolution, or bylaw shall have been published in some newspaper or newspapers or publicly posted under the provisions of the general law, this charter, or the ordinances thereby authorized, the Chief Administrative Officer shall examine and ascertain whether such notice, advertisement, or ordinance has been duly published or posted, and if such be the fact the Chief Administrative Officer shall so certify upon the proper City record; and such record or a duly certified copy thereof shall be treated as prima facie evidence of the facts so certified.
24 V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 5
§ 5. Chittenden
Status: in_force

The County of Chittenden is formed of the towns of Bolton, Charlotte, Colchester, Essex, Hinesburg, Huntington, Jericho, Milton, Richmond, St. George, Shelburne, the City of South Burlington, Underhill, Westford, Williston, the City of Burlington, the City of Essex Junction, the City of Winooski, Buel's Gore, and so much of Lake Champlain as lies in this State west of the towns in the county adjoining the lake and not included within the limits of the County of Grand Isle. The City of Burlington is the shire town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 802 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 802
App. § 153-802. General Fund budget preparation and submission
Status: in_force

(a) The Town Manager, at least 50 days before the annual Town meeting, or at such previous time as may be directed by the Selectboard, shall submit to the Selectboard a financial report containing:

(1) an estimate of the financial condition of the Town as of the end of the fiscal year;

(2) an itemized statement of appropriations recommended for current expenses, during the next fiscal year, with actual appropriations and expenditures for the immediate preceding fiscal year;

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

(4) a capital budget and program showing anticipated capital expenditures, financing, and tax requirements; and

(5) such other information as may be required by the Selectboard.

(b) The budget shall be published not later than two weeks after its preliminary adoption by the Selectboard. The Selectboard shall fix the time and place for holding a public hearing for the budget, and shall give a public notice of such hearing. The Selectboard shall then review the budget and propose it, with or without change, to the annual Town meeting.
24 V.S.A. § 1907 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1907
§ 1907. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Community and Housing Infrastructure Program is to encourage the development of new primary residences for households of low and moderate income across both rural and urban areas of all Vermont counties that would not be created but for the infrastructure improvements funded by the Program.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 21
App. § 401-21. Chair
Status: in_force

The Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall be the chief executive officer of the District. The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Supervisors and shall make and sign all contracts on behalf of the District upon approval by the Board of Supervisors. The Chair shall perform all the duties incident to the position and office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123B / Section 11
App. § 123B-11. Terms of office
Status: in_force

Each appointed officer shall serve from the date he or she is appointed and qualified until the end of the term. Each officer shall hold over until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. Each officer may succeed himself or herself, if the Selectboard so approves, after fulfilling the notice provisions of subsection 12(b) of this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 1533 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1533
§ 1533. Town board for the abatement of taxes
Status: in_force

(a) The board of civil authority, with the listers and the town treasurer, shall constitute a board for the abatement of town and property taxes and water and sewer charges.

(b) The act of a majority of a quorum at a meeting shall be treated as the act of the board. This quorum requirement need not be met if the town treasurer, a majority of the listers, and a majority of the selectboard are present at the meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1504 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 133 / Section 1504
App. § 133-1504. Amount to be raised by taxation
Status: in_force

Upon approval of the budget under section 1503 of this charter, the amounts stated therein as the amount to be raised by property taxes, reduced by cash surplus from excess collected property taxes, fees, charges, fines, and interest, if any, as indicated by the statement of the Town auditors, shall constitute a determination of the amount of the levy for the purposes of the Town in the corresponding tax year, and the Selectboard shall levy such taxes on the grand list furnished by the listers for the corresponding year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 1101
App. § 129-1101. Separability
Status: in_force

If any provisions of this charter are held invalid, the other provisions of this charter shall not be affected thereby. If the application of the charter or any of its provisions to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the application or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 1501
App. § 127-1501. Separability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of the charter shall not be affected thereby. If the application of the charter or any of its provisions to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the application of the charter and its provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 51 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 105 / Section 51
App. § 105-51. General prohibition
Status: in_force

No elected or appointed Town officer or employee of the Town shall be beneficially interested in any matter requiring the discharge of his or her public office. The purpose of this subchapter is to prohibit the use of public office for financial or other advantage, whether direct or indirect, by any means or methods whatsoever.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 321 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 321
App. § 3-321. Creation of Downtown Improvement District, Church Street Marketplace District, and Marketplace
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby created in the City of Burlington a special district to be known as the Downtown Improvement District, such District to be bounded by the shoreline of Lake Champlain on the west, the north property lines of properties fronting on Pearl Street on the north, the east property lines of properties fronting on South Winooski Avenue on the east, and the south property lines of properties fronting on Main Street to the intersection of Battery Street and then extending southerly to include properties fronting on Maple Street, on the south. The Church Street Marketplace District defined below shall also be included within the Downtown Improvement District.

(b) There is hereby created in the City of Burlington and within the Downtown Improvement District a special district to be known as the Church Street Marketplace District (District) that includes all of Church Street and the properties that have frontage thereon bounded on the north by the northernmost property line of properties bounded by Church and Pearl Streets, and bounded on the south by the southernmost property lines of properties at the northern corners of the Church and Main Street intersection, and more precisely shown on a plan entitled “Church Street Marketplace District” recorded with the Chief Administrative Officer of the City of Burlington on June 27, 1979.

(c) The Church Street Marketplace (Marketplace) shall be that section of the District now or hereafter under the direct control of the City of Burlington including the Church Street right-of-way and adjacent sidewalks.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1308 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 1308
App. § 127-1308. Taxation
Status: in_force

(a) Taxes on real and personal property shall be paid in two equal payments unless the majority of voters at the March Town meeting vote to have tax payments in three or more equal payments.

(b) Interest and penalties on unpaid taxes shall be levied in accordance with State statutes.
24 V.S.A. § 3315 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 89 / Section 3315
§ 3315. Ordinances
Status: in_force

Such municipal corporation shall have the power to make, establish, alter, amend, or repeal ordinances, regulations, and bylaws relating to the matters contained in this chapter and not inconsistent with law, including the authority to require existing customers to remain connected to such municipal system, and to impose penalties for the breach thereof, and enforce the same.
24 V.S.A. § 1783 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1783
§ 1783. Registered bonds; indorsement conclusive evidence of authority
Status: in_force

The indorsement of such certificate of registration upon any bond, note, or certificate by such treasurer shall be conclusive evidence that such treasurer was directed by the proper officers of the municipal corporation of which he or she was treasurer to convert such bond into a registered obligation.
24 V.S.A. § 3266 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 87 / Section 3266
§ 3266. Intermunicipal agreements
Status: in_force

Two or more municipalities, by resolution of their respective legislative bodies or boards, may establish and enter into agreements for incurring indebtedness or otherwise financing projects under this subchapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1504 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 1504
App. § 13-1504. Business inventory and business personal property
Status: in_force

(a) The City shall exempt business inventory as defined in 32 V.S.A. § 3848 from the property tax.

(b) Business personal property as defined in 32 V.S.A. § 3618(c) shall be appraised in accordance with the provisions of 32 V.S.A. § 3618, as such provisions are from time to time amended.

(c) Subsection (b) of this section notwithstanding, all business personal property first located in the City after April 1, 1996, shall be exempt from property tax.

(d) Subsection (b) of this section notwithstanding, the listed value of business personal property included in the City grand list for fiscal year 1996, shall be reduced by 20 percent for fiscal year 1997, and each year thereafter, or the maximum amount authorized under the provision of 32 V.S.A. § 3618(a), whichever is greater, and deleted from the grand list when reduced to zero listed value.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 6.01
App. § 9-6.1. Sequestration
Status: in_force

(a) In taking lands, springs, streams, and water rights and diverting waters from natural channels into its water supply, for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, and repairing reservoirs, aqueducts, water pipes, pipe lines, and other necessary apparatus for and in connection with its water supply and for the purposes of increasing and making additions to its water supply, and for the preservation, protection, maintenance, and operation of the same, the Board of Civil Authority shall proceed in the same manner in which selectboards of towns are authorized to proceed in the taking of lands for highways. Any person owning or interested in such lands, springs, streams, and water rights and waters, who is dissatisfied with the decision of the Board of Civil Authority taking the same or in awarding him or her damages therefore, may have the same right of appeal to the county court and the same proceedings in respect thereto that shall be conducted in the same manner and have the same effect as in the case of lands taken by the selectboard in any towns in this State for the purpose of laying out, altering, or resurveying a highway in said town; but if such proceedings are instituted only in respect to the appraisal of damages for lands, springs, streams, water rights, and water, so taken by the Board of Civil Authority, such proceedings shall not prevent said City from establishing, increasing, maintaining and repairing reservoirs, aqueducts, water pipes, pipe lines, hydrants, and other apparatus necessary for such purposes on the lands so taken, and from taking springs, streams, water rights, and water, as if no such proceedings had been instituted.

(b) In giving notice to all persons owning or interested in any lands, streams, springs, water rights, or water, to be taken for such purposes, set forth above, the Board of Civil Authority shall issue its citation, signed by the Mayor or its Clerk; which shall be served in the same manner and the several officers shall perform the same duties in respect thereto, as provided in this charter for citations issued by the Board of Highway Commissioners.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 20 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 20
App. § 403-20. Officers
Status: in_force

The officers of the District shall be the Chair and the Vice Chair of the Board of Supervisors, the Clerk to the District, and the Treasurer of the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 322 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 322
App. § 5-322. Prohibitions and conflicts of interest
Status: in_force

(a) Holding other office. Except where authorized by law, no member of the City Council shall hold any other City office or City employment during the term of election to the Council. However, a paid or unpaid volunteer member of the Fire Department, other than an officer or member of the Department appointed directly by the City Manager, may serve as a member of the City Council.

(b) Appointments and removals. Neither the Council nor any of its members shall in any manner dictate the appointment or removal of any City administrative officers or employees whom the City Manager or any of the Manager's subordinates are empowered to appoint.

(c) Interference with administration. Except for the purpose of inquiries and investigations under this charter, the Council or its members shall deal with City officers and employees who are subject to the direction and supervision of the City Manager solely through the City Manager, and neither the Council nor its members shall give orders to any such officer or employee, either publicly or privately.

(d) Conflict of interest. By ordinance, resolution, or parliamentary rule of prohibition, the Council shall adopt measures relating to the definition, disclosure, and consequences of a conflict of interest or any perception thereof involving elected and appointed City officials.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 25 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 25
App. § 101-25. Administrative Code
Status: in_force

(a) Within two years following the effective date of this charter, the Town Manager shall prepare and submit to the Selectboard a proposal for an ordinance to be known as the Administrative Code of the Town of Barre. For the purpose of preparing the proposal, the Town Manager may have the assistance of the Town Attorney and shall have the authority to request a committee of citizens to assist in the preparation of the proposal. The proposal shall be a comprehensive code of administrative organization and procedure for the Town and, at a minimum, shall include the following:

(1) organization of the administrative departments and elected offices of the Town into such divisions as may be appropriate, defining the functions and duties of each;

(2) a detailed outline of financial procedures to be followed by the Town, including purchasing policy, expenditure of appropriated funds, the system of accounting for the Town, and the form and frequency of financial reports.

