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19 V.S.A. § 2613
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 26 - Design-Build Contracts and Public-Private Partnerships|§ 2613. Authority

§ 2613. Authority|(a) The Agency is authorized to receive unsolicited proposals or to solicit proposals to undertake a project as a public-private partnership. The Agency shall develop, and have authority to amend, criteria to review and evaluate such proposals to determine if they are in the public interest and shall review and evaluate all proposals received in accordance with these criteria. In addition to other criteria that the Agency may develop, at minimum, the criteria shall require consideration of:  (1) the benefits of the proposal to the State transportation system and the potential impact to other projects currently prioritized in the most recently adopted Transportation Program; (2) the extent to which a proposal would reduce the investment of State funds required to advance the project that the proposal addresses; and (3) the extent to which a proposal would enable the State to receive additional federal funding that would not otherwise be available.   (b) If the Agency determines that a proposal is in the public interest:  (1) The Agency is authorized to enter into a P3 agreement with respect to the proposal without legislative approval if:  (A) the project has been approved in the most recently adopted Transportation Program; and (B) total estimated State funding over the lifetime of the project will be less than $2,000,000.00.  (2) For the following projects, the Agency is authorized to enter into a P3 agreement with respect to the proposal only if the Agency receives specific legislative approval to enter into the P3 agreement:  (A) a project that has not been approved in the most recently adopted Transportation Program; or (B) a project for which total estimated State funding over the lifetime of the project will be $2,000,000.00 or more. (Added 2017, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 20, eff. May 21, 2018; repealed on July 1, 2023 by 2017, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 21.)
19 V.S.A. § 2614
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 26 - Design-Build Contracts and Public-Private Partnerships|§ 2614. Legislative approval

§ 2614. Legislative approval|If the Secretary determines that a proposal that requires legislative approval under section 2613 of this title is in the public interest and should be pursued, the Secretary shall submit to the General Assembly:  (1) a description of the proposal, including:  (A) a summary of the project scope and timeline; (B) the rights and obligations of the State and private entity partner or partners, including the level of involvement of all partners in any ongoing operations, maintenance, and ownership of a facility; (C) the nature and amount of State funding of the project and of any ongoing State financial responsibility for ongoing maintenance or operation costs; and (D) its effect on any project in the most recent approved Transportation Program;  (2) a statement detailing how the proposal meets the Agency's criteria developed under this subchapter; and (3) proposed legislation to confer authority to the Agency to enter into a P3 agreement with respect to the proposal. (Added 2017, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 20, eff. May 21, 2018; repealed on July 1, 2023 by 2017, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 21.)
19 V.S.A. § 2615
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 26 - Design-Build Contracts and Public-Private Partnerships|§ 2615. Report

§ 2615. Report|(a) Annually, on or before January 15, the Agency shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Transportation:  (1) for each P3 agreement entered into following legislative approval required under this subchapter, for as long as the agreement is in effect, a description of the current status of the project and of any substantive change to the P3 agreement since the prior year's report; and (2) for each P3 agreement entered into since the prior year's report pursuant to section 2613 of this title that did not require legislative approval, a description of the P3 agreement and of the project.   (b) Notwithstanding 2 V.S.A. § 20(d), the annual report required under this section shall continue to be required unless the General Assembly takes specific action to repeal the report requirement. (Added 2017, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 20, eff. May 21, 2018.)
19 V.S.A. § 2701
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 27 - Private Roads|§ 2701. Intent

§ 2701. Intent|The intent of this chapter is to state the responsibilities for the maintenance of a private road, in the absence of an express agreement or requirement governing such maintenance responsibilities, in accordance with the Vermont Supreme Court decision of Hubbard v. Bolieau, 144 Vt. 373 (1984), which draws upon established principles of Vermont law. This chapter will only apply to resolve conflicts regarding maintenance of private roads in the absence of an express agreement or requirement. The provisions of this chapter are not intended to abridge, enlarge, or modify any right provided under Hubbard and the common law of Vermont. (Added 2011, No. 123 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
19 V.S.A. § 2702
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 19 - Highways|Chapter 27 - Private Roads|§ 2702. Private road maintenance

§ 2702. Private road maintenance|In the absence of an express agreement or requirement governing maintenance of a private road, when more than one person enjoys a common benefit from a private road, each person shall contribute rateably to the cost of maintaining the private road, and shall have the right to bring a civil action to enforce the requirement of this section. (Added 2011, No. 123 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
20 V.S.A. § 1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Emergency Management|§ 1. Purpose and policy

