Vermont Emergency BoardGovernment
United States · founded 1923
What it is
The Vermont Emergency Board is a statutory joint executive-legislative financial oversight body established under Title 32, Section 131 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated. Composed of the Governor and the chairs of the Senate and House committees on Appropriations and Ways and Means/Finance, its mandate is to make emergency appropriations when the legislature is not in session, approve insurance loss replacements, and formally adopt the official consensus state revenue forecasts that bind state budget creation. Created by the Vermont General Assembly in 1923 to handle unforeseen state expenditures, the board's constitutional authority to allocate emergency funds without full legislative reconvening was upheld by the Vermont Supreme Court in the landmark 1924 case Grout v. Gates.
People
Phil Scott
Governor of Vermont
Jane Kitchel
State Senator and Chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations
Ann Cummings
State Senator and Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance
Emilie Kornheiser
State Representative and Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means
Robin Scheu
State Representative and Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations
