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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 Appendix - Education Charters and Agreements › Chapter 17 - Orleans School District › App § 17-9. Public act; effective date

§ 17-9. Public act; effective date
This act shall be under the control of future legislation to alter or amend as the public good may require, and shall take effect whenever a majority of the legal voters resident within the limits of that part of the Town of Barton, which prior to March 31 A.D. 1892 was known and designated as School District Number Seven in the Town, present at a meeting of the voters legally notified and warned to be held at the school house in the Village of Barton Landing on the third Tuesday of March, A.D. 1895, shall vote to accept the provision of this act; the notice and warning for the meeting shall be made by one of the Selectboard members of the Town of Barton, to be held as aforesaid, giving at least ten days’ notice of the time and place of such meeting, and such notices to be posted in three or more public places in the Village, who is hereby directed to insert in the warning for the meeting an article requesting the legal voters aforesaid to vote upon the acceptance of the provisions of this act, the Selectboard member shall preside at the meeting, and if a majority present of the voters shall vote to accept the provision of this act, the Selectboard member shall then direct the voters to proceed to the election of the officers hereinbefore provided for, and such officers shall hold their respective offices for the respective terms hereinbefore provided, and the commencement and expiration of the same shall be taken to be the same as though this meeting was held on the second Tuesday of March 1895. (Amended 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 72.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 Appendix - Education Charters and Agreements › Chapter 19 - Underhill Incorporated School District › App § 19-1. Incorporation of district

§ 19-1. Incorporation of district
School Districts Number 2 of Jericho and Number 3 of Underhill are hereby incorporated as a graded school district, by the name of the Underhill Graded School District, and shall have all the powers, duties, and privileges granted by law to graded school districts.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 Appendix - Education Charters and Agreements › Chapter 19 - Underhill Incorporated School District › App § 19-2. Officers

§ 19-2. Officers
The officers of the graded school district shall be the same as are or may be provided by law for other school districts in the State, and shall have the same power and perform the same duties as the same officers in other school districts, except as hereinafter limited.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 Appendix - Education Charters and Agreements › Chapter 19 - Underhill Incorporated School District › App § 19-3. First election

§ 19-3. First election
The first election of officers of the Graded School District may be held at a special meeting duly warned by the District Clerk of District Number 2 in Jericho or of Number 3 in Underhill by both of the District Clerks, on a petition signed by seven legal voters in the Graded School District, under the laws governing the warning of special school meetings in other districts, and the officers so elected shall hold their respective offices until their successors are elected at the next annual school meeting.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 Appendix - Education Charters and Agreements › Chapter 19 - Underhill Incorporated School District › App § 19-5. Adoption of rules and bylaws; acceptance of scholars

§ 19-5. Adoption of rules and bylaws; acceptance of scholars
The Prudential Committee of the Graded School District, may make such bylaws, rules, and regulations as may be deemed expedient, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, and may establish the grade for the admission of all scholars.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 Appendix - Education Charters and Agreements › Chapter 19 - Underhill Incorporated School District › App § 19-6. Transfer of property

§ 19-6. Transfer of property
The Trustees of Bell Institute are hereby authorized, by a vote at a meeting duly warned for that purpose, to transfer by deed or lease the academy building of the institution and all the property appertaining thereto, to the Graded School District, provided the Graded School District, at a school meeting lawfully warned for that purpose, shall vote to accept the property for school purposes.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 Appendix - Education Charters and Agreements › Chapter 21 - Vergennes Incorporated School District › App § 21-1. Incorporation of district

§ 21-1. Incorporation of district
The City of Vergennes as the city is bounded, is hereby incorporated as a graded school district by the name of Vergennes Graded School District and shall have all the powers, duties, and privileges granted by law to graded school districts.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 Appendix - Education Charters and Agreements › Chapter 23 - Winooski Incorporated School District › App § 23-1. Incorporation of district; powers

§ 23-1. Incorporation of district; powers
The territory now included within the City of Winooski and the inhabitants thereof are hereby incorporated and constituted a school district of the City of Winooski, by the name of the Winooski School District. Except where inconsistent with the provisions of this charter, all provisions of the statutes of the State of Vermont relating to incorporated school districts and municipalities shall apply to the Winooski School District. The Winooski School District shall have all the powers granted to incorporated school districts and municipalities by the laws of the State and this charter, together with all implied powers necessary to carry out its express powers.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 Appendix - Education Charters and Agreements › Chapter 23 - Winooski Incorporated School District › App § 23-2. Trustees

