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24A V.S.A. § 601-29
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-29. Executive Board

§ 601-29. Executive Board|The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish an Executive Board and grant it powers as the Board of Supervisors may deem necessary. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-30
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-30. Committees

§ 601-30. Committees|The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any and all committees as it may deem necessary. Membership of committees may include persons not on the Board of Supervisors. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-31
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-31. Compensation of officers

§ 601-31. Compensation of officers|Officers of the District shall be paid compensation as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-32
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-32. Fiscal year

§ 601-32. Fiscal year|The fiscal year of the District shall commence on January 1 and end on December 31 of each year. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-34
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-34. Collection

§ 601-34. Collection|Annually on or before the first day of February, the Treasurer of the District shall issue and present a warrant to the legislative body of each member of municipality, requiring that the amount of the tax be paid to him or her in accordance with the schedule for payments adopted by the Board of Supervisors. The legislative body of each member municipality shall draw an order on the municipal treasury for the amount of the tax, and the municipal treasurer shall pay to the District Treasurer the amount of the order in accordance with the schedule for payments adopted by the Board of Supervisors. If any member municipality shall fail to pay when due any tax assessed against it by the District, it shall incur a penalty of eight percent of the amount due plus interest at the rate of one percent per month. The penalty and interest, together with the amount due, court costs, and reasonable attorney's fees of the District, may be recovered by the District in a civil action under this section. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-35
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-35. Limitations of appropriations

§ 601-35. Limitations of appropriations|Actions or resolutions of the Board of Supervisors for the annual appropriations in any year shall not cease to be operative at the end of the fiscal year for which they were adopted, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Vermont. Appropriations made by the Board of Supervisors for the various estimates of the budget as defined in subsection 33(a) of this chapter shall be expended only for those estimates, but by majority vote of the Board the budget may be amended from time to time to transfer funds between or among those estimates, except as otherwise limited by this chapter. Any balance left or unexpended in any budget estimate shall be returned at the end of the fiscal year to the General Fund of the District. The amount of any deficit at the end of the fiscal year shall be included in and paid out of the operating budget and appropriations in the next fiscal year. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-37
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-37. Sinking fund

§ 601-37. Sinking fund|The Board of Supervisors, with the approval of a majority of the voters present and voting at a special District meeting called and warned for the purpose, may establish and provide for a sinking fund which shall serve and be used exclusively as a debt service reserve fund for the retirement of bond issue or other service reserve fund for the retirement of bond issue or other debt. When established, the sinking fund shall be kept intact and separate from other monies at the disposal of the District, shall be accounted for as a pledged asset for the purpose of retiring those obligations, and shall not be appropriated or used for the current expenses of the District. The cost of payments to any sinking fund shall be included in the annual budget of the District provided in subsection 33(c) of this chapter, unless otherwise provided by applicable law and in the vote authorizing the same. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-38
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-38. Capital reserve fund

§ 601-38. Capital reserve fund|The Board of Supervisors, with the approval of a majority of the voters present and voting at a special District meeting called and warned for the purpose, may establish and provide for a capital reserve fund to pay for public improvements in furtherance of the purpose for which the District was created. Any capital reserve fund shall be kept in a separate account and invested as are other public funds and may be expended for the purposes for which established, or other purpose when authorized by a majority of the voters present and voting at a special District meeting duly called and warned for the purpose. The cost of payments to any capital reserve fund shall be allocated among the member municipalities as provided in subsection 33(c) of this chapter. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-39
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-39. Fees

§ 601-39. Fees|The Board of Supervisors may from time to time establish and adjust a fee structure for the purpose of generating revenues from sources other than assessments to member municipalities, particularly concerning the operation and maintenance of any facility. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-40
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-40. Special meetings

§ 601-40. Special meetings|The Board of Supervisors may call a special meeting of the District when it deems it necessary or prudent to do so and shall call a special meeting of the District when action by the voters of the District is necessary under this chapter or under any applicable law. In addition, the Board of Supervisors shall call a special meeting of the District if petitioned to do so by not less than five percent of the legal voters of the District but only for any legal purpose beyond the power and jurisdiction of the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors may rescind the call of a special meeting called by it but not a special meeting called by application of five percent of the legal voters of the District. The Board shall endeavor to have the times of a special meeting coincide with the times of annual municipal meetings, primary elections, general elections, or a similar meeting when the electorate of the member municipalities will be voting on other matters. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-41
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-41. Places of meetings

§ 601-41. Places of meetings|At any special meeting of the District, voters of each municipality within the District shall cast their ballots at polling places within the municipality of their residence as shall be determined by each member municipality. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-42
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-42. Warnings

