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 20 : Internal Security and Public Safety
Chapter 171 : Fire Districts
Subchapter 003 : POWERS
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 2606)-
§ 2606. Eminent domain
When a fire district decides to erect a building for the preservation of its fire apparatus and the location of land for the building is determined, if the owner of the land refuses to convey the land to the district at a price that the district deems reasonable, the district may take the land in the same manner as a town may take land for town purposes as provided in 24 V.S.A. §§ 2805-2812. The duties imposed by 24 V.S.A. §§ 2805-2812 upon the selectboard shall be performed by the prudential committee of the district. All petitions and notices shall be served on the clerk of the district in lieu of on the town clerk as provided pursuant to 24 V.S.A. §§ 2805-2812. (Amended 2021, No. 20, § 167.)
