{"data":{"id":"us-vt/17-v.s.a.-2659","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"17 V.S.A. § 2659","heading":"Preservation of order","body":"The moderator shall preserve order in the conduct of business and in debate. If a person, after notice, is persistently disorderly and refuses to withdraw from the meeting, the moderator may cause him or her to be removed, calling upon the constable or other person for that purpose. A person who so refuses to withdraw when ordered so to do shall be fined not more than $200.00.","path":["Title 17: Elections","Chapter 055: Local Elections","Subchapter 002: TOWN MEETINGS AND LOCAL ELECTIONS IN GENERAL"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/17/055/02659","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:01Z","sha256":"4aa6a4c1fff19285ee54525496701111094162f644b62da5d79388decdd06748","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/17-v.s.a.-2658","next":"us-vt/17-v.s.a.-2660"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}