Vermont Statutes
Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick
App § 904. Electric Department commissioners

§ 904. Electric Department commissioners
(a) The Town of Hardwick may own and operate municipal electric plants as provided in 30 V.S.A. chapter 79, the management, operation, and administration of which shall be vested in a Board of Electric Utility Commissioners consisting of five persons to be appointed by the Selectboard whose initial terms shall be established by resolution of the Selectboard so as to provide that no more than two of such commissioners shall be appointed annually. Each appointment shall take effect on July 1 of each year, and no commissioner may be removed from office except for cause. Notwithstanding any provision of this charter or the general law, the Selectboard may appoint no more than two electric utility commissioners who are not residents of the Town; provided, however, that such commissioners reside within and are full time residents of the area served by the Town’s municipal electric plant.
(b) The provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 and 30 V.S.A. chapter 79, as amended, or similar general enactments, shall control the financing, improvements, expansion, and disposition of the Town municipal electric plant.
(c) The charges and rates for electric service shall be a lien upon real estate, wherever located, furnished with such service in the same manner and to the same effect as taxes are a lien upon real estate under 32 V.S.A. § 5061. The owner of such property furnished with electric service, wherever located, shall be liable for such charges and rates.

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