(b) The Administrative Code shall be passed by the Selectboard in the same manner as any ordinance and may be amended by the Selectboard in the manner provided for amendment of ordinances. The Administrative Code shall provide for all specific requirements set forth in this charter, and to such extent as the provisions of the Administrative Code are not inconsistent with this charter, the Code shall be considered a valid extension of the policies set forth in the charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1309 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1309
App. § 5-1309. Record of payment
Status: in_force

Payment, when made, shall be entered on the record of assessment. Recording as provided in section 1307 of this subchapter shall be required before such assessment becomes a lien on the land or other property affected.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 249 / Section 101
App. § 249-101. Village boundaries and legal taxing authority
Status: in_force

The inhabitants of all that part of the Town of Newfane, in the County of Windham, known as the Village of Newfane, and enclosed in the following boundaries, to wit:

Beginning at a point on the highway leading from said Village to Townshend at the northern boundary of L.H. Whitney's land; then easterly along said northern boundary of said Whitney's land to the western boundary of the West River Railroad; thence southerly along the westerly boundary of said railroad to the southeast corner of land owned by Stella Micott; thence westerly along the southern boundary of said Micott's land across the highway leading from said Village to Brattleboro; thence southerly along the western boundary of said highway to the southern boundary of land owned by Rodney S. Willard; thence westerly along the southern boundary of said Willard's land to said Willard's western boundary; then northerly along the westerly boundary of said Willard's land; thence to the western boundary of land, at Smith's Brook, owned by E.C. Benedict, and along his western boundary, at Smith's Brook, to his northern boundary; thence easterly along said Benedict's northern boundary to and across Smith Brook, so-called, to land of Laura S. Rice; thence southerly on said Rice's land to land of Sarah M. Fish; thence easterly along said Fish's land to and across the highway; thence northerly along the east side of the highway leading from said Village to Wardsboro, to the boundary line between land of said Fish and land of F.L. Hamlin; thence easterly along said boundary line to the eastern boundary of said Fish's land; thence to the northern boundary of land of A.G. Warren; thence along said Warren's northern boundary to land of Lewis H. Higgins; thence easterly along boundary line between Warren and Higgins's to land owned by Walter Park, and thence along the boundary line between Higgins and Park to the highway; thence southerly along the western boundary of said highway to a point opposite the place of beginning; thence easterly across said highway to the place of beginning, are hereby incorporated and made a party politic, and shall hereafter be called the Village of Newfane and by that name may have perpetual succession and may sue and be sued, may have a common seal and the same alter at pleasure, and shall be capable of purchasing, holding, and conveying real and personal estate for the use of said Village corporation, and at any annual meeting of the legal voters of said corporation legally warned and holden for that purpose may lay a tax upon the grand list of said Village of Newfane for any of the purposes hereinafter mentioned. All taxes voted by said corporation shall be assessed by the Board of Trustees which shall make rate bills thereof and deliver the same to the Collector of Taxes with proper warrants for the collection thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 16 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 16
App. § 101-16. Clerk
Status: in_force

(a) The Clerk shall be elected for a period of three years. He or she shall:

(1) maintain a record of all action taken at special or annual Town meetings;

(2) maintain all Town records and an index to those records;

(3) maintain and file all reports required by law; and

(4) perform any other duties required of him or her by law, this charter, or ordinances.

(b) Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, the Clerk shall give a bond conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties. The bond shall be of a sum and with a surety prescribed and approved by the Selectboard, and the premium for the bond shall be paid by the Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 504 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 504
App. § 5-504. Election of officers
Status: in_force

(a) All officers shall be elected by Australian ballot, according to general laws of the State, except when otherwise provided in this charter.

(b) Candidates' names shall appear in order on the ballot as shall be drawn by lot under the direction of the Board of Civil Authority.

(c) Provisions for write-in votes shall be available for voters.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 207 / Section 9
App. § 207-9. Moderator
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Moderator to preside at all annual and special meetings of said corporation, and he or she shall have the same powers as a moderator of town meetings. In the absence of the Moderator, the meeting shall be called to order by a member of the Board of Trustees and the meeting shall elect a Moderator Pro Tempore.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1002 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 1002
App. § 269-1002. Water and sewer systems; extraterritorial service
Status: in_force

The Water and Sewer Commissioner may contract with persons for the provision of water and sewer services to property located without the boundaries of the Village, the charges therefor to be a lien upon the property so served to the same extent as if the property were located within the boundaries of the Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 163 / Section 6
App. § 163-6. Conflict of interest
Status: in_force

(a) A Town officer shall recuse himself or herself or be disqualified from any proceeding in which his or her impartiality might reasonably be questioned.

(b) If anyone thinks a Town officer has a conflict in a case before a board, commission, or committee, that person can bring it to the attention of the officer's respective group. If the officer does not disqualify himself or herself, the board, commission, or committee shall consider the factual basis for the question and vote on the member's disqualification, the challenged member abstaining. This vote shall occur before any other business is conducted.

(c) A Town officer who is disqualified by virtue of a conflict of interest shall not vote upon, participate in the discussion of, or otherwise sit as a member of any board, commission, or committee upon the matter from which he or she is disqualified.

(d) Town officers and employees shall follow the rules outlined in the Westford Conflict of Interest Policy.
24 V.S.A. § 2689 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 71 / Section 2689
§ 2689. Reimbursement for ambulance service providers
Status: in_force

(a)(1) When an ambulance service provides emergency medical treatment to a person who is insured by a health insurance policy, plan, or contract that provides benefits for emergency medical treatment, the health insurer shall reimburse the ambulance service directly, subject to the terms and conditions of the health insurance policy, plan, or contract.

(2) The Department of Financial Regulation shall enforce the provisions of this subsection.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to interfere with coordination of benefits or to require a health insurer to provide coverage for services not otherwise covered under the insured's policy, plan, or contract.

(c) Nothing in this section shall preclude an insurer from negotiating with and subsequently entering into a contract with a nonparticipating ambulance service to establish rates of reimbursement for emergency medical treatment.

(d) Reimbursement for ambulance services provided to Medicaid beneficiaries shall be in accordance with 33 V.S.A. § 1901m.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 35a — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 35a
App. § 3-35a. "Ward" defined
Status: in_force

In all places in sections 6 through 31a, inclusive, and in section 125 of this charter, the word “ward” wherever the same appears shall be construed to include a precinct thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 27 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 15 / Section 27
App. § 15-27. Resignation of Mayor
Status: in_force

The Mayor of said City may, at any time, resign his or her office by filing his or her resignation with the Clerk of the City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2001 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 2001
App. § 13-2001. Continuation of prior law
Status: in_force

The City of South Burlington may operate a Water Department in accordance with the general laws of the State of Vermont.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 506 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 506
App. § 407-506. Warning contents
Status: in_force

The posted notification shall include the date, time, place, and nature of the meeting. It shall, by separate articles, specifically indicate the business to be transacted and the questions to be voted upon. The warning also shall contain any article requested by petition and submitted under section 501 of this subchapter and filed with the District Clerk.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 154 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 154
App. § 3-154. Composition
Status: in_force

The Board of Finance shall be constituted as follows: The Mayor shall, ex officio, be Chair of said Board and together with the President of the City Council, and three additional members of the City Council who shall be elected at the first meeting of the City Council in April of each year and who shall serve a term of one year from the date of their election shall constitute said Board of Finance. In addition, the Chief Administrative Officer shall serve as a nonvoting member of said Board. All of the additional three members elected from the City Council may not be members of the same political party. The members of said Board shall be trustees of public monies for the City and shall have the powers and perform all the duties of similar officers in towns of this State; provided, however, that they shall make no investment or reinvestment of any of the cemetery endowment funds of the City without first obtaining the written approval thereof by a majority of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners. The Clerk/Treasurer's Office shall provide staff assistance for said Board. In the absence or disability of the Mayor, the Chief Administrative Officer shall sit as a voting member.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 508 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 508
App. § 3-508. Refunding
Status: in_force

The City, upon the approval of the Board of Public Works Commissioners and the City Council, may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying any of its bonds issued hereunder at maturity or upon acceleration or redemption. No affirmative vote of the registered voters shall be necessary to authorize the issuance of refunding bonds. The refunding bonds may be issued at such time prior to the maturity or redemption of the refunded bonds as the City deems to be in the public interest. The refunding bonds may be issued in sufficient amounts to pay or provide the principal of the bonds being refunded, together with any redemption premium thereon, any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of payment of the bonds, the expenses of issue of the refunding bonds, the expenses of redeeming the bonds being refunded, and such reserves for debt service or other capital or current expenses from the proceeds of the refunding bonds, as may be required by the resolutions under which bonds are issued. Except as herein specified, the issue of refunding bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the security therefor, the rights of the holders thereof, and the rights, duties, and obligations of the City with respect thereto shall be governed by the provisions of the Burlington City charter and the Vermont statutes relating to the issue of bonds other than refunding bonds insofar as the same may be applicable. In the event of any conflict between the City charter and the Vermont statutes in this regard, the City is hereby authorized to act pursuant to the more extensive grant of authority.
24 V.S.A. § 2409 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 65 / Section 2409
§ 2409. Retention of municipal ownership of lease lands
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section:

(1) “Legislative body” means the officer or officers of a municipal corporation who are charged with the care of the municipal corporation's lease lands.

(2) “Lessee” means the person entitled to possess, enjoy, and use land subject to a perpetual lease and shall include the person's heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns.

(3) “Municipal corporation” shall have the same meaning as “municipality” in 1 V.S.A. § 126 and shall also include every municipal corporation identified in subdivision 1751(1) of this title, county grammar schools, any unorganized towns and gores in the State, and any of the unified towns and gores of Essex County. “Municipal corporation” shall not include the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College.

(4) “Perpetual lease” means any leasehold interest in Vermont land, and every estate in Vermont land other than fee simple absolute, the title to which is held by a municipal corporation according to section 2401 of this title, arising out of or created by an instrument of lease that conveys to a person designated as lessee the right to possess, enjoy, and use the land in perpetuity or substantially in perpetuity. “Perpetual lease” shall include leasehold interests that are subject to restrictions on the lessee's use of the land and shall include lands that the municipal corporation may repossess for nonpayment of rent or other default under the terms of the lease.

(5) “Perpetual lease land” means all land described in a perpetual lease that is owned by or vested in a municipal corporation. “Perpetual lease land” does not include land described in a perpetual lease that is held in title by any person other than a municipal corporation, or any land described in a perpetual lease over which the municipal corporation acts exclusively as trustee.

(b)(1) On January 1, 2020, fee simple title to perpetual lease lands shall vest in the current lessee of record, free and clear of the interest of a municipal corporation in the perpetual lease lands held in accordance with section 2401 of this title, unless prior to that date the legislative body of the municipal corporation votes in the affirmative to retain ownership of some or all of the perpetual lease lands within that municipal corporation.

(2) At any time, the legislative body of a municipal corporation may vote to relinquish its interest in some or all of the perpetual lease lands within that municipal corporation held in accordance with section 2401 of this title. Upon such a vote, fee simple title to perpetual lease lands shall vest in the current lessee of record.

(3) When fee simple title to perpetual lease land vests in the current lessee of record pursuant to this subsection, the land shall remain subject to any other encumbrances of record, including municipal encumbrances and easements.

(c) Nothing in this section shall prevent a municipal corporation that has retained its interest in perpetual lease land held in accordance with section 2401 of this title from later conveying the land in accordance with section 2406 of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 22
App. § 173-22. Budget preparation
Status: in_force

(a) The Town Administrator shall submit a proposed budget for the ensuing year to the Selectboard at least 60 days before the annual Town meeting. It shall contain all information required by the Selectboard.

(b) A Budget Committee of at least five but not more than 12 voters shall be appointed by the Selectboard to review with the Selectboard the proposed Town budget. Their terms of office shall expire upon the adoption of the budget by the voters.

(c) The Selectboard's budget shall be available to the voters of Windsor at least 10 days prior to the annual meeting.

(d) If a budget fails to be adopted at the annual Town meeting, the Town Administrator shall present a revised budget for review within 20 days by the Budget Committee and the Selectboard.

(e) The date of the vote on the revised budget shall be at least seven days following the public hearing.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 4
App. § 3-4. Election of School Commissioners
Status: in_force

(a) The legal voters of each ward and City district of the City shall elect, from among the legal voters of their respective wards and City districts, School Commissioners to serve for terms hereinafter provided.

(b) Election of School Commissioners in each ward and City district shall be held on the first Tuesday in March in the year in which the term of office of the School Commissioner therein shall expire.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2a — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 2a
App. § 151-2a-5. Repealed. 2023, No. M-27 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 30, 2024.
Status: repealed

(Repealed by 2023, No. M-27 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 30, 2024.)
24 V.S.A. § 1523 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1523
§ 1523. Tax bills; duties of selectboards as to a deficit
Status: in_force

(a) When a town at the end of the fiscal year contemplated by section 1683 of this title has a deficit, unless the voters of said town have voted a special tax to make up said deficit or unless said deficit shall have been refunded pursuant to the provisions of chapter 53 of this title, the selectboard, when making up the next annual tax bill, shall add thereto a tax of five percent or such multiple of five in addition to the tax vote already authorized by law, to be levied upon the grand list of such town as will provide sufficient revenue to liquidate such deficit.

