Vermont § 503 - Municipal laws

Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 503 — Municipal laws, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 503. Municipal laws

  • (a) All Town ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, orders, policies, and regulations that are
    in force at the time this charter becomes fully effective shall remain in full force
    and effect excepting only those ordinances, resolutions, orders, policies, and regulations
    that are inconsistent with this charter. (b) The adoption of this charter shall not effect any ordinance, resolution, or bylaw
    lawfully enacted, adopted, ordained, or established by the Town of Richford or the
    former Village of Richford that is not inconsistent with the provisions of this charter,
    but the same shall remain in full force and effect until repealed, altered, or amended.
    The Selectboard, by resolution duly adopted, shall incorporate and adopt as Town ordinances
    all ordinances and bylaws of the former Village of Richford that have not in substance
    heretofore been adopted by the Town. (Added 1997, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.)

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