24 V.S.A. § 4642 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4642
§ 4642. Amount and purpose; general obligation
Status: in_force

(a) The Bank may issue its bonds or notes in such principal amounts as it shall deem necessary to provide funds for any purposes under this chapter, including:

(1) The making of loans;

(2) The payment, funding or refunding of the principal of, or interest or redemption premiums on, any bonds or notes issued by it whether the bonds or notes or interest to be funded or refunded have or have not become due;

(3) The establishment or increase of reserves to secure or to pay bonds or notes or interest thereon and all other costs or expenses of the Bank incident to and necessary or convenient to carry out its corporate purposes and powers.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or by the Bank, every issue of bonds or notes shall be general obligations payable out of any revenues or funds of the Bank, subject only to any agreements with the holders of particular bonds or notes pledging any particular revenues or funds. Any bonds or notes may be additionally secured by a pledge of any grant or contributions from the United States of America or the State or any governmental unit or any person, firm, or corporation or a pledge of any income or revenues, funds, or monies of the Bank from any source whatsoever.
24 V.S.A. § 801 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 33 / Section 801
§ 801. Composition; meetings
Status: in_force

The town clerk, selectboard members and justices residing in a town shall constitute the board of civil authority of such town. Meetings of the board shall be called by the town clerk, or by one of the selectboard members, on application, by giving written notice to each member, and by posting a notice in two or more public places in the town at least five days previous to the meeting. The board shall choose a chair, and the town clerk shall be its clerk. The act of a majority of the board present at the meeting shall be treated as the act of the board, except that when the board is dealing with election issues, 17 V.S.A. § 2103(5) shall control.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 244 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 244
App. § 3-244. Petition for relief not to delay opening or altering of street
Status: in_force

When the petition in such proceedings shall only pray for relief in the matter of such assessment, the opening, making, or altering of any street or highway shall not be thereby delayed.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 404 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 404
App. § 131-404. Bonding of officers
Status: in_force

All officers of the Town required to be bonded by State law shall be so bonded.
24 V.S.A. § 2506 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 67 / Section 2506
§ 2506. Regulations for protection of shade trees
Status: in_force

A tree warden shall enforce all laws relating to shade trees and may propose to the legislative body of the municipality the rules, ordinances, or regulations for the planting, protection, care, or removal of public shade trees as he or she deems expedient. The legislative body of the municipality may adopt the rules, ordinances, or regulations pursuant to the provisions of chapter 59 of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 1.02
App. § 9-1.2. Description of boundaries
Status: in_force

The municipal corporation known as the City of Rutland shall include inhabitants within the following boundaries:

(1) Beginning at the point in the east line of what was formerly School District No. 3 where the south line of the James M. Fisk farm extended easterly intersects said east line, thence westerly on the said south line of the James M. Fisk farm and extension thereof to the east line of Main Street; thence northerly on the east line of Main Street to the north line of said School District No. 3; thence westerly on the said north line of School District No. 3 to the “Quarter Line,” so called, on the top of Pine Hill; thence southerly on said “Quarter Line” to Evergreen Cemetery; thence westerly and southerly on the lines of said cemetery to the southerly end of the extreme westerly boundary in 1892; thence easterly and southerly along what was the boundary of said cemetery in 1892 to the north line of West Street; thence across West Street at an angle of 90 degrees therewith to the southerly line thereof; thence easterly on the south line of West Street to its intersection with the west line of the Ripley Road; thence southerly on the west line of the Ripley Road to its intersection with the center line of Otter Creek; thence westerly in the said center line of said creek to its intersection with a straight line run from the point of intersection of the said extreme westerly boundary of Evergreen Cemetery produced southerly and the north line of West Street to the original northwest corner of Percival W. Clement's homestead lot on the south side of the highway; thence southerly on said straight line as above described to the said original northwest corner of said Clement's homestead lot, thence south westerly on the original westerly line of said Clement's land, and an extension thereof to the west line of the highway known as the “Campbell Road”; thence southerly and easterly on the easterly and northerly line of said highway to its intersection with the easterly line of Quarterline Road projected northerly; thence southerly along the projection of said easterly line of Quarterline Road to the southerly line of Campbell Road, thence southerly and easterly on the westerly and southerly line of said highway and on the westerly line of the highway known as the “River Road”, if necessary, to a point due west of what was formerly the southwest corner of the Mussey farm, so called, thence in a straight line due east, magnetic bearing in 1892, through the said southwest corner of the Mussey farm that was also the northwest corner of the house lot of the Ruel Todd estate to its intersection with what was formerly the east line of the Rutland Graded School District, produced southerly; thence northerly on said production of said east line of the Rutland Graded School District and on said east line itself to the northeast corner thereof; thence westerly on the north line of said Graded School District to the said east line of School District No. 3; thence northerly on the said east line of said District No. 3 to the place of beginning, meaning hereby to describe the boundaries as contained in the original Act of Incorporation, No. 110 Acts of 1892, together with that portion of Rutland Town as was cut out and annexed to the City of Rutland by No. 219 of the Acts of 1923 described as follows: That part of Evergreen Cemetery now situated within the limits of the Town of Rutland known as the Beaman place and being the land conveyed to the Evergreen Cemetery Association by G. H. Beaman and others by deed dated December 8, 1894, and recorded in the land records of the Town of Rutland in Book 1A, Page 174; and by John B. Beaman by deed dated January 25, 1896, and recorded in said records in Book 1A, Page 287 (excepting the strip of land conveyed by said Evergreen Cemetery Association to Patrick C. Hulihan by deed dated April 23, 1896, and recorded in said records in Book 1A, Page 288) excepting thereout that portion included in such boundaries as was cut out and annexed to the Town of Rutland by 190 of the Acts of 1894.

(2) Said inhabitants are hereby continued to be incorporated and a body corporate and politic, under the name of the City of Rutland; and by that name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend in any court, may have a common seal and alter it at pleasure; may take, hold, purchase, and convey such property, real and personal, as the purposes of the corporation may require; may borrow on the credit of the City, in the mode and under the restrictions hereinafter provided; may elect representatives to the General Assembly of the State, and the same number of justices of peace as a town of equal population; and generally shall have, exercise, and enjoy all such rights, immunities, powers, and privileges as are conferred upon or are incident to towns in this State; and shall be subject to like duties, liabilities, and obligations, except as otherwise provided in this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 5110 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 127 / Section 5110
§ 5110. Miscellaneous provisions
Status: in_force

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

(b) The fiscal year of the authority shall commence July 1 in each year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 403 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 403
App. § 413-403. Collection
Status: in_force

Annually on or before January 1, the Treasurer of the District shall issue and present a warrant to the legislative branch of each member municipality requiring that the amount of such assessment, if any, be paid to him or her in accordance with the schedule of payments adopted by the Board of Supervisors. The legislative branch of each member municipality shall draw an order on the municipal treasury for the amount of such assessment, if any, to be paid to him or her in accordance with the schedule for payments adopted by the Board of Supervisors. If any member municipality shall fail to pay when due any assessment against it by the District, it shall incur the maximum penalty allowed by law plus interest at the maximum rate allowed by law. Such 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, notwithstanding the availability of any other remedy available to the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 101
App. § 113-101. Corporate existence retained
Status: in_force

The area and inhabitants within the current boundaries of the Town of Colchester shall continue to be a municipal corporation by the name of the Town of Colchester.
24 V.S.A. § 5065 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 125 / Section 5065
§ 5065. Errors
Status: in_force

Should any change or error in the records result in any member or beneficiary receiving from the Retirement System more or less than he or she would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, the Retirement Board shall have the power to correct such error, and to adjust as far as practicable the payments in such a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid or in such a manner that the impact upon the Fund is de minimis.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 701 / Section 2
App. § 701-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

Morristown Corners Water Corporation is a water supply municipality as defined in 1 V.S.A. § 126 and pursuant to and consistent with the purposes and meaning set out in 24 V.S.A. chapter 89 and is formed and existing, inter alia, consistent with its authority under Vermont law, to design, construct, upgrade, operate, and maintain a water supply and distribution system, including the maintenance and repair of water mains and the provision of water service to the area described in section 1 of this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 203 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 203
App. § 151-203. Compensation
Status: in_force

(a) Compensation paid to the Select Board members shall be set by the voters at Town meeting.

(b) Subject to subsection (a) of this section, the Select Board shall fix the compensation of all elective officers and of all officers appointed by the Select Board.

(c) The Town Manager, under policies approved by the Select Board, shall fix the compensation of all other officers and employees whose compensation is not fixed by the Select Board pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 502 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 502
App. § 247-502. Meeting of the Board
Status: in_force

As soon as possible after an election of a Chair, the Board of Trustees shall fix the time and place of its regular meetings and such meetings shall be held at least once a month. The Clerk shall attend all meetings of the Board of Trustees and shall keep minutes of the meetings on file. The Board shall determine its own rules and order of business.

If the minutes of the regularly scheduled meetings of the Board of Trustees show that a member has not attended 50 percent of its meetings during a fiscal year the Clerk shall declare the office vacant, and the trustees shall call a special meeting forthwith, duly warned for the purpose of electing a replacement to serve the unexpired term.

All meetings of the Board of Trustees shall be open to the public, unless by an affirmative vote of the majority present, the Board shall vote that any particular session shall be an executive session in accordance with 1 V.S.A. § 313, or any amendments thereto.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 142 / Section 302
App. § 142-302. Voting procedures for water and sewer; capital improvements and extensions
Status: in_force

(a) Voting for capital improvements for water or sewer service within the areas served by the water and sewer systems shall continue to be by the voters using these services in the same manner established in section 208 of this charter.

(b) However, if water or sewer lines are extended into areas that were not served at the time of the merger and if bonding or temporary costs are to be assumed by the Town, all legal Town voters shall be eligible to vote on the project.

(c) In all cases where bonding is required, all legal voters of the Town may vote on the bond issue, but in the area served by the former Village water and sewer systems, capital expenditures or projects requiring bonding shall first be approved by a majority vote of the water or sewer users, as the case may be, present and voting at a meeting called for that purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 325 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 325
App. § 3-325. Annual taxation for Downtown Improvement District; free parking for two hours in public lots and garages; annual budget of Church Street Marketplace District
Status: in_force

(a) The Church Street Marketplace Commission shall annually recommend and the City Council shall annually assess upon nonresidential properties (as defined in section 81 of this charter) located within the Downtown Improvement District a tax upon the dollar of the property grand list to be used for the herein enumerated purposes of the Downtown Improvement District, which tax shall not exceed $0.12 unless a larger amount has been authorized by the City Council upon affirmative recommendation of the Church Street Marketplace Commission. The revenues from such tax will be utilized for the purpose of providing a parking program that shall include not less than two free hours of parking for anyone parking in any designated municipally or privately owned or operated parking garage or parking lot located within the Downtown Improvement District pursuant to regulations to be established by the Public Works Commission.

(b) Annual budget. The Commission shall prepare a proposed budget for each fiscal year showing the proposed expenditures and anticipated receipts of such year. The estimated net cost of operation of the Marketplace, after taking account of all anticipated receipts available to meet such cost, shall, on or before the 15th day of April 1980, and annually thereafter, be reported to the Mayor to be incorporated, with such changes as he or she deems expedient, into the annual budget to be submitted to the City Council for the next fiscal year. In adopting an appropriation for operation of the Marketplace, the City Council shall not determine that any portion thereof be raised by the City tax levy.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 302
App. § 251-302. Compensation of officers
Status: in_force

The compensation of the Clerk and Treasurer shall be fixed by the Village; the compensation of all other officers, servants, and employees of the Village shall be fixed by the Board of Trustees, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 2
App. § 151-2. Redesignated. 2023, No. M-27 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. May 30, 2024.
Status: in_force

(Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 151-508 by 2023, No. M-27 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. May 30, 2024.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 605 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 605
App. § 414-605. Severability
Status: in_force

Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any term, phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this charter to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, the judgment shall not affect the validity, legality, or enforceability of the charter as a whole or any other part of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 25 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 25
App. § 3-25. Requirements generally
Status: in_force

Special meetings of all the legal voters of said City shall be called by the Mayor upon request by resolution of the City Council or on petition signed by five percent of the legal voters for any legal purpose beyond the jurisdiction of the City Council, said purpose to be set forth in the warning for said meeting; provided, however, that any petition for the calling of any special meeting for the resubmission, reconsideration, or rescission of any question previously submitted to the legal voters of said City shall be filed not more than 30 days after such previous submission; and provided further, that no question previously submitted to the legal voters of said City shall be more than once resubmitted or presented for reconsideration or rescission except upon request of the City Council by resolution. Each page of a petition filed under this section shall bear the full text of such petition, each signature to such petition shall be witnessed, each signer of such petition shall set after his or her signature his or her legal address within the City, and any part of such petition not conforming to these requirements shall be invalid. At such special meetings, those persons only shall be entitled to vote whose names are on the checklist used for the last annual City election, and such persons as were or have become entitled by law to have their names on such checklist and whose names have been added thereto by the Board for Registration of Voters since said City election. The Board for Registration of Voters shall hold a meeting or meetings to make additions and corrections to said checklist.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 201 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 201
App. § 19-201. City meetings
Status: in_force

The annual City meeting shall occur on the first Tuesday in March and shall be warned in the manner provided by general law. Special City meetings shall be called and warned as provided by general law. All elections, voter registration and qualifications, absentee voting, and the conduct of City meetings shall be controlled by section 202 of this charter. All matters shall be considered by Australian ballot.
24 V.S.A. § 1201 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 36 / Section 1201
§ 1201. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Contested hearing” means one of the following:

(A) A case in which an applicant for a land use permit under 10 V.S.A. chapter 151 is required to obtain local Act 250 review of municipal impacts by a municipality that has taken steps required under section 4420 of this title to allow it to conduct that local review.

(B) A hearing, under chapter 117 of this title, which will be subject to review on the record, as determined under procedures established in that chapter.

(C) A hearing which a provision of law requires to be heard according to procedures established in this chapter.

(D) A hearing by a municipal body which is not required by law to be conducted according to procedures established in this chapter, but which the municipality elects to conduct in accordance with this chapter.

(2) “Directly or indirectly interested” means a financial or personal involvement in the contested hearing or with any party.

(3) “Local board” means the entity authorized to conduct a contested hearing.

(4)(A) “Party,” for purposes of proceedings under chapter 117 of this title, other than those related to local Act 250 review of municipal impacts, means “interested person,” as defined by subsection 4465(b) of this title.

(B) “Party,” for purposes of local Act 250 review of municipal impacts, means a person whose interests, under relevant provisions of 10 V.S.A. § 6086(a) being reviewed at the municipal level, may be affected by a proposed development or subdivision, as those terms are defined in 10 V.S.A. chapter 151. “Party” for purposes of other proceedings under this chapter, shall have the meaning established under statutes controlling those proceedings.

(C) “Party,” for purposes of other proceedings under this chapter, shall have the meaning established under statutes controlling those proceedings.
24 V.S.A. § 4304 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4304
§ 4304. Planning and land use manual
Status: in_force

(a) The Commissioner of Housing and Community Development shall prepare, maintain, and distribute from time to time to all municipalities a manual setting forth:

(1) a copy of this chapter, together with all amendments thereof;

(2) examples of land planning policies, and maps and documents prepared in conformance with plan requirements;

(3) an explanation and illustrative examples of bylaws, capital programs, budgets, and procedures authorized in this chapter; and

(4) other explanatory material and data which will aid municipalities in the preparation of plans, capital budgets, programs, and the administration of bylaws authorized in this chapter.

(b) The Commissioner of Housing and Community Development shall, from time to time, confer with interested persons with a view toward ensuring the maintenance of such manual in a form most useful to those regions and municipalities making use of it.

