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20 V.S.A. § 39
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Emergency Management|§ 39. Fees to the Hazardous Substances Fund

§ 39. Fees to the Hazardous Substances Fund|(a) Every person required to report the use or storage of hazardous chemicals or substances pursuant to EPCRA shall pay the following annual fees for each hazardous chemical or substance, as defined by the State Emergency Response Commission, that is present at the facility:  (1) $40.00 for quantities between 100 and 999 pounds. (2) $60.00 for quantities between 1,000 and 9,999 pounds. (3) $100.00 for quantities between 10,000 and 99,999 pounds. (4) $290.00 for quantities between 100,000 and 999,999 pounds. (5) $880.00 for quantities exceeding 999,999 pounds. (6) An additional fee of $250.00 will be assessed for each extremely hazardous chemical or substance as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 11002.   (b) The fee shall be paid to the Commissioner of Public Safety and shall be deposited into the Hazardous Chemical and Substance Emergency Response Fund.(c) The following are exempted from paying the fees required by this section but shall comply with the reporting requirements of this chapter:  (1) municipalities and other political subdivisions; (2) State agencies; (3) persons engaged in farming as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 6001; (4) nonprofit corporations.   (d) No person shall be required to pay a fee for a chemical or substance that has been determined to be an economic poison as defined in 6 V.S.A. § 911 or for a fertilizer or agricultural lime as defined in 6 V.S.A. § 363 and for which a registration or tonnage fee has been paid to the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets pursuant to 6 V.S.A. chapter 28 or 81.(e) The State or any political subdivision, including any municipality, fire district, emergency medical service, or incorporated village, is authorized to recover any and all reasonable direct expenses incurred as a result of the response to and recovery of a hazardous chemical or substance incident from the person or persons responsible for the incident. All funds collected by the State under this subsection shall be deposited into the Hazardous Chemical and Substance Emergency Response Fund created pursuant to subsection 38(b) of this chapter. The Attorney General shall act on behalf of the State to recover these expenses. The State or political subdivision shall be awarded costs and reasonable attorney's fees that are incurred as a result of exercising the provisions of this subsection. (Added 1989, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 27; amended 1989, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 10(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1990; 1993, No. 194 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 7, 8, eff. June 14, 1994; 1999, No. 49, § 158; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2003, No. 163 (Adj. Sess.), § 27; 2005, No. 72, § 14; 2005, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 27; 2007, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2015, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 36.)
20 V.S.A. § 40
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Emergency Management|§ 40. Enforcement

§ 40. Enforcement|(a) The department of public safety shall have authority to inspect the premises and records of any employer to ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter.(b) A person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 for each violation. Each day a violation continues shall be deemed to be a separate violation.(c) The attorney general may bring an action for injunctive relief in the superior court of the county in which a violation occurs to compel compliance with the provisions of this chapter. (Added 1993, No. 194 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. June 14, 1994.)
20 V.S.A. § 45
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Emergency Management|§ 45. Emergency relief and assistance

§ 45. Emergency relief and assistance|(a) If a state of emergency due to an all hazards event is declared by the governor, the secretary of administration may expend from the emergency relief and assistance fund such funds necessary to meet match requirements for federal grants.(b) The emergency board established by 32 V.S.A. § 131 may authorize the secretary of administration to expend from the emergency relief and assistance fund an amount not to exceed $1,000,000.00 to avert an emergency natural or otherwise as identified by the board, and to expend from the emergency relief and assistance fund to award low interest loans and grants to municipalities that sustain damage to public infrastructure as a result of a natural disaster and to persons whose homes, farms, or businesses are damaged by a natural disaster. Assistance under this subsection may supplement assistance provided through federal and local emergency assistance programs, but eligibility for federal or local assistance shall not be required for eligibility under this subsection.(c) There is created an emergency relief and assistance fund to be administered by the secretary of administration as a special fund under the provisions of subchapter 5 of chapter 7 of Title 32. The fund shall contain any amounts transferred or appropriated to it by the general assembly.(d) Funds utilized under this section shall be distributed in accordance with criteria and procedures established by rule by the secretary of administration.(e) [Repealed.]  (Added 1999, No. 62, § 272a; amended 1999, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 278, eff. May 29, 2000; 2005, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 28; 2005, No. 215 (Adj. Sess.), § 282; 2009, No. 33, § 83(i)(1).)
20 V.S.A. § 46
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 1 - Emergency Management|§ 46. Disaster Relief Workers Fund; health care providers; reimbursement

