The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 10 : Conservation and Development
Chapter 029 : Community Development
Subchapter 001 : COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 683)-
§ 683. Title
(1) As used in this subchapter:
(2) “Municipality” means a town or city. It also means an incorporated village the charter of which enables it to function as a general purpose unit of local government. It shall also mean a “nonentitlement area” as defined in Title I, Sec. 102(a)(7) of the Federal Act.
(3) “Grantee” means a municipality that receives a grant under the provisions of this subchapter.
(4) “Board” means the Vermont Community Development Board.
(5) “Agency” means the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development.
(6) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Agency.
(7) “Legislative body” means the aldermen of a town, the board of aldermen, or the council of a city, or the board of trustees or prudential committee of an incorporated village.
(8) “Chief executive officer” means the mayor of a city; or if no mayor, the president of the board of aldermen, the chair of the city council, the chair of the board of selectboard, the president of the board of trustees, or chair of the prudential committee.
(9) “Lower income” means less than or equal to 80 percent of median income. The Secretary shall determine the best measure of median income based on statistics from federal and/or State sources. (Added 1983, No. 10, § 1, eff. March 18, 1983; amended 1995, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(a).)