(c) Sections of this manual may be cited in any plan or bylaw in the same manner as citations of this chapter, and may be incorporated by reference in any plan bylaw.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 19 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123B / Section 19
App. § 123B-19. Notice of vacancy during unexpired term
Status: in_force

In order to inform citizens of the Town and to afford them the opportunity to participate or serve in Town government, public notice shall be given of municipal vacancies resulting from resignation, death, disability, or change of residence from the Town of a Town officer on any board, commission, or committee or in other public office whether elected or appointed. Notice shall be made by posting the vacancy in the Town Clerk's office and two other public places in the Town within 10 days of the creation of the vacancy. Notice shall provide for the right of any interested citizen to submit a written application to the appointing authority regarding the vacancy and to be personally interviewed by the appointing authority, if requested by the applicant, prior to the filling of the vacancy as provided by law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 41 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 7 / Section 41
App. § 7-41. City Council election of City officers
Status: in_force

The Council shall, when the City so votes at any annual meeting, elect the Clerk, Treasurer, Constable, listers, auditors, City grand jurors provided for in section 6 of this charter, which election by said Council shall be in lieu of the method provided for in said section 6 of this charter. The term of office of each person so elected by said Council shall be that provided for by said section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 904 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 215 / Section 904
App. § 215-904. Management of electric light plant
Status: in_force

The management and operation of the electric light plant provided for in this charter shall be vested in the Village Board of Trustees, under such bylaws and regulations as the Village at any legal meeting may enact and adopt, and the Village may make bylaws and regulations concerning the management and use of its electric light plant, and the lights furnished thereby, including the rates and charges for the same, and the collection for the same, as it may deem expedient.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 107 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 107
App. § 409-107. Transportation and collection sites
Status: in_force

The costs and responsibility for providing adequate collection sites for the solid waste generated within its geographical boundaries and for the transportation of such solid waste to the appropriate District facility shall be borne by each member. Should any member not wish to institute its own system for meeting this obligation, the Board may provide for the collection and transportation of such solid waste.
24 V.S.A. § 4008 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 113 / Section 4008
§ 4008. Powers
Status: in_force

An authority shall constitute a public body, corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions, and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including the following powers in addition to those herein granted:

(1) To sue and be sued; to have a seal and to alter it at pleasure; to have perpetual succession; to make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers of the authority; and to make and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws, rules, and regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter, to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority.

(2) Within its area of operations, to prepare, carry out, acquire, lease, and operate housing projects; to provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration, or repair of any housing project or any part thereof.

(3) To arrange or contract for the furnishing by any person or agency, public or private, of services, privileges, works, or facilities for, or in connection with, a housing project or the occupants thereof; and (notwithstanding anything to the contrary, contained in this chapter, or in any other provisions of law) to include in any contract let in connection with a project, stipulations requiring that the contractor and any subcontractors comply with requirements as to minimum wages and maximum hours of labor and comply with any conditions which the federal government may have attached to its financial aid to the project.

(4) To lease or rent any dwellings, houses, accommodations, lands, buildings, structures, or facilities embraced in any housing project and (subject to the limitations contained in this chapter) to establish and revise the rents or charges therefore; to own, hold, and improve real or personal property; to purchase, lease, obtain options upon, acquire by gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise any real or personal property or any interest therein; to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property; to sell, lease, exchange, transfer, assign, pledge, or dispose of any real or personal property or any interest therein; to insure or provide for the insurance of any real or personal property or operation of the authority against any risk or hazards; to procure insurance or guarantees from the federal government of the payment of any debts or part thereof (whether or not incurred by said authority) secured by mortgages on any property included in any of its housing projects.

(5) To invest any funds held in reserve or sinking funds, or any funds not required for immediate disbursement, in property or securities in which savings banks may legally invest funds subject to their control; to purchase its bond at a price not more than the principal amount thereof and accrued interest, all bonds so purchased to be cancelled.

(6) Within its area of operation: to investigate into living, dwelling, and housing conditions and into the means and methods of improving the conditions; to determine where slum areas exist or where there is a shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income as well as elders who are of low income; to make studies and recommendations relating to the problem of clearing, replanning, and reconstructing of slum areas and to cooperate with all urban renewal agencies on the problem of providing dwelling accommodations for persons of low income and to cooperate with the municipality, the State, or any political subdivision thereof in action taken in connection with such problem and to engage in research, studies, and experimentation of the subject of housing.

(7) To exercise all or any part or combination of the powers granted in this section.

(8) To provide an adequate number of dwelling units, especially designed for occupation by elders when a survey by the authority indicates a need therefor. Elders shall have priority in the rental of such units.

(9) No law with respect to the acquisition, operation, or disposition of property by other public bodies shall be applicable to an authority unless the Legislature shall specifically so state.

(10) To administer, at its option, allocations of money made under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1437f.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 503 / Section 3
App. § 503-3. Powers
Status: in_force

The St. George Fire District No. 1 shall have all powers granted to a fire district pursuant to 20 V.S.A. chapter 171, and the Fire District shall have the authority:

(1) to construct, install, maintain, and repair all facilities and equipment necessary for the provision of water supply and distribution services to the members of the District;

(2) to bill all users of water services provided by the District for their pro rata share of the expense of providing, operating, and maintaining the service;

(3) to purchase, own, grant, convey, sell, or take by eminent domain real property, easements, and personal property and to purchase insurance in the name of St. George Fire District No. 1.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 19 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 245 / Section 19
App. § 245-19. Electric plant; regulation
Status: in_force

The Village's operation of its electric plant, as defined herein, shall take place in accordance with the statutory authority and requirements of 30 V.S.A. chapter 79, relating to municipal electric plants, and 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, relating to municipal indebtedness, with regard to the financing, improvements, expansion, and disposal of the municipal electric plant and its operations. However, the powers conferred by these sections shall be supplemental to, construed in harmony with, and not in restriction of, the powers conferred in this charter. With specific reference to the legislative authorization contained in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 2, sections 1821-1828, entitled “Indebtedness for Public Utility Purposes,” the Village is permitted to issue revenue-backed bonds or general obligation bonds for any capital improvement purpose related to its responsibilities to operate such utilities for the benefit of the people of the Village, provided each such issue of bonds is approved in accordance with law, and any restriction in this charter or the general law regarding the maximum outstanding debt that may be issued in the form of general obligation bonds shall not restrict the issuance of any bonds issued by the Village and payable out of the net revenues from the operation of a public utility project. The activities of the Village in connection with the powers conferred herein shall be subject to regulation only to the extent specifically required by Title 30 and other applicable law, but only to the extent that the Village is engaging in activities that are specifically subject by law to regulation. The Public Utility Commission shall at all times exercise its regulatory powers in such a manner as to permit the Village to fulfill all of its prudently incurred obligations, including its obligations to the holders of the bonds issued by the Village. However, the Public Utility Commission shall not prohibit appropriate cost allocations among departments of the Village.
24 V.S.A. § 4702 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4702
§ 4702. Default in payment
Status: in_force

If the Bank defaults in the payment of principal or interest on any issue of notes or bonds after they become due, whether at maturity or upon call for redemption, and the default continues for thirty days, or if the Bank fails or refuses to comply with this chapter or defaults in any agreement made with the holders of any issue of notes or bonds, the holders of 25 per centum in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding notes or bonds of that issue, by instrument filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Washington and executed in the same manner as a deed to be recorded, may appoint a trustee to represent the holders of those notes or bonds for the purposes herein provided.
24 V.S.A. § 4347 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4347
§ 4347. Purposes of regional plan
Status: in_force

A regional plan shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, efficient, equitable, and economic development of the region that will, in accordance with the present and future needs and resources, best promote the health, safety, order, convenience, prosperity, and welfare of current and future inhabitants as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development. This general purpose includes recommending a distribution of population and of the uses of the land for urbanization, trade, industry, habitation, recreation, agriculture, forestry, and other uses as will tend to:

(1) create conditions favorable to transportation, health, safety, civic activities, and educational and cultural opportunities;

(2) reduce the wastes of financial, energy, and human resources that result from either excessive congestion or excessive scattering of population;

(3) promote an efficient and economic utilization of drainage, energy, sanitary, and other facilities and resources;

(4) promote the conservation of the supply of food, water, energy, and minerals;

(5) promote the production of food and fiber resources and the reasonable use of mineral, water, and renewable energy resources;

(6) promote the development of housing suitable to the needs of the region and its communities; and

(7) help communities equitably build resilience to address the effects of climate change through mitigation and adaptation consistent with the Vermont Climate Action Plan adopted pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 592 and 3 V.S.A. chapter 72.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 258 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 258
App. § 3-258. Return of citation prima facie evidence of service
Status: in_force

The return of such sheriff or constable upon the original citation, and the certificate of such Chief Administrative Officer and said receipts, shall be prima facie evidence of the service of said citation as herein provided. Said citation and return thereon, with said certificate of said Chief Administrative Officer and said receipts, shall be made a part of the record of said proceedings and shall be filed in the office of said Chief Administrative Officer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 14 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 11 / Section 14
App. § 11-14. Assessor
Status: in_force

The Assessor shall be a professionally qualified real estate appraiser or appraisal firm and shall have the same power and proceed in the discharge of the duties in the same manner, and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed for listers or the board of listers under the laws of this State, except as herein otherwise provided, in assessing the property within the City and making the grand list thereof, and shall return such list to the City Clerk within the time required for lists to be returned to town clerks.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 5
App. § 417-5. Powers
Status: in_force

The District shall be a body politic and corporate with the powers incident to a municipal corporation under the laws of the State of Vermont consistent with the purpose of the District and in addition shall have the following powers:

(1) To operate, cause to be operated, contract for, and otherwise provide for the collection and transportation of solid waste, and for the operation and maintenance of solid waste facilities, programs, and services of every kind, including sanitary landfills, recycling centers, intermediate processing facilities, composting facilities, or resource recovery facilities, or any combination thereof, and to determine and make proper charges for the cost of such services.

(2) To purchase, sell, lease, own, acquire, convey, mortgage, improve, and use real and personal property in connection with the purpose of the District, and to construct, develop, and maintain solid waste facilities in accordance with federal and State law.

(3) To hire and fix the compensation of employees.

(4) To sue and be sued.

(5) To enter into contracts for any term or duration.

(6) To contract with architects, engineers, financial and legal consultants, and other experts for services.

(7) To contract with individuals, corporations, associations, authorities, and agencies for services.

(8) To provide solid waste disposal services for the member municipalities, the inhabitants thereof, and the businesses therein, and for such others as its facilities and obligations may allow.

(9) To contract with the State of Vermont, the United States of America, or any subdivision or agency thereof for services.

(10) To contract with any member municipality for the services of any officers or employees of that municipality useful to it.

(11) To promote cooperative arrangements and coordinated action among its member municipalities.

(12) To make recommendations for review and action to its member municipalities and other public agencies that perform functions within the region in which its member municipalities are located.

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

(14) To exercise the power of eminent domain within the District or within any municipality that has withdrawn from the District, provided such property or site to be taken by eminent domain must have been considered, by official action of the Board of Supervisors, as a potential site or sites for a solid waste management facility during the 12-month period immediately preceding the date of withdrawal.

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

(16) To establish a budget and assess member municipalities in accordance therewith.

(17) To appropriate and expend monies.

(18) To establish sinking funds for the retirement of bonded or other indebtedness.

(19) To establish capital reserve funds for improvements in furtherance of its purpose.

(20) To regulate by rule, regulation, or ordinance the collection, transportation, processing, resource recovery, recycling, and disposal of solid waste within the District, and to require that acceptable solid wastes generated within the District and any member municipality therein shall be disposed of only in and upon facilities owned by the District.

(21) To enact and enforce any and all necessary or desirable regulations for the orderly conduct of governance and for carrying out the purpose of the District.

(22) To accept and administer gifts, grants, and bequests in trust or otherwise for the purpose of the District.

(23) To exercise all powers incident to a public corporation.

(24) To require that solid waste from commercial, agricultural, or industrial activities be tested by an entity specified by the District, and to require that the costs of testing be borne by the generator of the solid waste.

(25) To enter into contract services with individual nonmember municipalities or other entities to provide services otherwise in the scope of the District's powers and purposes.

(26) To appoint law enforcement officers or other agents for the enforcement of ordinances, rules, and regulations of the District.

(27) To enter into siting agreements with municipalities within which a District facility is to be located, which agreements may specify the terms, conditions, and provisions under which a District facility shall be constructed, operated, and maintained. In the event it is impractical or impossible to determine whether damage to the environment is caused by the District facility or from an adjacent property, the District may indemnify and hold harmless the municipality from any such damage, costs, and liabilities.

(28) To enter into cooperative or interlocal agreements with other municipalities or persons, within or outside the District, providing for the management of solid waste, recyclable materials, organic material, or a combination of solid waste, recyclable materials, and organic material.

(29) To enact policies defining and regulating conflicts of interest of members of the Board of Supervisors, and employees and officers of the District.

(30) To enact policies and regulations with respect to procurement of goods and services.
24 V.S.A. § 4421 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4421
§ 4421. Official map
Status: in_force

A municipality may adopt an official map that identifies future municipal utility and facility improvements, such as road or recreational path rights-of-way, parkland, utility rights-of-way, and other public improvements, in order to provide the opportunity for the community to acquire land identified for public improvements prior to development for other use and to identify the locations of required public facilities for new subdivisions and other development under review by the municipality.

(1) Preparation of an official map. For the purposes of this chapter, the official map shall be based upon the most accurate data available as to the location and width of existing and proposed streets and drainageways and the location of all existing and proposed parks, schools, and other public facilities. Where questions arise in the administration of this section that require more precise determinations of the location of any street right-of-way line on all drainageways or the location of any park, school, or any other public facility, the legislative body shall have a survey prepared of the street or section, park, school, or other public facility in question, that may by resolution of the legislative body become a part of the official map.

(2) Changes to the official map. After adoption of the official map, the recordation of plats that have been approved as provided by this chapter, or the adoption of any urban renewal plan under chapter 85 of this title, shall, without further action, modify the official map accordingly. Minor changes in the location of proposed public facilities may also be made to particular sections of the official map if the change is recommended by a majority of the planning commission and approved by resolution of the legislative body. This process may take place concurrently with review of development or subdivision of a parcel that is proposed to be subject to a map change.

(3) Status of mapped public facilities. The adoption, as part of an official map, of any existing or proposed street or street line or drainageway, or any proposed park, school, or other public facility, shall not constitute a taking or acceptance of land by the municipality, nor shall the adoption of any street in an official map constitute the opening or establishment of the street for public use or obligate the municipality in any way for the maintenance of the street.

(4) Building on properties with mapped public facilities. No zoning permit may be issued for any land development within the lines of any street, drainageway, park, school, or other public facility shown on the official map, except as specifically provided in this section. No person shall recover any damages for the taking for public use of any land development constructed within the lines of any proposed street, drainageway, park, school, or other public facility after it has been included in the official map, and any such land development shall be removed at the expense of the owner.

(A) If a permit for any land development within the lines of any proposed street, drainageway, park, school, or other public facility shown on an official map is denied pursuant to subdivision (5) of this section, the legislative body shall have 120 days from the date of the denial of the permit to institute proceedings to acquire that land or interest in that land, and if no such proceedings are started within that time, the administrative officer shall issue the permit if the application otherwise conforms to all the applicable bylaws.

(B) A municipality may specify in its bylaws that conditional use review is required for any structure within the line of any public facility shown on the official map or within a specified area adjacent to the lines on the map. If conditional use review is required for these structures, the purpose of the review shall be to ensure that the structure is compatible with the location and function of existing and planned public facilities. If the conditional use is denied, the procedure provided in subdivision (4)(A) of this section shall be instituted.