§ 46. Disaster Relief Workers Fund; health care providers; reimbursement|(a) The Disaster Relief Workers Fund is established in the State Treasury, and shall be managed in accordance with the provisions of 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5. The Fund is established for the purpose of providing pay reimbursement to employers of certain public or private health care providers who perform mental health disaster relief services.(b) All monies received by or generated to the Fund shall be used to provide wage reimbursement to any public or private Vermont employer for disaster relief services rendered by its employee. The employee shall be a certified disaster relief service volunteer of the American Red Cross. Reimbursement shall be for not more than 14 days for performing disaster relief work pursuant to a request from the American Red Cross when:  (1) the work is performed in Vermont; (2) the disaster is a federal or presidentially declared disaster designated as Level III or above, according to the American Red Cross rules and procedures; or (3) the disaster is declared by the governor of a state or territory.   (c) The proceeds from grants, donations, contributions, and other sources of revenue, as provided by law, may be deposited in the Fund. Interest earned on the Fund and any balance remaining at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the Fund. The Treasurer's Office shall maintain records that indicate the amount of money in the Fund at any given time.(d) The Commissioner of Finance and Management shall issue warrants for disbursement from the Fund only for the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, and shall administer the Fund pursuant to an appropriation from the Fund by the General Assembly or authorization from the Emergency Board.(e) For mental health care relief services, the Commissioner of Mental Health or a director of a regional mental health center may make timely applications to any and all appropriate federal or other grant programs that provide money for disaster relief or homeland security services, including the Crisis Counseling Training and Assistance Program. Any monies awarded from these sources for the purposes authorized in subsection (b) of this section shall be deposited into the Disaster Relief Workers Fund. The Commissioner of Mental Health shall supervise the administration of mental health care reimbursements under this section.(f) Nothing in this section shall render an employer liable for damage, injury, or harm caused or sustained by an employee who performs disaster relief services and who is eligible for reimbursement under this section, whether or not reimbursement occurs. (Added 2001, No. 100 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 120; 2021, No. 20, § 127.)
20 V.S.A. § 101
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact|§ 101. Emergency management assistance compact; adoption

§ 101. Emergency management assistance compact; adoption|The state of Vermont hereby adopts the emergency management assistance compact. The director of the Vermont emergency management services and the Vermont adjutant general may adopt rules for procedures and practices necessary to implement Vermont's entry into and participation in the emergency management assistance compact (EMAC). (Added 1999, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
20 V.S.A. § 102
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact|§ 102. Purpose; authority; definitions -  Article I

§ 102. Purpose; authority; definitions -  Article I|(a) The purpose of this compact is to provide mutual aid and assistance among the party states for response to and management of any disaster or emergency declared by the governor of any affected party state.(b) This compact also provides mutual cooperation among the party states in emergency-related training, exercises, testing, or any other activity related to preparation for an actual declared disaster or emergency. Mutual assistance under this compact may include the use of the national guard force of any party state, either in accordance with the national guard mutual assistance compact or by agreement between states.(c) For the purposes of this agreement:  (1) "Disaster or emergency" means any occurrence that threatens the health, safety and well-being of the people of any state or region, whether due to natural or man-made disaster, technological hazard, effects of resource shortage, civil disorder, insurgency, or enemy attack. (2) "Party state" means a state or jurisdiction that is an authorized participant in the compact. (3) "States" means the several states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territorial possessions. (Added 1999, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
20 V.S.A. § 104
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact|§ 104. Limitations -  Article III

