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.
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 601, § 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 the purpose and called by the Board of Supervisors
on its own motion or pursuant to a petition requesting 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 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(c) A vote taken at a special meeting shall remain in effect unless rescinded at a special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. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)