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.
Subchapter
002
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NORTHEASTERN FOREST FIRE PROTECTION COMPACT
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 2502)
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§ 2502. Effective date; new member states—Article II
This agreement shall become operative immediately as to those states ratifying it
whenever any two or more of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New York, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have ratified it and
the Congress has given its consent. Any state not mentioned in this article which
is contiguous with any member state may become a party to this compact. Subject to
the consent of the Congress of the United States, any province of the Dominion of
Canada which is contiguous with any member state may become a party to this compact
by taking such action as its laws and the laws of the Dominion of Canada may prescribe
for ratification. In this event, the term “state” in this compact shall include within
its meaning the term “province” and the procedures prescribed shall be applied in
the instance of such provinces, in accordance with the forms and practices of the
Canadian government.