The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
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SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETING
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 401, § 48)
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§ 48. Reconsideration or rescission of vote
(a) A question considered or voted on at any special meeting of the District shall not
be submitted to the voters for reconsideration or rescission, except at a subsequent
special meeting duly warned for that purpose, and called by the Board of Supervisors
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 from
each municipality in the District requesting reconsideration or rescission of a question
considered or voted on at a previous special meeting is submitted to the Board of
Supervisors of the District within 30 days following the date of that meeting, the
Board of Supervisors 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(c) A vote taken at a special meeting shall remain in effect unless rescinded at a special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 or considered shall not be presented for reconsideration or rescission
at more than one subsequent meeting except with the approval of the Board of Supervisors.