§ 2461 - Payment of fire fighting expense - Vermont Statutes

§ 2461. Payment of fire fighting expense

Whenever fire fighters or equipment, or both, are called from without the state to fight a forest fire or fires within this state, payment of the expense incurred therefor shall be made by the commissioner of finance and management directly to the state from which came such fire fighters or equipment, or both, upon presentation to the commissioner of finance and management by the commissioner of forests, parks, and recreation of proper vouchers covering such expense, the funds for such payment to be taken from the appropriation for forest fire suppression. (1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; amended 1971, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b).)