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24 V.S.A. § 4951
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 122 - Intermunicipal Contracts; Development|§ 4951. Contract for joint municipal development

§ 4951. Contract for joint municipal development|(a) Any two or more municipalities, as provided in this chapter, may enter into contracts with each other, provided a vote of a majority of those voting at an annual or special meeting warned for that purpose grants authority to the respective legislative branches of each municipality to enter into such contracts, for the purpose of developing real property for industrial, commercial, or residential purposes. These contracts may provide that the respective municipalities be authorized to do the following:  (1) Apportion such sums of money as shall be paid as an annual tax upon such property among said municipalities; (2) Make application for, receive, or expend State, federal, and private development grants; (3) Enter into contracts with consultants, engineers, architects, and other experts for services; (4) Enter into contracts pursuant to section 2741 of this title relating to taxation of real and personal property; (5) Acquire, manage, lease, mortgage, or sell interests in real property; (6) Borrow money and issue evidence of indebtedness as provided in chapter 53 of this title; (7) Adopt bylaws to govern its procedures; (8) Any other matters necessary and proper in attaining the purposes of this section.   (b) If the contract entered into under this section includes the authority to borrow money or issue evidence of indebtedness, the contract shall also specify how the obligations to be incurred will be apportioned and may provide that any obligation incurred by a member municipality shall not affect the limitation of indebtedness of that municipality.(c) Any contract entered into under this section shall:  (1) be filed with the clerk of the respective municipalities and made available for public inspection; (2) continue in full force and effect for the term specified therein or until modified by mutual agreement of the legislative branches of each municipality. (Added 1983, No. 21.)
24 V.S.A. § 5001
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 123 - Municipal Housing Codes|§ 5001. Legislative findings

§ 5001. Legislative findings|The General Assembly finds:  (1) There exist in the various municipalities numerous dwellings and dwelling premises that are substandard due to dilapidation, deterioration and disrepair, structural defects, uncleanliness, lack of adequate ventilation, light, sanitary, heating and hot water facilities, overcrowding of dwellings, occupancy of unfit dwellings, and other conditions and defects which increase the hazards of illness, disease, fire, accidents, and other calamities; (2) These conditions, singly or in combination, endanger the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the people of the various municipalities and give impetus to the development, continuation, extension, and aggravation of blighted and substandard housing conditions; (3) The establishment and maintenance of minimum standards for dwellings is necessary to the protection of the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare. (Added 1969, No. 270 (Adj. Sess.))
24 V.S.A. § 5002
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 123 - Municipal Housing Codes|§ 5002. Definitions

§ 5002. Definitions|As used in this chapter:  (1) "Board" means the board established or designated as the housing board of review. (2) "Dwelling" means any building or structure or part thereof, including hotels and rooming houses, that is used, occupied, or intended to be used or occupied for human habitation, and includes dwelling premises, appurtenances, and facilities belonging to the dwelling or usually enjoyed therewith. (3) "Dwelling premises" means the land and auxiliary buildings thereon used or intended to be used in connection with the dwelling. (4) "Enforcing officer" means the head, or his or her duly authorized representative, of the division, bureau, office, department, or agency responsible for enforcing and administering any ordinance or regulation adopted under this chapter. (5) "Municipality" means a city, town, or incorporated village. (Added 1969, No. 270 (Adj. Sess.).)
24 V.S.A. § 5004
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 123 - Municipal Housing Codes|§ 5004. Establishment of enforcement agency

§ 5004. Establishment of enforcement agency|If a municipality adopts an ordinance pursuant to section 5003 of this title it shall provide for the creation of such agencies, departments, divisions, and offices as may be required to administer the powers and duties authorized by this chapter, and for the designation of the head of such agency, department, division, or office, or his or her delegate as an enforcing officer under this chapter. (Added 1969, No. 270 (Adj. Sess.).)
24 V.S.A. § 5006
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 123 - Municipal Housing Codes|§ 5006. Court review