§ 1. Purpose and policy|(a) Because of the increasing possibility of the occurrence of disasters or emergencies of unprecedented size and destructiveness resulting from all-hazards and in order to ensure that preparation of this State will be adequate to deal with such disasters or emergencies; to provide for the common defense; to protect the public peace, health, and safety; and to preserve the lives and property of the people of the State, it is found and declared to be necessary:  (1) to create a State emergency management agency, and to authorize the creation of local and regional organizations for emergency management; (2) to confer upon the Governor and upon the executive heads or legislative branches of the towns and cities of the State the emergency powers provided pursuant to this chapter; (3) to provide for the rendering of mutual aid among the towns and cities of the State; with other states and Canada; and with the federal government with respect to the carrying out of emergency management functions; and (4) to authorize the establishment of organizations and the taking of steps as necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions of this chapter.   (b) It is further declared to be the purpose of this chapter and the policy of the State that all emergency management functions of this State be coordinated to the maximum extent with the comparable functions of the federal government including its various departments and agencies, of other states and localities, and of private agencies of every type, to the end that the most effective preparation and use may be made of the nation's resources and facilities for dealing with any emergencies resulting from all-hazards. (Amended 1989, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2005, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2021, No. 20, § 111.)
20 V.S.A. § 3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Emergency Management|§ 3. Vermont emergency management division

§ 3. Vermont emergency management division|(a) There is hereby created within the department of public safety a division to be known as the Vermont emergency management division.(b) There shall be a director of Vermont emergency management who shall be in immediate charge of the division. The director shall be appointed by the commissioner, with the approval of the governor. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner and shall hold no other state office. The director shall perform all the following duties:  (1) Coordinate the activities of all emergency management organizations within the state. (2) Maintain liaison and cooperation with emergency management agencies and organizations of the federal government, other states, and Canada. (3) Perform additional duties and responsibilities required pursuant to this chapter and prescribed by the governor.   (c) The commissioner, subject to the approval of the governor, shall delegate to the several departments and agencies of the state government appropriate emergency management responsibilities, and review and coordinate the emergency management activities of the departments and agencies with each other and with the activities of the districts and neighboring states, the neighboring Canadian province of Quebec, and the federal government. (Amended 1965, No. 125, § 17, eff. July 2, 1965; 1985, No. 4, eff. March 9, 1985; 1989, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2005, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
20 V.S.A. § 3a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Emergency Management|§ 3a. Emergency Management Division; duties; budget

§ 3a. Emergency Management Division; duties; budget|(a) In addition to other duties required by law, the Division of Emergency Management shall:  (1) Establish and maintain a comprehensive State emergency management strategy that includes an emergency management plan, establish and define regional emergency management committees, and prepare an all-hazards mitigation plan in cooperation with other state, regional, and local agencies in compliance with adopted federal standards for emergency management. The strategy shall be designed to protect the lives and property, including domestic animals, of persons within this State who might be threatened as the result of all-hazards and shall align State coordination structures, capabilities, and resources into a unified and multidisciplined all-hazards approach to incident management. (2) Assist the State Emergency Response Commission, the local emergency planning committees, the regional emergency management committees, and the municipally established local organizations referred to in section 6 of this title in carrying out their designated emergency functions, including developing, implementing, and coordinating emergency plans.   (b) Each fiscal year, the Division of Emergency Management, in collaboration with State and local agencies, the management of the nuclear reactor, the legislative bodies of the municipalities in the emergency planning zone where the nuclear reactor is located, the Windham Regional Planning Commission, and any other municipality or emergency planning zone entity required by the State to support the Radiological Emergency Response Plan, shall develop the budget for expenditures from the Radiological Emergency Response Plan Fund. The expenditure budget shall include all costs for evacuation notification systems.(c) From the Fund, each town within the emergency planning zone shall receive an annual base payment of no less than $5,000.00 for radiological emergency response related expenditures from the radiological emergency response plan fund. Additional expenditures by municipalities in the emergency planning zone, the Windham Regional Planning Commission, and any other municipality or emergency planning entity defined by the State as required to support the plan, shall be determined during the budget development process established by subsection (b) of this section. (Added 1989, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 1993, No. 194 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 14, 1994; 2005, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2005, No. 215 (Adj. Sess.), § 68a; 2021, No. 52, § 17.)
20 V.S.A. § 5
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Emergency Management|§ 5. Public safety districts

