General Provisions

V.S.A. tit. 24 Appendix, ch. 142, subch. 2

in effect

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 142, § 201 Applicability of general law

201. Applicability of general law (a) All provisions of the Constitution and general laws of the State of Vermont relating to towns and their officers shall apply in the Town of Richford. (b) The Town of Richford shall have all the powers now or hereafter conferred upon towns and villages by the Constitution and general laws of the State of Vermont. Added 1997, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 142, § 202 Officers

202. Officers (a) The officers of the Town of Richford shall be those provided by law for towns except as otherwise provided by this charter. Such officers shall have all the powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this charter as well as those provided by law. (b) All elected officials, except as provided by law or as specifically provided in this charter, shall be chosen at large from the legally qualified voters of the Town and shall hold office for the term specified and until their successors are elected and qualified. (c) When an elected or appointed officer resigns, makes another town his or her residence, dies, or becomes incapacitated, that office shall become vacant and the Selectboard shall appoint an eligible person to fill the vacancy until the next annual meeting. The person elected at the annual meeting shall serve until his or her predecessor’s term expires. Added 1997, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 142, § 203 Tax collection

203. Tax collection The Town Treasurer shall collect property taxes and penalty and interest charges. The Town shall not elect other collectors of current or delinquent taxes. The Town Treasurer shall deposit all taxes, penalties, and interest charges in the Town accounts for the benefit of the Town of Richford. Added 1997, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 142, § 204 Town and School District officers

204. Town and School District officers The Clerk, Treasurer, and auditors of the Town of Richford shall perform those duties imposed upon the Clerk, Treasurer, and auditors of the Town of Richford School District by the general laws of the State of Vermont and this charter. Added 1997, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 142, § 205 Appointed officers, commissions, and committees

205. Appointed officers, commissions, and committees (a) The Selectboard may appoint any officers required by the Town’s personnel regulations, this charter, or the general laws of the State of Vermont. (b) The Selectboard may appoint commissions or committees as needed, and delegate incidental powers necessary for the proper functioning thereof, as established by law. Added 1997, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 142, § 206 Town meeting

206. Town meeting (a) Provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont relating to voter qualification, warnings, methods of voting, the duties of the Town officers at Town meetings and elections, and all other particulars relating to preparation for, conduct, and management of Town meetings and elections shall, so far as they may be applicable, govern all municipal elections and all annual and special Town and School District meetings, except as otherwise specifically provided in this charter. (b) All articles pertaining to the election of officers and monetary issues relating to expenditures warned for annual or special Town or School District meetings shall be voted by Australian ballot, except as otherwise specifically provided in this charter. Added 1997, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 142, § 207 Ordinances

207. Ordinances Any rule, ordinance, regulation, or bylaw of the Town of Richford may apply to a limited area and not to the whole Town, notwithstanding that the rule, ordinance, regulation, or bylaw might also have been applied to another area or areas within the Town. Added 1997, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 142, § 208 Special districts

208. Special districts (a) The Selectboard may designate areas apart from the rest of the Town as a special service district and may provide that said area of the voters therein shall be provided with special services not common to all the voters of the Town, provided that the majority of the voters residing in the respective designated area and present and voting at the Town meeting on the subject shall have approved such resolution. (b) Such area shall be reasonable geographically, taking into account the areas and persons actually benefited, the type and types of services to be provided, and the fact that the efficiency of providing multiple services in a single special service district might outweigh the fact that the areas and voters benefiting from the respective services might not coincide exactly. (c) All costs required to support a given special service shall be paid for by the taxpayers receiving said service in such manner as the Selectboard may determine. If the costs are to be paid by a tax on the grand list in the special service district involved, such tax shall be paid and collected in the same manner as other taxes and such tax assessed on any part of the grand list shall be a lien thereon. All funds of any special services shall be kept in a special fund, no part of which may be used for any other purpose. (d) The warning for each annual or special Town meeting may contain appropriate articles under which the legal voters residing in any special service district may separately vote. Added 1997, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.

Source: Vermont General Assembly (legislature.vermont.gov)URL: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/chapter/24APPENDIX/142Fetched: 10/21/2026