Vermont Statutes Title 32 Sec. 3839
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 32 Sec. 3839
- Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
§ 3839. Municipally owned lakeshore property
(a) Notwithstanding section 3659 of this title, a town may vote to exempt from its municipal taxes, in whole or in part, any parcel of land, but not buildings, that provides public access to public waters, as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 1422(6), and that is also:
(1) owned by the Town of Hardwick, and located in Greensboro, Vermont; or
(2) owned by the Town of Thetford, and located in Fairlee and West Fairlee, Vermont.
(b) An exemption voted by a town under subsection (a) of this section shall be for up to ten years. Upon the expiration of the exemption, a town may vote additional periods of exemption not exceeding five years each. (Added 2013, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 56.)