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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VILLAGE OFFICERS RESPONSIBLE TO CITIZENS; VILLAGE MEETINGS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 225, § 2)
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§ 2. Village meetings
(a) An annual Village meeting for the consideration of the budget and other Village business
shall be held on the first Tuesday of May according to State law except as hereinafter
provided.
(b) A special Village meeting:
(1) may be called by a majority of the Village trustees; or
(2) shall be called by the Village trustees upon receipt of a petition signed by at least
five percent of the voters, specifying the business to be transacted at the meeting.
The meeting shall be held pursuant to Title 17 of Vermont Statutes Annotated.
(c) Whenever an issue or election is to be decided by Australian ballot, the ballot boxes
shall be opened no earlier than 6:00 a.m. but no later than 10:00 a.m., as determined
by the trustees, and shall close at 7:00 p.m. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)