App § 55. Severability
§ 55. Severability Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any term, phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this chapter to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such judgment shall not affect the validity, legality, or enforceability of the chapter as a whole or any other part of this chapter.
App § 56. Definitions
§ 56. Definitions In this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) “Solid waste” means any discarded garbage, refuse, septage, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply plant, or pollution control facility, and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, or agricultural operations and from community […]
App § 52. Admission of new member municipalities
§ 52. Admission of new member municipalities The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion of additional member municipalities in the District upon such terms and conditions as it in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of the District. The legislative branch of any nonmember municipality which […]
App § 53. Dissolution of District
§ 53. Dissolution of District (a) Dissolution by Board of Supervisors. If the Board of Supervisors by resolution determines that it is in the best interests of the public, the member municipalities, and the District that the District be dissolved, and if the District then has no outstanding debt or obligations under long-term contracts, or […]
App § 54. Amendment of this chapter
§ 54. Amendment of this chapter (a) The Board of Supervisors may amend this chapter by the procedure set out in this section. Any vote of the Board required under this section shall be as prescribed in section 14 of this chapter, except that the votes of the representatives of two-thirds of the member municipalities […]
App § 50. Priority
§ 50. Priority When a special meeting of the District is called to act upon a proposition to incur bonded indebtedness or to enter into a long-term contract, the special meeting procedures outlined in subchapter 4 of this chapter shall control over the meeting procedures outlined in this subchapter in the event of conflict.
App § 51. Withdrawal of member municipality
§ 51. Withdrawal of member municipality A member municipality may withdraw from the District upon the terms and conditions specified in this section: (1) Withdrawal during a period of 12 months from the establishment of the District. (A) The Board of Supervisors shall not enter into any long-term contract (meaning for a term of more […]
App § 45. Australian ballot
§ 45. Australian ballot The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the District when voting is to take place.
App § 46. Qualifications and registration of voters
§ 46. Qualifications and registration of voters All legal voters of the member municipalities shall be legal voters of the District. The member municipalities shall post and revise checklists in the same manner as for municipal meetings prior to any District meeting at which there will be voting.
App § 47. Conduct of meetings
§ 47. Conduct of meetings At all special meetings of the District, the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapter 51 regarding election officials (subchapter 1), voting machines (subchapter 3), polling places (subchapter 4), absent voters (subchapter 6), process of voting (subchapter 7), count and return of votes (subchapter 8), recounts and contest of elections (subchapter 9), […]