2018 Vermont Statutes
Title 19 - Highways
Chapter 1 - State Highway Law; General Transportation Provisions
§ 11a Transportation funds appropriated for the Department of Public Safety
§ 11a. Transportation funds appropriated for the Department of Public Safety
(a) No transportation funds shall be appropriated for the support of government other than for the Agency, the Board, Transportation Pay Act Funds, construction of transportation capital facilities, transportation debt service, the operation of information centers by the Department of Buildings and General Services, and the Department of Public Safety. The amount of transportation funds appropriated to the Department of Public Safety shall not exceed:
(1) $25,250,000.00 in fiscal year 2014;
(2) $22,750,000.00 in fiscal years 2015 and 2016;
(3) $21,150,000.00 in fiscal year 2017; and
(4) $20,250,000.00 in fiscal year 2018 and in succeeding fiscal years.
(b) In fiscal year 2017, of the funds appropriated to the Department of Public Safety pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the amount of $1,680,000.00 is allocated exclusively for the purchase, outfitting, assignment, and disposal of State Police vehicles. In fiscal year 2018 and in succeeding fiscal years, of the funds appropriated to the Department of Public Safety pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the amount of $2,100,000.00 is allocated exclusively for the purchase, outfitting, assignment, and disposal of State Police vehicles. Any unexpended and unencumbered funds remaining in this allocation at the close of a fiscal year shall revert to the Transportation Fund. The Department of Public Safety may periodically recommend to the General Assembly that this allocation be adjusted to reflect market conditions for the vehicles and equipment. (Added 2001, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 42; amended 2003, No. 56, § 30, eff. June 4, 2003; 2003, No. 68, § 38, eff. July 1, 2004; 2003, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 16, eff. June 9, 2004; 2005, No. 80, § 43; 2005, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 51; 2007, No. 65, § 271; 2007, No. 192 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.001; 2009, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § E.900; 2011, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § E.922; 2013, No. 12, § 27; 2015, No. 58, § E.900; 2015, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2017, No. 3, § 73, eff. March 2, 2017.)
