Vermont § 3a - Emergency Management Division; duties; budget

§ 3a. Emergency Management Division; duties; budget

• (a) In addition to other duties required by law, the Division of Emergency Management
  shall: (1) Establish and maintain a comprehensive State emergency management strategy that includes
  an emergency management plan; establish and define regional emergency management committees;
  and prepare an all-hazards mitigation plan in cooperation with other State, regional,
  and local agencies in compliance with adopted federal standards for emergency management.
  The strategy shall be designed to protect the lives and property, including domestic
  animals, of persons within this State who might be threatened as the result of all-hazards,
  and shall align State coordination structures, capabilities, and resources into a
  unified and multidisciplined all-hazards approach to incident management. (2) Assist the State Emergency Response Commission, the local emergency planning committees,
  the regional emergency management committees, and the municipally established local
  organizations referred to in section 6 of this title in carrying out their designated emergency functions, including developing, implementing,
  and coordinating emergency plans. (3) Annually on or before the last legislative day in January, provide an update and presentation
  to the House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs and the Senate
  Committee on Government Operations concerning all action items in the all-hazards
  mitigation plan required by subdivision (1) of this subsection. (b) Each fiscal year, the Division of Emergency Management, in collaboration with State
  and local agencies, the management of the nuclear reactor, the legislative bodies
  of the municipalities in the emergency planning zone where the nuclear reactor is
  located, the Windham Regional Planning Commission, and any other municipality or emergency
  planning zone entity required by the State to support the Radiological Emergency Response
  Plan, shall develop the budget for expenditures from the Radiological Emergency Response
  Plan Fund. The expenditure budget shall include all costs for evacuation notification
  systems. (c) From the Fund, each town within the emergency planning zone shall receive an annual
  base payment of no less than $5,000.00 for radiological emergency response-related
  expenditures from the Radiological Emergency Response Plan Fund. Additional expenditures
  by municipalities in the emergency planning zone, the Windham Regional Planning Commission,
  and any other municipality or emergency planning entity defined by the State as required
  to support the Plan shall be determined during the budget development process established
  by subsection (b) of this section. (Added 1989, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 1993, No. 194 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 14, 1994; 2005, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2005, No. 215 (Adj. Sess.), § 68a; 2021, No. 52, § 17; 2025, No. 57, § 1, eff. July 1, 2025.)