§ 601-42. Warnings|The original warning for any District meeting shall be signed by a majority of the Board of Supervisors and shall be filed with the District Clerk before being posted. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-43
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-43. Warnings required

§ 601-43. Warnings required|The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn a District meeting by filing a notice with the town or city clerk of each member municipality and by posting a notice in at least three public places, and additional public places as may be required by law, in each municipality in the District not less than 30 nor more than 40 days before the meeting. In addition, the warning shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the District once a week on the same day of the week for two successive weeks before the meeting, the last publication to be not less than five nor more than 10 days before the meeting. This section shall not apply to District informational meetings at which no voting is to take place. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-44
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-44. Warning contents

§ 601-44. Warning contents|The posted notification shall include the date, time, place, and nature of the meeting. It shall, by separate articles, specifically indicate the business to be transacted and the questions to be voted upon. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-45
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-45. Australian ballot

§ 601-45. Australian ballot|The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the District when voting is to take place. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-46
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-46. Qualifications and registration of voters

§ 601-46. Qualifications and registration of voters|All legal voters of the municipalities within the District shall be legal voters of the District. The municipalities within the District shall post and revise checklists in the same manner as for municipal meetings prior to any District meeting at which there will be voting. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-47
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-47. Conduct of meetings

§ 601-47. Conduct of meetings|At all special meetings of the District, the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapter 55 regarding election officials, voting machines, polling places, absent voters, process of voting, count and return of votes, recounts and contest of elections, and jurisdiction of courts shall apply except where clearly inapplicable. The District Clerk shall perform the functions assigned to the Secretary of State under 17 V.S.A. chapter 55. Rutland Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over petitions for recounts. Election expenses shall be borne by the District. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-48
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-48. Reconsideration or rescission of vote

§ 601-48. Reconsideration or rescission of vote|(a) A question considered or voted on at any special meeting of the District shall not be submitted to the voters for reconsideration or rescission except at a subsequent special meeting duly warned for the purpose and called by the Board of Supervisors on its own motion or pursuant to a petition requesting reconsideration or rescission signed and submitted in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.(b) Where a petition signed by not less than five percent of the qualified voters of the District requesting reconsideration or rescission of a question considered or voted on at a previous special meeting is submitted to the Board of Supervisors of the District within 30 days following the date of that meeting, the Board of Supervisors shall provide for a vote by the District in accordance with the petition within 60 days of the submission at a special meeting duly warned for that purpose.(c) A vote taken at a special meeting shall remain in effect unless rescinded at a special meeting called and warned in accordance with this section.(d) A question voted on or considered shall not be presented for reconsideration or rescission at more than one subsequent meeting except with the approval of the Board of Supervisors. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-49
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-49. Validation of District meetings

§ 601-49. Validation of District meetings|When any of the requirements as to notice or warning of a special meeting of the District have been omitted or not complied with and the meeting and the business transacted at the meeting are otherwise legal and within the scope of the District powers, the omission or noncompliance may be corrected and legalized by a vote at a special meeting of the District called and duly warned for that purpose. The question to be voted upon shall substantially be:  "Shall the action taken at the meeting of this District held on (state date) in spite of the fact that (state the error or omission), and any act or action of the District officers or agents pursuant thereto be readopted, ratified, and confirmed?" Errors or omissions in the conduct of an original meeting which are not the result of an unlawful notice or warning or noncompliance within the scope of the warning may be cured by a resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the District by a vote of two thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast at a regular meeting or a special meeting called for that purpose stating that the defect was the result of oversight, inadvertence, or a mistake. When an error or omission of this nature has been corrected by resolution, all business within the terms of the action of the qualified voters shall be as valid as if the requirements had been initially complied with, upon condition, however, that the original action thereby corrected by the Board of Supervisors was in compliance with the legal exercise of its corporate powers. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-50
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-50. Priority

§ 601-50. Priority|When a special meeting of the District is called to act upon a proposition to incur bonded or other indebtedness or a long-term contract, the special meeting procedures outlined in Article 4 of this chapter shall control over the meeting procedures outlined in this article in the event of conflict. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-51
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-51. Withdrawal of member municipality

