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24 V.S.A. § 3679
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 105 - Consolidated Sewer Districts|§ 3679. Finances- Sewer rates; application of revenue

§ 3679. Finances- Sewer rates; application of revenue|(a) The board of sewer commissioners of a consolidated sewer district shall establish rates for the sewer service and all individuals, firms, and corporations whether private, public, or municipal shall pay to the treasurer of the district the rates established by the board. The manner of establishment of the rates shall be in accord with section 3615 of this title. The rates shall be so established as to provide revenue for the following purposes:  (1) to pay current expenses for operating and maintaining the sewer system; (2) to provide for the payment of interest on the indebtedness created by the district; (3) to provide each year a sum equal to not less than two percent nor more than five percent of the entire indebtedness created or assumed by the district to pay for the cost of the sewer system and improvements thereto, which sum shall be used to pay indebtedness maturing in that year or turned into a sinking fund and there kept to provide for the extinguishment of indebtedness of the district; (4) if any surplus remains at the end of the year, it may be turned into the sinking fund or used to pay the cost of improvements to the sewer system.   (b) The money set aside for the sinking fund and any increment thereon shall be devoted to the retirement of obligations of the district or invested in such securities as savings banks or fiduciaries or trustees are now or hereafter allowed to hold. The balance of revenue, if any, required to meet expenses shall be apportioned among and collected from member towns as herein provided.(c) When a rate established under this section for the management of stormwater is applied to property owned, controlled, or managed by the Agency of Transportation, the rate shall not exceed the highest rate category applicable to other properties in the municipality, and the Agency of Transportation shall receive a 35 percent credit on the rate. The Agency of Transportation shall receive no other credit on the rate from the consolidated sewer district. (Added 1967, No. 318 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. March 22, 1968; amended 2015, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 31, eff. June 2, 2016.)
24 V.S.A. § 3681
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 105 - Consolidated Sewer Districts|§ 3681. Special tax assessment for payment of execution

§ 3681. 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 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.)
24 V.S.A. § 3682
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 105 - Consolidated Sewer Districts|§ 3682. Debts and liabilities of member towns

§ 3682. 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. (1967, No. 318 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. March 22, 1968.)
24 V.S.A. § 3683
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 105 - Consolidated Sewer Districts|§ 3683. Tax exemption

§ 3683. Tax exemption|Property of a consolidated sewer district shall be exempt from all taxation by any town. (1967, No. 318 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. March 22, 1968.)
24 V.S.A. § 3684
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 105 - Consolidated Sewer Districts|§ 3684. Indebtedness

§ 3684. Indebtedness|(a) General obligations. A consolidated sewer district may incur indebtedness as provided by chapter 53, subchapter 1 of this title and by chapter 101 of this title for the purpose of paying the cost of a sewer system and improvements to the sewer system or for funding or refunding, including the payment of premium, any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued or assumed by the district. The limits on indebtedness in chapter 53 of this title or otherwise shall not apply to indebtedness incurred or assumed by a consolidated district for the purposes of this chapter.(b) Joint and several obligations. Obligations incurred under chapter 53, subchapter 1 of this title and chapter 101 of this title by a consolidated sewer district, shall be the joint and several obligations of the district and the member towns composing it. However, as among the member towns, their respective shares of the obligation shall be apportioned and paid in the manner provided in this chapter. Any joint or several liability incurred by a member town under this chapter shall not be considered in determining its debt limit for its separate purposes. Notwithstanding the limitations in sections 1755 and 1759 of this title, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of a consolidated sewer district may be authorized by a majority of the voters present and voting on the question at a district meeting, may be paid in not more than 30 years from their date of issue, may be made callable at the option of the district with or without premium, and the serial maturities of those bonds or evidences of indebtedness may be so arranged that beginning with the first year in which principal is payable, the amount of principal and interest payable in any year shall be as nearly equal as is practicable according to the denominations in which the bonds or other evidences of indebtedness are issued.(c) Obligations payable solely from revenue. In addition to authority granted in this section, a consolidated sewer district may issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness under chapter 53, subchapter 2 of this title. However, no such bonds payable solely from revenues shall be issued while the district has outstanding any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness for which the district and the member towns are jointly and severally liable as provided in this chapter, except notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued temporarily in anticipation of revenue. (Added 1967, No. 318 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. March 22, 1968; amended 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 268.)
24 V.S.A. § 3685
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 105 - Consolidated Sewer Districts|§ 3685. Changes in membership- Inclusion of additional towns

