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
012
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ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES; ESTABLISHMENT OF WATER AND HEAT RATES
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 5, § 1214)
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§ 1214. Local option taxes
Local option taxes are authorized under this section for the purpose of affording
the City an alternative method of raising municipal revenues. Accordingly:
(1) The City Council may assess rooms, meals, and alcohol taxes of one percent.
(2) Any tax imposed under the authority of this section shall be collected and administered
by the Department of Taxes, in accordance with State law governing such State tax.
(3) The City’s local option tax revenue may be expended by the City for municipal services
only and not for educational expenditures. The remaining amount of the taxes reported
shall be remitted monthly to the State Treasurer for deposit in the PILOT Special
Fund set forth in 32 V.S.A. § 3709. Taxes due to the City under this section shall be paid by the State on a quarterly
basis. (Added 2015, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 17, 2016; amended 2025, No. 57, § 13, eff. July 1, 2025.)