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Subchapter
003
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REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS
(Cite as: 24 V.S.A. § 4343)
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§ 4343. Appointment, term, and vacancy; rules
(a) Representatives to a regional planning commission representing each participating
municipality shall be appointed for a term and any vacancy filled by the legislative
body of such municipality in the manner provided and for the terms established by
the charter and bylaws of the regional planning commission. Regardless of regional
planning commission bylaws, representatives to the commission shall serve at the pleasure
of the legislative body. The legislative body may, by majority vote of the entire
body, revoke a commission member’s appointment at any time.
(b) A regional planning commission may elect an executive board, consisting of not less
than five nor more than nine members, to oversee the operations of the commission
and implement the policies of the commission, and shall elect a chair and a secretary,
and, at its organization meeting shall adopt, by a two-thirds vote of those representatives
present and voting at such meeting, such rules and create and fill such other offices
as it deems necessary or appropriate for the performance of its functions, including
the number and qualification of members, terms of office, and provisions for municipal
representation and voting.
(c) A regional planning commission may also have such other members, who may be elected
or appointed in such manner as the regional planning commission may prescribe by its
rules adopted pursuant to this section. (Added 1967, No. 334 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 23, 1968; amended 1981, No. 132 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. July 1, 1982; 1989, No. 280 (Adj. Sess.), § 3b; 2009, No. 146 (Adj. Sess.), § G5, eff. June 1, 2010.)