Vermont § 3685 - Changes in membership—Inclusion of additional towns

§ 3685. Changes in membership—Inclusion of additional towns

• (a) When a majority of voters of a town, present and voting at a meeting duly warned for
  that purpose, shall vote to apply to a neighboring consolidated sewer district for
  admission as a member of the district, the vote shall thereupon be certified by the
  clerk of the town to the clerk of the consolidated sewer district and to the Secretary
  of State. Such vote and certification if accepted by the consolidated district within
  two years after the date of the vote shall be binding on the town without the subsequent
  vote in the town contemplated in subsection (b) of this section. (b) When it appears to the board of sewer commissioners that the boundaries of the consolidated
  sewer district should be changed to include another town, they may insert an article
  fully describing the proposed change in the warning for a regular or special meeting
  of the district, which proposed change shall state the number of additional members
  to be added to the board of sewer commissioners if such change is approved. (c) When a majority of the voters voting at such meeting vote to include an additional
  town within the boundaries of the consolidated sewer district as a member thereof,
  the board of sewer commissioners shall notify the legislative body of the additional
  town of the vote. Thereupon the legislative body of the additional town shall duly
  warn a meeting thereof, setting forth in such warning the vote of the consolidated
  sewer district and the proposed change in its boundaries. If a majority of the voters
  voting at the meeting of the additional town vote to be included within the district,
  the result of the vote and the result of the vote already taken by the consolidated
  sewer district shall be certified to the Secretary of State, who shall record the
  same in his or her office. A certificate of such record shall immediately be filed
  by the Secretary of State in the office of the clerk of the consolidated sewer district
  and of any additional town to be included therein as a member thereof, which filing
  shall be notice to all parties of the addition to the consolidated district. (d) The consolidated sewer district as so enlarged shall thereupon have all the powers
  and responsibilities given it by this chapter. Any vacancy on the board of sewer
  commissioners created as a result of the increase in the number thereof shall be filled
  as provided in section 3674 of this title. The additional member town shall share in the expenses of the district in the proportion
  provided in this chapter for other member towns from the date the certificate of the
  Secretary of State is filed in the office of the clerk of the district and the office
  of the clerk of the additional town. (1967, No. 318 (Adj. Sess.), § 14, eff. March 22, 1968.)