§ 104. Limitations -  Article III|(a) Any party state requested to render aid or conduct exercises under this compact shall comply fully with the terms of this compact; provided that the state rendering aid may withhold resources necessary to reasonably protect itself. Each party state shall confer on the emergency forces of a party state, rendering aid within the limits of the requesting party state, the same duties, rights, privileges and powers, except the power to arrest, unless specifically authorized by the receiving state, afforded the forces of the state in which emergency services are being provided. Emergency forces will be commanded and controlled by their regular leaders, but the organizational units will be subject to the operational control of the emergency services authorities of the state receiving aid. These conditions may be activated as needed, only during a declared disaster or emergency, or while exercises or training for mutual aid is in progress or the loaned resources remain in the receiving state, whichever is longer.(b) A person from a party state rendering aid under this compact who holds a license, certificate, or other permit issued by that party state indicating that the person is qualified in some professional, mechanical, or other skill, shall be deemed licensed, certified, or permitted in the state requesting aid to render aid related to the license certificate or permit for a declared emergency or disaster, subject to limitations and conditions prescribed by the governor of the requesting state. (Added 1999, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
20 V.S.A. § 105
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact|§ 105. Liability -  Article IV

§ 105. Liability -  Article IV|Officers or employees of a party state rendering aid in another state pursuant to this compact shall be considered agents of the requesting state for the purposes of tort liability and immunity. No party state or its officers or employees rendering aid in another state pursuant to this compact shall be liable for any act or omission performed in good faith while so engaged or in regard to the maintenance or use of any equipment or supplies in connection with rendering aid. Good faith does not include willful misconduct, gross negligence or reckless behavior. (Added 1999, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2005, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 29.)
20 V.S.A. § 106
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact|§ 106. Supplementary agreements -  Article V

§ 106. Supplementary agreements -  Article V|This compact shall not limit the right of any party states to enter into supplementary agreements with other party states, nor shall it limit or restrict any agreements presently in force. Supplementary agreements may include provisions for evacuation and reception of injured and misplaced persons, and the exchange of equipment and supplies and medical, fire, police, public utility, reconnaissance, welfare, transportation and communications personnel. (Added 1999, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
20 V.S.A. § 107
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact|§ 107. Compensation -  Article VI

§ 107. Compensation -  Article VI|Each party state shall pay compensation and death benefits to injured members of their emergency forces and representatives of deceased members who are injured or killed while rendering aid pursuant to this compact, in the same manner and on the same terms as if the injury or death occurred within the party's own state. (Added 1999, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
20 V.S.A. § 108
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact|§ 108. Reimbursement -  Article VII

§ 108. Reimbursement -  Article VII|Upon request by a party state rendering aid in another party state pursuant to this compact, the receiving state shall reimburse the state rendering aid for any loss, except losses pursuant to Article VI of this compact, damage or expense incurred from operating any equipment or providing any services in response to a request for aid. A party state providing aid may assume in whole or in part any loss, damage, expense, or other cost experienced by them, or may loan equipment or donate services to the receiving party state without charge or cost. Two or more party states may enter into supplementary agreements establishing allocation of costs among those states. (Added 1999, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
20 V.S.A. § 109
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact|§ 109. Evacuation -  Article VIII

§ 109. Evacuation -  Article VIII|The party states and their emergency management services directors shall develop and implement a plan for the orderly evacuation and interstate transport of any civilian population dislocated by any disaster or emergency. The plan shall include the mode of transport, the number of evacuees that can be received at each location, a method for providing the evacuees with food, clothing, housing, medical care, registration, notification of relatives, and other related services. The plan shall also include a provision for the party state sending evacuees to reimburse the party state receiving for expenses incurred to receive and care for the evacuees, and to provide transportation, food, clothing, medical care and housing. The party state sending the evacuees shall be responsible for the return of the evacuees. (Added 1999, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
20 V.S.A. § 110
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact|§ 110. Implementation -  Article IX

§ 110. Implementation -  Article IX|(a) This compact shall be effective upon enactment into law by any two states. The compact shall be effective as to any other state upon enactment by that state.(b) Any party state may withdraw from this compact by repealing the law that enacted the compact. A withdrawal shall be effective 30 days after the governor of the withdrawing state has given written notice of the withdrawal to the governors of all other party states. Withdrawal shall not relieve the withdrawing state from obligations incurred prior to the effective date of withdrawal.(c) Authenticated copies of this compact and any supplementary agreements shall, at the time of approval, be provided to all other party states, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency and any other appropriate governmental agency of the United States. (Added 1999, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
20 V.S.A. § 111
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact|§ 111. Validity -  Article IX

§ 111. Validity -  Article IX|If any provision of this compact is declared unconstitutional, or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder of this act and the applicability thereof to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby. (Added 1999, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
20 V.S.A. § 112
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact|§ 112. Additional provisions -  Article X

