The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
005
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SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETINGS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 409, § 510)
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§ 510. Reconsideration or rescission of vote
(a) A question voted on at any special meeting of the District shall not be submitted
for reconsideration or rescission, except at a subsequent special meeting duly warned
for that purpose and called by the Board on its own motion or pursuant to a petition
requesting such reconsideration or rescission signed and submitted in accordance with
subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Where a petition signed by not less than five percent of the qualified voters of the
District requesting reconsideration or rescission of a question considered or voted
on at a previous special meeting is submitted to the Board of the District within
30 days following the date of that meeting, the Board shall provide for a vote by
the District in accordance with the petition within 60 days of the submission at a
special meeting duly warned for that purpose.
(c) A vote taken by a special meeting shall remain in effect unless rescinded at a special
meeting called and warned in accordance with this section.
(d) A question voted on shall not be presented for reconsideration or rescission at more
than one subsequent meeting without the approval of the Board.