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§ 1. Authority of citizens All governmental authority of the Town of Barre rests with the citizens o…
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§ 1. Merged municipality Upon approval by the voters of the said municipalities, and ratification he…
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§ 1. Local option tax The Town Selectboard is authorized to levy a one percent tax on sales, meals a…
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§ 1. Incorporation The inhabitants of the Town of Williston are a body politic and corporate under t…
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§ 1. Boundaries The boundaries of the Milton Fire District No. 1 shall consist of 33 residential lot…
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§ 1. Name The name of this municipality shall be the Williamstown Fire District.
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§ 1. Boundaries; corporate names; powers All that part of Barton in the County of Orleans enclosed w…
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§ 1. Wild animals generally Wild animals, other than protected birds or game or furbearing animals, …
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§ 1. Boundaries The boundaries of Cold Brook Fire District No. 1 shall be as recorded in Book 111, p…
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§ 1. Boundaries defined; powers The inhabitants of that portion of the former Town of Burlington whi…
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§ 1. Establishment of City Out of the territory heretofore existing within the limits of the Towns o…
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§ 1. General law application Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this ch…
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§ 1. City; how constituted That all the freemen of this State, inhabitants of said New Haven, Panton…
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§ 1. Statement of purpose Under the authority granted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermon…
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§ 1. General law; application The Town of Brandon shall have all of the powers granted to towns and …
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§ 1. Merger of the Village and Town At midnight at the end of July 9, 1986, the Village of Proctorsv…
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§ 1. Corporate existence retained (a) Pursuant to the authority granted by the General Assembly, the…
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§ 1. Corporate existence (a) Pursuant to the authority granted by the General Assembly of the State …
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§ 1. Charter; general law application There is hereby created the Town of Ludlow charter, which shal…
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§ 1. Merger of the Town of Lyndon and the Village of Lyndonville The Village of Lyndonville is hereb…
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§ 1. Redesignated.
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§ 1. Corporate existence retained The inhabitants of the Town of Morristown, within the corporate li…
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§ 1. Statement of purpose Under the authority granted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermon…
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§ 1. Town Treasurer (a) The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Treasurer for a term of up to three yea…
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§ 1. Town Treasurer (a) The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Treasurer for one year, who shall not s…
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§ 1. Corporate existence retained (a) Pursuant to the authority granted by the General Assembly, the…
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§ 1. Incorporation The inhabitants of the Town of Springfield shall continue to be a body politic an…
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§ 1. Corporate existence retained The inhabitants of the Town of St. Albans, within the corporate li…
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§ 1. Corporate existence retained The inhabitants of the Town of Underhill, within the corporate lim…
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§ 1. Corporate existence retained The inhabitants of the Town of Waitsfield, within the corporate li…
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§ 1. Town Treasurer (a) The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Treasurer, in the manner set forth in s…
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§ 1. General provisions The Town of Westford shall have all the powers granted to towns and municipa…
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§ 1. Applicability of the general law (a) All provisions of the constitutional and general laws of t…
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§ 1. Statement of purpose Under the authority granted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermon…
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§ 1. Authority of citizens All governmental authority of the Town of Windsor rests with the citizens…
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§ 1. Statement of purpose Under the authority granted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermon…
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§ 1. Preface Under authority granted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, the voters of …
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§ 1. Boundaries The inhabitants of all that part of the Town of Cambridge bounded and described as f…
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§ 1. Corporate body politic; boundaries The ratable estate, included within the limits of School Dis…
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§ 1. Authority of citizens All governmental authority of the Village of Hyde Park rests with the cit…
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§ 1. Boundaries All that part of the Town of Whitingham as follows: Beginning at the northeast corne…
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§ 1. Boundaries All that part of the Town of Ludlow in the County of Windsor, bounded and described …
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§ 1. Village boundaries and establishment of body politic All estate in the Town of Manchester, incl…
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§ 1. Applicability (a) When approved by a majority of the legal voters of the Village of Morrisville…
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§ 1. Corporate existence, boundaries All that part of Troy, in the County of Orleans, enclosed withi…
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§ 1. Comprehensive revision Under the authority granted by the General Assembly of the State of Verm…
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§ 1. Incorporation of Village and boundaries The ratable and all other estate included within the li…
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§ 1. Boundaries; body politic The inhabitants of all that part of the Town of Westminster in the Cou…
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§ 1. Village boundaries; residents; Town inhabitants (a) That part of the Town of Woodstock, in the …
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§ 1. Creation Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 121, subchapter 3, and upon approval of at least two vot…
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§ 1. Creation There is created a union municipal district that shall be known as the Central Vermont…
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§ 1. Creation There is created a union municipal district to be known as the “Chittenden Solid Waste…
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§ 1. Creation The creation of the union municipal district known as the Windham Solid Waste Manageme…
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§ 1. Boundaries The boundaries of St. George Fire District No. 1 shall be as recorded in volume 25, …
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§ 1. Boundaries The boundaries of the Bolton Fire District No. 1 shall be as recorded in the Town of…
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§ 1. Corporate existence retained North Branch Fire District No. 1, within the corporate limits pres…
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§ 1. Creation of Fire District Fairfax Fire District No. 1, within the corporate limits presently es…
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§ 1. Creation Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 121, subchapter 3, there is created a union municipal di…
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§ 1. Definitions As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following mea…
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§ 1. Boundaries The boundaries of the Morristown Corners Water Corporation shall consist of 47 resid…
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§ 1. Establishment There is hereby established a body politic and corporate known as the Edward Farr…
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§ 1. Creation of Authority There is hereby created a transit authority to be known as the “Green Mou…
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§ 1. Purpose and composition The purpose of the Authority is to provide the member towns in the Auth…
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§§ 1.0-1.5. Repealed.
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§ 1-1. Establishment as corporate body The University of Vermont and the Vermont Agricultural Colleg…
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§ 1.01. Short title This title shall be known and may be cited as the “Vermont Business Corporation …
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§ 1.01. Short title This title shall be known and may be cited as the “Vermont Nonprofit Corporation…
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§ 1.1. Legislative authority The City of Rutland is incorporated and granted the following charter.
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§ 1.1. Corporate existence retained The inhabitants of the Town of Shelburne, within the corporate l…
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§ 1-2. Board of Trustees; membership, terms of service; presiding chair The Board of Trustees of the…
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§ 1.02. Reservation of power Nothing contained in this title shall give the right to impair the obli…
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§ 1.02. Reservation of power Nothing contained in this title shall give the right to impair the obli…
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§ 1.2. Description of boundaries The municipal corporation known as the City of Rutland shall includ…
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§ 1.2. General law; application Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this…
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§ 1-3. Conferral of degrees; election of officers; governance The Board of Trustees, a majority of w…
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§ 1.3. Wards (a) The City of Rutland may be divided into wards by ordinance. (b) The Board of Alderm…
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§ 1.3. Powers of the Town (a) The Town shall have all the powers granted to towns and municipal corp…
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§ 1-4. Control of lands and rents; rights and obligations Except as otherwise provided by Sec. 4 of …
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§ 1.4. Additional powers The general grant of authority in section 1.3 of this charter shall include…
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§ 1-5. Curriculum to be maintained There shall, at all times, be maintained, in the institution here…
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§§ 1-5. Repealed.
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§ 1.5. Reservation of powers to the Town Nothing in this charter shall be so construed as in any way…
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§ 1-6. Experimental farm The Trustees may, in their discretion, obtain by gift, grant, or otherwise,…
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§ 1.6. Ordinances (a) The Selectboard may provide penalties for the breach of any ordinance authoriz…
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§ 1-7. Congressional fund; interest income Whenever this corporation shall have been duly organized,…
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§ 1-8. Legislative reports; Board of Visitors The corporation hereby created shall make annual repor…
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§ 1-9. Permanent location The permanent location of the institution hereby created, shall be in Burl…
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§ 1-10. Middlebury College; Norwich University The President and fellows of Middlebury College, and …
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§ 1-11. Vacation of charter If at any time, the corporation hereby created shall fail substantially …
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§ 1-12. Charter in effect This charter shall take effect, whenever the two corporations hereby unite…
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§ 1-13. Repeal of inconsistent law All of an act entitled “An Act to Establish the Vermont Agricultu…
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§ 1-14. Vermont Agricultural College The divisions of the Vermont Agricultural College set forth in …
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§ 1-15. Tax exemption Real and personal property now held or owned or hereafter acquired by the Univ…
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§ 1-16. Amendment of charter This charter may be amended from time to time by the General Assembly t…
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§ 1.20. Filing requirements (a) A document must satisfy the requirements of this section, and of any…
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§ 1.20. Filing requirements (a) A document must satisfy the requirements of this section, and of any…
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§ 1.21. Forms (a) The Secretary of State may prescribe the form or electronic format of and furnish …
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§ 1.21. Forms (a) The Secretary of State may prescribe the form or electronic format of and furnish …
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§ 1.22. Filing; service and copying fees (a) The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees…
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§ 1.22. Filing; service and copying fees The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees whe…
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§ 1.23. Effective time and date of document (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section…
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§ 1.23. Effective date of document (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, subsect…
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§ 1.24. Correcting filed document (a) A domestic or foreign corporation may correct a document filed…
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§ 1.24. Correcting filed document (a) A domestic or foreign corporation may correct a document filed…
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§ 1.25. Filing duty of Secretary of State (a) If a document delivered to the Office of the Secretary…
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§ 1.25. Filing duty of Secretary of State (a) If a document delivered to the Office of the Secretary…
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§ 1.26. Appeal from Secretary of State’s refusal to file document (a) If the Secretary of State refu…
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§ 1.26. Appeal from Secretary of State’s refusal to file document (a) If the Secretary of State refu…
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§ 1.27. Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document A certificate from the Secretary of State deliv…
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§ 1.27. Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document A certificate from the Secretary of State deliv…
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§ 1.28. Certificate of good standing A person may request the Secretary of State to issue a certific…
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§ 1.28. Certificate of good standing A person may request the Secretary of State to issue a certific…
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§ 1.29. Signing false documents (a) No officer, director, or incorporator may sign a document, knowi…
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§ 1.29. Signing false documents (a) No person may sign a document, knowing that the document is fals…
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§ 1.30. Powers The Secretary of State has the power reasonably necessary to perform the duties requi…
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§ 1.30. Powers The Secretary of State has the power reasonably necessary to perform the duties requi…
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§ 1.40. Definitions As used in this title: (1) “Articles of incorporation” include amended and resta…
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§ 1.40. Definitions As used in this title: (1) “Approved by (or approval by) the members” means appr…
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§§ 1-41. Repealed.
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§ 1.41. Notice (a) Notice under this title must be in writing unless oral notice is authorized in th…
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§ 1.41. Notice (a) Notice under this title must be in writing unless oral notice is authorized in th…
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§ 1.42. Number of shareholders (a) For purposes of this title, the following identified as a shareho…
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§ 1.42. Judicial relief (a) If for any reason it is impractical or impossible for any corporation to…
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§ 1-101. Definitions As used in this title: (1) “Adoptee” means a person who is adopted or is to be …
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§ 1-101. Short title This title shall be known and may be cited as the Vermont Common Interest Owner…
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§ 1-102. Who may adopt or be adopted (a) Subject to this title, any person may adopt or be adopted b…
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§ 1-102. [Reserved.]
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§ 1-103. Name of adoptee after adoption The name of an adoptee designated in a decree of adoption ta…
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§ 1-103. Definitions In this title: (1) “Affiliate of a declarant” means any person who controls, is…
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§ 1-104. Legal relationship between adoptee and adoptive parent after adoption When a decree of adop…
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§ 1-104. Variation by agreement Except as expressly provided in this title, the effect of the provis…
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§ 1-105. Legal relationship between adoptee and former parent after adoption (a) When a decree of ad…
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§ 1-105. Separate titles and taxation (a) In a condominium or planned community: (1) if there is any…
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§ 1-106. Other rights of adoptee A decree of adoption does not affect any benefit from a third perso…
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§ 1-106. Local ordinances, regulations, and building codes (a) A building code may not impose any re…
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§ 1-107. Proceedings subject to Indian Child Welfare Act The federal Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.…
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§ 1-107. Eminent domain (a) If a unit is acquired by eminent domain or if a part of a unit is acquir…
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§ 1-108. Recognition of adoption decree in another jurisdiction A decree or order of adoption issued…
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§ 1-108. General principles of law applicable The principles of law and equity, including the law of…
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§ 1-109. Termination of orders and agreements for visitation or communication upon adoption When a d…
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§ 1-109. Construction against implicit repeal This title is a general act intended to create unified…
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§ 1-110. Notice of intent to retain parental rights (a) At any time, a parent or alleged parent of a…
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§ 1-110. Uniformity of application and construction This title shall be applied and construed to mak…
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§ 1-111. Mental health and educational services (a) Within six months of the effective date of this …
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§ 1-111. Severability If any provision of this title or the application of it to any person or circu…
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§ 1-112. Family Division of the Superior Court jurisdiction The Family Division of the Superior Cour…
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§ 1-112. Unconscionable agreement or term of contract (a) The court, upon finding as a matter of law…
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§ 1-113. Criminal record checks (a) Criminal record checks required under this title shall be obtain…
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§ 1-113. Good faith Every contract or duty governed by this title imposes an obligation of good fait…
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§ 1-114. Confirmatory adoption for children born through assisted reproduction (a) As used in this s…
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§ 1-114. Remedies to be liberally administered (a) The remedies provided by this title shall be libe…
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§ 1-115. Adjustment of dollar amounts (a) From time to time, the dollar amounts specified in section…
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§ 1-116. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act This title modifies, …
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§ 1-201. New common interest communities (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this …
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§ 1-202. [Reserved.]
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§ 1-203. Exception for small projects and limited expense liability planned communities (a) If a pla…
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§ 1-204. Preexisting common interest communities (a)(1) Unless excepted under section 1-203 of this …
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§ 1-205. [Reserved.]
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§ 1-206. Amendments to governing instruments (a) The declaration, bylaws, or plat and plans of any c…
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§ 1-207. Applicability to nonresidential and mixed-use common interest communities (a) [Repealed.] (…
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§ 1-208. Out-of-state common interest communities This title does not apply to a common interest com…
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§ 1-209. Small condominiums; exception; access to mixed funding sources Subsection 2-101(b), subdivi…
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§ 1-210. Other exempt real estate arrangements (a) An arrangement between the associations for two o…
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§ 1-211. Covenants; cost-sharing agreements A covenant that requires the owners of separately owned …
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§ 2 General Law; application
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§ 2. Village property All the land, buildings, property, and funds of the Village of Readsboro shall…
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§ 2. Purpose Milton Fire District No. 1 is a fire district incorporated to design, construct, upgrad…
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§ 2. Purpose Cold Brook Fire District No. 1 is a fire district incorporated to construct, operate, a…
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§ 2. Alteration of bounds; requisites The Village may, by vote in Village meeting, alter its bounds …
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§ 2. Report, big game (a) Unless otherwise specified in the 10 App. V.S.A. section relating to the s…
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§ 2. Purpose Bolton Fire District No. 1 is a fire district incorporated to purchase and operate wate…
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§ 2. General law; application Except when changed or modified by this charter, or by any lawful regu…
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§ 2. Election boundaries (a) City districts described. For the annual meeting of 2024 and all City e…
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§ 2. [Transitional provisions relating to the governance of the Towns of Newport and Derby; the City…
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§ 2. Boundaries The boundaries of the City of St. Albans shall continue as heretofore established by…
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§ 2. Voters in City meetings (a) A male or female citizen, 21 years of age, who has taken the freema…
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§ 2. Meetings and elections (a) The second Tuesday in May shall be the date for the annual election …
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§ 2. Local option tax (a) Upon resolution of the Selectboard, or upon receipt of a petition signed b…
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§ 2. Properties transferred and liabilities assumed (a) Upon the merger specified in section one of …
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§ 2. Applicability of general law Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of th…
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§ 2. General provisions (a) Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this cha…
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§ 2. General provisions (a) General law application. Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by t…
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§ 2. Powers of Select Board Except as otherwise specifically provided by law or by a vote of the cit…
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§ 2. General law; application Except when changed by the provisions of this charter, all provisions …
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§ 2. Town Clerk (a) The Town Clerk shall be elected for one year and shall carry out the duties of a…
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§ 2. Elected officers (a) Except as otherwise provided by this charter, the elected officers of the …
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§ 2. Application of general law; proposed charter (a) Purpose. This document is drafted to update an…
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§ 2. General law; application The Town of St. Albans shall have all the powers granted to towns and …
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§ 2. General law; application Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this c…
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§ 2. General law application Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this ch…
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§ 2. Municipal Manager; authority The Municipal Manager shall have the authority to hire, appoint, d…
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§ 2. Elected officers (a) Except as otherwise provided by this charter, the elected officers of the …
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§ 2. Officers The Town of Westminster shall have the officers as provided for towns by the general l…
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§ 2. Town Treasurer (a) The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Treasurer in the manner set forth in su…
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§ 2. Application of general law; charter (a) Except when modified by the provisions of this charter,…
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§ 2. Town meetings (a) An annual Town meeting for the consideration of the budget and other Town bus…
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§ 2. Authority of citizens All governmental authority of the Town of Woodford rests with the citizen…
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§ 2. Amendment and repeal The present officers of the Village shall hold their respective offices un…
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§ 2. Powers of corporation The Village by that name may have perpetual succession and may sue and ma…
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§ 2. Annual meeting The annual meeting of the corporation shall be held each year on the date, at th…
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§ 2. Village meetings (a) An annual Village meeting for the consideration of the budget and other Vi…
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§ 2. Annual and special meetings (a) The annual meeting of the Village shall be held on the third Tu…
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§ 2. Alteration of Village boundaries The inhabitants of the Village may alter the bounds of the Vil…
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§ 2. Village boundaries All that portion of the Town of Morristown in the County of Lamoille as foll…
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§ 2. Authority of Village By that name may have perpetual succession, and be capable of suing and be…
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§ 2. Applicability of the general law (a) All provisions of the Constitution and the general laws of…
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§ 2. Alteration of boundaries The inhabitants of the Village may alter the bounds of the Village wit…
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§ 2. Powers of Village The Village is hereby granted and endowed with the power and authority to exe…
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§ 2. Corporate existence; assessment (a) The inhabitants residing in the Village are hereby constitu…
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§ 2. Purpose The District is created and shall exist for the purpose of providing a comprehensive sy…
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§ 2. Purpose The District is created and shall exist for the purpose of providing for the efficient,…
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§ 2. Purpose The District is created and shall exist for the purpose of providing for the efficient,…
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§ 2. Purpose The District is created, as a body politic and corporate, and shall exist for the purpo…
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§ 2. Purpose St. George Fire District No. 1 is a fire district incorporated: (1) to design, construc…
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§ 2. Body corporate and corporate limits (a) The legal voters of the District shall be a body corpor…
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§ 2. General law; application North Branch Fire District No. 1 shall have all the powers granted to …
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§ 2. Boundaries The boundaries of Fairfax Fire District No. 1, as recorded with the Town of Fairfax,…
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§ 2. Purpose The District is created and shall exist for the purpose of strengthening local governme…
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§ 2. Purpose Morristown Corners Water Corporation is a water supply municipality as defined in 1 V.S…
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§ 2. Champlain Water District created There is hereby created a consolidated water district to be kn…
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§ 2. Purpose The District is established for the purpose of providing water and sewer services as pr…
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§ 2. Area of operation (a) The area of operation shall be the urbanized area of Chittenden County as…
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§ 2. Term The Authority shall continue perpetually. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Ma…
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§ 2-1. Meetings and elections (a) The first Tuesday in March shall be the date for the annual electi…
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§ 2.01. Incorporators One or more natural persons of majority age may act as the incorporator or inc…
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§ 2.01. Incorporators One or more persons of majority age may act as the incorporator or incorporato…
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§ 2.1. City election (a) On the first Tuesday in March of odd numbered years, the legal voters of th…
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§ 2.1. Definitions (a) “General Town Meeting” shall mean a meeting of the voters of the Town of Brat…
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§ 2-2. Warnings (a) Public notice of every annual or special School District meeting or election sha…
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§ 2.02. Articles of incorporation (a) The articles of incorporation shall set forth: (1) a corporate…
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§ 2.02. Articles of incorporation (a) The articles of incorporation must set forth: (1) A corporate …
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§ 2.2. Special City meetings (a) The Mayor shall call a special meeting of all the legal voters of t…
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§ 2.2. Elected officers On the first Tuesday in March, the voters and youth voters of the Town shall…
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§ 2-3. Reconsideration of actions taken on the budget Reconsideration of actions, as applied to the …
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§ 2.03. Incorporation (a) Unless a delayed effective date is specified, the corporate existence begi…
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§ 2.3. General and primary elections General and primary elections shall be conducted in the wards o…
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§ 2.04. Liability for preincorporation transactions All persons purporting to act as or on behalf of…
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§ 2.4. Method of conducting elections All annual and special City elections, and all special meeting…
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§ 2.4. Representative Town Meeting (a) Description: (1) In the event of a discrepancy between this s…
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§ 2.05. Organization of corporation (a) After incorporation: (1) if initial directors are named in t…
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§ 2.05. Organization of corporation (a) After incorporation: (1) if initial directors are named in t…
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§ 2.5. Warnings (a) All warnings for all meetings for the elections of City or ward officers, and fo…
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§ 2.5. Selectboard The Selectboard is a legislative body of five persons elected at large by the vot…
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§ 2.06. Bylaws (a) The incorporators or board of directors of a corporation shall adopt initial byla…
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§ 2.06. Bylaws (a) The incorporators or board of directors of a corporation shall adopt bylaws for t…
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§ 2.6. Checklists Checklists of voters for the City and for each of the City’s wards shall be compil…
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§ 2.6. Board of School Directors The Board of School Directors is a body of five persons elected at …
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§ 2.7. Qualifications of voters—penalties (a) Voting qualifications for the right to vote in any Cit…
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§ 2.7. Board of Library Trustees (a) The library of the Town of Brattleboro, the Brooks Memorial Lib…
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§ 2.8. Ward officers (a) The ward officers shall be a Clerk and a First, Second, and Third Inspector…
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§ 2.8. Consolidation of services The Selectboard and the school directors may negotiate for the esta…
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§ 2.9. Duties of ward officers (a) It shall be the duty of the clerk of each ward to preside at the …
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§ 2.9. Conflict of interest No member of any Town or Town School District board, commission, or comm…
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§ 2.10. Qualifications of candidates for municipal and/or ward office Any registered voter from the …
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§ 2.10. Limits on terms of office A member of any appointed commission or committee shall not serve …
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§ 2.11. Elected youth voter; authority A youth voter who is elected to a Town office shall be capabl…
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§ 2-101. Who may place minors for adoption (a) The only persons who may place a minor for adoption a…
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§ 2-101. Creation of common interest communities (a) A common interest community may be created purs…
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§ 2-102. Direct placement for adoption by parent or guardian (a) A parent or guardian authorized to …
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§ 2-102. Unit boundaries Except as provided by the declaration in a common interest community: (1) i…
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§ 2-103. Placement for adoption by agency (a) An agency authorized to place a minor for adoption sha…
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§ 2-103. Construction and validity of declaration and bylaws (a) All provisions of the declaration a…
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§ 2-104. Description of units A description of a unit that sets forth the name of the common interes…
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§ 2-105. Disclosure of information on background (a) Before placing a minor for adoption, a parent o…
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§ 2-105. Contents of declaration for a common interest community (a) The declaration shall contain a…
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§ 2-106. Interstate placement An adoption in this State of a minor brought into this State from anot…
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§ 2-106. Leasehold common interest communities (a) Any lease the expiration or termination of which …
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§ 2-107. Intercountry placement An adoption in this State of a minor brought into this State from an…
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§ 2-107. Allocation of allocated interests (a) The declaration shall allocate to each unit: (1) in a…
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§ 2-108. Limited common elements (a) Except for the limited common elements described in subdivision…
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§ 2-109. Plats and plans (a) Plats and plans are a part of the declaration and required for condomin…
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§ 2-110. Exercise of development rights (a) To exercise any development right reserved under subdivi…
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§ 2-111. Alterations of units Subject to the provisions of the declaration and other provisions of l…
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§ 2-112. Relocation of boundaries between adjoining units (a) Subject to the provisions of the decla…
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§ 2-113. Subdivision of units (a) If the declaration expressly so permits, a unit may be subdivided …
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§ 2-114. Easement for encroachments To the extent that any unit or common element in a common intere…
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§ 2-115. Use for sales purposes A declarant may maintain sales offices, management offices, and mode…
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§ 2-116. Easement rights (a) Subject to the declaration, a declarant has such easement through the c…
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§ 2-117. Amendment of declaration (a) Except in cases of amendments that may be executed by a declar…
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§ 2-118. Termination of common interest community (a) Except in the case of a taking of all the unit…
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§ 2-119. Rights of secured lenders (a) The declaration may require that all or a specified number or…
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§ 2-120. Master associations (a) If the declaration provides that any of the powers described in sec…
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§ 2-121. Merger or consolidation of common interest communities (a) Any two or more common interest …
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§ 2-122. Addition of unspecified real estate If the right to add unspecified real estate is reserved…
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§ 2-123. Master planned communities (a) The declaration for a common interest community may state th…
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§ 2-124. Termination following catastrophe If substantially all the units in a common interest commu…
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§ 2-201. Preplacement evaluation required (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d…
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§ 2-202. Preplacement evaluator (a) A preplacement evaluation may be prepared only by a person who i…
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§ 2-203. Timing and content of preplacement evaluation (a) A person requesting a preplacement evalua…
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§ 2-204. Determining suitability to be adoptive parent (a) An evaluator shall assess the information…
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§ 2-205. Filing and copies of preplacement evaluation (a) If a preplacement evaluation contains a fi…
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§ 2-206. Review of evaluation (a) Within 90 days after a person receives a preplacement evaluation w…
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§ 2-207. Action by Department If, before a decree of adoption is issued, the Department learns from …
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§ 2-401. Persons whose consent to adoption is required (a) Unless consent is not required or is disp…
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§ 2-402. Persons whose consent not required (a) Consent to an adoption of a minor is not required of…
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§ 2-403. Persons who may relinquish minor A parent or guardian whose consent to the adoption of a mi…
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§ 2-404. Time and prerequisites for execution of consent or relinquishment (a) A parent whose consen…
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§ 2-405. Procedure for execution of consent or relinquishment (a) A consent or relinquishment execut…
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§ 2-406. Content of consent or relinquishment (a) A consent or relinquishment required from a parent…
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§ 2-407. Consequences of consent or relinquishment (a) Except under a circumstance stated in section…
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§ 2-408. Revocation of consent (a) In a direct placement of a minor for adoption by a parent or guar…
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§ 2-409. Revocation of relinquishment (a) A relinquishment under this title is revoked if: (1) withi…
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§ 3 Appointed officers
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§ 3 Treasurer
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§ 3 Town Treasurer
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§ 3 Powers of the Town
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§ 3 Appointed officers
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§ 3. Powers of the Town (a) The Town shall have all of the powers granted to towns by the Constituti…
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§ 3. Village indebtedness Payments of all indebtedness and obligations, contractual or otherwise, of…
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§ 3. Composition The District shall consist of the Cities of Burlington, South Burlington, and Winoo…
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§ 3. Rabbit, squirrel; sale A person shall not buy or sell wild rabbit or gray squirrel at any time.…
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§ 3. Election of Mayor and City Councilors (a) Election of Mayor. On the first Tuesday in March 2003…
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§ 3. City boundaries and corporate powers The inhabitants of that portion of the Towns of Newport an…
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§ 3. General corporate powers The inhabitants of that territory embraced within the boundaries as es…
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§ 3. City meetings (a) On the 10th day of April, A.D. 1893, and annually thereafter on the first Tue…
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§ 3. Warnings (a) Public notice of every annual or special Town meeting or Town election shall be gi…
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§ 3. Properties held in trust Any and all properties held in trust by the trustees of the Village of…
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§ 3. Appointed officers (a) In addition to all other offices that may be filled by appointment by th…
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§ 3. Elected officers (a) Except as otherwise provided by this charter, the elected officers of the …
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§ 3. Local options tax (a) The Selectboard is authorized to impose a one-percent sales tax, a one-pe…
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§ 3. Town manager (a) The Town Manager shall be the chief executive officer and the head of the admi…
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§ 3. Separability If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of this cha…
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§ 3. Appointed officers (a) ln addition to all other offices that may be filled by appointment by th…
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§ 3. Powers of the Town (a) The Town shall have all the powers and functions conferred upon municipa…
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§ 3. Local option tax (a) If the Selectboard of the Town of St. Albans by a majority vote recommends…
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§ 3. Powers of the Town The Town shall have all the powers granted to towns and municipal corporatio…
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§ 3. Powers of the Town (a) The Town shall have all the powers granted to towns and municipal corpor…
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§ 3. Appointed officers (a) In addition to all other offices that may be filled by appointment by th…
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§ 3. Ordinances Any ordinance, regulation, zoning regulation, or bylaw of the Town of Westminster ma…
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§ 3. Amendment The amendment of this charter shall be as provided by law. (Added 2011, No. M-14 (Adj…
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§ 3. Powers of the Town (a) The Town of Williston shall have all the powers and functions conferred …
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§ 3. Postponement and combining of Town meetings (a) The Selectboard may postpone the vote on any qu…
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§ 3. General law; application Except as altered, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this cha…
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§ 3. Boundaries and general powers The inhabitants within the bounds of the original first school di…
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§ 3. Assessment of taxes All taxes voted by the corporation shall be assessed by the Board of Truste…
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§ 3. Officers (a) At every annual meeting, the corporation shall, by ballot, if called for, elect fo…
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§ 3. Postponement and combining of Village meetings The trustees may postpone the vote on any questi…
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§ 3. Election and duties of officers (a) At the annual meeting there shall be elected, by ballot if …
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§ 3. Powers of Village; general authority The Village shall have and is hereby granted the authority…
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§ 3. General corporate powers (a) The Village of Morrisville in and by that name may sue and be sued…
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§ 3. Powers of Village The corporation shall have power to make such prudential bylaws, rules, and r…
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§ 3. Territory embraced within; corporation limits constituted a highway district; assessment and co…
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§ 3. Annual meeting The annual meeting of the Village shall occur on the first Tuesday of March in e…
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§ 3. General powers conferred The Village shall have and is granted the authority to exercise all po…
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§ 3. Taxation of residents At any meeting of the legal voters legally warned and held for that purpo…
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§ 3. Annual meeting; election of officers A meeting of the inhabitants shall be held annually on the…
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§ 3. Composition This District shall consist of those municipalities that elect to join the District…
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§ 3. Composition The District is composed of and includes all of the lands and residents within thos…
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§ 3. Composition The District shall be composed of and shall include all of the lands and residents …
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§ 3. Powers The Milton Fire District No. 1 shall have all powers granted to a fire district pursuant…
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§ 3. Powers The St. George Fire District No. 1 shall have all powers granted to a fire district purs…
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§ 3. Powers Bolton Fire District No. 1 shall have all powers granted to a fire district pursuant to …
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§ 3. Purpose The purpose of the Fire District is to provide fire protection for the Town of Williams…
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§ 3. Powers The powers of Cold Brook Fire District No. 1 shall be as follows: (1) to adopt the town …
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§ 3. Collector of Taxes (a) The Prudential Committee shall annually appoint one or more Collectors o…
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§ 3. Composition The District is composed of and includes all of the lands and residents within thos…
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§ 3. Legal status The District created hereunder shall be a body politic and corporate with the powe…
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§ 3. Powers The Morristown Corners Water Corporation shall have all powers granted to a municipal wa…
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§ 3. Boundaries The boundaries of the District are coextensive with the current boundaries of the Vi…
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§ 3. Membership in the Authority Membership in the Authority shall consist of those municipalities t…
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§ 3. Powers The Authority shall have all of the power and authority listed in 24 V.S.A. § 4866 (unio…
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§ 3-1. Incorporation of district Such portions of the Town of Barton as lie within the present limit…
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§ 3.01. Purposes (a) Every corporation incorporated under this title has the purpose of engaging in …
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§ 3.01. Purposes (a) A corporation may be organized under this chapter for any lawful purpose or pur…
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§ 3.1. Powers of the City of Rutland The powers of the City of Rutland under this charter shall be c…
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§ 3.1. Powers (a) In addition to the powers granted under this charter, the Town shall have all powe…
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§ 3.1. Generally The officers of the Town of Shelburne shall be those provided by law for towns, exc…
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§ 3.01. Repealed.
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§ 3-2. Districts may merge If any other school district or districts in the Town of Barton shall at …
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§ 3.02. General powers Unless its articles of incorporation provide otherwise, every corporation has…
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§ 3.02. General powers Unless its articles of incorporation provide otherwise, every corporation has…
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§ 3.2. Initiative The voters of the Town shall have the power to: (1) Petition for inclusion in the …
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§ 3.2. Elective Officers The elective officers of the Town shall be: (1) five Selectboard members; (…
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§ 3-3. Transfer of property; assumption of debts; rent payments All property of whatever character, …
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§ 3.03. [Reserved.]
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§ 3.03. Ultra vires (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the validity of corpor…
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§ 3.3. Repealed.
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§ 3.3. Term of office (a) Selectboard. Three members of the Selectboard shall have terms of office o…
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§ 3-4. Officers and trustees Instead of the prudential committee required by law to be elected, the …
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§ 3.04. Ultra vires (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the validity of corpor…
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§ 3.4. Referendum The voters of the Town may petition for a referendum, by Australian ballot of all …
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§ 3.4. Removal of elected Town officers Elected Town officers may be removed for cause by the Select…
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§ 3-5. Annual meeting The time of holding the annual meeting in the Graded School District shall be …
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§ 3.5. Recall (a) The voters of the Town may recall any of the elected Town or Town School District …
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§ 3.5. Appointive officers (a) The Selectboard shall appoint any other officers required by law or t…
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§ 3-6. Adoption of bylaws and rules The Barton Academy and Graded School District may make such byla…
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§ 3.6. Compensation (a) Compensation paid to the Selectboard shall be set by the voters at Town meet…
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§ 3-7. Courses of study; acceptance of scholars The Trustees may make such bylaws, rules, and regula…
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§ 3.7. Removal of officers appointed by the Board Officers appointed by the Selectboard may be remov…
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§ 3-8. Acceptance of endowments and legacies The Academy and Graded School district is hereby empowe…
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§ 3-9. Distribution of public moneys In the distribution of the public moneys, that portion which ma…
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§ 3-101. Jurisdiction (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, t…
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§ 3-101. Organization of unit owners’ association A unit owners’ association shall be organized no l…
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§ 3-102. Venue (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a petition for adoption may…
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§ 3-102. Powers of unit owners’ association (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of th…
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§ 3-103. Transfer, stay, or dismissal If the court, on its own motion or on motion of a party to the…
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§ 3-103. Executive board members and officers (a) Except as otherwise provided in the declaration, b…
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§ 3-104. Transfer of special declarant rights (a) A special declarant right may be transferred only …
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§ 3-105. Termination of contracts and leases of declarant (a) Within two years after the executive b…
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§ 3-106. Bylaws (a) The bylaws of the association shall: (1) provide the number of members of the ex…
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§ 3-107. Upkeep of common interest community (a) Except to the extent provided by the declaration an…
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§ 3-108. Meetings (a) The following requirements apply to unit owner meetings: (1) An association sh…
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§ 3-109. Quorum (a) Unless the bylaws provide otherwise, a quorum is present throughout any meeting …
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§ 3-110. Voting; proxies; ballots (a) Unless prohibited or limited by the declaration or bylaws, uni…
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§ 3-111. Tort and contract liability (a) A unit owner is not liable, solely by reason of being a uni…
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§ 3-112. Conveyance or encumbrance of common elements (a) Portions of the common elements may be con…
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§ 3-113. Insurance (a) After no later than the date of the first conveyance of a unit to a person ot…
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§ 3-114. Surplus funds Unless otherwise provided in the declaration, any surplus funds of the associ…
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§ 3-115. Assessments for common expenses (a) Until the association makes a common expense assessment…
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§ 3-116. Lien for sums due association; enforcement (a) The association has a statutory lien on a un…
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§ 3-117. Other liens (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a judgment …
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§ 3-118. Association records (a) An association shall retain the following: (1) detailed records of …
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§ 3-119. Association as trustee A third person dealing with the association in the association’s cap…
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§ 3-120. Rules (a) Before adopting, amending, or repealing any rule, the executive board shall give …
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§ 3-121. Notice to unit owners (a) An association shall deliver any notice required to be given by t…
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§ 3-122. Removal of officers and directors (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the declaration or b…
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§ 3-123. Adoption of budgets; special assessments (a) The executive board, at least annually, shall …
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§ 3-124. Litigation involving declarant (a) The following requirements apply to an association’s aut…
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§ 3-201. Appointment of attorney or guardian ad litem (a) In a proceeding under this title which may…
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§ 3-203. Confidentiality of proceedings A civil proceeding under this title shall be heard in closed…
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§ 3-204. Custody during pendency of proceeding In order to protect the welfare of the minor, the cou…
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§ 3-205. Removal of adoptee from State Before a decree of adoption is issued, a petitioner may not r…
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§ 3-206. Joinder of termination action An action for termination of the legal relationship of parent…
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§ 3-207. Consolidation and coordination If another action or proceeding concerning the adoptee is pe…
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§ 3-208. Use of initials If a person uses initials to keep the person’s identity confidential as pro…
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§ 3-301. Standing to petition to adopt (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this se…
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§ 3-302. Time for filing petition (a) Unless the court for good cause extends the time for filing, a…
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§ 3-303. Caption of petition The caption of the petition shall read “In the Matter of the Adoption o…
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§ 3-304. Content of petition (a) A petition for adoption of a minor shall be signed and verified by …
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§ 3-305. Required documents (a) Before the hearing on a petition for adoption, the following shall b…
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§ 3-401. Service of notice (a) Unless notice has been waived, notice of a proceeding for adoption of…
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§ 3-402. Content of notice A notice required by section 3-401 of this title shall use initials for t…
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§ 3-403. Manner and effect of service (a) Service of the notice required by section 3-401 of this ti…
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§ 3-404. Investigation and notice to unknown father (a) It is important to the adoptee to have nonid…
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§ 3-405. Waiver of notice (a) A person entitled to receive notice required under this part may waive…
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§ 3-406. Filing proof of service Proof of service of notice on each person entitled to receive notic…
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§ 3-501. Authorization A petition to terminate the relationship between a parent or an alleged paren…
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§ 3-502. Time and content of petition (a) A petition under this part may be filed at any time before…
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§ 3-503. Service of petition and notice (a) A petition to terminate under this part and a notice of …
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§ 3-504. Grounds for terminating relationship of parent and child (a) If a respondent answers or app…
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§ 3-505. Effect of order granting petition (a) An order issued under this part granting the petition…
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§ 3-506. Effect of order denying petition (a) If the court fails to find a ground stated in section …
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§ 3-601. Evaluation during proceeding for adoption (a) Not later than five business days after a com…
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§ 3-602. Content of post placement evaluation (a) An evaluation shall be based on a personal intervi…
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§ 3-603. Time and filing of evaluation (a) The evaluator shall complete a written evaluation and fil…
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§ 3-701. Time for hearing on petition The hearing on the petition shall take place no sooner than 18…
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§ 3-702. Disclosure of fees and charges At least ten days before the hearing: (1) the petitioner sha…
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§ 3-703. Granting petition for adoption (a) The court shall grant a petition for adoption if it dete…
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§ 3-704. Denial of petition for adoption If a court denies a petition for adoption, it shall dismiss…
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§ 3-705. Decree of adoption (a) A decree of adoption shall state or contain: (1) the original name o…
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§ 3-706. Applicability of rules of probate procedure; expeditious hearing of appeals; motion for rel…
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§ 3-707. Finality of decree Consistent with the best interests of an adoptee, a decree of adoption i…
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§ 3-801. Report of adoption to State Registrar of Vital Records (a) Within 30 days after a decree of…
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§ 3-802. Issuance of new, amended birth certificate (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (…
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§ 4 Separability
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§ 4 Auditor
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§ 4 Zoning Administrator
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§ 4 Reservation of powers to the Town
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§ 4 Separability
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§ 4. Village books and records The officers of the Village of Readsboro shall, before this merger go…
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§ 4. Australian ballots At any annual or special Town meeting, the Selectboard may cause any questio…
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§ 4. Duration The District shall continue unless and until dissolved according to the procedures set…
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§ 4. Bow and arrow hunting Unless otherwise prohibited by federal law, any game which may be taken b…
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§ 4. Election of School Commissioners (a) The legal voters of each ward and City district of the Cit…
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§ 4. Voter qualifications The qualifications of a voter in City meetings shall be the same as are re…
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§ 4. Form of government The municipal government provided by this charter shall be known as a counci…
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§ 4. Election of officers On the first Tuesday in March 1973, and biennially thereafter, the legal v…
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§ 4. Conduct (a) The Moderator shall preside at all Town meetings, but in the Moderator’s absence, t…
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§ 4. Settling the affairs of the Village of Proctorsville Prior to the merger, the officers of the V…
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§ 4. Severability If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of this cha…
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§ 4. Additional Selectboard members The Town of Jericho may vote by Australian ballot to elect not m…
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§ 4. Separability If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of the char…
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§ 4. Auditor The Selectboard shall annually appoint a Town Auditor, who shall perform all the duties…
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§ 4. Intergovernmental relations The Town may exercise any of its powers, or perform any of its func…
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§ 4. Planning Commission members; appointment (a) Members of the Planning Commission shall be appoin…
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§ 4. Elected officers (a) The elected officers of the Town shall be those required for towns by Stat…
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§ 4. Independent audit The Selectboard shall provide for an independent audit of all Town accounts a…
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§ 4. Special districts (a) The Selectboard may designate areas apart from the rest of the Town as sp…
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§ 4. Intergovernmental relations The Town may exercise any of its powers, or perform any of its func…
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§ 4. Powers of the Town (a) The Town of Woodford shall have all the powers granted to towns and muni…
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§ 4. Meetings and warnings (a)(1) Annual meeting. The annual meeting of said corporation shall be he…
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§ 4. Board of Trustees (a) There shall be a Board of five Trustees to manage the affairs of the corp…
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§ 4. Australian ballots At an annual or special Village meeting, the voters may decide whether the p…
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§ 4. Sewers, compensation for land taken (a) The legal voters of the Village at a meeting duly warne…
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§ 4. Village powers; specific authority The generality of the preceding section and the grant of pow…
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§ 4. Specific corporate powers At any meeting legally warned for that purpose, the legal voters of t…
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§ 4. Qualified voters Every person who resides within the limits of the Village, and is a legal vote…
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§ 4. Annual Village meeting; when held The annual meeting of said Village shall be holden on the thi…
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§ 4. Board of Trustees (a) The legislative body of the Village of Swanton shall be the Board of Trus…
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§ 4. Specific powers conferred (a) Without limitation of the generality of section 3 of this charter…
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§ 4. Officers The officers of the corporation shall be a Board of five trustees, a Clerk, a Treasure…
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§ 4. Election of officers; enactment of bylaws The Village may elect such officers and enact such by…
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§ 4. Duration The District shall continue as a body politic and corporate unless and until dissolved…
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§ 4. Duration The District shall continue as a body politic and corporate unless and until dissolved…
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§ 4. Duration The District shall continue as a body politic and corporate unless and until dissolved…
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§ 4. Annual and special Fire District meetings Annual and special meetings of Milton Fire District N…
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§ 4. Annual and special Fire District meetings (a) Warnings. Annual and special meetings of the Fire…
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§ 4. Annual and special Fire District meetings (a) The annual meeting of Bolton Fire District No. 1 …
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§ 4. Voters Qualification and registration of voters for Fire District purposes shall be as provided…
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§ 4. Prudential Committee; powers The Prudential Committee: (1) shall, with the Collector, have the …
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§ 4. Treasurer (a) The Prudential Committee shall annually appoint a Treasurer who shall have all th…
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§ 4. Duration The District shall continue as a body politic and corporate unless and until dissolved…
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§ 4. Annual and special meetings Annual and special meetings of Morristown Corners Water Corporation…
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§ 4. Existing District The District created hereunder shall supersede and substitute the presently e…
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§ 4. Voters; grand list (a) Voters. The checklist of legal voters of the Town of Waterbury residing …
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§ 4. Purposes and powers (a) The Authority is hereby created for the following purposes and is grant…
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§ 4. Sovereign immunity The Authority shall have the benefit of sovereign immunity to the same exten…
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§ 4.01. Corporate name (a) A corporate name: (1) shall contain the word “corporation,” “incorporated…
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§ 4.01. Corporate name (a) A corporate name: (1) shall contain the word “corporation,” “incorporated…
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§ 4.1. Administrative powers The administration of all fiscal, prudential, and municipal affairs of …
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§ 4.1. Composition; eligibility; elections; terms (a) The Selectboard shall be elected at large by t…
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§ 4.02. Reserved name A person may reserve the exclusive use of a business name by delivering an app…
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§ 4.02. Reserved name A person may reserve the exclusive use of a business name by delivering an app…
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§ 4.2. Organization and meetings (a) The Board of Aldermen elected as hereinbefore provided, shall e…
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§ 4.2. Compensation The annual Representative Town Meeting shall fix the compensation of the Selectb…
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§ 4.03. Registered name (a) A foreign corporation may register its corporate name, or its alternate …
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§ 4.03. Registered name (a) A foreign corporation may register its corporate name, or its alternate …
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§ 4.3. Special meetings (a) A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen may be called at any time by …
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§ 4.3. Prohibitions (a) Except where authorized by law, a member of the Selectboard shall not be emp…
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§ 4.4. Executive sessions All meetings of the Board of Aldermen shall be public except when assemble…
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§ 4.4. Vacancies (a) When a member of the Selectboard resigns, is removed from office, ceases to be …
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§ 4.5. Acts of the Board of Aldermen The Board of Aldermen shall exercise its authority in the follo…
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§ 4.5. Appointments (a) At the first meeting after their election and qualification, the Selectboard…
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§ 4.6. Veto powers (a) If the Mayor approves any vote of the Board of Aldermen the Mayor shall sign …
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§ 4.6. General powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Selectboard The Selectboard shall have th…
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§ 4.7. Board of Civil Authority (a) The Mayor and the Board of Aldermen shall constitute the Board o…
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§ 4-101. Standing to adopt minor stepchild (a) A stepparent has standing under this article to petit…
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§ 4-101. Waiver (a) This article applies to all units subject to this title, except as provided in s…
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§ 4-102. Legal consequences of adoption of stepchild (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections…
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§ 4-102. Liability for public offering statement requirements (a) Except as otherwise provided in su…
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§ 4-103. Consent to adoption Unless consent is not required under section 2-402 of this title, a pet…
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§ 4-103. Public offering statement; general provisions (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsectio…
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§ 4-104. Content of consent by stepparent’s spouse (a) A consent executed by a parent who is the ste…
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§ 4-104. Common interest communities subject to development rights If the declaration provides that …
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§ 4-105. Content of consent by minor’s other parent (a) A consent executed by a minor’s parent who i…
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§ 4-105. Time shares If the declaration provides that ownership or occupancy of any unit is or may b…
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§ 4-106. Content of consent by other persons (a) A consent executed by the guardian of a minor stepc…
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§ 4-106. Conversion buildings (a) The public offering statement of a common interest community conta…
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§ 4-107. Petition to adopt A petition by a stepparent to adopt a minor stepchild shall be signed and…
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§ 4-107. Common interest community securities If an interest in a common interest community is curre…
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§ 4-108. Required documents (a) After a petition to adopt a minor stepchild is filed, the following …
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§ 4-108. [Reserved.]
