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Subchapter
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SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETING
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 417, § 53)
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§ 53. Reconsideration or rescission of vote
(a) A question 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 of the
District requesting reconsideration or rescission of a question considered or voted
on at a previous special meeting (except with respect to action taken under section
40 of this chapter, for which a petition shall be signed by 10 percent of the qualified
voters) 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(c) A vote taken at a special meeting shall remain in effect unless rescinded at a special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 shall not be presented for reconsideration or rescission at more
than one subsequent meeting within the succeeding 12 months except with the approval
of the Board of Supervisors. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)