§ 5006. Court review|(a) Any person, including the enforcing officer, aggrieved by any decision of the board, may appeal to the Superior Court. The appeal shall not stay proceedings upon the decision appealed from, but the court may on application, upon notice to the board and on due cause shown, grant a restraining order. The board shall not be required to return the original papers acted on by it, but it shall be sufficient to return certified or sworn copies thereof or such portions thereof as may be pertinent and material to show the grounds of the decision appealed from and shall be verified.(b) If upon the hearing it appears to the court that testimony is necessary for the proper disposition of the matter, it may take evidence or appoint a referee to take such evidence as it may direct and report the same to the court with his or her findings of fact and conclusions of law, which shall constitute a part of the proceedings upon which the determination of the court shall be made. The court may reverse or affirm wholly or partly or may modify the decision appealed from. (Added 1969, No. 270 (Adj. Sess.); amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 206, eff. March 29, 1972; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
24 V.S.A. § 5007
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 123 - Municipal Housing Codes|§ 5007. Penalties

§ 5007. Penalties|Municipalities may prescribe by ordinance penalties for any violation of any ordinance or regulation adopted under this chapter by a fine not to exceed $200.00 or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both, for each violation thereof. Each day's failure to comply with any such provision shall constitute a separate violation. (Added 1969, No. 270 (Adj. Sess.).)
24 V.S.A. § 5008
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 123 - Municipal Housing Codes|§ 5008. Court proceedings

§ 5008. Court proceedings|If the enforcing officer finds that any person has failed to comply with any order issued by him or her within the time specified therein and that such person has failed to appeal such order within the time prescribed, he or she may notify the State's Attorney of the county or the attorney of the municipality who shall bring suit in the name of the municipality to enforce such order. Such suit shall be brought in the Superior Court of the county in which the municipality is located and at the request of either party, the court shall advance the case so that it may be heard and determined with as little delay as possible. The court may issue a temporary injunction or order in any such proceedings and may exercise all the plenary powers available to such court to obtain compliance with the ordinance and any order issued pursuant thereto. The court may award costs of suit which may include, if the plaintiff prevails and the court deems the defense without substantial merit, the attorney's fees incurred by the plaintiff or so much thereof as the court finds reasonable. (Added 1969, No. 270 (Adj. Sess.), eff. July 1, 1970; amended 1971, No. 81, eff. April 16, 1971; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
24 V.S.A. § 5009
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 123 - Municipal Housing Codes|§ 5009. Construction

§ 5009. Construction|This chapter shall be construed most favorably to municipalities, its intention being to give them the fullest and most complete powers possible concerning the subject matter hereof. (Added 1969, No. 270 (Adj. Sess.).)
24 V.S.A. § 5010
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 123 - Municipal Housing Codes|§ 5010. Effect of previously adopted ordinances

§ 5010. Effect of previously adopted ordinances|Ordinances, rules, and regulations adopted by any municipality under chapter 83 of this title shall not be affected or in any way invalidated by the provisions of this chapter. The provisions of this chapter and ordinances and regulations adopted under its authority, shall not be subject to limitations, requirements, or provisions contained in said chapter 83. (Added 1969, No. 270 (Adj. Sess.).)
24 V.S.A. § 5052
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 125 - Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Vermont|§ 5052. Name and date of establishment

§ 5052. Name and date of establishment|The date of establishment of the Retirement System shall be July 1, 1975. The System shall be known as the "Vermont Municipal Employees' Retirement System", and by such name all of its business shall be transacted, all of its assets invested, and all of its cash and securities and other property held in trust for the purpose for which received. (Added 1973, No. 251 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 2007, No. 13, § 37.)
24 V.S.A. § 5053
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 125 - Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Vermont|§ 5053. Members