§ 23-2. Trustees
Instead of the prudential committee required by law to be elected, the Winooski School District shall be governed by a Board of five Trustees, to be elected at large, and that three of the positions will hold office for a term of three years each and that two of the positions will hold office for a term of two years each, commencing on the day elected. All vacancies caused by resignation, death, or otherwise shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term, if any, at an annual or special meeting, duly warned for that purpose, but the Board of School Trustees by a majority vote of all its remaining members may appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy until the person elected to serve the remainder of the unexpired term takes office. The Trustees shall have the powers and perform all the duties of a prudential committee, shall choose one of their members to be President, and shall appoint a Secretary of the Board of Trustees who shall hold office for the term of one year and until their successors are chosen and appointed.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 Appendix - Education Charters and Agreements › Chapter 23 - Winooski Incorporated School District › App § 23-3. Annual District meeting

§ 23-3. Annual District meeting
The annual District meeting shall be held on the first Tuesday of March and the immediate preceding Monday as follows:
(1) Monday: At 7:30 p.m. at a place to be selected by the Board of Trustees. The Moderator shall convene the annual District meeting with the following agenda:
(A) The District shall elect a Moderator and Clerk, the term of office to start July 1.
(B) The Board of School Trustees shall present the annual reports of the District to the assembled voters, answer any questions, and ask for approval.
(C) The District shall authorize the Board of School Trustees to allow appropriate groups and agencies to use school facilities and equipment in accordance with District policy and Vermont law.
(D) The District shall conduct an informational public session for the Board of Trustees to present the budget for the following fiscal year and answer any questions regarding the same.
(E) The District shall conduct any other business of the District which may be legally conducted, except as provided in section 7 of this charter.
(2) Tuesday: The voters shall at this continued annual District meeting, to be held on the first Tuesday in March from seven o’clock in the forenoon to seven o’clock in the afternoon and conducted at the same place and manner as the annual meeting of the City of Winooski (Appendix A):
(A) Vote a sum of money necessary for the support of the public schools as is required by law. Such sum shall include the amounts anticipated from State education aid and other sources of revenue. The Board of School Trustees shall determine how the voted funds shall be expended.
(B) Elect Trustees as set forth in section 2 of this charter.
(C) Conduct any other business of the District which may legally be conducted as set forth in section 6 of this charter.
(D) Elect a School District Treasurer for a term of three years, the term of office to start July 1, whose duties, authority, and responsibilities shall be those established by law. (Amended 2013, No. M-10 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Feb. 12, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 Appendix - Education Charters and Agreements › Chapter 23 - Winooski Incorporated School District › App § 23-4. Nominations for Trustee

§ 23-4. Nominations for Trustee
Nominations for the office of Trustee shall be made by petitions to be filed with the Clerk of the City of Winooski and shall meet the requirements of section 7 of the charter of the City of Winooski (Appendix B) as now and hereinafter amended, and voting shall be upon a separate ballot. The City of Winooski voter checklist shall be used (Appendix C).
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 Appendix - Education Charters and Agreements › Chapter 23 - Winooski Incorporated School District › App § 23-5. Bylaws, rules, and regulations

§ 23-5. Bylaws, rules, and regulations
The School District may make such bylaws, rules, and regulations as it may deem expedient, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, and may provide for the establishment and maintenance of such number of schools and of such grade or grades and for teaching such branches of knowledge as it may deem expedient.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 Appendix - Education Charters and Agreements › Chapter 23 - Winooski Incorporated School District › App § 23-6. Additional revenue sources

§ 23-6. Additional revenue sources
The Board of School Trustees is hereby authorized to apply for, accept, and expend additional funds not included in the annual budget on behalf of the District from whatever sources, except local taxation, without further action of the District.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 Appendix - Education Charters and Agreements › Chapter 23 - Winooski Incorporated School District › App § 23-7. Australian ballot

§ 23-7. Australian ballot
All questions at any annual or special meeting, except for the acceptance of the annual report and the election of School District officers other than the Board of Trustees and the School District Treasurer, shall be voted by Australian ballot. The election of School District officers other than the Board of Trustees and the School District Treasurer, the acceptance of the annual report, and public discussion of Australian ballot issues shall be on the day preceding the Australian ballot.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 Appendix - Education Charters and Agreements › Chapter 23 - Winooski Incorporated School District › App § 23-8. Abatement board