(5) Development review for properties with mapped public facilities. Any application for subdivision or other development review that involves property on which the official map shows a public facility shall demonstrate that the mapped public facility will be accommodated by the proposed subdivision or development in accordance with the municipality's bylaws. Failure to accommodate the mapped public facility or obtain a minor change in the official map shall result in the denial of the development or subdivision. The legislative body shall have 120 days from the date of the denial of the permit to institute proceedings to acquire that land or interest in land, and if these proceedings are not started within that time, the appropriate municipal panel shall review the application without regard to the proposed public facilities.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9.04 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 9.04
App. § 9-9.4. Vacancy
Status: in_force

In case of a vacancy in the Office of Mayor occasioned by death, resignation, removal from said City, permanent inability to serve, failure to elect, or disqualification of the person chosen, the President of the Board of Aldermen shall act as Mayor until the next annual meeting, and in case any of the causes above mentioned prevent the President of the Board of Aldermen from serving as Mayor when it becomes necessary for him or her to do so, the Board of Aldermen shall designate one of their number to act as Mayor until the next annual meeting and at such next annual meeting the legal voters of the City shall elect a Mayor from among their number to fill such vacancy.
24 V.S.A. § 1308 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 39 / Section 1308
§ 1308. Duties of trustees; vacancies
Status: in_force

The trustees of a village incorporated under general or special law shall see that its bylaws are executed, direct prosecutions for breaches thereof, and generally shall take care of the affairs of such corporation and perform the duties legally enjoined on them by such corporation. In case of the death, removal, absence, or incapacity of the clerk, the trustees may designate one of their number to perform his or her duties, and may fill a temporary vacancy in any office of such corporation, until an election is had. A record of such appointment shall be made in the office of the clerk of the village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 141 / Section 2
App. § 141-2. Village property
Status: in_force

All the land, buildings, property, and funds of the Village of Readsboro shall, on the date this merger is effective, including water works, sewage treatment plant and sewerage collection systems, and electric service, become vested in and be the property of the merged and consolidated Town of Readsboro.
24 V.S.A. § 903 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 33 / Section 903
§ 903. Nonliability of municipal officers for money paid out
Status: in_force

An action shall not be maintained against a person for money paid out by him or her as an officer of a municipal corporation in accordance with a vote of such corporation, whether such vote was valid or not.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7.05 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 7.05
App. § 107-7.5. Lapse of appropriation
Status: in_force

Every appropriation, except for a capital expenditure, shall lapse at the close of the fiscal year following the appropriation to the extent it has not been expended or encumbered. An appropriation for a capital expenditure shall not lapse until its purpose has been accomplished or abandoned, or until three years pass without any substantial disbursement or encumbrance. Duly approved sinking funds are exempt from this provision.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 901 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 901
App. § 117-901. Board established
Status: in_force

(Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-501 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)

A Planning Commission shall be established and its powers, obligations, and operation shall be under and in accordance with Vermont Statutes Annotated, as they may be amended from time to time hereafter. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 117-401 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)
24 V.S.A. § 5053a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 125 / Section 5053a
§ 5053a. Employees of a supervisory union
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, the term “transferred employee” means an employee under this chapter who transitioned from employment solely by a school district to employment, wholly or in part, by a supervisory union pursuant to 16 V.S.A. § 261a(a)(6) or (8)(E) as amended on June 3, 2010.

(b) A transferred employee from a participating school district shall remain an employee of the school district solely for the purpose of employer participation and employee membership in the System regardless of whether the supervisory union is a participant in the System on the date of transition. The membership and benefits of the transferred employee shall not be impaired or reduced by either negotiations with the supervisory union or school district under 21 V.S.A. chapter 22 or otherwise.

(c) If a supervisory union is a participant in the System on the date of transition, then:

(1) a transferred employee from a nonparticipating district shall not become a member of the System unless, through negotiations with the supervisory union under 21 V.S.A. chapter 22, the supervisory union becomes a participant in the System on the employee's behalf;

(2) an existing employee of the supervisory union on the date of transition shall be a member to the extent the supervisory union is or becomes a participant in the System on the employee's behalf; and

(3) a new employee of the supervisory union after the date of transition shall be a member to the extent the supervisory union is or becomes a participant in the System on the employee's behalf.

(d) If a supervisory union is not a participant in the System on the date of transition, then:

(1) a transferred employee from a nonparticipating district shall not be a member of the System unless, through negotiations with the supervisory union under 21 V.S.A. chapter 22, the supervisory union becomes a participant in the System on the employee's behalf;

(2) an existing employee of the supervisory union on the date of transition shall not be a member of the System unless, through negotiations with the supervisory union under 21 V.S.A. chapter 22, the supervisory union becomes a participant in the System on the employee's behalf; and

(3) a new employee of the supervisory union after the date of transition shall not be a member of the System unless, through negotiations with the supervisory union under 21 V.S.A. chapter 22, the supervisory union becomes a participant in the System on the employee's behalf.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 165 / Section 4
App. § 165-4. Special districts
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard may designate areas apart from the rest of the Town as special service districts and may provide the inhabitants therein with special services not common to all of the inhabitants of the Town, provided that the majority of the voters residing in the respective designated areas and present and voting at the district meeting on the subject shall have approved of the designation.

(b) Special service districts shall be reasonable geographically, taking into account the areas and persons actually benefitted, types of services to be provided, and the fact that the efficiency of providing multiple services in a single special service district might outweigh the fact that areas and voters benefitting from the services might not exactly coincide. All costs required to support a given special service shall be paid for by the taxpayers receiving the service by a tax on the grand list in the special service district involved to be assessed annually by the Selectboard, or in another manner as the Selectboard may determine. If the costs are to be paid by a tax, the tax shall be paid and collected in the same manner as other taxes, and any tax assessed on any part of the grand list shall be a lien thereon.

(c) All funds of a special service district shall be kept in a special fund, no part of which may be used for any other purpose. The warning for each annual or special Town meeting may contain appropriate articles on which the legal voters residing in any special district may vote separately.

(d) The Town Treasurer shall keep all money in a special fund in an account or accounts separate from those of any other special funds and from other Town funds, and shall honor no warrant upon it except for the purpose thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 408 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 408
App. § 409-408. Disposal fees
Status: in_force

(a) Giving due consideration to the fact that State policy, as established in 10 V.S.A. § 6601, provides that the generators of waste should pay disposal costs that reflect the real costs to society of waste management and disposal, the Board may establish and adjust a disposal fee structure (tipping fee) for the purpose of generating revenues from sources other than assessments to members.

(b) Whenever the District establishes a facility or contracts to use a facility, whether for treatment or disposal of solid waste, the District shall first consider implementing a fee structure that places the cost of treatment or disposal on the person seeking treatment or disposal of the solid waste. To the extent that such a fee structure can be implemented in an environmentally sound and economically beneficial way, the District shall implement such a fee structure.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 35.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 35.01
App. § 9-35.1. Establishment
Status: in_force

A Traffic Court is hereby created and established for the City of Rutland with the jurisdiction of conducting an administrative type hearing when so requested by any person charged with violation of any parking related ordinance, for the purpose of determining whether said charged violation is well founded.
24 V.S.A. § 1155 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 35 / Section 1155
§ 1155. Record of trust mortgage
Status: in_force

Trust mortgages may be recorded by furnishing the clerk with a printed copy thereof on not smaller than 8 1/4 by 10 3/4 nor larger than 10 1/2 by 16 ledger paper of good quality with good cloth binding which volume after being duly compared with the original mortgage shall be filed, attested by him or her and kept in his or her office as a trust mortgage record. The clerk shall also certify on a blank page of the then current mortgage record book the recording of such mortgage under the provisions of this section and index the same as provided in section 1154 of this title.
24 V.S.A. § 3681 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 105 / Section 3681
§ 3681. Special tax assessment for payment of execution
Status: in_force

When a demand is made upon the district for the payment of an execution issued against it and the district has no available funds to pay the same, the board of sewer commissioners shall compute the share of each member town in such execution, with costs, interest, and other charges, to be paid by it in accordance with the agreement among the member towns or the formula established in section 3679 of this title, and shall give notice of the amount thereof to the legislative branch of each member town. The member town through its proper officer shall forthwith pay to the treasurer of the district its share of the execution and any charges. If the member town has insufficient funds to pay its share, its legislative branch shall forthwith assess and have collected a tax sufficient to pay the same in the manner its other taxes are assessed and collected. (1967, No. 318 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. March 22, 1968.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 14 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 291 / Section 14
App. § 291-14. Highway taxes
Status: in_force

Two-thirds of the highway taxes assessed by the Selectboard, or voted by the Town, upon the grand list of the inhabitants of the Village, and upon the ratable estate of nonresidents situated within the limits of the Village, shall be paid by the Treasurer or the Selectboard of the Town to the Treasurer of the Village, to be expended in the maintenance and repair of highways and sidewalks in the Village, as provided in section 13 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1003 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 1003
App. § 131-1003. Taxation
Status: in_force

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

(b) Taxes may be paid with discount if approved at annual Town meeting.

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

(d) Delinquent property taxes shall accrue penalty, interest, fees, and costs to the maximum extent permitted by law, and all such interest fees shall be paid over to the Town Treasurer for inclusion in the General Fund of the Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 9
App. § 601-9. Organizational meeting
Status: in_force

Annually, on the second Monday in April commencing in 2005, the Board of Supervisors shall hold its organizational meeting. At the meeting, the Board shall elect from among its membership a Chair and Vice Chair, each of whom shall hold office for one year and until a successor is duly elected and qualified. A Chair or Vice Chair may be reelected to successive terms without limit.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 112 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 112
App. § 1-112. Amendment of charter
Status: in_force

This charter may be amended in the manner provided for by the laws of the State of Vermont for amendment of municipal charters.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 36.08 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 36.08
App. § 9-36.8. Severability
Status: in_force

If any provisions of this charter shall be declared invalid, such declaration shall not affect the remaining provisions hereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 18 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123B / Section 18
App. § 123B-18. Appointment of alternate officers
Status: in_force

The Selectboard may appoint an alternate Town officer to serve in place of a disqualified Town officer during the period of disqualification or unavailability.
24 V.S.A. § 5102 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 127 / Section 5102
§ 5102. Area of operation
Status: in_force

The area of operation for an authority created under the provisions of this chapter shall be the area of the member municipalities.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3.03 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 3.03
App. § 147-3.3. Term of office
Status: in_force

(a) Selectboard. Three members of the Selectboard shall have terms of office of three years; two members shall have terms of office of two years. At each election, one Selectboard member shall be elected for a three-year term and one for a two-year term. All Selectboard members shall be elected at large.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this charter, all elective officers shall hold office for the term established by law or until their successors are qualified.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 26.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 26.01
App. § 9-26.1. Curbs and sidewalks assessment
Status: in_force

Whenever the owners of the greater part of the lands or buildings abutting upon any accepted street, or part thereof in said City, shall present their petition in writing to the Board of Aldermen, praying that such street, or part thereof as specified be curbed, or that a sidewalk be constructed, the Board of Aldermen may order the Commissioner of Public Works to cause such improvements to be made. The Board of Aldermen shall have the power, without such petition, to order the Commissioner of Public Works to install curbs or sidewalks as they may deem necessary.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 60 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 60
App. § 405-60. Master plan
Status: in_force

Prior to considering the adoption of a proposed solid waste management plan or an amendment thereto, the Board of Commissioners shall conduct at least one public hearing within the District on the proposed plan or amendment. The hearing shall be warned by the publication of a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in each member municipality at least 15 days prior to the hearing, and by sending a copy of the notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, at least 15 days prior to the hearing, to the legislative body of each member municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 91 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 91
App. § 126-91. Separability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this charter is determined to be invalid, no other provision of this charter shall be affected by that determination. If the particular application of any of the provisions of this charter to any person or set of circumstances is determined to be invalid, the application of the provisions of this charter to other persons or set of circumstances shall not be affected by that determination.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 301
App. § 131-301. Ordinances; enforcement and adoption
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard may provide penalties for the breach of any ordinance authorized by general law or this Charter; may prosecute any person violating the same through the Town Agent, constables, 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 pursuant to the provisions of sections 302 through 305 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 509 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 509
App. § 407-509. Conduct of meetings
Status: in_force

At all special meetings of the District, the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapter 51 regarding election officials (subchapter 1), voting machines (subchapter 3), polling places (subchapter 4), early or absentee voters (subchapter 6), process of voting (subchapter 7), count and return of votes (subchapter 8), recounts and contest of elections (subchapter 9), and jurisdiction of courts (subchapter 10) shall apply except where clearly inapplicable. The District Clerk shall perform the functions assigned to the Secretary of State under that chapter. The Windsor Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over petitions for recounts. Election expenses shall be borne by the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 6
App. § 225-6. Conduct
Status: in_force

(a) The President shall preside at all Village meetings, but in the President's absence, the Village Clerk shall call the meeting to order, and the first order of business shall be the election of a President Pro Tempore to preside for the duration of the meeting. The President, as Moderator, shall conduct every meeting according to this charter, the laws of the State of Vermont, and Roberts' Rules of Order, Newly Revised, when not in conflict with this charter or the laws of the State of Vermont. The President shall preserve order in the conduct of the business of the meeting and in all things preserve the principles of fairness and openness in Village government.

(b) The Village Clerk shall be the presiding officer at all Village elections by Australian ballot and shall cooperate with the Board of Civil Authority to assure that all laws relating to elections are faithfully observed. While the polls are open, the Village Clerk may rule on all questions concerning the conduct of the election and shall not be disqualified from performing any duties by reason of his or her own candidacy for any office. In the Village Clerk's absence, the members of the Board of Civil Authority who are residents of the Village may designate one of their members to perform the Village Clerk's duties under this subsection.
24 V.S.A. § 1992 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 60 / Section 1992
§ 1992. Conflicts of interest
Status: in_force

(a) Duty to avoid conflicts of interest. In the municipal officer's official capacity, the officer shall avoid any conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest. The appearance of a conflict shall be determined from the perspective of a reasonable individual with knowledge of the relevant facts.

(b) Recusal.

(1) If a municipal officer is confronted with a conflict of interest or the appearance of one, the officer shall immediately recuse themselves from the matter, except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (2) and (5) of this subsection, and not take further action on the matter or participate in any way or act to influence a decision regarding the matter. After recusal, an officer may still take action on the matter if the officer is a party, as defined by section 1201 of this title, in a contested hearing or litigation and acts only in the officer's capacity as a member of the public. The officer shall make a public statement explaining the officer's recusal.

(2)(A) Notwithstanding subdivision (1) of this subsection (b), an officer may continue to act in a matter involving the officer's conflict of interest or appearance of a conflict of interest if the officer first:

(i) determines there is good cause for the officer to proceed, meaning:

(I) the conflict is amorphous, intangible, or otherwise speculative;

(II) the officer cannot legally or practically delegate the matter; or

(III) the action to be taken by the officer is purely ministerial and does not involve substantive decision-making; and

(ii) the officer submits a written nonrecusal statement to the legislative body of the municipality regarding the nature of the conflict that shall:

(I) include a description of the matter requiring action;

(II) include a description of the nature of the potential conflict or actual conflict of interest;

(III) include an explanation of why good cause exists so that the municipal officer can take action in the matter fairly, objectively, and in the public interest;

(IV) be written in plain language and with sufficient detail so that the matter may be understood by the public; and

(V) be signed by the municipal officer.

(B) Notwithstanding subsection (A) of this subdivision (2), a municipal officer that would benefit from any contract entered into by the municipality and the officer, the officer's immediate family, or an associated business of the officer or the officer's immediate family, and whose official duties include execution of that contract, shall recuse themselves from any decision-making process involved in the awarding of that contract.

(C) Notwithstanding subsection (A) of this subdivision (2), a municipal officer shall not continue to act in a matter involving the officer's conflict of interest or appearance of a conflict of interest if authority granted to another official or public body elsewhere under law is exercised to preclude the municipal officer from continuing to act in the matter.

(3) If an officer's conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest concerns an official act or actions that take place outside a public meeting, the officer's nonrecusal statement shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality and be available to the public for the duration of the officer's service plus a minimum of five years.

(4) If an officer's conflict of interest is related to an official municipal act or actions considered at a public meeting, the officer's nonrecusal statement shall be filed as part of the minutes of the meeting of the public body in which the municipal officer serves.

(5) If, at a meeting of a public body, an officer becomes aware of a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest for the officer and the officer determines there is good cause to proceed, the officer may proceed with the matter after announcing and fully stating the conflict on the record. The officer shall submit a written nonrecusal statement pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection within five business days after the meeting. The meeting minutes shall be subsequently amended to reflect the submitted written nonrecusal statement.

(c) Authority to inquire about conflicts of interest. If a municipal officer is a member of a public body, the other members of that body shall have the authority to inquire of the officer about any possible conflict of interest or any appearance of a conflict of interest and to recommend that the member recuse themselves from the matter.

(d) Confidential information. Nothing in this section shall require a municipal officer to disclose confidential information or information that is otherwise privileged under law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 20.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 20.01
App. § 9-20.1. Membership and duties
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor, the President of the Board of Aldermen, and the City Treasurer shall constitute the Board of Finance; the Mayor shall be Chair.

