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Subchapter
001
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 2489)
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§ 2489. Fire districts; two or more towns
(a) Where the limits of a proposed fire district include two or more towns, or portions
of two or more towns, irrespective of whether the towns are situated in different
counties, the application set forth in section 2481 of this title shall be made to the selectboard of each such town and the selectboard of each town
as provided in section 2481 of this title may establish the proposed fire district and define its limits. The selectboard of
each town shall file a certificate of their doings for record in the office of their
respective town clerks and, if the proposed district extends into more than one county,
in the office of the clerk of each such county. The selectboard may change the limits
of the fire district upon a similar application subject to the approval of the fire
district as provided in this chapter.
(b) The first meeting of the fire district shall be called by the combined membership
of the selectboards of the several towns in the manner provided for warning fire district
meetings. The combined membership shall elect from its members a chair to preside
at the first meeting. Where a vacancy in the prudential committee arises, the vacancy
in the committee may be filled by the combined vote of the selectboard of each town.
The fire district shall have all the same rights, duties, obligations, and responsibilities,
and be governed by all of the provisions relating to fire districts located wholly
within the limits of one town. (Added 1971, No. 62, § 1, eff. April 14, 1971.)