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.
Subchapter
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CONSTRUCTION OF ACT, SAVING CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY
(Cite as: 24 V.S.A. § 4483)
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§ 4483. Construction; limitation
(a) In reviewing the procedures used in the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any plan
or bylaw, no court shall invalidate the plan or bylaw or its amendment or repeal because
of a failure to adhere to strict and literal requirements of this chapter concerning
minor or nonessential particulars. The court shall uphold the plan, bylaw, or action
if there has been substantial compliance with the procedural requirements of this
chapter.
(b) No person shall challenge for purported procedural defects the validity of any plan
or bylaw as adopted, amended, or repealed under this chapter after two years following
the day on which it would have taken effect if no defect had occurred. (Added 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 109.)