The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
002
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ORGANIZATION OF TOWN GOVERNMENT
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 107, § 2.09)
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§ 2.9. Conflict of interest
No member of any Town or Town School District board, commission, or committee shall
vote on any matter where there is a direct or indirect financial or personal interest.
It is expected that any member of any Town or Town School District board, commission,
or committee with a conflict of interest will fully disclose the nature of his or
her conflict and will recuse himself or herself from a vote on the issue at hand.
The member with a conflict of interest may participate in the discussion of the issue
at hand with the consent of the majority of the remaining board, commission, or committee
members. Any interested person may publicly request that a member recuse himself
of herself due to a conflict of interest. (Amended 2003, No. M-6, § 2; 2011, No. M-10 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 27, 2012.)