Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 683

  • Agency: means the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development. See
  • Board: means the Vermont Community Development Board. See
  • Municipality: means a town or city. See
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of the Agency. See
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
  • 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
  • Village: shall mean an incorporated village. See

§ 683. Title

(1) As used in this subchapter:

(2) “Municipality” means a town or city. It also means an incorporated village the charter of which enables it to function as a general purpose unit of local government. It shall also mean a “nonentitlement area” as defined in Title I, Sec. 102(a)(7) of the Federal Act.

(3) “Grantee” means a municipality that receives a grant under the provisions of this subchapter.

(4) “Board” means the Vermont Community Development Board.

(5) “Agency” means the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development.

(6) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Agency.

(7) “Legislative body” means the aldermen of a town, the board of aldermen, or the council of a city, or the board of trustees or prudential committee of an incorporated village.

(8) “Chief executive officer” means the mayor of a city; or if no mayor, the president of the board of aldermen, the chair of the city council, the chair of the board of selectboard, the president of the board of trustees, or chair of the prudential committee.

(9) “Lower income” means less than or equal to 80 percent of median income. The Secretary shall determine the best measure of median income based on statistics from federal and/or State sources. (Added 1983, No. 10, § 1, eff. March 18, 1983; amended 1995, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(a).)