Authorization — Vermont Code § 4901

§ 4901. Authorization

• (a) Any one or more municipalities may contract with any one or more other municipalities
  to perform any governmental service, activity, or undertaking which each municipality
  entering into the contract is authorized by law to perform, provided that the legislative
  body of each municipality approves the contract, and expenses for such governmental
  service, activity, or undertaking are included in a municipal budget approved under
  17 V.S.A. § 2664 or comparable charter provision. (b) If the interlocal contract is such that the participating municipalities or their
  legislative bodies, commissions, boards, officers, or voters have the authority to
  enter into it, by virtue of any charter provision, statute, or the general authority
  of such municipality or its officers and bodies, then the procedures of this section
  for approval shall not be exclusive, it being the intent that the powers and procedures
  set forth in this subchapter for interlocal contracts are supplementary to any other
  powers or procedures heretofore or hereafter possessed by any municipality. (c) A municipality may submit an interlocal contract to the Attorney General prior to
  approval by its legislative body. If such a contract is submitted, the Attorney General
  shall determine whether the contract is in proper form and compatible with the laws
  of this State and notify the legislative body of the municipality of his or her determination.
  In the event that the Attorney General does not respond to the request within 30 days
  after receipt of a copy of the contract, the legislative body may approve the contract. (Added 1969, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1973, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2003, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 85k.)