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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District › App § 53. Admission of new member municipalities

§ 53. Admission of new member municipalities
The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion of additional member municipalities in the District upon terms and conditions as it in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair, reasonable, and in the best interest of the District. The legislative body of any nonmember municipality that desires to be admitted to the District shall make application for admission to the Board of Supervisors of the District. The Board shall determine the effects and impacts that are likely to occur if the municipality is admitted and shall thereafter either grant or deny authority for admission of the petitioning municipality. If the Board grants authority for admission, it shall also specify any terms and conditions, including financial obligations upon which admission is predicated. The petitioning municipality shall thereafter comply with the approval procedures specified in 24 V.S.A. § 4863. If a majority of the voters of the petitioning municipality present and voting at a meeting of the municipality duly warned for the purpose votes to approve this chapter and the terms and conditions for admission, the vote shall be certified by the clerk of that municipality to the Board of Supervisors. Thereafter, upon satisfactory performance of the terms and conditions for admission, the municipality shall by resolution of the Board of Supervisors become and thereafter be a member municipality of the District. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 601 - Rutland County Recreational District › App § 54. Dissolution of District; procedure

§ 54. Dissolution of District; procedure
If the Board of Supervisors by resolution approved by two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast determines that it is in the best interest of the public, the member municipalities, and the District that the District be dissolved, and if the District then has no outstanding debt or obligations under long term contracts, or will have no debt or obligations upon completion of the plan of dissolution, it shall prepare a plan of dissolution and thereafter adopt a resolution directing that the question of dissolution and the plan of dissolution be submitted to the voters of the District at a special meeting of the District duly warned for the purpose. If two-thirds of the voters of the District present and voting at a special meeting of the District shall vote to dissolve the District and approve the plan of dissolution, the District shall cease to conduct its affairs except insofar as may be necessary for the winding up thereof. The Board of Supervisors shall immediately cause a notice of the proposed dissolution to be mailed to each known creditor of the District and shall proceed to collect the assets of the District and apply and distribute them in accordance with the plan of dissolution. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 701 - Morristown Corners Water Corporation › App § 1. Boundaries

§ 1. Boundaries
The boundaries of the Morristown Corners Water Corporation shall consist of 47 residential parcels as shown on the “Water Resources Map” on file with the Lamoille County Planning Commission specifically identifying those parcels and the land and “well-head” protection areas of the Morristown Corners Water Corporation, a part of which is land owned by the Morristown Corners Water Corporation as described in the land records of the Morristown Town Clerk’s office. (Added 2009, No. M-9, § 2, eff. May 18, 2009.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 701 - Morristown Corners Water Corporation › App § 2. Purpose

§ 2. Purpose
Morristown Corners Water Corporation is a water supply municipality as defined in 1 V.S.A. § 126 and pursuant to and consistent with the purposes and meaning set out in 24 V.S.A. chapter 89 and is formed and existing, inter alia, consistent with its authority under Vermont law, to design, construct, upgrade, operate, and maintain a water supply and distribution system, including the maintenance and repair of water mains and the provision of water service to the area described in section 1 of this chapter. (Added 2009, No. M-9, § 2, eff. May 18, 2009.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 701 - Morristown Corners Water Corporation › App § 3. Powers

§ 3. Powers
The Morristown Corners Water Corporation shall have all powers granted to a municipal water supply corporation pursuant to 24 V.SA. chapter 89, and the water supply municipal corporation shall have the authority among other things consistent with statutory authority granted to:
(1) construct, install, maintain, and repair all facilities and equipment necessary for the provision of water supply and distribution services to the members of the District;
(2) bill all users of water services provided by the District for their pro rata share of the expense of providing, operating, and maintaining the water supply;
(3) purchase, own, grant, convey, sell, or take by eminent domain real property, easements, and personal property in the name of Morristown Corners Water Corporation. (Added 2009, No. M-9, § 2, eff. May 18, 2009.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 701 - Morristown Corners Water Corporation › App § 4. Annual and special meetings

