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
001
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INCORPORATION AND GRANT OF POWERS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 123, § 109)
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§ 109. Ordinances; adoption on petition
Any lawful ordinance may be enacted by vote of the Town as follows: A petition signed
by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters shall be filed with the Town
Clerk requesting enactment of the ordinance and accompanied by the text thereof.
The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting to be held within 60 days of the
date the petition is filed unless, prior to such meeting, the Selectboard shall have
enacted the ordinance. The warning for the meeting shall include a summary of the
text of the proposed ordinance, its effective date and penalty provision for violation
thereof, and shall be posted and published as the law of this State requires for special
meeting generally. The warning shall provide for a “yes” and “no” vote by ballot
as to its enactment. Copies of the proposed ordinance shall be posted in its entirety
in at least five locations in Town for at least 30 consecutive days to the date of
said special Town meeting. In the discretion of the Selectboard, the enactment of
such ordinance may be proposed as an article in the warning for the next ensuing annual
Town meeting, providing that such annual meeting shall be held within 120 days of
the filing of such petition for enactment.