Title 24, Title 24: Municipal and County Government

§ 5058. Reinstatement Should a disability beneficiary be restored to service and should his or her annual earnable compensation then or at any time thereafter be equal to or greater than his or her average final compensation at retirement, or should any other beneficiary be resto…

§ 5059. Termination of service; preretirement death benefit (a) Upon the withdrawal of a member from service prior to retirement for reasons other than death, the amount of the member’s accumulated contributions with interest will be returnable to the member. In lieu of a return …

§ 5060. Optional benefits (a) Until the first payment on account of a retirement allowance becomes normally due, any member may elect to convert the retirement allowance otherwise payable to the member after retirement into a retirement allowance that is its actuarial equivalent,…

§ 5061. Death benefit; post retirement The beneficiary of a member who dies after retirement shall receive at the member’s death, a lump sum equal in amount to the difference between the member’s accumulated contributions at the time of retirement and the sum of the annuity payme…

§ 5061a. Accidental and occupationally-related death benefit If the Retirement Board shall find on the basis of such evidence as may come before it that a Group D member in service died prior to retirement under the System as the natural and proximate result of an accident occurr…

§ 5061b. Death benefit after retirement—Group D If a Group D member in receipt of a retirement allowance dies, the member’s dependent spouse shall receive, until his or her death, a retirement allowance which shall be equal to 70 percent of the retirement allowance to which the m…

§ 5062. Retirement Board; Medical Board; actuary; rates of contribution; safekeeping of securities (a)(1) The general administration and responsibility for the proper operation of the Retirement System and for making effective the provisions of this chapter are hereby vested in a…

§ 5063. Investments; interest rate; disbursements (a) The members of the Vermont Pension Investment Commission established in 3 V.S.A. chapter 17 shall be the trustees of the Fund created by this chapter, and with respect to them may invest and reinvest the assets of the Fund, an…

§ 5063a. Compliance with federal law (a) Intent. The General Assembly intends that the Retirement System and any trusts or custodial accounts established to hold the assets of the Retirement System in accordance with subsection (b) of this section be maintained, in form and opera…

§ 5064. Funds (a) Fund. All of the assets of the Retirement System shall be credited to the Vermont Municipal Retirement Fund. (b) Member savings. Contributions deducted from the compensation of members together with any member contributions transferred from a predecessor system …

§ 5065. Errors Should any change or error in the records result in any member or beneficiary receiving from the Retirement System more or less than he or she would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, the Retirement Board shall have the power to correct suc…

§ 5066. Exemption of member’s interest; assignment That portion of the salary or wages of a member deducted or to be deducted under this chapter, the right of a member to an annuity, pension, or retirement allowance hereunder, and all the member’s rights in the assets of the Reti…

§ 5066a. Alternate payee; domestic relations orders (a) As used in this section: (1) “Alternate payee” means any individual who is recognized by a domestic relations order as having a right to receive all, or a portion of, another individual’s payment rights in the System. (2) “D…

§ 5067. Postretirement adjustments to retirement allowances (a) For members, as of June 30 in each year, commencing June 30, 1987, a determination shall be made of the increase, to the nearest one-tenth of a percent of the Consumer Price Index for the preceding fiscal year. The r…

§ 5068. Election (a) Subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section, all employees shall be members of Group A, unless an election to become a member of Group B, C, or D is made pursuant to this section or, in the case of Group B or C, unless a collective ba…

§ 5069. Insurance (a) The Board may enter into insurance arrangements to provide health and medical benefits for retired members and their dependents. The Board may enter into insurance arrangements to provide dental coverage for retired members and their dependents, provided the…

§ 5070. Defined contribution retirement plan (a) The Board may approve a defined contribution retirement plan for one or more groups of members. The plan shall qualify as a defined contribution plan under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, as amended. Participation in a defined cont…

§ 5081. Definition As used in this subchapter: “Public transportation” means the transportation of persons, including groups of the general public with special needs, by all means available to the general public. (Added 1989, No. 262 (Adj. Sess.).)

§ 5082. Findings and declarations (a) Public transportation is an important matter of State concern, essential to the economic growth of the State and to the public health, safety, and welfare of present and future generations of Vermonters. (b) In each fiscal year, a portion of …

§ 5083. Declaration of policy (a) It shall be the State’s policy to make maximum use of available federal funds for the support of public transportation. State operating support funds shall be included in Agency operating budgets to the extent that funds are available. State poli…

§ 5084. Public Transit Advisory Council (a) The Public Transit Advisory Council shall be created by the Secretary of Transportation under 19 V.S.A. § 7(f)(5), to consist of the following members: (1) the Secretary of Transportation or designee; (2) three representatives of the Ve…

§ 5088. Definitions As used in this subchapter: (1) “Fixed route service” means a public transit service operated over a set route or network of routes on a regular schedule. (2) “New public transit service” means any eligible public transit service not previously provided. (3) “…

§ 5089. Planning (a) The Agency of Transportation’s Public Transit Plan for the State shall be amended no less frequently than every five years. The development of the State Public Transit Plan shall include consultation with public transit providers, the metropolitan planning or…

