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Title 24 Appendix : Municipal Charters
Chapter 103 : Town of Bennington
Subchapter 001 : POWERS OF THE TOWN
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 103, § 101)-
§ 101. General law applies
(a) All provisions of the Constitution and laws of the State relating to towns and villages shall apply to the Town of Bennington, except as modified by this charter.
(b) The Town of Bennington shall have all the powers and functions conferred upon towns and villages by the Constitution and laws of the State and shall also have all implied powers necessary to implement such powers and functions.
(c) The powers and functions conferred upon the Town of Bennington by this charter shall be in addition to the powers and functions conferred upon the Town by the laws of the State. Nothing in this charter shall be construed as a limitation upon such powers and functions. (Amended 2019, No. M-8, § 1, eff. June 10, 2019.)