§ 23-8. Abatement board
The officers of the Winooski School District, except the Collector, shall be a Board for the Abatement of District Taxes, and it shall have the same power which the Board for abatement of town taxes has in the abatement of such taxes. The Trustees of the District, on request of the Collector, shall call a meeting of such Board on or before January 15 in each year, by posting a notice thereof in three public places in such District at least five days before such meeting.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 Appendix - Education Charters and Agreements › Chapter 23 - Winooski Incorporated School District › App § 23-9. Taxes assessed

§ 23-9. Taxes assessed
The taxes assessed by the Winooski School District shall be paid to the Treasurer of the City of Winooski on the same date as the corresponding taxes of the City of Winooski are paid to the Treasurer of the City in each year; and thereafter, if unpaid, shall be turned over to the Tax Collector of the City of Winooski for collection, together with legal addition and fees.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 Appendix - Education Charters and Agreements › Chapter 23 - Winooski Incorporated School District › App § 23-10. Taxes; payment

§ 23-10. Taxes; payment
On the first day of each and every month, the Treasurer of the City shall pay to the Treasurer of the School District all monies collected by the City Treasurer and belonging to the school district by virtue of this charter, after deducting therefrom one-half of one percent of the amount to be retained and paid over to the City as compensation for the expenses of collection and which shall be in lieu of all other fees provided by law for the collection of the taxes.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 Appendix - Education Charters and Agreements › Chapter 23 - Winooski Incorporated School District › App § 23-12. Severability

§ 23-12. Severability
If any provisions of this charter are held invalid, the other provisions of this charter shall not be affected thereby. If the application of this charter or any of its provisions to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the application of the charter and its provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 Appendix - Education Charters and Agreements › Chapter 23 - Winooski Incorporated School District › App § 23-13. Applicability; State statutes

§ 23-13. Applicability; State statutes
If any matter mentioned in this charter is said to be controlled by State statutes, the reference to the State statute shall apply to the statute as amended or renumbered, or any statute substituted therefor and having similar subject matter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 Appendix - Education Charters and Agreements › Chapter 23 - Winooski Incorporated School District › App § 23-15. Sale of real or personal property

§ 23-15. Sale of real or personal property
The Board of School Trustees may authorize the sale of real or personal estate belonging to the District in the same manner as the Winooski City Council is authorized under the provisions of section 5.12 of the Winooski City Charter (Appendix E).
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 Appendix - Education Charters and Agreements › Chapter 23 - Winooski Incorporated School District › App § 23-16. Professional audit

§ 23-16. Professional audit
The Board of School Trustees shall annually contract for a professional audit of all District financial accounts. The audit report shall be published as part of the District’s annual report. Copies of the audit report shall be available for public inspection upon acceptance by the Board. This provision shall be in lieu of electing local officials.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 Appendix - Education Charters and Agreements › Chapter 131 - Town of Danville School District › App § 131-101. Annual and special meetings

§ 131-101. Annual and special meetings
All annual and special meetings of the Danville School District shall be called and warned in the manner provided by the laws of the State. All voting on the school budget at all annual and special meetings shall be by Australian ballot.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 31 - Conventions to Amend u.s. Constitution › § 1811. Governor to call

§ 1811. Governor to call
Whenever the Congress of the United States shall submit to the several states an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and pursuant to Article V of such Constitution shall provide that such amendment be acted upon by conventions in the several states, the Governor, within 60 days after such amendment has been officially transmitted from the United States to this State, shall issue a call for the election of delegates to a convention to act upon such amendment. He or she shall set the date for the election of delegates and the date and hour for the holding of such convention.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 31 - Conventions to Amend u.s. Constitution › § 1812. Composition of convention

§ 1812. Composition of convention
The convention shall be composed of 14 delegates elected at large by the qualified voters of Vermont. It shall meet in the Senate chamber of the capitol at Montpelier. The date for the holding of such convention shall be not less than 20 nor more than 30 days after the election of delegates.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 31 - Conventions to Amend u.s. Constitution › § 1814. Appointment of candidates for delegates

§ 1814. Appointment of candidates for delegates
Not less than 30 days before the date of the election of delegates, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or in case of incapacity of any one of them, the Secretary of State in his or her stead, shall appoint and forthwith announce the names of 28 candidates for delegates, such candidates being in their opinion representative citizens of Vermont. Fourteen of these candidates shall be persons who assent to the placing of their names on the ballots as “For Ratification,” and 14 shall be persons who assent to the placing of their names on the ballot as “Against Ratification.” One candidate for ratification and one candidate against ratification shall be appointed from each county in the State.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 31 - Conventions to Amend u.s. Constitution › § 1816. Form of ballot