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§ 4-109. Notice of pendency of proceeding Within 30 days after a petition to adopt a minor stepchild…
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§ 4-109. Resales of units (a) Except in the case of a sale where delivery of a public offering state…
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§ 4-110. Evaluation of stepparent (a) After a petition for adoption of a minor stepchild is filed, t…
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§ 4-110. Escrow of deposits (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any deposit ma…
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§ 4-111. Dispositional hearing: decree of adoption Sections 3-701 through 3-707 of this title apply …
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§ 4-111. Release of liens (a) In the case of a sale of a unit where delivery of a public offering st…
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§ 4-112. Visitation agreement and order (a) Upon the request of the petitioner, the petitioner’s spo…
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§ 4-112. [Reserved.]
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§ 4-113. Other provisions applicable to adoption of stepchild Except as otherwise provided by this a…
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§ 4-113. Express warranties of quality (a) Express warranties made by a declarant to a purchaser of …
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§ 4-114. Implied warranties of quality (a) A declarant and any dealer warrant that a unit will be in…
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§ 4-115. Exclusion or modification of implied warranties of quality (a) Except as limited by subsect…
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§ 4-116. Statute of limitations for warranties (a) Unless a period of limitation is tolled under sec…
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§ 4-117. Effect of violations on rights of action (a) A declarant, association, unit owner, or any o…
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§ 4-118. Labeling of promotional material No promotional material may be displayed or delivered to p…
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§ 4-119. Declarant’s obligation to complete and restore (a) Unless an improvement is labeled “need n…
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§ 4-120. Substantial completion of units If delivery of a public offering statement is required for …
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§ 5 Severability
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§ 5 Town Clerk
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§ 5 Open meetings
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§ 5. Removal of elected Town officers Any elected Town officer may be removed from office in the fol…
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§ 5. Repealed.
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§ 5. Powers The District shall be a body politic and corporate with the powers incident to a municip…
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§ 5. Bow and arrow standards No person shall hunt deer with bow and arrow if the arrow has an arrowh…
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§ 5. Election to be by ballot; method of election; runoff elections All elections of the Mayor, City…
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§ 5. Warning and convening of annual meeting On the first Tuesday of March 1918, and annually therea…
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§ 5. Wards The City Council is empowered to make such changes from time to time, by resolution or or…
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§ 5. Method of voting (a) The annual meeting of said corporation, for the election of officers and f…
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§ 5. Reconsideration of actions taken A question considered at any Town meeting or election may not …
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§ 5. Finances With the exception of special service funds as provided in section 29 of this charter,…
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§ 5. Appointed officers (a) In addition to all other offices that may be filled by appointment by th…
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§ 5. Amendment The amendment of this charter shall be as provided by law. (Added 2021, No. M-18 (Adj…
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§ 5. Severability If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of the char…
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§ 5. Ordinances (a) Town legislation. Town legislation shall be by ordinance. Ordinances and rules a…
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§ 5. Recall Any elected officer of the Town may be recalled from office as follows: (1) A petition s…
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§ 5. Appointed officers (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 4(a) of this charter to the…
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§ 5. Ordinances (a) Town legislation. Town legislation shall be by ordinance, or by bylaw in the cas…
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§ 5. Reservation of powers to the Town Nothing in this charter shall be construed to limit in any wa…
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§ 5. Elected officers’ terms and vacancies (a) The officers of said corporation shall be a Moderator…
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§ 5. Highway taxes; expenditure (a) The trustees of the corporation shall have power to direct the e…
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§ 5. Warnings (a) Public notice of every annual or special Village meeting or Village election shall…
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§ 5. Acquisition of land and water courses The Village may purchase, lease, or take by right of emin…
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§ 5. Village meetings (a) The annual meetings of the Village shall be on the second Monday of July i…
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§ 5. Grand list The grand list for the Town of Morristown within the Village corporate limits shall …
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§ 5. Elections at meeting At every annual meeting of the Village, the qualified electors of the Vill…
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§ 5. Special meetings on failure to warn annual meetings If the annual meeting of said corporation s…
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§ 5. Village Moderator The Village President shall be the Moderator of all meetings of the Village u…
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§ 5. Annual and special Village meetings The annual meeting of the Village shall be held on the thir…
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§ 5. Board of Trustees (a) The Board of Trustees shall have the general care and management of the p…
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§ 5. Breach of bylaws; fines and forfeitures The corporation shall have power to assess fines and fo…
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§ 5. Powers Except as otherwise provided or limited in this chapter, the District shall have the fol…
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§ 5. Powers Except as otherwise provided or limited in this chapter, the District shall have the fol…
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§ 5. Powers The District shall be a body politic and corporate with the powers incident to a municip…
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§ 5. Officers (a) Prudential Committee. The Prudential Committee shall consist of three members elec…
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§ 5. Officers (a) Prudential Committee. The Prudential Committee shall consist of three members elec…
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§ 5. Officers (a) Prudential Committee. The Prudential Committee shall consist of five members. The …
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§ 5. Meetings (a) The annual meeting shall be held on the second Monday in January or at such other …
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§ 5. Fees (a) In addition to the specific powers conferred upon the District by statute, and by reso…
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§ 5. Powers Except as otherwise provided or limited by this chapter, the District shall have the fol…
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§ 5. Officers; directors (a) The Board of Directors shall also be the officers and shall consist of …
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§ 5. Powers of the District The District shall have power: (1) To sue and be sued. (2) To have a sea…
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§ 5. Board of Utility Commissioners (a) The legislative body of the District shall be the Board of U…
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§ 5. Exemption from regulation The public transportation systems and facilities operating under this…
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§ 5. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Central Ve…
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§ 5-1. Districts authorized to dissolve and merge Bennington Graded School District, Inc., incorpora…
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§ 5.01. Registered office and registered agent for service of process Each corporation must continuo…
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§ 5.01. Registered office and registered agent for service of process Each corporation must continuo…
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§ 5.1. Enactment of ordinances The Board of Aldermen may make, alter, amend, or repeal any resolutio…
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§ 5.1. General powers; duties; responsibilities of the Town Manager Subject to the provisions of law…
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§ 5.1. Powers and duties (a) The members of the Selectboard shall be and constitute the legislative …
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§§ 5.1-5.18. Repealed.
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§ 5-2. Merger to constitute incorporation of new district If Bennington Graded School District, Inc.…
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§ 5.02. Change of registered office or registered agent for service of process A corporation may cha…
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§ 5.02. Change of registered office or registered agent for service of process A corporation may cha…
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§ 5.2. Revision of ordinances The Board of Aldermen of the City of Rutland is authorized to revise t…
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§ 5.2. Organization (a) Forthwith after their election and qualification, the Selectboard shall orga…
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§ 5-3. New district to own all property of old districts All real estate and other property and all …
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§ 5.03. Resignation of registered agent for service of process A registered agent may resign as regi…
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§ 5.03. Resignation of registered agent A registered agent for service of process may resign as agen…
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§ 5.3. Violation of ordinances (a) The Board of Aldermen may provide penalties for the violation of …
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§ 5.3. Vacancies When a vacancy occurs on the Selectboard, the remaining members shall fill the vaca…
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§ 5-4. New district to provide public schools for grades kindergarten through sixth (a) The Benningt…
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§ 5.04. Service on corporation A corporation is subject to the service of process provisions in 11 V…
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§ 5.04. Service on corporation A corporation is subject to the service of process provisions in 11 V…
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§ 5.4. Meetings (a) As soon as possible after the election of the Chair and Vice Chair, the Board sh…
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§ 5-5. New district responsible for Mt.
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§ 5.5. Record of proceedings (a) It shall be the duty of the Selectboard to keep official records of…
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§ 5-6. New district responsible for debts and liabilities of old districts.
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§ 5-7. New district to vote a tax on the combined grand list of old districts; fiscal year (a) The t…
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§ 5-8. When new district becomes body politic and old districts cease to exist; joint board governs affairs of new district during interim.
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§ 5-9. Officers of new district (a) The officers of Bennington School District Incorporated shall be…
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§ 5-10. First annual meeting of district.
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§ 5-11. Mt.
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§ 5-12. Organization of Mt.
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§§ 5.19-5.20. [Repealed.]
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§ 5-101. Who may adopt adult or emancipated minor An adult may adopt another adult or an emancipated…
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§ 5-102. Legal consequences of adoption The legal consequences of an adoption of an adult or emancip…
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§ 5-103. Consent by spouse (a) Consent to the adoption of an adult or emancipated minor is required …
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§ 5-104. Jurisdiction and venue (a) The Probate Division of the Superior Court has jurisdiction over…
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§ 5-105. Petition for adoption (a) A prospective adoptive parent and an adoptee under this article s…
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§ 5-106. Notice and time of hearing (a) Within 30 days after a petition for adoption is filed, the c…
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§ 5-107. Dispositional hearing (a) Both petitioners shall appear in person at the hearing unless an …
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§ 5-108. Decree of adoption (a) A decree of adoption issued under this article shall substantially c…
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§ 5-109. Adoption of an adult who is incompetent If the adult who is being adopted has been found by…
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§ 5a.
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§§ 6—101-6—111.
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§ 6 Collector of Current Taxes and Collector of Delinquent Taxes
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§ 6 Generally
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§ 6. Authority The legislative power and authority of the District and the administration and the ge…
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§ 6. Repealed.
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§ 6. Requirements generally (a) All warnings for meetings for the election of City or ward officers,…
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§ 6. Elections of officers at annual meeting At the annual meeting the said corporations shall elect…
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§ 6. City meetings (a) Annually on the first Tuesday of March, a meeting of the legal voters of the …
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§ 6. Mayor and Aldermen The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the City except freeman’s meeting…
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§ 6. Board of Civil Authority (a) A Board of Civil Authority shall consist of the justices of the pe…
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§ 6. Water rates (a) All water rates of the Village of Proctorsville in effect at the time of merger…
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§ 6. Removal of elected Town officers Any elected Town officer may be removed from office subject to…
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§ 6. Severability The provisions of this charter are severable. If any portion or section shall be h…
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§ 6. Redesignated.
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§ 6. Ordinances The Town of South Hero may adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce any rule, regulation, b…
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§ 6. Conflict of interest (a) A Town officer shall recuse himself or herself or be disqualified from…
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§ 6. Open meetings; public records (a) The provisions of 1 V.S.A. chapter 5, subchapter 2 shall gove…
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§ 6. Conduct (a) The Moderator shall preside at all Town meetings, but in the Moderator’s absence, t…
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§ 6. Open meetings Meetings of all Town boards, commissions, and their committees shall be open and …
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§ 6. Board of Trustees’ duties (a) The Board of Trustees shall have charge of all prudential affairs…
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§ 6. Conduct (a) The President shall preside at all Village meetings, but in the President’s absence…
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§ 6. Lighting The Village may light its streets in such way as it may determine, and construct, own,…
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§ 6. Election of Village officials (a) At the annual meeting to be held on the second Monday of July…
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§ 6. Village officers (a) The officers of the corporation shall consist of a Moderator, five trustee…
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§ 6. Village Moderator It shall be the duty of the Moderator to preside at all the meetings of the V…
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§ 6. Checklist of voters; power of trustees in respect thereto The trustees may, previous to an annu…
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§ 6. Village Clerk The Village Clerk shall be a Village resident or nonresident elected for a one ye…
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§ 6. Village officers The elective officers of the Village shall be a President, a Clerk, a Treasure…
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§ 6. Clerk The Clerk shall keep a record of all meetings and proceedings of the corporation and of t…
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§ 6. Clerk; Treasurer; Collector The Clerk, Treasurer, and Collector shall be sworn to the faithful …
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§ 6. Procedure for adoption of ordinances, rules, and regulations Any ordinance, rule, or regulation…
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§ 6. Transportation and collection site Each member municipality, either directly or through indepen…
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§ 6. Transportation and collection site Each member municipality, either directly or through indepen…
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§ 6. Prudential Committee The Prudential Committee shall be the administrative body of the Fire Dist…
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§ 6. Resignation, vacancy, and removal of officers (a) Any officer, other than a member of the Prude…
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§ 6. Prudential Committee The Prudential Committee shall be the administrative body of the Fire Dist…
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§ 6. Officers; qualifications and elections (a) At the annual meeting, the Williamstown Fire Distric…
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§ 6. Authority The legislative power and authority of the Rutland County Recreation District and the…
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§ 6. Board of Directors The Board of Directors shall be the legislative and administrative body of t…
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§ 6. Organization and administration (a) This chapter shall enter into effect immediately upon ratif…
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§ 6. Powers (a) The District shall have the power and authority to: (1) own, operate, maintain, impr…
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§ 6. Government and organization (a) The officers of the Authority and their election or designation…
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§ 6. Authority All power and authority of the Authority shall be exercised by the Board. (Added 2013…
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§ 6.01. Admission (a) A corporation may admit any person as a member. The articles or bylaws may est…
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§ 6.01. Authorized shares (a) The articles of incorporation must prescribe the classes of shares and…
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§ 6.1. Sequestration (a) In taking lands, springs, streams, and water rights and diverting waters fr…
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§ 6.1. Repealed.
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§ 6.1. Composition; eligibility; elections; terms (a) The Board of School Directors shall be elected…
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§ 6.02. Consideration Except as provided in its articles or bylaws, a corporation may admit members …
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§ 6.02. Terms of class or series determined by board of directors (a) If the articles of incorporati…
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§ 6.2. Sale or lease Only the Board of Aldermen may authorize the sale or lease of real or personal …
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§ 6.2. Compensation The annual Representative Town Meeting shall fix the compensation of the school …
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§ 6.03. No requirement of members A corporation is not required to have members. (Added 1995, No. 17…
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§ 6.03. Issued and outstanding shares (a) A corporation may issue the number of shares of each class…
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§ 6.3. Prohibitions (a) Except when authorized by law, a school director shall not be employed by th…
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§ 6.04. Fractional shares (a) A corporation may: (1) issue fractions of a share or pay in money the …
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§ 6.4. Vacancies (a) When a school director resigns, is removed from office, dies, or his or her nam…
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§ 6.5. Appointments Forthwith after their election and qualification, the School Directors shall ele…
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§ 6.6. General powers and responsibilities of the School Directors The School Directors are responsi…
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§§ 6-8. Repealed.
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§ 6.20. Subscription for shares before incorporation (a) A subscription for shares entered into befo…
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§ 6.20. Differences in rights and obligations of members All members shall have the same rights and …
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§ 6.21. Issuance of shares (a) The powers granted in this section to the board of directors may be r…
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§ 6.21. Transfers (a) Except as set forth in or authorized by the articles or bylaws, no member of a…
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§ 6.22. Liability of shareholders (a) A purchaser from a corporation of its own shares is not liable…
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§ 6.22. Member’s liability to third parties A member of a corporation is not, as such, personally li…
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§ 6.23. Share dividends (a) Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, shares may be is…
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§ 6.24. Creditor’s action against member (a) No proceeding may be brought by a creditor to reach the…
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§ 6.25. Form and content of certificates (a) Shares may but need not be represented by certificates.…
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§ 6.28. Expense of issue A corporation may pay the reasonable expenses of selling or underwriting it…
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§ 6.30. Resignation (a) A member may resign at any time. (b) The resignation of a member does not re…
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§ 6.31. Corporation’s power to acquire its own shares (a) A corporation may acquire its own shares a…
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§ 6.31. Termination; expulsion and suspension (a) No member of a public benefit or mutual benefit co…
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§ 6.32. Purchase of memberships (a) A public benefit corporation may not purchase any of its members…
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§ 6.40. Distributions to shareholders (a) A board of directors may authorize and the corporation may…
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§ 6.40. Derivative suits (a) A proceeding may be brought in the right of a domestic or foreign corpo…
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§ 6-102. Records confidential (a) All records on file with the court or in the possession of an agen…
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§ 6-103. Adoption registry (a) The registry shall maintain: (1) an index containing all of the follo…
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§ 6-110. Fee for services A court, an agency, or the registry may charge a reasonable fee for servic…
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§ 7 Appointed officers; terms of office; duties
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§ 7 Elected officers
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§ 7. Bear Management Rule 1.0 Authority. 1.1 This rule is adopted pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 4081(a). I…
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§ 7. Age and residence requirements Every citizen of this State not less than 18 years of age who ha…
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§ 7. Mayor and Board of Aldermen as City Council The administration of all fiscal, prudential, and m…
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§ 7. Vacancies (a) If a member of the City Council, during his or her term, removes from the ward th…
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§ 7. Village President The President shall preside at all Village meetings and shall be invested wit…
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§ 7. Duties of the Clerk, etc The Clerk of said City shall be, ex officio, Clerk of the City Council…
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§ 7. Nomination of candidates Nominations of persons to fill Town offices shall be by petition conta…
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§ 7. Existing ordinances; municipal maps; regulations (a) The Town Plan, zoning regulations, subdivi…
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§ 7. Conflict of interest (a) No elected or appointed officer or employee of the Town or member of a…
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§ 7. Local option tax (a) The Selectboard is authorized to impose a one percent local option tax on …
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§ 7. Potential or actual conflict of interest; personal financial interest The Selectboard shall ado…
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§ 7. Severability If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of the char…
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§ 7. Ethics (a) Policy statement. Accepting a position as a public official carries with it the acce…
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§ 7. Reconsideration of actions taken A question considered at any Town meeting or election may not …
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§ 7. Officers generally (a) The officers of the Town of Woodford shall be those provided by law for …
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§ 7. President’s duties By virtue of the office, the President shall be a member of the Board of Tru…
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§ 7. Reconsideration of actions taken A question considered at any Village meeting or election may n…
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§ 7. Police officers (a) The trustees of the Village shall have power to and may appoint the number …
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§ 7. Village Clerk The Clerk shall keep records of all Village meetings, all trustees meetings when …
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§ 7. Board of Trustees; powers; meetings (a) The members of the Board of Trustees shall constitute t…
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§ 7. Village Clerk It shall be the duty of the Clerk to keep fair and accurate records of all the pr…
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§ 7. Qualification of voters in Village meeting Persons who have resided in the Village one year and…
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§ 7. Village Treasurer (a) The Village Treasurer shall be a Village resident or nonresident appointe…
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§ 7. Treasurer; Collector of Taxes The powers and duties of the Treasurer and the Collector of Taxes…
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§ 7. Clerk; duties The Clerk shall keep records of all proceedings of the corporation, and give copi…
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§ 7. Authority The voters of the District shall have the power to vote on bonded indebtedness, amend…
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§ 7. Responsibility to accept solid waste (a) The District becomes responsible for providing a syste…
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§ 7. Appointment The purposes, powers, duties, and responsibilities of the District shall be exercis…
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§ 7. Responsibility to accept solid waste (a) The District may become responsible for providing a sy…
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§ 7. Rates The Prudential Committee shall establish rates and fees for the water services, including…
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§ 7. Prudential Committee (a) The Prudential Committee shall be the administrative body of the Fire …
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§ 7. Rates The Prudential Committee shall establish rates and fees for water and wastewater services…
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§ 7. Firefighters and fire company The Fire District is authorized by this charter to form a fire co…
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§ 7. Composition The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of one representative from each of the m…
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§ 7. Rates The Board of Directors shall establish rates and fees for the water services, including c…
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§ 7. Meetings (a) Annual meetings shall be held each year on the first Tuesday of April. The fiscal …
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§ 7. District officers (a) At the discretion of the Board of Utility Commissioners, the District may…
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§ 7. Annual budget and assessments (a) On or before February 15 in each year, the Board of Commissio…
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§ 7. Composition Each member of the Authority shall have two directors on the Board, and three other…
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§ 7-1. Incorporation of district Such portions of the Town of Bradford as lie within the present lim…
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§ 7.01. Annual meeting Annual shareholders’ meetings shall be held in this State, unless permitted i…
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§ 7.01. Annual meeting and regular meetings (a) A corporation with members shall hold an annual memb…
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§ 7.1. Terms of grant The Board of Aldermen may exercise the power set forth in subsection 23 of cha…
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§ 7.1. Capital expenditures (a) The Selectboard and the school directors shall submit to the annual …
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§ 7.1. Appointment and compensation (a) The Selectboard may appoint a Town Manager. (b) The Manager …
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§§ 7.1-7.4. Repealed.
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§ 7-2. District boundaries If any other school district or districts in the Town of Bradford shall a…
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§ 7.02. Special meetings (a) A corporation shall hold a special meeting of shareholders: (1) on call…
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§ 7.02. Special meeting (a) A corporation with members shall hold a special meeting of members: (1) …
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§ 7.2. Capital Grant Review Board A Capital Grant Review Board shall be established to study and eva…
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§ 7.2. Qualifications (a) The Manager shall be chosen solely on the basis of his or her executive an…
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§ 7-3. Officers and trustees Instead of a prudential committee now required by law to be elected, th…
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§ 7.03. Court-ordered meeting (a) The Superior Court of the county where a corporation’s principal o…
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§ 7.03. Court-ordered meeting (a) The Superior Court of the county where a corporation’s principal o…
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§ 7.3. Revenue (a) The Town may levy local taxes in such form as authorized by the General Assembly.…
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§ 7.3. Oath; bond Before entering upon his or her duties, the Manager shall be sworn to the faithful…
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§ 7-4. Annual meeting The time for holding the annual meetings and elections shall be the same as no…
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§ 7.04. Action without meeting (a) Unless the articles of incorporation preclude the taking of actio…
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§ 7.04. Action by written consent (a) Unless the articles of incorporation preclude the taking of ac…
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§ 7.4. Reappraisal of property Taxable property within the Town may be reappraised from time to time…
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§ 7.4. Removal The Selectboard may remove the Town Manager by a majority vote of its members. At lea…
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§ 7-5. Transfer of property The Trustees of the Bradford Academy, an institution located at Bradford…
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§ 7.05. Notice of meeting (a) A corporation shall notify shareholders of the date, time, and place o…
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§ 7.05. Notice of meeting (a) A corporation shall give notice consistent with its bylaws of meetings…
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§ 7.5. Lapse of appropriation Every appropriation, except for a capital expenditure, shall lapse at …
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§ 7.5. Absence To perform his or her duties during his or her temporary absence or disability, the M…
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§ 7-6. Library and Library Committee Within ten days after the first annual meeting of the Bradford …
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§ 7.06. Waiver of notice (a) A shareholder may waive any notice required by this title, the articles…
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§ 7.06. Waiver of notice (a) A member may waive any notice required by this title, the articles, or …
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§ 7.6. Independent audit The Selectboard and the school directors shall provide for an independent a…
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§ 7.6. Powers and duties The Town Manager shall be the chief executive officer and the head of the a…
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§ 7-7. Transfer deed The deed referred to in section 5 of this charter may, on the part and in behal…
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§ 7.07. Record date (a) The bylaws may fix or provide the manner of fixing the record date for one o…
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§ 7.07. Record date; determining members entitled to notice and vote (a) The bylaws of a corporation…
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§ 7.7. Borrowing in anticipation of taxes The Selectboard and the school directors may borrow money,…
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§ 7-8. Receipt of county and State funds; maintenance of school and curriculum Upon the transfer and…
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§ 7.08. Action by written ballot (a) Unless prohibited or limited by the articles or bylaws, any act…
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§ 7.8. Office of Assessment (a) Taxable property within the Town may be reappraised from time to tim…
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§ 7-9. Adoption of rules and bylaws; acceptance of scholars The Trustees of the Bradford Academy and…
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§ 7-10. Acceptance of endowments or legacies The Bradford Academy and Graded School District is here…
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§ 7-11. Public acts; first meeting This chapter shall be under the control of future legislatures to…
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§ 7.20. Shareholders’ list for meeting (a) After fixing a record date for a meeting, a corporation s…
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§ 7.20. Members’ list for meeting (a) After fixing a record date for a notice of a meeting, a corpor…
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§ 7.21. Voting entitlement of shares (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this secti…
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§ 7.21. Voting entitlement generally (a) Unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise, each membe…
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§ 7.22. Proxies (a) A shareholder may vote his or her shares in person or by proxy. (b) A shareholde…
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§ 7.22. Quorum requirements (a) Unless this title, the articles, or bylaws provide for a higher or l…
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§ 7.23. Shares held by nominees (a) A corporation may establish a procedure by which the beneficial …
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§ 7.23. Voting requirements (a) Unless this title, the articles, or the bylaws require a greater vot…
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§ 7.24. Corporation’s acceptance of votes (a) If the name signed or delivered by electronic transmis…
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§ 7.24. Proxies (a) Unless the articles or bylaws prohibit or limit proxy voting, a member may appoi…
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§ 7.25. Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups (a) Shares entitled to vote as a separate v…
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§ 7.25. Cumulative voting for directors (a) If the articles and bylaws provide for cumulative voting…
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§ 7.26. Action by single and multiple voting groups (a) If the articles of incorporation or this tit…
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§ 7.26. Other methods of electing directors A corporation may provide in its articles or bylaws for …
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§ 7.27. Greater quorum or voting requirements (a) The articles of incorporation may provide for a gr…
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§ 7.27. Corporation’s acceptance of votes (a) If the name signed or delivered by electronic transmis…
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§ 7.28. Voting for directors; cumulative voting (a) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of inc…
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§ 7.30. Voting trusts (a) One or more shareholders may create a voting trust, conferring on a truste…
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§ 7.30. Voting agreements (a) Two or more members may provide for the manner in which they will vote…
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§ 7.31. Voting agreements (a) Two or more shareholders may provide for the manner in which they will…
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§ 7.32. Shareholder agreements (a) An agreement among the shareholders of a corporation that complie…
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§ 7.40. Procedure in derivative proceedings (a) A person may not commence a proceeding in the right …
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§ 7-101. Enforcement (a) The Attorney General shall enforce the provisions of this title and may rev…
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§ 7-102. Unauthorized disclosure of information (a) A person who knowingly discloses confidential ad…
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§ 7-103. Lawful payments related to adoption (a) Subject to the requirements of sections 3-702 and 3…
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§ 7-104. Charges by agency Subject to the requirements of sections 3-702 and 3-703 of this title for…
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§ 7-105. Prohibited payments related to adoption (a) Except as otherwise provided in sections 7-103 …
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§ 8 Selection Committee
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§ 8 Appointed officers
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§ 8. Officers, how elected, terms of office The officers of said corporation shall consist of a Mode…
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§ 8. Indebtedness and bonding The Fire District may at a special or annual meeting, notice thereof h…
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§ 8. Person to reside in ward or City district if casting ballot for particular local officers or lo…
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§ 8. Officers appointed by City Council The City Council shall appoint, and may remove at its pleasu…
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§ 8. Voting (a) Voting qualifications for the right to vote in any City election or meeting shall be…
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§ 8. Duty of auditors (a) The accounts of the several officers shall be closed and in the hands of t…
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§ 8. General powers The Town shall have all powers that Towns have under the Constitution and laws o…
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§ 8. Election of Selectboard Town Selectboard members in office at the date of adoption of the merge…
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§ 8. Separability If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of the char…
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§ 8. Licenses; fees; charges; user fees; fees for service (a) The Selectboard shall have the sole au…
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§ 8. Licenses; fees; charges; user fees; fees for service (a) The Selectboard shall have the sole au…
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§ 8. Elected officers (a) The following officers of the Town and such other Town officers as are pro…
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§ 8. Clerk’s duties It shall be the duty of the Clerk to warn all meetings of said corporation, both…
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§ 8. Board of Civil Authority (a) The Board of Civil Authority shall consist of the justices of the …
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§ 8. Bylaws; penalty for violations The Village may impose a fine or forfeiture not exceeding $100.0…
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§ 8. Village trustees; powers (a) The trustees shall have the same powers to lay out, alter, and dis…
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§ 8. Treasurer The Treasurer shall give a bond to the corporation conditioned upon the faithful perf…
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§ 8. Village Treasurer and Collector The Treasurer and Collector shall perform for the corporation t…
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§ 8. Village audit The Village shall engage a qualified auditor or firm of auditors to perform the a…
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§ 8. Village Clerk; recording of rules and ordinances (a) The Clerk shall keep a record of all calle…
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§ 8. Composition The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of one representative from each member m…
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§ 8. Auditor The Auditor shall, at least once each year and whenever the Auditor sees fit, examine a…
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§ 8. Trustees; duties It shall be the duty of the trustees to make out and deliver to the Collector …
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§ 8. Authority The legislative power and authority of the District and the administration and the ge…
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§ 8. Organizational meeting Annually, on or before the fourth Wednesday in June, the Board of Commis…
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§ 8. Authority The legislative power and authority of the District and the administration and the ge…
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§ 8. Rules The Prudential Committee shall adopt rules that govern the administration, operation, and…
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§ 8. Fiscal year The fiscal year of St. George Fire District No. 1 shall be July 1 through June 30 o…
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§ 8. Rules The Prudential Committee shall adopt rules that govern the administration, operation, and…
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§ 8. Appointment Annually, on or before the last Monday in March commencing in 2005, each member mun…
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§ 8. Rules The Board of Directors shall adopt rules that govern the administration, operation, and m…
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§ 8. Eligibility of voters Persons residing within the limits of the District, who are qualified vot…
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§ 8. Annual meeting (a) Until changed in the manner provided by general law, the annual meeting of t…
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§ 8. Termination of membership (a) A member municipality may withdraw from membership in the Authori…
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§ 8. Selection of directors (a) Directors. The three at-large directors shall serve staggered terms …
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§ 8.01. Requirement for and duties of board of directors (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of…
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§ 8.01. Requirement for and duties of board (a) Each corporation must have a board of directors. (b)…
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§ 8.1. Grand list In the City of Rutland, the grand list shall be made up in the manner prescribed b…
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§ 8.1. Charter amendments This charter may be amended: (1) In the manner provided by 17 V.S.A. § 264…
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§ 8.02. Qualifications of directors The articles of incorporation or bylaws may prescribe qualificat…
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§ 8.02. Qualifications of directors All directors must be individuals. The articles of incorporation…
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§ 8.03. Number and election of directors (a) A board of directors of a corporation which is not a cl…
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§ 8.03. Number of directors (a) A board of directors must consist of three or more individuals, with…
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§ 8.04. Election of directors by certain classes of shareholders If the articles of incorporation au…
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§ 8.04. Election, designation, and appointment of directors (a) If the corporation has members, all …
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§ 8.05. Terms of directors generally (a) The terms of the initial directors of a corporation expire …
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§ 8.05. Terms of directors generally (a) The articles of incorporation or bylaws must specify the te…
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§ 8.5. Assessment of taxes The Board of Aldermen shall annually, during the first 20 days of July, a…
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§ 8.06. Staggered terms for directors The articles of incorporation may provide for staggering their…
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§ 8.06. Staggered terms for directors The articles of incorporation or bylaws may provide for stagge…
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§ 8.6. Collection of taxes (a) Except as otherwise herein provided, whenever any tax shall be assess…
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§ 8.07. Resignation of directors (a) A director may resign at any time by delivering written notice …
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§ 8.07. Resignation of directors (a) A director may resign at any time by delivering written notice …
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§ 8.7. Delinquent taxes (a) It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer as Constable to collect all l…
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§ 8.08. Removal of directors by shareholders (a) The shareholders may remove one or more directors w…
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§ 8.08. Removal of directors elected by members or directors (a) The members may remove one or more …
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§ 8.8. Board for Abatement of Taxes The Mayor, Board of Aldermen, City Treasurer, and Assessor shall…
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§ 8.09. Removal of directors by judicial proceeding (a)(1) The Superior Court may remove a director …
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§ 8.09. Removal of designated or appointed directors (a) A designated director may be removed by an …
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§ 8.9. Local option tax (a) A local option sales tax is authorized under this section for the purpos…
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§ 8.10. Vacancy on board (a)(1) If a vacancy occurs on the board of directors, including a vacancy r…
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§ 8.10. Removal of directors by judicial proceeding (a)(1) The Superior Court may remove any directo…
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§ 8.11. Compensation of directors Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, …
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§ 8.11. Vacancy on board (a) Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, and e…
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§ 8.12. Compensation of directors Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, …
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§ 8.13. Financially disinterested majority—Public benefit corporations (a) No more than 49 percent o…
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§ 8.20. Meetings (a) The board of directors may hold regular or special meetings, as defined in subd…
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§ 8.20. Regular and special meetings (a) If the time and place of a directors’ meeting is fixed by t…
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§ 8.21. Action without meeting (a) Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws preclude the takin…
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§ 8.21. Action without meeting (a) Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise,…
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§ 8.22. Notice of meeting (a) Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, regu…
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§ 8.22. Call and notice of meetings (a) Unless the articles of incorporation, bylaws, or subsection …
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§ 8.23. Waiver of notice (a) A director may waive any notice required by this title, the articles of…
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§ 8.23. Waiver of notice (a) A director may waive any notice required by this title, the articles of…
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§ 8.24. Quorum and voting (a) Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws require a greater numbe…
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§ 8.24. Quorum and voting (a) Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws require a greater numbe…
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§ 8.25. Committees (a) Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, a board of …
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§ 8.25. Committees of the board (a) Unless prohibited or limited by the articles of incorporation or…
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§ 8.30. General standards for directors (a) A director shall discharge his or her duties as a direct…
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§ 8.30. General standards for directors (a) A director shall discharge his or her duties as a direct…
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§ 8.31. Director conflict of interest (a) A conflict of interest transaction is a transaction with t…
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§ 8.32. Loans to or guarantees for directors and officers (a) A corporation may not lend money to or…
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§ 8.33. Liability for unlawful distributions; statute of limitations (a) A director who votes for or…
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§ 8.33. Liability for unlawful distributions; statute of limitations (a) A director who votes for or…
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§ 8.40. Officers (a) A corporation has the officers described in its bylaws or appointed by the boar…
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§ 8.40. Required officers (a) Unless otherwise provided in the articles or bylaws, a corporation sha…
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§ 8.41. Duties of officers Each officer has the authority and shall perform the duties set forth in …
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§ 8.41. Duties and authority of officers Each officer has the authority and shall perform the duties…
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§ 8.42. Standards of conduct for officers (a) An officer with discretionary authority shall discharg…
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§ 8.43. Resignation and removal of officers (a) An officer may resign at any time by delivering noti…
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§ 8.43. Resignation and removal of officers (a) An officer may resign at any time by delivering noti…
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§ 8.44. Contract rights of officers (a) The appointment of an officer does not itself create contrac…
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§ 8.44. Contract rights of officers (a) The appointment of an officer does not itself create contrac…
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§ 8.45. Officers’ authority to execute documents Any contract or other instrument in writing execute…
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§ 8.50. Subchapter definitions In this subchapter: (1) “Corporation” includes any domestic or foreig…
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§ 8.50. Subchapter definitions As used in this subchapter: (1) “Corporation” includes any domestic o…
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§ 8.51. Authority to indemnify (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a corporati…
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§ 8.51. Authority to indemnify (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a corporati…
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§ 8.52. Mandatory indemnification Unless limited by its articles of incorporation, a corporation sha…
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§ 8.52. Mandatory indemnification Unless limited by its articles of incorporation, a corporation sha…
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§ 8.53. Advance for expenses (a) A corporation may pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incu…
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§ 8.53. Advance for expenses (a) A corporation may pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incu…
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§ 8.54. Court-ordered indemnification A director of the corporation who is a party to a proceeding m…
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§ 8.54. Court-ordered indemnification Unless limited by a corporation’s articles of incorporation, a…
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§ 8.55. Determination and authorization of indemnification (a) Except as provided in section 8.53 of…
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§ 8.57. Insurance A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an individual who i…
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§ 9 Separability
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§ 9 Alternate Town officers
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§ 9. Amendment of charter This charter shall be amended by a majority vote of those residents of the…
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§ 9. Duties of the Moderator It shall be the duty of the Moderator to preside at all meetings of sai…
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§ 9. Wildlife rehabilitation 1.0 Purpose (10 V.S.A. § 5215). The proper care of distressed wildlife …
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§ 9. Adopted The penalties set forth in Vermont Statutes Annotated shall be applicable for illegal v…
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§ 9. Audit of Village officers The accounts and vouchers of the officers of the corporation shall be…
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§ 9. Powers of Mayor; City Council to establish water rates The Mayor shall be the Chief Executive O…
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§ 9. Mayor (a) The legal voters of the City shall elect a Mayor who shall be a legal voter in the Ci…
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§ 9. Appointments by City Council (a) The City Council, at its first meeting of each fiscal year, sh…
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§ 9. Intergovernmental relations Subject only to any applicable superior laws or constitutional prov…
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§ 9. Votes required for effect All sections of this plan of merger shall take effect if this plan is…
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§ 9. Amendment The amendment of this charter shall be as provided by Vermont law. (Added 2005, No. M…
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§ 9. Acquisition and disposition of Town property (a) The Selectboard shall pass a policy governing …
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§ 9. Acquisition and disposition of Town property (a) The Selectboard may dispose of real property i…
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§ 9. Nomination of candidates All Town elections shall be nonpartisan and no party designation or sl…
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§ 9. Duties of elective officers (a) The Board of Listers shall perform duties established by law. (…
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§ 9. Moderator It shall be the duty of the Moderator to preside at all annual and special meetings o…
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§ 9. Corporate powers The corporation may purchase, hold, and convey any real estate, and erect and …
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§ 9. Nomination of candidates Unless proceeding by Australian ballot, nomination of persons to fill …
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§ 9. Fire district The Village is hereby constituted a fire district for the purpose of preventing t…
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§ 9. Village trustees; appointments The trustees shall have authority to appoint annually and to pre…
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§ 9. Village trustees The trustees shall have the general care and management of the prudential inte…
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§ 9. Village Manager (a) The Village hereby adopts the town manager form of government set forth in …
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§ 9. Village Treasurer The Village Treasurer shall discharge the usual duties of such office and sha…
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§ 9. Collector of Taxes; Chief of Police The Collector of Taxes shall, by virtue of the office, be t…
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§ 9. Fire wardens The fire wardens of the Village of Woodstock, and such persons as shall, pursuant …
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§ 9. Appointment (a) Initial Board. The Initial Board shall be appointed by the legislative body of …
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§ 9. Composition The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of one representative from each member m…
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§ 9. Regular meeting A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Commissioners shall be establish…
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§ 9. Composition The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of one primary representative and one al…
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§ 9. Amendment of charter This charter shall be amended in the same manner as provided in 17 V.S.A. …
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§ 9. Rates The Prudential Committee shall establish rates for the water and road services provided b…
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§ 9. Organizational meeting Annually, on the second Monday in April commencing in 2005, the Board of…
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§ 9. Amendment of charter This charter shall be amended in the same manner as provided in 17 V.S.A. …
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§ 9. Checklist The clerk of each town within the District shall furnish to the Clerk of the District…
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§ 9. Miscellaneous provisions (a) The Authority shall prepare an annual report of its activities, in…
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§ 9. Organizational meeting (a) Annually on the first Wednesday in April, the Board shall hold its o…
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§§ 9-1- 9-10. Repealed. 2009, No. M-4, effective July 1, 2008.
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§ 9.1. As Executive Officer The Mayor shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the City. He or she sh…
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§ 9.1. Taxes on real and personal property Taxes on real and personal property shall be paid in thre…
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§§ 9.1-9.3. Repealed.
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§§ 9.1-9.3. [Transitional provisions.]
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§ 9.2. Additional powers The Mayor, when permitted by State law, with the consent of the Board of Al…
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§ 9.2. Penalty and interest Interest will be added to any tax not paid on or before its due date for…
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§ 9.3. Succession In case of the absence of the Mayor from the City or his or her inability to serve…
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§ 9.3. Local option tax The Town Selectboard shall be authorized to levy a one percent tax on sales,…
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§ 9.4. Vacancy In case of a vacancy in the Office of Mayor occasioned by death, resignation, removal…
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§ 9-101. Enforcement, modification, and termination of postadoption contact agreements (a) An adopti…
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§ 9-507. Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement (a) A filed financing stat…
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§ 10 Relationship between and among Town officers
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§ 10. Vermont endangered and threatened species rule 1.0 Authority This rule is adopted pursuant to …
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§ 10. Specified; election; term (a)(1) The ward officers shall be a Clerk and three inspectors of el…
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§ 10. Designation of real estate in Village by listers It shall hereafter be the duty of the listers…
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§ 10. Mayoral approval and Board of Aldermen reconsideration of vetoed actions The action of the Boa…
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§ 10. The City Council (a) There shall be elected six members of the City Council, one from each war…
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§ 10. Highways, etc The City Council is hereby authorized and empowered to lay out new highways, str…
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§ 10. Elected officers; general (a) The following officers shall be elected by the legal voters of t…
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§ 10. Effective date This charter shall take effect upon passage by the General Assembly, and all ap…
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§ 10. Emergency powers (a) Declaration of public emergency. The Selectboard may, upon a two-thirds v…
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§ 10. Procedures for charter revision and amendment This charter may be amended in accordance with t…
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§ 10. Authority of citizens (a) The Town of Windsor shall have all the powers granted to towns by th…
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§ 10. Recall of elected officials (a) Any elected official may be removed from office for just cause…
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§ 10. Treasurer’s and Collector’s duties The Treasurer and Collector shall perform the same duties f…
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§ 10. Grand list; taxes; assessment and collection The corporation may, at any annual or special mee…
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§ 10. Fire Department; Chief Engineer The Chief Engineer of the Fire Department and the Chief’s assi…
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§ 10. Duties of Treasurer (a) The Treasurer shall perform the duties required by State statute or th…
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§ 10. Highway district taxes All the territory embraced within the limits of the Village is hereby c…
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§ 10. Duties of the Clerk It shall be the duty of the Clerk to keep fair and accurate records of all…
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§ 10. Other Village officers (a) Except as provided in this chapter, the Village of Swanton shall ha…
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§ 10. Collector of Village Taxes The Collector of Village Taxes shall discharge the usual duties of …
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§ 10. Prosecutions Prosecutions for violation of the provisions of this act or the provisions of any…
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§ 10. Hiring of money The Village of Woodstock shall have authority to hire money from time to time …
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§ 10. Organizational meeting Annually, on the second Thursday in April commencing in 1989, the Board…
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§ 10. Appointment Annually, on or before the last Monday in March, the legislative branch of each me…
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§ 10. Special meetings Special meetings of the Board of Commissioners may be called at any time by t…
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§ 10. Appointment Annually, on or before the last Monday in March, the legislative branch of each me…
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§ 10. Tax exemption All property owned by the Fire District shall be exempt from taxation. (Added 20…
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§ 10. Regular meetings Regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be held periodically with …
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§ 10. Record of proceedings The Clerk shall keep a record of the votes and the proceedings of the Di…
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§ 10. Implementation (a) The initial members of this Authority shall be those municipalities that el…
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§ 10. Regular meetings A schedule of regular meetings of the Board shall be established at its annua…
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§ 10.01. Authority to amend (a) A corporation may amend its articles of incorporation at anytime to …
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§ 10.01. Authority to amend A corporation may amend its articles of incorporation at any time to add…
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§ 10.1. As disbursing officer (a) The City Treasurer shall be the disbursing officer of the City. Al…
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§ 10.1. Representative Town Meeting; authorized The Town of Brattleboro is hereby authorized to esta…
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§§ 10.1-10.4. Repealed.
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§ 10.02. Amendment by board of directors Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a c…
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§ 10.02. Amendment by directors (a) Unless the articles provide otherwise, a corporation’s board of …
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§ 10.2. Bonds and notes The City Treasurer shall keep a record of every note or bond issued under th…
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§ 10.2. Districts; report of Selectboard; meetings; voting (a) The Selectboard shall divide the terr…
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§ 10.03. Amendment proposed by board of directors to the shareholders (a) A corporation’s board of d…
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§ 10.03. Amendment by directors and members (a) Unless this act, the articles, bylaws, the members (…
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§ 10.3. Statutory powers The City Treasurer shall have the same powers and be subject to the same li…
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§ 10.3. Election of Town Meeting members; certification of voters; Town Meeting membership; notice; …
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§ 10.04. Class voting by members on amendments (a) The members of a class in a public benefit corpor…
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§ 10.04. Voting on amendments by voting group (a) The holders of the outstanding shares of a class a…
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§ 10.4. School monies and bonds The City Treasurer shall keep a separate account of all the monies a…
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§ 10.4. Nomination of candidates; preparation and delivery of ballots; return of unused ballots (a)(…
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§ 10.05. Amendment before issuance of shares If a corporation has not yet issued shares, its incorpo…
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§ 10.05. Articles of amendment A corporation amending its articles shall deliver to the Secretary of…
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§ 10.5. Assistant City Treasurer The City Treasurer may appoint an Assistant City Treasurer who shal…
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§ 10.5. Resignation or disqualification of members; vacancies; how filled (a) A Town Meeting member …
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§ 10.06. Articles of amendment A corporation amending its articles of incorporation shall deliver to…
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§ 10.06. Restated articles of incorporation (a) A corporation’s board of directors may restate its a…
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§ 10.6. Constable/tax collector The City Treasurer shall also act as Constable and Tax Collector for…
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§ 10.6. Voting; members to receive no compensation; quorum; warning (a) At any Town Meeting held aft…
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§ 10.07. Restated articles of incorporation (a) A corporation’s board of directors may restate its a…
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§ 10.07. Amendment pursuant to judicial reorganization (a) A corporation’s articles may be amended w…
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§ 10.7. Articles in warning; action on The articles in the warning for every Town Meeting so far as …
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§ 10.08. Amendment pursuant to judicial reorganization (a) A corporation’s articles of incorporation…
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§ 10.08. Effect of amendment and restatement An amendment to articles of incorporation does not affe…
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§ 10.8. Referendum No article in the warning shall at any Representative Town Meeting be finally dis…
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§ 10.09. Effect of amendment An amendment to articles of incorporation does not affect a cause of ac…
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§ 10.9. Interpretation of Town acts The Town, after the acceptance of this subchapter, shall continu…
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§ 10.10. Limitation This subchapter shall not be deemed to abridge the right of the inhabitants of t…
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§§ 10.11-10.12. [Transitional provisions.]
