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Committee adopts amendment to H935, clarifies public‑safety communications spending and funds Ready Response grants
Summary
The Appropriations Committee approved amendment 2.1 to H935 March 20, detailing use of carry‑forward public‑safety funds for statewide LMR communications planning and pilots, removing several direct appropriations in favor of contingency directives, and retaining a $500,000 FY27 appropriation to Vermont Emergency Management for the Ready Response Grant Program.
The House Appropriations Committee on March 20 approved an amended version of H935, the emergency management bill, after hearing staff explain draft 2.1 and answering members’ questions.
Tucker Anderson of Legislative Council walked the committee through the amendment’s key changes to section 12 and related carry‑forwards. The amendment spells out how roughly $4.5 million in previously appropriated carry‑forward funds may be used over a three‑year period to advance a statewide Land Mobile Radio (LMR) public‑safety communications program: conduct a statewide conceptual design, produce detailed designs…
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