§ 4. Annual and special meetings
Annual and special meetings of Morristown Corners Water Corporation shall be held in conformance with the notice, warning, and voting requirements of the adopted bylaws of the Morristown Corners Water Corporation. (Added 2009, No. M-9, § 2, eff. May 18, 2009.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 701 - Morristown Corners Water Corporation › App § 5. Officers; directors

§ 5. Officers; directors
(a) The Board of Directors shall also be the officers and shall consist of at least five members elected by the members of the municipal corporation for a term of three years. Vacancies on the Board of Directors shall be filled in the manner as provided by the bylaws of the municipal corporation. The Board of Directors’ decisions by majority vote of the entire Board concerning policy, procedures, and all matters of business of the municipal corporation shall be final and binding.
(b) The President and Vice President shall be responsible for:
(1) the maintenance and repair of the system or the subcontracting of that responsibility;
(2) water testing as mandated by the State and federal government: monthly, quarterly, and annually;
(3) dealing with State and federal agencies as necessary and working with resource organizations;
(4) providing customer services;
(5) maintaining operation certification and insurance;
(6) monitoring of the water-testing schedule and requisition of testing equipment;
(7) convening of regular annual and special meetings;
(8) public relations activities.
(c) The Treasurer shall be responsible for:
(1) billing, invoicing, depositing and dispersing funds, maintaining safety deposit boxes, and reporting and collecting delinquent account receivables;
(2) writing and signing all checks on behalf of the municipal corporation consistent with that authority as granted by the Board of Directors;
(3) alerting the Board of Directors and officers of the municipal corporation of any past due accounts;
(4) preparing, distributing, and reporting annual financial statements;
(5) preparing and presenting the annual operating budget;
(6) preparing and filing annual tax returns as required;
(7) keeping accurate records of all financial transactions made by the municipal corporation;
(8) collecting delinquent water rents and fees due to the municipal corporation, interest on those accounts, and penalties in accordance with Vermont law.
(d) The Clerk shall be responsible for:
(1) the accurate taking, timely distribution, and orderly maintenance of minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors as well as annual meetings and special meetings of the Morristown Corners Water Corporation and the maintenance and preservation of official documents;
(2) picking up and distributing mail to the responsible officer;
(3) performing monthly coliform tests as required in consultation with the President and Vice President and the timely and accurate submission of those tests.
(e) The Tester shall be responsible for:
(1) properly taking and accurately recording chlorine readings in consultation with the President and Vice President and the timely and accurate submission of those readings;
(2) participating in other daily, monthly, and annual testing of the water and water system as required in consultation with the President and Vice President consistent with requirements for testing under this chapter and the bylaws. (Added 2009, No. M-9, § 2, eff. May 18, 2009.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 701 - Morristown Corners Water Corporation › App § 6. Board of Directors

§ 6. Board of Directors
The Board of Directors shall be the legislative and administrative body of the municipal corporation and shall be responsible for the control and management of all affairs, property, and interests of the corporation. The Board of Directors may exercise all legal powers of the corporation consistent with this chapter, the bylaws of the corporation, and Vermont law. These powers shall include the execution of contracts, the authority to purchase insurance on behalf of the corporation, the commencement of actions in the name of the corporation, defending actions brought against the corporation, and the settlement of claims on behalf of the corporation. (Added 2009, No. M-9, § 2, eff. May 18, 2009.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 701 - Morristown Corners Water Corporation › App § 7. Rates

§ 7. Rates
The Board of Directors shall establish rates and fees for the water services, including capital improvements, provided by the corporation, and all rates and fees for water services shall be paid to the Treasurer. (Added 2009, No. M-9, § 2, eff. May 18, 2009.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 701 - Morristown Corners Water Corporation › App § 8. Rules

§ 8. Rules
The Board of Directors shall adopt rules that govern the administration, operation, and maintenance of the water system. Rules adopted by the Board of Directors shall become effective upon a majority vote of the directors. (Added 2009, No. M-9, § 2, eff. May 18, 2009.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 701 - Morristown Corners Water Corporation › App § 9. Amendment of charter

