The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
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INTERLOCAL CONTRACTS
(Cite as: 24 V.S.A. § 4901)
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§ 4901. Authorization
(a) Any one or more municipalities may contract with any one or more other municipalities
to perform any governmental service, activity, or undertaking which each municipality
entering into the contract is authorized by law to perform, provided that the legislative
body of each municipality approves the contract, and expenses for such governmental
service, activity, or undertaking are included in a municipal budget approved under
17 V.S.A. § 2664 or comparable charter provision.
(b) If the interlocal contract is such that the participating municipalities or their
legislative bodies, commissions, boards, officers, or voters have the authority to
enter into it, by virtue of any charter provision, statute, or the general authority
of such municipality or its officers and bodies, then the procedures of this section
for approval shall not be exclusive, it being the intent that the powers and procedures
set forth in this subchapter for interlocal contracts are supplementary to any other
powers or procedures heretofore or hereafter possessed by any municipality.
(c) A municipality may submit an interlocal contract to the Attorney General prior to
approval by its legislative body. If such a contract is submitted, the Attorney General
shall determine whether the contract is in proper form and compatible with the laws
of this State and notify the legislative body of the municipality of his or her determination.
In the event that the Attorney General does not respond to the request within 30 days
after receipt of a copy of the contract, the legislative body may approve the contract. (Added 1969, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1973, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2003, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 85k.)