Vermont Statutes Title 30 Sec. 2804
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 30 Sec. 2804
- Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
- 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.
- Justice: when applied to a person, other than a Justice of the Supreme Court, shall mean a justice of the peace for the county for which he or she is elected or appointed. See
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
§ 2804. Citation; service; hearing
The petition, with a citation attached, signed by the Chair or one of the other members of the Commission, or its clerk, shall require the petitionee to appear at a certain time and place within not less than 10 days after the date of such citation. The citation, with the petition, shall be served on the petitionee like a summons, not less than six days before the date he or she is required to appear. At the required time and place, the Commission shall hear the parties and their witnesses and such other evidence as they may offer, and determine the facts and thereupon make such order and decree as the law and justice require, which order shall be final unless appealed from. The Commission may adjourn such hearing from time to time and to another place in the county, and may adjourn it elsewhere if the parties consent. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 180, § 7.)