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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MISCELLANEOUS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 151, § 705)
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§ 705. Fire District; process for abolition
The St. Johnsbury Center Fire District No. 1 is abolished when a majority of the legal
voters of said Fire District present and voting on the question at a regular or special
meeting of said Fire District warned for said purpose so vote and shall thereupon
cease to exist as a political entity and body corporate. All the property and funds
of said Fire District shall on such date be vested in the Town of St. Johnsbury and
the Town of St. Johnsbury shall thereupon assume all indebtedness and obligations
of said Fire District unless said liabilities and obligations exceed said assets in
which case said Fire District shall continue to exist until such excess is paid unless
the Town of St. Johnsbury votes otherwise at a regular or special meeting warned for
said purpose. Any existing debt service shall be assessed as a special assessment
to those properties within the Fire District. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 151-6 by 2023, No. M-27 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 30, 2024.)