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24 V.S.A. § 3308
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 89 - Waterworks|§ 3308. Taxes; bonds

§ 3308. Taxes; bonds|For the purpose of successfully organizing, establishing, and operating its waterworks, and making such improvements as may be necessary, such municipal corporation is authorized and empowered to purchase, take, and hold real and personal estate; levy and collect such taxes upon the ratable estate of the municipal corporation as is necessary for the payment of municipal corporation water department expenses and indebtedness; issue its negotiable bonds in such sums and payable at such times and places as may be deemed advisable, for the purpose aforesaid only; and borrow such money from time to time as may be necessary to enable the water department to carry on the work of adequately supplying the municipal corporation with water.
24 V.S.A. § 3309
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 89 - Waterworks|§ 3309. Bond issue

§ 3309. Bond issue|Any municipal corporation that is authorized by any general or special law to acquire and maintain a water system may issue its bonds for water purposes pursuant to such law, without regard to any restrictions thereon prescribed by this chapter.
24 V.S.A. § 3310
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 89 - Waterworks|§ 3310. Limitations

§ 3310. Limitations|Bonds issued under the authority of this chapter shall be authorized and issued in accordance with and subject to the limitations and provisions of chapter 53, subchapter 1 of this title. They shall not be considered as indebtedness of the municipal corporation limited by section 1762 of this title, may be paid in not more than 40 years from the date of issue notwithstanding the limitation of section 1759 of this title, may be authorized by a majority of those voting by ballot on the question at a meeting of the municipal corporation held for the purpose under chapter 53, subchapter 1 of this title notwithstanding any provisions of general or special law that may require a greater vote, and may be so arranged that beginning with the first year in which principal is payable, the amount of principal and interest in any year shall be as nearly equal as is practicable according to the denomination in which such bonds or other evidences of indebtedness are issued notwithstanding other permissible payment schedules authorized by section 1759 of this title. (Amended 1965, No. 63, eff. May 19, 1965; 1971, No. 166 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 22, 1972.)
24 V.S.A. § 3311
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 89 - Waterworks|§ 3311. Rates

§ 3311. Rates|Such municipal corporation may establish rates by meter service or annual rents to be charged and paid at such times, and in such manner as such municipal corporation shall determine for the supply of water to the inhabitants of such municipal corporation and others. From time to time, it may alter, modify, increase, or diminish such rates and extend them to any description of property or use as such municipal corporation may deem proper. Such rates or rents may be ordered to be paid in advance, and all necessary orders and provision may be made and enforced by such municipal corporation, relating to the supply or stoppage of water, as it may deem necessary to insure such advance payments.
24 V.S.A. § 3313
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 89 - Waterworks|§ 3313. Duties of water commissioners, use of proceeds

§ 3313. Duties of water commissioners, use of proceeds|(a) Water commissioners shall have the supervision of such municipal water department and shall make and establish all needful water rates, charges, rules, and regulations for its control and operation. Such commissioners may appoint or remove a superintendent at their pleasure. The receipts derived by the municipal corporation from its waterworks shall only be used and applied to pay the principal and interest upon the water bonds of such municipal corporation, the expense of repairs and management of the water department, and payment into the dedicated fund created under subsection (b) of this section.(b) Receipts derived by a municipality from its waterworks may be deposited in a dedicated fund created by the water commissioners under section 2804 of this title, to finance major rehabilitation, major maintenance and costs of upgrading the water supply system, and for the accumulation of funds to be used to match federal funds pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 1624(d). Such revenues may include a surcharge established by the water commissioners of up to 15 percent on the costs of normal operations, maintenance, and debt service. The fund balance shall not exceed the estimated costs of the purposes for which the fund is established, and shall be maintained in deposits insured by the United States of America or an agency of the United States. Withdrawals shall be made only for purposes for which the fund was established. Such a fund shall meet the requirements of subdivision 4756(a)(4) of this title. (Amended 1997, No. 62, § 62, eff. June 26, 1997.)
24 V.S.A. § 3314
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 89 - Waterworks|§ 3314. Records

§ 3314. Records|Every bond issued by such municipal corporation for water purposes, under the provisions of sections 3309 and 3310 of this title, shall be signed by the clerk and treasurer of such municipal corporation and shall have the certificate of such clerk that such bond is one of a series authorized by such municipal corporation. Its records shall be so kept as to show the issue of the bonds, the amounts and dates of the same, when due, and the time of their payment.
24 V.S.A. § 3315
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 89 - Waterworks|§ 3315. Ordinances

