Vermont § 1351a - Board of Governors

Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 1351a — Board of Governors, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 1351a. Board of Governors

  • (a) The Board of Governors shall be composed of three individuals residing in the gores.
    At each annual meeting, the residents of the gores shall elect a member, who shall
    serve for a term of three years, for each expired term. A vacancy on the Board shall
    be filled at the next annual meeting in a manner to retain staggered terms. (b) The residents of the gores may vote at an annual or special meeting to elect not more
    than two additional members of the Board of Governors for terms of two years each.
    When the additional members are first elected, one shall be elected for one year and
    the other member shall be elected for two years. Terms of these additional members
    shall end on annual meeting days. If the additional members are elected at a special
    meeting, the term of those elected for one year shall expire on the next annual meeting
    day and the term of those elected for two years shall expire on the second annual
    meeting day following their election. A vote establishing additional members of the
    Board of Governors shall remain in effect until the residents of the gores vote to
    discontinue the positions at an annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose. (Added 1999, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. May 18, 2000; amended 2003, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)

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