Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 10, § 753 (2026)

Flood hazard areas; cooperation; mapping

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(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 753)

§ 753. Flood hazard areas; cooperation; mapping

(a) Cooperation to secure flood insurance. The Secretary and all municipalities, regional planning commissions, and departments and agencies of State government shall mutually cooperate to achieve the purposes of this chapter and to secure flood insurance for municipalities and the State of Vermont. All correspondence sent to a municipality pursuant to this chapter shall be sent to the municipal clerk, the municipal manager, if one exists, the legislative body, the planning commission, and the conservation commission, if one exists. Copies of this correspondence shall be sent to the regional planning commission and the Agency of Commerce and Community Development.

(b) Notice of designation of flood hazard areas; maps. The Secretary shall, as the information becomes available, provide each municipality with a designation of flood hazard areas. The designation shall include a map or maps.

(c) Procedure to authorize review of municipal permit applications. The Secretary shall establish a procedure for authorizing a representative of a municipality or a regional planning commission to conduct the review required under 24 V.S.A. § 4424(a)(2)(D), including eligibility requirements for authorization to conduct permit application review and an approved process or list of approved certifications that the Secretary shall accept as proof of expertise in the field of floodplain management. (Added 1973, No. 263 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 1974; amended 1977, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 1-3, 5, eff. April 5, 1978; 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 42; 1983, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1995, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(a); 2011, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 14, 2012.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1994–2021 · leading case: In Re Vermont Marble Co., 648 A.2d 381 (Vt. 1994).

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In Re Vermont Marble Co., 648 A.2d 381 (Vt. 1994). “§ 2822(g) (providing that the “secretary shall make all practical efforts to process permits in a prompt manner” when it is clear that actual processing of permits will be subdelegated within agency); 10 V.S.A. § 753(b) (obligation of “secretary” to provide each municipality…”

Down River Investments, LLC CU - Decision on Motion (Vt. Super. Ct. 2021). · cites it 3× “Pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 753 (b), ANR is tasked with providing municipalities with flood hazard areas and flood hazard area maps.”

— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 10, § 753(b) — 1 case

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