§ 3315. Ordinances|Such municipal corporation shall have the power to make, establish, alter, amend, or repeal ordinances, regulations, and bylaws relating to the matters contained in this chapter and not inconsistent with law, including the authority to require existing customers to remain connected to such municipal system, and to impose penalties for the breach thereof, and enforce the same. (Amended 1997, No. 134 (Adj. Sess.), § 13.)
24 V.S.A. § 3316
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 89 - Waterworks|§ 3316. Meetings; vote

§ 3316. Meetings; vote|Any action taken by a municipal corporation under the provisions of this chapter or relating to the matters set forth in this chapter shall be by vote of the majority of the legal voters of the municipal corporation at a meeting duly warned and held, unless otherwise provided. (Amended 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 260.)
24 V.S.A. § 3344
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 91 - Consolidated Water Districts|§ 3344. Warnings of meetings

§ 3344. Warnings of meetings|(a) Meetings shall be warned by the clerk, or in case of his or her inability to act, by a majority of the water commissioners, by posting a notice thereof, specifying the time, place, and business of the meeting, in not less than five public places in the district, including at least one public place in each member town, at least 10 days before the time therein specified and causing the same to be published in a paper circulating in the district, such publication to be not less than 10 days before the date of the meeting, and the warning shall be recorded in the office of the clerk before being posted.(b) Any meeting called for the purpose of considering a bond issue shall be warned as is provided for in chapter 53, subchapter 1 of this title.(c) The water commissioners shall have the same authority and obligation to warn or call meetings of the district as selectmen have to warn or call town meetings. (Added 1964, No. 20 (Sp. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 10, 1964.)
24 V.S.A. § 3345
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 91 - Consolidated Water Districts|§ 3345. Eligibility of voters

§ 3345. Eligibility of voters|Persons residing within the limits of the district, who are qualified voters in their town meetings, shall be voters in the district meeting. The moderator, clerk, and members of the board of water commissioners shall decide all questions as to the eligibility of a person to vote at a district meeting. (1964, No. 20 (Sp. Sess.), § 5, eff. March 10, 1964.)
24 V.S.A. § 3346
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 91 - Consolidated Water Districts|§ 3346. Check list

§ 3346. Check list|The clerk of each town within a consolidated water district shall furnish to the clerk of the district, at the expense of the district, authenticated copies of the check lists of legal voters within said town as the same appears after revision of such check list before the last town meeting, annual or special, preceding the date of the district meeting, which check list shall control for the purposes of determining the voters eligible to vote at the district meeting. Whenever a matter, including bond issues under chapter 53, subchapter 1 of this title, is to be determined by ballot or voting machine, the board of water commissioners may designate polling places not to exceed one in each member town. (1964, No. 20 (Sp. Sess.), § 6, eff. March 10, 1964.)
24 V.S.A. § 3347
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 91 - Consolidated Water Districts|§ 3347. Record of proceedings

§ 3347. Record of proceedings|The clerk shall keep a record of the votes and the proceedings of the district meetings and give certified copies thereof when required. A clerk who neglects to perform this duty shall forfeit $20.00 to the district, to be recovered in a civil action on this statute. (1964, No. 20 (Sp. Sess.), § 7, eff. March 10, 1964.)
24 V.S.A. § 3350
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 91 - Consolidated Water Districts|§ 3350. Special tax assessment for payment of execution

§ 3350. Special tax assessment for payment of execution|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 water 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 3349 of this title, and shall give notice of the amount thereof to the legislative branch of each member town. Such member town through its proper officer shall forthwith pay to the treasurer of the district its share of such execution and any charges. If the member town has insufficient funds to pay its said 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. (1964, No. 20 (Sp. Sess.), § 10, eff. March 10, 1964.)
24 V.S.A. § 3351
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 91 - Consolidated Water Districts|§ 3351. Debts and liabilities of member towns

§ 3351. Debts and liabilities of member towns|No debt or liabilities of a town that is a member of the district shall accrue against the district. (1964, No. 20 (Sp. Sess.), § 11, eff. March 10, 1964.)
24 V.S.A. § 3352
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 91 - Consolidated Water Districts|§ 3352. Tax exemption