(b) The Board of Finance shall establish, and each department shall adopt, such system of accounting and auditing for each department of the City government as will give uniform and reliable methods for transacting the business of the City. They shall provide for regular monthly reports to be made by each department to the Board of Finance and to the Board of Aldermen.

(c) The Board of Finance may annually in the month of June procure from chartered banks of known reliability and sufficient capital their offer to act as depository for the City monies, and the terms upon which they will receive such monies. They may, by vote appoint such bank or banks as depository as shall appear to be for the best interests of the City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 29 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 29
App. § 403-29. Executive Board
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish an Executive Board and grant such powers as it may deem necessary.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 309 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 309
App. § 13-309. Compensation of Council members; appointees
Status: in_force

(a) Compensation to be paid to the Council members shall be set forth in the proposed budget of the City.

(b) The Council shall fix the compensation of all officers and employees, except as otherwise provided in this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 402 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 402
App. § 129-402. Meetings
Status: in_force

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

(b) The School Board of Trustees shall annually designate a paper of general circulation to be used for publications as prescribed by 17 V.S.A. § 2641(b).

(c) The School Board of Trustees shall conduct their business under Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised.

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

(e) All meetings of the School Board of Trustees shall be open to the public, unless by an affirmative vote of the majority of the School Board of Trustees 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 School Board of Trustees are notified.

(g) The agenda of the School Board of Trustees meeting shall be available to the public at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and posted in one or more public places.

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

(2) The School Board of Trustees 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 Board meeting. Additions in this section shall be kept to a minimum.
24 V.S.A. § 1904 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1904
§ 1904. Municipal tax increment financing district
Status: in_force

(a) General authority. Notwithstanding any provision of subchapter 5 of this chapter or 32 V.S.A. § 5404a to the contrary, upon approval of the legislative body of any municipality, a municipality may create a municipal tax increment financing district, and may incur debt to provide funding for improvements and related costs for the district.

(b) Municipal approval; voter approval.

(1) The legislative body of the municipality shall hold one or more public hearings to consider a municipal tax increment financing plan. Following public notice, hearing, and opportunity to comment, the legislative body of the municipality may grant approval of the plan.

(2) When adopted by the act of the legislative body of that municipality, the plan shall be recorded with the municipal clerk and lister or assessor, and the creation of the district shall occur at 12:01 a.m. on April 1 of the calendar year so voted by the municipal legislative body.

(3) The municipality may only incur debt for the project if the voters of the municipality approve the debt obligation by a majority vote at a regular or special meeting for which voting upon the debt obligation was properly warned.

(4) Following final voter approval, the municipality has up to five years to incur debt pursuant to the financing plan.

(c) Life of district.

(1) A municipality may incur indebtedness against revenues of the municipal tax increment financing district over any period authorized by the legislative body of the municipality.

(2) Any indebtedness incurred under subdivision (1) of this subsection may be retired over any period authorized by the legislative body of the municipality.

(3) The district shall continue until the date and hour the indebtedness is retired or, if no debt is incurred, after the period authorized by the legislative body of the municipality to incur indebtedness.

(d) Financing. During the life of an active district, the following apply, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary:

(1) Valuation.

(A) Within 30 days of voter approval pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the lister or assessor for a municipality shall certify to the legislative body of the municipality the original taxable value of a tax increment financing district as of the date the voters approved the debt obligation.

(B) On or before June 30 following voter approval and annually thereafter, the lister or assessor shall assess and certify to the legislative body the current value of a project parcel.

(2) Tax rate.

(A) The lister or assessor shall use the original taxable value of a project parcel when computing the municipal tax rate.

(B) When calculating the amount of tax due on a project parcel, the treasurer shall apply the municipal tax rate to the current assessed value, rather than the original taxable value.

(3) Tax increment.

(A) The “tax increment” is the amount of tax paid on a project parcel, as calculated pursuant to subdivision (2)(B) of this subsection (d) using the current assessed value, that exceeds the amount of tax that would have been due if the tax rate were applied to the original taxable value.

(B) The municipality may retain any share of the municipal tax increment to service the debt, beginning the first year in which debt is incurred.

(C) A municipal tax increment financing district created pursuant to this subchapter is not authorized to retain any education property tax increment.

(D) A municipality shall segregate the tax increment in a special account and in its official books and records.

(4) Use of tax increment.

(A) As of each date the municipality receives a tax payment and retains a portion of the tax increment pursuant to this section, the municipality shall use the portion of the municipal tax increment that is necessary to pay costs actually incurred as of that date for debt service and related costs.

(B) If, after paying for improvements and related costs, there remains any excess portion of the tax increment, the municipality may retain the increment to prepay principal and interest on the financing, use for future financing payments, or use for defeasance of the financing.

(e) Annual audit.

(1) The municipality shall ensure that the segregated account for the tax increment financing district required by this section is subject to the annual audit requirements prescribed in sections 1681 and 1690 of this title.

(2) Any audit procedures shall include verification of the original taxable value and current assessed value, expenditures for project debt service and related costs, annual and total tax increment funds generated, and allocation of tax increment funds.
24 V.S.A. § 5064 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 125 / Section 5064
§ 5064. Funds
Status: repealed

(a) Fund. All of the assets of the Retirement System shall be credited to the Vermont Municipal Retirement Fund.

(b) Member savings. Contributions deducted from the compensation of members together with any member contributions transferred from a predecessor system shall be accumulated in the Fund and separately recorded for each member. Contributions shall be made by Group A members at the rate of three percent of earnable compensation. Contributions shall be made by Group B members at the rate of five percent of earnable compensation. Contributions shall be made by Group C and Group D members at a rate of 11 percent of earnable compensation. Additionally, if an employee remains in Group C and is employed by an employer who elects to revoke its Group C membership in accordance with subsection 5068(f) of this title, the rate established in this subsection will be adjusted. This adjustment shall be determined by subtracting the Group B rate, or if not applicable, the Group A rate determined in subdivision (c)(1) of this section from the Group C rate determined in subdivision (c)(1) of this section.

(1) The deductions provided for in this section shall be made notwithstanding that the minimum compensation provided for by law for any member shall be reduced thereby. Every member shall be deemed to consent and agree to the deductions made and provided pursuant to this section and shall receipt for the member's full compensation, and payment of compensation less such deduction shall be a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands whatsoever for the services rendered by such person during the period covered by such payment, except as to the benefits provided under this chapter.

(2) The contributions of a member and interest as may be allowed thereon which are withdrawn by the member or paid to the member's estate or to the designated beneficiary in event of the member's death, shall be paid from the Fund.

(3) The employer shall make one of the following elections:

(A) To make, on behalf of the members, all or any part of contributions required to be made by members under this section. Each of the amounts shall be deducted until the member retires or otherwise withdraws from service, and when deducted shall be paid into the Fund and credited to the individual account of the member from whose compensation the deduction was made.

(B) Pursuant to the provisions of Section 414(h) of the Internal Revenue Code, to pick up and pay the contributions required to be paid by members with respect to service rendered on and after July 1, 1999. Contributions picked up by the municipality under this election shall be designated for all purposes as member contributions, except that they shall be treated as employer contributions in determining tax treatment of a distribution. Each member's compensation shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount picked up by the municipality. This reduction, however, shall not be used to determine annual earnable compensation for purposes of determining average final compensation. Contributions picked up under this subdivision shall be credited to the Fund.

(c) Employer contributions, earnings, and payments. All employer contributions and all reserves for the payment of all pensions and other benefits, including all interest and dividends earned on the assets of the Retirement System shall be accumulated in the Fund, and all benefits payable under the System and expenses of the System shall be paid from the Fund.

(1) On account of each member, an employer shall report earnable compensation and pay annually, in installments as determined by the Board, into the Fund an amount equal to the certain percentage of the annual earnable compensation of such member. Such contribution percentage shall be separately determined for each group of membership within the Retirement System as the sum of “normal contribution rate” for such membership group and its “accrued liability contribution rate,” such sum to be reduced by the member contribution rate provided for in subsection (b) of this section.

(2) On the basis of the actuarial assumptions and methodology as shall be adopted by the Retirement Board, immediately after making each actuarial valuation, the actuary shall determine the “normal contribution rate” for each group of membership. The product of a membership group's normal contribution rate and its total earnable compensation shall be referred to as that membership group's “normal contribution.”

(3) In each actuarial valuation, the actuary shall, based on methodology adopted by the Retirement Board, determine the amount of the Fund attributable to each membership group within the Retirement System for valuation purposes. The difference between each membership group's accrued liability and its allocated share of Fund assets as of any valuation date shall be referred to as such membership group's “unfunded accrued liability.”

(4) For each actuarial valuation completed on or after July 1, 2009, the accrued liability contribution rate shall be computed for each membership group based on the actuarial assumptions and methodology adopted by the Retirement Board as the rate percent of the earnable compensation of the employees in such membership group which, if applied to expected future earnings of current and future employees of such membership group, would be expected to liquidate the membership group's unfunded accrued liability on or before June 30, 2038. The product of a membership group's accrued liability rate and its total earnable compensation shall be referred to as that membership group's “accrued liability contribution.”

(5) The accrued liability contribution for a separate membership group shall be discontinued, and the unfunded accrued liability for such membership group shall be set equal to zero in the event the assets attributable to such membership group should exceed the accrued liability as determined under the assumptions and methodology approved by the Retirement Board.

(6) The Retirement Board shall have performed a separate actuarial valuation for each group entering the System under the provisions of subsection 5054(e) of this title to determine the amount of liability, the deposit required to pay for that liability, and the amount of increased rate of contribution required to pay for the liability not covered by any lump sum deposit, such rate to be calculated by the actuary as the excess, if any, of the accrued liability contribution rate of subdivision (c)(3) of this section determined separately for the group entering the System over such rate for the System, calculated excluding such group. Such additional rate shall be paid by the entering group over a specified period as determined by the Board, not to exceed 30 years. The rate determined as a result of the actuarial calculation under this subdivision shall be paid by each employer entering the System under subsection 5054(e) in addition to the amount paid in accordance with subdivision (4) of this subsection.

(d) Operation expenses. As provided by law, the Board shall certify to the Governor or Governor-Elect an estimated amount required for operation expenses of the System in the next annual or biennial period. The amount so certified shall be included in the budget, with the revenue derived from the Vermont Municipal Retirement Fund, and submitted to the General Assembly.

(e) Remittance of member contributions and employer contributions. Each employer shall remit its employer contributions and the member contributions applicable to its employees in installments as determined by the Board to the State Treasurer.

(1) Any payments due which are not received within 30 days after the installment due date set by the Board shall result in a penalty assessment against the employer at the rate of one percent of the amount due for each month calculated from the installment due date, provided that the Board may, in its discretion, waive part or all of said penalty assessment if good cause is shown. The delinquent payments and penalties thereon may be recovered by action in a court of competent jurisdiction against the employer liable therefor or may be deducted by, or at the request of, the State Treasurer from any other monies payable to such employer by the State or any department or agency thereof.

(2) All employers shall provide accurate reports. Employers providing inaccurate reports shall be responsible for correcting any deficiencies and shall reimburse the System for any costs incurred by the System as a result of inaccuracy.

(3) In the event that an employer willfully files an inaccurate report, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, the employer shall pay the System an administrative penalty of up to 50 percent of the amount that was not accurately reported.

(4) The System may enforce the provisions of this section in Washington Superior Court.

(5) The Board may, in its discretion, waive part or all of a penalty assessment for good cause shown.

(f) [Repealed.]
24 V.S.A. § 2793a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 76A / Section 2793a
§ 2793a. Repealed. 2023, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 65(a), eff. July 1, 2034.
Status: in_force

(a) A town that has a duly adopted and approved plan and a planning process that is confirmed in accordance with section 4350 of this title may apply to the State Board for designation of one or more of its village centers. If an incorporated village of a town has an approved municipal plan and a planning process independently confirmed in accordance with section 4350 of this title, the incorporated village shall be the applicant for designation of its village center.

(1) For applications filed on and after July 1, 2014, the intention to apply for designation under this section shall be included in the plan of the municipality, and the plan shall explain how the designation would further the plan's goals and the goals of section 4302 of this title.

(2) A preapplication meeting shall be held with Department staff to review the program requirements and to preliminarily identify possible designation boundaries. The meeting shall be held in the municipality unless another location is agreed to by the municipality.

(3) An application for designation under this section must include a map that delineates the boundaries of the village center consistent with the definition of “village center” provided in subdivision 2791(10) of this title and evidence that notice has been given to the regional planning commission and the regional development corporation of the intent to apply for this designation. The map shall be consistent with the guidelines produced by the Department under subsection 2792(d) of this title.

(b) At the first meeting of the State Board held after 45 days of receipt of a completed application, the State Board shall designate a village center if the State Board finds the applicant has met the requirements of subsection (a) of this section.

(c) A village center designated by the State Board pursuant to subsection (a) of this section is eligible for the following development incentives and benefits:

(1) Provided the proposal is eligible, priority consideration for municipal planning funds under section 4306 of this title for projects that are related to the designated village center.

(2) Inclusion of a village center, as defined in this chapter, as a priority growth center in the State's consolidated plan for housing and community development programs.

(3) The authority to create a special taxing district pursuant to chapter 87 of this title for the purpose of financing both capital and operating costs of a project within the boundaries established through village center designation.

(4) The Downtown and Village Center Tax Credit Program described in 32 V.S.A. § 5930aa et seq.

(5) Whenever the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services or other State officials in charge of selecting a site are planning to lease or construct buildings suitable to being located in a village center after determining that the option of utilizing existing space in a downtown development district pursuant to subdivision 2794(a)(12) of this title is not feasible, the option of utilizing existing space in a designated village center shall be given thorough investigation and priority, in consultation with the community.

(d) The State Board shall review a village center designation every eight years and may review compliance with the designation requirements at more frequent intervals. Any community applying for renewal shall explain how the designation under this section has furthered the goals of the town plan and shall submit an approved town plan map that depicts the boundary of the designated district. If at any time the State Board determines that the village center no longer meets the standards for designation established in subsection (a) of this section, it may take any of the following actions:

(1) require corrective action;

(2) provide technical assistance through the Vermont Downtown Program;

(3) limit eligibility for the benefits pursuant to subsection (c) of this section without affecting any of the village center's previously awarded benefits; or

(4) remove the village center's designation without affecting any of the village center's previously awarded benefits.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 405 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 405
App. § 413-405. Indebtedness
Status: in_force

(a) Short-term borrowing. The Board of Supervisors may borrow money through the issuance of notes of the District for the purpose of paying current expenses of the District. Such notes must mature within one year. The Board of Supervisors may also borrow money in anticipation of assessment to each member municipality in an amount not to exceed 90 percent of the amount assessed for each year and may issue notes of the District that must mature within one year. The Board of Supervisors may also borrow money in anticipation of grants-in-aid from any source and any revenues other than assessments through the issuance of notes of the District. Such notes must mature within one year, but may be renewed as provided by general law. The Board of Supervisors may also borrow money in anticipation of bond proceeds that have been authorized as provided herein. Said notes shall be issued as provided in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53.

(b) Long-term indebtedness.

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

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

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

(4) Authorization. When a majority of all the voters present and voting on the question from all the member municipalities at such special meeting vote to authorize the issuance of bonds or other evidence of indebtedness or to authorize a long-term contract, the District shall be authorized to issue the bonds or other evidence of indebtedness as provided in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 or other applicable statutes, or to enter into the long-term contract. The ballots cast in each member municipality shall be combined and counted by members of the Board of Supervisors together with the town or city clerk from each member municipality, or the clerk's designee. Subchapter 5 of this chapter §§ 507 (Australian ballot), 508 (qualifications and registration of voters), 509 (conduct of meeting), 510 (reconsideration or rescission of vote), and 511 (validation of District meetings) shall apply to any District meeting called to incur long-term debt or to authorize a long-term contract.

