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2011 Vermont Code
Title 24 Appendix Municipal Charters
Chapter 101 TOWN OF BARRE
§ 3 Warnings

Universal Citation:
24 VT Stats App. § 101-3. (2011 through Adj Sess)
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§ 101-3. Warnings

(a) Public notice of every annual or special town meeting or town election shall be given by a warning posted in at least five (5) public places in the town at least fourteen (14) days prior to the meeting; and published two (2) times, on the same day of the week for two (2) consecutive weeks, in a newspaper having general circulation in the town. The first such publication shall be at least ten (10) days prior to the date of the meeting.

(b) The warning shall:

(1) state the date, time, and place of the meeting;

(2) be signed by a majority of the selectmen;

(3) specifically indicate by separate articles what business is to be transacted at the meeting;

(4) contain any article approved by the selectmen;

(5) contain any article requested by petition signed by at least ten (10) percent of the voters and filed with the town clerk at least forty-five (45) days prior to the day of the meeting; and

(6) state that copies of the proposed budget shall be available as required by Section 28(b) of this Charter. (Amended 2011, No. M-3, § 2, eff. April 4, 2011.)

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