V.S.A. tit. 24 Appendix, ch. 217, subch. 5 — Sewer System | Vermont Statutes Annotated (through the 2026 session) — Vermont

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 217, § 501 Sewer system; establishment; fee assessment and collection

501. Sewer system; establishment; fee assessment and collection When the public health or convenience shall require the construction of a common sewer or main drain in the Village of Derby Line and through the principal streets of the Village, the trustees of the Village, upon application in writing of 20 or more freeholders and legal voters of the Village, are authorized and empowered to lay, make, and maintain any common sewer or main drain and repair the same when necessary, from time to time, and for that purpose may take the lands of any individuals or corporations; and the Trustees shall proceed in the same manner as is prescribed by law for selectboards in taking lands for highways and in awarding damages; and the Trustees shall make a return of their doings to the office of the Clerk of the Village, who shall record the same in the records of the Village. Each person or corporation whose particular drain shall enter into a main drain or sewer or who in the opinion of the Trustees shall receive a benefit for draining the premises of the person or corporation shall be liable to contribute a just share toward the expense of laying and constructing and maintaining of the sewer or drain and shall be assessed by the Trustees a share; and at least 10 days’ notice of the time and place of the assessment for the contribution shall be given to the person or corporation, its agent, tenant, or lessee, and a certificate of the assessment shall be left with the Clerk of the Village, and recorded by the Clerk, and when so recorded the amount so assessed shall be and remain a lien, in the nature of a tax upon the lands and premises so assessed until the same shall be paid; and if the owner of the lands and premises shall neglect, for the space of six months after the final decision of the Trustees, or in case of appeal to the County Court, to pay the Village Treasurer the amount of the assessment, the trustees shall issue their warrant for the collection of the same, directed to the Village Tax Collector, who shall have authority to sell at public auction so much of the lands and premises as will satisfy the assessment and all legal fees, and who shall proceed in the same manner as collectors of town taxes are required by law to proceed in selling real estate at auction for the collection of town taxes. Amended 2023, No. 6, § 312, eff. July 1, 2023.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 217, § 502 Petition for appeal of damage award or fee assessment

502. Petition for appeal of damage award or fee assessment (a) When any person or corporation shall be dissatisfied with the decision of said Trustees in the award of damages for land taken for such sewer or drain, or in any assessment for contribution for the same, such person or corporation may petition the Orleans County Court for a re-assessment of such damages or contribution, and any number of persons agreed may join in the petition but such petition shall not delay the laying or repairing of such sewer or drain. (b) Said petition shall be served on the clerk of said Village within 60 days after the awarding of such damages or said assessment for contribution and be filed in the office of said Village Clerk. Such proceedings shall be had in said Court on such petition as are provided by law for the reassessment for lands taken for highways, except as herein provided, and the Commissioners therein provided by said Court shall notify one of the Trustees of said Village of the time and place when they will hear said matter.