§ 112. Additional provisions -  Article X|(a) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to authorize or permit the use of military force by the national guard of any state outside that state for a disaster or emergency for which the President of the United States is authorized to call federal forces into service, or for any purpose for which the use of the U.S. Army or Air Force would in the absence of express statutory authorization be prohibited under 18 U.S.C. § 1385.(b) The director of the Vermont emergency management service shall be the authorized representative in regard to a request from a party state or by Vermont for aid that does not involve personnel or elements of the Vermont national guard.(c) The adjutant general shall be the authorized representative for any requests from a party state or Vermont for aid involving the Vermont national guard personnel or elements.(d) The director of Vermont emergency management shall be responsible for handling any and all documents necessary to obtain reimbursement hereunder for services rendered to a requesting state, or within Vermont by another assisting state.(e) If the attorney general determines that the liability or tort protections of a party state are inferior to those afforded to emergency or military personnel in Vermont, the requesting party state shall indemnify and hold harmless Vermont personnel for any tort or other liability for their acts or omissions related to providing aid pursuant to this compact in the requesting party state.(f) This section and 20 V.S.A. § 81 shall be read and construed to complement and not conflict with existing interstate compacts regarding hazardous waste and nuclear incidents. (Added 1999, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
20 V.S.A. § 151
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 5 - Military Aid|§ 151. Agreements or compacts

§ 151. Agreements or compacts|Pursuant to the provisions and authority of Congress, as amended by Pub. L. No. 84-564, 42 U.S.C. §§ 5195a and 5196, the Governor is authorized to enter into, amend, supplement, and implement agreements or compacts with the executive authorities of other states, including the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, providing for mutual-military aid, disaster relief, hazard mitigation, and emergency preparedness and related matters, in case of hazard or natural disaster, invasion or other hostile action, disaster, insurrection, or the imminent danger of such an event. (Amended 1999, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2021, No. 20, § 128.)
20 V.S.A. § 152
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 5 - Military Aid|§ 152. Provisions

§ 152. Provisions|Agreements or compacts entered into pursuant to this chapter may include provisions for joint military action against a common enemy; for the protection of bridges, tunnels, ferries, pipelines, communication facilities, and other vital installations, plants, and facilities; for the military support of civil defense agencies; for the fresh pursuit, by the National Guard or other state military forces or any part of such forces, of a signatory into the jurisdiction of any other signatory, of persons acting or appearing to act in the interest of an enemy government, or seeking or appearing to seek to overthrow the government of the United States or of any signatory; for the powers, duties, rights, privileges, and immunities of the members of the National Guard or military forces of any signatory while so engaged outside their own jurisdictions; for other matters of a military nature, or incidental to matters of a military nature that the Governor deems necessary or proper to promote the health, safety, and welfare of the people of this State; for the allocation of all costs and expenses arising from the planning and operation of such agreements or compacts. (Amended 2021, No. 20, § 129.)
20 V.S.A. § 153
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 5 - Military Aid|§ 153. Construction

§ 153. Construction|Nothing contained in sections 151 and 152 of this title shall be construed as a direct or indirect limitation of the power of the Governor to enter into, and to amend or supplement such compacts, with legal force and effect and without the legislative authorization expressed in this chapter. (Amended 2021, No. 20, § 130.)
20 V.S.A. § 154
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety|Chapter 5 - Military Aid|§ 154. Pursuit by military forces of another state

§ 154. Pursuit by military forces of another state|Any military forces or organization, unit or detachment thereof, of another state who are in fresh pursuit of insurrectionists, saboteurs, enemies or enemy forces may continue such pursuit into this state until the military or police forces of this state or the forces of the United States have had a reasonable opportunity to take up the pursuit or to apprehend or capture such persons and are hereby authorized to arrest or capture such persons within this state while in fresh pursuit. Any such person who shall be captured or arrested by the military forces of such other state while in this state shall without unnecessary delay be surrendered to the military or police forces of this state to be dealt with according to law. This section shall not be construed so as to make unlawful any arrest in this state which would otherwise be lawful, and nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to repeal any of the provisions of the uniform act on the fresh pursuit of criminals.