(b) When a school district at the end of the fiscal year contemplated by section 1683 of this title has a deficit, unless the voters have voted to borrow funds to repay the deficit over a term of three years or less, or unless the deficit has been refunded pursuant to chapter 53 of this title, the school board shall add an amount sufficient to pay the deficit to its next adopted budget and report the total to the Secretary of Education for purposes of calculating education spending.

(c) As used in this section, the following words have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates the contrary: A “deficit” is the excess of the current liabilities and liability reserves of the fund over its current assets; or, where the fund has also other resources and obligations, the excess of its obligations over its resources; “current assets” are those assets which are available or can be made readily available to meet the cost of operations or to pay current liabilities; “current liabilities” are those liabilities which are payable within a relatively short period of time, usually no longer than a year; a “fund” is a sum of money or other resource set aside for the purpose of carrying on specific activities or attaining certain objectives in accordance with special regulations, restrictions, or limitations, and constituting an independent fiscal and accounting entity such as the general or school fund.
24 V.S.A. § 4865 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 121 / Section 4865
§ 4865. Organization
Status: in_force

Upon the approval of the agreement by the required number of municipalities as provided in section 4863 of this title, the union municipal district shall become a body politic and corporate with the powers incident to a public corporation. The district shall be known by the name given in the agreement, by that name may sue and be sued, and may hold and convey real and personal estate for the use of the district.
24 V.S.A. § 4502 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 118 / Section 4502
§ 4502. Membership; appointment; terms
Status: in_force

(a) A conservation commission shall have not less than three nor more than nine members. All members shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed by the municipality for necessary and reasonable expenses. All members shall be residents of the municipality.

(b) Members of the conservation commission shall be appointed, and any vacancy filled, by the legislative body of the municipality. The term of each member shall be for four years, except for those first appointed, whose terms shall be varied in length so that in the future the number whose terms expire in each successive year shall be minimized.
24 V.S.A. § 4321 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4321
§ 4321. Creation of planning commissions
Status: in_force

(a) A planning commission may be created at any time by the act of the legislative body of a municipality.

(b) In any urban municipality, the legislative body may create a planning department headed by a planning director as a substitute for a planning commission, and, in that event all of the powers and duties of planning commissions set forth herein shall be exercised by such planning director, subject to such regulations as that executive body shall from time to time specify, and sections 4322 and 4323 of this title shall not apply to such director. In such event, that legislative body may further create an advisory planning council, which shall only function in an advisory capacity to the planning director in the exercise of his or her powers and duties, and shall have such other functions as that legislative body shall, by resolution, assign to such council.
24 V.S.A. § 290 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 290
§ 290. County sheriff's department
Status: in_force

(a) A sheriff's department is established in each county. It shall consist of the elected sheriff in each county and such deputy sheriffs and supporting staff as may be appointed by the sheriff. Full-time employees of the sheriff's department, paid by the county, shall be county employees for all purposes but shall be eligible to join the State Employees Retirement System, provided the county shall pay the employer's share. The sheriff's department shall be entitled to utilize all State services available to a town within the county.

(b) Full-time State deputy sheriffs whose primary responsibility is transportation of prisoners persons with a mental condition or psychiatric disability, or juveniles being transported to court or to a court-ordered facility shall be paid by the State of Vermont. The positions and their funding shall be assigned to the Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs. The Executive Director shall have the authority to determine job duties for the position, assignment of positions to county, regular and temporary work locations, assistance to other State agencies and departments, timesheet systems, daily work logs, and to have final approval of personnel matters, including, but not limited to, approval for hiring, paygrade assignment, hiring rate, discipline, and termination. The sheriffs shall have an Executive Committee of not more than five current sheriffs, elected for a two-year term by a vote of the sheriffs held not later than January 15, for a term starting February 1. The Executive Committee shall have a Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary-Treasurer, and two members at large. The Executive Committee shall meet at least quarterly to provide input to the Department of State's Attorneys and sheriffs regarding budget, legislation, personnel and policies, and the assignment of positions, when vacancies arise, for efficient use of resources.

(c) Equity, indebtedness, ownership of equipment, and title to motor vehicles associated with the operation of each sheriff's department and purchased with department funds shall be held in the name of the department, not in the name of the sheriff. The department is constituted as a legal entity with the power to contract and incur liabilities.

(d)(1) Upon the election of a sheriff-elect who is not the incumbent sheriff, an announcement that the incumbent sheriff will not seek reelection, or an announcement that the incumbent sheriff intends to resign, whichever occurs earliest, all financial disbursements from the accounts of the department, including the transfer of real or personal property, or other assets, of the department, shall be co-signed by the sheriff and at least one assistant judge in that county, and the sheriff shall, within two weeks, provide the Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs, the Auditor of Accounts, and the assistant judges of that county with a written list of all transfers of departmental assets and financial disbursements to a single source, in aggregate, greater than $10,000.00 anticipated to occur before the sheriff leaves office. Assistant judges shall consult with the Director of Sheriffs' Operations when considering whether to co-sign any transfers of departmental assets or financial disbursements to a single source, in aggregate, greater than $10,000.00. The assistant judges shall not unreasonably refuse to co-sign any disbursements or transfer of sheriff's department assets.

(2) A report of all financial disbursements and transfers made pursuant to this subsection shall be forwarded by the assistant judges to the Auditor of Accounts within 15 days following the sheriff leaving office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 202 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 202
App. § 19-202. Qualified voters
Status: in_force

(a) Voter registration, absentee voting, and conduct of elections at all annual and special meetings shall be as provided by general law. The qualifications of voters in State and federal elections shall be as provided by general law. The qualifications of voters in City meetings and all municipal elections shall be as set forth in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Notwithstanding 17 V.S.A. § 2121(a)(1), any person, including persons who are non-U.S. citizens, may register to vote in any City meeting or municipal election who, on election day:

(1) is a legal resident of the City;

(2) has taken the Voter's Oath; and

(3) is 18 years of age or older.

(c) As used in subdivision (b)(1) of this section, “legal resident of the City” means any person who is a resident of the City and is a United States citizen or resides in the United States on a permanent or indefinite basis in compliance with federal immigration laws.

(d) The City Clerk shall maintain a voter checklist for City meetings and municipal elections, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, and shall keep the City checklist separate and apart from the voter checklist maintained for State and federal elections.

(e) The voter checklists maintained by the City Clerk for municipal, State, and federal elections shall be subject to the protections given to the statewide voter checklists pursuant to 17 V.S.A. § 2154.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 203 / Section 301
App. § 203-301. Election and appointment of officers
Status: in_force

(a) Elected officers. At each annual meeting of said Village there shall be elected the following officers:

(1) one trustee;

(2) one Collector; and

(3) one auditor.

(b) Terms. The elections shall be by ballot if called for, the terms of office of officers elected at the annual meeting shall commence at the time of their election and continue for one year, and until their successors are chosen and qualified, except for the term of office of trustee whose term will be five years and the term of office of auditor whose term will be three years.

(c) Appointed officers. The Village Board of Trustees shall appoint a Village Clerk and Village Treasurer. The Clerk and Treasurer do not need to be residents of the Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 363 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 363
App. § 3-363. Department to be under supervision of Director
Status: in_force

The management, direction, and control of the Human Resources Department shall be vested in the Director, subject to the orders and ordinances of the City Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 18 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 18
App. § 405-18. Bond
Status: in_force

Prior to assuming their offices, all officers shall post fidelity bonds in such amounts as shall be determined by a resolution of the Board of Commissioners. The cost of such bonds shall be borne by the District.
24 V.S.A. § 3407 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 95 / Section 3407
§ 3407. Proceedings
Status: in_force

If for a rehearing upon the question of the extent of or public necessity for taking such land, or on the award of damages, such petition shall be served on the town clerk within 60 days after the return of the doings of the selectmen has been filed in such clerk's office and, if for a rehearing on the question of assessment, within 60 days after such assessment has been recorded in the office of the town clerk. Such proceedings shall be had on such petition as are provided in case of petitions or appeals from proceedings of the selectmen in taking lands for highway purposes, except as herein provided. The commissioners shall notify the town clerk of the time and place, when and where they will hear the matter. The Superior Court shall have power to make such order in regard to recognizance for costs as it deems necessary.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 301
App. § 151-301. Select Board; legislative body
Status: in_force

The Select Board shall constitute the legislative body of the Town and shall have all powers and authority necessary for the performance of the legislative function.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 406 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 406
App. § 409-406. Sinking fund
Status: in_force

The Board may establish and provide for a sinking fund, however denominated, for the retirement of bond issue or other debt, or to provide security for the payment thereof. When so established, it shall be kept intact and separate from other monies at the disposal of the District, and shall be accounted for as a pledged asset for the purpose of retiring or securing such obligations. The cost of payments to any sinking fund shall be included in the annual budget of the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 56 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 56
App. § 405-56. Termination of membership
Status: in_force

A member municipality may terminate its membership in the District after the expiration of one year from the date it became a member by a majority of its voters 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 must also approve the terms and conditions of this chapter for withdrawal required pursuant to subdivision (2) 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 Commissioners. Said notice shall be in writing and delivered to the Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The termination shall take effect immediately upon the following actions being carried out:

(1) A certification of the termination vote by the clerk of the terminating municipality must be delivered by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the Secretary of the District.

(2) 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;

(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.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 33 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 11 / Section 33
App. § 11-33. General provisions
Status: repealed

(a) This charter shall be a public act and may be altered, amended, or repealed by the General Assembly whenever the public good may require.

(b) All bylaws and ordinances, rules, and regulations of the City of St. Albans in force on the date when this charter takes effect shall continue in full force and effect unless and until repealed, except such as are inconsistent with the provisions of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1509 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 1509
App. § 127-1509. Reference to State statute
Status: in_force

If any matter mentioned in this charter is said to be controlled by a specific State statute, the reference to the State statute shall include the statute as amended or renumbered, or any statute substituted therefor and having similar subject matter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 253 / Section 11
App. § 253-11. Roads, sidewalks, and assessments
Status: in_force

The trustees of the Village may lay out, alter, maintain, and discontinue any street, road, lane, alley, or walk in the Village, and appraise and settle the damages therefor, causing their proceedings to be recorded in the Town Clerk's office in the Town; provided, that any person aggrieved by their proceedings shall have the like opportunity for applying to the County Court for the County of Orleans to obtain redress, as is or may be allowed by law to those aggrieved with the proceedings of the Selectboard in similar cases. The trustees in making, altering, or repairing sidewalks shall have power, subject to the ordinances and bylaws of the Village, on giving 12 days' notice to the parties of the time and place of hearing, to assess the owners of lands adjoining such sidewalk as the trustees shall judge such lands to be benefited thereby; and when they shall have made any such assessment, they shall make a report thereof, setting forth their doings in that respect; which report they shall cause to be recorded in the Town Clerk's office in the Town of Troy, and when so recorded, the amount so assessed shall be and remain a lien, in the nature of the tax, upon the lands so assessed, until the same shall be paid. From such assessment, there shall be the same right of appeal to the County Court, and the same proceedings in respect to such appeal as is provided in this section, and the final decision of the County Court in the matter of such appeal shall, when the record thereof is duly recorded as aforesaid, be a lien upon the lands so assessed as mentioned in this section; but such appeal shall not delay the making, altering, or repairing such sidewalk; and, if the owner of such lands shall neglect, for the space of six months after the final decision of the trustees, or in case of appeal to the County Court, to pay to the Village Treasurer the amount of the assessment, the trustees shall issue their warrant for the collection of the same, directed to the Village Collector of Taxes, who shall have authority to sell at public auction so much of the land as will satisfy the assessment and all legal fees, and who shall proceed in the same manner as collectors of town taxes are required by law to proceed in selling real estate at auction for the collection of town taxes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 155 / Section 23
App. § 155-23. Penalty
Status: in_force

All taxes due or payable and not paid within the time specified in section 21 of this charter shall be deemed delinquent and shall bear interest at the maximum rate allowable by State statute on the amount delinquent. In addition, a collection fee of the maximum amount allowable by State statutes on the amount delinquent shall be charged.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 120 / Section 102
App. § 120-102. Water Commission
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard shall appoint a three-member board that shall serve as the Board of Water Commissioners, at least one of whom shall be a member of the Selectboard. The members shall serve staggered three-year terms.

