Vermont's Common Interest Ownership Act imposes detailed governance rules: 27A V.S.A. § 3-108 requires open meetings with notice and owner comment, § 3-110 governs voting and proxies, and § 3-118 gives unit owners the right to inspect and copy association records on five days' notice.
Under 27A V.S.A. § 3-108, "meetings shall be open to the unit owners except during executive sessions," and "no final vote or action may be taken during an executive session." Executive sessions are limited to specific topics (legal counsel, litigation, personnel, contracts, privacy). Owners get "a reasonable opportunity at any meeting to comment regarding any matter affecting the common interest community or the association." Notice for annual and special meetings runs 10–60 days out; board meetings generally need 10 days' notice. Voting, quorum, and proxies follow §§ 3-109 and 3-110. Section 3-118 provides that "all records retained by an association must be available for examination and copying by a unit owner" on five days' written notice, subject to limited exceptions.
No specific statutory penalty. Owners enforce open-meeting, voting, and records rights under 27A V.S.A. §§ 3-108, 3-110, and 3-118; an association may charge reasonable fees for copying records but may not deny lawful access.
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