§ 5053. Members|(a) An employee of an employer who joins the Vermont Municipal Employees' System may become a member of the System on the effective date of participation of said employer or at a later date if he or she has completed three or more years of continuous service as an employee. If an employee does not elect to join on the effective date of the System, he or she may join on the first of any subsequent month.(b) Any employee who is hired subsequent to the effective date of participation of his or her employer shall become a member of the System on the date the employee is hired.(c) A municipality may elect to join the Vermont Municipal Employees' Retirement System by a vote of the legislative body of such municipality for all its employees or for employees of one or more groups of employees that have a similarity of interest, needs, and general conditions of employment or dates of hire, as determined by the legislative body and approved by the Board. The effective date of participation for such employers shall be designated by the Retirement Board. The vote by the legislative body of a municipality to join the Vermont Municipal Employees' Retirement System shall be irrevocable.(d) The Retirement Board may, upon application of the legislative body and an employee, exempt individual employees from membership in the System, provided that the Board determines that the employee is participating in an alternative retirement system, including a retirement plan qualifying under Section 401(a) or 457 of the Internal Revenue Code, which better meets the retirement needs of the employee. (Added 1973, No. 251 (Adj. Sess.), § 3. 1974; amended 1977, No. 205 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1987, No. 39, § 2; 1989, No. 11, § 6, eff. July 1, 1990; 1991, No. 233 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1995, No. 118 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1999, No. 53, § 12; 1999, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 17; 2007, No. 13, § 38; 2009, No. 24, § 9; 2013, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
24 V.S.A. § 5053a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 125 - Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Vermont|§ 5053a. Employees of a supervisory union

§ 5053a. Employees of a supervisory union|(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. (Added 2011, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 25, eff. May 16, 2012.)
24 V.S.A. § 5054a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 125 - Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Vermont|§ 5054a. Elective credits

§ 5054a. Elective credits|(a) Any member may elect to have included in the member's creditable service, years of service as an employee of another municipality, as a State employee, or as a teacher in a public or private school, as defined by the Board, and years of service in the defined contribution plan authorized under section 5070 of this title when the employee elects to transfer back to the defined benefit plan as a result of his or her employer offering a higher group plan. Any member who so elects shall deposit in the Fund by a single contribution the amount or amounts determined by the System's actuary to be cost neutral to the System. No application for credit under this subsection shall be granted if at the time of application, the member has a vested right to retirement benefits in another defined benefit retirement system based upon that service.(b) Any member who has rendered 15 years of creditable service and who has, prior to becoming a member of the System, served a minimum of one full year of full-time service in the military or one full year of full-time service as a member of the Cadet Nurse Corps in World War II, the Peace Corps, VISTA, or AmeriCorps for which the member has derived no military pension benefits, may elect to have included in the member's creditable service all or any part of the member's military, Cadet Nurse Corps, Peace Corps, VISTA, or AmeriCorps service not exceeding five years. Any member who so elects shall deposit in the Fund by a single contribution the amount or amounts determined by the System's actuary to be cost-neutral to the System. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a conflict between the provisions of this subsection and the provisions of 10 U.S.C. § 12736 concerning the counting of the same full-time military service toward both military and State pensions, the provisions of the U.S. Code shall control.(c) Any time a member is required to make a single contribution in connection with an election under this section, a member may contribute over a maximum of five years in installments of equal value. Those contributions shall become a part of the member's accumulated contributions. Any member who retires before completing payment for the purchase of service under this section shall receive pro rata credit for service purchased before the date of retirement, but if the member so elects at the time of retirement, the member may pay as much in a single sum as is necessary to provide full credit at that time. (Added 1999, No. 53, § 8b; amended 2001, No. 29, § 9; 2005, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2007, No. 13, § 40; 2009, No. 24, § 10; 2015, No. 18, § 8.)
24 V.S.A. § 5056
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 125 - Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Vermont|§ 5056. Disability retirement

