The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 20 : Internal Security and Public Safety
Chapter 173 : Prevention and Investigation of Fires
Subchapter 001 : GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 2681)-
§ 2681. Commissioner of Public Safety as Fire Marshal; deputy and assistants; HAZMAT emergency operation team
(a) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall be ex officio Fire Marshal. The Commissioner shall annually by March 15 submit to the Governor a detailed report. A copy of this report shall be mailed to each fire department, paid or volunteer, in the State of Vermont. Subject to the approval of the Governor, the Commissioner may appoint a deputy fire marshal and other necessary assistants who shall assist him or her as State Fire Marshal.
(b), (c) [Repealed.] (Amended 1971, No. 75, § 1, eff. April 16, 1971; 1973, No. 137 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1993, No. 194 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. June 14, 1994; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2003, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 294p; 2003, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 294y, eff. April 1, 2005; 2005, No. 8, § 1, eff. April 25, 2005; 2009, No. 135 (Adj. Sess.), § 26(8)(B), eff. May 29, 2010.)