§ 1816. Form of ballot
The form of the ballot to be used shall be as follows:
DELEGATES TO CONVENTION TO VOTE UPON THE FOLLOWING PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES:
(Here shall follow the text of the proposed amendment.)
Instructions
To vote for all the delegates who stand For Ratification, make an (X) in the square at the head of the column marked NAMES FOR RATIFICATION. To vote for all the delegates who stand Against Ratification, make a cross (X) in the square at the head of the column marked NAMES AGAINST RATIFICATION. If you do not wish to vote for every candidate in one column, make a cross (X) opposite the name of the candidates of your choice, not to exceed fourteen in all. If you do not wish to vote for the candidates named in the column “For Ratification” or the candidates named in the column “Against Ratification” you may write in the names of other delegates not to exceed fourteen in number in the spaces provided below. Ballots on which more than fourteen names are marked will be considered defective.
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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 31 - Conventions to Amend u.s. Constitution › § 1817. Endorsement of ballots

§ 1817. Endorsement of ballots
Upon each ballot shall be endorsed the words “Official Ballot,” followed by the name of the town in which it is to be used, the date of the election, and a facsimile of the signature of the Secretary of State with his or her official title.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 31 - Conventions to Amend u.s. Constitution › § 1818. Checklist to be used

§ 1818. Checklist to be used
The check list used in the last preceding general election shall apply, but may be revised as now provided by law for check lists used at general elections. The polls for this election shall open at 10 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 31 - Conventions to Amend u.s. Constitution › § 1819. Canvassing board

§ 1819. Canvassing board
The Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of State shall canvass the ballots, declaring elected the 14 candidates who have received the greatest number of votes and the Secretary of State shall publish the results. The Secretary of State, upon the completion of the canvass, shall mail or deliver in person to each delegate so elected a notice thereof and such delegates so elected shall be members of the convention.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 31 - Conventions to Amend u.s. Constitution › § 1820. General election law to apply; expense of election

§ 1820. General election law to apply; expense of election
Expenses of such election shall be paid by the State or town as in the case of general elections. The statutory provisions as to holding general elections, furnishing ballots, instructions and forms, appointment and payment of election officers, filling of vacancies, solicitation of voters at the polls, challenging of voters, manner of conducting elections, counting and preserving the ballots and making returns thereof, and all other kindred subjects shall apply to such elections insofar as they are consistent with this chapter, it being the intent of this chapter to place such elections under the regulation and protection of the laws relating to general elections.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 31 - Conventions to Amend u.s. Constitution › § 1821. Construction of chapter

§ 1821. Construction of chapter
The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed so that the real will of the voters shall not be defeated and so that the voters shall not be deprived of their right because of informality or failure to comply with provisions of law as to notice or conduct of the election or of certifying the results thereof.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 31 - Conventions to Amend u.s. Constitution › § 1823. Quorum; Secretary

§ 1823. Quorum; Secretary
A majority of the delegates shall constitute a quorum to do business, when convened according to the provisions of this chapter. The Secretary of State shall be ex officio Secretary of the convention and with the Chair of the convention, he or she shall certify the vote of the convention to the Secretary of State of the United States.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 31 - Conventions to Amend u.s. Constitution › § 1825. Effect of congressional prescription of the manner of holding conventions

§ 1825. Effect of congressional prescription of the manner of holding conventions
If, on or about the time of submitting any such amendment, Congress, in the resolution submitting the same, or by statute, shall prescribe the manner in which the conventions shall be constituted, the preceding provisions of this chapter shall be inoperative. The convention shall be constituted and shall operate as the resolution or act of Congress shall direct, and all officers of the State who may by the resolution or statute be authorized or directed to take any action to constitute such a convention for this State are hereby authorized and directed to act thereunder and in conformity thereto, with the same force and effect as if acting under a statute of this State.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 32 - Publication and Ratification of Articles of Amendment to Vermont Constitution › § 1840. Interim publication

§ 1840. Interim publication
Within 90 days following adjournment without day of any session of the General Assembly in which articles of amendment to the Constitution have been proposed by the Senate and concurred in by the House, the Secretary of State shall prepare copies of the proposal or proposals of amendment and forward them, with a summary of proposed changes, for publication in at least two newspapers having general circulation in the State, as determined by the Secretary of State. The proposal or proposals shall be so published once each week for three successive weeks in each of the papers at the expense of the State and on the websites of the General Assembly and the Office of the Secretary of State. (Added 1971, No. 211 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 3, 1972; amended 1981, No. 239 (Adj. Sess.), § 32; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 61.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 32 - Publication and Ratification of Articles of Amendment to Vermont Constitution › § 1841. Constitutional requirements