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

(6) Special limitation. The Board of Supervisors shall not submit to the legal voters of the District any proposition to issue bonds or other long-term indebtedness or to authorize a long-term contract less than 18 months after the District has become a body politic and corporate.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1001 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 1001
App. § 247-1001. Adoption authority
Status: in_force

The Village shall have all the powers granted to villages and other municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of this State. It may enact ordinances, bylaws, and regulations and impose penalties for the violation thereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Village may enact such bylaws and regulations as are expedient, not inconsistent with law particularly such as relate to streets, sidewalks, lanes, commons, shade and ornamental trees and lights thereon, slaughterhouses and nuisances, police protection, restraint of animals, erection and regulation of buildings and hay scales, the preservation of buildings, with the right of directing alterations in stoves, fireplaces, and causes from which danger from fire may be apprehended, fire engines and other apparatus necessary for the extinguishment of fire, establishment and regulation of fire companies, and to the manufacture and safekeeping of ashes, explosives, and combustibles.
24 V.S.A. § 4864 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 121 / Section 4864
§ 4864. Employee organizations; police employees; State Labor Relations Board
Status: in_force

If an employee organization is the exclusive bargaining representative of employees in one or more participating municipalities in a proposed agreement to create a union municipal district for the purpose of providing services currently provided by these employees, any questions of unit determination or representation involving these employees shall be resolved by the State Labor Relations Board pursuant to 21 V.S.A. chapter 22.
24 V.S.A. § 4482 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4482
§ 4482. Severability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or the application of this chapter to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and for this purpose, the provisions of this chapter are severable.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 2
App. § 901-2. Term
Status: in_force

The Authority shall continue perpetually.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 209 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 209
App. § 4-209. Council meetings; procedure
Status: in_force

(a) The Council shall determine its own rules and order of business.

(b) The presence of three members shall constitute a quorum. Three affirmative votes shall be necessary to take binding Council action.

(c) In accordance with Vermont's Open Meeting Law, the Council shall keep minutes of its proceedings. The journalized minutes shall be a public record.

(d) All meetings of the Council shall be open to the public unless, by an affirmative vote of the majority of the members present, the Council shall vote that any particular session shall be an executive session or deliberative session in accordance with Vermont's Open Meeting Law.
24 V.S.A. § 4654 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4654
§ 4654. Marketability; certification
Status: in_force

All municipal bonds, revenue bonds, or other investments of monies of the Bank provided for under this chapter must at all times be purchased in negotiable form, subject to provision for any registration in the name of the Bank or for issuance in book entry form pursuant to section 1881 of this title. All municipal bonds and revenue bonds at any time purchased by the Bank must upon delivery to the Bank be accompanied by an approving opinion of bond counsel.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11.04 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 11.04
App. § 9-11.4. Annual appropriations
Status: in_force

The Board of Aldermen shall finalize the General Fund budget and publish to the voters of the City before each December 31. The General Fund budget shall then be promptly warned and placed on the ballot each March for voter approval.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22.12 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 22.12
App. § 9-22.12. Service of criminal process
Status: in_force

All police officers shall have the authority in criminal causes returnable before the Rutland District or Superior Court, to serve and return within the State said criminal process. For such duties the Police Department shall be allowed the fees provided by law to sheriffs for similar services, which fee shall belong to the City, to be paid into the City Treasury whenever such police officers shall be under pay from the City. The said police officers shall have the power of constables in all matters arising under the criminal and police laws of the State and ordinances and police regulations of the City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 41 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 41
App. § 417-41. Sinking fund
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors 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.
24 V.S.A. § 2511 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 67 / Section 2511
§ 2511. Control of infestations
Status: in_force

When an insect or disease pest infestation upon or in shade or private trees threatens other public or private trees, is considered detrimental to a municipal shade tree preservation program, or threatens the public safety, the tree warden may request surveys and recommendations for control action from the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets or Commissioner of Forests, Parks and Recreation in accordance with 6 V.S.A. chapter 84.
24 V.S.A. § 1235 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 37 / Section 1235
§ 1235. General authority
Status: in_force

Subject to the requirements of this chapter, he or she shall have general supervision of the affairs of the town, be the administrative head of all departments of the town government, and shall be responsible for the efficient administration thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 211 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 211
App. § 407-211. Rules of procedures
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this agreement, Robert's Rules of Order shall govern at all meetings.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 25.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 25.02
App. § 9-25.2. Acceptance of streets
Status: in_force

(a) Streets and highways in the City may be laid out, opened, accepted, and established by the Board of Highway Commissioners, provided the owners having a majority of the frontage on the proposed street or highway file their petition therefor with the Clerk of the City. Such petition shall be accompanied by a monumented survey, with a plan of said street satisfactory to the Board of Highway Commissioners, and further provided that the signers of the petition shall do or have done all construction and improvements relative thereto as required by the Board of Aldermen.

(b) All streets or highways in said City of less than three rods in width heretofore deeded or dedicated to the City for public highways and heretofore accepted, and all such streets or highways laid out or opened by it, are hereby declared to be legal streets and highways; and all acts, votes, and resolutions of the City in respect thereto are hereby declared to be legal and valid.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 24 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 24
App. § 126-24. Election of officers by Australian ballot
Status: in_force

All officers identified in section 22 of this charter shall be elected by Australian ballot.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 291 / Section 6
App. § 291-6. Clerk; Treasurer; Collector
Status: in_force

The Clerk, Treasurer, and Collector shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of their respective offices; and the Treasurer and Collector shall give bonds, with sureties, to the corporation, in such sum as the trustees shall direct for the faithful performance of their respective duties.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 307 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 307
App. § 127-307. Recall
Status: in_force

(a) Any officer elected under subsection 302(a) of this charter may be removed from office as follows:

(1) A petition signed by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters shall be filed with the Selectboard, requesting a vote on whether the elected officer shall be removed from office.

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

(3) The official shall be removed only if at least as many registered voters of the Town vote as voted in the election wherein the officer was elected or at least one-third of the registered voters of the Town vote, whichever is greater, and a majority of that number vote for removal.

(b) If the Town votes for removal of an elected officer, the office shall thereupon become vacant, and the Selectboard shall call a special meeting, to be held within 45 days of the vote for removal, to fill the vacancy until the term of the officer so removed expires.

(c) The votes for removal and to fill the office removed shall be by Australian ballot.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 401 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 111 / Section 401
App. § 111-401. Adoption of rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The Selectboard, under the vote and direction of said Town, may make and adopt such rules and regulations concerning the management and use of the water system of said Town, reservoirs, lands, and appurtenances, not inconsistent with law, as it may deem expedient, including the fixing and collecting of water rates.
24 V.S.A. § 1758 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1758
§ 1758. Conduct of meetings
Status: in_force

(a) Meetings of voters in municipal corporations under this subchapter shall be conducted in the same manner as the annual city and town meetings are conducted. The qualifications of voters at such meetings shall be the same as the qualifications of voters at annual city and town meetings. The vote on the question of issuing bonds for such improvements shall be by Australian ballot. The form of the ballot to be used shall be substantially as follows:

I. Shall the bonds of the .......... of .......... in an amount not to exceed .......... be issued for the purpose of .................... ?

If in favor of the bond issue, make a cross (x) in this square □.

If opposed to the bond issue, make a cross (x) in this square □.

In the discretion of the legislative branch, the form of the ballot may also state the maximum rate of interest to be paid on the bonds, in which case the form of the ballot to be used shall be substantially as follows:

I. Shall bonds of the .......... of .......... in an amount not to exceed .......... bearing interest not to exceed .......... percent, be issued for the purpose of .................... ?

If in favor of the bond issue, make a cross (x) in this square □.

If opposed to the bond issue, make a cross (x) in this square □.

(b) If a school board submits to its voters the proposition of incurring a bonded debt to pay for an improvement, the form of the ballot shall be as set forth in subsection (a) of this section, however:

(1) If the entire costs of the improvement are not eligible for State construction aid pursuant to 16 V.S.A. chapter 123 because the costs exceed the maximum allowed by formula established by the State Board of Education, the ballot text set forth in subsection (a) shall be preceded by the following introductory sentences:

The .......... school board proposes to incur bonded indebtedness for the purpose of .......... at the estimated total project cost of $ .......... . It is estimated that ........ percent of the project will not be eligible for State school construction aid because its (unit costs and/or allowable space) cause it to exceed the maximum cost for state participation under the State Board of Education's formula for school construction. Therefore, the ...... percent of the project that is estimated to be ineligible under the formula shall be built at 100% school district cost without State participation. The cost of the portion of construction which is ineligible under the formula is $ .......... .

(2) The ballot may contain language conditioning commencement of the improvement by the school board on receipt of final approval by the State Board of Education for State construction aid under 16 V.S.A. § 3448(a)(5).

(3) The warning and ballot shall contain the following set forth in bold-faced type:

State funds may not be available at the time this project is otherwise eligible to receive State school construction aid. The district is responsible for all costs incurred in connection with any borrowing done in anticipation of State school construction aid.

(c) A public informational hearing adhering to the requirements of 17 V.S.A. § 2680(g) shall be held to discuss the proposition of a school district incurring a bonded debt to pay for an improvement. At such hearing, the school board shall distribute to the participants a written estimate of the percentage of the costs of the improvement that will not be eligible for State school construction aid because its unit costs or allowable space, or both, cause it to exceed the maximum cost for State participation under the State Board of Education's formula for school construction.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 201 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 201
App. § 131-201. General law; application
Status: in_force

Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any legal regulation or ordinance of the Town of Plainfield, all provisions of the statutes of the State of Vermont relating to municipalities shall apply to the Town of Plainfield.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 47 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 47
App. § 405-47. Signing of warning
Status: in_force

The original warning of any special meeting of the District shall be signed by a number of the Board of Commissioners equal to a majority of the total votes entitled to be cast and shall be filed with the District Secretary before being posted.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23.03 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 23.03
App. § 9-23.3. Absence of Fire Chief
Status: in_force

In the event of temporary (24 hours or less) absence of the Chief of the Fire Department, the duties of the Chief shall fall upon the subordinate officers, according to their rank, as established by the rules and regulations of the Fire Department. In the event the absence will be for a period of greater than 24 hours, the Chief Engineer shall designate a subordinate officer as the acting Chief Engineer, who shall assume the duties of the Chief Engineer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 40 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 40
App. § 3-40. Quorum; attendance of certain officers may be required
Status: in_force

A majority of the City Council elect shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and enforce such penalties for nonattendance as may by ordinance be prescribed. Any other City officer may be required to attend a meeting of the City Council or City Council with Mayor presiding in the same manner as a member of the City Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 806 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 203 / Section 806
App. § 203-806. Taxation for infrastructure improvements
Status: in_force

The legal voters of the Village of Alburgh, at any annual or special meeting warned for that purpose, may vote a tax upon the grand list of the Village for any of the purposes mentioned in this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 404 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 404
App. § 19-404. Codes of technical regulations
Status: in_force

(a) Adoption by reference. The Council may adopt any standard technical, building, life safety, housing, and construction code by reference thereto in an adopting ordinance. The procedure and requirements governing such an adopting ordinance shall be as prescribed for ordinances generally except that:

(1) the requirements of this charter for distribution and filing for copies of the ordinance shall be construed to include copies of the code of technical regulations as well as of the adopting ordinance; and

(2) a copy of each adopted code of technical regulations as well as of the adopting ordinance shall be authenticated and recorded by the City Clerk pursuant to this charter.

(b) Copies for regulations. Copies of an adopted code of technical regulations shall be made available by the City Clerk for distribution or for purchase at a reasonable price.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 205 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 205
App. § 413-205. Regular meetings
Status: in_force

A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be established at the organizational meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 245 / Section 23
App. § 245-23. Construction of subchapter
Status: in_force

This section is remedial in nature, and the powers hereby granted shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes hereof, and to this end the Village shall have power to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes hereof in addition to the powers expressly conferred in this subchapter. Any proceedings heretofore taken by the Village relating to the subject matters of this subchapter, whether or not commenced under any other law, may, at the option of the Village trustees, be discontinued, and new proceedings instituted under this subchapter. It is hereby declared that the sections, clauses, sentences, and parts of this subchapter are severable, are not matters of mutual essential inducement, and any of them shall be deemed individually excised if this subchapter would otherwise be unconstitutional or ineffective. It is the intention to confer upon the Village the whole or any part of the powers in this subchapter provided for, and if any one or more sections, clauses, sentences, and parts of this subchapter shall for any reason be questioned in any court or administrative tribunal, and shall be adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remaining provisions thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the specific provision or provisions so held unconstitutional or invalid, and the inapplicability or invalidity of any section, clause, sentence, or part of this subchapter in any one or more instances shall not be taken to affect or prejudice in any way its applicability or validity in any other instance.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 34 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 34
App. § 405-34. Appropriations and revenues
Status: in_force

(a) Should anticipated user fees and revenues from District services and facilities not be sufficient to pay for any obligations or liabilities of the District, the Board of Commissioners shall, following adoption of the budget, apportion the sums for solid waste management, and District obligations and liabilities required to be contributed by each member municipality on the basis of the actual or estimated annual tonnage or volume of solid waste generated by each member municipality as determined by the Board of Commissioners.

(b) Each member municipality shall be assessed a percentage of the sum of the District obligations and liabilities equal to the ratio that the solid waste generated by the member municipality bears to the total solid waste generated within the District. The Board of Commissioners may from time to time annually determine the percentage of solid waste generation attributed to each member municipality, which determination shall be based on waste generation information for the most recent 12-month period for which information is available. For the purposes of this section, the weight or volume of solid waste generated shall be deemed to include all discarded materials separated or collected for recycling.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness or long-term contracts that, according to their respective express terms, are payable solely and exclusively from user fees and revenues of the District.

(d) A uniform unit of cost per ton or other volume of solid waste shall be established by the Board each year. Separate and nonuniform rates and costs per ton or volume of solid waste may be established by the Board of Commissioners for solid waste management or disposal services for nonmember municipalities and their residents. Planning costs shall be apportioned among the member municipalities on the basis of the estimated or actual annual tonnage or volume of solid waste generated by each member municipality. Should it be possible to generate a surplus from user fees and revenues, the Board of Commissioners may reimburse member municipalities on an equitable basis for any assessments, or portions thereof, previously paid to the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 16 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 703 / Section 16
App. § 703-16. Indebtedness
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The District may incur indebtedness for public improvements and other purposes as provided by 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 1. The limits on indebtedness in chapter 53 or otherwise shall not apply to indebtedness incurred or assumed by the District.

(2) Obligations incurred under subchapter 1 or as otherwise authorized in this act by the District, except obligations incurred under 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 2, shall be the joint and several obligations of the District and the member towns composing it. However, as among such member towns, their respective shares of such obligation shall be apportioned and paid in the manner provided in this chapter. Any joint or several liability incurred by a member town under the provisions of this act shall not be considered in determining its debt limit for its own separate purposes. Bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of the District may be authorized for public improvements by a majority of the voters present and voting on the question at a District meeting, may be paid in not more than 40 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 such 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 such bonds or other evidences of indebtedness are issued. Interest up to and for not more than one year after commencement of regular operation of public improvements may be paid from obligations issued to finance such public improvements.

(b) The District may also issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 2, and any amendment thereof or addition thereto, and bonds payable solely from revenues may be issued while the District has outstanding other bonds or evidences of indebtedness for which the District and the member towns are jointly and severally liable as hereinbefore provided.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 24 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 24
App. § 235-24. Treasurer and Collector
Status: in_force

The Treasurer and Collector shall have similar powers and duties to those of town treasurers and town collectors. They shall each give bonds to the Village, conditional to the faithful performance of the duties of their office, in such sums and with such sureties as the trustees may prescribe. If a Treasurer or Collector does not give such bonds within 10 days after his or her election or appointment, his or her office shall be vacant.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 605 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 605
App. § 409-605. Seal
Status: in_force

The District shall have a seal designed as the Board requires.
24 V.S.A. § 299 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 299
§ 299. Duties as peace officer
Status: in_force

A sheriff shall preserve the peace using force only as permitted pursuant to 20 V.S.A. chapter 151. A sheriff may apprehend, without warrant, individuals assembled in disturbance of the peace and bring them before the Criminal Division of the Superior Court, which shall proceed with such individuals as with individuals brought before it by process issued by the court.
24 V.S.A. § 1951 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 57 / Section 1951
§ 1951. Creation of department
Status: in_force

A town, city, or incorporated village shall have power to create, maintain, and operate a fire department as a department of the municipality, and for this purpose to purchase, acquire, hold, lease, or sell real property, equipment, and apparatus, and to appoint officers, firemen, and employees of the department.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 207 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 207
App. § 117-207. Powers and duties
Status: in_force

(Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-209 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)

(a) The members of the Selectboard shall constitute the legislative body of the Town of Essex for all purposes required by statute and shall have all powers and authority given to, and perform all duties required of town legislative bodies or selectboards under the laws of the State of Vermont.

