Vermont § 1579 - Incurring debt
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 1579 — Incurring debt, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1579. Incurring debt
- (a) If authorized by a majority of the qualified voters voting on the question in accordance
with this section, a regional career technical center school district may incur indebtedness
for improvements or the acquisition of capital assets for the purposes for which the
district is established as provided in this chapter. (b) Each town school district, incorporated school district, unified union school district,
and city school district within the regional career technical center school district
shall vote on a decision to incur indebtedness for improvements as provided by 24
V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 1. The vote shall be determined by Australian ballot
or voting machine on the same day and during the same hours at each regular polling
place in each town school district, incorporated school district, unified union school
district, and city school district within the regional career technical center school
district. Absentee voting in accordance with 17 V.S.A. chapter 51, subchapter 6 shall
be permitted. The Board of Civil Authority of each town within the regional career
technical center school district shall be responsible for determining the eligibility
of persons to vote, the supervision of the election, and the transportation of ballots
in its district to a central point designated by the governing board of the regional
career technical center school district. The ballots shall be commingled. Counting
of ballots by representatives of the Boards of Civil Authority of the towns in the
regional career technical center school district shall be supervised by the regional
career technical center school district clerk or his or her designee. (c) Obligations incurred under 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 1 shall be the joint and
several obligations of the regional career technical center school district and of
each of the town school districts, incorporated school districts, the member towns
of unified union school districts, and city school districts within the career technical
center region. Any joint or several liability incurred by a town school district,
incorporated school district, the member towns of a unified union school district,
or city school district within the career technical center region under the provisions
of this subchapter shall not be considered in determining its debt limit for its own
separate purposes. (Added 2001, No. 33, § 3.)
Frequently Asked Questions About Vermont § 1579
What does Vermont Statutes Online § 1579 cover?
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