§ 9. Amendment of charter
This charter shall be amended in the same manner as provided in 17 V.S.A. § 2645, except that in lieu of the requirements of 17 V.S.A. § 2645(a)(7), a vote by members of the corporation affirming the amendment of this charter shall be by a voice vote in the form of a yes or no proposition. The corporation shall make all proposed changes to this Charter available to any member of the corporation in amended form, with deleted material in brackets and new matter underlined or in italics. (Added 2009, No. M-9, § 2, eff. May 18, 2009.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 703 - Champlain Water District › App § 1. Definitions

§ 1. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or intent:
(1) “The District” shall mean the municipality created by section 2 of this chapter pursuant to the provisions set forth in 24 V.S.A. § 3342. The functions of the District when pursued under the authority set forth in this chapter shall be governmental and not proprietary.
(2) “Town” shall mean any municipality within the meaning of 1 V.S.A. § 126.
(3) “Clerk” shall mean the permanent Clerk of the District.
(4) “The Board” shall mean the Board of Water Commissioners of the District.
(5) “The Treasurer” shall mean the Treasurer of the District.
(6) “Auditor” shall mean an Auditor of the District.
(7) “Properties” shall mean the water supply, storage and distribution system or systems of the District, including the plants, works, instrumentalities or part thereof and appurtenances thereto, including lands, easements, rights in land and water rights, rights of-way, contract rights, franchises, approaches, connections, dams, reservoirs, water mains and pipe lines, pumping stations and equipment, or any other property incidental to and included in such system or part thereof, and any improvements, extensions, and betterments thereto, together with any and all property, both real and personal wherever situated, as may be acquired by the District in its own name.
(8) “Bonds” shall mean the bonds, notes, and obligations, issued by the District, pursuant to this chapter.
(9) “Revenues” shall mean all rents, charges, and other income derived from the operation of the District. (Added 1971, No. 135, § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 703 - Champlain Water District › App § 2. Champlain Water District created

§ 2. Champlain Water District created
There is hereby created a consolidated water district to be known as the “Champlain Water District” that shall embrace the Towns of Colchester, Essex, Shelburne, South Burlington, and Williston, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont. The District may be enlarged under the provisions of section 17 of this chapter. (Added 1971, No. 135, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 703 - Champlain Water District › App § 3. Legal status

§ 3. Legal status
The District created hereunder shall be a body politic and corporate with the powers incident to a municipal corporation as set forth in 24 V.S.A. § 3342(a), and shall further be for the purposes and charged with the duties and having the powers provided in this chapter. (Added 1971, No. 135, § 3.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 703 - Champlain Water District › App § 4. Existing District

§ 4. Existing District
The District created hereunder shall supersede and substitute the presently existing Champlain Water District. The District shall, initially, have as its officers and commissioners, the officers and commissioners of the present Champlain Water District. The District shall succeed to the title of all properties, and shall assume all assets and liabilities of the present Champlain Water District. This chapter shall be deemed to ratify any and all previous actions taken by the existing Champlain Water District. (Added 1971, No. 135, § 4.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 703 - Champlain Water District › App § 7. Meetings

§ 7. Meetings
(a) Annual meetings shall be held each year on the first Tuesday of April. The fiscal year of the District shall be July 1 through June 30 of the following year.
(b) 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.
(c) Any meeting called for the purpose of considering a bond issue shall be warned as is provided for in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 1 or any amendment thereof.
(d) The water commissioners shall have the same authority and obligation to warn or call meetings of the District as selectboards have to warn or call town meetings. (Added 1971, No. 135, § 7; amended 1983, No. M-16 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 703 - Champlain Water District › App § 8. Eligibility of voters

§ 8. 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. (Added 1971, No. 135, § 8.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 703 - Champlain Water District › App § 9. Checklist

§ 9. Checklist
The clerk of each town within the District shall furnish to the Clerk of the District, at the expense of each member town, authenticated copies of the checklists of legal voters within said town as the same appears after revision of such check list before this last town meeting, annual or special, preceding the date of the District meeting, which checklist shall control for the purposes of determining the voters eligible to vote at the District meeting. Whenever a matter, including bond issues, is to be determined by ballot or voting machine, the Board of Water Commissioners may designate polling places in each member town. Each member town shall provide at its expense such polling places together with ballot clerks necessary to supervise the ballots in the same manner that elections are supervised in the towns under the appropriate Vermont statutes. (Added 1971, No. 135, § 9.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 703 - Champlain Water District › App § 10. Record of proceedings

