Act No. M-19 Page 1 of 1
2024
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Act No. M-19 (H.518). An act relating to the approval of amendments to the charter of the
Town of Essex
Subjects: Municipal government; municipal charters; amendments; Town of Essex
This act amends the charter of the Town of Essex to:
• comprehensively reorganize and redesignate sections and subchapters within
the charter;
• authorize the Town to adopt license fees for an enumerated list of subjects;
• authorize the voters of the Town to petition for the recall of a Selectboard
member and to establish the procedures for submitting the petition and warning
a vote for the recall; and
• to replace the Town’s Zoning Board of Adjustment with a Development
Review Board.
Effective Date: March 29, 2024
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