The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
007
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MISCELLANEOUS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 151, § 701)
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§ 701. Charter Review Committee
At least once every five years, the Select Board shall appoint a Charter Review Committee
of not fewer than five nor more than nine members from among the residents of the
Town. The Committee shall review the charter and recommend any changes it finds necessary
or advisable for the purpose of improving the operation of Town government. The Committee
shall prepare a written report of its recommendations in time for those recommendations
to be submitted to the Select Board for review not later than one year after the appointment
of the Committee. At the discretion of the Select Board, the recommendations may be
warned for ballot vote at an annual or special Town meeting to be held not later than
one year after the submission of the report. The Select Board shall provide in its
budget for any year when a Charter Review Committee is appointed funding for the Committee. (Added 2023, No. M-27 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 30, 2024.)