§ 5. Public safety districts|(a) The governor shall divide the state into public safety districts, one to correspond to each Vermont state police troop area, as defined by the commissioner. Each district shall be a reasonably self-sustaining, operating emergency management unit.(b) The emergency management executive in each district shall be known as the district coordinator. The district coordinator shall be appointed by the commissioner and shall serve during the pleasure of the commissioner. The district coordinator shall discharge emergency management powers within his or her district. Each public safety district shall maintain on file an all-hazards incident response plan in cooperation with any local emergency planning committee (LEPC) in that district and other state and local agencies. (Amended 1959, No. 23, § 1, eff. March 6, 1959; 1985, No. 4, eff. March 9, 1985; 1989, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 1995, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2005, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
20 V.S.A. § 10
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Emergency Management|§ 10. Request to governor by municipal authorities

§ 10. Request to governor by municipal authorities|The all-hazards event provisions of this chapter shall not be brought into action, unless the municipal director of emergency management, a member of the legislative body of the municipality, the city or town manager, or the mayor of a city that is within the area affected by an all-hazards event shall declare an emergency and request the governor to find that a state of emergency exists and the governor so finds, or unless the governor declares a state of emergency under section 9 of this title. (Amended 2005, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 11.)
20 V.S.A. § 13
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Emergency Management|§ 13. Termination of emergencies

§ 13. Termination of emergencies|The governor:  (1) May terminate by proclamation the emergencies provided for in sections 9 and 11 of this title; provided, however, that no emergencies shall be terminated prior to the termination of such emergency as provided in federal law. (2) May declare the state of emergency terminated in any area affected by an all-hazards event. (3) Upon receiving notice that a majority of the legislative body of a municipality affected by a natural disaster no longer desires that the state of emergency continue within its municipality, shall declare the state of emergency terminated within that particular municipality. Upon the termination of the state of emergency, the functions as set forth in section 9 of this title shall cease, and the local authorities shall resume control. (Amended 2005, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 13.)
20 V.S.A. § 15
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Emergency Management|§ 15. Return of property

§ 15. Return of property|(a) Whenever the need for the purposes of this chapter of any real or personal property acquired under this chapter shall terminate, the Governor may dispose of such property on such terms and conditions as he or she deems appropriate, but to the extent feasible and practicable the Governor shall give to the former owner of any property so disposed of an opportunity to reacquire it:  (1) at its then fair value as determined by the Governor; or (2) if it is to be disposed of, other than at a public sale of which the Governor shall give reasonable notice, at less than such value, at the highest price any other person is willing to pay for the property.   (b) The Governor need not provide an opportunity to reacquire property in the case of items that lose their identity in use or to property having a fair value of less than $500.00. (Amended 2021, No. 20, § 118.)
20 V.S.A. § 16
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Emergency Management|§ 16. Orders and rules

§ 16. Orders and rules|The towns and cities of the State and other agencies designated or appointed by the Governor are authorized and empowered to make, amend, and rescind orders and rules as necessary for emergency management purposes and to supplement the carrying out of the provisions of this chapter. Orders and rules adopted pursuant to this section shall not be inconsistent with any orders and rules adopted by the Governor or by any State agency exercising a power delegated to it by him or her. (Amended 1989, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; 2021, No. 20, § 119.)
20 V.S.A. § 17
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Emergency Management|§ 17. Gift, grant, or loan

§ 17. Gift, grant, or loan|(a) Federal. Whenever the federal government or any agency or officer of the federal government offers to the State, or through the State to any town or city within Vermont, services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds by way of gift, grant, or loan for purposes of emergency management, the State, acting through the Governor in coordination with the Department of Public Safety, or such town or city acting with the consent of the Governor and through its executive officer or legislative branch, may accept the offer, and upon such acceptance, the Governor or the executive officer or legislative branch of the political subdivision may authorize any officer of the State or of the political subdivision, as the case may be, to receive the services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds on behalf of the State or the political subdivisions, and subject to the terms of the offer and rules, if any, of the agency making the offer. Whenever a federal grant is contingent upon a State or local contribution, or both, the Department of Public Safety and the political subdivision shall determine whether the grant shall be accepted and, if accepted, the respective shares to be contributed by the State and town or city concerned.(b) Private. Whenever any person, firm, or corporation offers to the State or to any town or city in Vermont services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds by way of gift, grant, or loan, for purposes of emergency management, the State, acting through the Governor, or the political subdivision, acting through its executive officer or legislative branch, may accept the offer, and upon such acceptance, the Governor or executive officer or legislative branch of the political subdivision may authorize any officer of the State or the political subdivision, as the case may be, to receive the services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds on behalf of the State or the political subdivision, and subject to the terms of the offer. (Amended 1985, No. 4, eff. March 9, 1985; 1989, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 2005, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; 2021, No. 20, § 120.)
20 V.S.A. § 18
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Emergency Management|§ 18. Personnel requirements and nonsubversion

