The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 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.
Title 20 : Internal Security and Public Safety
Chapter 083 : Rights and Preferences of Veterans
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 1547)-
§ 1547. Patriot’s Medal
(a) The Governor or the Governor’s designee, at an appropriate time and place, shall present the Vermont Patriot’s Medal and accompanying certificate to the families of Vermont residents killed in action while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces after February 28, 1961.
(b) The medals and certificates, which shall be procured by the Office of Veterans’ Affairs, shall match as closely as possible the original sets of the medal first presented on September 21, 1996.
(c) The Governor or the Governor’s designee, at an appropriate time and place, shall present the Vermont Patriot’s Medal and accompanying certificate to the family of a Vermont resident member or nonresident member of the Vermont National Guard or other reserve unit located in Vermont, who is killed in action while serving in the the U.S. Armed Forces after February 28, 1961. (Added 2005, No. 86 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2005, No. 100 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 23, 2006; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 379, eff. July 1, 2022.)