§ 1841. Constitutional requirements
(a) Amendments to the Constitution, having been proposed by the General Assembly, published, and concurred in by the succeeding General Assembly as required by § 72 of Chapter II of the Constitution, shall be submitted to the people of the State for their ratification and adoption in the manner provided in this chapter.
(b) Following the concurrence by the succeeding General Assembly but prior to being submitted to the people of the State, the Governor shall issue a proclamation providing public notice of the proposed constitutional amendment. (Added 1971, No. 211 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 3, 1972; amended 2019, No. 67, § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 32 - Publication and Ratification of Articles of Amendment to Vermont Constitution › § 1842. Time of voting; warning

§ 1842. Time of voting; warning
(a) The people shall be assembled for the purpose of voting on the article of amendment in their respective towns and cities at the same time and place as for the general election, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, in even-numbered years, and the warning for each meeting shall contain an article, in substance as follows:
“To see if the voters will vote to accept or reject the proposed article of amendment to the Constitution of Vermont.”
(b) The omission of that article from the warning shall not invalidate nor affect the vote on the proposed article of amendment, and the voters of each town or city shall vote on the article of amendment whether the warning contains the foregoing article or not. (Added 1971, No. 211 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 3, 1972; amended 1981, No. 239 (Adj. Sess.), § 33; 2019, No. 67, § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 32 - Publication and Ratification of Articles of Amendment to Vermont Constitution › § 1843. Process of voting; making returns; conduct of meetings

§ 1843. Process of voting; making returns; conduct of meetings
(a)(1) At those meetings the voters may vote by ballot for or against the article of amendment.
(2) The same officer shall preside in each such meeting as provided in section 2680 of this title.
(b) The board of civil authority shall, in open meeting, receive, sort, and count the votes of the voters for and against the article of amendment and the result shall be declared by the presiding officer. That result shall be recorded by the clerk of the town or city and true returns thereof shall be made, sealed up, and sent by the clerk by mail or otherwise to the Secretary of State as provided in section 2588 of this title.
(c) The polls for voting on the article of amendment shall be open as provided in section 2561 of this title. (Added 1971, No. 211 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 3, 1972; amended 1981, No. 239 (Adj. Sess.), § 34; 2019, No. 67, § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 32 - Publication and Ratification of Articles of Amendment to Vermont Constitution › § 1844. Publication in newspapers and on State websites; ballots

§ 1844. Publication in newspapers and on State websites; ballots
(a)(1) The Secretary of State shall, between September 25 and October 1 in any year in which a vote on ratification of an article of amendment is taken, prepare copies of the proposal of amendment and forward them, with a summary of proposed changes, for publication in at least two newspapers having general circulation in the State, as determined by the Secretary of State.
(2) The proposal shall be so published once each week for three successive weeks in each of the papers at the expense of the State and on the websites of the General Assembly and the Office of the Secretary of State.
(b) The Secretary of State shall cause ballots to be prepared for a vote by the voters of the State upon the proposal of amendment. (Added 1971, No. 211 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 3, 1972; amended 1981, No. 239 (Adj. Sess.), § 35; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 62; 2019, No. 67, § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 32 - Publication and Ratification of Articles of Amendment to Vermont Constitution › § 1845. Qualifications of voters; conduct of election

§ 1845. Qualifications of voters; conduct of election
The qualifications of voters on the proposal of amendment, the checklist requirements for the election, and all other provisions relating to the conduct of the election shall be the same as those required at general elections. (Added 1971, No. 211 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 3, 1972; amended 1981, No. 239 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2019, No. 67, § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 32 - Publication and Ratification of Articles of Amendment to Vermont Constitution › § 1846. Failure to post checklists

§ 1846. Failure to post checklists
The failure of the selectboard of any town, or the proper officers of any city, to prepare and post checklists of the voters of the town or city as provided by section 2141 of this title, shall not invalidate the votes given by the voters of the town or city upon the proposed article of amendment. (Added 1971, No. 211 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 3, 1972; amended 1981, No. 239 (Adj. Sess.), § 36; 2019, No. 67, § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 32 - Publication and Ratification of Articles of Amendment to Vermont Constitution › § 1848. Tabulation of returns; record of amendments