§ 10. 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 his or her duty shall forfeit $20.00 to the District, to be recovered in an action of tort under 24 V.S.A. § 3347. (Added 1971, No. 135, § 10.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 703 - Champlain Water District › App § 11. Water rates and revenues

§ 11. Water rates and revenues
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of 24 V.S.A. § 3311, the Board of Water Commissioners of the District shall establish rates for the water and services by meter service, and all firms and corporations, whether private, public or municipal, shall pay to the Treasurer of the District the rates and stand-by charges established by the Board of Water Commissioners. An additional charge may be made by the District in addition to the uniform base rate where water is supplied to a member town through the system of another member town. The determination of any rate except as it may be otherwise provided in this chapter shall be in the discretion of the commissioners. The Board of Water Commissioners may also enter into a contract with member and nonmember municipalities for the supply of water over a period of years. All rates shall be so established as to provide revenue for the following purposes:
(1) to pay current expenses for operating and maintaining the water systems;
(2) to provide for the payment of interest and principal on the indebtedness created by the District;
(3) if any surplus remains at the end of the year, it may be turned into a sinking fund or used to pay the cost of improvements to the water 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 the revenue, if any, required to meet said expenses shall be apportioned among and collected from member towns as herein provided. (Added 1971, No. 135, § 11; amended 1971, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 703 - Champlain Water District › App § 13. Special tax assessment for payment of execution

§ 13. 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 shares of each member town in such execution, with costs, interest, and other charges, to be paid by it in accordance with the formula established in subsection 12(b) of this chapter and shall give notice of the amount thereof to the legislative branch of each member town, or to the legislative branch of the containing Town in the case of contained municipalities. The gallonage shares shall be computed for this purpose on the basis of the calendar year on account of which the liability arose or, if such year is then in process, on the basis of the next preceding calendar year. Each member town through its proper officers shall forthwith pay to the Treasurer of the District its shares, and the shares of its contained municipalities, of such execution and any charges. To the extent that any such shares of the same shall not already have been raised by taxation in accordance with this act, the legislative branch shall forthwith assess and have collected taxes in the applicable taxing districts sufficient to pay the same in the manner its other taxes are assessed and collected. (Added 1971, No. 135, § 13; amended 1971, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 703 - Champlain Water District › App § 16. Indebtedness

§ 16. Indebtedness
(a)(1) The District may incur indebtedness for public improvements and other purposes as provided by 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 1. The limits on indebtedness in chapter 53 or otherwise shall not apply to indebtedness incurred or assumed by the District.
(2) Obligations incurred under subchapter 1 or as otherwise authorized in this act by the District, except obligations incurred under 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 2, shall be the joint and several obligations of the District and the member towns composing it. However, as among such member towns, their respective shares of such 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 act shall not be considered in determining its debt limit for its own separate purposes. Bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of the District may be authorized for public improvements 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 such 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 such bonds or other evidences of indebtedness are issued. Interest up to and for not more than one year after commencement of regular operation of public improvements may be paid from obligations issued to finance such public improvements.
(b) The District may also issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 2, and any amendment thereof or addition thereto, and bonds payable solely from revenues may be issued while the District has outstanding other bonds or evidences of indebtedness for which the District and the member towns are jointly and severally liable as hereinbefore provided. (Added 1971, No. 135, § 16; amended 1971, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 703 - Champlain Water District › App § 17. Changes in membership; inclusion of additional towns

