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. § 3221)
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§ 3221. Interested public officials, commissioners, or employees
No public official or employee of a municipality, or board or commission thereof,
and no commissioner or employee of a housing authority or urban renewal agency which
has been vested by a municipality with urban renewal project powers under section 3219 of this title shall voluntarily acquire any personal interest, direct or indirect, in any urban
renewal project, or in any property included or planned to be included in any urban
renewal project of such municipality or in any contract or proposed contract in connection
with such urban renewal project. Where such acquisition is not voluntary, the interest
acquired shall be immediately disclosed in writing to the local governing body and
such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the governing body. If any such
official, commissioner, or employee presently owns or controls, or owned or controlled
within the preceding two years, any interest, direct or indirect, in any property
which he or she knows is included or planned to be included in an urban renewal project,
he or she shall immediately disclose this fact in writing to the local governing body,
and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the governing body, and any
such official, commissioner, or employee shall not participate in any action by the
municipality, or board or commission thereof, housing authority, or urban renewal
agency affecting such property. Any disclosure required to be made by this section
to the local governing body shall concurrently be made to a housing authority or urban
renewal agency which has been vested with urban renewal project powers by the municipality
pursuant to the provisions of section 3219 of this title. No commissioner or other officer of any housing authority, urban renewal agency,
board, or commission exercising powers pursuant to this chapter shall hold any other
public office under the municipality other than his or her commissionership or office
with respect to such housing authority, urban renewal agency, board, or commission.
Any violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute misconduct in office.