§ 18. Personnel requirements and nonsubversion|No person shall be employed or associated in any capacity in any emergency management organization established under this chapter who advocates a change by force or violence in the constitutional form of the government of the United States or in this state or the overthrow of any government in the United States by force or violence, or who has been convicted of or is under indictment or information charging any subversive act against the United States. Each person who is employed by an emergency management organization established under this chapter and whose access to facilities, materials, or information requires a security clearance, as determined by the commissioner, shall be subject to a background check and a criminal history record check. (Amended 1989, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 16; 2005, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
20 V.S.A. § 19
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Emergency Management|§ 19. Powers outside of town of appointment

§ 19. Powers outside of town of appointment|Whenever the employees of any town or city are rendering outside aid pursuant to the authority contained in this chapter such employees shall have the same powers, duties, rights, privileges, and immunities as if they were performing their duties in the town or city in which they are normally employed.
20 V.S.A. § 20
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Emergency Management|§ 20. Immunities and defenses

§ 20. Immunities and defenses|(a) Except in the case of willful misconduct or gross negligence, the state, any of its agencies, state employees as defined in 3 V.S.A. § 1101, political subdivisions, local emergency planning committees, or individual, partnership, association, or corporation involved in emergency management activities shall not be liable for the death of or any injury to persons or loss or damage to property resulting from an emergency management service or response activity, including the development of local emergency plans and the response to those plans. Nothing in this section shall exclude the state, its agencies, political subdivisions, or employees from the protections and rights provided in chapter 189 of Title 12.(b) Any individual, partnership, association, corporation or facility that provides personnel, training or equipment through an agreement with the local emergency planning committee, the state emergency response commission or local emergency response officials is immune from civil liability to the same extent provided in subsection (a) of this section for any act performed within the scope of the agreement. (Amended 1989, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 17; 2005, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 16.)
20 V.S.A. § 21
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Emergency Management|§ 21. Compensation for injury or death

§ 21. Compensation for injury or death|A volunteer, as set forth in 3 V.S.A. § 1101(b)(4), shall be entitled to compensation as provided in Titles 21 and 29. (Amended 1981, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1989, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 18; 2005, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 17.)
20 V.S.A. § 23
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Emergency Management|§ 23. General powers not limited by specific powers

§ 23. General powers not limited by specific powers|The general powers provided for in this chapter shall not be limited by any specific powers granted to the governor by any of the provisions of this chapter.
20 V.S.A. § 24
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Emergency Management|§ 24. Penalties

§ 24. Penalties|Any person violating any provision of this chapter or any rule, order or regulation made pursuant to this chapter which rule, order or regulation shall be filed with the secretary of state, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine not exceeding $500.00 or imprisonment not exceeding six months or both.
20 V.S.A. § 25
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Emergency Management|§ 25. Matching funds

§ 25. Matching funds|To the extent of any appropriation available to carry out the purposes of this chapter, federal monies for emergency management within the State may be matched from such an appropriation. (Added 1959, No. 23, § 5, eff. March 6, 1959; amended 1989, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; 2005, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 19; 2021, No. 20, § 121.)
20 V.S.A. § 26
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Emergency Management|§ 26. Change of venue because of enemy attack

§ 26. Change of venue because of enemy attack|In the event that the place where a civil action or a criminal prosecution is required by law to be brought has become and remains unsafe because of an attack upon the United States or Canada, such action or prosecution may be brought in or, if already pending, may be transferred to the superior court in an unaffected unit and there tried in the place provided by law for such court. (Added 1959, No. 23, § 7, eff. March 6, 1959; amended 1965, No. 194, § 10; 1973, No. 118, § 23, eff. Oct. 1, 1973; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 156.)