§ 3685. 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, shall vote to apply to a neighboring consolidated sewer district for admission as a member of the district, the vote shall thereupon be certified by the clerk of the town to the clerk of the consolidated sewer district and to the Secretary of State. Such 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 subsection (b) of this section.(b) When it appears to the board of sewer commissioners that the boundaries of the consolidated sewer 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 sewer commissioners if such change is approved.(c) When a majority of the voters voting at such meeting vote to include an additional town within the boundaries of the consolidated sewer district as a member thereof, the board of sewer commissioners shall notify the legislative body of the additional town of the vote. Thereupon the legislative body of the additional town shall duly warn a meeting thereof, setting forth in such warning the vote of the consolidated sewer 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 the vote and the result of the vote already taken by the consolidated sewer district shall be certified to the Secretary of State, who shall record the same in his or her office. A certificate of such record shall immediately be filed by the Secretary of State in the office of the clerk of the consolidated sewer district and of any additional town to be included therein as a member thereof, which filing shall be notice to all parties of the addition to the consolidated district.(d) The consolidated sewer district as so enlarged shall thereupon have all the powers and responsibilities given it by this chapter. Any vacancy on the board of sewer commissioners created as a result of the increase in the number thereof shall be filled as provided in section 3674 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. (1967, No. 318 (Adj. Sess.), § 14, eff. March 22, 1968.)
24 V.S.A. § 3686
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 105 - Consolidated Sewer Districts|§ 3686. Withdrawal from district

§ 3686. Withdrawal from district|(a) A town that is a member of a consolidated sewer district may vote to withdraw from the district if one year has elapsed since the district has become a body politic and corporate as provided in section 3673 of this title and if the consolidated sewer district has not voted to bond itself for construction or improvements. Any vote to withdraw before the expiration date of one year or after the district has voted bonds or other form of long term obligation shall be null and void.(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 sewer district, the 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 sewer district shall be at an end as of December 31 immediately following or as soon thereafter as the obligations of the withdrawing town as incurred under this chapter have been paid to the district. (1967, No. 318 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. March 22, 1968.)
24 V.S.A. § 3687
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 105 - Consolidated Sewer Districts|§ 3687. Eligibility for State aid

§ 3687. Eligibility for State aid|A consolidated sewer district formed under this chapter shall be eligible to receive State aid as provided in 10 V.S.A. chapter 55 and under the terms, conditions, and procedures set forth in these chapters. (1967, No. 318 (Adj. Sess.), § 16, eff. March 22, 1968; amended 1971, No. 97, § 2, eff. April 22, 1971.)
24 V.S.A. § 3701
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 107 - Fuel and Ice Plants|§ 3701. Fuel and ice

§ 3701. Fuel and ice|A municipality may establish and maintain a wood, coal, and fuel yard for the purpose of selling fuel at cost to its inhabitants. It may establish and maintain an ice plant for the purpose of manufacturing, cutting, and storing ice to sell to its inhabitants at cost.
24 V.S.A. § 3702
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 107 - Fuel and Ice Plants|§ 3702. Ownership of property

§ 3702. Ownership of property|A municipality may acquire and hold for the purposes of section 3701 of this title, real and personal estate to the extent reasonably necessary to operate, equip, and maintain the business covered by said section.
24 V.S.A. § 3801
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 109 - Fences and Fence Viewers|§ 3801. Sufficient fences

§ 3801. Sufficient fences|Fences four and one-half feet high, in good repair and so constructed as to prevent the escape of sheep, and any natural barrier equivalent to such fence shall be deemed sufficient, except fences on the sides of highways that the owners of land are not bound to make and maintain. Occupied land bordering upon highways shall be deemed to be the enclosure of the owner or occupant. A person driving cattle, sheep, swine, or other stock upon a highway, and exercising reasonable care, shall not be liable for damages by reason of the escape of such animals into an enclosure adjoining the highway, unless the fence between the highway and the enclosure is a sufficient fence within the meaning of this section.
24 V.S.A. § 3802
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 109 - Fences and Fence Viewers|§ 3802. Maintenance

