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. § 753)
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§ 753. Flood hazard areas; cooperation; mapping
(a) Cooperation to secure flood insurance. The Secretary and all municipalities, regional planning commissions, and departments
and agencies of State government shall mutually cooperate to achieve the purposes
of this chapter and to secure flood insurance for municipalities and the State of
Vermont. All correspondence sent to a municipality pursuant to this chapter shall
be sent to the municipal clerk, the municipal manager, if one exists, the legislative
body, the planning commission, and the conservation commission, if one exists. Copies
of this correspondence shall be sent to the regional planning commission and the Agency
of Commerce and Community Development.
(b) Notice of designation of flood hazard areas; maps. The Secretary shall, as the information becomes available, provide each municipality
with a designation of flood hazard areas. The designation shall include a map or maps.
(c) Procedure to authorize review of municipal permit applications. The Secretary shall establish a procedure for authorizing a representative of a municipality
or a regional planning commission to conduct the review required under 24 V.S.A. § 4424(a)(2)(D), including eligibility requirements for authorization to conduct permit application
review and an approved process or list of approved certifications that the Secretary
shall accept as proof of expertise in the field of floodplain management. (Added 1973, No. 263 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 1974; amended 1977, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 1-3, 5, eff. April 5, 1978; 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 42; 1983, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1995, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(a); 2011, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 14, 2012.)