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§ 10.20. Amendment by board of directors or shareholders (a) A corporation’s board of directors may …
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§ 10.20. Amendment by directors If a corporation has no members, its incorporators, until directors …
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§ 10.21. Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirement for shareholders (a) If authorized by the art…
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§ 10.21. Amendment by directors and members (a) Unless this act, the articles, bylaws, the members (…
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§ 10.22. Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirement for directors (a) A bylaw that fixes a greate…
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§ 10.22. Class voting by members on amendments (a) The members of a class in a public benefit corpor…
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§ 10.30. Approval by third persons The articles may require an amendment to the articles or bylaws t…
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§ 10.31. Amendment terminating members or redeeming or cancelling memberships (a) Any amendment to t…
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§ 11 Terms of office
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§ 11. Adoption, amendment, or repeal of ordinances by the Selectboard The Selectboard may adopt, ame…
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§ 11. Water; light; sidewalks The corporation is empowered to contract for water for extinguishing f…
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§ 11. Falconry 1.0 Purpose. This rule is adopted pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 4278. In adopting this rule…
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§ 11. Performance of duties; terms The ward officers shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of the…
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§ 11. Police officers All police officers shall have authority to serve anywhere within the State, a…
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§ 11. City Manager (a) The City Manager shall be chosen and appointed by majority vote of the City C…
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§ 11. Ordinances and regulations (a) The City Council shall (subject to the right of said corporatio…
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§ 11. Selectboard (a) Except as otherwise provided in this charter, all the powers of the Town shall…
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§ 11. Procedures for charter revision and amendment (a) The procedures and process for charter amend…
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§ 11. Use of streets by public utilities and private interests Every public utility and private inte…
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§ 11. Authority of citizens (a) The following officers shall be elected by the voters of the Town of…
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§ 11. Appointed officers (a) The Selectboard may appoint, recommend, or approve the appointment of a…
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§ 11. Auditors’ duties It shall be the duty of the auditors of accounts to audit the accounts of the…
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§ 11. Village residents; office holders; legal proceedings The inhabitants of the Village shall belo…
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§ 11. Tax assessment The Village may, at its annual meeting called for that purpose, assess a tax on…
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§ 11. Building Inspector Within the Village limits, the Building Inspector shall have authority to o…
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§ 11. Village Clerk (a) The Clerk shall keep an official record of the proceedings of the Board of T…
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§ 11. Roads, sidewalks, and assessments The trustees of the Village may lay out, alter, maintain, an…
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§ 11. Special meetings; how called On request of five legal voters of the Village, the Clerk, and up…
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§ 11. Incompatible offices In addition to incompatible offices designated by statute, no member of t…
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§ 11. Bonds for Village Treasurer and Collector of Taxes The Treasurer and Collector of Taxes shall …
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§ 11. Contract with aqueduct company (a) The Village of Woodstock is hereby authorized and empowered…
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§ 11. Regular meeting A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be establishe…
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§ 11. Organizational meeting Annually, on the first Wednesday in April, the Board of Supervisors sha…
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§ 11. Quorum For the purpose of transacting business, the presence of commissioners or, in the absen…
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§ 11. Organization meeting Annually, during its first meeting in April, the Board of Supervisors sha…
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§ 11. Amendment of charter This charter shall be amended in the same manner as provided in 17 V.S.A.…
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§ 11. Special meetings Special meetings of the Board of Supervisors may be called at any time by the…
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§ 11. Water rates and revenues (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of 24 V.S.A. § 3311, the Board of …
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§ 11. Assessments of new members outside Chittenden County Municipalities outside Chittenden County …
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§ 11. Special meetings (a) Special meetings of the Board may be called at any time by the Chair and …
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§ 11.01. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Constituent corporation” means a constituent orga…
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§ 11.01. Approval of plan of merger (a) Subject to the limitations set forth in section 11.02 of thi…
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§ 11.1. Fiscal year The fiscal year of all departments of the City government shall commence upon th…
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§ 11.1. Description of officers, officials, boards, commissions, and committees (a) The officers, of…
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§ 11.1. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the Town shall begin the first day of July and end on the las…
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§ 11-1.1. Consolidation No. 113 of the Acts of 1872, entitled “An act to establish the Essex Junctio…
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§ 11-1.2. Incorporation of district All that portion of the Town of Essex now embraced within the li…
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§ 11-1.3. Disposition of property All property, assets, and liabilities now belonging to the Essex J…
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§ 11-1.4. Definition of district Wherever the “District” hereafter appears in this chapter, it shall…
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§ 11-1.5. Exemption from taxation The District shall be exempt from all local taxation in the Town o…
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§ 11-1.6. District voter A citizen of voting age, as defined by State and federal law, whose name is…
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§ 11-1.7. Inconsistency with general law This chapter shall control whenever any general act or law …
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§ 11-1.8. Effect of prior law All acts, parts of acts, and bylaws, inconsistent with this chapter, e…
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§ 11-1.9. Implementation of charter This chapter shall not become operative or effective until appro…
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§ 11.02. Conversion authorized (a) By complying with sections 11.03 through 11.06 of this title, a d…
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§ 11.02. Limitations on mergers by public benefit corporations (a) Without the prior approval of the…
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§ 11.2. Budget estimate Except for the Board of School Commissioners, it shall be the duty of any pe…
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§ 11.2. Bus Service Advisory Committee Bus Service Advisory Committee. “Five” unlimited terms. The C…
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§ 11.2. Preparation and submission (a) The Town Manager, at least 45 days before the date of the reg…
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§ 11-2.1. Officers The officers shall be a Moderator, five Prudential Committee members composing th…
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§ 11-2.2. Election and terms of officers The Moderator and the five Prudential Committee members sha…
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§ 11-2.3. Vacancies When an officer resigns, dies, becomes incapacitated, or removes residency from …
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§ 11-2.4. Bonding of officers A Prudential Committee member shall not be a Clerk-Treasurer or Collec…
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§ 11-2.5. Board of Civil Authority The Moderator, Prudential Committee, Clerk-Treasurer, and Justice…
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§ 11-2.6. Moderator The Moderator shall preside at the District meeting and in his or her absence, a…
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§ 11-2.7. Clerk-Treasurer The Clerk-Treasurer of Essex Junction School District shall keep a record …
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§ 11-2.8. Collector of Taxes Except as modified by this charter, the Collector of Taxes shall perfor…
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§ 11.3. City budget The Mayor shall annually before each November 1 prepare and submit to the Board …
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§ 11.03. Plan of conversion (a) A domestic corporation may convert to a different type of organizati…
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§ 11.03. Action on plan by board, members and third persons (a) Unless this title, the articles, byl…
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§ 11.3. Town meeting warning and budget The budget and warning for the annual Town meeting shall be …
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§ 11-3.1. Duties and powers of Prudential Committee The Prudential Committee in addition to other po…
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§ 11.4. Annual appropriations The Board of Aldermen shall finalize the General Fund budget and publi…
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§ 11.04. Approval of conversion Subject to section 11.17 of this title and any contractual rights, a…
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§ 11.04. Articles of merger After a plan of merger is approved by the board of directors, and if req…
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§ 11.4. Appropriations From the effective date of the budget, the several amounts therein stated, as…
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§ 11-4.1. Annual meeting The annual meeting of the District shall be held at an appropriate meeting …
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§ 11-4.2. Special meetings Special meetings of the District shall be warned by the School District C…
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§ 11-4.3. Warnings A warning for an annual or special District meeting shall be posted in three or m…
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§ 11-4.4. Parliamentary and voting procedures All decisions at District meetings shall be decided by…
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§ 11.05. Amendment or abandonment of plan of conversion (a) A domestic corporation may amend a plan …
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§ 11.05. Effect of merger When a merger takes effect: (1) every other corporation party to the merge…
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§ 11.5. City report The City report shall be published annually, on or before the 15th day of Novemb…
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§ 11.5. Amount to be raised by taxation Upon passage of the Town budget in accordance with section 1…
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§ 11-5.1. Grand list The grand list of the Town of Essex composed of the taxable property and estate…
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§ 11-5.2. Borrowing The District may borrow money in any year in anticipation of taxes assessed in s…
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§ 11-5.3. Issuance of negotiable bonds The District is hereby authorized and empowered by a vote of …
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§ 11.06. Statement of conversion; effective date of conversion (a) A converting organization shall s…
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§ 11.06. Merger with foreign corporation (a) Except as provided in section 11.02 of this title, one …
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§ 11.6. City indebtedness (a) The credit of the City, other than by temporary loans for a period of …
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§ 11.6. Department budget The budget for all departments shall include all proposed expenditures and…
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§ 11.07. Effect of conversion (a) When a conversion takes effect: (1) The converted organization is:…
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§ 11.07. Bequests, devises, and gifts Any bequest, devise, gift, grant, or promise contained in a wi…
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§ 11.7. Transfers of appropriations The Manager may at any time transfer an unencumbered appropriati…
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§ 11.08. Merger authorized; plan of merger (a) A corporation organized pursuant to this title may me…
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§ 11.8. Adoption of budget (a) An annual budget shall become effective after adoption by a majority …
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§ 11.09. Share exchange authorized; plan of share exchange (a) A corporation may acquire all of the …
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§ 11.9. Balloting at Town meetings The Selectboard, at its discretion, shall determine which article…
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§ 11.10. Approval of plan of merger or share exchange (a) Subject to section 11.17 of this title and…
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§ 11.11. Filing required for merger or share exchange; effective date (a) After each constituent org…
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§ 11.12. Effect of merger or share exchange (a) When a merger takes effect: (1) the surviving consti…
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§ 11.13. Domestication authorized (a) A foreign corporation may become a domestic corporation pursua…
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§ 11.14. Action on plan of domestication (a) A domesticating corporation shall approve a plan of dom…
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§ 11.15. Filing required for domestication; effective date (a) A domesticating corporation that appr…
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§ 11.16. Effect of domestication (a) When a domestication takes effect: (1) The domesticated corpora…
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§ 11.17. Restriction on approval of conversion, merger, and domestication (a) An approval or amendme…
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§ 11.18. Chapter not exclusive (a) This chapter does not preclude an organization from being convert…
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§ 12 Town Clerk; Treasurer; Collector of Delinquent Taxes
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§ 12. Quorum For the purposes of transacting business, the presence of more than 50 percent of the m…
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§ 12. Leashed tracking dogs 1.0 Definitions. For the purposes of this rule: 1.1 “Department” means t…
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§ 12. [Repealed.]
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§ 12. Board of Civil Authority and Board of Abatement The City Council, City Clerk, and the justices…
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§ 12. City Clerk (a) The City Council shall appoint a City Clerk. The City Clerk shall perform for t…
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§ 12. Taxes The City Council shall lay a tax not exceeding 300 cents on the dollar of the grand list…
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§ 12. Repealed.
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§ 12. Adoption of ordinances by initiative (a) An ordinance may be enacted by vote of the Town accor…
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§ 12. [Transitional procedures]
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§ 12. Form of government (a) All governmental authority of the Town of Williston rests ultimately wi…
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§ 12. Selectboard (a) Except as otherwise provided in this charter, all the powers of the Town shall…
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§ 12. Relationship between and among Town officers All Town officers, whether elected or appointed, …
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§ 12. Disqualifications A person being a resident or taxpayer of said corporation shall thereby not …
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§ 12. Trustees; duties The trustees shall keep a full and true record of all orders drawn and expend…
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§ 12. Board of Abatement The trustees and Clerk of the Village shall constitute a Board for the Abat…
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§ 12. Trustee meetings The trustees shall meet regularly at suitable times to enact ordinances and t…
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§ 12. Moderator The Moderator shall preside at all annual and special meetings of the Village, shall…
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§ 12. Licensing authority The trustees of the Village shall have the sole power of granting licenses…
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§ 12. General powers and duties of trustees The Board of Trustees shall have the general care and ma…
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§ 12. Water Department authorization The Village is authorized to own, operate, control, and manage …
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§ 12. Village auditors The auditors shall settle the accounts of the Treasurer, trustees, and Collec…
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§ 12. Annual and special meeting (a) The annual meeting of the corporation for the selection of offi…
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§ 12. Construction; sidewalks; sewers; drains The Village shall have the right to construct sidewalk…
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§ 12. Special meetings Special meetings of the Board of Supervisors may be called at any time by the…
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§ 12. Regular meetings A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be establish…
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§ 12. Rules of procedure Except as otherwise provided in this agreement, or by action of the Board o…
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§ 12. Regular board meetings A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be est…
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§ 12. Rules The Prudential Committee shall adopt rules that govern the administration, operation, an…
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§ 12. Annual budget, apportionment, assessment, taxes (a) The Board of Water Commissioners of the Di…
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§ 12. Municipalities authorized to vote for membership in the Green Mountain Transit Authority The f…
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§ 12. Quorum and rules (a) To transact business, a majority of all directors who are not all from th…
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§ 12.01. Sale of assets in regular course of business and mortgage of assets (a) A corporation may, …
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§ 12.01. Sale of the assets in regular course of activities and mortgage of assets (a) A corporation…
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§ 12.02. Sale of assets other than in regular course of business (a) A sale, lease, exchange, or oth…
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§ 12.02. Sale of assets other than in regular course of activities (a) A corporation may sell, lease…
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§ 12b. Redesignated.
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§ 13 General prohibition
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§ 13. Voting Each member of the Board of Supervisors shall be entitled to cast one vote for the muni…
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§ 13. Regulations for operating regulated shooting grounds 13.1. A regulated shooting ground shall b…
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§ 13. Vacancies to be filled by City Council In case of a vacancy in any ward office occasioned by d…
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§ 13. City Clerk The City Clerk shall perform for the City the same duties devolving by law upon tow…
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§ 13. Sewer Department authorization The Village is authorized to own, operate, control, and manage …
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§ 13. City Treasurer (a) The City Council shall appoint a City Treasurer. The City Treasurer shall h…
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§ 13. Official bonds The Treasurer, Constable, and collectors shall severally give good and sufficie…
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§ 13. Repealed.
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§ 13. Repeal of ordinances by referendum All Town ordinances, except those specified in section 16 o…
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§ 13. Use of streets by public utilities and private interests Every non-Springfield municipal publi…
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§ 13. Town meeting; elections (a) Applicability of general laws. Except as otherwise herein limited,…
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§ 13. Repealed.
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§ 13. Terms of office Each officer so appointed shall serve from the date he or she is appointed and…
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§ 13. Bylaws and regulations (a) The corporation may enact such bylaws and regulations as are expedi…
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§ 13. [Transitional provision relating to the Village’s approval of the charter] (Added 1886, No. 19…
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§ 13. Maintenance of library The Village may establish, keep, and maintain a free public library for…
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§ 13. Ordinances (a) No ordinance passed by the trustees shall be enforceable until notice thereof h…
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§ 13. Annual and special meetings (a) The annual meeting of the Village for the election of officers…
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§ 13. Fire Warden The fire wardens of the Village shall be present at all fires, having some disting…
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§ 13. Duties of Treasurer and Collector The Treasurer and Collector shall perform the same duties fo…
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§ 13. Village trustees The trustees shall be the governing board of the Village and shall have power…
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§ 13. Legal voters Every person who resides within the limits of the Village and is a legal voter in…
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§ 13. Highway district; construction agents (a) The Village of Woodstock shall constitute a highway …
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§ 13. Quorum For the purpose of transacting business, the presence of 50 percent of the municipal re…
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§ 13. Special meetings Special meetings of the Board of Supervisors may be called at any time by the…
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§ 13. Compensation of members of Board of Commissioners The District shall pay to the Board of Commi…
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§ 13. Special Board meetings Special meetings of the Board of Supervisors may be called at any time …
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§ 13. Office The St. George Fire District No. 1 office shall be maintained at the residence of the F…
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§ 13. Special tax assessment for payment of execution When a demand is made upon the District for th…
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§ 13. Other representation If Washington, Lamoille, Franklin, or Grand Isle County does not have a m…
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§ 13. Vacancy (a) A director may resign at any time by notice to the Chair of the Authority. In case…
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§ 13-1. Incorporation of district School District No. 4 in Middlebury, in the County of Addison, a c…
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§ 13.01. Definitions In this chapter: (1) “Corporation” means the issuer of the shares held by a dis…
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§ 13.01. Prohibited distributions Except as authorized by section 13.02 of this title, a corporation…
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§ 13.1. Powers and duties The City Assessor, elected for a term of two years, shall have the same po…
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§ 13.1. Deleted.
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§ 13-2. Merger of districts In order that a competent number of schools shall be maintained in the T…
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§ 13.02. Right to dissent (a) A shareholder is entitled to dissent from, and obtain payment of the f…
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§ 13.02. Authorized distributions (a) A mutual benefit corporation may purchase its memberships if a…
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§ 13-3. Transfer of real estate The Town School District is hereby authorized and empowered when the…
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§ 13.03. Dissent by nominees and beneficial owners (a) A record shareholder may assert dissenters’ r…
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§ 13-4. Records of Town School District The records of the Middlebury Town School District shall be …
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§ 13-5. School funds; State aid If the merger occurs, School District No. 4 in Middlebury shall be e…
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§ 13-6. Adoption of rules and regulations The Incorporated School District may make all such necessa…
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§ 13-7. Acceptance of scholars The Prudential Committee of the Incorporated School District may admi…
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§ 13-8. Officers and Prudential Committee The officers of the Incorporated School District shall be …
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§ 13-9. General provisions The general provisions of law pertaining to schools not inconsistent with…
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§ 13.20. Notice of dissenters’ rights (a) If proposed corporate action creating dissenters’ rights u…
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§ 13.21. Notice of intent to demand payment (a) If proposed corporate action creating dissenters’ ri…
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§ 13.22. Dissenters’ notice (a) If proposed corporate action creating dissenters’ rights under secti…
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§ 13.23. Duty to demand payment (a) A shareholder sent a dissenters’ notice described in section 13.…
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§ 13.24. Share restrictions (a) The corporation may restrict the transfer of uncertificated shares f…
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§ 13.25. Payment (a) Except as provided in section 13.27 of this title, as soon as the proposed corp…
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§ 13.26. Failure to take action (a) If the corporation does not take the proposed action within 60 d…
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§ 13.27. After-acquired shares (a) A corporation may elect to withhold payment required by section 1…
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§ 13.28. Procedure if shareholder dissatisfied with payment or offer (a) A dissenter may notify the …
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§ 13.30. Court action (a) If a demand for payment under section 13.28 of this title remains unsettle…
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§ 13.31. Court costs and counsel fees (a) The court in an appraisal proceeding commenced under secti…
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§ 14 Specific conflicts
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§ 14. Term All representatives to the Board of Supervisors shall hold office for one year and until …
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§ 14. Posting against hunting, fishing or trapping 14.1 Pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 5201(b) the Fish & W…
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§ 14. Water The City Manager and the aldermen who are designated as water commissioners are hereby e…
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§ 14. List of voters to be prepared; posting Preceding each annual or special City or ward or City d…
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§ 14. City Treasurer The City Treasurer shall have the same powers and be subject to the same liabil…
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§ 14. Assessor The Assessor shall be a professionally qualified real estate appraiser or appraisal f…
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§ 14. Moderator A Moderator shall be elected for a term of one year and shall perform all duties req…
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§ 14. Covered bridges; increased penalty for violation of legal limits resulting in damage Notwithst…
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§ 14. Severability The sections of this charter and the parts thereof are severable. If any portion …
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§ 14. Local elected officials (a) Elective offices. Local elective offices to be filled by the voter…
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§ 14. Board of Listers (a) The Board of Listers shall consist of three listers, one elected each yea…
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§ 14. General prohibition No elected or appointed Town officer or employee of the Town shall be bene…
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§ 14. Penalties; charter and bylaws Fines, forfeitures, and penalties imposed for violations of any …
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§ 14. Water supply; powers; eminent domain The Village of Enosburg Falls shall have and exercise the…
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§ 14. Power to borrow money The Village at an annual or a special meeting called for that purpose is…
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§ 14. Village as Town highway district (a) All the territory embraced within the limits of the Villa…
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§ 14. Residence All persons qualified to vote in a Town meeting of the Town of Morristown who reside…
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§ 14. Hook and ladder company The trustees of the Village may organize one fire and hook and ladder …
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§ 14. Duties of auditors The auditors shall, previous to each annual Village meeting, examine and ad…
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§ 14. Electric Department authorization (a) The Village is authorized to acquire, purchase, own, con…
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§ 14. Village trustees; fiscal oversight The trustees shall audit, and in their discretion allow, th…
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§ 14. Bylaws The Village corporation may adopt, amend, or repeal any bylaws relating only to the fun…
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§ 14. Highway taxes Two-thirds of the highway taxes assessed by the Selectboard, or voted by the Tow…
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§ 14. Voting Each representative in attendance at a meeting of the Board of Supervisors at which a q…
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§ 14. Quorum For the purpose of transacting business, the presence of members whose accumulated vote…
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§ 14. Voting Each member of the Board of Commissioners shall be entitled to cast one vote for every …
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§ 14. Quorum For the purpose of transacting business, the presence of members who represent more tha…
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§ 14. Debts and liabilities of member towns No debt or liabilities of a town that is a member of the…
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§ 14. Officers The officers of the Authority shall be the Chair and the Vice Chair of the Board of D…
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§ 14.01. Dissolution by incorporators or initial directors A majority of the incorporators or initia…
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§ 14.01. Dissolution by incorporators or directors (a) A majority of the incorporators or directors …
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§ 14.02. Dissolution by board of directors and shareholders (a) A corporation’s board of directors m…
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§ 14.02. Dissolution by directors, members (a) Unless this title, the articles, bylaws, or the board…
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§ 14.03. Articles of dissolution; content of notice; notice to Department of Labor regarding unpaid …
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§ 14.03. Articles of dissolution (a) At any time after dissolution is authorized, the corporation ma…
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§ 14.04. Revocation of dissolution (a) A corporation may revoke its dissolution within 120 days of i…
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§ 14.04. Revocation of dissolution (a) A corporation may revoke its dissolution within 120 days of i…
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§ 14.05. Effect of dissolution (a) A dissolved corporation continues its corporate existence but may…
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§ 14.05. Effect of dissolution (a) A dissolved corporation continues its corporate existence but may…
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§ 14.06. Known claims against dissolved corporation (a) A dissolved corporation may dispose of the k…
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§ 14.06. Known claims against dissolved corporation (a) A dissolved corporation may dispose of the k…
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§ 14.07. Unknown claims against dissolved corporation (a) A dissolved corporation may also send and …
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§ 14.07. Unknown claims against dissolved corporation (a) A dissolved corporation may also publish n…
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§ 14.08. Payment and distribution to claimants and shareholders (a)(1) A dissolved corporation or su…
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§ 14.09. Tax liabilities (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a corporation’s l…
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§ 14.20. Involuntary termination (a) A corporation, which fails to file an annual report required by…
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§ 14.20. Involuntary termination The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under section 14.2…
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§ 14.21. Procedure for and effect of involuntary termination (a) Upon determining that one or more g…
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§ 14.22. Reinstatement following involuntary dissolution (a) A corporation involuntarily dissolved t…
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§ 14.23. Appeal from denial of reinstatement (a) The Secretary of State, upon denying a corporation’…
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§ 14.30. Grounds for judicial dissolution The Superior Court may dissolve a corporation: (1) in a pr…
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§ 14.30. Grounds for judicial dissolution (a) The Superior Court may dissolve a corporation: (1) in …
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§ 14.31. Procedure for judicial dissolution (a) Venue for a proceeding by the Attorney General to di…
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§ 14.31. Procedure for judicial dissolution (a) Venue for a proceeding by the Attorney General to di…
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§ 14.32. Receivership or custodianship (a) A court in a judicial proceeding brought to dissolve a co…
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§ 14.32. Receivership or custodianship (a) A court in a judicial proceeding brought to dissolve a co…
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§ 14.33. Decree of dissolution (a) If after a hearing the court determines that one or more grounds …
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§ 14.33. Decree of dissolution (a) If after a hearing the court determines that one or more grounds …
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§ 14.40. Deposit with State Treasurer Assets of a dissolved corporation that should be transferred t…
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§ 14.40. Deposit with State Treasurer Assets of a dissolved corporation that should be transferred t…
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§ 15 Specific prohibition
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§ 15. Vacancy Any vacancy on the Board of Supervisors shall be filled within 30 days after the vacan…
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§ 15. Rule governing public use of Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department Lands 1.0 Authority. 1.1 Thi…
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§ 15. Bonded debt [Transitional Provisions]
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§ 15. Notice of meeting to alter or correct list required Whenever any checklist of voters shall be …
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§ 15. Constable The Constable shall have the same powers and be under the same duties and liabilitie…
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§ 15. Conflict of interest No elective or appointive official or employee of the City shall be benef…
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§ 15. Repealed.
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§ 15. Record book of ordinances The Town Clerk shall prepare and keep in the Clerk’s office and in t…
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§ 15. Redesignated.
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§ 15. Appointed nonadministrative officials (a) General provisions applying to appointed positions. …
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§ 15. Moderator A Moderator shall be elected for a term of one year and shall perform all duties req…
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§ 15. Specific conflicts A Town officer shall be disqualified from any proceeding in which his or he…
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§ 15. Taxes The Village may, at any annual or special meeting called in whole or in part for that pu…
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§ 15. Water supply; takings When the Village shall vote, in a meeting duly warned for that purpose, …
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§ 15. Bylaws The Village, at an annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose, may make, al…
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§ 15. Village trustees; license granting authority The trustees of the Village shall have the same p…
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§ 15. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the corporation shall commence on the first day of January and …
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§ 15. Grand list The trustees may make a grand list for the Village at any time prior to voting a ta…
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§ 15. Further duties of auditor; police officers, how appointed and removed; their powers and duties…
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§ 15. Chief Engineer and Fire Department (a) The Chief Engineer of the Fire Department and the Chief…
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§ 15. Fire Department authorization The Village is authorized to own, operate, control, and manage a…
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§ 15. Prosecutions A fine not exceeding $20.00 with costs of prosecution may be imposed by the corpo…
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§ 15. Sewer system (a) The Village shall have power to establish a system of sewerage. (b) The Villa…
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§ 15. Term All representatives and alternate representatives to the Board of Supervisors shall hold …
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§ 15. Voting (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each member of the Board of Superviso…
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§ 15. Terms of office Each commissioner and alternate commissioner shall serve for a term of two yea…
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§ 15. Voting Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each member of the Board of Supervisors s…
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§ 15. Tax exemption Property of the District shall be exempt from all taxation by any town. (Added 1…
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§ 15. Bond Within 30 days of their election or appointment, all officers shall post bond in such amo…
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§ 15-1. Establishment of District All of the Town of Bennington which is included within the limits …
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§ 15.01. Authority to transact business required (a) A foreign corporation may not transact business…
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§ 15.01. Authority to transact business required (a) A foreign corporation may not transact business…
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§ 15.1. Boards and commissions There shall be maintained in the City an Assessor, a Board of Health,…
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§ 15.1. Water Department The Water Department shall be operated in accordance with the general laws …
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§ 15-2. Prudential Committee The Prudential Committee shall consist of five persons, and at the annu…
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§ 15.02. Consequences of transacting business without authority (a) A foreign corporation transactin…
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§ 15.02. Consequences of transacting business without authority (a) A foreign corporation transactin…
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§ 15.2. Appointed officers; two-year term (a) The Mayor shall appoint a City Clerk, a City Attorney,…
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§ 15.2. Severability The sections of this charter and the parts hereof are severable. If any portion…
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§ 15-3. Authority to make rules and establish schools The Graded School District may make bylaws, ru…
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§ 15.03. Application for certificate of authority (a) A foreign corporation may apply for a certific…
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§ 15.03. Application for certificate of authority (a) A foreign corporation may apply for a certific…
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§ 15.3. Annual appointments (a) The Mayor shall annually in the month of March appoint one cemetery …
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§ 15-4. Distribution of public funds In the distribution of public moneys, that portion which may be…
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§ 15.04. Amended certificate of authority (a) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business …
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§ 15.04. Amended certificate of authority (a) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business …
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§ 15.4. Confirmation of appointment (a) Unless otherwise provided, all appointments authorized to be…
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§ 15-5. Additional districts If any other school district or districts in the Town of Bennington or …
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§ 15.05. Effect of certificate of authority (a) A certificate of authority authorizes the foreign co…
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§ 15.05. Effect of certificate of authority (a) A certificate of authority authorizes the foreign co…
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§ 15.5. Term of office (a) All elective officers, including ward officers and school commissioners, …
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§ 15.06. Corporate name of foreign corporation (a) If the corporate name of a foreign corporation do…
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§ 15.06. Corporate name of foreign corporation (a) If the corporate name of a foreign corporation do…
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§ 15.6. Discipline of employees and appointed officers All discipline of employees and appointed off…
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§ 15.07. Registered office and registered agent for service of process of foreign corporation Each f…
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§ 15.07. Registered office and registered agent for service of process of foreign corporation Each f…
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§ 15.7. Vacancies (a) In case of vacancy for any cause in any appointive office, such vacancy shall …
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§ 15.08. Change of registered office or registered agent for service of process of foreign corporati…
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§ 15.08. Change of registered office or registered agent for service of process of foreign corporati…
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§ 15.8. Conflicting offices The Mayor, Aldermen, and members of the Board of School Commissioners sh…
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§ 15.09. Resignation of registered agent for service of process of foreign corporation The registere…
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§ 15.09. Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation The registered agent of a foreign co…
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§ 15.9. Compensation The Board of Aldermen shall fix the annual compensation for all City officers e…
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§ 15.10. Service of process on foreign corporation A foreign corporation is subject to the service o…
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§ 15.10. Service on foreign corporation A foreign corporation is subject to the service of process p…
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§ 15.10. Bonds of City officers (a) All employees of the City who receive or disburse any of the fun…
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§ 15.11. Oath of officers All officers of the City shall, before assuming office, take, subscribe, a…
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§ 15.12. Residency requirement (a) The application of a residence requirement upon commencement of e…
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§ 15.20. Withdrawal of foreign corporation (a) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business…
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§ 15.20. Withdrawal of foreign corporation (a) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business…
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§ 15.30. Involuntary termination (a) The Secretary of State shall terminate the certificate of autho…
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§ 15.30. Involuntary termination (a) The Secretary of State shall terminate the certificate of autho…
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§ 15.31. [Reserved]
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§ 15.31. [Reserved.]
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§ 15.32. Appeal from involuntary termination (a) If the Secretary of State does not cancel the termi…
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§ 15.32. Appeal from revocation (a) A foreign corporation may appeal the Secretary of State’s revoca…
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§ 15.33. Involuntary termination by judicial proceeding Upon petition by the Attorney General, the S…
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§ 16 Announcing a conflict
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§ 16. City Court There may be holden in said City, from time to time, as occasion arises, a City Cou…
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§ 16. Rules of procedure The Board of Supervisors may adopt rules that shall govern at all meetings.…
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§ 16. Suspension of licenses: Enforcement of child support orders, 15 V.S.A.
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§ 16. Additions or corrections permitted The Board for Registration of Voters shall, pursuant to the…
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§ 16. Department of Assessment There shall be a Department of Assessment, which shall consist of a C…
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§ 16. Ordinances; authority to enact (a) The City Council may make, alter, amend, or repeal any reso…
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§ 16. Clerk (a) The Clerk shall be elected for a period of three years. He or she shall: (1) maintai…
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§ 16. Nonapplicability to zoning and subdivision regulations Sections 12 and 13 of this charter shal…
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§ 16. Redesignated.
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§ 16. The Town Manager (a) Appointment. The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Manager. (b) Qualificat…
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§ 16. Town Clerk (a) The Town Clerk shall be elected for a three-year term and shall: (1) receive fe…
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§ 16. Specific prohibitions A Town officer who is disqualified by virtue of a conflict of interest s…
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§ 16. Tax abatement The Board for the Abatement of Taxes shall consist of the Board of Trustees, Pre…
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§ 16. Orders; recordation Orders and proceedings of the Selectboard, under the provisions of section…
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§ 16. Village taxing authority on ratable estate (a) The Village may, at any annual meeting or speci…
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§ 16. Waterworks (a) The Village shall have such powers, and the trustees shall have such duties, wi…
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§ 16. Competency to hold Village office No member of the Village shall be deemed thereby incompetent…
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§ 16. Powers and duties of the Board of Fire Wardens The Chief Engineer, first and second assistant …
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§ 16. Police Department authorization The Village is authorized to own, operate, control, and manage…
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§ 16. Village trustees; power to appoint The trustees shall have authority to appoint annually and t…
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§ 16. Village organization; termination; reestablishment The Village of Westminster as established b…
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§ 16. Vacancy Any vacancy on the Board of Supervisors or in an alternate representative position sha…
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§ 16. Legislative authority The Legislature of this State reserves the power hereafter to alter, ame…
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§ 16. Term All representatives to the Board of Supervisors shall hold office for one year and until …
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§ 16. Administrative personnel The Board of Commissioners may appoint a Manager and such other perso…
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§ 16. Term All representatives to the Board of Supervisors shall hold office for one year beginning …
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§ 16. Indebtedness (a)(1) The District may incur indebtedness for public improvements and other purp…
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§ 16. Public Safety Director The Board shall appoint a Public Safety Director, based on experience a…
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§ 16.01. Corporate powers (a) A corporation shall keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings …
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§ 16.01. Corporate records (a) A corporation shall keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings…
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§ 16.1. Duties The City Clerk shall perform for the City the same duties devolving under the law of …
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§ 16.02. Inspection of records by shareholders (a) A shareholder of a corporation is entitled to ins…
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§ 16.02. Inspection of records by members (a) Subject to subsection 16.03(c) of this title, a member…
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§ 16.2. Public records (a) Public records shall not be taken out of or away from the City Clerk’s of…
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§ 16.03. Scope of inspection right (a) A shareholder’s agent or attorney has the same inspection and…
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§ 16.03. Scope of inspection right (a) A member’s agent or attorney has the same inspection and copy…
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§ 16.3. Certification of publication Whenever any notice signed by the Mayor, Board of Aldermen, or …
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§ 16.04. Court-ordered inspection (a) If a corporation does not allow a shareholder who complies wit…
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§ 16.04. Court-ordered inspection (a) If a corporation does not allow a member who complies with sub…
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§ 16.05. Limitations on use of membership list (a) Without consent of the board, a membership list o…
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§ 16.20. Financial statements for shareholders (a) A corporation shall furnish its shareholders annu…
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§ 16.20. Financial statements for members (a) A corporation upon written demand from a member shall …
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§ 16.21. Other reports to shareholders (a) If a corporation indemnifies or advances expenses to a di…
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§ 16.21. Report of indemnification to members If a corporation indemnifies or advances expenses to a…
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§ 16.22. Annual report for Secretary of State (a) Each domestic corporation, and each foreign corpor…
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§ 16.22. Biennial report for Secretary of State (a) Each domestic corporation, and each foreign corp…
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§ 17 Determination of conflict by other than the Town officer
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§ 17. Severability The sections of this charter and the parts thereof are separable. If any portion …
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§ 17. Announcing a conflict If a Town officer recognizes that he or she might have a conflict of int…
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§ 17. Compensation of members of Board of Supervisors Each member municipality shall pay to its repr…
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§ 17. Rule governing the importation and possession of cervids from chronic wasting disease endemic …
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§ 17. Chief Administrative Officer to post lists; copies to be filed in Chief Administrative Officer…
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§ 17. Auditors The auditors shall examine and adjust the accounts of the Treasurer and all other Cit…
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§ 17. Ordinances; introduction; first and second readings; public hearings (a) Every ordinance shall…
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§ 17. Town manager; appointment; term A Town Manager shall be the Chief Administrative Officer of th…
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§ 17. Redesignated.
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§ 17. Town Treasurer (a) The Town Treasurer shall be elected for a three-year term, and shall: (1) r…
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§ 17. Police Department (a) The Board of Trustees, and in its stead, the Village Manager, when appoi…
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§ 17. Damage award; appeal If the owner of the pond, spring, stream, water source, water right, land…
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§ 17. Borrowing funds The Village at any annual meeting, or any special meeting called for that purp…
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§ 17. Definitions The following terms when used in this subchapter shall have the following meaning:…
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§ 17. Date of annual meeting The annual meeting of the corporation for the choice of officers and fo…
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§ 17. Ordinances, regulations, and bylaws Said Village shall have power to make, establish, alter, o…
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§ 17. Rules of construction (a) Where the general law and this law conflict, this chapter shall appl…
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§ 17. Police officers The police officers shall have the same power and authority as conservators of…
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§ 17. Rules of procedures Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Robert’s Rules of Order shal…
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§ 17. Vacancy Any vacancy on the Board of Supervisors shall be filled within 30 days after such vaca…
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§ 17. Election The Board of Commissioners annually shall elect from among its members a Chair, Vice …
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§ 17. Vacancy Any vacancy on the Board of Supervisors shall be filled within 30 days after such vaca…
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§ 17. Changes in membership; inclusion of additional towns (a) When a majority of voters of a town p…
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§ 17. Chair The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board and shall make and sign all contrac…
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§ 17-1. Incorporation; boundaries Such portions of the Town of Barton as were included within the li…
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§ 17.01. Application to existing domestic corporations The provisions of this title shall apply to a…
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§ 17.1. City Purchasing Agent (a) The City Purchasing Agent shall be a City employee under the direc…
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§ 17-2. Officers; trustees The School District at its first annual meeting shall elect three Trustee…
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§ 17.02. Application to qualified foreign corporations A foreign corporation authorized to transact …
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§ 17.2. Contractual authority The City Purchasing Agent is authorized to enter into contracts for th…
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§ 17-3. Annual meeting All annual meetings of the School District shall be held on the second Tuesda…
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§ 17.03. Savings provisions (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the repeal of …
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§ 17.3. Requisitions (a) All purchases made under section 17.1 of this charter shall be made upon wr…
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§ 17-4. Powers of officers All persons elected to the office of Collector, Treasurer, and Auditors s…
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§ 17.04. Severability If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumsta…
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§ 17.4. Bidding procedures (a) No board or officer of the City shall incur any indebtedness or enter…
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§ 17-5. Bylaws, rules, and regulations; District The Orleans School District may make such bylaws, r…
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§ 17.05. Public benefit and mutual benefit corporations Each domestic corporation existing on the ef…
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§ 17.5. Specifications The department head shall prepare specifications for all supplies, materials,…
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§ 17-6. Bylaws, rules, and regulations; Trustees The Trustees may make such bylaws, rules, and regul…
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§ 17.6. Professional services (a) For contracts requiring professional services or specialization, o…
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§ 17-7. Gifts, benefactions, legacies, and endowments The School District is hereby empowered to rec…
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§ 17-8. Public money In the distribution of the public moneys for the support of schools, the school…
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§ 17-9. Public act; effective date This act shall be under the control of future legislation to alte…
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§§ 17-25. [Repealed.]
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§ 18 Appointment of alternate officers
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§ 18. Absence rule Any supervisor who fails to attend three consecutive Board meetings without notic…
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§ 18. Governing the importation and possession of wild animals, excluding fish 1.0 Authority. 1.1 Th…
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§ 18. Compensation of members of Board of Supervisors Each member municipality shall pay to its repr…
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§ 18. Copies of list to be given inspectors After all such additions, alterations, and corrections s…
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§ 18. City grand jurors The City grand jurors shall be complaining officers and shall have the same …
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§ 18. Ordinances; authority enumerated The general grant of ordinance promulgating authority in sect…
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§ 18. Removal of the Town Manager The Manager may be removed by a majority vote of the full Selectbo…
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§ 18. Repealed.
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§ 18. Local options tax The Selectboard is authorized to impose a one percent sales tax, a one perce…
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§ 18. Repealed.
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§ 18. Determination of conflict by other than the Town officer If undeniable reason for an officer t…
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§ 18. Fire Department The Board of Trustees, and in its stead, the Village Manager when appointed pu…
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§ 18. Judicial review If a person having an interest in a pond, spring, stream, water source, water …
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§ 18. Abatement of taxes; remittance of fines or forfeitures The trustees of the Village shall have …
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§ 18. Electric plant; authority to operate, improve, extend, better, and add to existing plant The V…
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§ 18. [Transitional provision]
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§ 18. Bylaws, rules, and ordinances, when recorded to be the prima facie evidence The bylaws, rules,…
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§ 18. Severability If any provisions of this chapter shall for any reason be held invalid, that inva…
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§ 18. Superintendents of Village departments The superintendents of Village departments shall be imm…
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§ 18. Rules of procedures Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Roberts Rules of Order, as a…
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§ 18. Bond Prior to assuming their offices, all officers shall post fidelity bonds in such amounts a…
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§ 18. Rules of procedures Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the most recent version of R…
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§ 18. Withdrawal from the District (a) A town that is a member of the District may vote to withdraw …
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§ 18. Vice Chair The Vice Chair shall preside during the absence of the Chair or in the event the Ch…
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§ 18.1. Duties The City Attorney shall be Corporation Counsel, Chief Union Negotiator, and shall pro…
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§ 18.2. Grand juror and Assistant City Attorney The City Grand Juror shall prosecute violations of o…
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§ 19 Notice of vacancy during unexpired term
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§ 19. Conflict of interest No person being a resident or taxpayer of the Village shall thereby be de…
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§ 19. Telephone participation If approved by the Board of Supervisors, any member of the Board may p…
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§ 19. Rule governing the importation and possession of animals for taking by hunting 1.0 Authority a…
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§ 19. Designation of polling places At least 30 days prior to a local, primary, or general election,…
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§ 19. Overseer of the Poor [This section, originally enacted as § 19 of No. 273 of the Laws of 1917,…
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§ 19. Ordinances; City Council to establish penalty The City Council may provide a penalty for the v…
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§ 19. Oath and bond Before entering into the duties of his or her office, the Town Manager shall be …
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§ 19. Officers The officers of the District shall be the Chair and the Vice Chair of the Board of Su…
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§ 19. Redesignated.
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§ 19. Appointment of Fire Chief, Police Chief, and Director of Public Safety The Police Chief, Fire …
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§ 19. Town Manager (a) The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Manager in accordance with the provision…
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§ 19. Appointment of alternate officers The Selectboard may appoint an alternate Town officer to ser…
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§ 19. Water Department The Village may maintain a Water Department for the purpose of supplying its …
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§ 19. Applicability of State law To the extent not otherwise inconsistent with this charter, the pro…
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§ 19. Electric plant; regulation The Village’s operation of its electric plant, as defined herein, s…
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§ 19. [Transitional provision]
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§ 19. Power of trustees in laying out streets, sidewalks, etc.; damages therefor, how recovered The …
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§ 19. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the Village shall be from January 1 through the following Decem…
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§ 19. Village Building Inspector Within the Village limits, the Building Inspector shall have author…
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§ 19. Compensation of members of Board of Supervisors Each member municipality may pay to its repres…
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§ 19. Chair The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Commissioners. The Chair shall a…
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§ 19. Compensation of members of Board of Supervisors Each member municipality shall pay to its repr…
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§ 19. Acting chair When both the Chair and Vice Chair are either absent or elect not to preside, the…
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§ 19. Amendments This chapter may be amended in accordance with the terms and provisions of 17 V.S.A…
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§ 19-1. Incorporation of district School Districts Number 2 of Jericho and Number 3 of Underhill are…
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§ 19.1. [Repealed.]
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§ 19-2. Officers The officers of the graded school district shall be the same as are or may be provi…
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§ 19.2. Duties of the Director of Emergency Management The Emergency Management Director is responsi…
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§ 19-3. First election The first election of officers of the Graded School District may be held at a…
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§ 19.3. Duties of the Equal Employment Opportunity Officer The Equal Employment Opportunity Officer …
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§ 19-4. Annual meeting The annual meeting of the Graded School District shall be held each year on t…
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§ 19.4. [Repealed.]
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§ 19-5. Adoption of rules and bylaws; acceptance of scholars The Prudential Committee of the Graded …
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§ 19.5. Duties of the Community Development Director The Community Development Director is an admini…
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§ 19-6. Transfer of property The Trustees of Bell Institute are hereby authorized, by a vote at a me…
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§ 19-7. Effective date This act shall take effect from passage.
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§ 19a. Rule governing the transition of the relevant captive hunt facility to compliance with 10 V.S.A.
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§ 20 Newspaper publication
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§ 20. Village Constable An office of Village Constable is established in the Village of North Troy. …
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§ 20. Officers The officers of the District shall be the Chair and the Vice Chair of the Board of Su…
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§ 20. Aerial Hunting 1.0 Authority This rule is adopted pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 4081(a). In adopting…
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§ 20. Ward clerk to keep records; certificates of election to be furnished successful candidates; el…
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§ 20. Superintendent of Streets The Superintendent of Streets, under the direction of the City Counc…
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§ 20. Ordinances; enforcement (a) The violation of an ordinance, regulation, or bylaw adopted by the…
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§ 20. Responsibilities of the Town Manager in general The Town Manager shall be accountable to the S…
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§ 20. Bond Prior to assuming their offices, all officers shall post bond in such amounts as shall be…
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§ 20. Repealed.
