The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 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.
(Cite as: 24 V.S.A. § 1202)
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§ 1202. Application
(a) This chapter shall be used by local boards conducting contested hearings, where required
by law, and may be used by local boards conducting contested hearings, even where
not required by law. Local determinations to use this chapter, unless otherwise provided
by law, shall be made by majority vote of those voting at a duly warned special or
annual municipal meeting, or may be made on behalf of the municipality by the legislative
body.
(b) This chapter creates only procedural rights and imposes only procedural duties. They
are in addition to those created and imposed by other statutes.
(c) This chapter provides the minimum due process rights of parties in contested hearings.
A local board may grant additional rights to parties so long as the rights of other
parties are not substantially prejudiced.
(d) A local board may adopt additional procedural rules not inconsistent with this chapter
governing its hearings. The ordinance adoption process established by chapter 59 of
this title shall be used for this purpose. (Added 1993, No. 232 (Adj. Sess.), § 44, eff. March 15, 1995.)