Vermont § 1461 - Location or alteration of municipal lines; monuments

§ 1461. Location or alteration of municipal lines; monuments

• (a) When the legislative bodies of adjoining municipalities are able to agree as to the
  location of a municipal line, each legislative body shall vote in meetings duly warned
  for the purpose to adopt the location. Prior to the vote, each legislative body shall
  hold at least one public hearing duly warned for the purpose of informing the public
  of, and allowing public comment on, the location of the line. Following the meetings,
  the legislative bodies shall conduct a, or ratify an existing, survey of the municipal
  line and file certified copies of the minutes of the meetings, and the survey, and
  a list of property owners, the legal location of whose property is changed by the
  agreement, with the Secretary of State, the clerk of each of the municipalities, and
  the Vermont Enhanced 911 Board. (b) When the legislative bodies of adjoining municipalities are unable to agree as to
  the location of a municipal line, or in the absence of a clearly definable charter
  line, the legislative bodies shall sign a written agreement to submit to arbitration
  pursuant to 12 V.S.A. chapter 192. (1) If an award of arbitration does not alter a municipal line, the award shall be filed
  with the Secretary of State and the clerk of each of the municipalities. (2) If an award of arbitration would result in an alteration of a municipal line, the
  award shall require that a survey be conducted of the municipal line and apportion
  the cost of the survey between or among the respective municipalities as deemed appropriate.
  Following the survey, one or more of the legislative bodies shall petition the General
  Assembly to adopt the alteration of the municipal line pursuant to the survey. Following
  enactment of legislation which alters a municipal line, the legislative bodies shall
  file the survey and a list of property owners, the legal location of whose property
  is changed by the award, with the Secretary of State, the clerk of each of the municipalities,
  and the Vermont Enhanced 911 Board. Each legislative body of the adjoining municipalities
  shall post a notice of the petition to the General Assembly that specifies the nature
  and extent of the proposed legislation in at least two public places and in the town
  clerk’s office at least three weeks prior to filing the petition. (c) When the legislative bodies of adjoining municipalities are able to agree as to the
  location of a municipal line and one or more of the legislative bodies believes that
  alteration of the existing line or the establishment of a new line is necessary, the
  legislative bodies shall conduct a survey of the new municipal line. Following the
  completion of the survey, one or more of these legislative bodies shall petition the
  General Assembly to establish the location of the municipal line. Following the enactment
  of legislation which ratifies the alteration of the municipal line, the legislative
  bodies shall file the survey and a list of property owners, the legal location of
  whose property is changed by the legislation, with the Secretary of State, the clerk
  of each of the municipalities, and the Vermont Enhanced 911 Board. Each legislative
  body of the adjoining municipalities shall post a notice of the petition to the General
  Assembly that specifies the nature and extent of the proposed legislation in at least
  two public places and in the town clerk’s office at least three weeks prior to filing
  the petition. (d) When the General Assembly enacts legislation which ratifies a survey of a municipal
  line, it may appropriate funds sufficient to monument those municipal lines at the
  points on the municipal lines where the lines change direction. If the legislative
  body of a municipality desires additional monuments, it shall provide funds for those
  monuments at the expense of the municipality. (e) A survey required by this section shall be conducted by a land surveyor licensed in
  this State. (f) The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Agency of Transportation, shall develop
  a process for requesting proposals for surveying for use by municipalities. (g) Upon receipt of a list of property owners filed pursuant to subsection (a), (b), or
  (c) of this section, a municipal clerk shall file the list in the land records of
  the municipality and shall place in the grantee index of those records the names of
  property owners whose land or portion thereof has been added to the municipality and
  in the grantor index of those records the names of property owners whose land or portion
  thereof has been subtracted from the municipality. (Amended 1967, No. 241 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Feb. 13, 1968; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2005, No. 102 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)