Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 24 Sec. 4474

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Municipality: means a town, a city, or an incorporated village or an unorganized town or gore. See
  • Plan: means a municipal plan adopted under section 4385 of this title. See
  • said: when used by way of reference to a person or thing shall apply to the same person or thing last mentioned. See

§ 4474. Clerk’s certificate

A certificate of the clerk of a municipality showing the publication, posting, consideration, and adoption of a plan, bylaw, capital budget, or program or amendment thereof shall be presumptive evidence of the facts as they relate to the lawful adoption of said plan, bylaw, capital budget, or program or amendment thereof, so stated in any action or proceeding in court or before any board, commission, or other tribunal. (Added 1973, No. 261 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; amended 1975, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)