§ 601-51. Withdrawal of member municipality|A member municipality may vote to withdraw from the District if one year has elapsed since the District became a body politic and corporate, and if the District has not voted to bond for construction and improvements or to authorize a long-term contract pursuant to this chapter. If a majority of the voters of a member municipality present and voting at a meeting of the municipality duly warned for the purpose vote to withdraw from the District, the vote shall be certified by the clerk of that municipality to the Board of Supervisors of the District. Thereafter, the Board of Supervisors shall give notice to the remaining member municipalities of the vote to withdraw and shall hold a meeting to determine if it is in the best interest of the District to continue to exist. Representatives of the member municipalities shall be given an opportunity to be heard at the meeting together with any other interested persons. After the meeting, the Board of Supervisors may declare the District dissolved immediately or as soon thereafter as the financial obligations of the District and of each member municipality on account thereof have been satisfied, or it may declare that the District shall continue to exist despite the withdrawal of the member municipality. The membership of the withdrawing municipality shall terminate as of one year following the vote to withdraw or as soon after the one year period as the financial obligations of the withdrawing municipality have been paid to the District. A vote of withdrawal taken after the District becomes a body politic and corporate but less than one year after that date shall be null and void. A vote of withdrawal taken after the District has voted to bond itself for construction and improvements or to authorize a long term contract shall likewise be null and void. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-52
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-52. Approval to bond

§ 601-52. Approval to bond|No proposal to the voters of the District for the approval of a bond or bonds to raise money for the District or to authorize a long-term contract as provided in Article 4 of this chapter shall be made until the District has been in existence for at least one year unless the proposal has been approved by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors. Any proposal for bonding or a long term contract or contracts, regardless of when made, shall not be scheduled for public vote until at least 120 days following the submission of the proposal unless by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors. During that 120 day period, any municipality may request, and the District shall furnish within 30 days following the request, a statement of the indebtedness then owed by the municipality to the District. A municipality may vote within the 120 day period to withdraw from the District effective as of one year following the vote to withdraw or as soon after such one year period as the financial obligations in existence prior to the approval by the Board of the bond or long-term indebtedness then under consideration of the withdrawing municipality have been paid to the District, without obligation for the bond, bonds, or long-term indebtedness then under consideration. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-53
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-53. Admission of new member municipalities

§ 601-53. Admission of new member municipalities|The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion of additional member municipalities in the District upon 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 body of any nonmember municipality which 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 which are likely to occur if the municipality is admitted and shall thereafter either grant or deny authority for admission of the petitioning municipality. If the Board grants authority for admission, it shall also specify any terms and conditions, including financial obligations upon which admission is predicated. The petitioning municipality shall thereafter comply with the approval procedures specified in 24 V.S.A. § 4863. If a majority of the voters of the petitioning municipality present and voting at a meeting of the municipality duly warned for the purpose votes 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 for admission, the municipality shall by resolution of the Board of Supervisors become and thereafter be a member municipality of the District. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 601-54
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District|App § 601-54. Dissolution of District; procedure

§ 601-54. Dissolution of District; procedure|If the Board of Supervisors by resolution approved by two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast determines that it is in the best interest of the public, the member municipalities, and the District that the District be dissolved, and if the District then has no outstanding debt or obligations under long term contracts, or will have no debt or obligations upon completion of the plan of dissolution, it shall prepare a plan of dissolution and thereafter adopt a resolution directing that the question of dissolution and the plan of dissolution be submitted to the voters of the District at a special meeting of the District duly warned for the purpose. If two-thirds of the voters of the District present and voting at a special meeting of the District shall vote to dissolve the District and approve the plan of dissolution, the District shall cease to conduct its affairs except insofar as may be necessary for the winding up thereof. The Board of Supervisors shall immediately cause a notice of the proposed dissolution to be mailed to each known creditor of the District and shall proceed to collect the assets of the District and apply and distribute them in accordance with the plan of dissolution. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 701-1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 701 - Morristown Corners Water Corporation|App § 701-1. Boundaries

§ 701-1. Boundaries|The boundaries of the Morristown Corners Water Corporation shall consist of 47 residential parcels as shown on the "Water Resources Map" on file with the Lamoille County Planning Commission specifically identifying those parcels and the land and "well-head" protection areas of the Morristown Corners Water Corporation, a part of which is land owned by the Morristown Corners Water Corporation as described in the land records of the Morristown Town Clerk's office. (Added 2009, No. M-9, § 2, eff. May 18, 2009.)
24A V.S.A. § 701-2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 701 - Morristown Corners Water Corporation|App § 701-2. Purpose

§ 701-2. Purpose|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. (Added 2009, No. M-9, § 2, eff. May 18, 2009.)
24A V.S.A. § 701-3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 701 - Morristown Corners Water Corporation|App § 701-3. Powers

§ 701-3. Powers|The Morristown Corners Water Corporation shall have all powers granted to a municipal water supply corporation pursuant to 24 V.SA. chapter 89, and the water supply municipal corporation shall have the authority among other things consistent with statutory authority granted to:  (1) 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) Bill all users of water services provided by the District for their pro rata share of the expense of providing, operating, and maintaining the water supply. (3) Purchase, own, grant, convey, sell, or take by eminent domain real property, easements, and personal property in the name of Morristown Corners Water Corporation. (Added 2009, No. M-9, § 2, eff. May 18, 2009.)