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§ 20. Host town agreements A facility certified under 10 V.S.A. chapter 159 shall enter into a host …
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§ 20. Notice of vacancy during an expired or unexpired term (a) In order to inform citizens of the T…
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§ 20. Water rates For the purpose of the support of said Water Department, and to ensure the payment…
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§ 20. Bylaws; water The Village may, at any legally warned meeting, enact and adopt bylaws and regul…
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§ 20. Imposition of fines and forfeitures (a) Fines, penalties, and forfeitures up to and including …
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§ 20. Energy conservation and management facilities The Village is authorized and empowered to provi…
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§ 20. Power of trustees in laying sewers; proceedings by persons dissatisfied Whenever the public he…
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§ 20. Property By action of the Board of Trustees, the Village may acquire property within or withou…
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§ 20. Village trustee meetings The trustees shall meet regularly at suitable times to enact ordinanc…
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§ 20. Officers The officers of the District shall be the Chair and the Vice Chair of the Board of Su…
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§ 20. Vice Chair During the absence of or inability of the Chair to perform his or her duties, the V…
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§ 20. Officers The Board of Supervisors annually shall elect from among its members a Chair, Vice Ch…
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§ 20. Separability of provisions (a) If any section, clause, or provision of this chapter shall be h…
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§ 20. Secretary (a) The Secretary of the Authority shall be appointed by the Board. The Secretary, w…
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§ 20.01. Law applicable This chapter shall apply only to close corporations organized under this cha…
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§ 20.1. Membership and duties (a) The Mayor, the President of the Board of Aldermen, and the City Tr…
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§ 20.02. Close corporation defined A close corporation is a corporation organized under this chapter…
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§ 20.2. Custody of public buildings (a) The Board of Finance shall also have the care and control of…
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§ 20.03. Incorporation of a close corporation A close corporation shall be formed in accordance with…
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§ 20.3. Records The Board of Finance shall cause full and accurate records of all meetings thereof a…
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§ 20.04. Election of existing corporation to become a close corporation (a) Any corporation organize…
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§ 20.05. Additional articles of incorporation (a) The articles of incorporation of a close corporati…
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§ 20.06. Bylaws A close corporation need not adopt bylaws if provisions required by law to be contai…
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§ 20.07. Annual meeting (a) The annual meeting date for a close corporation is the first business da…
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§ 20.08. Elimination of board of directors (a) A close corporation may operate without a board of di…
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§ 20.09. Shareholder agreements (a) If the articles of incorporation so provide pursuant to section …
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§ 20.10. Merger or consolidation (a) A plan of merger that if effected would terminate the close cor…
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§ 20.11. Limitations on continuation of close corporation status The status of a close corporation s…
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§ 20.12. Voluntary termination of close corporation status by amendment of articles of incorporation…
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§ 20.13. Shareholders’ option to dissolve corporation (a) The articles of incorporation of any close…
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§ 20.14. Involuntary termination of close corporation status; proceeding to prevent loss of status (…
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§ 20.15. Judicial dissolution (a) The Superior Court of the county in which the registered office of…
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§ 20.16. Special voting requirements (a) Unless a provision of this chapter specifically provides ot…
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§ 21 Separability
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§ 21. Legislative body The Town of Readsboro shall be managed by the Selectboard, which shall be its…
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§ 21. Bond Prior to assuming their offices, the District shall secure appropriate public official bo…
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§ 21. Bond Prior to assuming their offices, all officers shall post bond in amounts as shall be dete…
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§ 21. Seasons, bag limits Game birds of the species listed in column one of the Table set forth belo…
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§ 21. Duties of election inspectors It shall be the duty of their inspectors of election to be prese…
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§ 21. City Attorney It shall be the duty of the City Attorney to prosecute and defend all suits by o…
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§ 21. Ordinances; court authorized to order abatement In any prosecution for a nuisance arising unde…
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§ 21. Powers and duties in particular The Town Manager shall have power, and it shall be his or her …
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§ 21. Scope In pertinent part, this charter provides the following subchapters: (3) General provisio…
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§ 21. Applicability of general law (a) All provisions of the Constitution and general laws of the St…
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§ 21. General The officers of the Town of Lyndon shall be those provided by law, except as otherwise…
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§ 21. Governmental authority All governmental authority of the Town rests ultimately with the citize…
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§ 21. Redesignated.
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§ 21. Property taxes Real and personal property taxes shall be paid in four installments to the Town…
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§ 21. Fiscal year The fiscal year shall begin the first day of July and end the last day of June, un…
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§ 21. Newspaper publication The Selectboard may publish notices of vacancies in a newspaper of gener…
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§ 21. Application of water management The rents and receipts of said corporation for the use of wate…
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§ 21. Officers (a) The officers of the corporation shall be a Board of three Trustees, a Clerk, a Tr…
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§ 21. Malicious disturbance or interference Any person who shall maliciously disturb or injure the a…
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§ 21. Officers and boards The officers of said Village shall consist of three trustees who shall con…
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§ 21. Violations of Village ordinances Violations of the Village ordinances and bylaws may be prosec…
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§ 21. Communications plant; authority to acquire, construct, operate, improve, extend, and better (a…
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§ 21. Chair The Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall be the chief executive officer of the Distri…
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§ 21. Assessment and collection of taxes Said corporation may at any annual or special meeting calle…
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§ 21. Ordinances (a) All rules, ordinances, regulations, and bylaws of the Village of Swanton in eff…
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§ 21. Village ordinances taking effect (a) No ordinance passed by the trustees shall be enforceable …
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§ 21. Bond Prior to assuming their offices, all officers shall post bond in such amounts as shall be…
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§ 21. Vacancy During the absence or inability of the Vice Chair to render or perform his or her duti…
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§ 21. Ratification and validation The ratification of 1971 Acts and Resolves No. 135 by the District…
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§ 21. Treasurer (a) The Treasurer of the Authority shall be appointed by the Board. The Treasurer, w…
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§ 21-1. Incorporation of district The City of Vergennes as the city is bounded, is hereby incorporat…
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§ 21.01. Short title This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Vermont Benefit Corporatio…
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§ 21.1. Requirements (a) All officers, boards, and departments of the City shall be subject to audit…
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§ 21.02. Law applicable (a) This chapter shall apply only to a domestic corporation meeting the defi…
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§ 21.03. Definitions (a) As used in this chapter: (1) “Benefit corporation” means a corporation as d…
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§ 21.04. Incorporation of a benefit corporation A benefit corporation shall be formed in accordance …
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§ 21.05. Election of existing corporation to become a benefit corporation Any corporation organized …
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§ 21.06. Merger and share exchange (a) A plan of merger or share exchange that if effected would ter…
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§ 21.07. Termination of benefit corporation status by amendment of articles of incorporation; vote r…
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§ 21.08. Corporate purpose (a) A benefit corporation shall have the purpose of creating general publ…
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§ 21.09. Standard of conduct for directors (a) Each director of a benefit corporation, in dischargin…
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§ 21.10. Benefit director (a) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, the board of dir…
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§ 21.11. Standard of conduct for officers (a) An officer of a benefit corporation shall consider the…
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§ 21.12. Benefit officer A benefit corporation may have an officer designated the “benefit officer” …
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§ 21.13. Right of action (a) The duties of directors and officers under this chapter and the general…
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§ 21.14. Annual benefit report (a) A benefit corporation shall deliver to each shareholder, in a for…
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§ 22 Amendment
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§ 22. General powers Said Board shall have all the powers and authority given to it under and by vir…
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§ 22. Chair The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Supervisors and shall sign contr…
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§ 22. Chair The Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall be the chief executive officer of the Distri…
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§ 22. Turkey Seasons [Effective January 1, 2026] 1.0 Authority 1.1 This rule is adopted pursuant to …
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§ 22. Ballots For all City or ward or City district elections, and also for the election of justices…
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§ 22. Board of Fire Wardens The Board of Fire Wardens, or any one of them who may be present at a fi…
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§ 22. Ordinances; offenders may be liable in damages A person violating any ordinance, regulation, o…
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§ 22. Noninterference with administration (a) Except for emergencies and for the purpose of inquirie…
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§ 22. Officers (a) The Town of Cavendish shall have the officers as provided for towns by general la…
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§ 22. Elected officers The municipal officers elected by the Town shall be: (1) five members of the …
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§ 22. Town meeting; elections (a) [Repealed.] (b) Meetings and Elections. (1) Annual Town meeting. (…
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§ 22. Tax collections The Town Treasurer shall collect real and personal property taxes and penalty …
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§ 22. Budget preparation (a) The Town Administrator shall submit a proposed budget for the ensuing y…
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§ 22. Separability If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of the cha…
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§ 22. Minard’s Pond It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person or persons to go upon or int…
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§ 22. Powers of trustees; general The Board of Trustees shall have the general care and management o…
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§ 22. Water rights; leasing and selling The Village may, at any legally warned meeting, authorize th…
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§ 22. Board of Trustees; duties The Board of Trustees shall have the general care and management of …
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§ 22. Village Manager The Village may at a properly warned Village meeting vote to accept a Village …
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§ 22. Communications plant; operation and regulation (a) The Village’s operation of its communicatio…
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§ 22. Vice Chair During the absence or inability of the Chair to render or perform his or her duties…
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§ 22. Power of trustees in granting licenses The trustees of said Village shall have the sole power …
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§ 22. Officers and employees of the Village All elected and appointed officers of the Village on the…
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§ 22. Ordinances and bylaws; inconsistencies All regulations enacted and adopted by the inhabitants …
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§ 22. Chair The Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall be the chief executive officer of the Distri…
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§ 22. Secretary The Secretary shall have the custody of the public records of the District and shall…
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§ 22. Grand Juror (a) The Board may appoint a Grand Juror who shall inquire into any person’s offens…
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§ 22.1. Police Commission and Police Department The Police Commission shall consist of five legal vo…
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§ 22.2. Powers and duties of Police Commission The Police Commission shall have the jurisdiction and…
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§ 22.3. Eligibility of police commissioners No person shall serve as a police commissioner who has a…
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§ 22.4. Chief, appointment, removal The Police Commission shall appoint a Chief of Police who shall …
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§ 22.5. Powers and duties of Chief Subject to the authority of the Police Commission, the Chief of P…
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§ 22.6. Temporary absence of Chief In the event of temporary absence of the Chief of Police, the dut…
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§ 22.7. Regular police officers; appointment (a) All applicants for positions on the police force, e…
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§ 22.8. Tenure All members of the regular police force, now serving or who shall hereinafter be appo…
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§ 22.9. Special police officers In addition to the regular police force, the Chief of Police shall h…
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§ 22.10. Compensation The compensation of all members of the Police Department, including that of Ch…
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§ 22.11. Suspension The Chief of Police shall have the power, for disciplinary purposes, to suspend …
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§ 22.12. Service of criminal process All police officers shall have the authority in criminal causes…
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§ 22.13. Political activities No member of the Police Department of the City of Rutland shall act as…
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§ 22.14. Vehicle replacement It shall be the duty of the Police Commission through the Chief of Poli…
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§ 22.15. Monthly meetings The Police Commission shall meet at least once a month.
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§ 23. Vice Chair During the absence or inability of the Chair to render or perform his or her duties…
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§ 23. Methods of taking, possessing and transporting migratory game birds 1.0 Scope of Regulations. …
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§ 23. Retained ballots to be delivered to inspectors on demand In case the inspectors of election in…
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§ 23. City Council powers The City Council shall have power to make, establish, alter, amend, or rep…
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§ 23. Taxation (a) The City Council shall assess such taxes upon the inhabitants of the City and the…
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§ 23. Filling of a vacancy Any vacancy in the Office of Town Manager shall be filled as soon as prac…
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§ 23. Town Manager system Until and unless the Town of Cavendish shall reject the same by a majority…
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§ 23. Qualifications of officers All elected officers shall be legally qualified voters of the Town,…
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§ 23. Specific powers Without limiting any of its duly vested powers and authority, the Selectboard …
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§ 23. Local elected officials (a) Local elective offices to be filled by the registered voters of th…
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§ 23. Penalty All taxes due or payable and not paid within the time specified in section 21 of this …
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§ 23. Appropriations (a) All amounts specified in the budget and approved by the voters at the annua…
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§ 23. Amendment This charter may be amended as set forth by State law under 17 V.S.A. § 2645. (Added…
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§ 23. Streets and sidewalks (a) Lighting and the regulation of the highways, streets, and sidewalks …
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§ 23. Duty of Clerk The Clerk shall keep a record of all meetings and proceedings of the corporation…
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§ 23. Sewers and drains; construction and maintenance Whenever the public health or convenience shal…
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§ 23. Clerk It shall be the duty of the Clerk to keep a record of all proceedings of said corporatio…
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§ 23. Aqueducts and reservoirs (a) The corporation may purchase, construct, and maintain the aqueduc…
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§ 23. Construction of subchapter This section is remedial in nature, and the powers hereby granted s…
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§ 23. Grand list, how composed The grand list of the ratable estate within said Village, as made out…
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§ 23. Vacancy During the absence or inability of the Vice Chair to render or perform his or her duti…
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§ 23. Village and Town residents; public office The inhabitants of the Village shall belong to and r…
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§ 23. Vice Chair During the absence of or inability of the Chair to render or perform his or her dut…
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§ 23. Treasurer The Treasurer shall have the custody of the funds of the District and shall be the d…
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§ 23. Vice Chair (a) During the absence of or inability of the Chair to render or perform his or her…
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§ 23. Open meetings and public records The conduct of all meetings and the maintenance of all record…
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§ 23-1. Incorporation of district; powers The territory now included within the City of Winooski and…
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§ 23.1. Fire Chief, appointment, removal The Mayor shall appoint a Chief Engineer of the Fire Depart…
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§ 23-2. Trustees Instead of the prudential committee required by law to be elected, the Winooski Sch…
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§ 23.2. Powers and duties of Fire Chief The Chief Engineer shall have jurisdiction and control of th…
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§ 23-3. Annual District meeting The annual District meeting shall be held on the first Tuesday of Ma…
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§ 23.3. Absence of Fire Chief In the event of temporary (24 hours or less) absence of the Chief of t…
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§ 23-4. Nominations for Trustee Nominations for the office of Trustee shall be made by petitions to …
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§ 23.4. Regular firemen; appointment (a) All applicants for position with the Fire Department, excep…
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§ 23-5. Bylaws, rules, and regulations The School District may make such bylaws, rules, and regulati…
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§ 23.5. [Reserved.]
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§ 23-6. Additional revenue sources The Board of School Trustees is hereby authorized to apply for, a…
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§ 23.6. Call firemen The Chief Engineer shall have sole power to appoint such number of call firemen…
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§ 23-7. Australian ballot All questions at any annual or special meeting, except for the acceptance …
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§ 23.7. Compensation The compensation of all members of the Fire Department, including the Chief Eng…
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§ 23-8. Abatement board The officers of the Winooski School District, except the Collector, shall be…
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§ 23.8. Suspensions The Chief Engineer shall have the power, for disciplinary purposes, to suspend a…
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§ 23-9. Taxes assessed The taxes assessed by the Winooski School District shall be paid to the Treas…
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§ 23.9. Emergency powers Whenever any building in the City shall be on fire, it shall be lawful for …
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§ 23-10. Taxes; payment On the first day of each and every month, the Treasurer of the City shall pa…
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§ 23.10. Political activity No member of the Fire Department of the City of Rutland shall act as an …
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§ 23-11. Voters; qualification The qualifications of a voter in the District shall be the same as th…
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§ 23-12. Severability If any provisions of this charter are held invalid, the other provisions of th…
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§ 23-13. Applicability; State statutes If any matter mentioned in this charter is said to be control…
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§ 23-14. Public act; effective date This charter and its amendments shall be deemed a public act, an…
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§ 23-15. Sale of real or personal property The Board of School Trustees may authorize the sale of re…
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§ 23-16. Professional audit The Board of School Trustees shall annually contract for a professional …
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§ 23-17. District Treasurer The School District Treasurer shall: (1) Deposit in the school account s…
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§ 24. Vacancy During the absence or inability of either the Chair or Vice Chair to render or perform…
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§ 24. Repealed.
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§ 24. Record of ballots delivered required; receipts The Chief Administrative Officer shall keep a r…
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§ 24. Fines No fine shall be imposed for the violation of any City ordinance or bylaw exceeding $100…
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§ 24. School District; transfer of fund to The City Council shall annually transfer to the School Di…
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§ 24. Compensation of the Town Manager The compensation of the Town Manager shall be set by resoluti…
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§ 24. Powers and functions (a) The Town shall have the authority to exercise all powers relating to …
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§ 24. Election of officers by Australian ballot All officers identified in section 22 of this charte…
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§ 24. Transitional board The Selectboard members of the Town of Readsboro, serving on the effective …
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§ 24. Appointed nonadministrative officials (a) General provisions applying to all appointed positio…
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§ 24. Purchasing policy The Town Administrator may expend an amount determined by the Selectboard, a…
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§ 24. Ordinances; adoption by Selectboard (a) If the Selectboard desires to adopt an ordinance, it s…
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§ 24. Sewerage Department The Village may maintain a Sewerage Department for the purposes of providi…
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§ 24. Duties of Treasurer and Collector The powers and duties of the Treasurer and Collector of Taxe…
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§ 24. Sewers and drains; condemnation The Village may take the land of individuals and corporations …
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§ 24. Treasurer and Collector The Treasurer and Collector shall have similar powers and duties to th…
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§ 24. Sewer and sewage system (a) The legal voters of the Village at a meeting duly warned and held …
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§ 24. Powers exercised through trustees The powers granted to the Village hereunder shall be exercis…
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§ 24. Residents of Village not incompetent to hold Town offices The inhabitants of said Village shal…
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§ 24. Vacancy During the absence or inability of the Vice Chairperson to render or perform his or he…
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§ 24. Highway district All the territory embraced within the limits of the Village is hereby constit…
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§ 24. Clerk The Clerk of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, shall not be a…
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§ 24. Records The conduct of all meetings and public access thereto, and the maintaining of all reco…
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§ 24. Clerk The Clerk shall have the exclusive charge and custody of the public records of the Distr…
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§ 24. Audit The Board shall cause an audit of its financial records to be performed annually by an i…
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§ 24.1. Appointment of Commissioner The Commissioner of Public Works shall be appointed by the Mayor…
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§ 24.2. Powers and duties of Commissioner The Commissioner of Public Works shall be the Superintende…
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§ 24.3. Staff and employees The Commissioner of Public Works shall employ a registered professional …
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§ 24.4. Commissioner; control of water supply (a) The Commissioner of Public Works shall have the ex…
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§ 24.5. Water rates (a) The Board of Aldermen shall establish rates to be paid for the use of water …
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§ 24.6. Sewers The Board of Aldermen is authorized and empowered to establish, construct, and mainta…
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§ 24.7. City Engineer The City Engineer shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Public Works for a…
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§ 25. Nongame wildlife species (a) A plan for the management of nongame wildlife species in Vermont …
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§ 25. Requirements generally Special meetings of all the legal voters of said City shall be called b…
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§ 25. Streets and sidewalks The City Council shall have power to regulate, establish, and alter the …
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§ 25. Sale of property The City Council may authorize the sale or lease of any personal or real esta…
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§ 25. Administrative Code (a) Within two years following the effective date of this charter, the Tow…
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§ 25. Ordinances Any rule, ordinance, regulation, or bylaw of the Town of Cavendish may apply to a l…
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§ 25. Vacancies in Town offices When an elected officer identified in section 22 of this charter res…
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§ 25. Chair and quorum The Board may elect one of its members as Chair, and a majority of the Board …
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§ 25. Taxes (a) All real and personal property taxes shall be paid to the Town Treasurer in full or …
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§ 25. Referendum All Town ordinances, except as specified, may be repealed by vote of the Town as fo…
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§ 25. Sewerage rates For the purpose of the support of said Sewerage Department and to ensure the pa…
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§ 25. Auditor The Auditor shall at least once each year, and whenever the Auditor sees fit, examine …
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§ 25. Sewer and drains; condemnation; appeal (a) When any person shall be dissatisfied with the deci…
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§ 25. Auditor The Auditor shall, previous to each annual Village meeting, examine and adjust the acc…
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§ 25. Street lights and gas or electric plants The Village may light its streets in the way as it ma…
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§ 25. Indebtedness (a) The Village shall not incur an indebtedness for public improvements that, tog…
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§ 25. Corporation empowered to borrow money and issue bonds and notes therefor Said Village, at an a…
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§ 25. Roads, walkways, and sewers (a) The trustees of the Village may lay out, grade, alter, maintai…
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§ 25. Treasurer The Treasurer of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, shall …
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§ 25. Clerk The Clerk of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, and shall serv…
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§ 25. Audit The Board of Commissioners shall cause an audit of all District accounts to be performed…
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§ 25. Treasurer The Treasurer shall have the custody of the funds of the District and shall be the d…
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§ 25. Clerk The Clerk of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, shall not be a…
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§ 25. Committees The Board shall have the authority to establish any and all committees as it may de…
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§ 25.1. Membership and duties The Commissioner of Public Works, President of the Board of Aldermen, …
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§ 25.2. Acceptance of streets (a) Streets and highways in the City may be laid out, opened, accepted…
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§ 25.3. Discontinuance of highways In case the Board of Highway Commissioners shall decide to discon…
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§ 25.4. Altering highways The said Board of Highway Commissioners shall have the power to raise or l…
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§ 25.5. Procedure Whenever under the provisions of this charter the Board of Highway Commissioners i…
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§ 25.6. Notice, citation, service (a) The citation shall be made at least 21 days prior to the time …
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§ 25.7. Nonresident service (a) The citation may be served by the sheriff or constable upon a person…
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§ 25.8. Evidence of service The return of the sheriff or constable upon the original citation, and t…
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§ 25.9. Defective notice; remedy (a) If at any stage of the proceedings before the Board of Highway …
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§ 25.10. Failure of notice No proceedings instituted by the Board of Highway Commissioners under the…
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§ 26. Sales, etc (a) All sales, leases, or grants of any real estate belonging to the City shall be …
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§ 26. Questions at special meeting to be decided by ballot The questions at any such special meeting…
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§ 26. Water system The City Council shall have all the powers over and in any way appertaining to th…
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§ 26. Warrants (a) No money, other than money belonging to the “School Fund,” shall be paid out of t…
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§ 26. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the Town and all its departments shall begin on the first day o…
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§ 26. Fire prevention For the prevention and control of fires, the Town of Cavendish may function wi…
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§ 26. Executive Board The Board of Commissioners shall have the authority to establish an Executive …
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§ 26. Selectboard; terms of office (a) Each member of the Selectboard shall be elected for a term of…
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§ 26. Rules and procedures The Board shall determine its own rules and procedures, but in compliance…
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§ 26. Tax abatements The Board of Civil Authority, along with the Treasurer and the listers, shall c…
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§ 26. Initiative Any lawful ordinance may be enacted by vote of the Town as follows: A petition sign…
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§ 26. Fire Marshal (a) The Fire Marshal may by writing recorded by the Clerk appoint one or more dep…
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§ 26. Application of sewerage management The rents and receipts of said corporation for the use of s…
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§ 26. Sewers and drains; assessment (a) Every person whose particular drain shall enter into any sew…
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§ 26. Engineer The Engineer, and in his or her absence the Assistant Engineer next in authority, sha…
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§ 26. Property of Village under former charter The property belonging to the Village of Manchester u…
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§ 26. Authority to form subsidiaries and enter ventures with other parties In addition to the author…
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§ 26. Duties of listers of Town of Barton respecting real estate within Village limits It shall be t…
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§ 26. Property tax The Village may, at any annual meeting or special meeting called for that purpose…
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§ 26. Records The conduct of all meetings and public access thereto, and the maintaining of all reco…
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§ 26. Treasurer The Treasurer of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors. The Tr…
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§ 26. Administrative personnel The Board of Supervisors may employ an Executive Director and such ot…
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§ 26. Treasurer The Treasurer of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, shall …
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§ 26. Removal of officers An officer may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Board whenever, i…
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§ 26.1. Curbs and sidewalks assessment Whenever the owners of the greater part of the lands or build…
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§ 26.2. Notice of hearing Assessments for public improvements other than those made in response to p…
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§ 26.3. Assessment of property liens After said hearing, the Commissioner of Public Works shall make…
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§ 26.4. Collection of assessment (a) It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to place said list of as…
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§ 26a. Repealed.
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§ 26a.
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§ 27. Resignation of Mayor The Mayor of said City may, at any time, resign his or her office by fili…
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§ 27. Powers of the Fire Marshal All apparatus for the extinguishment of fires and buildings for sto…
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§ 27. Presiding officer; powers At all meetings of the legal voters of said City, the Mayor shall pr…
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§ 27. Sale or lease of City owned property The City Council may authorize the sale of real or person…
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§ 27. Taxes; sidewalk, water, and wastewater assessment arrearages The inhabitants, estates, and the…
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§ 27. Repealed.
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§ 27. Committee of Five Annually, prior to January 31, a committee of five voters shall be appointed…
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§ 27. Water and Sewer Departments Control and management of the Village water system and Town water …
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§ 27. Committees The Board of Commissioners shall have the authority to establish any and all commit…
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§ 27. Other elected Town officers; terms of office (a) Moderator. The Moderator shall be elected ann…
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§ 27. Meetings; open government It shall be the policy of the Town of Windsor to afford to all its c…
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§ 27. Compensation of Selectboard members; appointees (a) Compensation to the Selectboard members sh…
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§ 27. Drains and sewers The Board of Trustees of said corporation may lay out, grade, alter, maintai…
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§ 27. Sewer and drains; abutting landowners Whenever in the judgment of the trustees, the public hea…
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§ 27. [Transitional provision related to repeal of former charter as amended.] (Added 1943, No. 183,…
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§ 27. Transitional provisions (a) Nothing herein contained, except as specifically provided, shall a…
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§ 27. Powers of trustees respecting water Said Village is hereby authorized and empowered through it…
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§ 27. Village water supply All water rents and charges due the Village for the use of the Village wa…
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§ 27. Audit The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit to be performed annually by an independent…
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§ 27. Records The conduct of all meetings and public access thereto and the maintaining of all recor…
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§ 27. Records The conduct of all meetings and public access thereto, and the maintaining of all reco…
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§ 27. Records All records, books, and accounts of the District shall be open to inspection by person…
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§ 27. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the Authority shall commence on July 1 and end on June 30 of ea…
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§ 27.1. Duties There shall be three cemetery commissioners, who shall have the management and contro…
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§ 28. Freemen The freemen of the City shall have the right to choose a Representative to represent t…
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§ 28. Street lights The cost for power for all public street lighting shall be paid from the General…
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§ 28. Warning required; location; voting Freemen’s meetings for all purposes provided by the laws of…
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§ 28. City expenditures Except as herein otherwise provided, no money shall be paid out of the City …
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§ 28. Construction and maintenance of roads and walks (a) The City Council may lay out, alter, maint…
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§ 28. Budget preparation (a) At such time as may be prescribed by the Selectboard, the Town Manager …
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§ 28. Compensation of officers Officers of the District shall be paid such compensation and reimburs…
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§ 28. Recall of elected officers (a) Any elected officer identified in section 22 of this charter ma…
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§ 28. Ordinances (a) Town ordinances or rules may be adopted, amended, repealed, or enforced as prov…
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§ 28. Nonapplicability to zoning and subdivision (a) The provisions of this charter shall not apply …
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§ 28. Refuse disposal The Village is hereby authorized and empowered by and with the consent of the …
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§ 28. Collector to be Chief of Police The Collector of Taxes shall by virtue of the office be the Ch…
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§ 28. Electric light plant; purchase; operation The incorporated Village of Enosburg Falls is hereby…
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§ 28. [Transitional provision related to acceptance of charter by section and subdivision.] (Added 1…
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§ 28. Further powers of trustees respecting water Said Village is hereby authorized and empowered, t…
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§ 28. Eminent domain The Village may exercise the right of eminent domain for any municipal purpose …
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§ 28. Executive Board The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish an Executive Bo…
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§ 28. Audit The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit to be performed annually by an independent…
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§ 28. Audit The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit to be performed annually by an independent…
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§ 28. Audit The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit to be performed annually by an independent…
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§ 28. Budget appropriation and assessment (a) Proposed budget. (1) Annually on or before January 1, …
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§ 28.1. Duties The Board of Airport Commissioners of the City of Rutland shall consist of three lega…
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§ 29. Grand list The grand list of the ratable estate within the Village, as made out by the listers…
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§ 29. Checklists to be prepared and posted Checklists of voters in the respective wards for each fre…
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§ 29. Borrowing in anticipation of taxes The City Council may borrow money at the most favorable rat…
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§ 29. Assessment of taxes on grand list The City Council shall assess and lay all taxes upon the gra…
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§ 29. Appropriation (a) All amounts specified in the budget and approved by the voters at an annual …
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§ 29. Special districts (a) According to law, the Selectboard may designate areas apart from the res…
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§ 29. Recall of officers An officer may be removed by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Commissioner…
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§ 29. Bonding of officers All Town officers required to be bonded by State law shall be bonded at th…
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§ 29. Appointed officers (a) The Selectboard, by a majority vote, shall appoint the following Town o…
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§ 29. Bonding of officers All officers of the Town required to be bonded by State law shall be bonde…
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§ 29. Electric utility authorization The Village is authorized and empowered by and with the consent…
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§ 29. Electric light plant; damages In the event the Village and any owner of land over which it may…
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§ 29. [Transitional provision related to Village officers serving at time the new charter takes effe…
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§ 29. Damages; how fixed In any case where damage or compensation to owners of, and other person int…
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§ 29. Committees The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any and all committe…
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§ 29. Executive Board The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish an Executive Bo…
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§ 29. Executive Board The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish an Executive Bo…
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§ 29. Executive Board The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish an Executive Bo…
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§ 29. Cost-sharing formula (a) Following its initial meeting, the Authority shall be charged with th…
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§ 29.1. Duties (a) The Board of Health shall consist of the Health Officer appointed for a term of t…
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§§ 29-30. [Transitional Provisions.]
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§ 30. General laws applicable; exceptions In all respects not inconsistent with this charter, the pr…
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§ 30. [Transitional provision relating to the effective date of sections 28 and 29.] (Added 1943, No…
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§ 30. Revenues credit and appropriations (a) The current revenues of the City shall consist of money…
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§ 30. Bonding; School District; City (a) The City of St. Albans or the St. Albans City School Distri…
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§ 30. Budget control At the beginning of each quarterly period during the fiscal year, and more ofte…
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§ 30. Voting procedures for annual water and sewer expenses and extensions (a) The Selectboard shall…
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§ 30. Compensation and fees (a) The Town meeting shall annually vote the compensation to be paid to …
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§ 30. Application of general law Provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont relating to voter qu…
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§ 30. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the District shall begin the first day of July and end on the l…
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§ 30. Public parks and playgrounds The Bellows Falls Village corporation is hereby authorized and em…
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§ 30. Malicious disturbance or interference Any person who shall maliciously interfere with or injur…
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§ 30. Proceedings by persons dissatisfied with award of trustees related to water When any person sh…
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§ 30. Village bylaw and ordinance fines, penalties, and forfeitures (a) Fines, penalties, and forfei…
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§ 30. Compensation of officers Officers of the District shall be paid such compensation or reimburse…
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§ 30. Committees The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any and all committe…
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§ 30. Committees The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any and all committe…
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§ 30. Committees The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any and all committe…
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§ 30. Invoice After adoption of the budget for the ensuing fiscal year, the Authority shall deliver …
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§ 30.1. Composition of Board The Board of School Commissioners of the City shall be composed of 11 s…
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§ 30.2. Vacancy Any vacancy of the Board of School Commissioners occasioned by death, resignation, r…
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§ 30.3. Officers The school commissioners shall appoint one of their own members President, and shal…
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§ 30.4. Duties (a) Said Board shall have in general all the powers and authority, and perform all th…
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[Expires by it own terms on December 31, 2027 unless extended by the Governor.]
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[Expires December 31, 2026.]
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§ 31. Seasons, bag limits The game animals specified in column one may be taken only during the peri…
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§ 31. Duties of election inspectors and ward clerks The inspectors of election and ward clerks in th…
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§ 31. [Transitional provisions related to the financial obligations of the Villages of Newport and West Derby; 1917 Acts and Resolves No.
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§ 31. St.
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§ 31. Purchasing policy The Town Manager may expend an amount determined by the Selectboard, and the…
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§ 31. General law; application Except when changed by the provisions of this charter, all provisions…
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§ 31. Special funds (a) The Town Treasurer shall keep all money in a special fund in an account or a…
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§ 31. Selectboard; powers and duties (a) The Selectboard shall constitute the legislative and admini…
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§ 31. General powers Said Town shall have the authority to exercise all powers relating to municipal…
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§ 31. The Town Manager (a) Appointment. The Selectboard shall appoint, with no fewer than four (4) a…
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§ 31. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the Town shall begin on the first day of July and end on the la…
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§ 31. Fiscal year The fiscal year shall commence on the first day of January and end on the last day…
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§ 31. Conflict of interest (a) If there is a specific written complaint of conflict of interest, the…
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§ 31. Prosecutions Prosecution for violation of the provisions of this charter or the provisions of …
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§ 31. Electric and gas plants; bonding When authorized by a majority of all the voters voting at a r…
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§ 31. General powers (a) The Village of Hyde Park shall have all the powers granted to villages by t…
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§ 31. Fire protection The engines, hose, hooks and ladders, and buildings for storing and preserving…
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§ 31. Bylaws and regulations concerning the Water Department Said Village may at any legally warned …
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§ 31. Village ordinance and bylaw violations All violations of the Village ordinances and bylaws may…
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§ 31. Recall of officers An officer shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors and may …
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§ 31. Compensation of officers Officers of the District may be paid such compensation or reimburseme…
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§ 31. Preparation of budget On or before December 1 in each year, the Board of Commissioners shall p…
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§ 31. Compensation of officers Officers of the District shall be paid such compensation or reimburse…
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§ 31. Compensation of officers Officers of the District shall be paid compensation as shall be deter…
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§ 31. Collection (a) Annually on or before July 1, the Treasurer shall issue and present a warrant t…
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§ 31.1. Appointment (a) The Board of School Commissioners shall appoint a Superintendent of Schools …
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§ 31.2. Duties (a) The Superintendent of Schools shall be the Purchasing Agent for the School Depart…
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§§ 31-50. [Reserved.]
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§ 31a.
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§ 32. Trapping, hare and rabbits (a) The Commissioner may issue a permit to no more than 5 members o…
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§ 32. Bonds of City officers The Treasurer, Clerk, Constable, Tax Collector, and Superintendent of S…
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§ 32. Library (a) The City Council of the City of St. Albans shall annually assess upon the ratable …
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§ 32. Tax rate (a) If the municipal and school budgets have been adopted by July 1, then as soon as …
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§ 32. Powers of the Town (a) The Town of Berlin shall have all the powers granted to towns and munic…
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§ 32. Amendment of plan This merger plan may be amended as set forth by the general laws of this Sta…
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§ 32. Selectboard; organization (a) Immediately after the annual Town meeting, the Selectboard shall…
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§ 32. Specific powers Without limiting any of its duly vested powers and authority, the Town of Read…
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§ 32. Administrative departments (a) [Repealed.] (b) Department heads. Each Town department shall ha…
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§ 32. [Transitional provision omitted]
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§ 32. Public lands (a) With approval of the voters given at any duly warned special or annual Town m…
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§ 32. Amount to be raised by taxation Upon passage of the budget by the Annual Town meeting, the amo…
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§ 32. Village indebtedness Any bonds issued for the purposes herein specified shall not be taken int…
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§ 32. Boundaries The bounds of said Village of Hyde Park shall be as presently constructed and descr…
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§ 32. Police officers; duties; failure to arrest violators (a) The trustees shall have power to appo…
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§ 32. Power of Village to dispose of water rights Said Village may, at any legally warned meeting, a…
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§ 32. Village Manager The Village may at any properly warned Village meeting vote to accept a Villag…
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§ 32. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the District shall commence on July 1 and end on June 30 of eac…
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§ 32. Recall of officers An officer may be removed by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Supervisors …
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§ 32. Budget hearing The Board of Commissioners shall call a hearing of the residents of the member …
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§ 32. Recall of officers An officer may be removed by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Supervisors …
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§ 32. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the District shall commence on January 1 and end on December 31…
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§ 32. Limitations of appropriations (a) Appropriations made by the Board for the various estimates o…
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§ 32.1. Duties Said Board shall annually appoint such truant officers as in its judgment may be requ…
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§§ 32-35. [Reserved.]
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§ 33. Moose Management Rule 1.0 Authority. 1.1 This rule is adopted pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 4081(a).…
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§ 33. [Transitional provisions related to the financial assets and liabilities of the Villages of Newport and West Derby; 1917 Acts and Resolves No.
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§ 33. General provisions (a) This charter shall be a public act and may be altered, amended, or repe…
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§ 33. Collection of taxes (a) Real and personal property taxes and other taxes, assessments, charges…
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§ 33. Reservation of powers to the Town Nothing in this charter shall be construed to in any way lim…
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§ 33. Severability If any provision of this plan shall for any reason be held invalid, such invalidi…
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§ 33. Selectboard meetings (a) As soon as possible after the election of the Chair and Vice Chair, t…
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§ 33. Existing ordinances Existing ordinances of the Village of Readsboro will be carried over and b…
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§ 33. Administrative code (a) The administrative code shall include the following: (1) a copy of the…
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§ 33. Application of general law All provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont relating to town…
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§ 33. Budget limitations; borrowing (a) The incurring of bonded indebtedness, the issuing of bonds, …
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§ 33. Borrowing; authorization The Village is also authorized and empowered to borrow money from tim…
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§ 33. Waiving of Village bylaws The trustees may on legal holidays, or on the occurrence of any impo…
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§ 33. Duties of Village in taking water or land Said Village shall, within 60 days after taking any …
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§ 33. Budget appropriation (a)(1) Proposed budget. Annually, on or before the first day of December,…
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§ 33. Repealed.
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§ 33. Adoption (a) Following the public hearing provided for in section 32 of this chapter, the Boar…
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§ 33. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the District shall commence on July 1 and end on June 30 of eac…
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§ 33. Budget, appropriation, and assessment (a)(1) Proposed budget. Annually, on or before the first…
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§ 33. Indebtedness (a) Short-term borrowing. (1) The Board may borrow money through the issuance of …
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§ 33.1. Location and management It shall be the duty of the City, acting through the Board of School…
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§ 33.2. Purchase The Board of School Commissioners shall provide the money for the purchase of land …
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§§ 33-37. [Transitional provisions omitted]
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§ 33a. Repealed.
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§ 33a.
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§ 34. Repealed.
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§ 34. Pledge of credit Whenever the legal voters of the City shall give authority to the Council the…
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§ 34. Board of Abatement (a) The Board of Civil Authority, together with the Treasurer and the Asses…
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§ 34. Open meetings Meetings of all Town boards and commissions shall be open and held in accordance…
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§ 34. [Transitional provision relative to approval and ratification.]
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§ 34. Record of Selectboard meetings (a) The Selectboard shall keep an official written record of al…
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§ 34. Administrative and policy functions prescribed by charter (a) Department of Assessment. (1) Th…
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§ 34. Severability If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of this ch…
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§ 34. Bonds; denominations The trustees of the Village shall determine the denomination of the bonds…
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§ 34. Prosecutions Prosecutions for offences under the provisions of this charter and for violation …
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§ 34. Trustees; general control of water system The trustees of said Village shall have general cont…
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§ 34. Collection Annually, after adoption of the budget by the Board of Supervisors, the Treasurer o…
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§ 34. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the District shall commence on July 1 and end on June 30 of eac…
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§ 34. Appropriations and revenues (a) Should anticipated user fees and revenues from District servic…
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§ 34. Preparation of budget Annually, on or before December 15th, the Board of Supervisors shall app…
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§ 34. Collection Annually on or before the first day of February, the Treasurer of the District shal…
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§ 34. Sinking fund (a) The Board may establish and provide for a sinking fund for the retirement of …
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§ 34.1. Appropriations and expenditures The voters of the City shall annually approve a budget for t…
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§ 34.2. School financing (a) The voters of the City shall annually approve a budget for the use of R…
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§§ 34-41. Repealed.
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§ 35. Taking of moose doing damage to fencing, tubing, or Christmas trees (a) Only with prior approv…
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§ 35. [Transitional provisions related to the financial liabilities and assets of the Towns of Newport and Derby; 1917 Acts and Resolves No.
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§ 35. Bonded indebtedness The limits of bonded indebtedness of the Town and the procedures for incur…
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§ 35. Compensation of Town officers The Selectboard shall fix the compensation of all elected office…
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§ 35. Officers—appointive All offices in the Town of Windsor not required by Vermont statute to be f…
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§ 35. Bonds; authorization Each of the bonds shall be signed by the trustees of the Village and coun…
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§ 35. Further duties of the trustees relating to water It shall be the duty of the trustees under th…
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§ 35. Limitations of appropriations Appropriations made by the Board of Supervisors for the various …
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§ 35. Budget appropriation and assessment (a) Proposed Budget. Annually on or before the 15th day of…
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§ 35. Assessment The Treasurer of the District shall immediately notify the treasurer of each member…
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§ 35. Budget hearing The Board of Supervisors shall hold a public hearing on or before January 7 of …
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§ 35. Limitations of appropriations Actions or resolutions of the Board of Supervisors for the annua…
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§ 35. Capital reserve fund (a) The Board may establish and provide for a capital reserve fund to pay…
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§ 35.1. Establishment A Traffic Court is hereby created and established for the City of Rutland with…
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§ 35.2. Judge The person holding the Office of City Attorney, or acting as such, shall be the Traffi…
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§ 35.3. Collection of fines Violators who do not request a hearing as provided in this charter withi…
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§ 35a. “Ward” defined
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§ 35a.
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§ 36. Repealed.
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§ 36. Administration; vested in Mayor and City Council; selection and terms of same (a) The administ…
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§ 36. [Transitional provisions related to the books and records of the Town of Newport; 1917 Acts and Resolves No.
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§ 36. Meetings; open government It shall be the policy of the Town of Barre to afford to all of its …
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§ 36. Budget The Selectboard shall submit a proposed budget to the voters to be voted on at the annu…
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§ 36. Terms of office All officers under this charter shall hold their respective offices until thei…
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§ 36. Legislative authority This chapter shall always be under the control of the Legislature to alt…
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§ 36. Power of trustees in lighting streets Said Village may through its Board of Trustees, contract…
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§ 36. Indebtedness (a) Short-term borrowing. The Board of Supervisors may borrow money through the i…
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§ 36. Collection Annually, on or before January 1, the Treasurer of the District shall issue and pre…
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§ 36. Limitations of appropriations Actions or resolutions of the Board of Commissioners for the ann…
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§ 36. Budget adoption, tipping fees, and appropriations Annually, on or before January 15, the Board…
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§ 36. Indebtedness (a) Short-term borrowing. The Board of Supervisors may borrow money through the i…
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§ 36. Special Authority meetings (a) The Board may on its own motion call special meetings of the Au…
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§ 36.1. Declaration of necessity We hereby find and declare that there currently exists within the C…
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§ 36.2. Creation of Redevelopment Authority There is hereby created an independent agency, a body co…
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§ 36.3. Purposes The Authority, in the exercise of the powers created and granted under section 3 of…
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§ 36.4. Powers In addition to the powers conferred upon municipal corporations generally under 24 V.…
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§ 36.5. Board of Commissioners; composition (a) The administration, management, and supervision of t…
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§ 36.6. General law; application Unless provided for to the contrary in this section, the Authority …
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§ 36.7. Redevelopment plan Annually, and after notice and public hearing, the Authority shall develo…
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§ 36.8. Severability If any provisions of this charter shall be declared invalid, such declaration s…
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§ 36.9. Effective date of charter This charter shall be effective upon adoption following approval b…
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§ 37. Deer Management Rule [Effective January 1, 2026] 1.0 Authority1.1 This rule is adopted pursuan…
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§ 37. Manner of convening All meetings of the City Council with Mayor presiding shall, unless otherw…
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§ 37. [Transitional provisions related to the books and records of the Town of Derby; 1917 Acts and Resolves No.
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§ 37. Ordinances (a) Town legislation shall be by ordinance. The Selectboard shall constitute the le…
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§ 37. Repealed.
