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Subchapter
002
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TOWN MEETINGS AND LOCAL ELECTIONS IN GENERAL
(Cite as: 17 V.S.A. § 2645a)
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§ 2645a. Chartered municipalities; vote to suspend charter authority and rely on general municipal
law
(a) A municipality may propose to suspend for not more than three years specific authority
granted in the municipality’s charter and instead use later-enacted general municipal
authority granted to all Vermont municipalities by the General Assembly, provided
that the proposal is approved by the voters at any annual or special meeting warned
for that purpose.
(b) The proposal may be made by the legislative body of the municipality or by petition
of five percent of the voters of the municipality. The proposal shall specifically
identify and contain the later-enacted general law that the municipality proposes
to use in lieu of the charter provision.
(c) If the proposal is approved by a majority of voters at an annual or special meeting
warned for that purpose, then the municipal clerk shall certify the results of the
vote to the House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs and the
Senate Committee on Government Operations.
(d) Annually on or before November 15, the Office of Legislative Counsel shall prepare
a list of the charter provisions that are subject to a repeal review pursuant to this
section. (Added 2021, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 2022.)