(b) The Board of Water Commissioners shall supervise the Water Department and shall have all other duties and powers established by the general laws of the State, except that changes to water rates and the compensation of Water Department personnel shall require the consent of the Selectboard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 166 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 166
App. § 3-166. Meetings
Status: in_force

Said Board shall, by general regulations, provide for the holding of regular meetings. The Clerk shall call special meetings whenever a majority of the commissioners concur in requesting him or her so to do. All meetings of the Board of School Commissioners shall be open to the public except when an executive session is deemed advisable by a majority of the Board for discussion of appointments, disciplinary action, or termination of contracts of school personnel, and except when an executive session is deemed advisable by a majority of the Board for consultation with the Board's attorney on legal matters or for communication of collective bargaining instructions to the duly appointed negotiator for the Board.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129F / Section 4
App. § 129F-4. Separability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of the charter shall not be affected thereby.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 26a — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 26a
App. § 403-26a. Grand juror
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors may appoint a grand juror who shall inquire into any person's offenses under the District's regulations or applicable law and present them to the proper authority. If the Attorney General or a State's Attorney is unwilling to prosecute the offenses, the grand juror may do so. For these purposes, the grand juror shall have the same authority within the District as a State's Attorney. The grand juror shall not be a member of the Board of Supervisors.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 719 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 719
App. § 19-719. Local option tax
Status: in_force

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

(1) a one-percent meals and alcoholic beverages tax;

(2) a one-percent rooms tax;

(3) a one-percent sales tax.

(b) Any local option tax assessed under subsection (a) of this section shall be collected and administered and may be rescinded as provided by the general laws of this State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 105 / Section 21
App. § 105-21. Scope
Status: in_force

In pertinent part, this charter provides the following subchapters:

(3) General provisions.

(4) Town officers.

(5) Conflict of interest.

(6) Vacancies in elected and appointed offices.

(7) Special procedures.

(8) Removal of elected or appointed Town officers.

(9) The adoption of an Administrative Code.

(10) The separability of any charter section or its parts.

(11) Procedure for the amendment of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 205 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 205
App. § 409-205. Regular meetings
Status: in_force

A schedule of regular meetings of the Board shall be established at its annual organizational meeting. The schedule shall be sent to the clerk of each member for posting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 16 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 175 / Section 16
App. § 175-16. Specific prohibitions
Status: in_force

A Town officer who is disqualified by virtue of a conflict of interest shall not vote upon, participate in the discussion of, or otherwise sit as a member of any board, commission, or committee upon the matter from which he or she is disqualified. He or she may, however, enter an appearance as a party and be heard in all respects as a member of the public may be heard in the same proceeding.
24 V.S.A. § 3684 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 105 / Section 3684
§ 3684. Indebtedness
Status: in_force

(a) General obligations. A consolidated sewer district may incur indebtedness as provided by chapter 53, subchapter 1 of this title and by chapter 101 of this title for the purpose of paying the cost of a sewer system and improvements to the sewer system or for funding or refunding, including the payment of premium, any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued or assumed by the district. The limits on indebtedness in chapter 53 of this title or otherwise shall not apply to indebtedness incurred or assumed by a consolidated district for the purposes of this chapter.

(b) Joint and several obligations. Obligations incurred under chapter 53, subchapter 1 of this title and chapter 101 of this title by a consolidated sewer district shall be the joint and several obligations of the district and the member towns composing it. However, as among the member towns, their respective shares of the obligation shall be apportioned and paid in the manner provided in this chapter. Any joint or several liability incurred by a member town under this chapter shall not be considered in determining its debt limit for its separate purposes. Notwithstanding the limitations in sections 1755 and 1759 of this title, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of a consolidated sewer district may be authorized by a majority of the voters present and voting on the question at a district meeting, may be paid in not more than 30 years from their date of issue, may be made callable at the option of the district with or without premium, and the serial maturities of those bonds or evidences of indebtedness may be so arranged that beginning with the first year in which principal is payable, the amount of principal and interest payable in any year shall be as nearly equal as is practicable according to the denominations in which the bonds or other evidences of indebtedness are issued.

(c) Obligations payable solely from revenue. In addition to authority granted in this section, a consolidated sewer district may issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness under chapter 53, subchapter 2 of this title. However, no such bonds payable solely from revenues shall be issued while the district has outstanding any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness for which the district and the member towns are jointly and severally liable as provided in this chapter, except notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued temporarily in anticipation of revenue.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 303 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129D / Section 303
App. §§ 129C-303. Water and Wastewater Board of Commissioners
Status: in_force

A three-member board shall serve as the Water and Wastewater Board of Commissioners, of whom one shall be an appointed Selectboard member and two shall be residents served by the Town water or wastewater systems, or both, who are elected by the ratepayers of such systems. Terms of these members shall be for three years each.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 206 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 206
App. § 117-206. Record of proceedings
Status: in_force

(Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-208 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. March 29, 2024.)

(a) An official record of the proceedings of the Selectboard shall be kept by its Clerk, who need not be a member of the Selectboard, which shall be kept in the office of the Town Clerk and shall be open for public inspection. The Town Clerk shall keep official record of the proceedings of all special and annual Town meetings.

(b) The minutes of each meetings shall be approved by the Board at its next meeting and the official copy authenticated by the signature of the Clerk of the Board. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 117-205 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 2
App. § 403-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The District is created and shall exist for the purpose of providing for the efficient, economical, and environmentally sound resource recovery, waste reduction, recycling, or disposal of solid waste generated by member municipalities and their residents.
24 V.S.A. § 2299c — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2299c
§ 2299c. Determination by legislative body of district
Status: in_force

(a) No solid waste management district shall exercise the authority conferred on it by this subchapter until after the legislative body of the district has voted at a regular or special meeting warned for that purpose to adopt a resolution setting forth the necessity for the taking and the compensation to be paid.

(b) A public hearing shall be held for the purpose of receiving suggestions and recommendations from the public prior to the legislative body's reaching the judgment required in subsection (a) of this section. The hearing shall be conducted by the legislative body. Public notice shall be given by printing the official notice not less than 30 days prior to the hearing in a newspaper having general circulation in the area affected. A copy of the notice shall be mailed to the legislative body of the municipalities affected and a copy sent by certified mail to known owners of lands and rights in land proposed to be condemned. The notice shall set forth the purpose for which the land or rights are desired. At the hearing the legislative body shall hear and consider all objections, suggestions for changes, and recommendations made by any person interested.

(c) If the legislative body determines the necessity of the taking and the compensation to be paid, it shall cause the property to be acquired or affected to be surveyed.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1003 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 1003
App. § 129-1003. Preparation and submission of the capital budget
Status: in_force

(a) At least 120 days before the date of the regular annual Town and School District meeting, each department or commission head shall submit to the Town Manager, in the case of the Town, and the Superintendent of the School District, in the case of the School District, a proposed budget for their review and revision.

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

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

(2) Revenue. An itemized statement of estimated revenues from all sources, including taxes for funding the capital budget.

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

(c) Capital Improvement Plan. A Capital Improvement Plan shall be implemented for the collection of impact fees. This plan shall be implemented by the creation of a Town ordinance adopted by the Selectboard to include School District capital improvements.

(1) The Capital Improvement Plan shall show anticipated capital expenditures, financing, and tax requirements for the next five fiscal years.

(2) In the event a Capital Improvement Plan is implemented and impact fees are collected, the most current fiscal year of the Capital Improvement Plan shall become the capital budget to be submitted to the voters.

(3) In the event a Capital Improvement Plan is implemented and impact fees are collected, subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be followed to create year five of the capital plan.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 26 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 26
App. § 261-26. Duties of listers of Town of Barton respecting real estate within Village limits
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the listers of the Town of Barton in making their assessments of real estate in said Town to designate in the list by them made, the real estate situated within the Village of Orleans; and in case any piece or parcel of real estate is situated partly within and partly without the limits of said Village, said listers shall designate in said list the appraised value of the real estate which lies within said limits.
24 V.S.A. § 4551 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4551
§ 4551. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Bank” means the Vermont Bond Bank established by section 4571 of this title.

(2) “Bonds” means bonds of the Bank issued under this chapter.

(3) “County” means any county of the State.

(4) “General Fund” means the fund established under section 4676 of this title.

(5) “Governmental unit” means any county, municipality, or public body.

(6) “Issue,” when used in reference to bonds or notes, means the physical delivery thereof or the effectuation thereof in book entry form, in each case against payment therefor.

(7) “Municipal bond” means a bond or note or evidence of debt or financing arrangement of a governmental unit, including a bond, note, or evidence of debt, constituting a general obligation of a governmental unit, but does not include any bond or note or evidence of debt issued by any other state or any public body or municipal corporation thereof.

(8) “Municipality” means any city, town, village, town school district, incorporated school district, union school district, or other school district, fire district, consolidated sewer district, consolidated water district, or solid waste district organized under the laws of the State, and also includes every municipal corporation identified in subdivision 1751(1) of this title.

(9) “Notes” means any notes of the Bank issued under this chapter.

(10) “Public body” means any public body corporate and politic or any political subdivision of the State established under any law of the State.

(11) “Reserve Fund” means the Vermont Bond Bank Reserve fund established under section 4671 of this title.

(12) “Revenues” means all fees, charges, monies, profits, payments of principal of or interest on municipal bonds and revenue bonds and other investments, gifts, grants, contributions, appropriations, and all other income derived or to be derived by the Bank under this chapter.

(13) “Revenue bond” means a bond or note or evidence of debt constituting an obligation or financing arrangement of a governmental unit authorized under laws of the State and payable solely from revenues derived from the financed asset, enterprise funds, or other specified revenues and the earnings thereon.

(14) “Revenue Bond Reserve Fund” means the Vermont Bond Bank Revenue Bond Reserve Fund established under section 4681 of this title.

(15) “Revenue Fund” means the Vermont Bond Bank Revenue Fund established under section 4683 of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 226 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 226
App. § 3-226. Composition; appointment; term
Status: in_force

The Board of Light Commissioners, which Board may also be properly referred to as the Board of Electric Commissioners, shall consist of five legal voters of said City, who shall be appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding to serve for the term of three years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified, except as herein otherwise provided.
24 V.S.A. § 3309 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 89 / Section 3309
§ 3309. Bond issue
Status: in_force

Any municipal corporation that is authorized by any general or special law to acquire and maintain a water system may issue its bonds for water purposes pursuant to such law, without regard to any restrictions thereon prescribed by this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 116 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 116
App. § 123-116. Intergovernmental relations
Status: in_force

The Town, through its Selectboard, may enter into any agreement with the United States of America or the State of Vermont, or both, or with any subdivision, department, agency, or activity of the United States of America or the State of Vermont, or both, to make public improvements within the Town, or upon property or rights of the Town outside its corporate limits, whether owned by the Town as sole owner or owned by the Town in common with another municipality or other municipalities, and may make appropriations consistent with this charter to accomplish this purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 405 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 405
App. § 131-405. Oath of office
Status: in_force

All elective officials and all police officers of the Town shall, before assuming office, take, subscribe, and file with the Town Clerk the following oath:

“I ________ solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of ________ of the Town of Plainfield to the best of my judgment and abilities, according to law, so help me God (or I so affirm).”
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 1.01
App. § 9-1.1. Legislative authority
Status: in_force

The City of Rutland is incorporated and granted the following charter.
24 V.S.A. § 3817 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 109 / Section 3817
§ 3817. Unnecessary fence; maintenance prohibited; penalty
Status: in_force

A person shall not erect or maintain an unnecessary fence or other structure for the purpose of annoying the owners of adjoining property by obstructing their view or depriving them of light or air. A person who violates a provision of this section shall be fined not more than $100.00.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 45 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 45
App. § 401-45. Australian ballot
Status: in_force

The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the District when voting is to take place.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 603 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 249 / Section 603
App. § 249-603. Voting
Status: in_force

Every person who resides within the limits of said Village and is a legal voter in Town meeting of the Town of Newfane shall be entitled to vote at any Village meeting.
24 V.S.A. § 77 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 77
§ 77. County lands; purchase; condemnation
Status: in_force

(a) Each county may acquire and own such lands and rights in lands as in the opinion of the assistant judges are needful for county purposes.