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

(1) appoint and remove the Town Manager and supervise, create, change, and abolish offices, commissions, or departments other than the offices, commissions, or departments established by this charter;

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

(3) provide for an independent audit by a registered or certified public accountant;

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

(5) exercise each and every other power that is not specifically set forth herein, but that is granted to the Selectboard by the statutes of the State of Vermont. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 117-209 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 305 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 305
App. § 411-305. Clerk
Status: in_force

The Clerk of the District shall be elected by the Board of Supervisors from among the Board's members. The Clerk, with the approval of the Board, may appoint an Assistant Clerk. The Clerk shall be responsible for the records and the Seal of the District. The Clerk shall ensure that all votes and proceedings of the District, including meetings of the District and meetings of the Board of Supervisors, are recorded. The Clerk shall be responsible for the preparation, posting, publication, and delivery of all warnings for meetings of the District. Upon approval of the annual report by the Board of Supervisors, the Clerk shall cause the report to be distributed to the legislative bodies of the member municipalities. The Clerk shall be responsible for the preparation and distribution of other reports required by laws of the State of Vermont and by resolutions or rules of the Board. The Clerk shall open and conduct the meetings of the Board of Supervisors when the Chair and Vice Chair are not present until an acting Vice Chair shall have been selected. The Clerk shall perform all of the duties and functions incident to the office of secretary or clerk of a body politic and corporate.
24 V.S.A. § 2291 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2291
§ 2291. Enumeration of powers
Status: repealed

For the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, welfare, and convenience, a town, city, or incorporated village shall have the following powers:

(1) To set off portions of public highways of the municipality for sidewalks and bicycle paths and to regulate their installation and use.

(2) To provide for the removal of snow and ice from sidewalks by the owner, occupant, or person having charge of abutting property.

(3) To provide for the location, protection, maintenance, and removal of trees, plants, and shrubs and buildings or other structures on or above public highways, sidewalks, or other property of the municipality.

(4) To regulate the operation and use of vehicles of every kind including the power to erect traffic signs and signals, to regulate the speed of vehicles subject to 23 V.S.A. chapter 13, subchapter 12, to implement traffic-calming devices, to regulate or exclude the parking of all vehicles, and to provide for waiver of the right of appearance and arraignment in court by persons charged with parking violations by payment of specified fines within a stated period of time.

(5) To establish rules for pedestrian traffic on public highways and to establish crosswalks.

(6) To regulate the location, installation, maintenance, repair, and removal of utility poles, wires and conduits, water pipes or mains, storm drains, or gas mains and sewers, upon, under, or above public highways or public property of the municipality.

(7) To regulate or prohibit the erection, size, structure, contents, and location of signs, posters, or displays on or above any public highway, sidewalk, lane, or alleyway of the municipality and to regulate the use, size, structure, contents, and location of signs on private buildings or structures.

(8) To regulate or prohibit the use or discharge, but not possession, of firearms within the municipality or specified portions thereof, provided that an ordinance adopted under this subdivision shall be consistent with section 2295 of this title and shall not prohibit, reduce, or limit discharge at any existing sport shooting range, as that term is defined in 10 V.S.A. § 5227.

(9) To license or regulate itinerant vendors, peddlers, door-to-door salesmen, and those selling goods, wares, merchandise, or services who engage in a transient or temporary business, or who sell from an automobile, truck, wagon, or other conveyance, excepting persons selling fruits, vegetables, or other farm produce.

(10) To regulate the keeping of dogs, and to provide for their licensing, leashing, muzzling, restraint, impoundment, and destruction.

(11) To regulate, license, tax, or prohibit circuses, carnivals, and menageries and all plays, concerts, entertainments, or exhibitions of any kind for which money is received.

(12) To regulate or prohibit the storage or dumping of solid waste, as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 6602. These regulations may require the separation of specified components of the waste stream.

(13) To compel the cleaning or repair of any premises that in the judgment of the legislative body is dangerous to the health or safety of the public and to establish health and safety standards for premises within the municipality in order to protect the public or prevent physical injury to other properties in the vicinity.

(14) To define what constitutes a public nuisance, and to provide procedures and take action for its abatement or removal as the public health, safety, or welfare may require.

(15) To provide for penalties for violation of any ordinance or rule adopted under the authority of this section.

(16) To name and rename streets and to number and renumber lots pursuant to section 4463 of this title and to require the owner of a house or other building to which a number has been assigned to affix the number, including the assigned 911 address, to the structure, sign, or number post so that it is clearly visible from the road.

(17) To regulate or prohibit possession of open or unsealed containers of alcoholic beverages in public places.

(18) To regulate or prohibit consumption of alcoholic beverages in public places.

(19) To regulate the construction, alteration, development, and decommissioning or dismantling of wireless telecommunications facilities and ancillary improvements where the city, town, or village has not adopted zoning or where those activities are not regulated pursuant to a duly adopted zoning bylaw. Regulations regarding the decommissioning or dismantling of telecommunications facilities and ancillary structures may include requirements that bond be posted, or other security acceptable to the legislative body, in order to finance facility decommissioning or dismantling activities. These regulations are not intended to prohibit seamless coverage of wireless telecommunications services. With respect to the construction or alteration of wireless telecommunications facilities subject to regulation granted in this section, the town, city, or incorporated village shall vest in its local regulatory authority the power to determine whether the installation of a wireless telecommunications facility, whatever its size, will impose no impact or merely a de minimis impact on the surrounding area and the overall pattern of land development, and if the local regulatory authority, originally or on appeal, determines that the facility will impose no impact or a de minimis impact, it shall issue a permit. No ordinance authorized by this section, except to the extent structured to protect historic landmarks and structures listed on the State or National Register of Historic Places, may have the purpose or effect of limiting or prohibiting a property owner's ability to place or allow placement of antennae used to transmit, receive, or transmit and receive communications signals on that property owner's premises if the aggregate area of the largest faces of the antennae is not more than eight square feet, and if the antennae and the mast to which they are attached do not extend more than 12 feet above the roof of that portion of the building to which they are attached.

(20) [Repealed.]

(21) To regulate, by means of a civil ordinance adopted pursuant to chapter 59 of this title, subject to the limitations of 13 V.S.A. § 351b and the requirement of 13 V.S.A. § 354(a), and consistent with the rules adopted by the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets, pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 352b(a), the welfare of animals in the municipality. Such ordinance may be enforced by humane officers as defined in 13 V.S.A. § 351, if authorized to do so by the municipality.

(22) To regulate the sale and conveyance of sewage capacity to users, including phasing provisions and other conditions based on the impact of residential, commercial, or industrial growth within a town, in accord with principles in a duly adopted town plan.

(23) Acting individually or in concert with other towns, cities, or incorporated villages and pursuant to chapter 87, subchapter 2 of this title, to incur indebtedness for or otherwise finance by any means permitted under chapter 53 of this title projects relating to renewable energy, as defined in 30 V.S.A. § 8002(17), or to eligible energy efficiency projects undertaken by owners of real property within the boundaries of the town, city, or incorporated village. Energy efficiency projects shall be those that are eligible under section 3267 of this title.

(24) Upon the determination by a municipal building inspector, health officer, or fire marshal that a building within the boundaries of the town, city, or incorporated village is uninhabitable, to recover all expenses incident to the maintenance of the uninhabitable building with the expenses to constitute a lien on the property in the same manner and to the same extent as taxes assessed on the grand list, and all procedures and remedies for the collection of taxes shall apply to the collection of those expenses; provided, however, that the town, city, or incorporated village has adopted rules to determine the habitability of a building, including provisions for notice in accordance with 32 V.S.A. § 5252(3) to the building's owner prior to incurring expenses and including provisions for an administrative appeals process.

[Subdivision (25) effective until January 1, 2028; see also subdivision (25) effective January 1, 2028 set out below.]

(25) To regulate by means of an ordinance or bylaw development in a flood hazard area, river corridor protection area, or other hazard area consistent with the requirements of section 4424 of this title and the National Flood Insurance Program. Such an ordinance or bylaw may regulate accessory dwelling units in flood hazard and fluvial erosion areas. However, such an ordinance or bylaw shall not require the filing of an application or the issuance of a permit or other approval by the municipality for a planting project considered to have a permit by operation of subsection 4424(c) of this title.

[Subdivision (25) effective January 1, 2028; see also subdivision (25) effective until January 1, 2028 set out above.]

(25) To regulate by means of an ordinance or bylaw development in a flood hazard area or other hazard area consistent with the requirements of section 4424 of this title and the National Flood Insurance Program. Such an ordinance or bylaw may regulate accessory dwelling units in flood hazard areas. However, such an ordinance or bylaw shall not require the filing of an application or the issuance of a permit or other approval by the municipality for a planting project considered to have a permit by operation of subsection 4424(c) of this title.

(26) To regulate parking lots and parking meters on public property or public highways of the municipality, including the power to set parking fees and use parking revenues for any municipal purpose. Projects relating to parking lots and parking meters under this subdivision shall constitute an improvement under chapter 53 of this title, and a municipality shall have the right of eminent domain to condemn land necessary for such projects subject to the restrictions set forth in section 2805 of this title and 18 V.S.A. § 5318.

(27) When a disaster or emergency has been declared by the Governor, a municipal building inspector, health officer, fire marshal, or zoning administrator may declare condemned to be destroyed a property that has been damaged in the disaster or emergency and is dangerous to life, health, or safety due to the disaster-related damage. The local legislative body may require that an official receive training on disaster-related condemnation before he or she may condemn property under this subdivision. The owner of property condemned under this subdivision may appeal the condemnation according to the condemnation appeals procedure of chapter 83 of this title, provided that any appeal to the Superior Court shall be to the Civil Division.

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

(A) Screening requirements under this subdivision shall not be more restrictive than screening requirements applied to commercial development in the municipality under chapter 117 of this title or, if the municipality does not have other bylaws except flood hazard, 10 V.S.A. chapter 151.

(B) In this subdivision (28), “plant” shall have the same meaning as in 30 V.S.A. § 8002 and “screening” means reasonable aesthetic mitigation measures to harmonize a facility with its surroundings and includes landscaping, vegetation, fencing, and topographic features.

(C) This subdivision (28) shall not authorize requiring a municipal permit for a solar electric generation plant. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this title, enforcement of an ordinance adopted under this subdivision shall be pursuant to the provisions of 30 V.S.A. § 30 applicable to violations of 30 V.S.A. § 248.

(29) To regulate by means of an ordinance or bylaw the operation of short-term rentals within the municipality, provided that the ordinance or bylaw does not adversely impact the availability of long-term rental housing. As used in this subdivision, “short-term rental” means a furnished house, condominium, or other dwelling room or self-contained dwelling unit rented to the transient, traveling, or vacationing public for a period of fewer than 30 consecutive days and for more than 14 days per calendar year.

(30) To regulate by means of an ordinance adopted pursuant to chapter 59 of this title regarding the control of livestock running at large. As used in this subdivision:

(A) “Livestock” has the same meaning as in 6 V.S.A. § 761.

(B) “Livestock running at large” means any livestock found or being on any public land or public way, or land belonging to a person other than the owner of the livestock, without the landowner's permission.

(C) “Public way” has the same meaning as in section 2501a of this title.
24 V.S.A. § 1202 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 36 / Section 1202
§ 1202. Application
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter shall be used by local boards conducting contested hearings, where required by law, and may be used by local boards conducting contested hearings, even where not required by law. Local determinations to use this chapter, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be made by majority vote of those voting at a duly warned special or annual municipal meeting, or may be made on behalf of the municipality by the legislative body.

(b) This chapter creates only procedural rights and imposes only procedural duties. They are in addition to those created and imposed by other statutes.

(c) This chapter provides the minimum due process rights of parties in contested hearings. A local board may grant additional rights to parties so long as the rights of other parties are not substantially prejudiced.

(d) A local board may adopt additional procedural rules not inconsistent with this chapter governing its hearings. The ordinance adoption process established by chapter 59 of this title shall be used for this purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 114E / Section 6
App. § 114E-6. Collector of Current Taxes and Collector of Delinquent Taxes
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard shall appoint a Collector of Current Taxes and a Collector of Delinquent Taxes. The same person, who may be a current Town employee, may be appointed to both positions. The appointees shall have strong interpersonal skills and shall be competent in record keeping, handling money, and accounting. The person or persons chosen need not be residents of the Town; preference shall be given to qualified residents.

(b) If a vacancy occurs in the office of Collector of Current Taxes or Collector of Delinquent Taxes, the Selectboard shall appoint an interim Collector of Current Taxes or Collector of Delinquent Taxes to serve until the process described in subsection (a) of this section is completed.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 133 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 133
App. § 3-133. Conflicts of interest
Status: in_force

(a) No City officer shall participate in any fashion or cast a vote on any matter in which either a direct or indirect conflict of interest is present. Nor shall a City officer participate or vote on any question in which such participation or vote would reasonably create in the mind of an objective person the appearance of a direct or indirect conflict of interest. The presence of a circumstance as above enumerated shall be regarded as a conflict of interest situation. In the event a conflict of interest situation arises, the affected City officer shall at the first opportunity formally declare the existence of the conflict of interest situation. Thereafter, such officer shall not participate in any fashion at any level, formally or informally, in the discussion of the matter, nor cast a vote of any kind at any level with respect to the matter to which the conflict of interest situation applies. For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall be applicable:

(1) “Direct Conflict of Interest” shall mean a situation in which the City officer has a direct and immediate financial interest in a matter that is officially before such officer or before a board of which such officer is a member. Such financial interest shall be regarded as present if the City officer is either the self-proprietor of the organization seeking to do business with the City or an officer, partner, professional associate, shareholder holding at least five percent of the outstanding shares of any particular class of shares, director, or managerial employee of such organization. It shall also be regarded as present if the City officer serves as legal counsel, accountant, architect, or consulting engineer, or has another such professional relationship with such organization. For purposes of this subsection, doing business with the City shall mean contracting within the City, seeking or opposing a permit or similar permission for a particular activity, seeking or opposing a legal enactment or some amendment thereof, soliciting employment with the City, or otherwise requesting some status, right, or benefit from the City that has a financial value. Doing business with the City shall not include supporting or opposing the passage of a legislative measure unless such measure relates substantially to the City officer's business or business organization rather than to a broad scope of private and public interests that may include the private financial interests of the City officer.

(2) “Indirect Conflict of Interest” shall mean a situation in which the City officer is a spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent or grandchild, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, or first or second cousin of an individual who would have a direct conflict of interest were such City officer involved in the situation.

(3) “City Officer” shall mean the Mayor, a member of the City Council, a member of the Board of School Commissioners, a commissioner appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding, a superintendent or corresponding department head of a City department, or any City official who is appointed by the Mayor subject to the approval of the City Council.

(b) The proscribed appearance of a conflict of interest shall be deemed to be present when either the City officer formally announces the existence of such or two-thirds of the whole number of the City Council, or in the case of a City officer in the School Department two-thirds of the whole number of the Board of School Commissioners, shall vote in a particular situation that such a conflict of interest situation exists for a particular City officer. In such a proceeding, the Mayor shall preside and vote as a member of the City Council, but no City Council or School Board member shall participate or vote if such officer is the subject of the discussion as to whether a conflict of interest situation exists.

(c) Any City officer who violates the provisions of this section shall be regarded as guilty of bad conduct. City officers other than the Mayor, members of the City Council, and members of the Board of School Commissioners shall be subject to removal or suspension in accordance with the procedures set out in this City charter and applicable State statutes. The Mayor or a member of the City Council shall be subject to official censure upon affirmative vote of two-thirds of the whole number of the City Council with the Mayor presiding and voting as a member thereof. A member of the Board of School Commissioners shall be subject to official censure upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the whole number of such Board. Provided, neither the Mayor, a member of the City Council, nor a member of the Board of School Commissioners shall participate in such discussion and vote if such individual is the subject of the discussion.

