The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
002
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TOWN MEETINGS AND LOCAL ELECTIONS IN GENERAL
(Cite as: 17 V.S.A. § 2646a)
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§ 2646a. Town officers; town vote to allow election of nonresidents
(a)(1) Notwithstanding section 2646 of this subchapter, a municipality may propose to allow
individuals who are residents of the State, but not residents of the municipality,
to be elected or appointed town officers. However, this section shall not apply to
members of the legislative body of the municipality or justices of the peace. For
the municipality’s boards or commissions that are established by State law and are
required to be composed of residents, the majority of the members of the boards or
commissions shall be residents of the municipality.
(2) The proposal must be 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 identify the
town office that may be filled by a nonresident. (Added 2021, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. July 1, 2022.)