(b) A county may condemn land in situations similar to those in which a municipality may condemn under section 2805 of this title by complying with the procedures established in sections 2805 through 2812 of this title, with the assistant judges performing the duties assigned by those sections to the selectboard.

(c) In any proceeding brought by a county under subsection (b) of this section, the assistant judges shall be disqualified, and the proceeding shall be heard by the presiding judge sitting alone.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 67 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 67
App. § 126-67. Amount to be raised by property taxes
Status: in_force

After passage of the budget at the annual Town meeting, the Selectboard shall determine the amount of money to be raised by property taxes. That amount shall constitute the amount of the levy for the purposes of the Town in the corresponding fiscal year, and the Selectboard shall levy the taxes on the grand lists furnished by the listers for the corresponding tax year.
24 V.S.A. § 1899 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1899
§ 1899. Bonds as legal investments
Status: in_force

All banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking or investment business; all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business; and all executors, administrators, curators, trustees, and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking funds, monies, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by a municipality pursuant to this chapter. It is the purpose of this section to authorize any persons, political subdivisions, and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations. Nothing contained in this section with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any person of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1601 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 1601
App. § 247-1601. Effect of charter
Status: repealed

Nothing herein contained, except as specifically provided, shall affect or impair the rights or privileges of officers of the Village existing at the time the charter takes effect.

All persons holding offices at the time this charter takes effect shall continue in office and in the performance of their duties until provision has been made in accordance with the charter for the continued performance or discontinuance of such duties.

The powers conferred and the duties imposed on any office shall, if such office is abolished by this charter, or under its authority, be thereafter exercised by the office designated in the charter.

All boards and commissions heretofore existing shall continue and shall exercise such powers and duties as were granted therein until such boards or commissions are changed or abolished as provided in this charter.

All records, property, and equipment whatsoever of any office, the power and duties of which are reassigned, shall be transferred and delivered to the office to which such powers and duties are so reassigned.

All contracts entered into by the Village prior to the effective date of this charter shall continue in full force and effect.

The adoption of this charter shall not abate or otherwise affect any action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending when it takes full effect, brought by or against the Village or any office or officer thereof.

All ordinances, resolutions, and regulations of the Village in force at the time of the effective date of this charter, and not inconsistent with the provisions thereof, are hereby continued in force until the same are duly amended or repealed.

This charter or any part or article or section thereof, may be amended in the manner provided by the laws of the State of Vermont.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 24 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 239 / Section 24
App. § 239-24. Sewer and sewage system
Status: in_force

(a) The legal voters of the Village at a meeting duly warned and held for that purpose may vote to construct and maintain for the benefit of the Village a common sewer or a sewerage system and extend the same through the highways, streets, and lanes of the Village, and when necessary to obtain suitable grades, connections, water supply, outlets for flushing, and discharges, may construct and extend the same through lands of persons or corporations lying within or without the Village, upon paying suitable compensation or damages therefor; and for this purpose may take the lands of individuals or corporations.

(b) Pursuant to the vote of the Village, the trustees shall lay out and construct the sewer and system of sewerage, and extend the same from time to time as voted by the Village, and after they are constructed, they shall be under the care and control of the trustees, who shall maintain, repair, and flush the same when necessary, and for those purposes may take the lands of an individual or a corporation; and the trustees shall proceed in the same manner as is prescribed by law for a selectboard in taking lands for highways, and in awarding damages therefor. When a person or corporation shall be dissatisfied with the decision of the trustees in the award of damages for land taken for the sewer or drain, the person or corporation may petition the Bennington County Superior Court for a reassessment of the damages or compensation, and any number of persons aggrieved may join in the petition, but the petition shall not delay the laying or repairing of the sewers or drain. The petition shall be served on the Clerk of the Village within 60 days next after the award of damages shall be filed in the Clerk's office. The proceedings shall be had in the court on the petition as are provided by law for the reassessment of damages for land taken for highways, except as herein provided, and the commissioners therein provided by the court shall notify one of the trustees of the Village of the time and place when they will hear the matter.

(c) Unless otherwise provided by the Village, when the trustees by vote of the Village, as provided in this section, build or extend its sewer they may draw their orders on the Treasurer of the Village in payment therefor, and when repairs are made on the sewer, they may draw their order on the Treasurer therefor.

(d) When the public health requires it, the local Board of Health of the Village may order that any hotel, dwelling house, or other building in the Village shall be connected with the public sewer, and shall give notice in writing to the owner thereof of the order, and if the owner neglects or refuses to comply with the order within a reasonable time the owner shall be fined not more than $100.00 or less than $5.00, upon complaint of the State's Attorney or a grand juror of the Town of Manchester.

(e) The trustees of the Village may assess annually the owner of a building connected with the sewer the sum as the trustees shall think just, as a sewer rental, to be paid by the owner thereof within 60 days after notice in writing delivered to the owner, or if the owner resides out of the Village, to the tenant of the owner, or if the owner resides out of the Village and has no tenant, sent by mail to the owner at the last known post office address. The sum shall be a debt in favor of the Village against the owner of the building and may be recovered in an action of debt and shall also be a lien on the building and the land on which it stands and so much around it as is reasonably required for occupying the same.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 502 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 502
App. § 19-502. Acting City Manager
Status: in_force

By letter filed with the City Clerk, the Manager shall designate, subject to approval of the Council, a qualified City administrative officer to exercise the powers and perform the duties of Manager during a temporary absence or disability. During such absence or disability, the Council may revoke such designation at any time and appoint another officer of the City to serve until the Manager shall return or the disability shall cease.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 73 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 73
App. § 225-73. Village Treasurer
Status: in_force

(a) The Village Treasurer shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees for a one year term and shall:

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

(2) serve in the capacity of Tax Collector and, in the absence of a Delinquent Tax Collector, handle delinquencies;

(3) pay orders drawn by officials authorized to draw orders;

(4) deposit and invest funds in a financially sound manner;

(5) provide detailed financial statements and reports, as may be required by the trustees;

(6) perform any other duties required of the Treasurer by law, this charter or ordinances, and by the trustees.

(b) Before entering upon the duties of the office, the Village Treasurer shall give a bond conditioned for the faithful performance of the Treasurer's duties. The bond shall be of a sum and with such surety as prescribed and approved by the trustees, and the premium shall be paid by the Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 905 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 905
App. § 123-905. Fire Department; appointments
Status: in_force

(a) A slate of Fire Department officers, including the Fire Chief, shall be provided to the Town Manager by the Town Fire Department prior to Town Meeting as a recommendation for election by the voting residents of the Town.

(b) The Fire Chief and the Assistant Fire Chief shall be elected at large at Town Meeting.

(c) Members of the Fire Department shall be residents of the Town, unless otherwise determined by the Selectboard.
24 V.S.A. § 5052 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 125 / Section 5052
§ 5052. Name and date of establishment
Status: in_force

The date of establishment of the Retirement System shall be July 1, 1975. The System shall be known as the “Vermont Municipal Employees' Retirement System”, and by such name all of its business shall be transacted, all of its assets invested, and all of its cash and securities and other property held in trust for the purpose for which received.
24 V.S.A. § 1156 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 35 / Section 1156
§ 1156. Chattel mortgages; conditional sales; discharge of lien
Status: in_force

Within 15 days after a chattel mortgage, a sufficient memorandum of a conditional vendor's lien, or a memorandum of a discharge of such mortgage or lien has been delivered to a town clerk for recording, accompanied by the recording fee provided in 32 V.S.A. § 1671, such clerk shall record such mortgage, lien, or discharge and return the original to the person entitled thereto.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 49 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 49
App. § 901-49. Admission of additional municipalities
Status: in_force

(a) The Board, by the affirmative vote of directors representing at least two-thirds of all votes entitled to be cast on behalf of all members and comprising at least two-thirds of all possible directors (including vacancies), may authorize the inclusion of additional municipalities in the Authority upon such terms and conditions as it shall deem to be fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of the Authority.

(b) The petitioning municipality shall comply thereafter with the approval procedures specified in 24 V.S.A. chapter 121 (intermunicipal cooperation and services). If a majority of the voters of the petitioning municipality present and voting at a meeting of such municipality duly warned for such purpose shall vote to approve the agreement and the terms and conditions for admission, the vote shall be certified by the clerk of that municipality to the Secretary of the Authority, and the municipality shall be a member.
24 V.S.A. § 2812 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 77 / Section 2812
§ 2812. Title to vest on payment of damages
Status: in_force

When the damages finally awarded are paid to the person entitled thereto, title to such lands or the right to damage or affect lands shall vest in such city, town, or village for such purposes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 902 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 217 / Section 902
App. § 217-902. Assessment of tax
Status: in_force

Said Village may, at its annual meeting or at any special meeting warned for that purpose, assess a tax on the list of real and personal estate taxable therein, for any of the purposes mentioned in this charter, and shall have all the powers, and may collect such tax in such manner as is provided by law for the collection of town taxes in towns, and the trustees of said Village are to have the power and perform the duties herein required of the selectboards in towns.
24 V.S.A. § 3348 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 91 / Section 3348
§ 3348. Finances; water rates; application of revenue
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3311 of this title, the board of water commissioners of a consolidated water district shall establish rates for the water and services by meter service and all individuals, firms, and corporations, whether private, public, or municipal, shall pay to the treasurer of that district the rates and stand-by charges established by the board of water commissioners.

(2) In those districts in which water is supplied by the consolidated water district to the consumer, rates shall be uniform within the district. A wholesale consolidated water district shall set a rate that is uniform to all member towns, and it may further establish a separate schedule for nonmember users. The board of water commissioners may also enter into a contract with member and nonmember municipalities for the supply of water over a period of years.

(3) All rates shall be established so as to provide revenue for the following purposes:

(A) to pay current expenses for operating and maintaining the water systems;

(B) to provide for the payment of interest on the indebtedness created by the district;

(C) to provide each year a sum equal to not less than two percent or more than five percent of the entire indebtedness created or assumed by the district to pay for the cost of the water system and improvements to the water system, which sum shall be used to pay indebtedness maturing in that year or turned into a sinking fund and there kept to provide for the extinguishment of indebtedness of the district;

(D) to capitalize a sinking fund, the proceeds of which shall be used to match federal funds.

(4) If any surplus remains at the end of the year, it may be turned into the sinking fund or used to pay the cost of improvements to the water system.

(b) The money set aside for the sinking fund and any increment thereon shall be devoted to the retirement of obligations of the district or for the purpose of matching federal funds, or invested in such securities as savings banks or fiduciaries or trustees are now or hereafter allowed to hold. The balance of the revenue, if any, required to meet said expenses shall be apportioned among and collected from member towns as provided under this chapter.

(c) In the event that a member town in the district elects to establish a system by vote at an annual or special town meeting for fire protection, a consolidated water district may, at the expense of that town, purchase and install hydrants in the town and shall establish an annual fire protection stand-by charge for each hydrant, which charge shall be uniform throughout the district, and which shall be paid to the treasurer of the district by the member town in which the system is located. Any municipality purchasing water from a consolidated water district may, in turn, sell the water to any adjoining municipality and may set a charge for the water that takes into account, in addition to the rate paid to the consolidated water district, a sum to cover the expense of transporting the water to the purchasing municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 208 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 208
App. § 413-208. Voting
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, each member of the Board of Supervisors shall be entitled to cast one vote.