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§ 37. Village may issue bonds for purpose of lighting streets; duties of Village Treasurer in respec…
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§ 37. Capital reserve fund The Board of Supervisors may establish and provide for a capital reserve …
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§ 37. Limitations of appropriations Actions or resolutions of the Board of Supervisors for the annua…
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§ 37. Indebtedness; short-term borrowing (a) The Board of Commissioners may borrow money through the…
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§ 37. Apportionment of assessments Assessments may be apportioned among the member municipalities on…
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§ 37. Sinking fund The Board of Supervisors, with the approval of a majority of the voters present a…
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§ 37. Places of meetings At any annual and special meeting of the Authority, voters of each member s…
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§ 37.1. Interpretation In the construction of this charter, the rules provided in 1 V.S.A chapter 3 …
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§ 37.2. General law Except when changed or modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any leg…
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§ 38. Regular meetings Regular meetings of the City Council shall be held based on a schedule adopte…
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§ 38. Paupers (a) The Town of Newport and the City of Newport shall, on and after April first, 1919,…
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§ 38. Appointed officers (a) The Selectboard, by majority vote, shall appoint the following Town off…
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§ 38. Construction The provisions of this charter shall be construed liberally in favor of the Town …
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§ 38. Corporation may purchase franchise, property, and privileges of Barton Landing Water Company S…
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§ 38. Disposal fees The Board of Supervisors shall establish and periodically adjust charges, includ…
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§ 38. Indebtedness (a) Short-term borrowing. The Board of Supervisors may borrow money through the i…
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§ 38. Long-term indebtedness; long-term contracts (a) Submission to voters. On a petition signed by …
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§ 38. Collection Annually, on or before January 20, the Treasurer of the District shall issue and pr…
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§ 38. Capital reserve fund The Board of Supervisors, with the approval of a majority of the voters p…
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§ 38. Public hearings (a) No fewer than 30 nor more than 40 days prior to any annual or special meet…
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§ 38.1. Controlling statute This charter shall be adopted and amended or repealed in conformity with…
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§ 38.2. Effect of repeal (a) Such repeal shall not affect a penalty or forfeiture incurred under any…
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§ 38.3. Effective date This charter shall take effect in conformity with the provisions of 17 V.S.A.…
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§ 39. Special meetings Special meetings of the City Council may be called at any time by the Mayor, …
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§ 39. Public schools and school property The exclusive management and control of the public schools …
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§ 39. Compensation and fees (a) The Town election shall annually vote the compensation to be paid to…
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§ 39. Amendment or repeal (a) No section of this charter may be amended or repealed without such ame…
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§ 39. Fees The Board of Supervisors may from time to time establish and adjust a fee structure for t…
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§ 39. Village may establish water rents and regulate the mode of payment For the purpose of the supp…
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§ 39. Special meetings The Board of Supervisors may call a special meeting of the District for the p…
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§ 39. Sinking fund The Board of Supervisors may establish and provide for a sinking fund, however de…
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§ 39. Sinking fund The Board of Commissioners may establish a sinking fund, however denominated, for…
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§ 39. Limitations of appropriations Actions or resolutions of the Board of Supervisors for the annua…
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§ 39. Warnings required (a) The Board shall warn an annual or special meeting of the Authority by fi…
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§ 40. Quorum; attendance of certain officers may be required A majority of the City Council elect sh…
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§ 40. City Manager (a) The Council may, when the City so votes at any annual meeting, appoint a City…
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§ 40. Conflict of interest No elective or appointive officer or employee of the Town shall be benefi…
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§ 40. Effective date The charter shall become effective upon approval in accordance with 17 V. S. A.…
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§ 40. Application of water rents The rents and receipts of said corporation for the use of water sha…
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§ 40. Places of meetings At any special meeting of the District, voters of each member municipality …
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§ 40. Capital reserve fund The Board of Supervisors shall establish and provide for a capital reserv…
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§ 40. Capital reserve fund The Board of Commissioners may establish and provide for a capital reserv…
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§ 40. Indebtedness (a) Short-term borrowing. The Board of Supervisors may borrow money through the i…
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§ 40. Special meetings The Board of Supervisors may call a special meeting of the District when it d…
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§ 40. Signing of warning The original warning of any annual or special meeting of the Authority shal…
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§ 41. Meetings to be public; except All meetings of the City Council and all meetings of the City Co…
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§ 41. Auditors The auditors shall meet within 30 days of the close of the fiscal year, examine and a…
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§ 41. City Council election of City officers The Council shall, when the City so votes at any annual…
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§ 41. Generally The officers of the Town of Berlin shall be those provided by law for towns, except …
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§ 41. Public lands With the approval of the voters given at any duly warned meeting, the Selectboard…
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§ 41. Town meetings and elections; application of general law Those provisions of State law relating…
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§ 41. Limited use services funding All municipal services provided to a limited area or group of vot…
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§ 41. Fiscal year of the Town government The fiscal year of the Town government shall be fixed by th…
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§ 41. Definitions (a) “Board” or “Selectboard” means the duly elected members of the Selectboard of …
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§ 41. Grand list The grand list of the Town of Cambridge comprised within the limits of the Village …
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§ 41. Establishment of Board The trustees of the Village of Ludlow shall appoint two competent physi…
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§ 41. Trustees to make list of water rents; list, how composed (a) The trustees of said Village shal…
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§ 41. Public hearings The Board of Supervisors shall hold at least one public hearing prior to any s…
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§ 41. Disposal fees The Board of Supervisors may from time to time establish and adjust a disposal f…
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§ 41. Management fees Giving due consideration to the fact that State policy, as established in 10 V…
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§ 41. Warning contents The posted notification shall include the date, time, place, and nature of th…
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§ 41. Sinking fund The Board of Supervisors may establish and provide for a sinking fund, however de…
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§ 41. Places of meetings At any special meeting of the District, voters of each municipality within …
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§§ 41-43. Repealed.
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§ 42. Reporting The auditors shall report their findings in writing and cause the same to be printed…
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§ 42. Composition; meetings The Mayor, City Council, and assessors shall constitute a Board for the …
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§ 42. Public lighting costs The cost for power for public street lighting shall be paid from the Gen…
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§ 42. [Transitional provisions related to effective date.]
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§ 42. Mergers and consolidation of municipalities The procedures for mergers or consolidation of mun…
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§ 42. Elected officers The following officers of the Town and such other Town officers as are provid…
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§ 42. Town meetings (a) An annual Town meeting for the consideration of the budget, election of offi…
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§ 42. Town Manager’s proposed budget timetable and preparation (a) Submission of timetable. At least…
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§ 42. Residency The Town Manager and the department heads are not required to be residents of the To…
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§ 42. Contracts for lighting and water The corporation is empowered to contract with any water compa…
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§ 42. Board investigations Said Board, or a majority thereof, upon application of any citizen shall …
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§ 42. Disposition of water rents All monies collected by the Collector of Taxes for said Village upo…
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§ 42. Warnings required The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn a special meeting of the…
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§ 42. Special meetings The Board of Supervisors may call a special meeting of the District when it d…
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§ 42. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Planning costs” means all expenses incurred by the D…
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§ 42. Australian ballot The Australian ballot system shall be used at all annual and special meeting…
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§ 42. Capital reserve fund The Board of Supervisors shall establish and provide for a capital reserv…
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§ 42. Warnings The original warning for any District meeting shall be signed by a majority of the Bo…
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§ 43. Qualifications and registration of voters All legal voters of the members shall be legal voter…
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§ 43. Composition; Board for Registration of Voters; duties; appointments; offices (a)(1) The City C…
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§ 43. Application of general law Except as altered, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this …
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§ 43. Incompatible officers No Town officer shall hold incompatible Town offices as provided by law …
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§ 43. Eligible voters Subject to the requirements of Title 17 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated, the…
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§ 43. Construction of special public services The cost of initial construction of any special public…
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§ 43. Capital expenditure program (a) Preparation and submission. The Town Manager, after consultati…
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§ 43. Sewers The corporation is empowered to construct a system of sewers and repair the same, and f…
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§ 43. Board compensation Said Board shall receive such compensation for its services as the Village …
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§ 43. Injuries to water rights; penalties A person who diverts any part of the water from the source…
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§ 43. Signing of warning The original warning of any special meeting of the District shall be signed…
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§ 43. Places of meetings At any special meeting of the District, voters of each member municipality …
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§ 43. Special meetings The Board of Commissioners may call a special meeting of the District when it…
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§ 43. Disposal fees and service charges The Board of Supervisors shall establish and periodically ad…
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§ 43. Warnings required The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn a District meeting by fi…
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§ 44. Power of Village in acquiring land for public parks (a) Said Village may take, purchase, hold,…
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§ 44. Furbearing species 1.0 Authority. 1.1 This rule is promulgated pursuant to 10 V.S.A. §§ 4081, …
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§ 44. Authorized At all meetings of the Board of Civil Authority, the Board for the Abatement of Tax…
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§ 44. Definitions As used in this charter, except where the context or express terms require a contr…
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§ 44. Appointed officers (a) The Selectboard may appoint, recommend, or approve the appointment of t…
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§ 44. Polling places In any annual or special Town meeting held to elect officers and vote on all qu…
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§ 44. Charges for municipal services Subject to the provisions and limitations of existing laws and …
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§ 44. Reserve funds (a) The Selectboard may raise and appropriate money for the establishment of res…
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§ 44. Connection with sewer After the system of sewers has been constructed as provided in section 4…
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§ 44. Enforcement of Board regulations A person who violates a regulation made by the Board of Healt…
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§ 44. Warning contents The posted notification shall include the date, time, place, and nature of th…
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§ 44. Public hearings Not less than three nor more than 14 days prior to any special meeting called …
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§ 44. Places of meetings At any special meeting of the District, voters of each member municipality …
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§ 44. Special District meetings The Board of Supervisors may call a special meeting of the District …
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§ 44. Warning contents The posted notification shall include the date, time, place, and nature of th…
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§ 44. Conduct of meetings (a) At all special meetings of the Authority, the provisions of Title 17 s…
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§ 45. Mayor not to participate in enactment of ordinances; approval by Mayor of Council actions requ…
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§ 45. Offices abolished The Offices of Road Commissioner, tree warden, fence viewer, grand juror, in…
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§ 45. Alternate Town officers The Selectboard is authorized to appoint people to serve as alternate …
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§ 45. Postponing and combining Town meetings (a) The Selectboard may postpone the vote on any questi…
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§ 45. Board review and final action Board review. (1) The Selectboard shall schedule one or more mee…
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§ 45. Removal of health violations If said owner or occupant does not comply with the order of said …
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§ 45. Powers of trustees; streets, walks, and lanes The Board of Trustees of the Village shall have …
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§ 45. Duties of trustees respecting monies received and disbursed No money shall be expended by any …
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§ 45. Australian ballot The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the Di…
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§ 45. Warnings required The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn a special meeting of the…
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§ 45. Public hearings Not less than three nor more than 14 days prior to any special meeting called …
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§ 45. Places of meetings At any special meeting of the District, voters of each member municipality …
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§ 45. Australian ballot The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the Di…
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§ 45. Reconsideration or rescission of vote (a) A question voted on at any special meeting of the Au…
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§§ 45-48. Repealed.
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§ 46. Voting on questions by Australian ballot The Selectboard may cause any question to be voted by…
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§ 46. Separability The sections of this charter and the parts thereof are separable. If any portion …
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§ 46. Approval or veto of ordinances by Mayor; reconsideration; item veto on appropriations If the M…
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§ 46. Relationship between and among Town officers All Town officers, whether elected or appointed, …
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§ 46. Special appropriations In response to a request, or upon its own initiative, should the Select…
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§ 46. Water pipes The Village is empowered to take, in addition to the water rights already owned or…
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§ 46. Abatement of highway and Village taxes The officers of the Village corporation, excepting the …
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§ 46. Qualifications and registration of voters All legal voters of the member municipalities shall …
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§ 46. Signing of warning The original warning of any special meeting of the District shall be signed…
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§ 46. Warnings required The Board of Commissioners of the District shall warn a special meeting of t…
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§ 46. Public hearings Not less than three nor more than 14 days prior to any special meeting called …
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§ 46. Qualifications and registration of voters All legal voters of the municipalities within the Di…
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§ 46. Validation of Authority meetings (a) When any of the requirements as to notice or warning of a…
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§ 47. Construction The provisions of this charter shall be construed liberally in favor of the Town …
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§ 47. Ordinances to become valid at expiration of certain period if not returned If any such ordinan…
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§ 47. Budget Advisory Committee; budget process The Selectboard shall appoint a Budget Advisory Comm…
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§ 47. Existing bylaws to remain in force until repealed All bylaws and regulations heretofore adopte…
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§ 47. Conduct of meetings At all special meetings of the District, the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapt…
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§ 47. Warning contents The posted notification shall include the date, time, place, and nature of th…
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§ 47. Signing of warning The original warning of any special meeting of the District shall be signed…
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§ 47. Warnings required The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn a special meeting of the…
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§ 47. Conduct of meetings At all special meetings of the District, the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapt…
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§ 47. Priority When a special meeting of the Authority is called to act to incur bonded or other ind…
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§§ 47-50. Repealed.
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§ 48. [Transitional Provisions]
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§ 48. Enumerated The City Council shall have power: (1) To establish and regulate a market and to re…
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§ 48. Appropriation; budget (a) Gross appropriation fixed and levy. (1) No appropriation may be vote…
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§ 48. Present Village officers to hold office until their successors are chosen [Excluded transition…
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§ 48. Reconsideration or rescission of vote (a) A question considered or voted on at any special mee…
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§ 48. Australian ballot The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the Di…
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§ 48. Warning contents The posted notification shall include the date, time, place, and nature of th…
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§ 48. Signing of warning The original warning of any special meeting of the District shall be signed…
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§ 48. Reconsideration or rescission of vote (a) A question considered or voted on at any special mee…
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§ 48. Withdrawal of a municipality (a)(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this sectio…
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§ 49. Authority to enact The City Council may make, alter, amend, or repeal any resolutions, bylaws,…
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§ 49. Amendment or repeal No section or provision of this charter may be repealed or amended unless …
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§ 49. Financial administration and Town budget (a) Finance Director. (1) The Town Manager may appoin…
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§ 49. Subject to future legislation; when to take effect This charter shall be subject to future Leg…
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§ 49. Validation of District meetings When any of the requirements as to notice or warning of a spec…
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§ 49. Qualifications and registration of voters All legal voters of the member municipalities shall …
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§ 49. Australian ballot The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the Di…
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§ 49. Warning contents The posted notification shall include the date, time, place, and nature of th…
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§ 49. Validation of District meetings When any of the requirements as to notice or warning of a spec…
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§ 49. Admission of additional municipalities (a) The Board, by the affirmative vote of directors rep…
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§ 50. City Council to establish penalty The City Council may provide a penalty for the violation of …
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§ 50. [Effective Date]
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§ 50. Trust funds (a) Trust funds of the Town shall be accounted for separately and kept apart from …
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§ 50. Authority of Village to buy and sell electric current The Village of Orleans is hereby authori…
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§ 50. Priority When a special meeting of the District is called to act upon a proposition to incur b…
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§ 50. Conduct of meetings At all special meetings of the District, the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapt…
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§ 50. Qualifications and registration of voters All legal voters of the member municipalities shall …
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§ 50. Australian ballots The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the D…
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§ 50. Priority When a special meeting of the District is called to act upon a proposition to incur b…
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§ 50. Dissolution of the Authority (a)(1) Upon the affirmative vote of directors representing at lea…
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§ 51. Creation A Traffic Court for the City of Vergennes is hereby created and established with the …
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§ 51. Zoning officer; appointment The Town Zoning Officer, the “administrative officer” as described…
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§ 51. Grand list The grand list of Ludlow, comprised within the limits of the Village, shall constit…
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§ 51. Australian ballot Except as otherwise specifically provided by law or by a vote of the citizen…
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§ 51. Ordinance enforcement (a) The violation of an ordinance, regulation, or bylaw adopted by the C…
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§ 51. General prohibition No elected or appointed Town officer or employee of the Town shall be bene…
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§ 51. Taxation and collection (a) [Repealed.] (b) Responsibility for taxation and collection. (1) Th…
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§ 51. Annual meeting The annual meeting of the corporation for the choice of officers and for the tr…
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§ 51. Elected officers (a) At the annual meeting, the following officers shall be elected by the vot…
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§ 51. Licensing and activities of itinerant street vendors and peddlers (a) No person shall engage i…
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§ 51. Withdrawal of member municipality A member municipality may withdraw from the District upon th…
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§ 51. Reconsideration or rescission of vote (a) A question voted on at any special meeting of the Di…
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§ 51. Conduct of meeting At all special meetings of the District, the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapte…
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§ 51. Qualifications and registration of voters All legal voters of the member municipalities shall …
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§ 51. Withdrawal of member municipality A member municipality may vote to withdraw from the District…
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§ 51. Amendment of the Authority agreement (a)(1) Amendments to this chapter may be proposed by a pe…
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§ 51. Repealed.
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§ 52. Powers The person holding the Office of City Treasurer of the City of Vergennes shall be the J…
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§ 52. Applicability of State law to municipal land use matters All matters pertaining to zoning, lan…
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§ 52. Ordinances and regulations All ordinances and other Town legislation now in effect shall remai…
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§ 52. Court authorized to order abatement In any prosecution for a nuisance arising under this chart…
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§ 52. Specific conflicts A Town officer (member) shall be disqualified from any proceeding in which …
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§ 52. Debt and bonded debt for Town improvements (a) Authorization for any long-term debt shall be g…
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§ 52. Special meeting If the annual meeting of the Village fails to be held, for want of notice or f…
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§ 52. Trustees (a) Except as otherwise provided in this charter, all the powers of the Village shall…
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§ 52. Highway taxes (a) The trustees of said Village of Ludlow shall have power to direct the expend…
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§ 52. Admission of new member municipalities The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion of…
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§ 52. Validation of District meetings When any of the requirements as to notice or warning of a spec…
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§ 52. Reconsideration or rescission of vote (a) A question considered or voted on at any special mee…
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§ 52. Conduct of meetings At all special meetings of the District, the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapt…
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§ 52. Approval to bond No proposal to the voters of the District for the approval of a bond or bonds…
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§ 52. Seal The Authority shall have a seal designed as the Board requires. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Ad…
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§ 53. Office The City of Vergennes shall maintain said Traffic Court and provide quarters for the sa…
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§ 53. Separability The sections of this charter and the parts thereof are separate. If any portion o…
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§ 53. [Reserved.]
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§ 53. Continuation of existing land use regulations (a) The zoning ordinance adopted by the Town of …
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§ 53. Voters Every person who resides within the limits of the Village and is a legal voter in Town …
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§ 53. Auditors Auditors shall be elected for terms of three years, with one elected each year. They …
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§ 53. Dissolution of District (a) Dissolution by Board of Supervisors. If the Board of Supervisors b…
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§ 53. Priority When a special meeting of the District is called to act upon a proposition to incur b…
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§ 53. Validation of District meetings When any of the requirements as to notice or warning of a spec…
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§ 53. Reconsideration or rescission of vote (a) A question voted on at any special meeting of the Di…
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§ 53. Admission of new member municipalities The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion of…
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§ 53. Severability Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any term, phrase, clause, senten…
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§ 54. Offenders may be liable in damages A person violating any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw of s…
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§ 54. Violations, convictions; statement Any person charged with the violation of any rule, regulati…
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§ 54. Development Review Board and Planning Commission; meeting minutes Copies of the minutes of the…
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§ 54. Bliss Fund trustees The Bliss Fund trustees shall consist of three trustees, one elected each …
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§ 54. Amendment of this chapter (a) The Board of Supervisors may amend this chapter by the procedure…
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§ 54. Withdrawal of member municipality A member municipality may withdraw from the District upon th…
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§ 54. Priority When a special meeting of the District is called to act upon a proposition to incur b…
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§ 54. Validation of District meetings When any of the requirements as to notice or warning of a spec…
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§ 54. Dissolution of District; procedure If the Board of Supervisors by resolution approved by two-t…
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§ 54. Ratification (a) This chapter shall take effect upon the approval by the voters of each member…
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§ 55. City Council may authorize sale or lease The City Council shall have the exclusive power to au…
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§ 55. Signed statements Said Court shall treat such signed statements, if accepted and accompanied b…
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§ 55. President A President shall be elected for a term of one year and shall perform all duties req…
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§ 55. Severability Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any term, phrase, clause, senten…
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§ 55. Admission of new member municipalities The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion of…
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§ 55. Indemnification; contribution (a) The District agrees it shall protect, indemnify, and hold ha…
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§ 55. Priority When a special meeting of the District is called to act upon a proposition to incur b…
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§ 56. Council to have powers conferred by statute regarding public burial grounds In establishing or…
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§ 56. Penalty The penalty, which may be so voluntarily paid by any person so violating any ordinance…
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§ 56. Definitions In this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) “Solid waste” means any disc…
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§ 56. Dissolution of District (a) Procedure. If the Board of Supervisors by resolution approved by t…
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§ 56. Termination of membership A member municipality may terminate its membership in the District a…
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§ 56. Indemnification (a) The District agrees it shall protect, indemnify, and hold harmless each me…
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§ 57. Manner of taking land for reservoirs, aqueducts, water pipes, etc In taking lands for the purp…
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§ 57. Collection All money so collected by said Court in any one month shall be covered into the Tre…
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§ 57. Amendment of chapter This chapter may be amended by petition of five percent of the voters of …
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§ 57. Admission of new members Municipalities that are not initial members of the District may, upon…
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§ 57. Withdrawal of member municipality A member municipality may terminate its membership in the Di…
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§ 58. Council to issue citation that land is to be taken; service In giving notice to all persons ow…
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§ 58. Severability Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any term, phrase, clause, senten…
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§ 58. Dissolution of District The District may be dissolved upon approval of a majority plus one of …
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§ 58. Admission of new member municipalities The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion of…
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§§ 58-60. [Reserved.]
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§ 59. Refunding bonds; Council may authorize issuance of bonds The City Council may authorize the is…
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§ 59. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Solid waste” shall have the same meaning as set fort…
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§ 59. Annual report The District shall prepare an annual report of its activities, including a finan…
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§ 59. Dissolution of District (a) Procedure. If the Board of Supervisors receives a dissolution peti…
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§ 60. Same-issuance prior to maturity or redemption; amounts; issuance, maturities, security, rights…
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§ 60. Consistency with State law By ratifying this chapter, the General Assembly does not intend to …
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§ 60. Master plan Prior to considering the adoption of a proposed solid waste management plan or an …
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§ 60. Amendment of charter (a) This chapter may be amended by petition of five percent of the voters…
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§ 61. Bonds to be signed and contain statement that they conform to applicable provisions Such notes…
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§ 61. Water system authorized The City of Vergennes is hereby authorized and empowered to construct …
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§ 61. Notice of vacancy during unexpired term In order to inform citizens of the Town and to afford …
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§ 61. Fiscal year The Town’s fiscal year shall commence on the first day of January. (Added 2023, No…
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§ 61. Recall of elected town officers Any elected Town officer may be removed from office subject to…
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§ 61. Bylaws The corporation shall have power to make, amend, or repeal bylaws not repugnant to the …
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§ 61. Buildings The said Village of Ludlow may erect and keep in repair any buildings necessary or c…
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§ 61. [Transitional provisions related to effective date]
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§ 61. Severability Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any phrase, clause, sentence, or…
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§ 61. Severability Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any term, phrase, clause, senten…
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§ 62. Council; School Board; not to pledge credit of City; exceptions (a) Except as otherwise provid…
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§ 62. Recodified.
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§ 62. Powers Said City is authorized and empowered to borrow money and issue its negotiable bonds an…
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§ 62. Preparation and submission of budget At least 30 days before the date of the annual Town meeti…
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§ 62. Bylaws; recordation The bylaws of the corporation shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk…
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§ 62. Amendment Any proposed amendment to this chapter must be adopted by a vote of the Board of Com…
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§ 62. Definitions As used in this chapter, all terms below shall have the following meanings: (1) “C…
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§ 63. Council may pledge credit of City when authorized by voters to do so (a) Whenever the legal vo…
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§ 63. Bonding; vote required The City, by a two-thirds vote of the legal voters present and voting a…
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§ 63. [Reserved] (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
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§ 63. Penalty for breach of bylaws A fine not exceeding $20.00 with costs of prosecution may be impo…
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§ 63. Transfer of rights No member municipality may sell its allocation, capacity, or rights, or any…
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§§ 63-67. Repealed.
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§ 64. State law not applicable to section 63 None of the provisions, restrictions, or limitations of…
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§ 64. Special committee Pursuant to such vote of the City, a special committee including the Mayor a…
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§ 64. Publication of notice of proposed budget At least 10 days before the annual Town meeting, the …
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§ 64a.
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§ 64b.
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§ 65. Source of funds for appropriations; operating expenses for departments; creation of special fu…
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§ 65. Damages; procedure for determining If in any case the damages caused by taking the water or by…
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§ 65. Printing the budget and warning for town meeting The proposed budget in its final form and the…
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§ 66. Savings clause The failure to perform any of the duties specified in this subchapter, or the f…
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§ 66. Annual school appropriations The City Council shall annually appropriate for the use of school…
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§ 66. Authority to furnish water Said City may sell or furnish water to any person or corporation fo…
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§ 67. Appropriations for park and recreation purposes The City Council shall annually appropriate a …
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§ 67. Rules The City Council shall make and establish all necessary rules and regulations for the go…
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§ 67. Amount to be raised by property taxes After passage of the budget at the annual Town meeting, …
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§ 68. Taking; notice (a) Whenever a notice is required to be given for the taking of land or any rig…
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§ 68. Authorized expenditures No money shall be paid out of the City Treasury unless an approved bud…
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§ 68. Borrowing money (a) The incurring of bonded debt, the issuing of bonds, the making of temporar…
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§ 69. Fiscal year; reports required (a)(1) The fiscal year of the City shall begin on the first day …
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§ 69. Penalty A person who shall willfully disturb or injure said aqueduct, reservoir, filtration ba…
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§ 69. Taxes (a) Taxes on real property shall be paid at the times and in the installments, if any, t…
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§ 70. Excess expenditures prohibited; assessments for street improvements credited to Streets Divisi…
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§ 70. Investment of Town funds (a) The Town may invest money that has been raised in a current year …
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§ 71. Approval of property owners required The established name of any street in the City shall not …
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§ 71. Public meetings; agendas All public meetings of any board, commission, or committee within the…
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§ 71. Appointed officers (a) Within 14 days following the annual Village meeting, the Board of Trust…
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§ 71. Taking of water for the Village The Village is authorized under any vote heretofore or hereaft…
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§§ 71-72. [Transitional provisions related to the first Village meeting and the effective date]
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§ 72. Ordinances (a) Town legislation shall be by ordinance. The Selectboard shall have the power to…
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§ 72. Village Clerk (a) The Village Clerk shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees for a one year…
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§ 72. Construction of water supply system Said Village is hereby authorized and empowered under any …
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§§ 72-80. [Reserved.]
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§ 73. Penalty for delinquent installments and personal property or inventory taxation (a) If the Tow…
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§ 73. Village Treasurer (a) The Village Treasurer shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees for a …
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§ 73. Bonding for construction of water supply system Said Village, by a majority vote in a meeting …
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§ 74. Delinquent Tax Collector A Delinquent Tax Collector may be appointed for a one-year term by th…
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§ 74. Contracting for construction of water supply system The said Village of Ludlow is hereby autho…
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§ 75. Constable A Constable may be appointed for a one-year term by the trustees. The Constable’s tr…
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§ 75. Damages and compensation related to construction of water supply system In any case where dama…
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§ 76. Appeal of damage and compensation determinations When any person shall be dissatisfied with th…
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§ 77. Malicious disruption of water supply system Any person who shall maliciously disturb or injure…
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§ 78. Adoption of bylaws, regulations, and rates The Board of Water Commissioners, as aforesaid, may…
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§ 81. Tax classification; repeal of inventory tax (a) Except for the property of utilities subject t…
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§ 81. Removal Any elected Town officer may be removed from office subject to conditions and procedur…
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§ 81. Lyndon Electric Department; composition (a) There shall be established the Town of Lyndon Elec…
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§ 81. Construction of sewers Whenever the public health or convenience shall require the constructio…
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§§ 82, 83.
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§ 82. [Reserved.]
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§ 82. Board of Electric Commissioners; authority (a) The Lyndon Electric Commissioners shall serve a…
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§ 82. Bonding for construction of sewers The said Village of Ludlow is hereby authorized and empower…
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§ 83. Board of Electric Commissioners; duties (a) The Board of Electric Commissioners shall administ…
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§ 83. Preparation; contents (a) Assessors shall set all taxable real estate in the property grand li…
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§ 83. Certification and recording of bonding vote The said vote and assent when so signed as aforesa…
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§ 84. Composition of books The books provided for such property grand list shall contain, in additio…
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§ 84. Repealed.
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§ 84. Electric department; assets, finances, and indebtedness (a) The Town of Lyndon Electric Depart…
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§ 84. Trustees to effectuate construction of sewers The trustees aforesaid as soon as the assent is …
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§ 85. Arrangement of information in books The assessors shall arrange in alphabetical order in the b…
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§ 85. Additional meetings and votes In case any of the terms and conditions of the above act should …
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§ 86. Summary of assessed valuations to be made and constitute an abstract The assessors shall endor…
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§ 86. Home owners to construct connecting sewers After said sewers have been so constructed as above…
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§ 87. Notice that abstract completed to be given; meetings of assessors Said assessors shall, at the…
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§ 88. Abstracts and certificate to be completed by May fifth Said abstracts of individual lists and …
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§ 89. Notice of changes and that abstracts and lists are open for inspection to be filed Notice sign…
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§ 90. Aggrieved persons permitted to appear before assessors; preliminary review Any person who feel…
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§ 91. Appeal of assessors decision A person aggrieved by the decision of the assessors may appeal to…
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§ 91. Governance (a) An Administrative Code shall be written and approved by the Selectboard, but th…
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§ 91. Separability If any provision of this charter is determined to be invalid, no other provision …
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§ 91. Fiscal year The fiscal year shall begin the first day of January and end the last day of Decem…
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§ 91. Purchase of electric light plant and contract for power (a) Said Village is authorized to purc…
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§ 92. Damages and compensation related to construction of electric power system In any case where da…
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§ 92. Board of Tax Appeals to hear appeals; deadline for hearings; manner of conducting; possible Bo…
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§ 92. Repealed.
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§ 92. Continuation in office or employment Except as may expressly or implicitly be otherwise provid…
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§ 92. Appropriations (a) All amounts specified in the budget and approved by the voters at the annua…
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§ 93. Petition for Court hearing on compensation and damages for land taken When any person shall be…
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§ 93. Alterations in valuation to be entered in “corrected valuation” column No alteration shall be …
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§ 93. Pending matters All past, present, and future rights, claims, actions, orders, contracts, and …
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§ 93. Taxes (a) All real and personal property taxes shall be paid to the Village Treasurer in full …
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§ 94. Completion of grand list; collection As soon as practicable after the 25th day of May, the ass…
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§ 94. Continuation of municipal laws All ordinances, resolutions, orders, and regulations of the Tow…
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§ 94. Tax abatements The Board of Civil Authority, along with the Treasurer and the listers, shall c…
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§ 94. Bonding for constructing electric light system Said Village by a majority vote at a meeting le…
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§ 95. Abstracts sufficient for returns to Secretary of State In making returns of the abstract of sa…
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§ 95. Copies of the charter The original copy of this charter shall be kept by the Town Clerk at the…
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§ 95. Indemnification The Village shall indemnify and hold all elective and appointive officers harm…
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§ 95. Management of electric power plant The said Board of Electric Light Commissioners shall have t…
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§ 96. Board of Tax Appeals and Board of Civil Authority to transmit certified copy of appeal proceed…
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§ 96. Amendment of charter This charter may be amended pursuant to and by the procedures of State la…
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§ 96. Electric rates; liens The rates and rents for the use of said electric light plant and the app…
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§ 97. Forms for books may be altered as directed by State Tax Commissioner; extension of time The fo…
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§ 97. Reference to State law Any reference in this charter to a specific State law or to State law g…
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§ 97. Meters A person supplied with electric light or power may, by a notice in writing, delivered t…
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§ 98. Council to assess (a) The City Council, at the same meeting and immediately after it gives fin…
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§ 98. Electric Department finances It shall be the duty of the Treasurer of said Village to keep sep…
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§ 98a.
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§ 99. Additional assessment; amount The City Council, in addition to the taxes required by the gener…
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§ 100. Annual assessment for redemption of bonds authorized Said City Council shall annually assess …
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§ 101 Incorporated
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§ 101. Day Unless otherwise specifically provided, the legal day for purposes of this chapter shall …
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§ 101. Short title This title may be cited as the Mutual Benefit Enterprise Act. (Added 2011, No. 84…
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§ 101. Short title This title may be cited as the Vermont Trust Code. (Added 2009, No. 20, § 1.)
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§ 101. Short title This title may be cited as the Vermont Parentage Act. (Added 2017, No. 162 (Adj. …
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§ 101. Corporate existence retained The area and inhabitants within the current boundaries of the To…
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§ 101. Corporate existence retained The boundaries of the City of Barre shall be those as set forth …
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§ 101. Annual assessment to pay bond interest authorized The City Council shall at the same meeting …
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§ 101. Corporate existence retained Notwithstanding the provisions of any other municipal charter, t…
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§ 101. City of Montpelier The inhabitants of the territory formerly the Town of Montpelier, and that…
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§ 101. Corporate existence retained The inhabitants of the Town of South Burlington, within the corp…
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§ 101. Separability If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of the ch…
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§ 101. Corporate existence retained; form of government (a) The City of Winooski as constituted by 1…
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§ 101. Merger of the Village and Town At midnight at the end of November 30, 2004, the Village of Br…
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§ 101. Corporate existence retained The inhabitants of the Town of Middlebury, within the limits as …
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§ 101. General law applies (a) All provisions of the Constitution and laws of the State relating to …
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§ 101. Merger of the Village and Town The Village of Chester and the Town of Chester are hereby cons…
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§ 101. Annual and special meetings All annual and special meetings of the Town of Danville shall be …
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§ 101. Town highway budget Annually, the Selectboard shall prepare a highway budget with respect to …
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§ 101. Corporate existence retained The inhabitants of the Town of Essex, within the corporate limit…
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§ 101. Water Department There is created a Water Department for the purpose of maintaining a municip…
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§ 101. Corporate existence retained The inhabitants of the Town of Hardwick as presently constituted…
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§ 101. Corporate existence retained The inhabitants of the Town of Milton, within the limits as now …
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§ 101. Applicability of general law (a) All provisions of the Constitution and the general law of th…
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§ 101. Corporate existence retained The inhabitants of the Town of Plainfield as presently constitut…
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§ 101. Corporate existence retained The inhabitants of the Town of Poultney are hereby incorporated …
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§ 101. Merger of the Village and Town of Richford Effective as of midnight at the end of December 31…
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§ 101. Corporate existence retained The inhabitants of the Town of Richmond as presently constituted…
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§ 101. Additional Town powers In addition to powers otherwise conferred by law, the Town of St. John…
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§ 101. General law; application Except as modified by the provisions of this charter or by any lawfu…
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§ 101. Corporate existence retained (a) Pursuant to the authority granted by the General Assembly, t…
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§ 101. Boundaries and corporate existence All that portion of the Town of Alburgh in the County of G…
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§ 101. Boundaries and corporate existence All that portion of the Town of Derby in the County of Orl…
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§ 101. Boundaries and corporate existence All that portion of the Town of Derby in the County of Orl…
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§ 101. Establishing and discontinuing streets The trustees of said corporation shall have the power …
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§ 101. [Transitional provisions relating to adoption and amending of the charter, the preservation o…
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§ 101. Village boundaries and legal taxing authority The inhabitants of all that part of the Town of…
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§ 101. Corporate existence The geographical area as described in subchapter 14 of this chapter shall…
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§ 101. Corporate existence retained The inhabitants of the Village of Poultney, the boundaries of wh…
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§ 101. Creation Upon approval of this agreement by the participating municipalities, as required in …
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§ 101. Creation and name A union municipal district to be known as the Lamoille Regional Solid Waste…
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§ 101. Creation and name In accordance with the provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 121, subchapter 3, t…
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§ 101. Creation Upon approval of this chapter by the participating municipalities, as required in 24…
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§ 101. Creation Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 121, subchapter 3, there is hereby created a union mun…
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§§ 101-103. [Transitional provisions related to the merger of the Village and Town]
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§§ 101-104. Repealed.
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§§ 101-104. Repealed.
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§ 102 General powers
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§ 102. Hours Fish may be taken during the open season at any hour of the day. (Added 1961, No. 119, …
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§ 102. Definitions As used in this title, the following words have the following meanings: (1) “Arti…
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§ 102. Scope (a) This title applies to express trusts, charitable or noncharitable, and trusts creat…
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§ 102. Definitions As used in this title: (1) “Acknowledged parent” means a person who has establish…
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§ 102. General law; application Except when changed or modified by this charter, or by any lawful re…
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§ 102. General law application Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this …
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§ 102. Annual local education spending The City Council and the City Chief Administrative Officer sh…
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§ 102. General powers; law Except as modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any lawful re…
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§ 102. General powers The City shall have all the powers given to towns by the general law; and may …
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§ 102. General law application Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this …
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§ 102. Powers of the City The City of Winooski shall have all powers possible for a City to have und…
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§ 102. Additional Town powers In addition to powers otherwise conferred by law, the Town of Benningt…
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§ 102. Properties transferred and liabilities assumed Upon the merger specified in section 101 of th…
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§ 102. General law; application Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this…
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§ 102. General law, application Except as modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any lawf…
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§ 102. Water Commission (a) The Selectboard shall appoint a three-member board that shall serve as t…
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§ 102. General law, application Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this…
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§ 102. General law application Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this …
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§ 102. Severability If any provision of this charter shall for any reason be held invalid, such inva…
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§ 102. General law application Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this …
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§ 102. Assets transferred and liabilities assumed (a) Upon the effective merger date, all assets of …
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§ 102. General law; application Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this…
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§ 102. Initiative; advisory votes The voters of the Town have the power to petition for a nonbinding…
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§ 102. General provisions (a) Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this c…
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§ 102. Laying of water pipes The trustees, or a majority of them, may lay water pipes, within the li…
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§ 102. General law application Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this …
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§ 102. Purpose (a) The District is created and shall exist for the purpose of providing for manageme…
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§ 102. Purpose The purpose of the District is to provide for the treatment and management of solid w…
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§ 102. Purpose The District is created and shall exist for the purpose of providing for the effectiv…
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§ 102. Purpose The District is created and shall exist for the purpose of providing for the efficien…
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§ 102. Purpose The District is created and shall exist for the purpose of providing solid waste disp…
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§§ 102-103. [Transitional sections related to the real property, financial and administrative matter…
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§ 102a.
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§ 102b.
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§ 102c.
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§ 102d.
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§ 102e.
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§ 102f.
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§ 103. Construction The powers of the City under this charter shall be construed liberally in favor …
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§ 103. Powers of the Town (a) The Town shall have all of the powers granted to towns and municipal c…
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§ 103. Composition The District is composed of and includes all of the lands and residents within th…
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§ 103. Mutual benefit enterprise subject to amendment or repeal A mutual benefit enterprise governed…
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§ 103. Definitions In this title: (1) “Action,” with respect to an act of a trustee, includes a fail…
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§ 103. Scope and application (a) Scope. This title applies to determination of parentage in this Sta…
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§ 103. Wards established There shall be three wards for the City of Barre and the boundaries of the …
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§ 103. Taxes to be paid in money All taxes assessed upon the grand list of said City shall be paid i…
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§ 103. Specific powers (a) The City of Essex Junction shall have all the powers granted to cities an…
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§ 103. Form of government (a) The municipal government provided by this charter shall be known as co…
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§ 103. Powers of the City (a) The City shall have all the powers granted to towns and municipal corp…
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§ 103. Initiative; advisory votes The voters of the Town have the power to petition for a nonbinding…
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§ 103. Properties held in trust Any and all properties held in trust by the trustees of the Village …
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§ 103. Powers of the Town (a) The Town shall have all the powers granted to towns by the Constitutio…
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§ 103. Establishment of dedicated fund A dedicated fund is hereby established for the purposes set f…
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§ 103. Powers of the Town (a) The Town of Hardwick shall have all the powers granted to towns, town …
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§ 103. Particular powers of the Town In addition to powers otherwise conferred upon it by law, the T…
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§ 103. Powers of the Town (a) The Town of Middlebury shall have all the powers granted to towns and …
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§ 103. Powers of the Town and School District (a) General. The Town of Milton shall have all the pow…
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§ 103. Recall Any elected official or official appointed to elective office holding a Town office ma…
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§ 103. Finances On the effective merger date: (1) the funds and other assets of the Village of Richf…
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§ 103. Powers of the Town (a) The Town of Richmond shall have all the powers granted to towns, town …
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§ 103. Appointed officers (a) In addition to all other offices that may be filled by appointment by …
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§ 103. Assessment for benefit Said trustees in making, altering, or repairing sidewalks, culverts, s…
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§ 103. Powers of the Village The Village of Poultney shall have all the powers granted to village an…
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§ 103. Composition The District is composed of and includes all of the lands and residents within th…
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§ 103. Composition The District includes all the lands within those municipalities that vote to appr…
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§ 103. Composition The District is composed of and includes all of the lands and residents within th…
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§ 103. Composition The District is composed of and includes all of the lands and residents within th…
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§§ 103-106. Repealed.
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§ 104 Local option tax
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§ 104. Intergovernmental relations The City may exercise any of its powers or perform any of its fun…
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§ 104. [Repealed.]
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§ 104. Duration The District shall continue as a body politic and corporate until and unless dissolv…
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§ 104. Nature of mutual benefit enterprise (a) A mutual benefit enterprise organized under this titl…
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§ 104. Knowledge (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a person has knowledge of a fact if …
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§ 104. Parentage proceeding (a) Proceeding authorized. A proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of a…
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§ 104. General corporate powers (a) The City shall have all the powers granted to towns and municipa…
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§ 104. Taxes to be paid in installments Except when otherwise provided, whenever any tax shall be as…
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§ 104. Reservation of powers Nothing in this charter shall be so construed as in any way to limit th…
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§ 104. Repealed.
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§ 104. Ordinances; subjects The general grant of ordinance-promulgating authority in section 103 of …
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§ 104. Recall (a) The voters of the Town may recall any of the elected Town officers listed in subch…
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§ 104. Settling the affairs of the Village of Bradford Prior to said merger, the officers of the Vil…
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§ 104. Additional powers In addition to powers otherwise conferred upon it by law, the Town is autho…
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§ 104. Severability If any provision of this enactment shall for any reason be held invalid, such in…
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§ 104. Additional powers The general grant of authority in section 103 of this charter shall include…
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§ 104. Additional powers The general grant of authority in section 103 of this charter shall include…
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§ 104. Ordinances (a) General. To adopt ordinances and regulations for the protection of persons and…
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§ 104. Form of government The municipal government provided by this charter shall be known as counci…
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§ 104. Water and sewer rates (a) All water and sewer rates of the Village of Richford in effect at t…
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§ 104. Reservations of powers to the Town Nothing in this charter shall be construed to in any way l…
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§ 104. Separability If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of this c…
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§ 104. Notice to enter land; trustees’ determination of assessments and damages When said trustees e…
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§ 104. Additional powers The general grant of authority in section 103 of this charter shall include…
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§ 104. Duration The District shall continue as a body politic and corporate unless and until dissolv…
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§ 104. Duration The District shall continue perpetually.
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§ 104. Duration The District shall continue as a body politic and corporate unless and until dissolv…
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§ 104. Duration The District shall continue as a body politic and corporate unless and until dissolv…
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§ 105. Purpose and duration of mutual benefit enterprise (a) A mutual benefit enterprise is an entit…
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§ 105. Default and mandatory rules (a) Except as otherwise provided in the terms of the trust, this …
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§ 105. Standing to maintain proceeding Subject to other provisions of this chapter, a proceeding to …
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§ 105. Ordinances—Subject matter (a) The general grant of ordinance promulgating authority in sectio…
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§ 105. Chief Administrative Officer to give notice upon receipt of tax bills The Chief Administrativ…
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§ 105. Form of government The municipal government provided by this charter shall be known as counci…
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§ 105. Intergovernmental relations The City, through its City Council, may enter into agreements wit…
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§ 105. Ordinances; enforcement; adoption (a) The Council may provide penalties for the breach of any…
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§ 105. Power over water resources (a) No person, association of persons, corporate entity, or munici…
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§ 105. Police Department Upon the date of merger, the Village Police Department will become a Town P…
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§ 105. Ordinances; enforcement; adoption (a) The Selectboard may provide monetary penalties or injun…
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§ 105. Ordinances — Method of adoption and enforcement [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-…
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§ 105. Reservation of powers to the Town Nothing in this charter shall be construed to in any way li…
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§ 105. Reservation of powers to the Town Nothing in this charter shall be construed to in any way li…
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§ 105. Nonapplicability to zoning and subdivision The provisions of section 104 of this charter shal…
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§ 105. Police protection (a) Police protection in the former Village area shall be considered a spec…
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§ 105. Authority of police officers The police officers of the Town shall have the same powers throu…
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§ 105. Appeal of damage award or assessment for benefit When any person shall be dissatisfied with t…
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§ 105. Reservation of powers to the Village Nothing in this charter shall be construed to in any way…
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§ 105. Powers Except as otherwise provided or limited herein, the District shall have the following …
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§ 105. Powers (a) The District shall have all those powers set forth in 24 V.S.A. § 4866 as the same…
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§ 105. Powers Except as otherwise provided or limited herein, the District shall have the following …
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§ 105. Powers Except as otherwise provided or limited herein, the District shall have the following …
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§ 105. Powers Except as otherwise provided or limited by this charter, the District shall have the f…
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§ 106. Powers A mutual benefit enterprise may sue and be sued in its own name and do all things nece…
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§ 106. Form of government The municipal government provided by this charter shall be known as counci…
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§ 106. Common law of trusts; principles of equity The common law of trusts and principles of equity …
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§ 106. Notice of proceeding (a) A petitioner under this chapter shall give notice of the proceeding …
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§ 106. Ordinances; enforcement; adoption (a) The Council may provide penalties for the breach of any…
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§ 106. Delinquency assessments Except when otherwise provided, if at the expiration of the time with…
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§ 106. Introduction; first and second readings; public hearing (a) Every ordinance shall be introduc…
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§ 106. Finances With the exception of the funds of the Water Department and Sewer Department, and ot…
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§ 106. Introduction; first and second readings; public hearing (a) Every ordinance, repeal of an ord…
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§ 106. Introduction; first and second readings; public hearing [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A…
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§ 106. Ordinances: penalties for breach thereof (a) A Town ordinance may provide: (1) for a fine in …
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§ 106. Ordinances; penalties for breach thereof (a) A Town ordinance may provide: (1) for a fine in …
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§ 106. Trash collection Trash collection in the former Village area shall be considered as a special…
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§ 106. Open meetings Meetings of all Town boards and commissions shall be open and held in accordanc…
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§ 106. Judicial review of damage award The County Court shall, when petitioned under the provisions …
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§ 106. Transportation and collection system Each member municipality, either directly or through ind…
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§ 106. Sovereign immunity The District shall have the benefit of sovereign immunity to the same exte…
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§ 106. Sovereign immunity The District shall have the benefit of sovereign immunity to the fullest e…
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§ 106. Responsibility to accept solid waste (a) The District shall become responsible for providing …
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§ 107. Governing law The law of this State governs: (1) the internal affairs of a mutual benefit ent…
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§ 107. Governing law The meaning and effect of the terms of a trust are determined by: (1) the law o…
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§ 107. Handheld Spear, Speargun, Crossbow, and Bow and Arrow (a) A person holding a hunting or combi…
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§ 107. Form of notice Notice shall be by first-class mail to the person’s last known address. (Added…
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§ 107. Ordinances; adoption process (a) Every ordinance shall be introduced in writing. The enacting…
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§ 107. When Treasurer to issue warrant against delinquent persons Except when otherwise provided, af…
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§ 107. Further consideration; final passage After the hearing, the Council may finally pass the ordi…
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§ 107. Water and Sewer Department (a) The services of the Water and Sewer Department of the Town of …
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§ 107. Further consideration; final passage After the hearing, the Selectboard may finally pass such…
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§ 107. Effective date [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-302 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.…
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§ 107. Ordinances; adoption by the Selectboard (a) If the Selectboard desires to adopt an ordinance,…
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§ 107. Ordinances; adoption by Selectboard (a) If the Selectboard desires to adopt an ordinance, the…
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§ 107. Existing ordinances (a) The Village zoning and flood hazard regulations, as amended, are here…
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§ 107. Form of government Pursuant to its provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by …
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§ 107. Assessment as lien The amount of such assessment or assessments, as fixed by the final decisi…
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§ 107. Intergovernmental relations The Village, through its Board of Trustees, may enter into any ag…
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§ 107. Responsibility to accept solid waste (a) The District becomes responsible for providing a sys…
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§ 107. Transportation and collection sites The costs and responsibility for providing adequate colle…
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§ 107. Responsibility to accept waste (a) The District shall not enter into any contract with nonmem…
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§ 107. Procedure for adoption of ordinances, rules, and regulations (a) Any ordinance, rule, or regu…
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§ 108. Supplemental principles of law Unless displaced by particular provisions, the principles of l…
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§ 108. Effective date Every ordinance shall become effective 21 days after passage unless a petition…
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§ 108. Shooting pickerel A person holding a hunting or combination license may take pickerel by shoo…
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§ 108. Principal place of administration (a) Without precluding other means for establishing a suffi…
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§ 108. Personal jurisdiction (a) Personal jurisdiction. A person shall not be adjudicated a parent u…
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§ 108. Filing of ordinances The City Clerk shall keep in the Clerk’s office a book of ordinances tha…
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§ 108. Chief Administrative Officer to collect delinquent taxes It shall be the duty of the Chief Ad…
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§ 108. Effective date Every ordinance shall become effective upon passage unless otherwise specified…
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§ 108. Existing ordinances (a) The development plan, zoning regulations, subdivision regulations, an…
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§ 108. Filing [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-303 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, …
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§ 108. Referendum (a) All Town ordinances, except as specified in section 110 of this charter, may b…
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§ 108. Referendum (a) All Town ordinances, except as specified in section 110 of this charter, may b…
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§ 108. Election of Selectboard (a) Members of the Selectboard in office at the date of the adoption …
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§ 108. Intergovernmental relations The Town, through its Selectboard, may enter into any agreement w…
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§ 108. Filing of lien It shall be the duty of the Clerk of said Village in all the foregoing cases, …
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§ 108. Facility siting conditions No solid waste disposal or management facility shall be operated w…
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§ 108. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Board” means the Board of Supervisors of the Lamoil…
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§ 109. Repealed.
