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. § 4004)
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§ 4004. Housing authority, members, powers
(a) When the governing body of a municipality, other than a town, adopts a resolution
pursuant to section 4003 of this chapter, it shall promptly notify the mayor of such
adoption. Upon receiving such notice, the mayor shall appoint five persons as commissioners
of the authority created for said municipality. When the governing body of the town
adopts a resolution, said body shall appoint five persons as commissioners of the
authority created for said town. The commissioners who are first appointed shall
be designated to serve for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years respectively,
from the date of their appointment, but thereafter commissioners shall be appointed
for a term of office of five years except that all vacancies shall be filled for the
unexpired term. No commissioner of any authority may be an officer or an employee
of the municipality for which the authority is created. A commissioner shall hold
office until his or her successor has been appointed and has qualified. A certificate
of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner shall be filed with the clerk
and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment
of such commissioner. A commissioner shall receive no compensation for his or her
services, but he or she shall be entitled to the necessary expenses, including travelling
expenses, incurred in the discharge of his or her duties.
(b) The powers of each authority shall be vested in the commissioners thereof in office
from time to time. Three commissioners shall constitute a quorum of authority for
the purpose of conducting its business and exercising its powers and for all other
purposes. Action may be taken by the authority upon a vote of the majority of the
commissioners present, unless in any case the bylaws of the authority should require
a larger number. The mayor, or in the case of an authority for a town, the governing
body of such town, shall designate which of the commissioners appointed shall be the
first chair, but when the office of the chair of the authority thereafter becomes
vacant, the authority shall select a chair from among its commissioners. An authority
shall select from among its commissioners a vice chair and it may employ a secretary
(who shall be executive director), technical experts and such other officers, agents
and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require and shall determine their
qualifications, duties and compensation. For such legal services as it may require,
an authority may call upon the chief law officer of the municipality or may employ
its own counsel and legal staff. An authority may delegate to one or more of its
agents or employees such powers or duties as it may deem proper. (Added 1961, No. 212, § 5, eff. July 11, 1961.)