The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 751)
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§ 751. Purpose
The purpose of this chapter is to minimize and prevent the loss of life and property,
the disruption of commerce, the impairment of the tax base, and the extraordinary
public expenditures and demands on public service that result from flooding; to ensure
that the development of the flood hazard areas of this State is accomplished in a
manner consistent with the health, safety and welfare of the public; to coordinate
federal, State, and local management activities for flood hazard areas; to encourage
local government units to manage flood hazard areas and other flood-prone lands; to
provide State assistance to local government units in management of flood-prone lands;
to comply with National Flood Insurance Program requirements for the regulation of
development; to authorize adoption of State rules for management of uses exempt from
municipal regulation in a flood hazard area; to maintain the agricultural use of flood-prone
lands consistent with the National Flood Insurance Program; to carry out a comprehensive
statewide flood hazard area management program for the State in order to ensure eligibility
for flood insurance under the requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program. (Added 1973, No. 263 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. 30 days from April 16, 1974; amended 2011, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 14, 2012.)