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§ 109. Requirements of other laws (a) This title does not alter or amend any law that governs the li…
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§ 109. Methods and waiver of notice (a) Notice to a person under this title or the sending of a docu…
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§ 109. Venue Venue for a proceeding to adjudicate parentage shall be in the county in which: (1) the…
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§ 109. Reservation of powers to the City Nothing in this charter shall be so construed as in any way…
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§ 109. Collection after time warrant returnable permitted The Chief Administrative Officer, or any s…
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§ 109. Filing The City Clerk shall prepare and keep in the City Clerk’s office a book of ordinances …
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§ 109. Election of Selectboard On November 30, 2004, the Office of Trustees shall cease to exist. Th…
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§ 109. Filing The Town Clerk shall prepare and keep in the Town Clerk’s office the original signed c…
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§ 109. Annual Town report [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-602 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. S…
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§ 109. Ordinances; adoption on petition Any lawful ordinance may be enacted by vote of the Town as f…
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§ 109. Initiative Any lawful ordinance may be enacted by vote of the Town as follows: A petition sig…
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§ 109. Town School District; establishment The Town of Richmond, as established in section 101 of th…
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§ 109. Interlocal contracts In accordance with 24 V.S.A. chapter 141, subchapter 4, the District rec…
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§ 109a. Repealed.
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§ 110. Repealed.
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§ 110. Relation to restraint of trade and antitrust laws To the extent that a mutual benefit enterpr…
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§ 110. Others treated as qualified beneficiaries (a) Whenever notice to qualified beneficiaries of a…
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§ 110. Joinder of proceedings (a) Joinder permitted. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) …
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§ 110. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the City shall begin on the first day of July of each calendar…
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§ 110. Utility services The Town shall have the power to impose rates, charges, and assessments upon…
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§ 110. Chief Administrative Officer to proceed in manner prescribed by law Such Chief Administrative…
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§ 110. Annual City report The annual City report shall be made available to the legal voters of the …
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§ 110. Votes required for effect All sections of this plan of merger shall take effect if this plan …
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§ 110. Annual Town report The annual Town report shall be made available for general distribution no…
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§ 110. Reservation of powers to the Town [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-105 by 2023, N…
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§ 110. Non-applicability of zoning and subdivision The provisions of sections 107, 108, and 109 of t…
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§ 110. Nonapplicability to zoning and subdivision (a) The provisions of sections 107, 108, and 109 o…
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§ 111. Repealed.
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§ 111. Name (a) The name of a mutual benefit enterprise shall contain the words “mutual benefit ente…
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§ 111. Nonjudicial settlement agreements (a) For purposes of this section, “interested persons” mean…
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§ 111. Orders (a) Interim order for support. In a proceeding under this title, the court may issue a…
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§ 111. Fees for collection of delinquent taxes The Chief Administrative Officer shall be entitled to…
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§ 111. Bonding of City officials The Mayor, councilors, members of the Police Department, City Manag…
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§ 111. Reservation of powers to the City Nothing in this charter shall be so construed as in any way…
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§ 111. Amendment The amendment of this charter shall be as provided by law.
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§ 111. Reservation of powers to the Town Nothing in this subchapter shall be so construed as in any …
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§ 111. Applicability of referendum and initiative The right of referendum and initiative contained i…
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§ 111. Authority of police officers The police officers of the Town shall have the same powers throu…
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§ 111. Ordinances; enforcement and adoption (a) The Selectboard may provide penalties for the breach…
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§ 111. Ordinances (a) Village legislation shall be by ordinance adopted pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapte…
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§ 111. Date of annual meeting The annual meeting of said corporation for the choice of officers and …
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§ 112. Reservation of name A person may reserve the exclusive use of a business name by delivering a…
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§ 112. Rules of construction The rules of construction that apply in this State to the interpretatio…
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§ 112. Admission of parentage authorized (a) Admission of parentage. A respondent in a proceeding to…
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§ 112. Amendment of charter This charter may be amended in the manner provided for by the laws of th…
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§ 112. Failure of owners to pay assessments; warrant to be issued; Chief Administrative Officer to c…
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§ 112. Authority of police officers Police officers of the Town shall have those powers conferred up…
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§ 112. Ordinance; introduction and readings (a) Every ordinance shall be introduced in writing. The …
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§ 112. Compensation and fees (a) The Village meeting may annually vote the compensation to be paid t…
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§ 112. Failure to hold annual meeting If the annual meeting of said Village fails to be holden, for …
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§§ 112-114. Repealed.
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§ 113. Effect of organic rules (a) The relations between a mutual benefit enterprise and its members…
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§ 113. Order on default The court may issue an order adjudicating the parentage of a person who is i…
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§ 113. Open meetings Meetings of all Town boards, commissions, and formal committees shall conform w…
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§ 113. Assessments may be collected by suit Such assessments and installments may also be collected …
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§ 113. Ordinance; consideration and passage After the hearing, the Selectboard may adopt the ordinan…
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§ 113. Qualification to vote at Village meetings Every person who resides within the limits of said …
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§ 114. Required information (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a mutual benefit enterpri…
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§ 114. Order adjudicating parentage (a) Issuance of order. In a proceeding under this chapter, the c…
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§ 114. Council to establish and prescribe nature of connections The City Council shall establish rat…
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§ 114. Form of government The municipal government provided by this charter shall be known as the co…
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§ 114. Ordinance; effective date An ordinance shall become effective in accordance with the provisio…
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§ 114. Village powers Said Village shall have power to make, amend, or repeal bylaws not repugnant t…
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§ 114a.
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§ 114G Local option tax
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§ 115. Use of state controlled fishing access areas 1.0 Authority1.1 This rule is adopted pursuant t…
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§ 115. Business transactions of member with mutual benefit enterprise Subject to sections 818 and 81…
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§ 115. Binding effect of determination of parentage (a) Determination binding. Except as otherwise p…
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§ 115. Descriptions recorded in Chief Administrative Officer’s office sufficient for assessment purp…
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§ 115. Change of form of government Upon petition of a number of legal voters equal to at least 15 p…
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§ 115. Ordinances; filing The Town Clerk shall prepare and keep in the Town office a book of ordinan…
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§ 115. Bylaws And said Village may make, amend, or repeal any other bylaws, which it may deem necess…
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§ 116. Atlantic salmon management in Connecticut River (a) Definitions. (1) “Angling” means fishing …
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§ 116. Dual capacity A person may have a patron member’s interest and an investor member’s interest …
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§ 116. Full faith and credit A court of this State shall give full faith and credit to a determinati…
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§ 116. Duties generally The Mayor shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the City. The Mayor shall …
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§ 116. Intergovernmental relations The Town, through its Selectboard, may enter into any agreement w…
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§ 116. Recording and certification of bylaws The bylaws of said Village shall be recorded in the off…
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§ 117. Fish propagation (1) Purpose. The purpose of this regulation is to carry out the mandate of t…
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§ 117. Designated office and agent for service of process A mutual benefit enterprise or a foreign e…
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§ 117. Order of succession; Mayor to notify Chief Administrative Officer of his or her intended abse…
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§ 117. Breach of bylaws A fine not exceeding $20.00 with costs of prosecution may be imposed by said…
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§ 118. Service in law enforcement or judicial capacity No person being a resident or taxpayer of sai…
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§ 118. Repealed by order of the commissioner.
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§ 118. Change of designated office or agent for service of process A mutual benefit enterprise or fo…
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§ 118. Mayor to administer oaths The Mayor shall have power to administer oaths in all cases proper …
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§ 118. Special service district (a) By ordinance, enacted as herein provided, the Town of Hardwick m…
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§ 119. Filleting fish No species of fish that has a length limit restriction shall be filleted or al…
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§ 119. Resignation of agent for service of process An agent for service of process may resign as age…
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§ 119. Remission of fines authorized The Mayor, with the consent of the City Council, shall have pow…
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§ 120. Special regulations—Noyes Pond 1. Fishing in Noyes Pond shall be by fly fishing only. (Flies …
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§ 120. Service of process A mutual benefit enterprise or foreign enterprise is subject to the servic…
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§ 120. Enumerated There shall be maintained in said City a Board of Assessors consisting of the City…
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§ 120a.
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§ 121. [Repeal acts]
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§ 121. Rule establishing a list for prohibited, restricted and unrestricted fish species 1.0 Authori…
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§ 121. Repealed.
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§ 122. [Effective date]
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§ 122. Fish Management Regulation [Effective until January 1, 2026] 1.0 Authority (a) This rule is a…
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§ 122. Enumerated (a) On the first Monday in June 1998, the Mayor shall appoint a City Assessor and …
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§ 123. Commercial Angling Rule [Effective January 1, 2026] 1.0 Authority. 1.1 This rule is adopted p…
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§ 123. Repealed.
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§ 124. Valley Brook—Spawning waters [Repealed effective January 1, 2026] (Added 1986, Fish and Wildl…
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§ 124. Chair; clerk, records Each of the boards and commissions named in section 120 of this charter…
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§§ 125, 126.
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§ 125. Mayor and City Councilors (a) Term of Mayor. On the first Tuesday in March 2003 and triennial…
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§ 126. Commissioners and Board of Tax Appeals (a) Except as specified in section 179 of this charter…
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§ 127. Repealed.
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§ 127. Department heads and other officers All officers whose terms of office are not herein or by g…
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§ 128. Repealed.
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§ 128. Manner of filling (a) In case of a vacancy in the Office of Mayor, occasioned by death, resig…
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§§ 129, 130.
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§ 129. Appointing body or person has power to remove The City Council with Mayor presiding shall hav…
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§ 130. Manner of filling vacancy and residency requirement (a) In case of a vacancy for any cause in…
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§ 131. Repealed.
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§ 131. Dual positions prohibited No City councilor may serve as a City employee or as a commissioner…
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§ 131. Electric utility (a) There shall be a Village of Hyde Park electric utility, which shall serv…
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§ 131-101. Annual and special meetings All annual and special meetings of the Danville School Distri…
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§ 132. Repealed.
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§ 132. Mayor, City Council, and other City officials (a)(1) The Mayor shall receive such annual comp…
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§ 133. Expired.
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§ 133. Conflicts of interest (a) No City officer shall participate in any fashion or cast a vote on …
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§ 134. Repealed.
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§ 134. Required of Treasurer and other officers handling City funds The Treasurer and all other City…
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§ 135. Expired.
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§ 135. City Council to approve surety company; costs to be paid by City All City officers from whom …
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§ 136. Repealed.
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§ 136. Officer to be removed from neglect to give bond after notice In case of the neglect of any of…
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§ 137. Fishing tournaments (A) The permit for a fishing tournament as required by 10 V.S.A. § 4613 s…
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§ 137. Form All officers of the City shall, before assuming office, take, subscribe, and file with t…
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§ 138. Hatchery Brook closure That portion of the so-called Hatchery Brook, located in the Town of G…
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§ 138. Duties of Chief Administrative Officer generally (a) The Chief Administrative Officer shall, …
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§ 139. Fish importation 1.0 Authority 1.1 This rule is adopted pursuant to 10 V.S.A §§ 4081(a), 4082…
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§ 139. Public records to remain in Chief Administrative Officer’s office; Council may regulate remov…
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§ 140. Commissioner’s Rule Private Stocking of Fish in Public and Private Waters 1.0 Authority. 1.1 …
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§ 140. Certified copies of records to be made Said Chief Administrative Officer shall, on being tend…
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§ 141. Baitfish Rule [Effective until January 1, 2026] 1.0 Authority. This rule is adopted pursuant …
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§ 141. Certification that notices, ordinances, etc., have been posted required Whenever any notice s…
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§ 142. Assistants An assistant may be designated by the Chief Administrative Officer to make duly ce…
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§ 143. [Reserved.]
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§ 144. Chief Administrative Officer to keep record of notes and bonds issued The Chief Administrativ…
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§ 145. Record of school bonds to be kept The Chief Administrative Officer shall keep a record of all…
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§ 146. Redeemed bonds, notes, and interest coupons to be kept When old notes or bonds and any intere…
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§ 147. Chief Administrative Officer to keep separate account of school appropriations The Chief Admi…
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§ 148. Duties The City Attorney shall be corporation counsel and shall prosecute and defend in behal…
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§ 149. Subject to same penalties as State’s Attorneys The City Attorney and assistant City attorney …
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§ 150. Duties; liabilities; etc The Board of Assessors shall have the same powers, discharge the sam…
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§ 151. Powers; duties; liabilities; etc The City Grand Juror shall have the same powers, perform the…
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§ 151. Water and sewer utility (a) There shall be a Village of Hyde Park Water and Sewer Department,…
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§ 152. Powers and duties The City Constable shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and…
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§ 153. Duties The City Engineer and Surveyor shall be assigned to the Public Works Department. He or…
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§ 154. Composition The Board of Finance shall be constituted as follows: The Mayor shall, ex officio…
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§ 155. Board to act as board of audit; uniform system to be adopted The Board of Finance shall act a…
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§ 156. Monthly reports; annual audit The Board of Finance shall provide for regular monthly reports …
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§ 157. Preparation and submission of budget The Mayor shall, with the assistance of the other member…
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§ 158. Sinking Fund abolished The General Sinking Fund of the City, so-called, is hereby abolished a…
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§ 159. Selection of official depositary The Board of Finance shall, in the month of June 1994, and n…
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§ 160. Care and control of public buildings The Board of Finance shall also have the care and contro…
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§ 161. Repairs to public buildings The Board of Finance may cause such repairs or enlargements to be…
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§ 162. Board authorized to rent portions of public buildings The Board of Finance may rent such port…
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§ 163. Composition (a) The Board of School Commissioners of said City shall be composed of 12 school…
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§ 164. Terms; elections (a) On the first Tuesday in March 2015 and biennially thereafter, the legal …
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§ 165. Manner of filling vacancies In case of a vacancy in the office of school commissioner, occasi…
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§ 166. Meetings Said Board shall, by general regulations, provide for the holding of regular meeting…
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§ 167. Duties Said Board shall have the care and custody of all property belonging to or used for th…
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§ 168. Adoption of budget (a)(1) Said Board shall annually be responsible for the preparation and ad…
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§ 169. Powers generally; authority to establish graded schools Said Board shall have in general all …
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§ 170. Authority to establish bylaws and regulations Said Board may establish such bylaws and regula…
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§ 171. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis” or “ALS” means a pro…
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§ 171. Appointment; compensation; removal; term Said commissioners shall, if applicable under the ci…
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§ 171. Application of general law All provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont relating to vil…
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§ 171. Responsibility for security (a) The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services shall be r…
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§§ 171-175. Repealed.
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§ 172. Registry established The Commissioner shall establish, maintain, and operate a statewide amyo…
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§ 172. Duties of Superintendent; commissioners to file monthly report The Superintendent of Schools …
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§ 172. Severability The sections of this charter and parts thereof are severable. If any portion of …
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§ 172. Capitol Complex security The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services shall be responsi…
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§ 173. Duty of health care providers A health care provider that screens for, diagnoses, or provides…
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§ 173. Appointment; duties Said Board shall appoint truant officers for said City, as provided by ge…
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§ 173. Officers; appointive All offices in the Village of Hyde Park not required by Vermont statute …
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§ 174. Confidentiality (a)(1) All identifying information regarding an individual patient or health …
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§ 174. City to provide, equip, and maintain It shall be the duty of said City to provide, equip, and…
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§ 174. Terms of office All officers under this charter shall hold their respective offices until the…
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§ 175. Annual report Annually, on or before January 15, the Department shall submit a written report…
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§ 175. Commissioners to control location, construction, sale, and purchase The location and construc…
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§ 175. Construction The provisions of this charter shall be construed liberally in favor of the Vill…
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§ 176. Amendment or repeal No section of this charter may be amended or repealed without such amendm…
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§ 176. Rulemaking The Commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 to implement th…
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§ 176. Statement showing necessity for construction or purchase required Before the school commissio…
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§§ 176-182. Repealed.
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§ 177. Effective date The charter shall become effective upon approval in accordance with 17 V.S.A. …
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§ 177. Liability (a) No action for damages arising from the disclosure of confidential or privileged…
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§ 177. Council to approve purchase or construction They shall not purchase any real estate, nor ente…
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§ 178. Funds for construction or purchase to be provided by tax levy Upon the approval by the City C…
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§ 178. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Trustees” means the duly elected members of the tru…
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§ 179. Composition The Board of Library Commissioners shall consist of ten members. Six of such memb…
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§ 180. Duties The City Council may make and establish all proper and necessary rules and regulations…
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§ 181. Liabilities to be approved and budget preparation All bills, accounts, and claims on account …
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§ 182. [Reserved.]
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§ 183. Board of Police Commissioners; composition; terms The Board of Police Commissioners shall con…
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§ 184. Same—Powers and duties The City Council shall make rules and regulations for the government o…
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§ 185. Officers of police force designated (a) The direction and control of the entire police force,…
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§ 186. Manner of filling vacancies Whenever a vacancy occurs in any other position, the Chief may ap…
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§ 187. Force to be maintained; selection of members A regular police force for said City shall be ma…
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§ 188. Manner of appointment The Chief shall, from time to time, as the needs of the City may requir…
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§ 189. Members of force to be retained as long as they remain competent The members of said regular …
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§ 190. Chief may remove member for cause; hearing (a) Whenever it shall appear to the Chief that any…
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§ 191. Political activity restricted No person while an officer or other member of the regular polic…
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§ 192. Authority to appoint; defined; powers (a) In addition to the regular police force hereinbefor…
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§ 193. Service and process; fees allowed All police officers shall have authority to serve anywhere …
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§ 194. Police to have same powers as constables; jurisdiction limited The said police officers shall…
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§ 195. Compensation to be set by Council The compensation of all police officers, including that of …
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§ 195a.
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§ 196. Composition (a) The Board of Fire Commissioners shall consist of five legal voters of the Cit…
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§ 197. Authority to establish rules and regulations for Fire Department The City Council may make an…
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§ 198. Fire Department; created; members; appointment There shall be a paid Fire Department for said…
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§ 199. Department to be under supervision of Chief Engineer Said Department shall be at all times un…
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§ 200. Powers of fire commissioners The Board of Fire Commissioners may exercise such of the referen…
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§§ 201, 202.
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§ 201. Applicability of general law (a) All provisions of the Constitution and general laws of the S…
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§ 201. Applicability of the general law Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by these charter …
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§ 201. Signing of records delivered for filing to Secretary of State (a) A record delivered to the S…
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§ 201. Role of court in administration of trust (a) The Probate Division of the Superior Court may i…
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§ 201. Recognized parents A person may establish parentage by any of the following: (1) Birth. Givin…
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§ 201. Application of general laws Provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont, relating to the q…
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§ 201. Powers relating to Fire Department The City Council shall have full power to try and determin…
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§ 201. Powers and duties of governing body (a) The members of the City of Essex Junction City Counci…
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§ 201. City voting districts There shall be three voting districts for the City, which shall be defi…
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§ 201. City meetings The annual City meeting shall occur on the first Tuesday in March and shall be …
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§ 201. Elective officers (a) The elective officers of the Town shall be seven Select Board members e…
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§ 201. Applicability of the general law (a) All provisions of the Constitution and general laws of t…
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§ 201. Town powers The Town of Chester may exercise the following powers and functions in addition t…
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§ 201. Officers generally The officers of the Town of Colchester shall be those provided by law for …
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§ 201. Officers generally The elected officers of the Town of Essex shall be Selectboard members and…
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§ 201. Town meeting (a) Town and School District meeting. All governmental authority for the Town an…
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§ 201. Preface The officers of the Town of Milton shall be those provided by law for towns and town …
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§ 201. Town manager system The Town shall be administered by a Town Manager as provided in 24 V.S.A.…
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§ 201. General law; application Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this…
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§ 201. Elective officers (a) The elective officers of the Town shall be five Select Board members el…
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§ 201. Corporate existence retained The inhabitants of the Town of Stowe within the corporate limits…
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§ 201. Annual and special meetings The annual meeting of the Village shall be held on the first Tues…
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§ 201. Convening of annual meeting The annual meetings of the Village shall be held on the first Tue…
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§ 201. Warning of meeting and qualified voters (a) The annual meetings of the Village of Derby Line …
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§ 201. Corporate existence of the Village All those persons residing in that part of the Town of New…
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§ 201. Elections and terms of officers The officers of said corporation shall be a Board of three tr…
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§ 201. Authorization for the assessment and collection of property taxes The Village may, at an annu…
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§ 201. Authority The legislative power and authority of the District and the administration and the …
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§ 201. Authority All power and authority of the District shall be exercised by the Board except as p…
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§ 201. Authority The legislative power and authority of the District and the administrative and gene…
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§ 201. Authority The legislative power and authority of the District and the administration and the …
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§ 201. Authority The legislative power and authority of the Rutland County Solid Waste District and …
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§§ 201-212. Repealed.
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§ 202. Selectboard — Number, terms of office, election (a) There shall be a Selectboard consisting o…
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§ 202. Signing and filing of records pursuant to judicial order (a) If a person required by this tit…
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§ 202. Jurisdiction over trustee and beneficiary (a) By accepting the trusteeship of a trust having …
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§ 202. Nondiscrimination Every child has the same rights under law as any other child without regard…
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§ 202. Time of elections and meetings (a) The annual City meeting of the City for the election of of…
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§ 202. Political activity restricted No person while an officer or other member of the Fire Departme…
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§ 202. Governing body; composition and terms of office (a) There shall be a City Council consisting …
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§ 202. Qualified voters (a) Voter registration, absentee voting, and conduct of elections at all ann…
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§ 202. Appointive officers (a) The Select Board members shall annually appoint a Constable and other…
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§ 202. Officers The Town of Bradford shall have the officers as provided for towns by the general la…
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§ 202. Elective officers; generally (a) At the annual meeting, the Town shall elect by Australian ba…
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§ 202. Elected officers (a) Local elected offices to be filled by the Town voters shall be only thos…
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§ 202. Elective officers (a) Officers. The officers elected at its annual meeting shall be: (1) five…
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§ 202. Powers of the Town (a) The Town of Plainfield shall have all the powers granted to towns, tow…
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§ 202. Officers (a) The officers of the Town of Richford shall be those provided by law for towns ex…
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§ 202. Appointive officers (a) The Select Board members shall annually appoint a Constable and other…
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§ 202. Powers of the Town (a) The Town shall have all of the powers granted to towns and municipal c…
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§ 202. Election of officers at the annual meeting At the annual meeting of said corporation, there s…
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§ 202. Officers to be elected at annual meeting (a) At the annual meeting of the Village, the follow…
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§ 202. Warning of annual and special meetings (a)(1) The annual meeting of the legal voters of the V…
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§ 202. Composition The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of one representative from each member…
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§ 202. Composition Each member of the District shall have one supervisor on the Board for each nine …
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§ 202. Selection of supervisors and their alternates Board members and alternates shall be appointed…
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§ 202. Composition The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of one representative from each member…
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§ 202. Composition The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of three representatives from the City…
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§ 203. Delivery to and filing of records by Secretary of State; effective time and date (a) A record…
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§ 203. Consequences of establishment of parentage Unless parentage has been terminated by a court or…
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§ 203. Subject matter jurisdiction (a) The Probate Division of the Superior Court has exclusive juri…
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§ 203. Special City meetings Special City meetings shall be called in the manner provided by the law…
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§ 203. Commissioners to manage parks; composition of Board The public parks of the City of Burlingto…
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§ 203. Vacancy in office In case of a vacancy of a Council seat, the vacancy shall be filled by the …
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§ 203. Special meetings The City Clerk shall, when directed by the City Council on its own motion or…
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§ 203. Compensation (a) Compensation paid to the Select Board members shall be set by the voters at …
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§ 203. Ordinances Any rule, ordinance, regulation, zoning regulation, or bylaw of the Town of Bradfo…
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§ 203. Recall (a) Any officer elected under section 202 of this charter may be removed from office a…
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§ 203. Organization [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-204 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.),…
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§ 203. Duties of elected officers (a) Selectboard. (1) Terms of office. (A) There shall be a Selectb…
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§ 203. Terms of elected offices (a) Selectboard. (1) Shall consist of five members. Three members of…
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§ 203. Reservation of powers to the Town Nothing in this charter shall be construed to in any way li…
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§ 203. Tax collection The Town Treasurer shall collect property taxes and penalty and interest charg…
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§ 203. Compensation (a) Compensation paid to the Select Board members shall be set by the voters at …
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§ 203. Particular powers In addition to powers otherwise conferred upon it by law, the Town is, for …
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§ 203. Elections at annual meetings (a) The Village shall, at every annual meeting elect a Moderator…
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§ 203. Appointment On or before the last Monday in March commencing upon the formation of the Distri…
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§ 203. Selection of supervisors (a) Initial Board. The initial Board shall be appointed by the legis…
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§ 203. Composition (a) Each member municipality shall be entitled to be represented by one District …
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§ 203. Appointment (a) The legislative branch of each member municipality that votes to join the Dis…
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§ 203. Appointment Annually on or before the last Monday in March, each member municipality shall ap…
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§§ 203-206. Repealed.
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§ 204. Correcting filed record (a) A mutual benefit enterprise or foreign enterprise may deliver to …
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§ 204. Determination of maternity and paternity Provisions of this title relating to determination o…
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§ 204. Venue (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, venue for a judicia…
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§ 204. Polling places All annual and special elections and meetings shall be held at a central polli…
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§ 204. Records to be kept; annual reports to City Council required The Parks and Recreation Departme…
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§ 204. Election of governing body officers (a) The terms of the officers shall commence on the first…
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§ 204. Reconsideration and rescission Actions taken at an annual or special meeting may be reconside…
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§ 204. Fire prevention For the prevention and control of fires, the Town of Bradford may function wi…
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§ 204. Vacancies In case of a vacancy of any elected Town official, such vacancy shall be filled by …
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§ 204. Meetings [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-205 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3…
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§ 204. Duties of elected officers (a) Selectboard. See subchapter 3 of this charter. (b) Town Clerk.…
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§ 204. Authority of police officers The police officers of the Town shall have the same powers throu…
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§ 204. Town and School District officers The Clerk, Treasurer, and auditors of the Town of Richford …
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§ 204. Offices abolished The Office of Fence Viewer; Inspector of Lumber, Shingles, and Wood; Second…
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§ 204. Ordinances (a) Method of adoption and enforcement. (1) Ordinance-making authority granted to …
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§ 204. Moderator Pro Tem In case the Moderator shall be absent from any meeting, that member of the …
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§ 204. Organizational meeting Annually, on or before the second Monday in April, and upon notice, th…
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§ 204. Organizational meeting Within 60 days of the effective date of this chapter, the Chairperson …
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§ 204. Term of office (a) Board members and alternates shall serve two year terms, running from Apri…
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§ 204. Organizational meeting Annually on the first Wednesday in April, the Board of Supervisors sha…
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§ 204. Organizational meeting Annually, on the second Monday in April, the Board of Supervisors shal…
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§ 205. Liability for inaccurate information in filed record If a record delivered to the Secretary o…
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§ 205. No limitation on child Nothing in this chapter limits the right of a child to bring an action…
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§ 205. Matters in equity The Probate Division of the Superior Court may hear and determine in equity…
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§ 205. Officers elected (a)(1) The legal voters shall elect biennially a Mayor and a Clerk. (2) Annu…
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§ 205. Parks and Recreation Department; appointment of Superintendent, and engineer The Superintende…
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§ 205. Compensation (a) Compensation paid to the Council members shall be set by the voters at the a…
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§ 205. Nominations in general Nominations for the office of Mayor and Councilor shall be made by pet…
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§ 205. Existing Water and Sewer Departments (a) As approved by the majority of the voters of the Vil…
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§ 205. Selectboard; organization (a) Forthwith after their election and qualification, the Selectboa…
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§ 205. Record of proceedings [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-206 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj…
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§ 205. Open meetings Meetings of all Town boards and commissions shall be open and held in accordanc…
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§ 205. Appointed officers, commissions, and committees (a) The Selectboard may appoint any officers …
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§ 205. Recall Any Town officer, as defined by 17 V.S.A. § 2646, may be recalled by the following pro…
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§ 205. Reservation of powers to the Town Nothing in this subchapter shall be so construed as in any …
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§ 205. Regular meetings A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be establis…
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§ 205. Regular meetings A schedule of regular meetings of the Board shall be established at its annu…
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§ 205. Organizational meeting (a) Annually, the Board of Supervisors shall have its organizational m…
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§ 205. Regular meetings A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be establis…
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§ 205. Regular meetings Regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be held periodically with…
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§ 206. Adjudicating competing claims of parentage (a) Competing claims of parentage. Except as other…
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§ 206. Form of government Pursuant to its provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by …
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§ 206. Certificate of good standing A person may request the Secretary of State to issue a certifica…
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§ 206. Vacancies (a) In case of vacancy of any elected municipal City officer, except a councilor, o…
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§ 206. Establishment and maintenance of athletic activities authorized; charging admission fees perm…
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§ 206. Conflict of interest; prohibitions (a) Holding other office. No Council member shall hold any…
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§ 206. Nomination of incumbent No person may be permitted to seek the nomination for the Office of M…
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§ 206. Special districts (a) The Selectboard may designate areas apart from the rest of the Town as …
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§ 206. Meetings of the Selectboard (a) As soon as possible after the election of the Chair and Vice …
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§ 206. Appointments by Selectboard [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-208 by 2023, No. M-1…
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§ 206. Town meeting (a) Provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont relating to voter qualificati…
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§ 206. Special meetings Special meetings of the Board of Supervisors may be called at any time by th…
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§ 206. Special meetings Special meetings of the Board may be called at any time by the Chairperson a…
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§ 206. Regular meetings A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be establis…
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§ 206. Special meetings Special meetings of the Board of Supervisors may be called at any time by th…
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§ 206. Special meetings Special meetings of the Board of Supervisors may be called at any time by th…
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§ 206a.
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§ 207. Annual report for Secretary of State (a) A mutual benefit enterprise or foreign enterprise au…
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§ 207. Voting on request of the City Manager (a) Annually, on the second Tuesday in May, the legal v…
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§ 207. Authorization to establish and alter rules for park operation The City Council shall have pow…
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§ 207. Governing body; meetings As soon as possible after the election of the President and Vice Pre…
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§ 207. Voting machines The Council may provide for the use of mechanical or other devices for voting…
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§ 207. Voting procedures for water and sewer expenses and extensions (a) Voting for new capital impr…
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§ 207. Record of proceedings (a) It shall be the duty of the Selectboard to keep an official record …
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§ 207. Jurisdiction over other officers or employees [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-20…
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§ 207. Intergovernmental relations The Town, through its Selectboard or Board of School Directors, o…
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§ 207. Ordinances Any rule, ordinance, regulation, or bylaw of the Town of Richford may apply to a l…
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§ 207. Quorum For the purpose of transacting business, the presence of members representing more tha…
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§ 207. Quorum To transact business, supervisors who represent more than one-half of the members and …
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§ 207. Special meetings The Chair has authority to call a special meeting of the Board of Supervisor…
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§ 207. Quorum For the purpose of transacting business, the presence of members representing more tha…
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§ 207. Quorum For the purposes of transacting business, the presence of members whose accumulated vo…
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§§ 207-209. Repealed.
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§ 208. Filing fees The filing fees for records filed under this article by the Secretary of State ar…
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§ 208. Determination of location of sewers, water pipes, wires, etc The City Council shall have sole…
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§ 208. Special City meetings Special City meetings shall be called in the manner provided by the law…
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§ 208. Special funds (a) The Town Treasurer shall keep all money in a special fund in an account or …
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§ 208. Appointments (a) The Selectboard shall appoint the members of the following permanent commiss…
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§ 208. Compensation of Selectboard; appointees [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-203 by 2…
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§ 208. Town School District; establishment The Town of Plainfield, as established in section 101 of …
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§ 208. Special districts (a) The Selectboard may designate areas apart from the rest of the Town as …
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§ 208. Voting Each member of the Board of Supervisors shall be entitled to cast one vote for every 1…
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§ 208. Voting (a) Each member shall be entitled to one vote plus one vote for each 1,500 people or a…
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§ 208. Quorum (a) For the purpose of transacting business, 51 percent of the municipalities served b…
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§ 208. Voting (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, each member of the Board of Supervisors shall…
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§ 208. Weighted voting Each member of the Board of Supervisors shall be entitled to cast one vote fo…
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§ 209. Regulation of planting and care of trees in parks The City Council shall have authority to di…
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§ 209. Council meetings; procedure (a) The Council shall determine its own rules and order of busine…
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§ 209. Severability If any provision of this charter shall for any reason be held invalid, such inva…
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§ 209. Jurisdiction over other officers or employees Neither the Selectboard nor any of its members …
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§ 209. Powers and duties [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-207 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Se…
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§ 209. Utility services The Town shall have the power to impose rates, charges, and assessments upon…
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§ 209. Term Except as provided in section 203 of this subchapter, representatives and alternates to …
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§ 209. Vacancy (a) A supervisor may resign at any time by notice to the chairperson of the legislati…
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§ 209. Proxies No voting by proxy shall be permitted at meetings of the Board of Supervisors.
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§ 209. Term All representatives to the Board of Supervisors shall hold office for three years, excep…
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§ 209. Term All representatives to the Board of Supervisors shall hold office for one year and until…
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§ 210. Vacancy Any vacancy on the Board of Supervisors shall be filled within 30 days after the vaca…
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§ 210. Direction that trees be planted along public grounds and assess abutting land The City Counci…
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§ 210. Appointments The Council shall have the power to appoint the members of all boards, commissio…
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§ 210. Compensation of Selectboard; appointees (a) Compensation paid to the Selectboard shall be set…
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§ 210. Recall of Selectboard members (a) A petition signed by 15 percent of the registered voters of…
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§ 210. Vacancy Any vacancy on the Board of Supervisors shall be filled within 30 days after such vac…
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§ 210. Compensation Each member shall pay to its supervisor such reimbursement of expenses or stipen…
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§ 210. Voting (a) Each member or, in the absence of a member, his or her alternate member of the Boa…
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§ 210. Vacancy Any vacancy on the Board of Supervisors shall be filled within 30 days after such vac…
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§ 211. Powers and duties (a) The members of the Selectboard shall constitute the legislative body of…
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§ 211. Rules of procedure Except as otherwise provided in this charter, Robert’s Rules of Order shal…
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§ 211. Authority to regulate parking The City Council shall have control of the parkings upon each s…
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§ 211. Additional governing body provisions (a) No claim for personal services shall be allowed to t…
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§ 211. Rules of procedures Except as otherwise provided in this agreement, Robert’s Rules of Order s…
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§ 211. Vacancy In the event a vacancy occurs on the Board of Supervisors, the legislative body of th…
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§ 211. Rules of procedures Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Robert’s Rules of Order sha…
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§ 212. Compensation of members of Board of Supervisors Each member municipality shall pay to its rep…
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§ 212. Authority to declare weeds, underbrush, etc., a nuisance and direct removal The City Council …
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§ 212. Compensation of members of Board of Supervisors Each member municipality shall pay to its rep…
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§ 212. Rules and procedures (a) Except as otherwise provided in this agreement, the most recent edit…
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§ 212. Compensation of members of Board of Supervisors Each member municipality shall pay to its rep…
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§ 213. Issuance of bonds to provide funds for parks authorized For the purpose of providing necessar…
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§ 213. Composition of members of Board of Supervisors Each member municipality may pay such compensa…
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§ 214. Bills and expenses to be approved All bills and expenses for parks and recreation purposes sh…
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§ 214. Access to meetings and records The conduct of all meetings, including public access thereto, …
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§ 215. Definition of “park property” The term “park property” includes all parks, squares, and areas…
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§ 215. Audit The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit of the District’s financial records to be…
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§ 216. [Reserved.]
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§ 217. Condemnation of land for park and/or recreational purposes authorized The City Council, on be…
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§ 218. Composition; appointment; terms The Board of Cemetery Commissioners shall consist of five leg…
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§ 219. Duties The City Council shall have such authority and responsibility relating to the manageme…
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§ 220. Bylaws and regulations of Board to have force of ordinances The bylaws and regulations made b…
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§ 221. [Reserved.]
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§ 222. Duties The Director of Public Works shall have general management and control of the City wat…
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§§ 223, 224.
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§ 225. Powers of Board (a) The City Council shall, in addition to the other powers granted to it und…
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§ 226. Composition; appointment; term The Board of Light Commissioners, which Board may also be prop…
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§ 227. Superintendent/General Manager; duties The Superintendent/General Manager shall have the spec…
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§ 228. Powers of City (a) The City shall have power to purchase, hire, construct, or otherwise acqui…
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§ 229. Authority to create; powers and duties The City Council may by ordinance provide for the crea…
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§ 230. [Reserved.]
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§ 231. Power and duties The City Council shall have the exclusive general management and control of …
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§§ 232, 233.
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§ 234. Purposes and powers The City Council, except as herein otherwise provided, shall have the sam…
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§ 235. Council may lay out certain streets; owners’ petition Streets and highways in said City of le…
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§ 236. Prior actions regarding streets ratified All streets or highways in said City of less than th…
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§ 237. Rights of property owners If any person owning or interested in lands through which a street …
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§ 238. Rights of property owners when street discontinued In case the City Council shall decide to d…
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§ 239. Power granted Said City Council in laying out or altering streets and highways shall have pow…
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§ 240. Estimation of probable expenses authorized If the street or highway shall not have been at th…
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§ 241. Decisions regarding assessments to be recorded In making assessments as aforesaid, the City C…
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§ 242. Proceedings for objections to assessment In case the City Council shall assess any lands thro…
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§ 243. Assessment lien suspended until final determination The pendency of such proceedings shall no…
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§ 244. Petition for relief not to delay opening or altering of street When the petition in such proc…
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§ 245. Copy of final determination to be recorded; assessment to become lien When the proceedings in…
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§ 246. Warrant to be issued upon failure to pay assessment; collection If the owner of any lands ass…
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§ 247. Court to have jurisdiction to determine questioned assessments In all cases in which proceedi…
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§ 248. Establishment and maintenance authorized; assessments The City Council is authorized, to esta…
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§ 249. Establishment and construction through private lands authorized The City Council is also auth…
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§ 250. Assessment of landowners authorized The City Council may assess the owners of lands through w…
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§ 251. Assessment proceedings and rights The same proceedings shall be had in respect to such assess…
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§ 252. Required; contents Whenever, under the provisions of this charter, the City Council is requir…
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§ 253. When given Such citation shall be made at least 12 days prior to the time appointed for such …
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§ 254. Acceptance of service Service of such citation may be accepted by any or all persons therein …
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§ 255. Manner of serving Such citation may be served by any sheriff or constable in this State upon …
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§ 256. Service on nonresidents Such citation may be served by such sheriff or constable upon a perso…
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§ 257. Chief Administrative Officer to mail copy of citation to last known address of nonresident Sa…
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§ 258. Return of citation prima facie evidence of service The return of such sheriff or constable up…
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§ 259. Proceedings to be postponed until all interested parties notified If at any stage of the proc…
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§ 260. Manner of giving notice to additional interested parties Said City Council or tribunal before…
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§ 261. Proceedings not to be voided for failure to give notice No proceedings instituted by the City…
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§ 262. City Council may order improvements upon petition of owners Whenever the owners of the greate…
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§ 263. Authorization to make improvements without petition; assessment of costs The City Council sha…
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§ 264. Notice of hearing Said assessments shall be made upon giving to the parties interested 12 day…
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§ 265. Statement to be made The City Council shall make a statement of all assessments, describing t…
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§ 266. Chief Administrative Officer to record assessments; notification of owners It shall be the du…
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§ 267. Deadline for paying All such assessments shall be paid to the Chief Administrative Officer wi…
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§§ 268-275. [Reserved.]
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§ 276. Composition; terms; powers; airport management (a)(1)(A) The Board of Airport Commissioners o…
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§ 277. Composition The Board of Health shall consist of five legal voters of the City, one of whom s…
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§ 278. Adoption of bylaws authorized; meetings The Board may adopt such bylaws as they may deem wise…
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§ 279. Local Board to be in lieu of statutory Board; general powers The Board of Health created in s…
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§ 280. Designated The Board of Health shall, between the 25th day of June and the first day of July …
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§ 281. Board of Health authorized to make rules and regulations The Board shall make rules and regul…
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§ 282. Powers and duties of Health Officer The Health Officer shall have all the powers and perform …
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§ 283. Generally (a) The Board of Health is hereby authorized to regulate and grant licenses for the…
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§ 284. Maintenance of Retirement Fund; Retiring Board; sources of Retirement Fund (a) The Retirement…
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§ 285. Trustees of Fund designated; powers; officers (a) The members of the Retirement Board shall b…
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§ 286. Board of Medical Examiners—Created; duties; composition; terms; compensation (a) There shall …
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§ 287. Retirement generally (a) The Retirement Board may permanently retire any employee, appointive…
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§ 288. Reexamination of person on retired list; reappointment, etc (a) Once each year during the fir…
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§ 289. Record of proceedings to be kept; report to City Council required The Secretary to the Retire…
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§ 290. Definitions For purposes of this chapter: (1) “Follow-on investment” means any investment in …
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§§ 290-297. [Transitional provisions.]
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§ 291. Entrepreneurs’ Seed Capital Fund; authorization; limitations (a) The Vermont Economic Develop…
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§ 292. Repealed.
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§ 293. Repealed.
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§ 298. [Reserved.]