§ 1848. Tabulation of returns; record of amendments
The Governor and Secretary of State shall, on the second Tuesday of December, of the year in which a vote on ratification of an article of amendment is taken, open and tabulate the returns made under section 1843 of this chapter; and if it appears therefrom that the article of amendment has been ratified and adopted by a majority of the voters voting thereon, the amendment shall be enrolled on the parchment and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State as a part of the Constitution of this State and shall, in all future official revisions of the laws, be published in immediate connection therewith. (Added 1971, No. 211 (Adj. sess.), § 2, eff. April 3, 1972; amended 1981, No. 239 (Adj. Sess.), § 38; 2019, No. 67, § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 32 - Publication and Ratification of Articles of Amendment to Vermont Constitution › § 1849. Proclamation by Governor

§ 1849. Proclamation by Governor
The Governor shall thereupon forthwith issue his or her proclamation, attested by the Secretary of State, reciting the article of amendment and announcing the ratification and adoption of it by the people of this State under this chapter and that the amendment has become a part of the Constitution thereof and requiring all officers and all citizens of the State to take notice thereof and govern themselves accordingly; or that the article of amendment has been rejected, as the case may be. (Added 1971, No. 211 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 3, 1972; amended 2019, No. 67, § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 32 - Publication and Ratification of Articles of Amendment to Vermont Constitution › § 1850. Transmission of copies of chapter and forms to clerks

§ 1850. Transmission of copies of chapter and forms to clerks
(a) The Secretary of State shall send to the clerk of each city and town a copy of this chapter at least two months before the vote on the ratification of an article of amendment.
(b) In any year in which a vote on ratification of an article of amendment is taken, the Secretary of State shall, within the period prescribed by section 1844 of this chapter, send to the clerk of each city and town ballots provided for in that section and blank forms for the returns of votes on the article of amendment. (Added 1971, No. 211 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 3, 1972; amended 2019, No. 67, § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 33 - Apportionment of State Senators › § 1881a. Senatorial districts; nominations and election

§ 1881a. Senatorial districts; nominations and election
(a) The laws relating to the election of Senators in single counties shall apply in senatorial districts except as their application may be inconsistent with this section or the structure of those districts.
(b) In senatorial districts, the senatorial district clerk shall be the county clerk for those towns within the district aggregating the largest population.
(c)(1) Petitions for nominating candidates for Senator in the General Assembly by primary or by certificates of nomination of candidates for that office by convention, caucus, committee, or voters under chapter 49 of this title may be filed in the office of any county clerk in a senatorial district.
(2)(A) On the day after the last day for filing those petitions or certificates for that office, the other county clerk shall notify the senatorial district clerk of the facts concerning those petitions or certificates.
(B) The senatorial district clerk shall be responsible for determining the names of candidates and other facts required by law to appear on the ballot for the office of Senator and for obtaining and distributing the ballots to the other clerks in the district.
(d) The clerk of the less populous county in a senatorial district shall report the results of voting in his or her county immediately after they are determined to the senatorial district clerk, who shall issue the certificates of nomination or election required by law as to the office of Senator.
(e) The canvassing of votes in a senatorial district shall be done in each county in the district as in the case of single counties, but the clerk of the less populous county in a senatorial district shall send a copy of the appropriate certificate to the clerk of the senatorial district who shall issue necessary certificates for the senatorial district. (Added 1965, No. 187, § 2; amended 1975, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 69; 2019, No. 67, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 34 - Apportionment of State Representatives › § 1891. Statement of policy

§ 1891. Statement of policy
The order of the U.S. District Court for the district of Vermont entered August 3, 1964, modified and affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States, January 12, 1965 (Parsons v. Buckley, 85 S.Ct. 503, 379 U.S. 359, 13 L.Ed.2d 352) requires that both houses of the General Assembly of Vermont be apportioned and districted on a basis other than the manner provided for in the Constitution of this State. Such order further provides that if reapportionment legislation is not enacted by July 1, 1965, the district court shall reapportion the General Assembly so as to comply with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In the light of this order, the General Assembly of Vermont declares that apportioning and districting is primarily a responsibility of the Legislature at this time to be accomplished by this chapter, and in such a manner as to achieve substantial equality in the choice of members of the General Assembly as guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America. It is further declared to be the policy of the State of Vermont that the constitutional basis of apportionment of the House of Representatives can best be measured in this State by population. (Added 1965, No. 98, § 2; amended 1981, No. 30, § 1, eff. April 16, 1981.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 34 - Apportionment of State Representatives › § 1891a. Definitions

