Vermont § 4322 - Planning commission; membership

§ 4322. Planning commission; membership

• (a) A planning commission shall have not less than three nor more than nine voting members.
  All members may be compensated and reimbursed by the municipality for necessary and
  reasonable expenses. At least a majority of the members of a planning commission shall
  be residents of the municipality. (b) The legislative body of a rural town, or not more than two elected or appointed officials
  of an urban municipality who are chosen by the legislative body of the urban municipality,
  shall be nonvoting ex officio members of a planning commission. If a municipality
  has an energy coordinator under chapter 33, subchapter 12 of this title, the energy
  coordinator may be a nonvoting ex officio member of the planning commission. (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section: (1) for an appointed planning commission, the legislative body may change the number of
  members that may be appointed to the commission; and (2) for an elected planning commission, a municipality may vote at an annual or special
  meeting to change the number of members that may be elected to the commission. (d) Notwithstanding subsection 4323(c) of this subchapter, if the number of members on
  an appointed or elected planning commission is reduced, the members with the nearest
  expiration of their term of office shall serve until the expiration of that term and
  then the office shall terminate. (Added 1967, No. 334 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 23, 1968; amended 1969, No. 116, § 3; 1973, No. 261 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 1974; 1979, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2021, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. July 1, 2022.)