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§ 299. Rights, duties, and liabilities of City to remain as existing at time of organization The rig…
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§ 300. Copy of charter to be kept in office of Chief Administrative Officer A copy of this charter s…
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§ 301. Application of general laws Provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont relating to the qu…
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§ 301. Officers The officers of the District shall be the Chair and the Vice Chair of the Board of S…
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§ 301. Organizers A mutual benefit enterprise shall be organized by one or more organizers. (Added 2…
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§ 301. Representation; basic effect (a) Notice to a person who may represent and bind another person…
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§ 301. Acknowledgment of parentage (a) The following persons may sign an acknowledgment of parentage…
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§ 301. Governing body The City shall be governed by an elected Council and by an appointed City Mana…
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§ 301. Designation of chapter This chapter shall be designated as the charter of the City of Burling…
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§ 301. Brownell Library Trustees There shall be a five-member Board of Library Trustees who shall be…
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§ 301. Powers and duties of city council (a) All powers of the City shall be vested in the City Coun…
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§ 301. Officers; general provisions The officers of the City of South Burlington shall be those prov…
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§ 301. Composition; eligibility; election and terms (a) Composition. There shall be a City Council c…
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§ 301. Select Board; the legislative body The Select Board shall constitute the legislative body of …
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§ 301. Officers The Town of Bristol shall continue to have the officers as provided for towns by the…
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§ 301. Powers of the Selectboard The Selectboard of the Town of Chester, consistent with the Constit…
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§ 301. Application of general law [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-601 by 2023, No. M-19…
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§ 301. Generally The officers of the Town of Hardwick shall be those provided by law for towns, exce…
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§ 301. Appointed officers (a) Town Manager. The Town Manager shall be the chief executive officer of…
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§ 301. Generally The officers of the Town of Middlebury shall be those provided by law for towns, ex…
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§ 301. Organization (a) After their election and qualification, the Selectboard shall organize and e…
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§ 301. Town officers generally The Town shall have the officers as provided for towns by the general…
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§ 301. Ordinances; enforcement and adoption (a) The Selectboard may provide penalties for the breach…
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§ 301. General provisions The officers of the Town of Poultney shall be those provided by law for to…
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§ 301. Existing Water and Sewer Departments (a) The municipal water system taken over from the forme…
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§ 301. Generally The officers of the Town of Richmond shall be those provided by law for towns, exce…
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§ 301. Select Board; legislative body The Select Board shall constitute the legislative body of the …
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§ 301. Application of general law Provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont relating to the qua…
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§ 301. Election and appointment of officers (a) Elected officers. At each annual meeting of said Vil…
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§ 301. Sewer system; establishment; fee assessment and collection When the public health or convenie…
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§ 301. Powers of trustees The trustees of said Village shall have the same powers to lay out, alter,…
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§ 301. Imposition of tax At a meeting legally warned for that purpose, the Village may vote a tax up…
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§ 301. Powers of the Board of Trustees The Board of Trustees shall have the general care and managem…
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§ 301. Terms of office The term of office for all trustees shall be three years, staggered so that a…
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§ 301. General provisions The officers of the Village of Poultney shall be those provided by law for…
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§ 301. Officers The officers of the District shall be the Chair and the Vice Chair of the Board of S…
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§ 301. Officers The officers of the District shall be the Chairperson and the Vice Chairperson of th…
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§ 301. Officers The officers of the District shall be the Chair and the Vice Chair of the Board of S…
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§ 301. Officers The officers of the District shall be the Chair and the Vice Chair of the Board of S…
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§§ 301-306. Repealed.
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§§ 301-319. Repealed.
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§ 302 Duties of appointed officers; Town Manager
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§ 302. Town officers (a) The officers of the Town shall have their compensation fixed by the Selectb…
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§ 302. Terms of officers The term of office of officers elected at the annual meeting shall commence…
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§ 302. Bond Prior to assuming their offices, all officers shall post bond in amounts that shall be d…
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§ 302. Formation of mutual benefit enterprise; articles of organization (a) To form a mutual benefit…
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§ 302. Representation by holder of general testamentary power of appointment To the extent there is …
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§ 302. Acknowledgment of parentage void An acknowledgment of parentage shall be void if, at the time…
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§ 302. Bond Prior to assuming their offices, all officers shall post fidelity bond in such amounts a…
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§ 302. Regular meetings; meetings to be public; executive session The City Council shall meet at lea…
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§ 302. [Repealed.]
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§ 302. Moderator The Council shall appoint a Moderator who shall preside at the next City Informatio…
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§ 302. City Council composition and term of office The City Council shall consist of the Mayor and t…
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§ 302. City Council; number; terms of office; election (a) There shall be a City Council consisting …
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§ 302. Compensation; expenses The Mayor and councilors shall receive as compensation for official se…
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§ 302. Additional powers of Select Board members to adopt ordinances In addition to powers otherwise…
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§ 302. Other ordinances and bylaws Said Town may make, establish, alter, amend, or repeal any other …
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§ 302. Time of holding (a) An annual Town meeting for the consideration of the budget and other Town…
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§ 302. Time of holding [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-604 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess…
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§ 302. Elective officers (a) The officers elected and their compensation fixed by the Town at its an…
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§ 302. Elective officers (a) The officers elected by the Town at its annual meeting shall be: (1) Fi…
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§ 302. Meetings (a) As soon as possible after the election of its officers, the Board shall fix the …
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§ 302. Selectboard members The Town shall have a five-member Selectboard elected for terms of two an…
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§ 302. Ordinances; introduction and readings (a) Every ordinance shall be introduced in writing. The…
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§ 302. Special elective officers In addition to those elective officers provided for by law, the off…
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§ 302. Voting procedures for water and sewer; capital improvements and extensions (a) Voting for cap…
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§ 302. Additional powers of the Select Board In addition to powers otherwise conferred by law, the S…
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§ 302. Annual Town report and warning Copies of the annual Town report and warning shall be made ava…
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§ 302. Petition for appeal of damage award or fee assessment (a) When any person or corporation shal…
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§ 302. Grand list The grand list of the Town of Newbury, within the Village corporate limits, shall …
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§ 302. Clerk The Clerk shall keep a record of all meetings and proceedings of the corporation and of…
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§ 302. Compensation of officers The compensation of the Clerk and Treasurer shall be fixed by the Vi…
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§ 302. Elective officers (a) The officers elected at the annual Village meeting or at a special Vill…
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§ 302. Bond Within 30 days of their election or appointment, all officers shall post bond in such am…
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§ 302. Chair The Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall be elected by the Board of Supervisors from…
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§ 302. Bond Prior to assuming their offices, all officers shall post bond in such amounts as shall b…
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§ 303. Vacancies The trustees shall fill a vacancy occurring in a Village office, and such person so…
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§ 303. Chair The Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall be the chief executive officer of the Distr…
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§ 303. Chair The Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall be the chief executive officer of the Distr…
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§ 303. Organization of mutual benefit enterprise (a) After a mutual benefit enterprise is formed: (1…
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§ 303. Representation by fiduciaries and parents To the extent there is no conflict of interest betw…
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§ 303. Denial of parentage A person presumed to be a parent or an alleged genetic parent may sign a …
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§ 303. Alteration, amendment, or repeal of charter This charter may be altered, amended, or repealed…
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§ 303. Special meetings; quorum Special meetings of the City Council may be called at any time by th…
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§ 303. Vacancy in office of Council member A vacancy on the City Council shall occur upon the death,…
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§ 303. Organization (a) Forthwith after its election and qualification, the Council shall organize a…
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§ 303. Mayor and Deputy Mayor; election, terms, and duties At the annual City meeting to be held on …
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§ 303. Further powers of Select Board members In addition to powers otherwise conferred by law, the …
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§ 303. Recordation and certificate of prima facie evidence The bylaws, rules, and ordinances of said…
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§ 303. Eligible voters A means for the identification and designation of the eligible voters in Town…
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§ 303. Budget [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-703 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, …
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§ 303. Terms of office; Selectboard members (a) Three Selectboard members shall be elected for a thr…
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§ 303. Terms of office — Selectboard members (a) Each Selectboard member shall be elected for a thre…
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§ 303. Record of proceedings (a) It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Selectboard to review and …
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§ 303. Water and Wastewater Board of Commissioners A three-member board shall serve as the Water and…
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§ 303. Ordinances; consideration and passage After such hearing, the Selectboard may finally pass su…
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§ 303. Terms of office—Selectboard members (a) There shall be three Selectboard members elected for …
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§ 303. Appointed officers (a) The Selectboard may appoint any officers required by the Town’s person…
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§ 303. Further powers of the Select Board In addition to powers otherwise conferred by law, the Sele…
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§ 303. Time of holding (a) The annual Town meeting for the consideration of the budget and other Tow…
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§ 303. Treasurer and Collector of Taxes The powers and duties of the Treasurer and Collector of Taxe…
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§ 303. Board of Trustees; general authority (a) The Board of Trustees shall have the general care an…
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§ 303. Terms of office—trustees (a) There shall be three trustees elected at the regular Village mee…
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§ 303. Chairperson The Chairperson of the Board shall be the chief executive officer of the District…
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§ 303. Vice Chair (a) The Vice Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall be elected by the Board of Su…
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§ 303. Chair The Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall be the chief executive officer of the Distr…
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§ 304. Presiding officer The senior member of the Board of Trustees shall preside at Village meeting…
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§ 304. Vice Chair During the absence of or inability of the Chair to render or perform his or her du…
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§ 304. Vice Chair During the absence or inability of the Chair to render or perform his or her dutie…
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§ 304. Bylaws (a) Bylaws shall be in a record and, if not stated in the articles of organization, sh…
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§ 304. Representation by person having substantially identical interest Unless otherwise represented…
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§ 304. Conditions for acknowledgment or denial of parentage (a) Completed forms for acknowledgment o…
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§ 304. Ordinances; effective date Every ordinance shall become effective upon passage unless otherwi…
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§ 304. Role of Council in relation to administrative service appointment of committees It is the int…
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§ 304. Approval of section 102 of this charter by vote required The maximum school tax rate of 120 c…
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§ 304. Election of President, Vice President, and Parliamentarian (a) Following the annual meeting, …
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§ 304. Vacancies When a vacancy occurs on the City Council, the remaining members may fill the vacan…
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§ 304. General powers and duties (a) General powers. All powers of the City shall be vested in the C…
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§ 304. Organization of Select Board (a) Forthwith after the annual meeting of the town, the Select B…
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§ 304. Fines and prosecution A fine not exceeding $20.00 and costs of prosecution may be imposed for…
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§ 304. Budget An annual Town budget exclusive of school district budget shall become effective after…
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§ 304. Rescission of ordinances All ordinances shall be subject to rescission by a special or annual…
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§ 304. Other elective offices (a) [Repealed.] (b) The Town Meeting Moderator shall be elected and sh…
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§ 304. Other elective officers (a) The Board of Listers. (1) The Board of Listers shall consist of t…
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§ 304. Mandatory duties The Selectboard shall: (1) perform all duties as required by Vermont State S…
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§ 304. Electric Utility Board of Commissioners A three-member board shall serve as the Electric Util…
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§ 304. Other elected officers (a) Town Clerk. The Town Clerk shall be elected for a three-year term.…
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§ 304. Bonding of officers All officers of the Town required to be bonded by State law shall be so b…
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§ 304. Organization of the Select Board (a) Forthwith after the annual meeting of the town, the Sele…
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§ 304. Auditor The Auditor shall at least once each year, and whenever the Auditor sees fit to exami…
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§ 304. Clerk It shall be the duty of the Clerk to warn Village meetings and keep a record of all the…
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§ 304. Other elected officers (a) Village Clerk/Treasurer. The Village Clerk/Treasurer shall be elec…
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§ 304. Vice Chairperson The Vice Chairperson shall preside during the absence of the Chairperson or …
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§ 304. Treasurer The Treasurer of the District shall be elected by the Board of Supervisors from amo…
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§ 304. Vice Chair During the absence of or inability of the Chair to render or perform his or her du…
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§ 305. Board of Trustees The Board of Trustees shall have the management of the affairs of the Villa…
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§ 305. Vacancy During the absence or inability of the Vice Chair to render or perform his or her dut…
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§ 305. Vacancy During the absence or inability of either the Chair or Vice Chair to render or perfor…
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§ 305. Appointment of representative (a) If the Probate Division of the Superior Court determines th…
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§ 305. Equivalent to adjudication; no ratification required (a) Acknowledgment. Except as otherwise …
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§ 305. Ordinances; filing The Town Clerk shall prepare and keep in the Town office a book of ordinan…
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§ 305. Creation or continuation of departments, boards, offices The City Council shall continue or c…
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§ 305. Approval of section 99 by vote required The limitation upon the tax provided by section 99 of…
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§ 305. Vacancy in the office of the President, Vice President, or Parliamentarian In the event of th…
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§ 305. Meetings (a) As soon as possible after the election of the Chair and Vice Chair, the Council …
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§ 305. Prohibitions; conflict of interest (a) Holding other office. Except where authorized by law, …
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§ 305. Parking ordinances (a) Any person who has violated any ordinance that regulates, restricts, o…
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§ 305. Overrule of ordinances All ordinances shall be subject to overrule by a special Town meeting,…
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§ 305. Petition for enactment of ordinance; special meeting (a) Subject to the provisions of section…
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§ 305. Treasurer (a) The Treasurer shall be appointed by the Selectboard. (b) The Treasurer shall pe…
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§ 305. Permissive duties The Selectboard may: (1) appoint or create, change, or abolish offices and …
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§ 305. Appointed officers (a) The Selectboard may appoint any officers, commissioners, or employees …
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§ 305. Oath of office All elected and appointed officers and all police officers of the Town shall, …
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§ 305. Collector of Taxes to be Chief of Police The Collector of Taxes shall by virtue of holding sa…
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§ 305. Treasurer The Treasurer shall perform for the Village the same duties required by law respect…
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§ 305. Appointed officers (a) The Board of Trustees may appoint any officers, commissioners, or empl…
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§ 305. Acting Chairperson When both the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson are either absent or elect …
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§ 305. Clerk The Clerk of the District shall be elected by the Board of Supervisors from among the B…
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§ 305. Vacancy During the absence or inability of the Vice Chair to render or perform his or her dut…
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§ 306. Clerk The Clerk shall keep a record of the proceedings of said corporation and shall have pow…
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§ 306. No filing fee The Department of Health shall not charge a fee for filing an acknowledgment of…
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§ 306. Records of proceedings (a) It shall be the duty of the City Council to keep an official recor…
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§ 306. Reserve Fund of Light Department not to be increased without vote Notwithstanding the provisi…
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§ 306. Repealed.
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§ 306. Records of proceedings (a) It shall be the duty of the City Council to keep an official recor…
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§ 306. Vacancies; forfeiture of office; filling of vacancies (a) Vacancies. The office of a Councilo…
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§ 306. Petition for enactment of ordinance; special meeting (a) Subject to the provisions of section…
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§ 306. Appointed officers (a) The Selectboard may appoint any officers required by the Town’s person…
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§ 306. Appointed officers (a) The Selectboard shall appoint any officers required by the Town’s pers…
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§ 306. Appointed officers (a) The Selectboard shall appoint: (1) Planning Commission; (2) Developmen…
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§ 306. Vacancies of elected and appointed officers (a) When an elected or appointed officer resigns,…
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§ 306. Town Clerk; Town Treasurer; Collector of Delinquent Taxes; School District Officers; duties (…
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§ 306. Auditors The auditors shall, previous to each annual Village meeting, examine and audit the a…
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§ 306. Vacancies of elected and appointed officers (a) When an elected or appointed officer specifie…
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§ 306. Clerk The Clerk of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, need not be a…
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§ 306. Clerk The Clerk of the District shall be appointed by the Board. The Clerk, with the approval…
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§ 306. Bonding of officers Within 30 days following their election or appointment, all officers of t…
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§ 306. Clerk The Clerk of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, shall not be …
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§ 306. Clerk (a) The Clerk of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, shall not…
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§ 307. Treasurer and Collector The Treasurer and Collector shall have similar powers and duties to t…
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§ 307. Timing of rescission (a) A person may rescind an acknowledgment of parentage or denial of par…
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§ 307. Powers of City; policy matters; appointment of certain officers All powers of the City and th…
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§ 307. Council meetings The City Council shall hold meetings monthly on a regular schedule, and more…
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§ 307. Appointments (a) The Council shall appoint and may remove the members of the following commis…
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§ 307. Judge of qualification The Council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of i…
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§ 307. Vacancies and appointments (a) When the term of any member of the Development Review Board, t…
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§ 307. Recall (a) Any officer elected under subsection 302(a) of this charter may be removed from of…
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§ 307. Sidewalks, streetlights, and special assessments of the former incorporated Milton Village In…
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§ 307. Oath of office All elected and appointed officials and all police officers of the Town shall …
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§ 307. Bonding of officers All officers of the Village required to be bonded by State law shall be s…
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§ 307. Treasurer The Treasurer of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, shall…
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§ 307. Treasurer The Treasurer of the District shall be appointed by the Board. The Treasurer, with …
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§ 307. Compensation of officers Officers of the District may be paid such compensation, and be reimb…
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§ 307. Treasurer The Treasurer of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, shall…
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§ 307. Treasurer (a) The Treasurer of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, s…
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§§ 307-320. [Reserved.]
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§ 308. Auditors The auditors shall, previous to each annual Village meeting, examine and adjust the …
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§ 308. Challenge to acknowledgment after expiration of period for rescission (a) Challenge by signat…
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§ 308. [Reserved.]
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§ 308. Special Council meetings (a) The Mayor may call special meetings of the City Council at any t…
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§ 308. Jurisdiction over other officers or employees Neither the City Council nor any of its members…
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§ 308. Clerk of the City Council The City Council shall designate the City Clerk, or such other pers…
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§ 308. Bonding of officers All officers of the Town required to be bonded by State law shall be so b…
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§ 308. Vacancies and appointments (a) When the term of any member of the Zoning Board of Adjustment,…
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§ 308. Compensation Salaries of employees and appointed officers of the Town shall be in accordance …
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§ 308. Oath of office All elected and appointed officials and all police officers of the Village sha…
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§ 308. Records The conduct of all meetings and public access thereto, and the maintaining of all rec…
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§ 308. Grand Juror The Board may appoint a Grand Juror who shall inquire into any person’s offenses …
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§ 308. Recall of officers Any officer may be removed by a two-thirds vote of the members of the Boar…
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§ 308. Records The conduct of all meetings and public access thereto and the maintaining of all reco…
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§ 308. Records All records, books, and accounts of the District shall at all times be open to inspec…
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§ 309. Claims and accounts of Village officers The auditors shall not allow a claim or account for t…
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§ 309. Procedure for rescission or challenge (a) Every signatory party. Every signatory to an acknow…
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§ 309. Source of appropriations, expenditures The money raised from taxation, assessments, fines, an…
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§ 309. Council agenda The City Manager shall prepare a written agenda for each meeting of the Counci…
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§ 309. Compensation of Council members; appointees (a) Compensation to be paid to the Council member…
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§ 309. Investigations The Council may make investigations into the affairs of the City and the condu…
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§ 309. Oath of office All elective officials and all municipal police officers of the Town shall, be…
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§ 309. Bonding of officers All officers of the Town required to be bonded by State law shall be bond…
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§ 309. Compensation Salaries of employees and appointed officers of the Village shall be in accordan…
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§ 309. Audit The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit to be performed annually by an independen…
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§ 309. Open meetings and public records The conduct of all meetings and the maintenance of all recor…
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§ 309. Delegation to District staff If the Board of Supervisors authorizes, the District may delegat…
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§ 309. Audit The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit to be performed annually by an independen…
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§ 309. Audit The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit to be performed by an independent profess…
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§ 310. Forms for voluntary acknowledgment and denial of parentage (a) The Department of Health shall…
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§ 310. [Repealed.]
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§ 310. Powers and duties (a) The members of the Council shall be and constitute the legislative body…
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§ 310. Council quorum A quorum of the City Council, consisting of a majority or four Council members…
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§ 310. Independent audit The Council shall provide for an independent annual audit of all City accou…
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§ 310. Town Clerk and Treasurer The Clerk, auditors, and Treasurer of the Town shall perform those d…
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§ 310. Committees The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any and all committ…
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§ 310. Audit The Board shall cause an audit of its financial records to be performed annually by an …
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§ 310. Executive Board The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish an Executive B…
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§ 310. Executive Board The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish an Executive B…
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§ 311. Recall of elected officials (a) Any elected Town officer may be removed from office as follow…
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§ 311. Release of information (a) The Department of Health shall provide the completed following for…
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§ 311. Attendance at meetings Any City officer or employee may be required to attend a meeting of th…
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§ 311. Business or contracts between City and City officials or employees No City official or employ…
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§ 311. Board of School Directors; number; terms of office; election (a) There shall be a Board of Sc…
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§ 311. Procedure (a) Meetings. The Council shall meet regularly at least once in every month at such…
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§ 311. Compensation of officers Officers of the District shall be paid such compensation or reimburs…
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§ 311. Committees The Board shall have the authority to establish any and all committees as it may d…
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§ 311. Committees The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any and all committ…
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§ 311. Committees The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any and all committ…
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§ 312. Adoption of rules The Department of Health may adopt rules to implement this chapter. (Added …
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§ 312. Audits (a) The City Council shall prior to the close of each financial year employ by contrac…
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§ 312. Council meetings generally public All meetings of the City Council shall be open to the publi…
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§ 312. Recall of officers An officer may be removed by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Supervisors…
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§ 312. Compensation of officers Officers of the District shall be paid such compensation or reimburs…
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§ 312. Compensation of officers Officers of the District shall be paid such compensation or reimburs…
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§ 312. Compensation of officers Officers of the District shall be paid compensation that shall be de…
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§ 313. Sale or lease of City property The City Council may authorize the sale or lease of any real o…
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§ 313. Council minutes recorded All minutes of the City Council meetings shall be recorded and shall…
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§ 313. Recall of officers An officer may be removed by a vote of two-thirds of the supervisors of th…
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§ 313. Recall of officers An officer may be removed by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Supervisors…
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§ 314. Authority to borrow money, issue bonds, pledge credits The City Council shall have the author…
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§ 314. Executive session The Council may enter into executive session by majority vote in accordance…
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§ 315. Compensation of City officials Compensation of Mayor, councilors, and other appointees and Ci…
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§ 315. Council authority to require information The City Council shall have the authority to require…
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§ 316. Expenditures No money shall be paid except on warrant by the Treasurer or a designated deputy…
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§ 316. Compensation The Mayor and Council members shall receive as compensation for their services s…
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§ 317. Special assessments The City Council may make special assessments for the purchase, construct…
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§ 317. Council appointments (a)(1) The City Council shall appoint the following officers: (A) City M…
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§ 318. Sidewalks (a) Whenever a petition in writing shall be presented to the City Council, signed b…
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§ 318. Claims for personal services No claim for personal services shall be allowed to the officers …
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§ 319. Sewers The City Council is authorized subject to ordinances of the City Council to establish,…
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§ 319. Sale of public property The City Council may authorize the sale or lease of any real or perso…
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§ 320. Contracts All contracts on behalf of and any purchases for the City shall be authorized by th…
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§ 320. Authority to take land The City Council is also authorized and empowered to establish, constr…
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§ 321. Ex-officio appointments The City Council shall have the powers of the board of water and sewe…
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§ 321. Collection of assessments; liens Special assessments shall constitute a lien on the property …
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§ 321. Creation of Downtown Improvement District, Church Street Marketplace District, and Marketplac…
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§ 322. Tax stabilization contract (a) The City Council shall have the authority to enter into a cont…
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§ 322. Establishment of Commission There shall be maintained in the City of Burlington a Church Stre…
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§ 322. Prohibitions and conflicts of interest (a) Holding other office. Except where authorized by l…
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§ 323. Expansion of Church Street Marketplace District and/or Marketplace (a) Upon recommendation of…
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§ 324. Purposes and powers (a) The City Council shall have authority and responsibility for the mana…
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§ 325. Annual taxation for Downtown Improvement District; free parking for two hours in public lots …
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§ 326. Findings, policies, and goals (a) The General Assembly finds that Vermont’s economic prosperi…
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§ 326. Common area fees (a) Common area fees are charges levied upon the owners of taxable propertie…
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§ 327. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Sustainable jobs” is defined as jobs created from b…
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§ 327. Powers supplemental; construction (a) The powers conferred by sections 321 through 326 of thi…
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§ 328. Creation of the Sustainable Jobs Fund Program (a) There is created the Sustainable Jobs Fund …
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§§ 328-329. [Reserved.]
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§ 329. Annual report Prior to January 31 of each year, the corporation formed under section 328 of t…
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§ 330. The Farm-to-Plate Investment Program; creation; outcomes; tasks; methods (a) Creation. (1) Th…
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§ 330. Board of Tax Appeals A Board of Tax Appeals, constituted in the manner set forth in section 9…
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§ 331. Creation of Community and Economic Development Office There is hereby created in the City of …
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§ 332. Purposes and powers (a) Subject to the orders and ordinances of the City Council, the Communi…
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§ 333. Department to be under supervision of Director The management, direction, and control of the …
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§§ 334-350. [Reserved.]
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§ 351. Creation of Burlington City Arts There is hereby created in the City of Burlington a Burlingt…
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§ 352. Purposes and powers (a) Subject to the orders and ordinances of the City Council, Burlington …
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§ 353. Department to be under supervision of Director The management, direction, and control of Burl…
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§§ 354-360. [Reserved.]
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§ 361. Creation of Human Resources Department There is hereby created in the City of Burlington a Hu…
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§ 362. Purposes and powers (a) Subject to the orders and ordinances of the City Council, the Human R…
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§ 363. Department to be under supervision of Director The management, direction, and control of the …
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§§ 364-369. [Reserved.]
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§ 370. Creation of Department of Permitting and Inspections There is hereby created in the City of B…
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§ 371. Purposes and powers (a) Subject to the orders and ordinances of the City Council, the Departm…
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§§ 371-375. [Omitted.]
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§ 372. Department to be under supervision of Director The management, direction, and control of the …
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§ 373. Powers, duties, and responsibilities of Zoning Administrative Officer (a) The Zoning Administ…
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§§ 374-400. [Reserved.]
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§ 401 Miscellaneous
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§ 401. Authority to amend organic rules (a) A mutual benefit enterprise may amend its organic rules …
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§ 401. Methods of creating trust A trust may be created: (1) by transfer of property to another pers…
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§ 401. Repealed.
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§ 401. Presumption of parentage (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person is presumed…
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§ 401. Generally The officers of the Town of Plainfield shall be those provided by law for towns, ex…
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§ 401. Appointment and qualifications The City Manager shall be appointed annually on the first day …
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§ 401. Revisions effective without publication The ordinances contained in any general revision of t…
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§ 401. City meetings and elections (a) Annually on or before January 1, the Council shall set the da…
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§ 401. Election and tenure of Mayor The Mayor shall be elected by and from the qualified voters of M…
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§ 401. Action requiring an ordinance In addition to other acts required by law or by specific provis…
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§ 401. Appointed by selectors The Selector Board members shall appoint a Town Manager for an indefin…
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§ 401. Ordinances, etc (a) The Town of Bristol may adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce any rule, regul…
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§ 401. Adoption of rules and regulations The Selectboard, under the vote and direction of said Town,…
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§ 401. Appointment The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Manager pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 37. (A…
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§ 401. Board established [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-901 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Se…
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§ 401. Organization (a) After their election and qualification, the School Board of Trustees shall o…
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§ 401. Electric, Water, and Wastewater Departments generally (a) Electric system. The revenues of th…
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§ 401. Fire prevention For the prevention and control of fires, the Town of Richford may function wi…
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§ 401. Appointed by the Select Board The Select Board members shall appoint a Town Manager for an in…
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§ 401. Officers generally; elected officers; recall (a) The elected officers of the Town of Stowe sh…
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§ 401. Appointment of police officers The trustees of said Village shall have power to, and may appo…
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§ 401. Authority to adopt bylaws The Village may establish, alter, and repeal bylaws on the followin…
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§ 401. Highway district All the territory embraced within the limits of the Village is hereby consti…
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§ 401. Election of officers The officers of the corporation shall consist of a Moderator, three trus…
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§ 401. Prosecutions Prosecutions for violation of the provisions of this charter or the provisions o…
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§ 401. Election of Chair and appointments The Board of Trustees shall annually, at its first regular…
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§ 401. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the District shall commence on July 1 and end on June 30 of th…
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§ 401. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the District shall commence on July 1 and end on June 30 of ea…
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§ 401. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the District shall be the calendar year. The fiscal year shall…
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§ 401. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the District shall commence on July 1 and end on June 30 of th…
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§ 401. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the District shall commence on January 1 of each year. (Added …
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§§ 401-405. Repealed.
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§ 402. Water rents All water rents with the charges for making water connections and piping shall be…
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§ 402. Notice and action on amendment of organic rules (a) Except as provided in subsections 401(a) …
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§ 402. Requirements for creation (a) A trust is created only if: (1) the settlor has capacity to cre…
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§ 402. Challenge to presumed parent (a) Except as provided in subsections (b)-(d) of this section, a…
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§ 402. Qualifications The Town Manager shall be chosen solely on the basis of executive and administ…
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§ 402. Removal (a) On 90 days’ notice, the Manager may be removed without cause by a majority of the…
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§ 402. Powers and duties of Mayor (a) The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the City sub…
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§ 402. Ordinances in general (a) Form. Every proposed ordinance shall be introduced in writing and i…
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§ 402. Town Manager nonpartisan (a) The Town Manager shall be chosen solely on the basis of his or h…
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§ 402. Officials appointed by Manager The Town Manager shall appoint with the approval of the Select…
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§ 402. Meetings (a) As soon as possible after election of its officers, the School Board of Trustees…
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§ 402. Electric, water, and wastewater administration (a) Operating costs of the Electric, Water, an…
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§ 402. Elective officers (a) The elected officers of the Town shall be elected and their compensatio…
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§ 402. Ambulance service (a) The Town of Richford may provide for an ambulance service for the Town.…
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§ 402. Town Manager nonpartisan (a) The Town’s interests in preserving integrity and efficiency in t…
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§ 402. Selectboard; number of members; terms of office; election (a) There shall be a Selectboard co…
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§ 402. Imposition of forfeitures The Village may impose a forfeiture of not exceeding $25.00 for vio…
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§ 402. Duties, compensation, and terms of police officers The trustees may specify their duties as w…
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§ 402. Incompatible officers The provisions of 17 V.S.A. § 2647, or any amendments thereto, relating…
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§ 402. Meetings The Board of Trustees shall hold their first regular meeting within three days after…
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§ 402. Budget appropriation (a) Proposed budget. Annually, on or before December 1, the Board of Sup…
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§ 402. Budget appropriation and assessment (a) Proposed budget. Annually on or before November 1, th…
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§ 402. Budget preparation On or before November 15th of each year, the Board of Supervisors shall pr…
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§ 402. Budget appropriation and assessment (a) Proposed budget. Annually on or before December 1, th…
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§ 402. Proposed budget (a) Annually on or before the first day of December, the Board of Supervisors…
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§§ 402-404. [Reserved.]
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§ 403. Trusts created in other jurisdictions A trust not created by will is validly created if its c…
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§ 403. Method of voting on amendment of organic rules (a) A substantive change to a proposed amendme…
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§ 403. Multiple presumptions If two or more conflicting presumptions arise under this chapter, the c…
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§ 403. Oath Before entering upon official duties, the Town Manager shall be sworn to the faithful pe…
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§ 403. Manager’s absence The City Manager may designate a qualified administrative officer of the mu…
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§ 403. Vacancy in Office of Mayor (a) In the case of a vacancy in the Office of Mayor, with more tha…
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§ 403. Emergency ordinances To meet a public emergency affecting life, health, property, or the publ…
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§ 403. Oath and bond Before entering upon his or her duties, the Town Manager shall be sworn to the …
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§ 403. Taking of water and land for water system Said Town is hereby authorized and empowered under …
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§ 403. Record of proceedings (a) It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the School Board of Trustees t…
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§ 403. Electric, water, and wastewater special funds The Town Treasurer and the Finance Director sha…
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§ 403. Appointed officers The Selectboard may appoint any officers required by the Town’s personnel …
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§ 403. Arvin A.
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§ 403. Oath and bond Before entering upon the Manager’s duties, the Town Manager shall be sworn to t…
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§ 403. Organization of Selectboard (a) Forthwith after their election and qualification, the Selectb…
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§ 403. Violations In an action for violation of a bylaw, the process may issue against the body of t…
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§ 403. Vacancy When a vacancy occurs in any Village office, the trustees forthwith, by appointment i…
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§ 403. Assessment procedure Annually, on or before January 20 preceding the fiscal year, the Treasur…
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§ 403. Collection Annually on or before February 1, the Treasurer shall issue and present a warrant …
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§ 403. Budget hearing and adoption (a) The Board of Supervisors shall call at least one meeting of t…
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§ 403. Collection Annually on or before January 1, the Treasurer of the District shall issue and pre…
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§ 403. Budget adoption, appropriation, and assessment Annually on or before January 15, the Board of…
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§§ 404, 405.
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§ 404. Trust purposes A trust may be created only to the extent its purposes are lawful, not contrar…
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§ 404. Voting by district, class, or voting group (a) This section applies if the organic rules prov…
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§ 404. Duties and responsibilities The City Manager shall: (1) be the chief administrative official …
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§ 404. Codes of technical regulations (a) Adoption by reference. The Council may adopt any standard …
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§ 404. Duties for Manager (a) The Town Manager shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Town and …
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§ 404. Aqueduct and reservoir; laying of pipes The said Town is hereby authorized and empowered thro…
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§ 404. Powers and duties (a) The Town Manager shall carry out the policies laid down by the Selectbo…
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§ 404. Mandatory duties The School Board of Trustees shall: (1) perform all duties as required by th…
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§ 404. Bonding of officers All officers of the Town required to be bonded by State law shall be so b…
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§ 404. Duties for Manager (a) The Town Manager shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Town and …
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§ 404. Meetings of the Selectboard (a) As soon as possible after the election of the Chair and Vice …
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§ 404. Compensation of Village officers The Village may vote to compensate any or all Village office…
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§ 404. Limitations of appropriations (a) Actions or resolutions of the Board of Supervisors for the …
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§ 404. Limitations of appropriations Appropriations made by the Board for the various estimates of t…
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§ 404. Revenues and appropriations (a) The Board of Supervisors shall establish a fee structure for …
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§ 404. Limitations of appropriations Actions or resolutions of the Board of Supervisors for the annu…
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§ 404. Budget, appropriation, and assessment; apportionment of taxes (a) Taxes shall be apportioned …
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§ 405. Approval of amendment (a) Subject to section 404 of this title and subsections (c) and (d) of…
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§ 405. Charitable purposes; enforcement (a) A charitable trust may be created for the relief of pove…
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§ 405. Compensation The Town Manager shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the Select B…
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§ 405. Council policy The City Manager shall be responsible to the Council for carrying out all poli…
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§ 405. Authority to establish system (a) The City Council of the City of Burlington is hereby author…
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§ 405. Authentication and recording; codification; printing (a) Authentication and recording. The Ci…
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§ 405. Petition to contest compensation for taking or use of land When any person shall be dissatisf…
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§ 405. Compensation The Town Manager shall receive such pay as may be fixed by the Selectboard, subj…
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§ 405. Permissive duties The School Board of Trustees may: (1) appoint or create, change, or abolish…
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§ 405. Oath of office All elective officials and all police officers of the Town shall, before assum…
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§ 405. Compensation The Town Manager shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the Select B…
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§ 405. Record of proceedings of the Selectboard (a) An official record of the proceedings of the Sel…
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§ 405. Indebtedness The Board of Supervisors may borrow money through the issuance of notes of the D…
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§ 405. Indebtedness (a) Short-term borrowing. The Board may borrow money through the issuance of not…
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§ 405. Assessments The Treasurer of the District shall, within one week after a schedule is adopted …
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§ 405. Indebtedness (a) Short-term borrowing. The Board of Supervisors may borrow money through the …
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§ 405. Initial budget and appropriation (a) Within 30 days after the initial organizational meeting,…
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§ 406. Restated articles of organization A mutual benefit enterprise, by the affirmative vote of a m…
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§ 406. Creation of trust induced by fraud, duress, or undue influence A trust is void to the extent …
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§ 406. Budget The City Manager shall prepare his or her recommended budget for the next fiscal year …
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§ 406. Authority to appoint boards and officers, appropriate funds, provide rate of contributions, a…
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§ 406. Ordinance; enforcement (a) The violation of an ordinance, regulation, or bylaw adopted by the…
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§ 406. Removal (a) On 90 days’ written notice from the Select Board, the Town Manager may be removed…
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§ 406. Providing water to Chester and other municipalities Said Town may sell and furnish water to a…
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§ 406. Removal (a) On 90 days’ notice, the Town Manager shall be removed by a majority of the entire…
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§ 406. Town Clerk and Treasurer; School District officers The Clerk, auditors, and Treasurer of the …
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§ 406. Appointments Except for those appointments made by the Select Board as provided for in this c…
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§ 406. Appointments by the Selectboard (a) Before making appointments, the Selectboard shall make pu…
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§ 406. Long-term indebtedness (a) Submission to voters. On a petition signed by at least five percen…
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§ 406. Sinking fund The Board may establish and provide for a sinking fund, however denominated, for…
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§ 406. Short-term indebtedness The Board of Supervisors is authorized to borrow money through the is…
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§ 406. Sinking fund The Board of Supervisors may establish and provide for a sinking fund, however d…
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§ 406. Collection (a) Annually on or before the first day of February, the Treasurer of the District…
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§ 406a.
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§ 407. Amendment or restatement of articles of organization; filing (a) To amend its articles of org…
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§ 407. Evidence of oral trust Except as required by a statute other than this title, a trust need no…
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§ 407. Appointments (a) Any provision of general law conferring the appointing power or other power …
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§ 407. Direction to budget funds for system The City Council of said City shall provide in the annua…
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§ 407. Court authorized to order abatement In any prosecution for a nuisance resulting in a judgment…
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§ 407. Malicious damage to water system Any person who shall maliciously disturb or injure said aque…
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§ 407. Removal of the Town Manager (a) The Town Manager may be removed from office for cause, by a m…
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§ 407. Compensation of officers; appointees (a) Compensation paid to the Selectboard members and oth…
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§ 407. Sinking fund The Board of Supervisors may establish and provide for a sinking fund, however d…
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§ 407. Capital reserve fund The Board may establish and provide for a capital reserve fund to pay fo…
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§ 407. Long-term indebtedness; long-term contracts Upon resolution adopted by a majority vote of the…
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§ 407. Capital reserve fund The Board of Supervisors shall establish and provide for a capital reser…
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§ 407. Limitations of appropriations (a) Actions or resolutions of the Board of Supervisors for the …
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§ 408. Trust for care of animal (a) A trust may be created to provide for the care of an animal aliv…
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§ 408. Streets It shall be the duty of the City Manager to see that all streets and highways laid ou…
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§ 408. Existing provisions to remain valid until new provisions adopted The existing retirement and …
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§ 408. Offenders may be liable in damages A person violating any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw of …
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§ 408. Powers and duties of the Selectboard (a) The members of the Selectboard shall constitute the …
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§ 408. Capital reserve fund The Board of Supervisors may establish and provide for a capital reserve…
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§ 408. Disposal fees (a) Giving due consideration to the fact that State policy, as established in 1…
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§ 408. Sinking fund The Board of Supervisors shall establish and provide for the sinking fund or fun…
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§ 408. Disposal fees The Board of Supervisors may from time to time establish and adjust a disposal …
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§ 408. Indebtedness; short-term borrowing (a) The Board of Supervisors may borrow money through the …
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§ 409. Noncharitable trust without ascertainable beneficiary Except as otherwise provided in section…
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§ 409. Duties (a) The Mayor shall be chief conservator of the peace and safety of the City and, as s…
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§ 409. City Council to establish penalty The City Council may provide for the violation of any ordin…
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§ 409. Interference with administration Neither the Selectboard nor its members shall give orders to…
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§ 409. Disposal fees The Board of Supervisors may establish and from time to time adjust a disposal …
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§ 409. Capital reserve fund The Board of Supervisors shall establish and provide for a capital reser…
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§ 409. Indebtedness; long-term indebtedness and long-term contracts (a) Submission to voters. (1)(A)…
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§§ 409-414. [Reserved.]
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§ 410. Modification or termination of trust; proceedings for approval or disapproval (a) In addition…
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§ 410. Duties (a) The City Clerk shall perform for the City the same duties as prescribed by the law…
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§ 410. General authority for initiative and referendum (a) Initiative. The qualified voters of the C…
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§ 410. Sinking fund (a) The Board of Supervisors, with the approval of a majority of the voters pres…
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§ 411. Modification or termination of noncharitable irrevocable trust by consent (a) A noncharitable…
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§ 411. Official notices Whenever any notice signed by the Mayor, City Council, or any City officer o…
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§ 411. Commencement of proceedings; affidavit (a) Any qualified voter or group of voters may commenc…
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§ 411. Capital reserve fund (a) The Board of Supervisors, with the approval of a majority of the vot…
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§ 412. Modification or termination because of unanticipated circumstances or inability to administer…
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§ 412. Duties of Treasurer Except as otherwise provided, the City Treasurer shall have the same duti…
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§ 412. Petitions (a) Number of signatures. Initiative and referendum petitions must be signed by at …
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§ 412. Disposal of fees The Board of Supervisors may from time to time establish and adjust a dispos…
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§ 413. Cy pres (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, if a particular c…
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§ 413. Repealed.
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§ 413. Procedure after filing (a) Certificate of Clerk; amendment. Within 20 days after the petition…
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§ 413. Transportation and collection sites (a) The costs and responsibility assigned under this char…
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§ 414. Modification or termination of uneconomic trust (a) After notice to the qualified beneficiari…
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§ 414. Duties and responsibilities The City Attorney shall be corporation counsel for the City. He o…
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§ 414. Referendum petitions; suspension of effect of ordinance When a referendum petition is filed w…
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§ 415. Reformation to correct mistakes The Probate Division of the Superior Court may reform the ter…
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§ 415. Repealed.
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§ 415. Authority to construct and maintain an electric plant (a) The City of Burlington is hereby au…
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§ 415. Action on petitions (a) Action by Council. When an initiative or referendum petition has been…
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§ 416. Modification to achieve settlor’s tax objectives The Probate Division of the Superior Court m…
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§ 416. Appointment The City Council shall annually appoint from among the legally qualified voters o…
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§ 416. Authority to construct, maintain, and operate a gas-generating and distribution plant (a) The…
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§ 416. Results of election (a) Initiative. If a majority of the qualified voters voting on a propose…
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§ 417. Combination and division of trusts After notice to the qualified beneficiaries, a trustee may…
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§ 417. Duties The Collector of Taxes shall have the same powers and be under the same duties and lia…
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§ 417. Authority to acquire property for purposes of sections 415 and 416 of this charter For any an…
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§ 418. Intentional and unlawful killing; termination of interest in trust (a) A person who commits a…
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§ 418. Authority to sell services, merchandise, and equipment incidental to use of electricity or ga…
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§ 419. Duties The City Engineer shall make all public surveys of the streets and public grounds of t…
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§ 419. Operation of gas business Whenever said City does acquire any gas plant, gas distribution sys…
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§ 420. Duties The Superintendent of the City Waterworks shall have the care and management of the Ci…
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§ 420. Procedure for exercising eminent domain right In exercising the right of eminent domain to ac…
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§ 421. Duties The Superintendent of Streets, subject to the order of the City Manager, shall have im…
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§ 421. Issuance of bonds authorized In case of any purchase that the City Council may approve and de…
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§ 422. Rates sufficient to pay for services and bonds to be charged (a) Whenever bonds are issued pu…
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§ 423. Bond issuance to be approved by voters The City Council shall not issue any bonds under the p…
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§§ 424-430. [Reserved.]
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§ 431. Definitions The following terms when used in this article shall have the following meaning: (…
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§ 432. Electric plant; improvement of The City is hereby authorized and empowered to improve its ele…
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§ 433. Bonds; issuance of (a) The City is hereby authorized and empowered to issue negotiable bonds,…
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§ 434. Same—payment of In order to secure the payment of any of the bonds, issued pursuant to this a…
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§ 435. Same—pledge of revenues (a) Any pledge hereunder shall be valid and binding and shall be deem…
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§ 436. Same—refunding The City may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying any of its bonds …
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§ 437. Same—Anticipation notes Unless otherwise provided in the authorizing proceedings, if bonds ar…
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§ 438. Same—regulation (a) The Public Utility Commission shall exercise its regulatory powers in suc…
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§ 439. Same—rights of holders Any holder or holders of bonds, including a trustee or trustees for ho…
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§ 440. Same—right of City (a) The City shall have power by resolution of its Board of Light Commissi…
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§ 441. Rates; payment by municipal agencies The City Council or other board or agency of the City op…
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§ 442. Bonds; proceeds All monies received from the issue of bonds (other than refunding bonds) shal…
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§ 443. Energy conservation facilities The City is hereby authorized and empowered to provide or fina…
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§ 444. Construction of article The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition and supplem…
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§ 445. Same This article is remedial in nature and the powers hereby granted shall be liberally cons…
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§ 446. Same; invalidity It is hereby declared that the sections, clauses, sentences, and parts of th…
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§ 447. Ratification (a) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this article, and except as prov…
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§ 448. Powers exercised through City Council The powers granted to the City hereunder shall be exerc…
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§ 449. Authority for joint venture for telecommunications In addition to the authority granted under…
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§§ 450-500. [Reserved.]
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§ 500. Defined Contribution Retirement Plan (a) The State Treasurer shall offer a retirement plan fo…
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§ 501. Members To begin business, a mutual benefit enterprise shall have at least two patron members…
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§ 501. Rights of beneficiary’s creditor or assignee To the extent a beneficiary’s interest is not pr…
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§ 501. Standard; adjudication (a)(1) In a proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of a person who cla…
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§ 501. Taxes Taxes shall be assessed by the Town based on the fair market value of real property, in…
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§ 501. Creation and organization For the purpose of coordinating and integrating the inspection serv…
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§ 501. City of Burlington utility facilities; taxation of 32 V.S.A. § 3659 shall not apply to land, …
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§ 501. Adoption of ordinances Ordinances shall be adopted in accordance with State law pursuant to 2…
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§ 501. City meetings (a)(1) On the first Tuesday of March in each year, a meeting of the voters of t…
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§ 501. Application of general laws Provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont relating to the qu…
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§ 501. Appointment; qualifications; compensation of City Manager The Council shall appoint a City Ma…
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§ 501. Taxes Taxes shall be assessed by the Town based on the fair market value of real property, in…
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§ 501. Water Department (a) Upon the effective date of this merger, the geographic area formerly cov…
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§ 501. Department of Assessment There shall be established a Department of Assessment headed by a pr…
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§ 501. Creation of Department [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-1001 by 2023, No. M-19 (A…
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§ 501. Powers and duties (a) The members of the Selectboard shall constitute the legislative body of…
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§ 501. Powers and duties (a) The members of the Selectmen shall constitute the legislative body of t…
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§ 501. Town Manager appointment and term The Town Manager shall be the Chief Administrative Officer …
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§ 501. Powers and duties The members of the Selectboard shall constitute the legislative body of the…
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§ 501. Powers and duties (a) The members of the Selectboard shall constitute the legislative body of…
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§ 501. Severability If any provision of this charter shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such in…
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§ 501. Selectboard; powers and duties; terms (a) The members of the Selectboard shall constitute the…
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§ 501. Board of Listers The Board of Listers shall consist of three listers, one elected each year f…
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§ 501. Grand list The grand list of the ratable estate within said Village as made out by the lister…
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§ 501. Power to adopt bylaws The Village may make, alter, and repeal bylaws of the following subject…
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§ 501. Sewer system; establishment; fee assessment and collection When the public health or convenie…
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§ 501. Powers and duties of the Board The members of the Board of Trustees shall constitute the legi…
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§ 501. Water and light Said corporation is empowered to contract with any water company or any elect…
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§ 501. Fire Chief and firefighters (a) The Chief of the Fire Department, or in the absence of the Ch…
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§ 501. Powers and duties (a) The members of the Board of Trustees shall constitute the legislative b…
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§ 501. Special meetings The Board of Supervisors may call a special meeting of the District when it …
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§ 501. Special District meetings The Board may on its own motion call special meetings of the Distri…
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§ 501. Annual meetings Annual meetings of the District shall be held on the first Tuesday in March f…
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§ 501. Special meetings The Board of Supervisors may call a special meeting of the District when it …
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§ 501. Special meeting (a)(1) The Board of Supervisors may call a special meeting of the District wh…
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§§ 501-507. Repealed.
