2015 Vermont Statutes
Title 7 - Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 7 - Municipal Control
§ 161 Licenses voted by town; town meetings; warning
[Section 161 effective until January 1, 2016; see also section 161 effective January 1, 2016 set out below.]
§ 161. Licenses voted by town; town meetings; warning
(a) Upon petition of not less than five percent of the legal voters of any town, filed with the town clerk in conformance with 24 V.S.A. § 704, the warning of the annual or special meeting shall contain an article providing for a vote upon the following questions:
Shall licenses for the sale of malt and vinous beverages be granted in this town?
Shall spirituous liquors be sold in this town?
The vote under such article shall be by ballot in the following form:
Shall licenses for the sale of malt and vinous beverages be granted in this town?
Yes ______ No ______
Shall spirituous liquors be sold in this town?
Yes ______ No ______
(b) Licenses and permits for the sale of malt and vinous beverages and spirituous liquors shall be issued according to the vote at the annual town meeting held in March 1969 until a town votes otherwise. (Amended 1967, No. 271 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. date, see note set out below; 1977, No. 68, § 1.)
[Section 161 effective January 1, 2016; see also section 161 effective until January 1, 2016 set out above.]
[Section 161 effective January 1, 2016; see also section 161 effective until January 1, 2016 set out above.]
§ 161. Licenses voted by town; town meetings; warning
(a) Upon petition of not less than five percent of the legal voters of any town, filed with the town clerk in conformance with 24 V.S.A. § 704, the warning of the annual or special meeting shall contain an article providing for a vote upon the following questions:
Shall licenses for the sale of malt and vinous beverages be granted in this town?
Shall spirits and fortified wines be sold in this town?
The vote under such article shall be by ballot in the following form:
Shall licenses for the sale of malt and vinous beverages be granted in this town? Yes ______ No ______ Shall spirits and fortified wines be sold in this town? Yes ______ No ______
(b) Licenses and permits for the sale of malt and vinous beverages and spirit and fortified wines shall be issued according to the vote at the annual town meeting held in March 1969 until a town votes otherwise. (Amended 1967, No. 271 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. date, see note set out below; 1977, No. 68, § 1; 2015, No. 51, § A.14, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.)
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