Vermont § 3053 - Creation; duration; noncontestability

§ 3053. Creation; duration; noncontestability

• (a) Following the organizational meeting called for in section 3060 of this chapter, the
  district’s governing board shall cause to be filed with the Office of the Secretary
  of State a certificate attesting to the vote conducted under subsection 3051(b) of
  this chapter. (b) A district formed under this chapter shall continue as a body politic and corporate
  unless and until dissolved according to the procedures set forth in this chapter. (c) An action shall not be brought directly or indirectly challenging, questioning, or
  in any manner contesting the legality of the formation, or the existence as a body
  corporate and politic of any communications union district created under this chapter
  after six months from the date of the recording in the office of the Secretary of
  State of the certificate required by subsection (a) of this section. An action shall
  not be brought directly or indirectly challenging, questioning, or in any manner contesting
  the legality or validity of any bonds issued to defray costs of communications plant
  improvements approved by the board, after six months from the date upon which the
  board voted affirmatively to issue such bonds. This section shall be liberally construed
  to affect the legislative purpose to validate and make certain the legal existence
  of all communications union districts in this State and the validity of bonds issued
  or authorized for communications plant improvements, and to bar every remedy notwithstanding
  any defects or irregularities, jurisdictional or otherwise, after expiration of the
  six-month period. The provisions of this subsection shall also pertain to financial
  contracts directly related to the district’s bonding authority. (d) To the extent a district constructs communications infrastructure with the intent
  of providing communications services, the district shall ensure that any and all losses
  from these services, or in the event these services are abandoned or curtailed, any
  and all costs associated with the investment in communications infrastructure, are
  not borne by the taxpayers of district members. (Added 2015, No. 41, § 20, eff. June 1, 2015; amended 2023, No. 85 (Adj. Sess.), § 433, eff. July 1, 2024.)