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§§ 501-507. Repealed.
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§ 502. Becoming a member A person becomes a member: (1) as provided in the organic rules; (2) as the…
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§ 502. Spendthrift provision (a) A spendthrift provision is valid only if it restrains both voluntar…
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§ 502. Standing; petition (a) A person seeking to be adjudicated a de facto parent of a child shall …
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§ 502. Creation and organization For the purpose of coordinating and integrating the management and …
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§ 502. Public hearing (a) The Council shall hold a minimum of one public hearing prior to the adopti…
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§ 502. Publishing and posting of articles When questions involving authorization of public improveme…
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§ 502. Time of holding (a) The annual City meetings of the City and the South Burlington School Dist…
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§ 502. Acting City Manager By letter filed with the City Clerk, the Manager shall designate, subject…
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§ 502. Discounts elimination At such time as the discounts given on the tax rate to those who do not…
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§ 502. Appraisal of property The Department of Assessment shall appraise all real property for the p…
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§ 502. Appraisal of property [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-1003 by 2023, No. M-19 (Ad…
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§ 502. Organization (a) After the election and qualification of the Selectboard, the Selectboard sha…
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§ 502. Organization (a) Forthwith after their election and qualification, the Selectboard shall orga…
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§ 502. Bond Before entering into the duties of this office, the Town Manager shall execute a bond in…
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§ 502. Organization (a) Three Selectboard members shall constitute a quorum. No action of the Board …
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§ 502. Continuance in office Except as specifically provided by this charter, if at the time this ch…
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§ 502. Town Manager (a) Appointment. The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Manager. (b) Qualification…
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§ 502. Fair market value of real estate (a) In the event that the fair market value of real estate i…
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§ 502. Appraisal of property The Board of Listers shall appraise or cause to be appraised by the rea…
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§ 502. Assessment of tax on grand list The Village may, at any legal meeting, assess a tax on the gr…
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§ 502. Fines for violations of bylaws and ordinances The Village may impose a fine or forfeiture not…
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§ 502. Petition for appeal of damage award or fee assessment (a) When any person or corporation shal…
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§ 502. Meeting of the Board As soon as possible after an election of a Chair, the Board of Trustees …
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§ 502. Sewers Said corporation is empowered to construct a system of sewers and repair the same, and…
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§ 502. Firefighting apparatus All apparatus for the extinguishment of fires and the rooms for storin…
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§ 502. Organization (a) The Board of Trustees shall conduct its business in accordance with Robert’s…
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§ 502. Public hearings At any special meeting of the District, voters of each member municipality sh…
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§ 502. Places of meetings At any special meeting of the District, voters of each member shall cast t…
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§ 502. Special meetings The Board of Supervisors may call a special meeting of the District whenever…
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§ 502. Places of meetings At any special meeting of the District, voters of each member municipality…
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§ 502. Places of meetings At any special meeting of the District, voters of each municipality within…
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§§ 502-505. [Reserved.]
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§§ 503, 504.
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§ 503. Record of proceedings (a) It shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees to cause to be kept a…
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§ 503. No power as member to bind enterprise A member solely by reason of being a member may not act…
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§ 503. Exceptions to spendthrift provision (a) In this section, “child” includes any person for whom…
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§ 503. Responsibilities and authority of Town Manager (a) General authority. The Town Manager shall …
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§ 503. Effective date Every ordinance shall become effective upon passage unless otherwise specified…
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§ 503. Special City meetings; special meetings to authorize improvements and incur debt (a)(1) The C…
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§ 503. Special City and School District meetings Special City meetings, and special School District …
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§ 503. Removal of City Manager (a) Procedure. The Council may remove the City Manager from office in…
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§ 503. Fair market value of real estate (a) In the event that the fair market value of real estate i…
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§ 503. Duties (a) The Department of Assessment shall have the same powers, discharge the same duties…
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§ 503. Appraisal of business personal property for tax purposes [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.…
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§ 503. Meetings (a) As soon as possible after the election of the Chair and Vice Chair, the Board sh…
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§ 503. Responsibilities, powers, and duties (a) In general, the Town Manager shall be accountable to…
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§ 503. Record of proceedings (a) The Selectboard shall keep an official record of its proceedings. (…
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§ 503. Municipal laws (a) All Town ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, orders, policies, and regulation…
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§ 503. Special assessments Despite any contrary provision in general law, the Select Board may in it…
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§ 503. Board of Library Trustees (a) The Board of Library Trustees shall consist of seven members ap…
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§ 503. Compensation of the Board Compensation paid to trustees, if any, shall be set by the voters o…
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§ 503. Streets and walks The Board of Trustees of said corporation shall have the power to lay out, …
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§ 503. Public hearings Not less than three nor more than 14 days prior to any special meeting called…
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§ 503. Public hearings Not less than 30 nor more than 40 days prior to any special meeting of the Di…
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§ 503. Place of meetings Annual and special meetings of the District shall be held at such place wit…
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§ 503. Public hearings Not less than three nor more than 14 days prior to any special meeting called…
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§ 503. Warnings The original warning for any district meeting shall be signed by a number of the Boa…
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§ 504. No liability as member for enterprise’s obligations Unless the articles of organization other…
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§ 504. Discretionary trusts; effect of standard (a) In this section, “child” includes any person for…
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§ 504. Rescission of ordinances All ordinances shall be subject to rescission by a special or annual…
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§ 504. Election of officers (a) All officers shall be elected by Australian ballot, according to gen…
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§ 504. Polling places In any annual or special City or School District meeting, for the purpose of t…
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§ 504. Powers and duties of the City Manager The City Manager shall be the Chief Administrative Offi…
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§ 504. Special assessments Despite any contrary provision in general law, the Select Board may in it…
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§ 504. Appeal If a property owner is dissatisfied with the assessment of the owner’s property, the p…
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§ 504. Duties of Department [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-1005 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj…
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§ 504. Jurisdiction over offices and employees Neither the Selectboard nor any of its members shall …
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§ 504. Record of proceedings (a) It shall be the duty of the Selectboard to keep an official record …
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§ 504. Noninterference with administration (a) The Selectboard, its members, and committees shall no…
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§ 504. Reference to statute If any matter mentioned in this charter is said to be controlled by a sp…
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§ 504. Creation of St.
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§ 504. Water pipes The trustees, or a majority of them, may lay water pipes, within the limits of sa…
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§ 504. Warnings required The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn a special meeting of th…
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§ 504. Warnings required The Board of the District shall warn a special meeting of the District by f…
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§ 504. Warnings required The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn all annual and special …
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§ 504. Warnings required The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn a special meeting of th…
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§ 504. Warnings required The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn a District meeting by f…
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§ 505. Right of member and former member to information (a) Not later than 10 business days after re…
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§ 505. Creditor’s claim against settlor (a) Whether or not the terms of a trust contain a spendthrif…
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§ 505. Established The City Council may establish a Police Department for the City subject to contro…
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§ 505. Petition for enactment of ordinance; special meeting (a) Voters of the City may at any time p…
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§ 505. Conduct of elections The City Clerk and Board of Civil Authority shall conduct elections in a…
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§ 505. Rescission of ordinances All ordinances shall be subject to rescission by a special City meet…
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§ 505. City Manager; vacancy in office of In the event of a vacancy in the office of City Manager or…
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§ 505. Tax within Bennington Rural Fire District No.
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§ 505. Purpose [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-1002 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3…
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§ 505. Appointments (a) The Selectboard may appoint commissions or committees as needed. (b) Jurisdi…
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§ 505. Filling of a vacancy Any vacancy in the Office of Town Manager shall be filled as soon as pra…
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§ 505. Amendment of charter This charter may be amended as set forth by the general laws of the Stat…
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§ 505. Downtown district; purpose and powers (a) The District is created for the general purpose of …
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§ 505. Signing of warning The original warning of any special meeting of the District shall be signe…
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§ 505. Signing of warning The original warning of any special meeting of the District shall be signe…
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§ 505. Contents of warnings The notice of an annual or special meeting of the District shall contain…
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§ 505. Signing of warning The original warning of any special meeting of the District shall be signe…
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§ 505. Warning contents The posted notification shall include the date, time, place, and nature of t…
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§ 506. Annual meeting of members (a) Members shall meet annually at a time provided in the organic r…
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§ 506. Overdue distribution (a) In this section, “mandatory distribution” means a distribution of in…
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§ 506. [Reserved.]
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§ 506. Definitions The following terms when used in this article shall, unless the context otherwise…
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§ 506. Voter checklists The City Clerk and Board of Civil Authority shall manage voter qualification…
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§ 506. Petition for enactment of ordinance; special meeting (a) Subject to the provisions of section…
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§ 506. City officers; appointment of (a) General. The officers of the City of Winooski shall be thos…
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§ 506. Creation of Bennington Downtown District There is hereby created in the Town of Bennington a …
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§ 506. Compensation (a) The auditors shall fix the compensation of the members of the Selectboard, u…
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§ 506. Compensation of the Town Manager The compensation of the Town Manager shall be set by resolut…
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§ 506. Downtown district; annual budget The Town Manager shall submit each year an operating budget …
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§ 506. Warning contents The posted notification shall include the date, time, place, and nature of t…
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§ 506. Warning contents The posted notification shall include the date, time, place, and nature of t…
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§ 506. Signing of warnings The original warning for each annual and special meeting of the District …
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§ 506. Warning contents The posted notification shall include the date, time, place, and nature of t…
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§ 506. Australian ballot The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the D…
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§§ 507, 508.
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§ 507. Special meeting of members (a) A special meeting of members may be called only: (1) as provid…
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§ 507. Personal obligation of trustee Trust property is not subject to personal obligations of the t…
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§ 507. Creation The City of Barre is authorized and empowered to provide a suitable supply of water …
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§ 507. Bonds; issuance of The City is hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds, from time to t…
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§ 507. Repealed, 2005, No.
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§ 507. Administrative Code (a) The Town Manager shall prepare and submit to the Selectboard a propos…
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§ 507. Downtown district; taxes (a) District taxes are charges levied upon the owners of taxable pro…
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§ 507. Australian ballot The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the D…
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§ 507. Australian ballot The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the D…
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§ 507. Public hearings Not less than three nor more than 14 days prior to any special meeting of the…
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§ 507. Australian ballot The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the D…
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§ 507. Qualifications and registration of voters All legal voters of the municipalities within the D…
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§ 508. Notice of members’ meeting (a) A mutual benefit enterprise shall notify each member of the ti…
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§ 508. Condemnation The taking of lands for use pursuant to this article shall be in accordance with…
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§ 508. Refunding The City, upon the approval of the Board of Public Works Commissioners and the City…
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§ 508. Purposes and powers (a) The District is created for the general purpose of maintaining and im…
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§ 508. Selectboard policy The Town Manager shall prepare and submit to the Selectboard proposals for…
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§ 508. Assets transferred; liabilities; taxation; special services (a) All assets of the Village of …
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§ 508. Qualifications and registration of voters All legal voters of the member municipalities shall…
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§ 508. Qualifications and registration of voters All legal voters of the member municipalities shall…
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§ 508. Australian ballot The Australian ballot system shall be used at all meetings of the District …
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§ 508. Qualifications and registration of voters All legal voters of the member municipalities shall…
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§ 508. Conduct of meetings (a) At all special meetings of the District, the following provisions of …
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§ 509. Waiver of member’s meeting notice (a) A member may waive notice of a members’ meeting before,…
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§ 509. Borrowing The Water Department and Sewer Department may borrow such money from time to time, …
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§ 509. Election of City officers (a) At the annual meeting, Montpelier voters shall elect from among…
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§ 509. Annual budget The Town Manager shall submit each year an operating budget of anticipated expe…
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§ 509. Conduct of meetings At all special meetings of the District, the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chap…
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§ 509. Conduct of meetings At all special meetings of the District, the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chap…
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§ 509. Qualification and registration of voters The legal voters of each member municipality shall c…
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§ 509. Conduct of meetings At all special meetings of the District, the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chap…
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§ 509. Reconsideration or rescission of vote (a) A question considered or voted on at any special me…
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§ 510. Established The City Council may establish and operate a Fire/Ambulance Department for the Ci…
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§ 510. Quorum of members Unless the organic rules otherwise require a greater number of members or p…
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§ 510. Certificates of nomination (a) Certificates of nomination for City offices to be filled at an…
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§ 510. District taxes (a) District taxes are charges levied upon the owners of taxable properties lo…
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§ 510. Reconsideration or rescission of vote (a) A question considered or voted on at any special me…
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§ 510. Reconsideration or rescission of vote (a) A question voted on at any special meeting of the D…
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§ 510. Conduct of meetings At all meetings of the District, the provision of 17 V.S.A. chapter 51 re…
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§ 510. Reconsideration or rescission of vote (a) A question voted on at any special meeting of the D…
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§ 510. Validation of District meetings (a)(1) When any of the requirements as to notice or warning o…
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§ 511. Repealed.
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§ 511. Voting by patron members Except as provided by subsection 512(a) of this title, each patron m…
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§ 511. Canvassing of ballots (a) At the close of the balloting at any City election or annual or spe…
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§ 511. Local option tax (a) If the Select Board by a majority vote recommends, the voters of the Tow…
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§ 511. Validation of District meetings When any of the requirements as to notice or warning of a spe…
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§ 511. Validation of District meetings When any of the requirements as to notice or warning of a spe…
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§ 511. Reconsideration or rescission of vote (a) A question considered or voted upon at an annual or…
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§ 511. Validation of District meetings When any of the requirements as to notice or warning of a spe…
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§ 511. Priority When a special meeting of the District is called to act upon a proposition to incur …
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§ 512. Formation; duties The Board of Health shall consist of the Health Officer and three legal vot…
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§ 512. Determination of voting power of patron member (a) The organic rules may allocate voting powe…
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§ 512. Vacancies in City offices (a) A vacancy in an elective office occurs upon the death or resign…
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§ 512. Priority When a special meeting of the District is called to act upon a proposition to incur …
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§ 512. Priority When a special meeting of the District is called to act to incur bonded or other ind…
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§ 512. Validation of District meetings Whenever any of the requirements as to the notice or warning …
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§ 512. Priority When a special meeting of the District is called to act upon a proposition to incur …
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§ 513. Voting by investor members If the organic rules provide for investor members, each investor m…
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§ 513. Repealed.
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§§ 513-514. [Repealed.]
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§ 514. Voting requirements for members If a mutual benefit enterprise has both patron and investor m…
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§ 514. Reconsideration and rescission (a) Action taken on a warned article at an annual or special m…
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§ 515. Formation The City Council and the justices of the peace elected, qualified, and residing in …
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§ 515. Manner of voting (a) Unless the organic rules otherwise provide, voting by a proxy at a membe…
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§ 515. Repealed.
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§ 516. Repealed.
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§ 516. Action without a meeting (a) Unless the organic rules require that action be taken only at a …
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§ 517. Repealed.
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§ 517. Districts and delegates; classes of members (a) The organic rules may provide for the formati…
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§ 518. Creation There shall be a Department of Assessment, which shall consist of a Chief Assessor a…
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§ 519. Powers and duties The Department of Assessment shall have the same powers, discharge the same…
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§ 520. Reappraisal At least every five years, the Department shall review, or cause to be reviewed, …
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§ 521. [Reserved.]
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§§ 522-525. Repealed.
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§§ 526-528. Repealed.
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§ 540. Workforce education and employment and training leaders (a) The Commissioner of Labor and the…
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§ 541. Office of Workforce Strategy and Development (a) There is created within the Executive Branch…
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§ 541a.
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§ 541b.
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§ 542. Regional workforce education and training (a) The Commissioner of Labor, in coordination with…
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§ 543. Repealed.
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§§ 544, 545.
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§ 546. State postsecondary attainment goal (a) It shall be the goal of the State of Vermont that not…
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§ 547. Work-Based Learning and Training Program (a) Vermont Work-Based Learning and Training Program…
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§ 596. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Agency” means the Agency of Natural Resources. (2) …
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§ 597. The Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program There is hereby established the Climate Superfund…
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§ 598. Liability of responsible parties (a)(1) A responsible party shall be strictly liable for a sh…
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§ 599. Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program Fund (a) There is created the Climate Superfund Cost …
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§ 599b.
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§ 599c.
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§ 601. Member’s interest A member’s interest: (1) is personal property; (2) consists of: (A) governa…
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§ 601. Capacity of settlor of revocable trust The capacity of a settlor required to create, amend, r…
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§ 601. Scope This chapter governs procedures and requirements of genetic testing and genetic testing…
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§ 601. Payment of taxes (a) Taxes on real and personal property shall be paid in four equal payments…
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§ 601. Manager; appointment and hiring The Council shall appoint a City Manager under and in accorda…
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§ 601. Organization (a) The City Council, in consultation with the Manager, may create, modify, or e…
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§ 601. Repealed.
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§ 601. Sewer Department (a) Upon the effective date of this merger, the geographic area served by th…
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§ 601. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the Town and Town School District shall begin the first day of…
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§ 601. Appointment of Manager [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-401 by 2023, No. M-19 (Ad…
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§ 601. School Superintendent appointment and term The School Superintendent shall be the Chief Execu…
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§ 601. Transfer On and after the effective date of this charter, the ownership, control, and managem…
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§ 601. Town powers The Town may make, alter, and repeal ordinances relating to management, operation…
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§ 601. Repealed.
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§ 601. Residency not disqualification to serve No person being a resident or taxpayer of said corpor…
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§ 601. Fire district Said Village is hereby constituted a fire district for the purpose of preventin…
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§ 601. Police officers The trustees of said Village shall have power to, and may appoint such number…
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§ 601. Bonds of officers The Clerk and Treasurer shall each give a bond to the corporation condition…
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§ 601. Date of annual meeting The annual meeting of said corporation for the choice of officers and …
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§ 601. Highway Superintendent The Highway Superintendent shall, under the direction and control of t…
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§ 601. Indemnification To the extent permitted by law, the District shall protect, defend, indemnify…
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§ 601. Withdrawal of a municipality (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section,…
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§ 601. Withdrawal by a member municipality A member municipality may withdraw from the District upon…
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§ 601. Withdrawal of member municipality A member municipality may withdraw from the District upon t…
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§ 601. Withdrawal of member municipality (a) A member municipality may vote to withdraw from the Dis…
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§§ 601-604. Repealed.
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§§ 601-609. Repealed.
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§§ 601-614. Repealed.
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§ 602. Admission of new member municipalities (a) The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusi…
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§ 602. Patron and investor member’s interests (a) Unless the organic rules establish investor member…
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§ 602. Revocation or amendment of revocable trust (a) Unless the terms of a trust expressly provide …
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§ 602. Requirements for genetic testing Genetic testing shall be of a type reasonably relied upon by…
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§ 602. Penalty and interest (a) Any installment not paid by the due dates established in section 601…
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§ 602. Powers of Manager (a) The Manager shall be the chief administrative officer of the City of Es…
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§ 602. Resident engagement (a) [Repealed.] (b) The City Council may appoint additional boards and co…
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§ 602. Ordinances of villages not merging The zoning ordinance in force within any village in the To…
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§ 602. Preparation and submission (a) The Town Manager, at least 75 days before the annual Town meet…
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§ 602. Officials appointed by Manager [Renumbered] (Amended 1999, No. M-1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; renumb…
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§ 602. Bond Before entering into the duties of this office, the Superintendent shall execute a bond …
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§ 602. Annual audit The Selectboard shall provide for an annual independent audit by a certified pub…
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§ 602. Auditor The elected auditors shall compile and prepare a report of their examination of the a…
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§ 602. Elections at special meeting If the annual meeting of said Village fails to be held, for want…
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§ 602. Highway tax rate The Village of North Bennington shall establish its own highway tax rate. Th…
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§ 602. Withdrawal of member municipality A member municipality may withdraw from the District upon t…
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§ 602. Admission of additional municipalities The Board, by the affirmative vote of supervisors repr…
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§ 602. Admission of new member municipalities The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion o…
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§ 602. Admission of new member municipalities The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion o…
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§ 603. Transferability of member’s interest (a) The provisions relating to the transferability of a …
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§ 603. Settlor’s powers; powers of withdrawal (a) While a trust is revocable, rights of the benefici…
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§ 603. Court order for testing (a) Order to submit to genetic testing. Except as provided in section…
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§ 603. Treasurer’s warrant Upon the failure to pay any installment in full when due, the City Treasu…
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§ 603. Manager; removal; hearing The Council may remove the Manager from office for cause in accorda…
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§ 603. Personnel system (a) Merit principle. All appointments and promotions of City officers and em…
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§ 603. Administration of ordinance of villages that merge When villages cease to exist pursuant to t…
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§ 603. Town meeting and budget The budget shall be approved or rejected by the legal voters by Austr…
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§ 603. Town meeting warning and budget The proposed budget and the warning for the annual meeting sh…
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§ 603. Responsibilities, powers, and duties (a) In general, the Superintendent shall be accountable …
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§ 603. Treasurer The Treasurer shall perform the duties required by State statute or provided by thi…
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§ 603. Voting Every person who resides within the limits of said Village and is a legal voter in Tow…
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§ 603. Board of Trustees; authority with respect to roads, streets, and sidewalks The trustees of sa…
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§ 603. Admission of new member municipalities The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion o…
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§ 603. Dissolution of the District (a) Upon the affirmative vote of supervisors representing at leas…
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§ 603. Dissolution of District (a) Upon a vote by a two-thirds majority of the Board of Supervisors …
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§ 603. Dissolution of District (a) Procedure. If the Board of Supervisors by resolution approved by …
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§ 603. Dissolution of District (a) Procedure. (1) If the Board of Supervisors by resolution approved…
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§ 604. Security interest and set-off (a) A member or transferee may create an enforceable security i…
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§ 604. Limitation on action contesting validity of revocable trust; distribution of trust property (…
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§ 604. Genetic testing results (a) A person shall be identified as a genetic parent of a child if th…
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§ 604. Notice of tax due The City Treasurer shall, upon delivery to him or her of the tax rate, publ…
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§ 604. Vacancy in office of City Manager The Manager, by letter filed with the City Clerk, may appoi…
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§ 604. Repealed.
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§ 604. Comprehensive Town ordinance When Town officials having charge of zoning acquire jurisdiction…
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§ 604. Appropriation The effective date of the budget shall be July 1 of each year. The budgeted acc…
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§ 604. Time of holding (a) The annual meeting of legal voters shall be held at 7:30 o’clock in the a…
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§ 604. Noninterference with administration The School Board of Trustees, its members, and committees…
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§ 604. Clerk The Clerk shall keep an official record of the proceedings of the Board of Trustees. Su…
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§ 604. Dissolution of District (a) Procedure. If the Board of Supervisors by resolution approved by …
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§ 604. Amendment of the District agreement This chapter may be amended by the voters of the District…
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§ 604. Amendment of Union Municipal District agreement (a) The Board of Supervisors may, at any regu…
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§ 604. Amendment of the District agreement The Board of Supervisors may amend this chapter by the fo…
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§ 604. Amendment of District charter (a) The Board of Supervisors may, and upon petition of five per…
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§ 605. Charging orders for judgment creditor of member or transferee (a) On application by a judgmen…
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§ 605. Report of genetic testing (a) A report of genetic testing shall be in a record and signed und…
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§ 605. Local sales, rooms, meals, and alcoholic beverages option taxes Local option taxes are author…
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§ 605. Surety bonds All City officers and employees, as directed by the City Council, shall annually…
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§ 605. Amount to be raised by taxation Upon passage of the budget by the annual Town meeting, the am…
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§ 605. Filling of a vacancy Any vacancy in the office of Superintendent shall be filled as soon as p…
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§ 605. Moderator The Moderator shall be the presiding officer of Village meetings, shall decide ques…
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§ 605. Amendment of the District agreement The Board of Supervisors may amend this District agreemen…
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§ 605. Seal The District shall have a seal designed as the Board requires.
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§ 605. Severability In the event any court of competent jurisdiction shall determine any term, phras…
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§ 605. Severability Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any term, phrase, clause, sente…
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§ 605. Severability Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any term, phrase, clause, sente…
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§§ 605-608. Repealed.
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§ 606. Admissibility of results of genetic testing (a) Production of results; notice. Unless waived …
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§ 606. Departmental budget The budget for a department shall include all proposed expenditures as pr…
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§ 606. Compensation The compensation of the Superintendent shall be set by vote of the School Board …
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§ 606. Severability Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any term, phrase, clause, sente…
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§ 606. Extramunicipal waste No member may dispose of solid waste from outside its geographical limit…
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§ 606. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Solid waste” shall mean any discarded garbage, refu…
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§ 607. Additional genetic testing The court shall order additional genetic testing upon the request …
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§ 607. Transfers of appropriation The Town Manager may at any time transfer an unencumbered appropri…
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§ 607. School Board of Trustees policy The Superintendent shall prepare and submit to the School Boa…
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§ 607. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Solid waste” shall mean any discarded garbage, refu…
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§ 607. Severability Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any term, phrase, clause, sente…
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§ 608. Consequences of declining genetic testing (a) If a person whose parentage is being determined…
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§ 608. Capital budgeting for voter approved funding Capital budgets funded through voter approved mu…
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§ 609. Adjudication of parentage based on genetic testing (a)(1) If genetic testing results pursuant…
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§§ 609-614. Repealed.
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§ 610. Costs of genetic testing (a) The costs of initial genetic testing shall be paid: (1) by the O…
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§ 611. Genetic testing when specimens not available (a) If a genetic testing specimen is not availab…
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§ 612. Deceased person For good cause shown, the court may order genetic testing of a deceased perso…
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§ 613. Identical sibling (a) The court may order genetic testing of a person who is believed to have…
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§ 614. Confidentiality of genetic testing (a) A report of genetic testing for parentage is exempt fr…
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§ 615. Authority to deny requested order for genetic testing or admission of test results (a) Ground…
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§ 616. Precluding establishment of parentage by perpetrator of sexual assault (a) In a proceeding in…
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§ 701. Appointed by trustees The Board of Trustees shall appoint a Village Manager whose responsibil…
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§ 701. Authority In this article, “marketing contract” means a contract between a mutual benefit ent…
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§ 701. Repealed.
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§ 701. Accepting or declining trusteeship (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this…
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§ 701. Scope This chapter does not apply to the birth of a child conceived by sexual intercourse or …
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§ 701. Board of Civil Authority The Board of Civil Authority shall be defined by 17 VSA § 2103(5). (…
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§ 701. Council authority The City Council may adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce any bylaw, regulatio…
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§ 701. Planning Commission (a) The Planning Commission shall consist of seven persons appointed by t…
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§ 701. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the City shall begin on the first day of July and end on the l…
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§ 701. Town powers The Town may make, alter, and repeal ordinances relating to management, operation…
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§ 701. Police Department (a) Upon the effective date of the merger, the geographic area formerly cov…
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§ 701. Taxes on real and personal property Taxes on real and personal property shall be paid in thre…
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§ 701. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the Town shall begin on the first day of July of each calendar…
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§ 701. Appointed by Selectboard The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Manager upon such conditions as…
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§ 701. Appointed by Selectboard The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Manager for an indefinite term,…
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§ 701. Conflict of interest (a) A member of any appointed or elected board or commission or appointe…
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§ 701. Appointments The Selectboard may appoint commissions or committees as needed, and delegate in…
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§ 701. Appointed by Selectboard The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Manager whose responsibilities,…
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§ 701. Transfer (a) On and after the effective date of this charter, the ownership, control, and man…
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§ 701. Charter Review Committee At least once every five years, the Select Board shall appoint a Cha…
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§ 701. Town Manager; appointment; qualifications; term The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Manager …
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§ 701. [Transitional provisions relating to adoption of the charter]
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§ 701. Village grand list It shall be the duty of the listers of the Town of Derby, in making their …
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§ 701. Power to adopt bylaws Said Village may make, alter, and repeal bylaws of the following subjec…
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§ 701. Annual Village meetings The annual meeting of said corporation for the election of officers a…
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§ 701. Powers of the Village Said corporation shall have power to make, amend or repeal by-laws not …
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§ 701. Police Department; appointment; duties (a)(1) The Board of Trustees may also appoint a Chief …
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§§ 701-703. Repealed.
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§§ 701-705. Repealed.
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§ 702. Tax Collector The Village Manager shall be the Village Tax Collector.
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§ 702. Marketing contracts (a) If a marketing contract provides for the sale of products, commoditie…
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§ 702. Trustee’s bond (a) A trustee shall give bond to secure performance of the trustee’s duties on…
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§ 702. Parental status of donor (a) A donor is not a parent of a child conceived through assisted re…
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§ 702. Board of Abatement of Taxes The Board of Civil Authority shall constitute a Board of Abatemen…
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§ 702. Ordinance adoption, notice, and effective date (a) A proposed bylaw, regulation, or ordinance…
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§ 702. Powers and duties (a) The Planning Commission shall exercise all powers and duties as provide…
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§ 702. Submission of budget and budget message On or before 60 days prior to the City annual meeting…
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§ 702. Penalty; interest; Treasurer’s powers (a) Penalty. Any installment not paid by the due dates …
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§ 702. Preparation and submission (a) The Town Manager, at least 50 days before annual Town meeting,…
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§ 702. Manager nonpartisan (a) The Manager shall be chosen solely on the basis of his or her executi…
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§ 702. Manager nonpartisan (a) The Manager shall be chosen solely on the basis of his or her executi…
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§ 702. Charter Compliance Committee (a) A Charter Compliance Committee of three members shall be cre…
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§ 702. Water and sewer commissioners (a) Upon the effective date of this charter, the Selectboard sh…
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§ 702. Merger of Village and Town The Village of St. Johnsbury and the Town of St. Johnsbury are her…
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§ 702. Oath; bond Before entering upon his or her official duties, the Town Manager shall be sworn t…
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§ 702. [Transitional provisions relating to adoption of the charter]
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§ 702. Assessment of tax The Village may, at its annual meeting or at any special meeting warned for…
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§ 702. Imposition of penalties Said Village may impose a fine or forfeiture not exceeding $100.00 fo…
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§ 702. Special Village meetings Special meetings may at any time be called by the trustees for the t…
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§ 703. Duration of marketing contract The initial duration of a marketing contract may not exceed 10…
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§ 703. Cotrustees (a) Cotrustees who are unable to reach a unanimous decision may act by majority de…
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§ 703. Parentage of child of assisted reproduction A person who consents under section 704 of this t…
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§ 703. Planning Commission There shall be a Planning Commission, and its powers, obligations, and op…
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§ 703. Repealed.
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§ 703. Budget message The Manager’s message shall explain the budget both in fiscal terms and in ter…
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§ 703. Local sales, rooms, and meals and alcohol beverages tax (a) Upon resolution of the Selectboar…
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§ 703. Town meeting warning and budget [Renumbered] (Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-603 by 2023, No.…
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§ 703. Oath and bond Before entering office, the Manager shall be sworn to the faithful performance …
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§ 703. Oath and bond Before entering upon his or her duties, the Manager shall be sworn to the faith…
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§ 703. Code of ethics (a) No elected or appointed board or commission member has any legal powers or…
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§ 703. Severability If any provision of this charter is for any reason held invalid, such invalidity…
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§ 703. Powers and duties (a) The Town Manager shall be the chief executive officer and the head of t…
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§ 703. Board of Tax Abatement The trustees and Clerk of said Village shall constitute a Board for th…
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§ 703. Confirmation of appropriations Whenever a proposal calling for an appropriation in excess of …
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§ 704. Remedies for breach of contract (a) Damages to be paid to a mutual benefit enterprise for bre…
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§ 704. Vacancy in trusteeship; appointment of successor (a) A vacancy in a trusteeship occurs if: (1…
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§ 704. Consent to assisted reproduction (a) A person who intends to be a parent of a child born thro…
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§ 704. Development Review Board A Development Review Board shall be established, and its powers, obl…
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§ 704. Record of ordinances The City Clerk shall prepare and keep in the City Clerk’s office the ord…
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§ 704. Budget (a) Budget. Notwithstanding any prior acts of the voters, the General Fund budget for …
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§ 704. Appropriation From the effective date of the budget, the several amounts stated therein, as a…
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§ 704. Duties of the Manager (a) The Manager shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Town and sh…
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§ 704. Duties of Manager (a) The Manager shall be the chief executive officer of the Town and shall …
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§ 704. Preparation of budgets; Australian ballot (a) The Selectboard shall prepare an annual budget …
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§ 704. Compensation The Town Manager shall receive compensation as may be determined by the Selectbo…
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§ 704. Membership on Board not disqualification to serve as law enforcement or judicial officer A me…
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§ 705. Resignation of trustee (a) A trustee may resign: (1) upon at least 30 days’ notice in writing…
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§ 705. Limitation on spouse’s dispute of parentage (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b…
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§ 705. Brownell Library Trustees The Brownell Library Board of Library Trustees that holds office at…
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§ 705. Violation of an ordinance The violation of an ordinance shall be enforced according to State …
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§ 705. Capital improvement plan (a) Submission to Council. The Manager shall prepare and submit to t…
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§ 705. Amount to be raised by taxation Upon passage of the budget by the annual Town meeting, the am…
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§ 705. Compensation The Manager shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the Selectboard.
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§ 705. Compensation The Manager shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the Selectboard.
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§ 705. Fire District; process for abolition The St. Johnsbury Center Fire District No. 1 is abolishe…
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§ 705. Removal of Town Manager The Selectboard may remove the Town Manager by a vote of a least thre…
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§ 706. Removal and replacement of trustee (a) The settlor, a cotrustee, or a beneficiary may request…
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§ 706. Effect of dissolution of marriage or withdrawal of consent (a)(1) If a marriage is dissolved …
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§ 706. Actions in tort In addition to any fine and other punishment provided for violation of a byla…
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§ 706. Council and annual meeting action on budget (a) Notice and hearing. (1) The Council shall pos…
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§ 706. [Reserved.]
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§ 706. Absence In the event of a temporary absence or disability, the Town Manager may, with the con…
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§ 706. Removal The Selectboard may remove the Town Manager by a majority vote of its total membershi…
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§ 706. Department of Assessment (a) Creation. There is hereby created a Department of Assessment hea…
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§ 707. Delivery of property by former trustee (a) Unless a cotrustee remains in office or the Probat…
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§ 707. Parental status of deceased person (a) If a person who intends to be a parent of a child conc…
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§ 707. Public nuisances In prosecutions for public nuisances, possible relief for the City may inclu…
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§ 707. Public records Copies of the budget approved by the voters and the capital program shall be p…
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§ 707. Transfers of appropriations (a) The Manager may at any time transfer an unencumbered appropri…
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§ 707. Absence To perform the Manager’s duties in his or her temporary absence or disability, the Ma…
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§ 707. Appeals A person aggrieved by the final decision of the Department of Assessment under the pr…
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§ 708. Compensation of trustee (a) If the terms of a trust do not specify the trustee’s compensation…
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§ 708. Birth and parentage orders (a) A party consenting to assisted reproduction, a person who is a…
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§ 708. Repealed.
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§ 708. Amendments after adoption (a) Supplemental appropriations. If during the fiscal year the Mana…
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§ 709. Reimbursement of expenses (a) A trustee is entitled to be reimbursed out of the trust propert…
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§ 709. Laboratory error If due to a laboratory error the child is not genetically related to either …
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§ 709. Lapse of appropriations Every appropriation, except an appropriation for a capital expenditur…
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§ 710. Administration of budget (a) Work programs and allotments. At such time as the Manager shall …
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§ 711. Bonds Whenever the City shall vote in the manner prescribed by general law to incur debt by i…
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§ 712. Warrants for payment Money shall not be paid out of the City Treasury except on a warrant sig…
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§ 713. Tax levy; authority for The City Council shall have the power annually to levy and assess upo…
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§ 714. Credit of the City for current expenses The money raised by taxation and from fines and other…
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§ 715. Expenditures not to exceed revenues (a) The City Council shall not exceed in expenditures, ex…
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§ 716. Authority to pledge credit of City Whenever the legal voters of the City shall authorize the …
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§ 717. Tax classification (a) Except for the property of utilities subject to regulation by the Verm…
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§ 718. Tax increment financing Nothing contained in this Article shall impair, affect, or alter any …
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§ 719. Local option tax (a) If the City Council by a majority vote recommends, the voters of the Cit…
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§ 801. Recordation and certification The bylaws of said corporation shall be recorded in the office …
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§ 801. Board of directors (a) A mutual benefit enterprise shall have a board of directors of at leas…
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§ 801. Duty to administer trust Upon acceptance of a trusteeship, the trustee shall administer the t…
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§ 801. Eligibility to enter gestational carrier agreement (a) In order to execute an agreement to ac…
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§ 801. Personnel administration and benefits (a) The Manager or the Manager’s appointee shall be the…
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§ 801. Green Mount Cemetery Commission (a) The Green Mount Cemetery Commission shall have charge of …
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§ 801. Voters All persons qualified to vote in a Town meeting of the Town of Newbury residing within…
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§ 801. Severability If any provision of this charter is for any reason held invalid, such invalidity…
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§ 801. Separability If all or any portion of any provision of these charter provisions is held inval…
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§ 801. Appointment and removal (a) All Town employees, including the Zoning Administrator, not elect…
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§ 801. Taxes on real and personal property Taxes on real and personal property shall be paid in two …
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§ 801. General Provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont relating to voter qualification, warni…
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§ 801. Application of general laws Provisions of the laws of this State relating to voter qualificat…
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§ 801. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the Town shall begin on the first day of July and end on the l…
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§ 801. Authority to construct and maintain infrastructure The Village of Alburgh is authorized and e…
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§ 801. Borrowing authority The Village at an annual or at any special meeting called for that purpos…
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§ 801. Fire district Said Village is hereby constituted a fire district for the purpose of preventin…
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§ 801. Construction and maintenance of reservoir The said Village shall also have authority and powe…
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§§ 801-807. Repealed.
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§§ 801-807. Repealed.
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§ 802. Personnel rules and regulations (a) The Town Manager or the Town Manager’s appointee shall be…
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§ 802. Fines A fine not exceeding $20.00 with costs of prosecution may be imposed by said corporatio…
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§ 802. No liability as director for mutual benefit enterprise’s obligations A debt, obligation, or o…
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§ 802. Duty of loyalty (a) A trustee shall administer the trust solely in the interests of the benef…
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§ 802. Gestational carrier agreement (a) Written agreement. A prospective gestational carrier, that …
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§ 802. Real estate assessor There shall be either a real estate Assessor who is a certified real est…
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§ 802. Parks Commission (a) The Parks Commission shall consist of five members, one of whom shall be…
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§ 802. Merger of municipalities within Town (a) Any municipality with the Town of Bennington that vo…
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§ 802. Penalty An additional charge of eight percent shall be added to any tax not paid on or before…
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§ 802. Time (a) An annual Town meeting for the consideration of the budget and other Town and school…
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§ 802. General Fund budget preparation and submission (a) The Town Manager, at least 50 days before …
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§ 802. Eminent domain authority For any of the foregoing purposes, said Village may take, use, or oc…
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§ 802. Use of land for reservoir Said Village for the purposes aforesaid may enter upon and use any …
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§ 803. Prohibitions No person in the service of the Town may either directly or indirectly give, ren…
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§ 803. Eligible voters A method for the identification and designation of the eligible voters in Tow…
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§ 803. Qualifications of directors (a) Unless the organic rules otherwise provide, and subject to su…
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§ 803. Impartiality If a trust has two or more beneficiaries, the trustee shall act impartially in a…
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§ 803. Parentage; parental rights and responsibilities (a)(1) If a gestational carrier agreement sat…
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§ 803. Appraisal of property Appraisals shall be reviewed periodically and kept up to date. (Added 2…
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§ 803. Board of Civil Authority (a) The City Council, City Clerk, and the justices of the peace resi…
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§ 803. Method of adoption; time; voting (a) A majority of the qualified voters of the Village of Old…
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§ 803. Board of Abatement The Board of Civil Authority shall constitute a Board of Abatement as prov…
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§ 803. Publication The proposed budget shall be published in the Town report and copies made availab…
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§ 803. Procedures for eminent domain authority In all proceedings under this charter for taking land…
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§ 803. Use of water; payment; inspection; damages The owner of any tenement, house, or building who …
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§ 804. Polling places In any annual or special Town or School District meeting for the purpose of th…
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§ 804. Election of directors and composition of board (a) Unless the organic rules require a greater…
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§ 804. Prudent administration A trustee shall administer the trust as a prudent person would, by con…
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§ 804. Birth and parentage orders (a) Before or after the birth of a resulting child, a party to a g…
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§ 804. Appraisal of business property for tax purposes Appraisal of business personal property shall…
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§ 804. Board for Abatement of Taxes (a) The Board for Abatement of Taxes, consisting of the Board of…
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§ 804. Notice to Secretary of State The Clerk of the Town of Bennington shall notify the Secretary o…
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§ 804. Assessment and taxation agreement Notwithstanding any other provisions of this charter and th…
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§ 804. Appropriations From the effective date of the budget, the several amounts stated therein, as …
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§ 804. Assessments for sidewalks and curbs The Board of Trustees in making, altering, or repairing s…
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§ 804. Unauthorized diversion and malicious damage Any person who shall willfully, wantonly, or mali…
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§ 805. Term of director (a) Unless the organic rules otherwise provide and subject to subsections (c…
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§ 805. Costs of administration In administering a trust, the trustee may incur only costs that are r…
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§ 805. Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction Subject to the jurisdictional standards of 15 V.S.A. § 107…
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§ 805. Purpose The purpose of appointing an Assessor is in lieu of the election of listers. The City…
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§ 805. Planning Commission The Planning Commission shall consist of seven members appointed by the C…
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§ 805. Existing water systems; succession by Town If the Village of North Bennington ceases to exist…
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§ 805. Combining of Town and school meetings (a) The Selectboard or School Board of Trustees may pos…
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§ 805. Amount to be raised by taxation The Town shall annually consider an article to raise by taxes…
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§ 805. Recordation and collection of sidewalk and curbing assessments (a) The Board of Trustees shal…
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§ 805. Sewers and drains (a) The Trustees shall have the care and supervision of the public sewers a…
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§ 806. Resignation of director A director may resign at any time by giving notice in a record to the…
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§ 806. Trustee’s skills A trustee who has special skills or expertise, or is named trustee in relian…
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§ 806. Termination of gestational carrier agreement (a) A party to a gestational carrier agreement m…
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§ 806. Development Review Board (a) The Development Review Board shall consist of seven regular memb…
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§ 806. Charter Review Committee At least once every five years, the Select Board shall appoint a Cha…
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§ 806. Voting questions by Australian ballot (a) The Selectboard or School Board of Trustees shall c…
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§ 806. Taxation for infrastructure improvements The legal voters of the Village of Alburgh, at any a…
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§ 806. Connections to sewer system After such system of sewers or mains has been constructed as abov…
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§ 807. Removal of director Unless the organic rules otherwise provide, the following rules apply: (1…
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§ 807. Delegation by trustee (a) A trustee may delegate duties and powers that a prudent trustee of …
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§ 807. Gestational carrier agreement; effect of subsequent change of marital status Unless a gestati…
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§ 807. Recreation governance (a) The City may establish, maintain, and conduct a system of public re…
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§ 807. Construction of individual sewer and drain connections The owner of property abutting or adja…
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§ 807. Entry onto land for construction The trustees shall have authority to enter upon private land…
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§ 808. Suspension of director by board (a) A board of directors may suspend a director if, consideri…
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§ 808. Powers to direct (a) While a trust is revocable, the trustee may follow a direction of the se…
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§ 808. Effect of noncompliance; standard of review; remedies (a) Not enforceable. Not enforceable. A…
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§ 808. Repealed.
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§ 808. Assessment of sewer service fee The trustees of the Village of Alburgh may, on due notice and…
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§ 808. Electric light plant The Village shall also have authority to construct and maintain an elect…
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§ 809. Council authority over boards and commissions (a) The City Council has the authority to creat…
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§ 809. Vacancy on board (a) Unless the organic rules otherwise provide, a vacancy on the board of di…
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§ 809. Control and protection of trust property A trustee shall take reasonable steps to take contro…
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§ 809. Liability for payment of gestational carrier health care costs (a) The intended parent or par…
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§ 809. Funds for sidewalk and curbing repairs The selectboard of the Town of Alburgh shall, on or be…
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§ 809. Furnishing of water Said Village shall have authority to contract for the furnishing of water…
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§ 810. Youth members The City Council may appoint nonvoting youth members to City boards and commiss…
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§ 810. Remuneration of directors Unless the organic rules otherwise provide, the board of directors …
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§ 810. Recordkeeping and identification of trust property (a) A trustee shall keep adequate records …
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§ 810. Rights-of-way of public service corporation If in the construction, completion, maintenance, …
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§ 811. Meetings (a) A board of directors shall meet at least annually and may hold meetings inside o…
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§ 811. Enforcement and defense of claims A trustee shall take reasonable steps to enforce claims of …
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§ 811. Rates for water The inhabitants of said Village and of those parts of said Towns of Benningto…
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§ 812. Action without meeting (a) Unless prohibited by the organic rules, any action that may be tak…
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§ 812. Collecting trust property A trustee shall take reasonable steps to compel a former trustee or…