{"data":{"id":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-4341","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"24 V.S.A. § 4341","heading":"Creation of regional planning commissions","body":"(a) A regional planning commission may be created at any time by the act of the voters or the legislative body of each of a number of contiguous municipalities, upon the written approval of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development. Approval of a designated region shall be based on whether the municipalities involved constitute a logical geographic and a coherent socioeconomic planning area. All municipalities within a designated region shall be considered members of the regional planning commission. For the purpose of a regional planning commission’s carrying out its duties and functions under State law, such a designated region shall be considered a political subdivision of the State.\n(b) Two or more existing regional planning commissions may be merged to form a single commission by act of the legislative bodies in a majority of the municipalities in each of the merging regions.\n(c) A municipality may move from one regional planning commission to another regional planning commission on terms and conditions approved by the Secretary of Commerce and Community Development.","path":["Title 24: Municipal and County Government","Chapter 117: Municipal and Regional Planning and Development","Subchapter 003: REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/24/117/04341","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:05Z","sha256":"e53ed963d638b88a7b3b243129ea2710ab579aaa67388649ebb62b69f40ea88d","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-4328","next":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-4341a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}