§ 17. 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 the District for admission as a member of the District, such vote shall thereupon be certified by the clerk of the town to the Clerk of the District and to the Secretary of State. Such vote and certification, if accepted by the District within two years after the date of said vote shall be binding on said town without the subsequent vote in the town contemplated in subsection (c) of this section.
(b) When it appears to the Board of Water Commissioners that the boundaries of the 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 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 District as a member thereof, the Board of Water Commissioners shall notify the legislative body of such additional town of such vote. Thereupon the legislative body of the additional town proposed to be included shall duly warn a meeting thereof, setting forth in such warning the vote of the 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 such vote and the result of the vote already taken by the District shall be certified to the Secretary of State. A certificate of such record shall immediately be filed by the Secretary of State in the office of the Clerk of the District and of any additional Town to be included therein as a member thereof, which filing shall be notice to all parties of such addition to the District.
(d) The District as so enlarged shall thereupon 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 thereof shall be filled as provided in 24 V.S.A. § 3343. The additional member town shall share in all existing expenses, including bonded indebtedness, in the proportion provided in this chapter for other members. (Added 1971, No. 135, § 17.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 703 - Champlain Water District › App § 18. Withdrawal from the District

§ 18. Withdrawal from the District
(a) A town that is a member of the District may vote to withdraw from the District if one year has elapsed since it joined said District provided that during that time the District has not voted to bond itself for construction or improvements.
(b) When a majority of the voters of a member town present and voting at a town meeting duly warned for that purpose shall vote to withdraw from the 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 District to be at an end as of December 31 immediately following or as soon thereafter as the obligations of said withdrawing town as incurred under this chapter have been paid to the District. Any withdrawing town shall also reimburse the District for all expenses incurred by the District in planning, engineering, and administrative services rendered for the purpose of delivering water to said town. No withdrawal shall be final until payment has been made for all services so rendered.
(c) A vote of withdrawal taken after the District has become a body politic and corporate as provided in section 4 of this chapter but less than one year after said date shall be null and void. A vote of withdrawal from the District taken after the District has voted to bond itself for construction or improvements shall be null and void. (Added 1971, No. 135, § 18; amended 1971, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), § 8.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 703 - Champlain Water District › App § 19. Amendments

§ 19. Amendments
This chapter may be amended in accordance with the terms and provisions of 17 V.S.A. § 2645 for the amendment of municipal charters. For this purpose, the word “municipality” in such statute shall be construed to mean “District,” and “legal voters” as used in such statute shall be defined in accordance with section 8 of this chapter. No amendment shall be made that substantially adversely affects the rights of the holders of obligations of the District. (Added 1971, No. 135, § 19; amended 1971, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), § 9.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 703 - Champlain Water District › App § 20. Separability of provisions

§ 20. Separability of provisions
(a) If any section, clause, or provision of this chapter shall be held unconstitutional, or be ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional or ineffective, it shall be valid and effective and no other section, clause, or provision shall, on account thereof, be deemed invalid or ineffective.
(b) Where any specific section, clause, or provision of this chapter conflicts with any general provision of the statutory laws of this State, laws other than Constitution, such section, clause, or provision of this chapter shall prevail unless the intent of such general statutory provision to amend this chapter is clear. (Added 1971, No. 135, § 20.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 703 - Champlain Water District › App § 21. Ratification and validation

§ 21. Ratification and validation
The ratification of 1971 Acts and Resolves No. 135 by the District and all proceedings taken thereunder are validated and confirmed in all respects. Any action heretofore authorized by the District under 1971 Acts and Resolves No. 135 or under prior law, including the bond vote of May 21, 1970, shall hereafter be implemented in accordance with the charter of the District as amended by this act. (Added 1971, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 705 - Edward Farrar Utility District › App § 1. Establishment

§ 1. Establishment
There is hereby established a body politic and corporate known as the Edward Farrar Utility District (District) whose inhabitants shall be those of the Village of Waterbury. (Added 2017, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 705 - Edward Farrar Utility District › App § 2. Purpose

§ 2. Purpose
The District is established for the purpose of providing water and sewer services as provided by 24 V.S.A. chapters 89 (waterworks), 97 (sewage system), and 101 (sewage disposal system) and holding, maintaining, and administering any property, assets, and liabilities that it shall acquire from the Village of Waterbury. (Added 2017, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 705 - Edward Farrar Utility District › App § 4. Voters; grand list

§ 4. Voters; grand list
(a) Voters. The checklist of legal voters of the Town of Waterbury residing within the District shall be the checklist of legal voters of the District.
(b) Grand list. The grand list of the District shall be the grand list of the Town of Waterbury property within the District. (Added 2017, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 705 - Edward Farrar Utility District › App § 5. Board of Utility Commissioners

