{"data":{"id":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-app.-ch.-151-503","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"24 V.S.A. App. ch. 151, § 503","heading":"Special assessments","body":"Despite any contrary provision in general law, the Select Board may in its sole discretion make a special assessment upon real estate for the installation or construction of a public improvement, the special assessment to be the proportion of the total cost of the improvement as the benefit to a parcel of real estate bears to the total benefit resulting to the public in general.","path":["Title 24 Appendix: Municipal Charters","Chapter 151: Town of St. Johnsbury","Subchapter 005: TAXATION"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/24APPENDIX/151/00503","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:06Z","sha256":"f356ba9d499b3677c1b6d05130f9ff5dae9d71d0e4c21d998694c583b592e765","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-app.-ch.-151-502","next":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-app.-ch.-151-504"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}