(b) The vote of the Board of Supervisors approving the siting of any solid waste disposal facility shall require an affirmative recorded vote of the Supervisor representing the town or city in which such facility is to be located, in addition to approval by two-thirds vote of the entire Board.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 101
App. § 19-101. Corporate existence retained; form of government
Status: repealed

(a) The City of Winooski as constituted by 1921 Acts and Resolves No. 314, as amended, is hereby continued to be incorporated as a body corporate and politic. The boundaries of the City are depicted on a plan recorded as Slide 10 Map 77-3 (formerly Book 2 Page 14), attached hereto as Exhibit A.

(b) The municipal government provided by this charter shall be known as a council-manager form of government. Pursuant to its provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by the State Constitution and by this charter, all powers of the City shall be vested in an elective council, hereinafter referred to as “the Council,” which shall enact ordinances, codes, and regulations; adopt budgets; determine policies; appoint the City Manager; and exercise the powers of a municipal legislative body. All powers of the City shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this charter or prescribed by ordinance or by resolution.

(c) [Repealed.]
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 50 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 50
App. § 261-50. Authority of Village to buy and sell electric current
Status: in_force

The Village of Orleans is hereby authorized to buy and sell electric current for domestic use and for mechanical purposes. It may make such regulations or bylaws relating to the conduct of such business as it deems expedient. The provisions of this charter relating to the collection of water rates or rents so far as applicable thereto are hereby extended and made applicable to the collection of rates or rents for the use of electric current and such rates or rents for the use of electric current and such rates for electric current when unpaid shall be a lien in the nature of a tax on property supplied therewith and may be collected in the same manner as a tax assessed by such Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 120 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 120
App. § 3-120. Enumerated
Status: in_force

There shall be maintained in said City a Board of Assessors consisting of the City Assessor and two legal voters of said City; a Board of Tax Appeals normally consisting of seven legal voters of said City; a Board of Public Works Commissioners consisting of seven legal voters of said City; a Board of Cemetery Commissioners, a Board of Light Commissioners, a Board of Fire Commissioners, and a Board of Health, each consisting of five legal voters of said City; a Board of Airport Commissioners consisting of five legal voters of the City of Burlington, one legal voter of the City of South Burlington, and one legal voter of the City of Winooski; a Board of Police Commissioners, consisting of seven legal voters of said City; a Board of Park and Recreation Commissioners, consisting of seven legal voters of said City; a Board of Library Commissioners consisting of 10 members; a Board of Planning Commissioners, the members of such boards to be appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding; a Board of School Commissioners consisting of 12 legal voters of said City and of the respective wards in which they are elected; and a Board of Finance to be constituted as hereinafter provided.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 107 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 107
App. § 269-107. Intergovernmental relations
Status: in_force

The Village, through its Board of Trustees, may enter into any agreement with the United States of America or the State of Vermont, or both, or with any subdivision, department, agency, or activity of the United States of America or the State of Vermont, or both, to accept grants, loans, and assistance from the United States of America or the State of Vermont, or both, or from any subdivision, department, agency, or activity of the United States of America or the State of Vermont, or both, to make public improvements within said Village, or upon property or rights of said Village outside its corporate limits, whether owned by said Village as sole owner or owned by said Village in common with another municipality or other municipalities, and may make appropriations consistent with the charter to accomplish such purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 29 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 29
App. § 901-29. Cost-sharing formula
Status: in_force

(a) Following its initial meeting, the Authority shall be charged with the creation and acceptance of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that outlines a cost-sharing formula between member municipalities.

(b) The MOU shall then be proposed to the legislative bodies of the member municipalities for adoption.

(c) It is anticipated that the framework of the MOU will include prior historical costs as well as additional items.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 1
App. § 225-1. Authority of citizens
Status: in_force

All governmental authority of the Village of Hyde Park rests with the citizens of the Village, who exercise their powers in Village meeting, and to whom the elected and appointed officers of the Village are ultimately responsible.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 31.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 31.02
App. § 9-31.2. Duties
Status: in_force

(a) The Superintendent of Schools shall be the Purchasing Agent for the School Department and shall perform such other duties in connection with the public schools as shall be assigned him or her by the Board of School Commissioners.

(b) As Purchasing Agent for the School Department, the Superintendent, or his or her designated representative, shall work in a cooperative and coordinative purchasing effort with the Rutland City Purchasing Agent when such effort will result in a benefit to the City of Rutland.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123B / Section 13
App. § 123B-13. General prohibition
Status: in_force

No elected or appointed Town officer or employee of the Town shall be beneficially interested in any matter requiring the discharge of his or her public office. The purpose of this section is to prohibit the use of public office for financial or other advantage, whether direct or indirect, by any means or methods whatsoever.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 402 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 103 / Section 402
App. § 103-402. Town Manager nonpartisan
Status: in_force

(a) The Town Manager shall be chosen solely on the basis of his or her executive, administrative, and professional qualifications.

(b) The Town Manager shall not take part in the organization or direction of a political party, serve as a member of a party committee, nor be a candidate for election to any public office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4.03 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 4.03
App. § 9-4.3. Special meetings
Status: in_force

(a) A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen may be called at any time by the Mayor. Further, a special meeting shall be called by the Mayor on petition by a majority of the Board of Aldermen.

(b) At least 24 hours' notice shall be given of each special meeting of the Board of Aldermen, except in cases of public emergency declared by the Mayor.

(c) Notice of special meetings shall be served on the aldermen by some person appointed for such purpose by:

(1) delivering to each aldermen, a true and attested copy of such call;

(2) by leaving such copy at the place of his or her usual abode; or

(3) by personal notice from the Mayor in case of declared public emergency.

(d) The Board shall first consider at the special meeting, the matter or purpose set forth in the notice for such meeting, and then any other business that may properly come before the Board of Aldermen.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 435 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 435
App. § 3-435. Same-pledge of revenues
Status: in_force

(a) Any pledge hereunder shall be valid and binding and shall be deemed continuously perfected for the purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code from the time when the pledge is made; unless otherwise provided in the resolution making the pledge, the pledge of revenues shall include any contract or other rights to receive the same, whether then existing or thereafter coming into existence and whether then held or thereafter acquired by the City, and the proceeds thereof; the revenues, rights, and proceeds so pledged and then held or thereafter acquired by the City shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery or segregation thereof or further act; and the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the City, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. The resolution by which a pledge is made need not be filed or recorded except in the records of the proceedings of the Board of Light Commissioners and no filing need be made under the Uniform Commercial Code.

(b) A resolution pledging revenues hereunder may provide for priorities among payments to be made from such revenues, whether required by statute, the City charter, such resolution, or otherwise. The pledge may include revenues otherwise accruing to particular funds established by statute or the City charter. In the event bonds are issued junior and subordinate to other bonds, revenues remaining from time to time that are permitted by the terms of the senior bonds to be used to pay or secure the junior bonds may be pledged for that purpose by the resolution under which the junior bonds are issued. A pledge of revenues under this article shall constitute a sufficient appropriation thereof for the purposes of any provision for appropriation and such revenues may be applied as required by the pledge without further appropriation.
24 V.S.A. § 4303a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4303a
§ 4303a. Computation of time
Status: in_force

Where an event is required or permitted to occur by this chapter before, on, or after a specified period of time measured from another event, in calculating the period:

(1) the first day shall not be counted; and

(2) the final day shall be counted.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 207 / Section 21
App. § 207-21. Application of water management
Status: in_force

The rents and receipts of said corporation for the use of water shall first be applied to pay the annual principal and interest as it becomes due upon water bonds issued by said corporation, and whenever such rents and receipts shall exceed the amount required to pay such principal and interest, and the interest of any other water bonds of said corporation, it shall be the duty of said corporation to pay such excess, in the necessary repairs, management, and addition to said water works; and the balance of such excess, if any, shall be applied to Water Department operations for ensuing years. Any deficit shall also be applied to Water Department operations for ensuing years.
24 V.S.A. § 991 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 33 / Section 991
§ 991. Records to be delivered to successor
Status: in_force

When a town or town school district office becomes vacant by expiration of the term of office of the incumbent, or otherwise, and a successor is elected or appointed, on demand, he or she shall be entitled to receive from the last incumbent of the office or anyone having possession of the same the records, files, books, and papers of such office, or property of the town or the town school district, as the case may be. A person having such records, files, books, papers, or other property in his or her possession who refuses for ten days after such demand to surrender the same shall be fined $10.00 for each week's refusal.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 131 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 131
App. § 3-131. Dual positions prohibited
Status: in_force

No City councilor may serve as a City employee or as a commissioner of a City department. However, a City councilor may be appointed to serve as a member of a regional board such as the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, the Chittenden Solid Waste Management District, or other similar board. No member of a commission provided for in this charter shall be eligible to serve as a member of any other such commission, except that a planning commissioner may be a member of a Development Review Board. No City employee may be a member of any commission having jurisdiction over the department in which he or she is employed, provided membership on the Retirement Board is permissible, should such employee be elected thereto. The Mayor may not be employed in any other City position, but may serve in all capacities specifically authorized by this charter. Provided further, this section shall not be read to preclude continued service, including reappointment, of any incumbent commissioner.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 401 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 142 / Section 401
App. § 142-401. Fire prevention
Status: in_force

For the prevention and control of fires, the Town of Richford may function with a volunteer fire department. Annually, the Selectboard shall appoint, based on recommendations from the Firefighters' Association, three fire wardens. These appointments shall be made within 30 days of the day the Selectboard receives the Association's recommendations. Annually, the fire wardens shall choose the Chief and other officers of the volunteer fire department.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 304 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 304
App. § 1-304. Role of Council in relation to administrative service appointment of committees
Status: in_force

It is the intention of this charter that the City Council shall act in matters as a body. The Council shall deal with the administrative service solely through the Manager and shall not give orders to any subordinates of the Manager, either publicly or privately. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the City Council from appointing committees or commissions of its own members, or of citizens to conduct investigations into the conduct of any officer or department, or any matter relating to the welfare of the City, and delegating to such committee or commissions such powers of inquiry as the City Council may deem necessary.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 44 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 44
App. § 126-44. Polling places
Status: in_force

In any annual or special Town meeting held to elect officers and vote on all questions to be decided by Australian ballot, the Board of Civil Authority shall establish polling places as it determines are required.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 117 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 117
App. § 3-117. Order of succession; Mayor to notify Chief Administrative Officer of his or her intended absence
Status: in_force

In case of a temporary absence of the Mayor from the City or the Mayor's temporary inability to serve, the President of the City Council shall act as Mayor. It shall be the duty of the Mayor to give the Chief Administrative Officer due notice of the temporary absence of the Mayor from the City and of his or her return, and said Chief Administrative Officer shall duly notify the President of the City Council thereof. In case of the temporary absence from the City or temporary inability to serve of the President of the City Council, the City Attorney shall act as Mayor.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 1
App. § 219-1. Corporate body politic; boundaries
Status: in_force

The ratable estate, included within the limits of School District Number Seven, in Enosburgh, in the County of Franklin, and all other estate therein included, is hereby incorporated and shall hereafter be known by the name of the Village of Enosburg Falls, and the inhabitants of the Village are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, with all the usual powers incident to public corporations, to be known by the name of the Village of Enosburg Falls, and may alter the bounds of the Village with the consent of the persons whose residence or property will be included or excluded thereby, the consent being first recorded in the Town Clerk's office in Enosburgh, provided the bounds of the Village shall not be altered except at a meeting duly called and warned for that purpose.
24 V.S.A. § 3402 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 95 / Section 3402
§ 3402. Construction; taking land
Status: in_force

With the proper officers of such municipality the selectboard shall cause the same to be constructed, and, for such purpose, may enter upon and construct the same upon private land under the same proceedings as are prescribed for the taking of lands by selectmen for highway purposes. They shall make return of their doings and of the damages awarded by them to the office of the town clerk to be there recorded.
24 V.S.A. § 3265 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 87 / Section 3265
§ 3265. Liability of municipality
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality that incurs indebtedness for or otherwise finances projects under this subchapter shall not be liable for the failure of performance of a project.