§ 5056. Disability retirement|(a) Upon application of a member not more than 90 days before, or later than 90 days, or longer for cause shown, the date a member separates from service, any member who has not reached his or her normal retirement date and has had five or more years of creditable service, may be retired by the Retirement Board on a disability retirement allowance on the first of the month following separation from service; provided that the Medical Board, after an examination of the medical records of the member or a medical examination by a physician or physicians designated by the Medical Board, shall certify that the member is mentally or physically incapacitated for the further performance of the member's specific job requirements, that such incapacity has existed at and since the time of the member's separation from service and is likely to be permanent, and that he or she should be retired. If the member has applied for and been granted a disability retirement allowance from the Social Security Administration prior to submission of municipal application, an automatic approval will be granted upon receipt of proof of Social Security disability allowance.(b) Upon a disability retirement, a member shall receive a normal retirement allowance if he or she has reached his or her normal retirement date; otherwise a member shall receive the allowance accrued to date of disability.(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, a Group D member, upon ordinary disability retirement, shall receive an additional allowance which will be equal to ten percent of the member's average final compensation for each dependent child, not in excess of three, who has not attained age 18 or, if a dependent student, has not attained age 23, if the member's compensation from the municipality:  (1) Is not subject to Social Security withholding; or (2) When added to his or her Social Security benefit, is subject to Social Security withholding. (Added 1973, No. 251 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 1983, No. 56, § 2, eff. April 22, 1983; 1987, No. 39, § 5; 1989, No. 11, § 4; Amended 1999, No. 61, § 7; 2005, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
24 V.S.A. § 5056a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 125 - Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Vermont|§ 5056a. Benefit denial; evidentiary hearing

§ 5056a. Benefit denial; evidentiary hearing|(a) An applicant for disability retirement benefits under section 5056 of this title may file a request for an evidentiary hearing with the Retirement Board if the application for benefits is denied.(b) The hearing shall be an appeal de novo and shall be conducted by a hearing officer designated by the Board and in conformance with rules adopted by the Board. Rules adopted by the Board shall be consistent with 3 V.S.A. § 809.(c) The decision of the hearing officer shall constitute final administrative action.(d) The Retirement System or the applicant may appeal a decision of the hearing officer to the Supreme Court pursuant to Rule 13 of the Vermont Rules of Appellate Procedure. (Added 2003, No. 38, § 7; amended 2005, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
24 V.S.A. § 5057
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 125 - Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Vermont|§ 5057. Reexamination of disability beneficiary

§ 5057. Reexamination of disability beneficiary|(a) Once each year, the Retirement Board or the Medical Board may require any disability beneficiary who has not reached his or her normal retirement date to undergo a medical examination, by a physician or physicians designated by the Medical Board, the examination to be made at the place of residence of the beneficiary or other place mutually agreed upon. In lieu of a medical examination, the Retirement Board may request current medical records or evidence to substantiate the continued disability status.(b) Should any disability beneficiary who has not reached his or her normal retirement date refuse to submit to such medical examination or refuse to supply current medical records or other requested medical evidence, his or her allowance may be discontinued until withdrawal of such refusal, and should refusal continue for one year, all the beneficiary's rights in and to his or her pension may be revoked by the Retirement Board. (Added 1973, No. 251 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 2005, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
24 V.S.A. § 5058
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 125 - Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Vermont|§ 5058. Reinstatement

§ 5058. Reinstatement|Should a disability beneficiary be restored to service and should his or her annual earnable compensation then or at any time thereafter be equal to or greater than his or her average final compensation at retirement, or should any other beneficiary be restored to service, his or her retirement allowance shall cease and the beneficiary shall again become a member of the Retirement System. Anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, upon his or her subsequent retirement he or she shall be credited with all the service creditable to him or her at the time of his or her former retirement. However, if such beneficiary is restored to membership after the attainment of the age of 55 years, his or her pension upon subsequent retirement shall not exceed the sum of the pension that he or she was receiving immediately prior to his or her last restoration to membership and the pension that may have accrued to him or her on account of membership service since his or her last restoration to membership. (Added 1973, No. 251 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)