2013 Vermont Statutes
Title 24 Appendix Municipal Charters
Chapter 257 VILLAGE OF NORTHFIELD
§ 504 Emergency ordinances
[Section 504 repealed effective June 30, 2014.]
[Section 504 repealed effective June 30, 2014.] 257-504. Emergency ordinances
(a) To meet a public emergency affecting life, health, property, or the public peace, the Board of Trustees may enact one or more emergency ordinance, but such ordinances may not levy taxes, grant, renew, or extend a franchise, or authorize the borrowing of money.
(b) An emergency ordinance shall be plainly designated an emergency ordinance and after the enacting clause, it shall contain a declaration stating the existence of an emergency, which shall be described in clear and specific terms.
(c) After its enactment, the ordinance shall be published and printed in a newspaper having a general circulation in the community or posted in a public place. It shall become effective upon enactment but it shall automatically stand repealed as of the 60th day following the date on which it was enacted.
(d) An emergency ordinance may be repealed by the enactment of a repealing ordinance in the same manner specified in this section for the enactment of emergency ordinances. An emergency ordinance may become a regular ordinance by its reenactment according to sections 502 and 503 of this subchapter.
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