Vermont § 107 - Ordinances; adoption by the Selectboard

§ 107. Ordinances; adoption by the Selectboard

• (a) If the Selectboard desires to adopt an ordinance, the Selectboard shall record it
  in the official record kept of the Selectboard proceedings, and the Selectboard shall
  adopt it subject to final approval after the public hearing as set forth in this section.
  The ordinance shall then be posted in three public places within the Town and published
  by title and summary setting forth the subject matter, effective date, and penalty
  for violation of the ordinance in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town,
  together with a notice of the time and place of a public hearing to consider the ordinance
  for final passage, the publication and posting to be on a day at least one week and
  not more than two weeks prior to the hearing. (b) At the public hearing or at any time and place to which the hearing may be adjourned,
  the ordinance shall be read in full, unless the Selectboard elects to read the ordinance
  by title. After such a reading, all persons interested shall be given an opportunity
  to be heard. (c) After the public hearing, the Selectboard may finally adopt the ordinance, with or
  without amendment. If the Selectboard amends the ordinance prior to passage, the Selectboard
  shall cause the amended ordinance to be entered in the official record of its proceedings
  and shall also cause notice of the amended and passed ordinance to be published in
  a newspaper of general circulation in the Town on a day not more than 14 days after
  adoption. (d) Every ordinance shall become effective 60 days after adoption, unless the Selectboard
  specifies a longer period or if the ordinance is conditioned on approval by voters
  of the Town, then upon such voter approval. If within 30 days of the adoption a petition
  for reconsideration and repeal is filed, the ordinance shall not become effective
  until after the question of reconsideration and repeal is voted. (e) The Town Clerk shall prepare and keep in the Town Clerk’s office and the Town Manager’s
  office a book of ordinances, which shall contain each Town ordinance, together with
  a complete index of the ordinances according to subject matter. Failure to comply
  with this provision shall not invalidate any Town ordinance lawfully passed or heretofore
  adopted. (Amended 2021, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 7, 2022.)