Vermont § 2 - Application of general law; charter
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 2 — Application of general law; charter, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2. Application of general law; charter
- (a) Except when modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any regulation or ordinance
of the Town adopted pursuant to special authority granted by this charter, all statutes
of the State of Vermont relating to municipalities shall apply to the Town of Williston. (b) If any matter mentioned in this charter is said to be controlled by a statute, the
reference to such statute shall include the statute as amended or renumbered or any
statute substituted therefor and having a similar subject matter. (c) In this charter, no mention of a particular power shall be construed to be exclusive
or to restrict the scope of the powers that the Town would have if the particular
power were not mentioned. (Added 2003, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 3, 2004.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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