(d) While not proscribed by the precise requirements of this section, a City officer is also requested to consider declaring a conflict of interest situation and not participating in any matter where as a result of close personal friendship with an applicant or for any other reason unrelated to the merits of the matter, the City officer is not able to consider the matter at issue without being influenced and guided by such friendship or other reason unrelated to the merits of the matter. Further, a City officer who holds less than five percent of the shares of any particular class of shares in any organization seeking to do business with the City is also requested to declare his or her ownership of such shares when voting on a matter in which he or she would have a conflict of interest if the percentage of ownership were five percent or greater.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4.05 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 4.05
App. § 107-4.5. Appointments
Status: repealed

(a) At the first meeting after their election and qualification, the Selectboard shall elect a Chair, a Vice Chair, and a Clerk.

(b) The Chair shall preside at meetings of the Board, shall represent the Town government for ceremonial purposes, but he or she shall have no administrative duties. The Vice Chair shall act as Chair during the absence or disability of the Chair.

(c) The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Manager and may remove same for cause. The Selectboard shall not have the power to remove the Office of Town Manager nor the power to remove the offices that report to the Town Manager, or those offices mandated by State law that do not contradict the content of this charter.

(d) The Selectboard shall have the power to appoint and remove a Town Attorney. A Town Attorney (which may be a law firm) is subject to ratification by the Representative Town Meeting. The Town Attorney shall:

(1) serve as Town Agent and shall prosecute and defend suits in which the Town is interested, and he or she may prosecute violations of any bylaw, rule, regulation, or ordinance;

(2) prosecute crimes committed within the Town not prosecuted by the Windham County State's Attorney;

(3) provide legal advice to the Selectboard; Town Manager; department heads; Development Review Board; Planning Commission; and other Town boards, commissions, and committees;

(4) perform other duties pertaining to the office as directed by the Selectboard; and

(5) have the right to appoint, subject to approval of the Selectboard, one or more assistants, remaining responsible for their official acts and omissions, and may revoke said appointment at any time.

(e) The Selectboard shall contract with a certified public accountant, licensed in Vermont, to perform an annual financial audit of all Town funds as required by Vermont statutes, including the provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 51.

(f) The Selectboard shall appoint the following officers of the Town and members of all boards, commissions, and committees and shall certify such appointments to the Town Clerk. All vacancies shall be published in a local newspaper at least ten days before they are filled.

(1) Three fence viewers.

(2) A Poundkeeper.

(3) One or more inspectors of lumber, shingles, and wood.

(4) One or more weighers of coal.

(5) A Tree Warden.

(6) A Town Energy Coordinator.

(7) Two Windham Regional Planning & Development Commissioners.

(8) A representative to Southeastern Vermont Community Action, Inc..

(9) A Town Clerk, subject to ratification by the Representative Town Meeting.

(10) A Town Treasurer, subject to ratification by the Representative Town Meeting.

(11) [Repealed.]

(12) The required number of appointees to the Windham Solid Waste Management District.

(13) Members of the following boards, commissions, and committees as required to fill vacancies therein. All vacancies shall be published in a local newspaper at least 10 days before they are filled:

(A) Brattleboro Housing Authority;

(B) Bus Service Advisory Committee;

(C) Honor Roll Committee;

(D) Housing Advisory Committee;

(E) [Repealed.]

(F) Personnel Appeals Board;

(G) Planning Commission;

(H) Recreation & Parks Board;

(I) Development Review Board.

(g) The Selectboard may abolish and create new offices, committees, boards, and commissions as changing circumstances dictate as long as such acts are not contradictory to the Town Manager form of government central to this charter nor to those positions specifically mandated by this charter. All vacancies in appointed offices shall be published in a local newspaper at least ten days before they are filled.

(h) At least as often as every 15 years, the Selectboard shall appoint from among the voters a Charter Revision Commission to review the language of the charter and the rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities specified therein. The Commission may propose amendments and may redraft the charter in whole or in part. Any amendments or changes shall be voted upon in accordance with subchapter 8 of this charter or as otherwise required by law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 115 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 143 / Section 115
App. § 143-115. Ordinances; filing
Status: in_force

The Town Clerk shall prepare and keep in the Town office a book of ordinances that shall contain each ordinance adopted by the Selectboard or finally approved by the voters together with an index of the ordinances according to the subject matter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 205 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 205
App. § 19-205. Nominations in general
Status: in_force

Nominations for the office of Mayor and Councilor shall be made by petition, prepared and filed in accordance with the provisions of 17 V.S.A. §§ 2681 and 2681a. The petitions shall contain no party designations. The City Clerk shall cause the names of the persons so nominated to be printed on a ballot in alphabetical arrangement according to surname, and sample ballots shall be posted in at least three public places at least ten days before election.
24 V.S.A. § 175 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 175
§ 175. Bond to county
Status: in_force

Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, a county clerk shall become bound to the county in the sum of $3,000.00, with sufficient sureties, by way of recognizance, before the assistant judges, or give a bond to the county executed by principal and sureties in like sum to be approved by the assistant judges, conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties. Such bonds of county clerks shall be taken biennially in the month of February and recorded in the office of the county clerk.
24 V.S.A. § 1356 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 41 / Section 1356
§ 1356. Functions and duties of Board of Appraisers
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Appraisers shall perform the same functions and duties for the unified towns and gores of Essex County that listers perform for their municipality.

(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided, the appraisers shall enjoy the same powers, privileges, immunities, and remuneration and shall be subject to the same obligations, limitations, liabilities, and penalties in respect to the unified towns and gores of Essex County as listers enjoy and are subject to in respect to their municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 301
App. § 13-301. Officers; general provisions
Status: repealed

The officers of the City of South Burlington shall be those provided by law for towns, except as otherwise provided by this charter. The officers shall have all the powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this charter as well as those provided by law. The offices of Fence Viewer, Weigher of Coal, and Inspector of Lumber shall be abolished.

(1) The officers of the South Burlington School District shall be those provided by law for school or school districts, except as otherwise provided by this charter; provided, however, that the School Directors shall hold no other School District or City office with the exception of the Board of Civil Authority, the Board of Abatement, and as provided otherwise in this charter. When a vacancy occurs on the Board of School Directors, the remaining members of the Board may fill the vacancy until the next annual meeting when the School District shall fill the vacancy.

(2) The Council by majority vote of all its members shall appoint annually the City Treasurer, whose office shall be no longer elective, and the City Attorney, Zoning Administrator, Auditor, First and Second Constable, Grand Juror, and Trustee of Public Funds.

(3) [Repealed.]
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 58 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 58
App. § 417-58. Admission of new member municipalities
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion of additional member municipalities in the District upon such terms and conditions as it in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair, reasonable, and in the best interest of the District. The legislative branch of any nonmember municipality that desires to be admitted to the District shall make application for admission to the Board of Supervisors of the District. The Board shall determine the effects and impacts that are likely to occur if such municipality is admitted and shall thereafter either grant or deny authority for admission of the petitioning municipality. If the Board grants such authority, it shall also specify any terms and conditions, including financial obligations upon which such admission is predicated. If a majority of the voters of the petitioning municipality present and voting at a meeting of such municipality duly warned for such purpose shall vote to approve this chapter and the terms and conditions for admission, the vote shall be certified by the clerk of that municipality to the Board of Supervisors. Thereafter, upon satisfactory performance of the terms and conditions of admission, said municipality shall, by resolution of the Board of Supervisors, become and thereafter be a member municipality of the District.
24 V.S.A. § 3903 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 111 / Section 3903
§ 3903. Military records
Status: in_force

A town may appoint a person, who need not be a resident of the town, to prepare a military record at the expense of the town, which shall contain the name of every person in the U.S. Armed Forces furnished by the town during any wars or military enterprises in which the United States has been engaged with the following statistics, so far as applicable to each case: age at the time of enlistment or induction; birthplace; date of enlistment; date of muster into the service of the United States; rank; promotions; reenlistment; date and cause of discharge; date of pension and amount; date and cause of death; date, place, and nature of wounds; bounty received from the town and bounty received from individuals; and any other pertinent information.
24 V.S.A. § 4941 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 121 / Section 4941
§ 4941. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this subchapter:

(1) “Association” shall mean an association, compact, or corporation, any of which shall be organized not for profit, and formed for the purpose of entering into intermunicipal insurance agreements under this subchapter.

(2) “Municipality” shall mean “municipality” as defined in section 4801 of this title, but shall also include the following:

(A) all governmental entities defined in 1 V.S.A. § 126 and in subdivision 1751(1) of this title;

(B) all bodies corporate and politic created and existing under any special act of the General Assembly;

(C) all bodies corporate and politic created and existing under an interstate compact;

(D) all bodies corporate and politic created under intermunicipal agreements entered into and approved as provided in subchapter 3 of chapter 121 of this title;

(E) all supervisory unions created under 16 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 1;

(F) all incorporated school districts;

(G) all entities providing educational services and eligible for State aid under 16 V.S.A. § 3447;

(H) all consolidated water and sewer districts;

(I) all ambulance districts created under subchapter 1 of chapter 71 of this title;

(J) all regional mass transportation authorities created under chapter 127 of this title;

(K) all local housing authorities created under section 4003 of this title;

(L) all conservation commissions created under section 4501 of this title;

(M) all special assessment or tax increment financing districts created under subchapter 5 of chapter 53 of this title;

(N) all counties established by chapter 1 of this title;

(O) all regional planning commissions established under chapter 117 of this title;

(P) all instrumentalities and agencies of the foregoing.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 607 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 607
App. § 129-607. School Board of Trustees policy
Status: in_force

The Superintendent shall prepare and submit to the School Board of Trustees proposals for School Board of Trustees policies. The Superintendent may have the assistance of the School Attorney and shall have the authority to request a committee of citizens to assist in the preparation of any proposals. Policies shall be general application to the School District, shall be in writing, codified, and made available to the public. Policies shall be adopted by the School Board of Trustees at regular or special School Board of Trustees meetings. The School Board of Trustees shall give notice of its intent to adopt a policy stating the substance of the proposed policy at least 10 days prior to its adoption.
24 V.S.A. § 4776 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 120 / Section 4776
§ 4776. Action for receivership
Status: in_force

Upon default of a loan, VEDA shall have the right to petition the Superior Court in the county in which any part of the water system is located, or the Public Utility Commission for systems subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, to appoint a receiver.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1503 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 1503
App. § 127-1503. Pending matters
Status: in_force

All rights, claims, actions, orders, contracts, and legal or administrative proceedings shall continue except as modified pursuant to the provisions of this charter and in each case shall be maintained, carried on, or dealt with by the Town department, office, or agency appropriate under this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 203 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 203
App. § 411-203. Composition
Status: in_force

(a) Each member municipality shall be entitled to be represented by one District supervisor for each 2,500 people, or portion thereof, residing in the municipality, except that unorganized towns, gores, and grants shall be considered as a single municipality and represented by one supervisor and alternate. The population of each member municipality shall, for the purposes hereof, be determined by the latest available population estimates published by the State of Vermont Department of Health.

(b) The District shall notify all member municipalities by January 15 of each year of the number of supervisors each member municipality is eligible to appoint or elect.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 22
App. § 219-22. Water rights; leasing and selling
Status: in_force

The Village may, at any legally warned meeting, authorize the water commissioners to lease, dispose of, or sell upon terms fixed by the meeting, to any person, partnership, or body corporate, or other company, any part or all of the rights and privileges granted by this chapter to the Village, and any property acquired thereunder, to have and to hold the same for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of the Village with water for fire, domestic, and other purposes; and the person, partnership, body corporate, or company, and their assigns upon such lease, disposal, or sale, shall for the purpose only succeed to the rights, privileges, and property so leased, disposed of, or sold, subject to all the conditions herein named, but the Board of Water Commissioners herein provided for shall be continued for carrying out and completing any proceedings under this chapter hereafter needed.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 109 / Section 9
App. § 109-9. Votes required for effect
Status: in_force

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

(1) by majority vote of the Town of Cavendish, which includes all qualified voters of the Town; and

(2) by majority vote of the Village of Proctorsville, which includes all qualified voters of the Village; and

(3) by compliance with the terms of 24 V.S.A. chapter 49.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 1
App. § 3-1. Boundaries defined; powers
Status: in_force

The inhabitants of that portion of the former Town of Burlington which is embraced in the following limits, viz:

Beginning at the east shore of Lake Champlain, at the northwest corner of 100 acre lot number 163, thence easterly in the north line of said lot to the northeast corner thereof; thence northerly in the west line of 100 acre lot number 155, to the northwest corner of said lot number 155; thence running easterly in the north line of said lot number 155 to the east line of the stage road from Burlington to Shelburne; thence northerly in the east line of said stage road to the northwest corner of 100 acre lot number 165; thence easterly in the north line of 100 acre lots number 165 and 183, to a point 200 feet west of the west line of the highway called Spear Street; then northerly in a line parallel to, and 200 feet west of, the west line of the highway called Spear Street, to the south line of Williston Turnpike; thence easterly in the southerly line of said turnpike to a point opposite the angle formed by the north line of said turnpike and the east line of the road leading northerly from said turnpike to Colchester Avenue, easterly of the Mary Fletcher Hospital; thence crossing said turnpike northerly to said angle; thence from said angle in a straight line to the center of Winooski River, at the northern termination of the east line of 100 acre lot number 18; thence in the center of Winooski River down said river to Lake Champlain; thence southerly on the lake shore at low water mark, to the most western point of Appletree Point, thence in a straight line southerly to the place of beginning—are hereby continued to be incorporated and a body corporate and politic under the name of the City of Burlington; and by that name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend in any court; may have a common seal and alter it at pleasure; may take, hold, purchase, and convey such property as the purposes of the corporation may require; may borrow money on the credit of the City, in the mode and under the restrictions hereinafter provided; may elect a representative to the General Assembly of the State, and the same number of justices of the peace as a town of equal population; and generally shall have, exercise, and enjoy all such rights, immunities, powers, and privileges as are conferred upon or incident to towns in this State; and shall be subject to like duties, liabilities, and obligations, except as is otherwise provided in this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 8
App. § 417-8. Authority
Status: in_force

The legislative power and authority of the District and the administration and the general supervision of all fiscal, prudential, and governmental affairs thereof shall be vested in a governing body known as the Board of Supervisors, except as specifically provided otherwise in this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 11
App. § 101-11. Selectboard
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this charter, all the powers of the Town shall be entrusted to and exercised by a Selectboard composed of five members chosen by the voters of the Town of Barre. Three members shall be elected for terms of three years, and two members shall be elected for terms of two years. The Board shall discharge all the duties conferred or imposed upon selectboards by law, including the duties of sewer commissioners, Board of Liquor Commissioners, and any similar ex officio duties; and when sitting in such ex officio capacity, it shall not be necessary specially to convene in a separate capacity.

(b) The Selectboard shall meet within seven business days after the annual Town election to elect a Chair and a Vice Chair and to designate a Clerk. At the same meeting, the Board shall adopt rules of order and fix the time and place of its regular meeting, which shall be held at least twice a month. Special meetings of the Board may be called at any time by the Chair, or in his or her absence, the Vice Chair, or by a majority of the Board in writing to the Chair. Notice of any special meeting shall be served on members, posted in the municipal building and, except for an emergency meeting, released to the news media at least 12 hours prior to the meeting.

(c) No action of the Board, except on purely procedural matters, shall be valid or binding unless approved by a majority of the full Board, except that in the case of passage of an emergency ordinance, at least four affirmative votes shall be required. Voting on all matters, except procedural matters, shall be by roll call unless in the case of unanimous agreement.

(d) Upon due notice and hearing, the Board may remove one of its members from office for failure to attend four consecutive, regular meetings of the Board without prior approval of the Chair. The removal shall be done only upon the affirmative vote of all four remaining members.

