2005 Vermont Code - § 3844. — -Permissive referendum

§ 3844. -Permissive referendum

(a) An agreement executed by a municipality under section 3843 of this title may be disapproved by a vote of a majority of the qualified voters of the municipality voting on the question at an annual or special meeting of the municipality warned for the purpose, pursuant to a petition signed and submitted in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.

(b) A petition for a vote on the question of disapproving an agreement entered into under the preceding section must be signed by not less than five per cent of the qualified voters of the municipality, and presented to the board of selectmen or city council or the municipality, or to the supervisor in the case of an unorganized town or gore, within 20 days following the date of execution of the agreement.

(c) When a petition is submitted in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, the board of selectmen, city council or supervisor, as the case may be, shall call a special meeting within 40 days from the day of receipt of the petition, or shall include an article in the warning for the next annual meeting of the municipality if the annual meeting follows within the 40-day period, to determine whether the voters will disapprove the agreement.

(d) Not less than two copies of the agreement shall be posted at each polling place during the hours of voting, and copies thereof shall be made available to voters at the polls on request. It shall be sufficient to refer to the agreement in the warning by title.

(e) An agreement as to which a petition for permissive referendum is submitted under this section shall become effective immediately upon a conclusion of the meeting unless the agreement is disapproved by a majority of the qualified voters voting on the question at the meeting. (Added 1969, No. 268 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 8, 1970.)