Vermont Statutes
Chapter 1 - Emergency Management
§ 16. Orders and rules

§ 16. Orders and rules
The towns and cities of the State and other agencies designated or appointed by the Governor are authorized and empowered to make, amend, and rescind orders and rules as necessary for emergency management purposes and to supplement the carrying out of the provisions of this chapter. Orders and rules adopted pursuant to this section shall not be inconsistent with any orders and rules adopted by the Governor or by any State agency exercising a power delegated to it by him or her. (Amended 1989, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; 2021, No. 20, § 119.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety

Chapter 1 - Emergency Management

§ 1. Purpose and policy

§ 2. Definitions

§ 3. Vermont Emergency Management Division

§ 3a. Emergency Management Division; duties; budget

§ 5. Public safety districts

§ 6. Local organization for emergency management

§ 7. Mobile support units

§ 8. General powers of Governor

§ 9. Emergency powers of Governor

§ 10. Request to Governor by municipal authorities

§ 11. Additional emergency powers

§ 13. Termination of emergencies

§ 15. Return of property

§ 16. Orders and rules

§ 17. Gift, grant, or loan

§ 18. Personnel requirements and nonsubversion

§ 19. Powers outside town of appointment

§ 20. Immunities and defenses

§ 21. Compensation for injury or death

§ 23. General powers not limited by specific powers

§ 24. Penalties

§ 25. Matching funds

§ 26. Change of venue because of enemy attack

§ 27. Auxiliary State Police

§ 28. Emergency management medical program

§ 29. Emergency shelters; no private liability

§ 30. State Emergency Response Commission; creation

§ 31. State Emergency Response Commission; duties

§ 32. Local emergency planning committees; creation; duties

§ 33. Hazmat teams; team chiefs; creation

§ 34. Temporary housing for disaster victims

§ 35. Community disaster loans

§ 36. Debris and wreckage removal

§ 37. State financial participation in grants to disaster victims

§ 38. Special funds

§ 39. Fees to the Hazardous Substances Fund

§ 40. Enforcement

§ 45. Emergency relief and assistance

§ 46. Disaster Relief Workers Fund; health care providers; reimbursement

§ 47. Municipal deadlines, plans, and licenses; extension