§ 1891a. Definitions
As used in this chapter and in chapter 34A of this title:
(1) “Initial district” or “district” means a district created by law in the final plan enacted pursuant to section 1906 of this title and listed in section 1893 of this title.
(2) “Representative district” means a district from which one or two Representatives are elected. (Added 1965, No. 187, § 3; amended 1973, No. 210 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. date, see note set out below; 1981, No. 30, § 6, eff. April 16, 1981, and shall apply to the 1981-82 reapportionment; 1981, No. 239 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 1991, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Feb. 13, 1992.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 34 - Apportionment of State Representatives › § 1892. House of Representatives membership

§ 1892. House of Representatives membership
The House of Representatives shall consist of 150 members, each of whom shall be elected from a district established by law. No person shall be elected a Representative until he or she has resided in this State two years, the last of which shall be in the district for which he or she is elected. (Added 1965, No. 98, § 3.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 34 - Apportionment of State Representatives › § 1893b. House of Representatives Districts

§ 1893b. House of Representatives Districts
Notwithstanding the processes outlined in chapter 34A of this title regarding the enactment of initial districts and the subdivision of initial districts, for the 2022 reapportionment of the House of Representatives, the State is divided into the following districts for the House of Representatives, each of which shall be entitled to the indicated number of Representatives:
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 34A - Periodic Reapportionment › § 1901. Purpose

§ 1901. Purpose
(a) The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires all state legislative bodies to be apportioned in such manner as to achieve substantially equal weighting of the votes of all voters in the choice of legislators.
(b) To comply with such requirement it will be necessary to reapportion the House of Representatives and the Senate at periodic intervals, so that changes may be recognized in legislative apportionment.
(c) It is the purpose of this chapter to achieve such reapportionment in an orderly and impartial manner. (Added 1965, No. 97, § 1; amended 2019, No. 2, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2021; 2019, No. 67, § 3.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 34A - Periodic Reapportionment › § 1902. Definitions

§ 1902. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Apportionment standard for the House of Representatives” means the number obtained by dividing the total population in the State by the number of members of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly.
(2) “Apportionment standard for the Senate” means the number obtained by dividing the total population in the State by the number of members of the Senate.
(3) “Board” means the Legislative Apportionment Board.
(4) “Population” means the most recent census taken under the authority of Congress or a special census ordered to be taken by the Legislature. (Added 1965, No. 97, § 2; amended 1981, No. 30, § 2, eff. April 16, 1981; 1991, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. Feb. 13, 1992.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 34A - Periodic Reapportionment › § 1903. Periodic reapportionment; standards

§ 1903. Periodic reapportionment; standards
(a) The House of Representatives and the Senate shall be reapportioned and redistricted on the basis of population during the biennial session after the taking of each decennial census of the United States, or after a census taken for the purpose of such reapportionment under the authority of this State.
(b) The standard for creating districts for the election of Representatives to the General Assembly shall be to form representative districts with minimum percentages of deviation from the apportionment standard for the House of Representatives. The standard for creating districts for the election of Senators on a county basis to the General Assembly shall be to form senatorial districts with minimum percentages of deviation from the apportionment standard for the Senate. The representative and senatorial districts shall be formed consistent with the following policies insofar as practicable:
(1) preservation of existing political subdivision lines;
(2) recognition and maintenance of patterns of geography, social interaction, trade, political ties, and common interests;
(3) use of compact and contiguous territory. (Added 1965, No. 97, § 3; amended 1973, No. 210 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. April 3, 1974; 1981, No. 30, §§ 3, 7, eff. April 16, 1981; 1991, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. Feb. 13, 1992.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 34A - Periodic Reapportionment › § 1904. Legislative Apportionment Board

