2011 Vermont Code
Title 10 Conservation and Development
Chapter 83 DEPARTMENT OF FORESTS, PARKS AND RECREATION
§ 2643 Town's liability for extinguishing forest fires; state aid
§ 2643. Town's liability for extinguishing forest fires; state aid
(a) For the purpose of extinguishing forest fires, a town shall not be held liable in any one year for an amount greater than ten percent of its grand list.
(b) The state shall reimburse a town for its forest fire suppression costs in excess of ten percent of its grand list and for one-half its forest fire suppression costs up to and including ten percent of its grand list when the bills are presented to the commissioner by December 31 of each year with proper vouchers and in a form approved by him. (Added 1977, No. 253 (Adj. Sess.), { 1.)
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