§ 3802. Maintenance|Owners or occupants of adjoining lands, where the lands of both parties are occupied, shall make and maintain equal portions of the division fence between their respective lands. The owner of unimproved and unoccupied land adjoining occupied land of another person shall make his or her proportion of a fence between such lands unless the selectboard of the town where the improved land lies, on request of either party, and on reasonable notice by the selectboard to parties interested, decides that such owner ought not to be compelled to make any part of such fence. The decision of the selectboard in such case shall be recorded in the town clerk's office and shall be final between the parties. The selectmembers shall receive for their services the fees of fence viewers.
24 V.S.A. § 3803
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 109 - Fences and Fence Viewers|§ 3803. When part of land unoccupied

§ 3803. When part of land unoccupied|When the selectboard decides that the owner of the unoccupied land is not bound to make a part of the fence, the owner of the occupied land may make the whole or such part as is necessary to protect himself or herself. When the other owner occupies the adjoining land so as to be benefited by such fence, he or she shall pay to the person so making it, for his or her equal portion thereof, its value at the time.
24 V.S.A. § 3804
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 109 - Fences and Fence Viewers|§ 3804. Pasturing land without division fence

§ 3804. Pasturing land without division fence|When the lands of two or more individuals are lying without division fence, neither party shall put horses, cattle, sheep, swine, or other animals thereon to pasture or to run at large, until they agree to occupy the lands without division fence and in common. When they cannot agree, upon application of either party and notice to the opposite party, the fence viewers shall determine the number of animals each party may put upon such lands. When recorded in the office of the town clerk, the decision of the fence viewers shall be final.
24 V.S.A. § 3805
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 109 - Fences and Fence Viewers|§ 3805. When fence cannot be made on line

§ 3805. When fence cannot be made on line|When the dividing line between lands is so situated that a fence cannot be made thereon by reason of water or otherwise, and the owners cannot agree on a place to make the same, either party may apply to the fence viewers. After giving reasonable notice to the opposite party, such fence viewers shall determine where the fence shall be made, how much and what part each shall make and maintain, and such decision shall be final.
24 V.S.A. § 3806
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 109 - Fences and Fence Viewers|§ 3806. Fence viewers to locate; effect

§ 3806. Fence viewers to locate; effect|In such case, the fence viewers shall establish the line of the fence as near the line between the lands as, in their opinion, is practicable. Each owner of the land, at the time of such division of the fence, shall ever after be deemed in possession of that portion of his or her land enclosed with that of the other owner in consequence of the division. If disagreement arises in relation to the occupancy of such lands, the same shall be determined by the fence viewers, who shall decide such matter of disagreement on the application of either party and after suitable notice is given to the opposite party.
24 V.S.A. § 3807
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 109 - Fences and Fence Viewers|§ 3807. Damage by straying animals

§ 3807. Damage by straying animals|When the lands of two or more individuals are so situated that none of them are compelled to make and maintain a fence on the dividing line between their land by reason of open or unoccupied lands or highways lying between, each owner or keeper shall be liable for the damages done on the occupied lands of others by an animal straying from his or her lands and being taken on such occupied lands. Such damages may be recovered in a civil action on this statute.
24 V.S.A. § 3808
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 109 - Fences and Fence Viewers|§ 3808. Liability of person bound to build fence

§ 3808. Liability of person bound to build fence|When a person bound to support a portion of the division fence does not make or maintain his or her portion, he or she shall be liable for damages done to or suffered by the opposite party in consequence of such neglect. An owner or occupant of adjoining lands, after 10 days from the time notice is given to the opposite party, may make or put in repair the fence and recover from the opposite party damages arising from the neglect, with the expense of building or repairing the fence. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 184.)
24 V.S.A. § 3809
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 109 - Fences and Fence Viewers|§ 3809. Sudden destruction of fence; repairs; damages

