The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 24 : Municipal and County Government
Chapter 087 : Special Assessments
Subchapter 002 : Property-Assessed Clean Energy
(Cite as: 24 V.S.A. § 3261)-
§ 3261. Property-assessed clean energy districts; approval of voters
(a)(1) In this subchapter, “district” means a property-assessed clean energy district.
(2) The legislative body of a town, city, or incorporated village may submit to the voters of the municipality the question of whether to designate the municipality as a property-assessed clean energy district. In a district, only those property owners who have entered into written agreements with the municipality under section 3262 of this title would be subject to a special assessment, as set forth in section 3255 of this title.
(b) Upon a vote of approval by a majority of the qualified voters of the municipality voting at an annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose, the municipality may incur indebtedness for or otherwise finance projects relating to renewable energy, as defined in 30 V.S.A. § 8002(17), or to eligible projects relating to energy efficiency as defined by section 3267 of this title, undertaken by owners of dwellings, as defined in Section 103(v) of the federal Truth in Lending Act, within the boundaries of the town, city, or incorporated village. (Added 2009, No. 45, § 15j, eff. May 27, 2009; amended 2011, No. 47, § 18c, eff. May 25, 2011.)
