The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 10 : Conservation and Development
Chapter 081 : Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Compact
Subchapter 001 : PROVISIONS RELATING TO FOREST FIRE PROTECTION COMPACT
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 2461)-
§ 2461. Payment of fire fighting expense
Whenever fire fighters or equipment, or both, are called from without the State to fight a forest fire or fires within this State, payment of the expense incurred therefor shall be made by the Commissioner of Finance and Management directly to the state from which came such fire fighters or equipment, or both, upon presentation to the Commissioner of Finance and Management by the Commissioner of Forests, Parks and Recreation of proper vouchers covering such expense, the funds for such payment to be taken from the appropriation for forest fire suppression. (1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; amended 1971, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b).)