§ 3809. Sudden destruction of fence; repairs; damages|When a division fence is suddenly damaged or destroyed by fire, winds, or floods, a person who ought to repair the same shall do so within 10 days after being thereto requested by a person interested therein, and shall pay the damages done to the opposite party by animals straying from his or her occupied lands to those of the other party during the time the fence is out of repair. If he or she does not make or repair his or her portion of the fence within 10 days after such request, the party sustaining damage thereby may make or repair the same at the expense of the person neglecting so to do, and may recover the same in a civil action on this statute.
24 V.S.A. § 3810
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 109 - Fences and Fence Viewers|§ 3810. Duties of fence viewers; division; penalty; appeal

§ 3810. Duties of fence viewers; division; penalty; appeal|On request, the fence viewers, or a majority of them, shall examine fences within the town and a division shall be made by them in cases proper for them to determine. If a fence viewer neglects to perform the duties required of him or her, he or she shall forfeit to the party aggrieved $5.00, with costs to be recovered in a civil action on this statute. Either party may appeal from the decision of the fence viewers to a Superior Court if such appeal is claimed within two hours from the rendition of the decision. Such appeal shall be taken as provided by Rule 75 of the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
24 V.S.A. § 3811
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 109 - Fences and Fence Viewers|§ 3811. Notice; certificate; effect of record

§ 3811. Notice; certificate; effect of record|When called upon to act, the fence viewers shall give notice to parties interested, or to their tenants or agents, of the time when they will examine the fence or line between adjoining lands, before they make a division relating to the same. When fence viewers make a division of fence, or appraise the value of a fence made or repaired, or examine as to the sufficiency of a fence, they shall certify the same. When they make a division of fence and so certify, a record of the same in the office of the clerk of the town in which the line is situated shall be valid against the parties, their heirs, and assigns.
24 V.S.A. § 3812
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 109 - Fences and Fence Viewers|§ 3812. Agreement as to division

§ 3812. Agreement as to division|An agreement in writing between the owners of adjoining lands, relating to their division fence, signed by the owners, witnessed by two witnesses, acknowledged by the parties and recorded in the office of the town clerk in the town where the fence is situated shall be valid against the parties, their heirs, and assigns.
24 V.S.A. § 3813
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 109 - Fences and Fence Viewers|§ 3813. When fence is on a town line; division

§ 3813. When fence is on a town line; division|When the line on which a division fence is to be made or maintained is the line between two towns, and the parties do not agree upon the division, the same shall be determined by a board of fence viewers consisting of one or more from each of the towns. Such board of fence viewers shall give notice to the parties, make the division, and make a certificate as provided in section 3811 of this title. Such certificate shall be valid against the parties, their heirs, and assigns, if recorded in the office of the town clerk in each of the towns.
24 V.S.A. § 3814
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 109 - Fences and Fence Viewers|§ 3814. Homesteader to maintain; liability

§ 3814. Homesteader to maintain; liability|Each owner of a homestead shall be liable to make and maintain his or her portion of the division fence between his or her homestead and adjoining lands. The homestead shall be liable to attachment and levy of execution for damages and costs recovered for neglect so to do.
24 V.S.A. § 3815
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 109 - Fences and Fence Viewers|§ 3815. Records

§ 3815. Records|Certificates and written agreements mentioned in this chapter shall be recorded and alphabetically indexed by the town clerk in a book kept for that purpose.
24 V.S.A. § 3816
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 109 - Fences and Fence Viewers|§ 3816. Recovery for expense

§ 3816. Recovery for expense|When, by the provisions of this chapter, owners of adjoining lands are required to pay to another the expense of making or repairing a division fence, or damages for the neglect of making, or for one-half the value of a division fence, the same with costs may be recovered in a civil action on such statute.
24 V.S.A. § 3817
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 109 - Fences and Fence Viewers|§ 3817. Unnecessary fence; maintenance prohibited; penalty

§ 3817. Unnecessary fence; maintenance prohibited; penalty|A person shall not erect or maintain an unnecessary fence or other structure for the purpose of annoying the owners of adjoining property by obstructing their view or depriving them of light or air. A person who violates a provision of this section shall be fined not more than $100.00.