Vermont § 6 - Executive Order No. 20-6 (No. 82-90) [Designation of Vermont State Police as State Clearinghouse for Missing

§ 6. Executive Order No. 20-6 (No. 82-90) [Designation of Vermont State Police as State Clearinghouse for Missing

• and Exploited Children] WHEREAS, the Missing Children’s Assistance Act, passed by the United States Congress
  in 1984, established a National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; and WHEREAS, the National Center is designed to help in establishing, maintaining and
  providing support information networks for state clearinghouses on missing and exploited
  children; and WHEREAS, a state clearinghouse is necessary in order to maintain records, disseminate
  information on reported missing children and to assist local, state and federal agencies
  as well as family members on cases relating to missing and exploiting children; and WHEREAS, each state clearinghouse serves as a state based extension of the national
  effort to provide training, education, and public information relating to missing
  and exploited children; and WHEREAS, the Vermont General Assembly by enactment of Title 20, chapter 112, has mandated
  that the Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety cooperate with and support
  all law enforcement agencies in matters relating to missing persons, and when necessary
  in order to protect a missing person from harm, to coordinate all efforts to search
  for the missing person. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Madeleine M. Kunin, by virtue of the powers vested in me as Governor
  of the State of Vermont, do hereby designate the Vermont State Police, Department
  of Public Safety, as the state clearinghouse for missing and exploited children. The
  Vermont State Police shall contract with the National Center for Missing and Exploited
  Children and coordinate with other state clearinghouse agencies in order to receive
  and provide training, education, and public information relating to missing and exploited
  children. This Executive Order takes effect upon signing. Dated January 12, 1990.