(e) The Selectboard shall, from time to time, designate an acting Town Manager who shall have all the powers and duties of the Town Manager in the event of the latter's absence or disability. The name of the acting Town Manager shall be on file in the Town Clerk's office at all times.

(f) The Selectboard shall adopt a comprehensive personnel policy for all Town employees and shall amend the policy from time to time as is deemed necessary or advisable.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 139 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 139
App. § 3-139. Public records to remain in Chief Administrative Officer's office; Council may regulate removal
Status: in_force

Such records shall not be taken out of or away from said Chief Administrative Officer's office except upon the order or process of a court of competent jurisdiction; but said City Council may, by ordinance or bylaw, regulate the removal from said office of all papers and documents belonging to said City and in the custody of said Chief Administrative Officer as aforesaid.
24 V.S.A. § 4424 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4424
§ 4424. Shorelands; flood or hazard area; special or freestanding bylaws [Effective until January 1, 2028 except as otherwise noted preceding subdivision (a)(2)(B); see also version effective January 1, 2028 set out below]
Status: in_force

(a) Bylaws; flood and other hazard areas. Any municipality may adopt freestanding bylaws under this chapter to address particular hazard areas in conformance with the municipal plan, the State Flood Hazard Area Standards or, for the purpose of adoption of a flood hazard area bylaw, a local hazard mitigation plan approved under 44 C.F.R. § 201.6. Such freestanding bylaws may include the following, which may also be part of zoning or unified development bylaws:

(1) Bylaws to regulate development and use along shorelands.

(2) Bylaws to regulate development and use in flood hazard areas or other hazard areas. The following shall apply if flood hazard or other hazard area bylaws are enacted:

(A) Purposes.

(i) To minimize and prevent the loss of life and property, the disruption of commerce, the impairment of the tax base, and the extraordinary public expenditures and demands on public service that result from flooding, landslides, erosion hazards, earthquakes, and other natural or human-made hazards.

(ii) To ensure that the design and construction of development in flood hazard and other hazard areas are accomplished in a manner that minimizes or eliminates the potential for flood and loss or damage to life and property and ensures new development will not adversely affect existing development in a flood hazard area.

(iii) To manage all flood hazard areas designated pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 753.

(iv) To make the State and municipalities eligible for federal flood insurance and other federal disaster recovery and hazard mitigation funds as may be available.

[Subdivision (a)(2)(B) effective until January 1, 2026; see also subdivision (a)(2)(B) effective January 1, 2026 set out below.]

(B) Contents of bylaws. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, flood, river corridor protection area, and other hazard area bylaws may:

(i) Contain standards and criteria that prohibit the placement of damaging obstructions or structures, the use and storage of hazardous or radioactive materials, and practices that are known to further exacerbate hazardous or unstable natural conditions.

(ii) Require flood, fluvial erosion, and hazard protection through elevation, floodproofing, disaster preparedness, hazard mitigation, relocation, or other techniques.

(iii) Require adequate provisions for flood drainage and other emergency measures.

(iv) Require provision of adequate and disaster-resistant water and wastewater facilities.

(v) Establish other restrictions to promote the sound management and use of designated flood, river corridor protection, and other hazard areas.

(vi) Regulate all land development in a flood hazard area, river corridor protection area, or other hazard area, except for development that is regulated under 10 V.S.A. § 754.

[Subdivision (a)(2)(B) effective January 1, 2026; see also subdivision (a)(2)(B) effective until January 1, 2026 set out above.]

(B) Contents of bylaws. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, flood hazard, and other hazard area bylaws shall:

(i) Require compliance with the State Flood Hazard Area Standards established by rule pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 755(c) and meet all additional requirements under the National Flood Insurance Program as set forth in 44 C.F.R. § 60.3.

(ii) Regulate all land development in a flood hazard area or other hazard area, except for development that is regulated under 10 V.S.A. § 754.

(C) Effect on zoning bylaws. hazard or other hazard area bylaws may alter the uses otherwise permitted, prohibited, or conditional in a flood hazard area or other hazard area under a bylaw, as well as the applicability of other provisions of that bylaw. Where a flood hazard bylaw, a hazard area bylaw, or both apply along with any other bylaw, compliance with the flood or other hazard area bylaw shall be prerequisite to the granting of a zoning permit. Where a flood hazard area bylaw or a hazard area bylaw but not a zoning bylaw applies, the flood hazard and other hazard area bylaw shall be administered in the same manner as are zoning bylaws, and a flood hazard area or hazard area permit shall be required for land development covered under the bylaw.

(D) Mandatory provisions.

(i) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, all flood hazard and other hazard area bylaws shall provide that no permit for new construction or substantial improvement shall be granted for a flood hazard or other hazard area until after both the following:

(I) a copy of the application is mailed or delivered by the administrative officer or by the appropriate municipal panel to the Agency of Natural Resources or its designee, which may be done electronically, provided the sender has proof of receipt; and

(II) either 30 days have elapsed following the mailing or the Agency or its designee delivers comments on the application.

(ii) The Agency of Natural Resources may delegate to a qualified representative of a municipality with a flood hazard area bylaw or ordinance or to a qualified representative for a regional planning commission the Agency's authority under this subdivision (a)(2)(D) to review and provide technical comments on a proposed permit for new construction or substantial improvement in a flood hazard area. Comments provided by a representative delegated under this subdivision (a)(2)(D) shall not be binding on a municipality.

(b) Ordinances. A municipality may adopt a flood hazard area or other hazard area regulation that meets the requirements of this section by ordinance under subdivision 2291(25) of this title.

(c) Permit; planting projects.

(1) As used in this subsection, “planting project” means planting vegetation to restore natural and beneficial floodplain functions, as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 4121(a), that include floodwater storage, water quality improvement, and supporting riparian and aquatic habitat.

(2) By operation of this subsection, a planting project in a flood or other hazard area or river corridor protection area is considered to have a permit under this chapter unless the project is:

(A) part of a larger undertaking that includes the construction or installation of structures, the creation of earthen berms or banks, or physical disturbance of land or water other than necessary for planting vegetation; or

(B) a forestry operation or part of a forestry operation as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 2602 and exempt from municipal regulation under subsection 4413(d) of this title.

(3) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this chapter or municipal bylaw or ordinance, a planting project considered to have a permit by operation of this subsection shall not be required to file an application to obtain a permit under this chapter or approval under a municipal ordinance or to obtain the issuance of such a permit or approval by the municipality.

(a) Bylaws; flood and other hazard areas. Any municipality may adopt freestanding bylaws under this chapter to address particular hazard areas in conformance with the municipal plan, the State Flood Hazard Area Standards or, for the purpose of adoption of a flood hazard area bylaw, a local hazard mitigation plan approved under 44 C.F.R. § 201.6. Such freestanding bylaws may include the following, which may also be part of zoning or unified development bylaws:

(1) Bylaws to regulate development and use along shorelands.

(2) Bylaws to regulate development and use in flood hazard areas or other hazard areas. The following shall apply if flood hazard or other hazard area bylaws are enacted:

(A) Purposes.

(i) To minimize and prevent the loss of life and property, the disruption of commerce, the impairment of the tax base, and the extraordinary public expenditures and demands on public service that result from flooding, landslides, erosion hazards, earthquakes, and other natural or human-made hazards.

(ii) To ensure that the design and construction of development in flood hazard and other hazard areas are accomplished in a manner that minimizes or eliminates the potential for flood and loss or damage to life and property and ensures new development will not adversely affect existing development in a flood hazard area.

(iii) To manage all flood hazard areas designated pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 753.

(iv) To make the State and municipalities eligible for federal flood insurance and other federal disaster recovery and hazard mitigation funds as may be available.

(B) Contents of bylaws. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, flood hazard and other hazard area bylaws shall:

(i) Require compliance with the State Flood Hazard Area Standards established by rule pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 755(c) and meet all additional requirements under the National Flood Insurance Program as set forth in 44 C.F.R. § 60.3.

(ii) Regulate all land development in a flood hazard area or other hazard area, except for development that is regulated under 10 V.S.A. § 754.

(C) Effect on zoning bylaws. hazard or other hazard area bylaws may alter the uses otherwise permitted, prohibited, or conditional in a flood hazard area or other hazard area under a bylaw, as well as the applicability of other provisions of that bylaw. Where a flood hazard bylaw, a hazard area bylaw, or both apply along with any other bylaw, compliance with the flood or other hazard area bylaw shall be prerequisite to the granting of a zoning permit. Where a flood hazard area bylaw or a hazard area bylaw but not a zoning bylaw applies, the flood hazard and other hazard area bylaw shall be administered in the same manner as are zoning bylaws, and a flood hazard area or hazard area permit shall be required for land development covered under the bylaw.

(D)(i) Mandatory provisions. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, all flood hazard and other hazard area bylaws shall provide that no permit for new construction or substantial improvement shall be granted for a flood hazard or other hazard area until after both the following:

(I) a copy of the application is mailed or delivered by the administrative officer or by the appropriate municipal panel to the Agency of Natural Resources or its designee, which may be done electronically, provided the sender has proof of receipt; and

(II) either 30 days have elapsed following the mailing or the Agency or its designee delivers comments on the application.

(ii) The Agency of Natural Resources may delegate to a qualified representative of a municipality with a flood hazard area bylaw or ordinance or to a qualified representative for a regional planning commission the Agency's authority under this subdivision (a)(2)(D) to review and provide technical comments on a proposed permit for new construction or substantial improvement in a flood hazard area. Comments provided by a representative delegated under this subdivision (a)(2)(D) shall not be binding on a municipality.

(b) Ordinances. A municipality may adopt a flood hazard area or other hazard area regulation that meets the requirements of this section by ordinance under subdivision 2291(25) of this title.

(c) Permit; planting projects.

(1) As used in this subsection, “planting project” means planting vegetation to restore natural and beneficial floodplain functions, as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 4121(a), that include floodwater storage, water quality improvement, and supporting riparian and aquatic habitat.

(2) By operation of this subsection, a planting project in a flood or other hazard area or river corridor protection area is considered to have a permit under this chapter unless the project is:

(A) part of a larger undertaking that includes the construction or installation of structures, the creation of earthen berms or banks, or physical disturbance of land or water other than necessary for planting vegetation; or

(B) a forestry operation or part of a forestry operation as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 2602 and exempt from municipal regulation under subsection 4413(d) of this title.

(3) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this chapter or municipal bylaw or ordinance, a planting project considered to have a permit by operation of this subsection shall not be required to file an application to obtain a permit under this chapter or approval under a municipal ordinance or to obtain the issuance of such a permit or approval by the municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 114E / Section 7
App. § 114E-7. Appointed officers; terms of office; duties
Status: in_force

The Town Treasurer and his or her assistant, the Zoning Administrator, the Town Clerk and his or her assistant, the Collector of Current Taxes, and the Collector of Delinquent Taxes shall:

(1) Be employees of the Town and shall be appointed for one-year terms concurrent with the Town's fiscal year or for such lesser terms as necessary to match the remaining portion of the then-current fiscal year. They may be reappointed, although the Selectboard is under no obligation to do so, and if an incumbent who was selected pursuant to section 8 of this charter is to be reappointed, the process in section 8 of this charter need not be repeated.

(2) Fulfill the statutory requirements for their respective positions plus such other duties as the Selectboard may assign. They shall follow all adopted Town ordinances, policies, and procedures applicable to their respective positions.

(3) Be subject to the personnel policies of the Town and, during their appointed terms, may be terminated for cause by the Selectboard. The Selectboard shall determine compensation level and methodology.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 802 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 802
App. § 117-802. Penalty
Status: in_force

An additional charge of eight percent shall be added to any tax not paid on or before the dates specified in section 801 of this charter, and interest as authorized by Vermont statutes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 43 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 43
App. § 101-43. Application of general law
Status: in_force

Except as altered, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter or by any lawful ordinance or regulation of the Town of Barre, all provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont relating to towns and town officers shall apply to the Town of Barre and its officers.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1701 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 1701
App. § 269-1701. Severability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of the charter shall not be affected thereby.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 502 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 217 / Section 502
App. § 217-502. Petition for appeal of damage award or fee assessment
Status: in_force

(a) When any person or corporation shall be dissatisfied with the decision of said Trustees in the award of damages for land taken for such sewer or drain, or in any assessment for contribution for the same, such person or corporation may petition the Orleans County Court for a re-assessment of such damages or contribution, and any number of persons agreed may join in the petition but such petition shall not delay the laying or repairing of such sewer or drain.

(b) Said petition shall be served on the clerk of said Village within 60 days after the awarding of such damages or said assessment for contribution and be filed in the office of said Village Clerk. Such proceedings shall be had in said Court on such petition as are provided by law for the reassessment for lands taken for highways, except as herein provided, and the Commissioners therein provided by said Court shall notify one of the Trustees of said Village of the time and place when they will hear said matter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 60 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 60
App. § 417-60. Amendment of charter
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter may be amended by petition of five percent of the voters (certified by each Town Clerk) of the District under subchapter 5 of this chapter or by the Board of Supervisors under this section. The Board of Supervisors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Supervisors may, by a majority vote, adopt a resolution stating its intent to amend the chapter. A written copy of the resolution, stating the wording and purpose of the amendment and the date of the meeting scheduled to act on the amendment, shall be delivered to the legislative branches of each member municipality and mailed or left at the usual place of residence of each member of the Board of Supervisors, by the Clerk of the District at least ten business days prior to the meeting scheduled to adopt the amendment. The amendment may be adopted by a vote of members present and representing two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast at a regular meeting or a special meeting called for that purpose of the Board of Supervisors, unless two-thirds of legal voters of the legislative branches of the member municipalities request, in writing, the Board of Supervisors hold a special District meeting to vote on the amendment.

(b) If the amendment is adopted by the Board of Supervisors or by the voters of the District, the Clerk of the District, within 10 business days after the vote of adoption, shall certify to the Secretary of State each proposal of amendment showing the facts as to its origin and the procedure followed. The Secretary of State shall then proceed as with municipal charter amendments under 17 V.S.A. § 2645. The amendment shall become effective upon affirmative enactment of the proposal, either as proposed or as amended by the General Assembly. Section 53 of this chapter, relating to reconsideration and rescission of vote, shall apply to an amendment adopted by a vote of the Board or the voters under this section.

(c) This chapter may be amended in the manner provided in this chapter, but no such amendment shall be made that shall substantially impair the rights of the holders of any bonds or other notes or other evidence of indebtedness or substantially affect any obligations under long-term contracts of the District then outstanding or in effect, or the rights of the District to procure the means for payment, continuation, or termination thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 510 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 103 / Section 510
App. § 103-510. District taxes
Status: in_force

(a) District taxes are charges levied upon the owners of taxable properties located in the District, excepting properties used exclusively for residential purposes, which taxes shall be used to defray the expenses incurred in connection with the operation, maintenance, and repair of the District.

(b) The District tax for each property in the District subject to the tax shall be based upon a rate on each $100.00 of listed value of the property as adjusted under subsection (c) of this section. The tax rate shall be determined by dividing the amount to be raised by taxes, by the total value of the taxable properties on the grand list as adjusted located in the District that are subject to the District tax under this subchapter.

(c) The District tax shall be set by the Select Board upon approval of the budget by the Select Board and notice in writing thereof shall be given to owners of record as of April 1 of each year of property so assessed, or to their agents or attorneys, stating therein the amount of such District taxes, and such taxes shall be due and payable to the Town Treasurer when normal Town and school taxes are due. The Town Treasurer shall collect unpaid District taxes as provided for the collection of taxes in the charter. District taxes shall be a lien on the properties when assessed and until the tax is paid or the lien is otherwise discharged by operation of law.

(d) In the case of any property used for both residential and nonresidential purposes within the District as of April 1, the Board of Listers (Board) shall adjust the listed value for the purposes of determining the District tax under this section to exclude the value of that portion of the property used for residential purposes. The Board shall determine the adjusted grand list value of the business portion of the property and give notice of the same as provided under 32 V.S.A. chapter 131. Any property owner may file a grievance with the Board and appeal the decision of the Board as provided for under 32 V.S.A. chapter 131; however, the filing of an appeal of the determination of the Board and pendency of the appeal shall not vacate the lien on the property assessed, and the District taxes must be paid and continue to be paid as they become due.