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Senate amendments to H.397 add voluntary buyout grant use, tighten dam drawdown process and freeze federal rule references
Summary
On May 29 the House Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee reviewed and concurred informally with the Senate’s proposal of amendment to H.397, which adds express authority to use resilience grant funds for voluntary buyouts, creates a director-level assessment and governor consultation process for pre-storm dam drawdowns, and temporarily freezes incorporated federal regulatory references in state agency rules.
BURLINGTON, Vt. — The House Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee on May 29 reviewed the Senate’s proposal of amendment to H.397, a broad emergency-management and municipal-finance bill, and signaled concurrence. The Senate changes include an express use of community resilience and disaster mitigation grant funds for voluntary buyouts, a revised process for pre-storm dam drawdowns, and a temporary freeze on incorporated federal regulations in state agency rules.
Parker Anderson, legislative counsel, walked members through a section-by-section summary. He said the senate condensed some duties of the Division of Emergency Management and left in a requirement for an annual report to the committee on updates to the all-hazards mitigation plan.
On voluntary buyouts, Anderson said the Senate inserted language expressly…
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