§ 5. Board of Utility Commissioners
(a) The legislative body of the District shall be the Board of Utility Commissioners consisting of five persons.
(b) Commissioners shall be elected by Australian ballot from among the legal voters of the District.
(c) Commissioners’ terms shall be staggered and commence upon election, and the length of Commissioners’ terms shall be as follows:
(1) three Commissioners shall serve a term of three years; and
(2) two Commissioners shall serve a term of one year. (Added 2017, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 705 - Edward Farrar Utility District › App § 6. Powers

§ 6. Powers
(a) The District shall have the power and authority to:
(1) own, operate, maintain, improve, and extend:
(A) public water supply systems as provided by 24 V.S.A. chapter 89; and
(B) sewerage collection, treatment, and disposal systems as provided by 24 V.S.A. chapters 97 and 101;
(2) establish rates, charges, and fees for water service pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 89 and for sewer service pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapters 97 and 101;
(3) levy taxes upon its grand list and impose such assessments as allowed by law for any purpose for which it is authorized under this charter;
(4) hold, manage, purchase, and sell real estate, deposits, accounts, contract rights, investments, reserve funds, loan funds, and loan programs as it shall acquire from the Village of Waterbury or may otherwise acquire; and
(5) incur debt in the manner provided by general law for the purposes authorized under this charter.
(b) Extraterritorial water and sewer service may be provided under such terms as the Board of Utility Commissioners deems advisable. (Added 2017, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 705 - Edward Farrar Utility District › App § 7. District officers

§ 7. District officers
(a) At the discretion of the Board of Utility Commissioners, the District may engage and employ a manager and such additional personnel as it deems necessary.
(b) The Board of Utility Commissioners shall appoint a district clerk and district treasurer, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. (Added 2017, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 705 - Edward Farrar Utility District › App § 8. Annual meeting

§ 8. Annual meeting
(a) Until changed in the manner provided by general law, the annual meeting of the District shall be held on the second Wednesday of May, commencing on May 8, 2019. The annual and special meetings shall be warned in the same manner as for annual and special town meetings.
(b) Unless provided for otherwise by vote of the District, the general laws of the State shall control in all matters relating to the call, notice, and conduct of annual and special District meetings.
(c) The Board of Civil Authority shall be the Board of Utility Commissioners, the District Clerk, and the Town of Waterbury justices of the peace residing within the District, all of whom shall constitute election officials for all District purposes. (Added 2017, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 801 - Green Mountain Transit Authority › App § 1. Creation of Authority

§ 1. Creation of Authority
There is hereby created a transit authority to be known as the “Green Mountain Transit Authority.” (Added 1973, No. 122, § 1, eff. Feb. 2, 1973; amended 2017, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 24, eff. May 21, 2018.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 801 - Green Mountain Transit Authority › App § 2. Area of operation

§ 2. Area of operation
The area of operation shall be Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, and Washington Counties and the Towns of Orange, Washington, and Williamstown. The area of operation shall include Addison and Caledonia Counties and the Towns of Orange County other than Orange, Washington, and Williamstown, but only for the provision of commuter services. The area of operation shall include Lamoille County, but only for the provision of published scheduled services. (Added 1973, No. 122, § 2, eff. Feb. 2, 1973; amended 2009, No. 71 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 801 - Green Mountain Transit Authority › App § 3. Membership in the Authority

§ 3. Membership in the Authority
Membership in the Authority shall consist of those municipalities that elect to join the Authority by majority vote of its voters present and voting on the question at an annual or special meeting duly warned for the purpose prior to July 1, 2010. Beginning on July 1, 2010, a municipality may hold an annual meeting or a special meeting for the purpose of determining through election by a majority vote of its voters present and voting on the question only if the municipality is specifically authorized to join the Authority either under section 12 of this chapter or by resolution duly passed by the Green Mountain Transit Authority Board of Commissioners. The initial meeting of a municipality called to determine whether or not to join the Authority shall be warned in the manner provided by law, except that for such meeting only, any warning need not be posted for a period in excess of 20 days, any other provision of law or municipal charter to the contrary notwithstanding. Membership may be terminated only in the manner provided in section 8 of this chapter. (Added 1973, No. 122, § 3, eff. Feb. 2, 1973; amended 2009, No. 71 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 2011; 2017, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 24, eff. May 21, 2018.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 801 - Green Mountain Transit Authority › App § 5. Exemption from regulation