(b) A municipality that incurs indebtedness for bonding under this subchapter shall pledge the full faith and credit of the municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 2
App. § 126-2. Applicability of general law
Status: in_force

Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any lawful regulation or ordinance of the Town, all provisions of the statutes of the State of Vermont relating to municipalities, as the same may be amended from time to time, shall apply to the Town.
24 V.S.A. § 1963 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 58 / Section 1963
§ 1963. Authority of municipalities
Status: in_force

The legislative body of any municipality may create within its jurisdiction a community justice center to resolve civil disputes and address the wrongdoings of individuals who have committed municipal, juvenile, or criminal offenses. A municipality may designate an organization to act as its community justice center.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 279 / Section 9
App. § 279-9. Village Manager
Status: in_force

(a) The Village hereby adopts the town manager form of government set forth in 24 V.S.A. chapter 37, which form of government shall continue unless amended by the voters in the manner provided by law.

(b) The Board of Trustees shall appoint a Village Manager who shall have all the authority, duties, and responsibilities conferred upon a town manager by the general law of the State of Vermont. All Village departments shall report directly to the Village Manager.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 406 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 406
App. § 414-406. Collection
Status: in_force

(a) Annually on or before the first day of February, the Treasurer of the District shall issue and present a warrant to the legislative body of each member municipality requiring that the amount of the tax to be paid to him or her in accordance with the schedule for payments adopted by the Board of Supervisors. The legislative body of each member municipality shall draw an order on the municipal treasurer shall pay to the District Treasurer the amount of the order in accordance with the schedule for payments adopted by the Board of Supervisors.

(b) If any member municipality shall fail to pay when due any tax assessed against it by the District, it shall incur a penalty of eight percent of the amount due plus interest at the rate of one percent per month. The penalty and interest, together with the amount due, court costs, and reasonable attorney's fees of the District, may be recovered by the District in a civil action under this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 86 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 86
App. § 3-86. Summary of assessed valuations to be made and constitute an abstract
Status: in_force

The assessors shall endorse on each individual list, a summary of the assessed valuation of the real estate and of the assessed valuation of the personal property specified in the list, after appraising all additions to such list and making all deductions therefrom required by law, and a statement of the total amount at which all of such property, after appraising all additions and making all deductions, will be placed in the property grand list. Such summary and real estate valuation record shall constitute and serve as an abstract of that list and no other or further abstract or abstracts of individual lists shall be required. Upon the completion of all such abstracts, said assessors shall make and sign and place on file, in their office, a certificate that according to their best information and belief, all real estate situate in said City and not exempt from taxation has been set down in the individual lists of taxpayers; that they have appraised all additions thereto and made all deductions therefrom required by law; that according to their best information and belief, the amount of all taxable personal estate of each person, partnership, or corporation named in the individual lists has been set down therein and that said assessors have completed the abstracts of individual lists and filed the same in their office.
24 V.S.A. § 3119 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 83 / Section 3119
§ 3119. Powers of judge
Status: in_force

The presiding judge of the Superior Court may restrain the construction, alteration, maintenance, or use of a building or structure in violation of the provisions of an ordinance or bylaws of a municipality, and order its removal or abatement as a nuisance. Such judge may restrain the further construction, alteration, or repair of a building or structure reported to be unsafe under a survey authorized by section 3115 of this title, until the matter is determined as provided in section 3117 of this title.
24 V.S.A. § 5608 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 137 / Section 5608
§ 5608. Agricultural Fairs and Field Days Capital Projects Competitive Grants Program
Status: in_force

(a) Grant guidelines. The following guidelines shall apply to capital grants made for Vermont agricultural fairs and field days projects pursuant to this section:

(1) Grants shall be competitively awarded to capital projects that relate to Vermont agricultural fairs and field days operating a minimum of three consecutive, eight-hour days per year.

(2) A project for which a grant is awarded shall have a minimum useful life of 20 years and shall be completed within two years of the execution of a contract to perform work authorized by the grant.

(3) A grant recipient shall contribute matching funds or in-kind services in an amount equal to 15 percent or more of the value of the grant.

(b) There is established an Agricultural Fairs and Field Days Capital Program Advisory Committee to administer and coordinate grants made pursuant to this section. The Committee shall include:

(1) two members appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets;

(2) one member appointed by the Commissioner of Forests, Parks and Recreation;

(3) two members appointed by the Vermont Fair and Field Days Association;

(4) one member appointed by the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing;

(5) one member of the Vermont Senate appointed by the Committee on Committees; and

(6) one member of the Vermont House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House.

(c) Administration.

(1) The Advisory Committee created in subsection (b) of this section shall have the authority to award grants in its sole discretion; provided, however, that the Committee may consider whether to award partial awards to all applicants that meet Program criteria established by the Committee.

(2) The Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall provide administrative and technical support to the Committee for purposes of administering grants awarded under this section.
24 V.S.A. § 4445 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4445
§ 4445. Availability and distribution of documents
Status: in_force

Current copies of plans, bylaws, and capital budgets and programs shall be available to the public during normal business hours in the office of the clerk of any municipality in which those plans, bylaws, or capital budgets or programs have been adopted. The municipality shall provide all final adopted bylaws, amendments, or repeals to the regional planning commission of the area in which the municipality is located and to the Department of Commerce and Community Development, which may be done electronically, provided the sender has proof of receipt.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 245 / Section 9
App. § 245-9. Audit of Village officers
Status: in_force

The accounts and vouchers of the officers of the corporation shall be professionally audited, and the audit shall be printed each year in the annual report of the Village of Morrisville.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 408 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 408
App. § 407-408. Capital reserve fund
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors may establish and provide for a capital reserve fund to pay in full or in part for public improvements, replacement of worn-out buildings and equipment, and planned and unplanned major repairs of a management facility, in furtherance of the purpose for which the District was created. Any such capital reserve fund shall be kept in a separate account and invested as are other public funds and shall be expended for such purposes for which established. The cost of payments to any capital reserve fund shall be included in the annual budget of the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10.03 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 10.03
App. § 107-10.3. Election of Town Meeting members; certification of voters; Town Meeting membership; notice; qualification; responsibilities
Status: in_force

(a)(1) At the first election of Town Meeting members to be held on the first Tuesday in March after the acceptance of this subchapter, the qualified voters of each district shall elect three Town Meeting members for every 180 voters or major fraction thereof, subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section. The first one-third elected in each district, in order of the number of votes received, shall serve for three years; the second one-third in the order of election shall serve for two years; and the remaining one-third in the order of election shall be elected to serve for one year. In the event of a tie vote the term of such members shall be designated by lot, and the presiding officer of the district shall certify the designation. All Town Meeting members shall serve for terms commencing on the day of their election.

(2) Annually thereafter, on the first Tuesday in March, the voters and youth voters of each district shall in like manner elect for the term of three years one Town Meeting member for every 180 voters or major fraction thereof and shall also in like manner fill for the unexpired term or terms any vacancy or vacancies then existing in the number of Town Meeting members in such district, subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section.

(3) The presiding officer of each district shall certify to the Town Clerk the results of the election in his or her district.

(b) On the 15th day of December of any year in which said districts are established, revised, or changed, the Selectboard shall certify to the Town Clerk the total number of voters in each district and the total number of Town Meeting members each district is entitled to elect.

(c) The total number of Town Meeting members shall in no event be more than 140 nor less than 100. If the total number of Town Meeting members on the basis set forth in subsection (a) of this section would be more than 140 or less than 100, then the Selectboard shall revise the proportion of representation so that the total number of Town Meeting members shall be no more than 140 nor less than 100, and the Selectboard shall set forth such proportion in their certification to the Town Clerk provided for in subsection (b) of this section.

(d) After every election of Town Meeting members the Town Clerk shall forthwith mail to each member a notice of his or her election.

(e) Every Town Meeting member shall be a qualified voter or youth voter in the Town and living in the district from which the member is chosen at the time of the member's election.

(f) In addition to the elected Town Meeting members hereinbefore provided for, the following shall be members ex officio: the Selectboard, school directors, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Moderator, and Town Representatives who are residents of Brattleboro.

(g) A person shall not vote for Town Meeting members, Town officers, or upon any other matter unless his or her name appears upon the check list prepared for such meeting.

(h) Town Meeting members shall be expected to attend the annual Town Meeting, all special Town meetings, and any other meetings where issues affecting Brattleboro taxpayers are voted on and all other relevant informational meetings.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 285 / Section 2
App. § 285-2. Alteration of boundaries
Status: in_force

The inhabitants of the Village may alter the bounds of the Village with the written consent of the persons whose residence or property will be included or excluded thereby, such written consent and alteration being first recorded in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Newbury, and with the approval of the Town of Newbury as evidenced by the majority vote of the Town in Town meeting duly warned. If the Town of Newbury votes such approval, the consent, alteration, and the vote of the Town of Newbury shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Village, and upon such recording, the alterations in the bounds of the Village so made shall become effective.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 105 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 105
App. § 113-105. Ordinances; enforcement; adoption
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard may provide monetary penalties or injunctive relief for the breach of any ordinance authorized by general law or this charter; may prosecute any person violating the same through the Town legal counsel or police officers who for such purposes shall be informing officers and may maintain actions to restrain actual or threatened violations of the same. The establishment of any fine or penalty shall be by ordinance.

(b) Ordinance-making authority granted to the Town by this charter and general law shall be exercised in accordance with sections 106 through 109 of the charter.
24 V.S.A. § 4765 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 120 / Section 4765
§ 4765. Application for loans to municipalities
Status: in_force

The application shall be supported by data covering:

(1) a description of the project;

(2) a description of the engineering service to be performed;

(3) an explanation of the need for the project;

(4) an estimate of the cost of the project;

(5) the amount of advance requested;

(6) a schedule for project implementation; and

(7) such other information and assurances as the Department may require.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 157 / Section 1
App. § 157-1. Corporate existence retained
Status: in_force

The inhabitants of the Town of Waitsfield, within the corporate limits as now established, shall constitute and continue to be a municipal corporation by the name of the Town of Waitsfield.
24 V.S.A. § 2691 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 73 / Section 2691
§ 2691. Aid to social services for town residents
Status: in_force

At a meeting duly warned for that purpose, a town or incorporated village may appropriate such sums of money as it deems necessary for the support of social service programs and facilities within that town for its residents. Social service programs, for which a town or incorporated village may appropriate sums of money, include: transportation, nutrition, medical, child care, and other rehabilitative services for persons with low incomes, elders, children, persons with disabilities, persons with a substance use disorder, and persons requiring employment to eliminate their need for public assistance. The authority herein granted is not in derogation of other local powers to allocate funds.
24 V.S.A. § 4774 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 120 / Section 4774
§ 4774. Contractual authority; reports
Status: repealed

(a) The Secretary and VEDA may enter into agreements on behalf of the State with agencies of the United States as may be necessary to obtain grants and awards in furtherance of the stated purposes of the loan fund created under section 4753 of this title, provided that notification of each such agreement shall be made to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations while the General Assembly is in session, and at other times to the Chair of the Joint Fiscal Committee, and that any such grant or award has been approved pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 5.

(b) [Repealed.]
24 V.S.A. § 3216 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 85 / Section 3216
§ 3216. Property exempt from taxes and from levy and sale by virtue of an execution
Status: in_force

(a) All property of a municipality, including funds, owned or held by it for the purposes of this chapter shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall judgment against a municipality be a charge or lien upon such property; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given pursuant to this act by a municipality on its rents, fees, grants, or revenues from urban renewal projects.

