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: 20 V.S.A. § 3)
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§ 3. Vermont Emergency Management
(a) There is hereby created within the Department of Public Safety the Division of Emergency
Management, which may also be known as Vermont Emergency Management.
(b) There shall be a Director of Vermont Emergency Management who shall be in immediate
charge of the Division. The Director shall be appointed by the Commissioner, with
the approval of the Governor. The Director shall serve at the pleasure of the Commissioner
and shall hold no other State office. The Director shall perform all the following
duties:
(1) coordinate the activities of all emergency management organizations within the State;
(2) maintain liaison and cooperation with emergency management agencies and organizations
of the federal government, other states, and Canada; and
(3) perform additional duties and responsibilities required pursuant to this chapter and
prescribed by the Governor.
(c) The Commissioner, subject to the approval of the Governor, shall delegate to the several
departments and agencies of the State government appropriate emergency management
responsibilities and review and coordinate the emergency management activities of
the departments and agencies with each other and with the activities of the districts
and neighboring states, the neighboring Canadian province of Quebec, and the federal
government. (Amended 1965, No. 125, § 17, eff. July 2, 1965; 1985, No. 4, eff. March 9, 1985; 1989, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2005, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 370, eff. July 1, 2022; 2025, No. 57, § 16, eff. July 1, 2025.)