§ 5. Exemption from regulation
The public transportation systems and facilities operating under this Authority are generally exempt from any of the regulatory provisions of Title 30 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated. However, the Public Utility Commission may impose those regulatory provisions of Title 30 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that it may determine from time to time to be necessary. (Added 1973, No. 122, § 5, eff. Feb. 2, 1973.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 801 - Green Mountain Transit Authority › App § 6. Government and organization

§ 6. Government and organization
(a) The officers of the Authority and their election or designation shall be as follows:
(1) Board of Commissioners. The purposes, powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Authority shall be exercised by the Board of Commissioners, consisting of one commissioner from each municipality that is a member of this Authority and two commissioners from the City of Burlington. The commissioners shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the legislative body of the member municipality. Any vacancies on the Board of Commissioners shall be filled by the legislative body of the respective member municipality, but in the event that the legislative body fails to appoint a commissioner within two months from the date of the occurrence of the vacancy, the vacancy shall be filled by the Board of Commissioners. Commissioners shall serve without pay.
(2) Terms of office. Each commissioner shall serve for a term of three years ending June 30 or until his or her successor is duly appointed and has qualified.
(b) Officers. The Board of Commissioners annually shall elect from among its members a Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary, and such other officers that are necessary for the conduct of its business.
(c) Meetings of the Board of Commissioners. The frequency and method of calling regular and special meetings of the Board of Commissioners, procedures for the transaction of business, and other necessary matters shall be in accordance with bylaws adopted and amended from time to time by a majority of the commissioners.
(d) Administrative personnel. The Board of Commissioners may appoint a Transit Director, and such other personnel as is necessary for the conduct of the business of the Authority, and the Board of Commissioners shall have the power to prescribe their duties, fix their compensation, and delegate to them such responsibilities for the management and control of the operations of the Authority, as its interest may require. (Added 1973, No. 122, § 6, eff. Feb. 2, 1973; amended 2009, No. 71 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 801 - Green Mountain Transit Authority › App § 7. Annual budget and assessments

§ 7. Annual budget and assessments
(a) On or before February 15 in each year, the Board of Commissioners shall prepare a budget for the Authority for the next fiscal year, which shall include an estimate of the revenue of the Authority from fares and other sources, except membership assessments, and the expenses for the next fiscal year, including debt service, and at such time the Board of Commissioners shall call a meeting of the residents of its members for the purpose of presenting the proposed budget and inviting discussion thereon. The meeting shall be held at a place within the County and shall be warned by a notice published in a newspaper of general circulation in the County at least 15 days prior to the meeting. The notice shall contain a copy of the proposed budget, and members of the legislative body of each member municipality shall be notified of the meeting by certified mail.
(b) Annually, following the meeting provided in subsection (a) of this section, the Board of Commissioners shall review the proposed budget of the Authority in light of any discussion thereon at the meeting and shall then adopt the budget with or without changes.
(c) The Treasurer of the Authority, following adoption of the budget, shall apportion the sums required to be contributed by each member municipality according to the formula for apportionment. The formula for apportionment may be changed by the Board of Commissioners with the concurrence of the legislative bodies of at least three-quarters of the member municipalities.
(d) The Treasurer of the Authority shall immediately notify the treasurer of each member municipality and the chair of the legislative body in each member municipality of the amount of such assessment, and the member municipality shall add such assessment to its own budget and shall assess such tax as is necessary to raise the amount of the assessment. The amount of the assessment in each member municipality shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Authority on or before July 15 in each year.
(e) In the event that the budget of the Authority in any year becomes insufficient to support the operations of the Authority, the Board of Commissioners may assess the member municipalities for additional sums, apportioned in the manner provided in this section, but such additional assessment shall require the approval of all the legislative bodies in the member municipalities. (Added 1973, No. 122, § 7, eff. Feb. 2, 1973; amended 2009, No. 71 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 801 - Green Mountain Transit Authority › App § 8. Termination of membership

