§ 2307 - Municipalities; legislative bodies - Vermont Statutes

§ 2307. Municipalities; legislative bodies

(a) Legislative bodies of municipalities shall have the same powers granted the agency under sections 2302, 2303 and 2305 of this title relating to highways under their jurisdiction and funds appropriated to municipalities under 19 V.S.A. § 306 may be used for the establishment of bicycle routes.

(b) In the construction, reconstruction, alteration or repair of bicycle routes which involves the taking of private lands, the legislative body of a municipality shall follow the procedures outlined in 19 V.S.A. chapter 5 or chapter 7 for the taking of private land for highways. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1991, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. May 15, 1992; 1993, No. 61, § 19, eff. June 3, 1993.)