(b) The property of a municipality, acquired or held for the purposes of this chapter, is declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes and such property shall be exempt from all taxes of the municipality, the county, the State, or any political subdivision thereof; provided, that such tax exemption shall terminate when the municipality sells, leases, or otherwise disposes of such property in an urban renewal area to a purchaser or lessee which is not a public body entitled to tax exemption with respect to such property.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 282 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 282
App. § 3-282. Powers and duties of Health Officer
Status: in_force

The Health Officer shall have all the powers and perform all the duties conferred or imposed upon health officers under the general laws of this State, and such other powers and duties as may be presented by said Board of Health or by any ordinance or bylaws of said City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 47 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 47
App. § 149-47. Budget Advisory Committee; budget process
Status: in_force

The Selectboard shall appoint a Budget Advisory Committee that shall be composed of not less than five and not more than nine registered voters of the Town at least six months before the scheduled date of the annual Town meeting. The Budget Advisory Committee shall be governed by operating procedures established by the Selectboard.
24 V.S.A. § 3112 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 83 / Section 3112
§ 3112. Penalty
Status: in_force

A person who violates a provision of this chapter or willfully disobeys a written order of a building inspector shall be fined not more than $200.00, provided such order has not been set aside or modified by a court or by a board of arbitrators, or by an order or decree of either such court or board of arbitrators made on appeal thereto.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 43 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 43
App. § 3-43. Composition; Board for Registration of Voters; duties; appointments; offices
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The City Council with Mayor presiding shall constitute the Board of Civil Authority for the City, except that all duties with respect to preparing checklists of voters and making additions thereto or alterations or corrections thereon imposed upon the Council by this charter or the provisions of the general statutes relating thereto shall be performed by a board of 12 members, to be known as the Board for Registration of Voters.

(2) Not more than six members of the Board shall at any one time be from the same political party.

(b)(1) All members of the Board shall be legal voters of the City and shall serve a term of five years.

(2) Terms shall be staggered so that in June in each year the City Council with Mayor presiding shall appoint no more than three members of the Board depending upon the expiration of terms to serve for a term of five years from the July first next succeeding or until his or her or their successor(s) is or are duly appointed and qualified.

(3) Vacancies in the Board for any cause shall be filled by appointment by the City Council with Mayor presiding for the balance of the unexpired term.

(c)(1) The records of the Board shall be maintained in an office in the City Hall of the City or another location determined by the Chief Administrative Officer that is open for business during the regular business hours of the City.

(2) The Board shall advise any petitioner whose application to vote has been rejected or whose name has been removed from the checklist of his or her statutory right to seek judicial review of such decision pursuant to 17 V.S.A. § 2148.

(3) The Board shall also appoint a Clerk, who need not be a member thereof, who shall have such duties as the Board may assign.

(4) Records of the taking of voter's oaths heretofore kept by the City Clerk shall be transferred to the Clerk of the Board.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 201 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 249 / Section 201
App. § 249-201. Elections and terms of officers
Status: in_force

The officers of said corporation shall be a Board of three trustees, a Clerk, a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, an Auditor, and a Fire Marshal, all of which officers shall be chosen by ballot at each annual meeting of the legal voters of the said corporation or at a special meeting as hereafter provided. The term of office of said officers shall be one year and until their successors are elected. Any vacancy in a Village office may be filled by the Board of Trustees by appointment in writing, recorded by the Clerk.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 606 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 606
App. § 409-606. Extramunicipal waste
Status: in_force

No member may dispose of solid waste from outside its geographical limits without the prior approval of the Board.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 305 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 305
App. § 113-305. Overrule of ordinances
Status: in_force

All ordinances shall be subject to overrule by a special Town meeting, as follows; if, within 20 days after final passage by the Selectboard of any such ordinance, a petition signed by voters of the Town not less in number than 10 percent of the largest number of votes cast by Australian ballot at the last annual Town meeting is filed with the Town Clerk requesting its reference to a special Town meeting, the Selectboard shall fix the time and place of such meeting, which shall be not less than 30 nor more than 40 days after the filing of the petition and notice thereof shall be given in the manner provided by law in the calling of a special Town meeting. An ordinance so referred shall become effective upon the conclusion of such meeting unless voters not less in number than 10 percent of the largest number of votes cast by Australian ballot at the last annual Town meeting and constituting a majority of those voting thereon, shall have voted against the ordinance.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 148 / Section 5
App. § 148-5. Severability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of the charter shall not be affected thereby.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 40 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 40
App. § 901-40. Signing of warning
Status: in_force

The original warning of any annual or special meeting of the Authority shall be signed by the Secretary and Chair of the Board.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 801 / Section 7
App. § 801-7. Annual budget and assessments
Status: in_force

(a) On or before February 15 in each year, the Board of Commissioners shall prepare a budget for the Authority for the next fiscal year, which shall include an estimate of the revenue of the Authority from fares and other sources, except membership assessments, and the expenses for the next fiscal year, including debt service, and at such time the Board of Commissioners shall call a meeting of the residents of its members for the purpose of presenting the proposed budget and inviting discussion thereon. The meeting shall be held at a place within the County and shall be warned by a notice published in a newspaper of general circulation in the County at least 15 days prior to the meeting. The notice shall contain a copy of the proposed budget, and members of the legislative body of each member municipality shall be notified of the meeting by certified mail.

(b) Annually, following the meeting provided in subsection (a) of this section, the Board of Commissioners shall review the proposed budget of the Authority in light of any discussion thereon at the meeting and shall then adopt the budget with or without changes.

(c) The Treasurer of the Authority, following adoption of the budget, shall apportion the sums required to be contributed by each member municipality according to the formula for apportionment. The formula for apportionment may be changed by the Board of Commissioners with the concurrence of the legislative bodies of at least three-quarters of the member municipalities.

(d) The Treasurer of the Authority shall immediately notify the treasurer of each member municipality and the chair of the legislative body in each member municipality of the amount of such assessment, and the member municipality shall add such assessment to its own budget and shall assess such tax as is necessary to raise the amount of the assessment. The amount of the assessment in each member municipality shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Authority on or before July 15 in each year.

(e) In the event that the budget of the Authority in any year becomes insufficient to support the operations of the Authority, the Board of Commissioners may assess the member municipalities for additional sums, apportioned in the manner provided in this section, but such additional assessment shall require the approval of all the legislative bodies in the member municipalities.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 302
App. § 153-302. Annual Town report and warning
Status: in_force

Copies of the annual Town report and warning shall be made available not later than 10 days prior to the annual meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 308 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 308
App. § 123-308. Bonding of officers
Status: in_force

All officers of the Town required to be bonded by State law shall be so bonded.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 212 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 212
App. § 413-212. Compensation of members of Board of Supervisors
Status: in_force

Each member municipality shall pay to its representatives to the Board of Supervisors such reimbursement of expenses as it shall determine reasonable.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1213 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1213
App. § 5-1213. Property tax credits; sprinklers
Status: in_force

By resolution or ordinance, the City Council may grant credits equal to no more than 10 percent of the annual municipal property tax, or reductions of up to 10 percent of the appraised valuation, for residential and nonresidential buildings equipped with an operating fire sprinkler system approved by the Fire Chief in accordance with applicable codes and ordinances.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 78 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 78
App. § 235-78. Adoption of bylaws, regulations, and rates
Status: in_force

The Board of Water Commissioners, as aforesaid, may make and adopt such bylaws and regulations concerning the management and use of such aqueduct, reservoirs, and appurtenances, not inconsistent with law, as it may deem expedient, including the fixing and collecting of water rates subject, however to the approval of the Public Service Commission as to the amount of said rates outside the Village; and the said water rates so fixed shall, until paid, be and remain a lien upon the premises of the parties so furnished with water in like manner as real estate is by law held for other Village taxes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 505 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 505
App. § 5-505. Conduct of elections
Status: in_force

The City Clerk and Board of Civil Authority shall conduct elections in accordance with general laws of the State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 14a — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 7 / Section 14a
App. § 7-14a. Collector of Taxes
Status: in_force

The Collector of Taxes shall have the same powers and be subject to the same liabilities in and for the City as collectors of town taxes in the State have by law and are subject to, and shall proceed in the performances of his or her duties as such collectors of town taxes are required to proceed. It shall be the duty of the Collector of Taxes of said City to execute such warrants as shall be issued by the City Treasurer under the provisions of section 14 of this charter, and return the same to said Treasurer and the amount thereon collected, with the return of his or her doing thereon within the time, therein named; provided, however, that if the said Treasurer shall make an affidavit that any person, whose name appears on the rate-bill as a taxpayer, is about to remove or abscond from the State, and shall file the same with the City Council, the Treasurer may thereupon issue a warrant against such taxpayer for the amount of his or her tax, although the 90 days hereinbefore mentioned shall not have then expired, and it shall be the duty of the said Collector to execute the warrant. The City Council may award said Tax Collector such compensation as they may determine to be appropriate.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 8
App. § 149-8. Licenses; fees; charges; user fees; fees for service
Status: repealed

(a) The Selectboard shall have the sole authority for the setting of all fees, charges, user fees, or fees for services, related to Town government, except those prescribed by State statute relating to the Office of the Town Clerk or otherwise provided for in this charter.

(b)-(d) [Repealed.]

(e) No officer of the Town shall collect fees or monetary prerequisites for the Town officer's own use, and all fees or charges shall be accrued to Town funds.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 33.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 33.01
App. § 9-33.1. Location and management
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the City, acting through the Board of School Commissioners, to provide and maintain suitable school facilities for the accommodation of all the public schools of the City. The location and construction of school facilities, and the management, sale, and purchase of school property shall be under the control of the school commissioners, subject to the limitations upon their power of incurring liabilities on behalf of the City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1106 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 1106
App. § 131-1106. Reference to statute
Status: in_force

If any matter mentioned in this charter is said to be controlled by a special statute, the reference to such statute shall include the statute as amended or renumbered, or any statute substituted therefor and having a similar subject matter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 13
App. § 901-13. Vacancy
Status: in_force

(a) A director may resign at any time by notice to the Chair of the Authority. In cases of municipal directors, notice shall also be given to the legislative body of the municipality represented.

(b) The Board may declare, by written certification to the legislative body of a member, a vacancy for the position of the director from that member after the director has failed to attend three unexcused, consecutive meetings of the Board within one year beginning in March and ending in February of the subsequent year.

(c) Upon resignation, death, certification of vacancy by the Board, or removal from the municipality by a director, the legislative body of that member shall appoint within 45 days a director for the remainder of the term of such director. The appointment shall be certified by the clerk of the member to the Secretary of the Authority.

(d) Each vacancy or withdrawal of a member shall reduce the number of directors needed to constitute a quorum or binding vote of the Authority.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 206a — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 106 / Section 206a
App. § 106-206a. Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners
Status: in_force

(a) The supervision, management, control, and operation of the Village public water supply system, the Village public sewage system, and the Town water and sewage systems shall be vested in the Water and Sewer Department of the Town of Bradford, which shall be governed by a Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners consisting of five persons, each of whom shall be a ratepayer and a resident of the Town of Bradford.

(b) The initial Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners shall be the incumbent Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners in office upon the date of approval of this charter by the General Assembly, each to serve the remainder of the respective term. Upon the expiration of the respective term of each initial Water and Sewer commissioner, successor commissioners shall be elected by Bradford resident ratepayers at the annual Town meeting for a term of five years each. Any vacancy among the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners shall be filled by appointment of the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners until the next annual Town meeting.

(c) To the fullest extent provided by law, the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners shall have authority over and responsibility for the public water supply system and the public sewer system, including the power to establish and impose rates and charges, to adopt rules and regulations regarding the operation and protection of such systems, and to allocate water and sewage treatment and disposal capacity.

(d) The Water and Sewer Department and the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners shall have the authority to collect taxes or impose fees in order to pay bond No. 1996, series 1, 81-0394-01-5. Taxes or fees paid to the Water and Sewer Department shall be used to meet the obligations incurred by the Village of Bradford under bond No. 1996, series 1, 81-0394-01-5 for the construction, repair, and upkeep of the public water system and public sewage system of the Village of Bradford.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 17 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 17
App. § 403-17. Vacancy
Status: in_force

Any vacancy on the Board of Supervisors shall be filled within 30 days after such vacancy occurs by appointment by the authority that appointed the representative whose position has become vacant. An appointee to a vacancy shall serve until the expiration of the term of the representative to whose position the appointment was made and may thereafter be reappointed.
24 V.S.A. § 1764 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1764
§ 1764. Taxes to meet interest and payments
Status: in_force

At the time of assessing the general tax levy, in addition to all other taxes, the legislative branch shall provide annually for the assessment and collection each year, until such bonds are paid, of a tax sufficient to pay the interest on such bonds and such part of the principal as shall become due prior to the time the taxes are due in the next following year.