The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
001
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CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 712)
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§ 712. Referendum
(a) If after the Council has found and recorded a determination that there is need, in
the interest of the public health, safety and welfare, for the organization of a district
in a particular territory and has defined the boundaries thereof, it shall hold a
referendum within the proposed district upon the question of the creation of the district.
Due notice of the proposed district meeting shall be given for a vote upon the following
question:
Shall a natural resources conservation district of the lands below described and lying
in the county (counties) of .................... and .................... be created?
The vote shall be by ballot in the following form:
Shall a natural resources conservation district of the lands below described and lying
in the county (counties) of .................... and .................... be created?
YES □ NO □
(b) The ballot shall set forth the boundaries of such proposed district as determined
by the committee. All owners of lands lying within the boundaries of the territory,
as determined by the State Natural Resources Conservation Council, shall be eligible
to vote in such referendum. In writing signed by him, a landowner may designate a
person to vote for him at any meeting herein authorized and such designated person
shall file such written authority with the Council before voting. The Council shall
pay all expenses for the issuance of such notices and the conduct of such hearings,
and shall supervise the conduct of such hearings.
(Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 11(c), eff. March 1, 1961; 1963, No. 79, § 1(b), eff. May 7, 1963; 1967, No. 303 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 15(b), 16(b), eff. March 22, 1968.)