§ 3352. Tax exemption|Property of a consolidated water district shall be exempt from all taxation by any town within the district. (1964, No. 20 (Sp. Sess.), § 12, eff. March 10, 1964; amended 1967, No. 209, § 5, eff. April 17, 1967.)
24 V.S.A. § 3353
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 91 - Consolidated Water Districts|§ 3353. Indebtedness

§ 3353. Indebtedness|(a) General obligations. A consolidated water district may incur indebtedness as provided by chapter 53, subchapter 1 of this title and by chapter 89 of this title for the purpose of paying the cost of a water system and improvements to the water system or for funding or refunding, including the payment of premium, any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued or assumed by the district, provided, however, that the limits on indebtedness in chapter 53 of this title or otherwise shall not apply to indebtedness incurred or assumed by a consolidated district for the purposes of this chapter.(b) Joint and severable obligations. Obligations incurred under chapter 53, subchapter 1 and chapter 89 of this title or as otherwise authorized in this chapter by a consolidated water district, except obligations incurred under chapter 53, subchapter 2, shall be the joint and several obligations of the district and the member towns composing it. However, as among the member towns, their respective shares of the obligation shall be apportioned and paid in the manner provided in this chapter. Any joint or several liability incurred by a member town under the provisions of this chapter shall not be considered in determining its debt limit for its own separate purposes. Notwithstanding the limitations in sections 1755 and 1759 of this title, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of a consolidated water district may be authorized by a majority of the voters present and voting on the question at a district meeting, may be paid in not more than 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 the bonds or evidences of indebtedness may be so arranged that beginning with the first year in which principal is payable, the amount of principal and interest payable in any year shall be as nearly equal as is practicable according to the denominations in which the bonds or other evidences of indebtedness are issued.(c) Obligations payable solely from revenue. In addition to the authority granted in this section, a consolidated water district may issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness pursuant to chapter 53, subchapter 2 of this title; provided, however, that no such bonds payable solely from revenues shall be issued while the district has outstanding any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness for which the district and the member towns are jointly and severally liable as provided under this chapter, except notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued temporarily in anticipation of revenue. (Added 1964, No. 20 (Sp. Sess.), § 13, eff. March 10, 1964; amended 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 265.)
24 V.S.A. § 3354
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 91 - Consolidated Water Districts|§ 3354. Changes in membership; inclusion of additional towns

§ 3354. Changes in membership; inclusion of additional towns|(a) When a majority of voters of a town, present and voting at a meeting duly warned for that purpose, vote to apply to a consolidated water district for admission as a member of that district, the vote shall be certified by the clerk of the town to the clerk of the consolidated water district and to the Secretary of State. The vote and certification, if accepted by the consolidated district within two years after the date of the vote, shall be binding on the town without the subsequent vote in the town contemplated in subsections (b) and (c) of this section.(b) When it appears to the board of water commissioners that the boundaries of a consolidated water district should be changed to include another town, they may insert an article fully describing the proposed change in the warning for a regular or special meeting of the district, which proposed change shall state the number of additional members to be added to the board of water commissioners if the change is approved.(c) When a majority of the voters voting at such a meeting vote to include an additional town within the boundaries of the consolidated water district as a member of the district, the board of water commissioners shall notify the legislative body of the additional town of the vote. Upon notification, the legislative body of the additional town proposed to be included shall duly warn a meeting of the town, setting forth in the warning the vote of the consolidated water district and the proposed change in its boundaries. If a majority of the voters voting at the meeting of the additional town vote to be included within the district, the result of that vote and the result of the vote already taken by the consolidated water district shall be certified to the Secretary of State, who shall record the same in his or her office. A certificate of the record shall immediately be filed by the Secretary of State in the office of the clerk of the consolidated water district and of any additional town to be included as a member of the district, which filing shall be notice to all parties of the addition to the consolidated district.(d) A consolidated water district so enlarged shall have all the powers and responsibilities given it by this chapter. Any vacancy on the board of water commissioners created as a result of the increase in the number of member towns shall be filled as provided in section 3343 of this title. The additional member town shall share in the expenses of the district in the proportion provided in this chapter for other member towns from the date the certificate of the Secretary of State is filed in the office of the clerk of the district and the office of the clerk of the additional town. (Added 1964, No. 20 (Sp. Sess.), § 14, eff. March 10, 1964; amended 1967, No. 209, § 6, eff. April 17, 1967; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 266.)
24 V.S.A. § 3355
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 91 - Consolidated Water Districts|§ 3355. Withdrawal from district

