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Senate debates wide-ranging natural-disaster resiliency bill (S310); appropriations stripped in committee amendment
Summary
S310 would create a Community Resilience and Disaster Mitigation Grant Program, expand survivor benefits and first-responder definitions, fund EMS and search-and-rescue capacity, require updates to the state emergency management plan, and add language on stormwater utilities and 211 data privacy; Appropriations removed the bill—s direct appropriations in an eight-part amendment and the Senate debated substitute language on 911 data reporting and outage notifications.
The Senate considered S310, a comprehensive package intended to strengthen Vermont—s preparedness, response and recovery systems following the 2023 floods.
Government Operations Committee reporter (Senator from Addison) described major elements: creation of a Community Resilience and Disaster Mitigation Grant Program administered by the Department of Public Safety and Department of Environmental Conservation with an initial authorization of $15 million in the bill as introduced; grants to support stormwater and municipal infrastructure projects that meet state stream alteration and flood-hazard rules;…
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