§ 5090. Human service transit The Secretary of Human Services shall direct Agency of Human Services programs to purchase client transportation through public transit systems in all instances where public transit services are appropriate to client needs and as cost-efficient as ot…

§ 5091. Funding (a) The Secretary of Transportation, within the annual budget setting process, shall meet with the Public Transit Advisory Council and representatives of public transit systems to establish the level of State funds needed by public transit systems in Vermont, and …

§ 5093. Rules Rules reasonable and necessary to implement this chapter may be adopted by the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to the provisions of 3 V.S.A. chapter 25. (Added 1989, No. 262 (Adj. Sess.); amended 1993, No. 211 (Adj. Sess.), § 20, eff. June 17, 1994; 2003, No. 5…

§ 5094. Powers of Secretary of Transportation On behalf of the State and to carry out the purposes of this chapter and 19 V.S.A. § 10f, the Secretary of Transportation may: (1) execute and file an application with the Federal Transit Administration for federal assistance authoriz…

§ 5101. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Municipalities” means a town, a city, or an incorporated village. (2) “Legislative body” means the selectmen in the case of a town, the council or mayor and board of aldermen in the case of a city, and the trustees in the case of …

§ 5102. Area of operation The area of operation for an authority created under the provisions of this chapter shall be the area of the member municipalities. (Added 1975, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 10, 1976.)

§ 5103. Membership in the authority Two or more municipalities may form a mass transportation authority. Membership in the authority shall consist of those municipalities which elect to join the authority by majority vote of its voters present and voting on the question at an ann…

§ 5104. Purposes and powers (a) The authority may purchase, own, operate, or provide for the operation of land transportation facilities, and may contract for transit services, conduct studies, and contract with other governmental agencies, private companies, and individuals. (b)…

§ 5105. Grand list; debt limit The grand list of the authority shall be deemed to be the total of the grand lists of member municipalities, and the debt limit of the authority shall not be diminished by any obligation incurred by a member municipality alone. Obligations incurred …

§ 5106. Exemption from regulation The public transportation systems and facilities operating under this authority are exempt from any of the regulatory provisions of Title 30, except that the Public Utility Commission may impose any regulatory provisions of Title 30 that it may d…

§ 5107. Government and organization (a) The powers, duties, and responsibilities of the authority shall be exercised by a board of commissioners, consisting of two commissioners from each member municipality. The commissioners shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of th…

§ 5108. Annual budget and assessments (a) On or before February 15 in each year the board of commissioners shall prepare a budget for the authority for the next fiscal year, which shall include an estimate of the revenue of the Authority from fares and other sources, except membe…

§ 5109. Termination of membership (a) A member municipality may withdraw from membership in the authority, if notification of withdrawal is given more than one year after the member municipality joined such authority. The withdrawal shall take effect at the end of the first full …

§ 5110. Miscellaneous provisions (a) The authority shall prepare an annual report of its activities, including a financial statement, and submit the report to the legislative bodies of the member municipalities. (b) The fiscal year of the authority shall commence July 1 in each y…

§ 5121. Definitions As used in this subchapter: (1) “Municipality” means a town, city, or incorporated village. (2) “Legislative body” means the selectboard in the case of a town, the council or mayor and board of aldermen in the case of a city, and the trustees in the case of an…

§ 5122. Creation of regional transit districts A regional transit district may be created at any time by the act of the voters of each of two or more municipalities upon the written approval of the Agency of Transportation. Approval shall be based upon the results of studies carr…

§ 5123. Regional transit district membership A regional transit district shall contain at least one representative appointed from each member municipality. All representatives may be compensated and reimbursed by their respective municipalities for necessary and reasonable expens…

§ 5124. Annual budget and assessments (a) Representatives to a regional transit district representing each participating municipality shall be appointed and any vacancy filled by the legislative body of such municipality. (b) A regional transit district shall elect a chair and a …

§ 5125. Purposes and powers (a) The district may purchase, own, operate, or provide for the operation of land transportation facilities, and may contract for transit services, conduct studies, and contract with other governmental agencies, private companies, and individuals. (b) …

§ 5127. Exemption; regulation; taxes (a) The public transportation systems and facilities operated by a regional transit district are exempt from any of the regulatory provisions of Title 30 except that the transportation board may impose any regulatory provisions of Title 30 tha…

§ 5128. Annual budget and assessments (a) Each year the board of commissioners shall prepare a proposed budget for the district for the next fiscal year, which shall include an estimate of the revenue of the district from fares and other sources, except municipal contributions, a…

§ 5129. Liability of district (a) Members of the regional transit district board shall not be held personally liable for any actions taken in their capacity as members of the board. (b) No tort liability shall attach to individual municipal members of regional transit districts. …

§ 5141. Scope This chapter applies only to municipalities providing water or sewer services, or both, and it allows disconnection of water or sewer services, or both, as a delinquency collection procedure for water or sewer delinquencies. Disconnection of water service as a colle…