§ 3355. Withdrawal from district|(a) A town which is a member of a consolidated water district may vote to withdraw from said district if one year has elapsed since said district has become a body politic and corporate as provided in section 3342 of this title and if said consolidated water district has not voted to bond itself for construction or improvements.(b) When a majority of the voters of a town present and voting at a town meeting duly warned for that purpose shall vote to withdraw from a consolidated water district such vote shall thereupon be certified by the clerk of the town to the Secretary of State who shall thereupon record such certificate in his or her office, and the membership of the withdrawing town in the consolidated water district to be at an end as of December 31 immediately following or as soon thereafter as the obligations of said withdrawing district as incurred under this chapter have been paid to the district.(c) A vote of withdrawal taken after a consolidated water district has become a body politic and corporate as provided in section 3342 of this title but less than one year after said date shall be null and void. A vote of withdrawal from a consolidated water district taken after said district has voted to bond itself for construction or improvements shall be null and void. (1964, No. 20 (Sp. Sess.), § 15, eff. March 10, 1964.)
24 V.S.A. § 3401
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 95 - Water Mains and Sewers|§ 3401. Drainage adjacent to cities and incorporated villages

§ 3401. Drainage adjacent to cities and incorporated villages|In a town having a municipality within its limits, authorized by law to construct main sewers, drains, and outlets at the expense of the abutters or those interested, where a sewer, drain, or outlet will benefit those outside the limits of such municipality as well as those inside, upon petition of a majority of those interested in its construction, setting forth that they are liable to contribute towards its expense and that the public health and convenience demand it, the selectboard may join the proper officers of such municipality in laying out and constructing the same.
24 V.S.A. § 3402
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 95 - Water Mains and Sewers|§ 3402. Construction; taking land

§ 3402. Construction; taking land|With the proper officers of such municipality the selectboard shall cause the same to be constructed, and, for such purpose, may enter upon and construct the same upon private land under the same proceedings as are prescribed for the taking of lands by selectmen for highway purposes. They shall make return of their doings and of the damages awarded by them to the office of the town clerk to be there recorded.
24 V.S.A. § 3403
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 95 - Water Mains and Sewers|§ 3403. Apportionment of expense

§ 3403. Apportionment of expense|When such sewer, drain, or outlet has been constructed, the selectboard and the same number selected by and from the proper officers of such municipality shall agree upon the proportion of expenses that shall be borne by those inside and those outside the limits of such municipality. In case of a disagreement, the decision of a majority shall be final.
24 V.S.A. § 3404
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 95 - Water Mains and Sewers|§ 3404. Assessment of parties; notice

§ 3404. Assessment of parties; notice|When an agreement is made as to the amount that shall be paid by those outside the municipality, as provided in section 3403 of this title, the selectboard shall forthwith give notice to all real estate owners benefited by such sewer, drain, or outlet, when and where they will hear and determine the amount of expense to be borne by each party so benefited. Such notice may be delivered in writing to the party or served like a writ of summons.
24 V.S.A. § 3405
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 95 - Water Mains and Sewers|§ 3405. Determination of amount; record; lien

§ 3405. Determination of amount; record; lien|At such hearing, the selectboard shall assess each real estate owner outside such municipality benefited by the construction of such sewer, drain, or outlet, his or her proportion of the expense, according to frontage or the benefit received. When such assessment is made and signed by the selectboard or a majority of it, it shall be recorded in the office of the town clerk. When so recorded, it shall be a first lien except taxes and may be enforced, as a tax lien is enforced, upon the land described in the assessment until the same is paid.
24 V.S.A. § 3406
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 95 - Water Mains and Sewers|§ 3406. Appeal; not to delay construction

§ 3406. Appeal; not to delay construction|When a person is dissatisfied with the decision of the selectboard upon the question of the extent of or necessity for the taking of land for such sewer, drain, or outlet, or in the award of damages therefor or in any assessment for contribution, such person may petition to the Superior Court for a rehearing in the premises. Any number of persons aggrieved may join therein, but such petition shall not delay the laying or repairing of such sewer, drain, or outlet, where the same is for the reassessment of damages or contribution. (1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1973.)