§ 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
Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters
Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick
App § 101. Corporate existence retained
App § 102. General law, application
App § 105. Reservation of powers to the Town
App § 106. Ordinances: penalties for breach thereof
App § 107. Ordinances; adoption by the Selectboard
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 § 115. Change of form of government
App § 116. Intergovernmental relations
App § 118. Special service district
App § 303. Terms of office; Selectboard members
App § 304. Other elective offices
App § 307. Vacancies and appointments
App § 308. Bonding of officers
App § 310. Town Clerk and Treasurer
App § 311. Recall of elected officials
App § 504. Jurisdiction over offices and employees
App § 701. Appointed by Selectboard
App § 702. Manager nonpartisan
App § 704. Duties of the manager
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 § 1101. Application of general laws
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 § 1502. Preparation and submission of budget
App § 1505. Amount to be raised by taxation
App § 1506. Budget limitations—borrowing
App § 1507. Transfers of appropriations