Vermont Statutes
Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick
App § 109. Ordinances; adoption on petition

§ 109. Ordinances; adoption on petition
Any lawful ordinance may be enacted by vote of the Town as follows: A petition signed by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters shall be filed with the Town Clerk requesting enactment of the ordinance and accompanied by the text thereof. The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting to be held within 60 days of the date the petition is filed unless, prior to such meeting, the Selectboard shall have enacted the ordinance. The warning for the meeting shall include a summary of the text of the proposed ordinance, its effective date and penalty provision for violation thereof, and shall be posted and published as the law of this State requires for special meeting generally. The warning shall provide for a “yes” and “no” vote by ballot as to its enactment. Copies of the proposed ordinance shall be posted in its entirety in at least five locations in Town for at least 30 consecutive days to the date of said special Town meeting. In the discretion of the Selectboard, the enactment of such ordinance may be proposed as an article in the warning for the next ensuing annual Town meeting, providing that such annual meeting shall be held within 120 days of the filing of such petition for enactment.

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters

Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick

App § 101. Corporate existence retained

App § 102. General law, application

App § 103. Powers of the Town

App § 104. Additional powers

App § 105. Reservation of powers to the Town

App § 106. Ordinances: penalties for breach thereof

App § 107. Ordinances; adoption by the Selectboard

App § 108. Referendum

App § 109. Ordinances; adoption on petition

App § 110. Non-applicability of zoning and subdivision

App § 111. Applicability of referendum and initiative

App § 112. Authority of police officers

App § 113. Open meetings

App § 114. Form of government

App § 115. Change of form of government

App § 116. Intergovernmental relations

App § 118. Special service district

App § 301. Generally

App § 302. Elective officers

App § 303. Terms of office; Selectboard members

App § 304. Other elective offices

App § 306. Appointed officers

App § 307. Vacancies and appointments

App § 308. Bonding of officers

App § 309. Oath of office

App § 310. Town Clerk and Treasurer

App § 311. Recall of elected officials

App § 501. Powers and duties

App § 502. Organization

App § 504. Jurisdiction over offices and employees

App § 701. Appointed by Selectboard

App § 702. Manager nonpartisan

App § 703. Oath and bond

App § 704. Duties of the manager

App § 705. Compensation

App § 706. Absence

App § 901. Appointments

App § 902. Water supply; duties of Selectboard members

App § 903. Sewage collection and disposal; duties of Selectboard

App § 904. Electric Department commissioners

App § 905. Fire Department; appointments

App § 906. Police Department; appointments

App § 907. Fire and Police Departments; general provisions

App § 908. Cemetery Commission

App § 909. Board of Health

App § 1101. Application of general laws

App § 1102. Eligible voters

App § 1103. Polling places

App § 1104. Postponement and combining of Town meeting

App § 1105. Voting question by Australian ballot

App § 1106. Annual meeting; date and time

App § 1301. Applicability of State law to zoning and planning

App § 1303. Minutes

App § 1501. Fiscal year

App § 1502. Preparation and submission of budget

App § 1503. Saving clause

App § 1504. Appropriations

App § 1505. Amount to be raised by taxation

App § 1506. Budget limitations—borrowing

App § 1507. Transfers of appropriations

App § 1508. Taxation

App § 1701. Separability

App § 1705. Amendment of charter

App § 1706. Reference to statute