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, § 49)
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§ 49. Validation of District meetings
When any of the requirements as to notice or warning of a special meeting of the District
have been omitted or not complied with and the meeting and the business transacted
at the meeting are otherwise legal and within the scope of the District powers, the
omission or noncompliance may be corrected and legalized by a vote at a special meeting
of the District called and duly warned for that purpose. The question to be voted
upon shall substantially be: “Shall the action taken at the meeting of this District
held on (state date) in spite of the fact that (state the error or omission), and
any act or action of the District officers or agents pursuant thereto be readopted,
ratified, and confirmed?” Errors or omissions in the conduct of an original meeting
that are not the result of an unlawful notice or warning or noncompliance within the
scope of the warning may be cured by a resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the
District by a vote of two thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast at a regular
meeting or a special meeting called for that purpose stating that the defect was the
result of oversight, inadvertence, or a mistake. When an error or omission of this
nature has been corrected by resolution, all business within the terms of the action
of the qualified voters shall be as valid as if the requirements had been initially
complied with, upon condition, however, that the original action thereby corrected
by the Board of Supervisors was in compliance with the legal exercise of its corporate
powers. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)