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. § 45)
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§ 45. Emergency relief and assistance
(a) If a state of emergency due to an all-hazards event is declared by the Governor, the
Secretary of Administration may expend from the Emergency Relief and Assistance Fund
such funds necessary to meet match requirements for federal grants.
(b) The Emergency Board established by 32 V.S.A. § 131 may authorize the Secretary of Administration to expend from the Emergency Relief
and Assistance Fund an amount not to exceed $1,000,000.00 to avert an emergency natural
or otherwise as identified by the Board and to expend from the Emergency Relief and
Assistance Fund to award low-interest loans and grants to municipalities that sustain
damage to public infrastructure as a result of a natural disaster and to persons whose
homes, farms, or businesses are damaged by a natural disaster. Assistance under this
subsection may supplement assistance provided through federal and local emergency
assistance programs, but eligibility for federal or local assistance shall not be
required for eligibility under this subsection.
(c) There is created an Emergency Relief and Assistance Fund to be administered by the
Secretary of Administration as a special fund under the provisions of 32 V.S.A. chapter
7, subchapter 5. The Fund shall contain any amounts transferred or appropriated to
it by the General Assembly.
(d) Funds utilized under this section shall be distributed in accordance with criteria
and procedures established by rule by the Secretary of Administration.
(e) [Repealed.] (Added 1999, No. 62, § 272a; amended 1999, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 278, eff. May 29, 2000; 2005, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 28; 2005, No. 215 (Adj. Sess.), § 282; 2009, No. 33, § 83(i)(1).)