§ 1904. Legislative Apportionment Board
(a) There is hereby created the Legislative Apportionment Board, consisting of: a special master designated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; one resident of the State of Vermont for five years immediately preceding the appointment, appointed by the Governor from each political party that has had more than three members serve as members of the General Assembly, who are not all from the same county, for at least three of the five biennial legislative sessions since the taking of the previous decennial census of the United States; and one resident of the State of Vermont for the five years immediately preceding the appointment, elected by the State committee of each of those political parties, a quorum of each committee being present and voting. No member of the Board shall serve as a member or employee of the General Assembly, or of either house thereof. The special master so designated shall be Chair of the Board, and shall call such meetings as may be necessary for the accomplishment of the duties of the Board hereafter set forth. The Secretary of State of Vermont shall be secretary of the Board, but shall have no vote. For the purpose of determining representation of a political party under this section, if a candidate for election to the General Assembly accepted a nomination from more than one political party, that candidate’s party affiliation shall be only that political party to which he or she filed a petition for nomination.
(b) Members of the Board shall first be selected on or before July 1, 1990, and thereafter members shall be selected decennially before July 1 and shall serve until their successors are selected. The appointing or electing authority shall fill vacancies.
(c) For administrative purposes, the Board shall be part of the office of the Secretary of State, and funds for the Board’s operation shall be appropriated for the Secretary of State, provided, however, that expenditures of such appropriation shall be directed by the Board.
(d) Members of the Board not receiving a salary from the State shall receive per diem compensation and expenses as provided in 32 V.S.A. § 1010.
(e) The Board may employ or contract for such expert assistants or services, or both, as may be necessary to carry out its duties. (Added 1965, No. 97, § 4; amended 1989, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 6a, 6b; 1991, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. Feb. 13, 1992; 2009, No. 18, § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 34A - Periodic Reapportionment › § 1905. House apportionment—Tentative proposal

§ 1905. House apportionment—Tentative proposal
On or before July 1 of the year following each decennial census under the authority of Congress, the Board shall prepare a tentative proposal for the reapportionment of the House of Representatives. Whenever, in the tentative proposal, it appears that one town or city should be divided into two or more initial districts, or that part of one town or city should be combined with part or all of another town or city to form an initial district, the Board shall immediately notify the board of civil authority of each town and city thus affected. The boards of civil authority may, on or before August 1, recommend to the Legislative Apportionment Board the manner in which initial district lines within those towns and cities should be drawn, always having regard for the standards of apportionment set forth in section 1903 of this title. Upon request of any board of civil authority, the Legislative Apportionment Board shall designate one of its members, or a person designated in section 1908 of this title, to call and preside without vote over a joint meeting of two or more boards of civil authority for the purpose of making joint recommendations. (Added 1965, No. 97, § 5; amended 1973, No. 210 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. April 3, 1974; 1981, No. 30, § 4, eff. April 16, 1981, and shall apply to the 1981-82 reapportionment; 1989, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 6c; 1991, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. Feb. 13, 1992; 1999, No. 68 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2001, No. 36, § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 34A - Periodic Reapportionment › § 1906. Initial districts; final proposal; final plan

§ 1906. Initial districts; final proposal; final plan
Upon receiving recommendations made under section 1905 of this title, the Board shall consider the same, and shall, not later than August 15, prepare a final proposal for dividing the State into initial districts for the election of 150 Representatives. The Chair of the Board shall, on or before August 15, transmit such proposal to the Clerk of the House, and the proposal shall then be referred to the appropriate committee. The General Assembly shall then accept the proposal and enact it into law or substitute another plan for reapportionment; provided, however, that
(1) the plan for initial districts finally approved shall be in conformity with the provisions of this chapter; and
(2) be duly enacted during the said biennial legislative session. (Added 1965, No. 97, § 6; amended 1973, No. 210 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. April 3, 1974; 1981, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 23, 1982; 1989, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 6d; 1991 No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. Feb. 13, 1992; 1999, No. 68 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2001, No. 36, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 17 - Elections › Chapter 34A - Periodic Reapportionment › § 1906a. Final division into representative districts

§ 1906a. Final division into representative districts
(a) Each initial district listed in section 1893 of this title that is entitled to one Representative shall constitute a Representative district and may elect one Representative at elections for Representatives until the next reapportionment.
(b) Each initial district listed in section 1893 of this title that is entitled to elect two Representatives shall constitute a representative district and may elect two Representatives at elections for Representatives until the next reapportionment, unless such district is divided into two single-member representative districts as provided in section 1906b of this title, in which case the resulting single-member representative districts shall each be entitled to elect one Representative at elections for Representatives until the next reapportionment.
(c) Each initial district listed in section 1893 of this title that is entitled to elect three or more Representatives shall be further divided into single- or two-member representative districts or a combination of single- and two-member representative districts, as provided in section 1906c of this title, each of which shall be entitled to elect the appropriate number of Representatives at elections for Representatives until the next reapportionment.
(d) A copy of the final plan for initial districts, and approved plans for dividing multi-member districts into representative districts, shall be filed with the Secretary of State and shall be available for public inspection. In addition, a copy of the plan for dividing a multi-member initial district into representative districts shall be filed with the town clerk of each town in the district so divided. (Added 1991, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. Feb. 13, 1992.)