Vermont § 202 - Officers

Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 202 — Officers, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 202. Officers

  • (a) The officers of the Town of Richford shall be those provided by law for towns except
    as otherwise provided by this charter. Such officers shall have all the powers and
    duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this charter as well as those provided
    by law. (b) All elected officials, except as provided by law or as specifically provided in this
    charter, shall be chosen at large from the legally qualified voters of the Town and
    shall hold office for the term specified and until their successors are elected and
    qualified. (c) When an elected or appointed officer resigns, makes another town his or her residence,
    dies, or becomes incapacitated, that office shall become vacant and the Selectboard
    shall appoint an eligible person to fill the vacancy until the next annual meeting.
    The person elected at the annual meeting shall serve until his or her predecessor’s
    term expires. (Added 1997, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.)

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