§ 8. Termination of membership
(a) A member municipality may withdraw from membership in the Authority if notification of withdrawal is given more than one year after the member municipality joined such Authority. The withdrawal shall take effect at the end of the first full fiscal year following such notification of withdrawal, such notification to be in the form of a resolution duly adopted by the legislative body of the withdrawing member and delivered to the Board of Commissioners at a regular meeting thereof.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, upon giving notice as required by subsection (a), a member municipality may withdraw from the Authority after the Authority has voted to bond itself in accordance with the provisions hereof but shall continue to be liable for its share of all existing indebtedness incurred under 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 at the time notice of its withdrawal is given. (Added 1973, No. 122, § 8, eff. Feb. 2, 1973.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 801 - Green Mountain Transit Authority › App § 9. Miscellaneous provisions

§ 9. Miscellaneous provisions
(a) The Authority shall prepare an annual report of its activities, including a financial statement, and submit the report to the legislative bodies of the member municipalities.
(b) The fiscal year of the Authority shall commence July 1 in each year.
(c) It is declared to be the legislative intent that if any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or provision of this act is held invalid, no other section, subsection, sentence, clause, or provision of this act shall be deemed invalid or ineffective. (Added 1973, No. 122, § 9, eff. Feb. 2, 1973.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 801 - Green Mountain Transit Authority › App § 10. Implementation

§ 10. Implementation
(a) The initial members of this Authority shall be those municipalities that elect to join in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of this chapter on or before March 7, 1973. The Authority may commence operations when two municipalities have joined as members. On or before March 15, 1973, the Authority shall prepare a budget for the period ending June 30, 1973 and for the fiscal period July 1, 1973 through June 30, 1974, and shall proceed with the adoption of same and assessment as provided in section 7 of this charter. Until such time as the initial members have appointed commissioners as provided herein, the Executive Director of the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission shall have the authority to initiate the organization of the Authority and to submit preliminary applications for financial assistance; provided, however, that he or she shall have no authority to incur financial obligations on behalf of the Authority.
(b) The membership of municipalities other than the initial members shall require the approval of the Board of Commissioners.
(c) Immediately upon joining the Authority, the municipality shall appoint two commissioners as provided herein. The initial terms of the commissioners of the initial members shall be arranged by the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission so that the terms of approximately one-third of the commissioners shall expire in each year. The initial terms of commissioners from municipalities joining after March 7, 1973, shall be set by the Board of Commissioners. (Added 1973, No. 122, § 10, eff. Feb. 2, 1973.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 801 - Green Mountain Transit Authority › App § 11. Assessments of new members outside Chittenden County

§ 11. Assessments of new members outside Chittenden County
Municipalities outside Chittenden County that vote to join the Green Mountain Transit Authority on or after July 1, 2010 shall negotiate with the Board of Commissioners of the Green Mountain Transit Authority on the amount of the levy to be assessed upon the municipality and terms of payment of that assessment, and the municipality may not join prior to agreement with the Authority on terms of the levy and payment. Upon the addition of one municipality to the membership of the Green Mountain Transit Authority from outside Chittenden County, the Authority shall immediately begin work on the formula for assessment that will be approved in accordance with this chapter. (Added 2009, No. 71 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. July 1, 2011; amended 2017, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 24, eff. May 21, 2018.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 801 - Green Mountain Transit Authority › App § 12. Municipalities authorized to vote for membership in the Green Mountain Transit Authority

§ 12. Municipalities authorized to vote for membership in the Green Mountain Transit Authority
The following municipalities are authorized to hold an election for the purpose of determining membership in the Green Mountain Transit Authority: Barre City, Berlin, Colchester, Hinesburg, Montpelier, Morristown, Richmond, St. Albans City, Stowe, and Waterbury. (Added 2009, No. 71 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. July 1, 2011; amended 2017, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 24, eff. May 21, 2018.)