Section 30 - State Emergency Response Commission; creation(a) The State Emergency Response Commission is created within the Department of Public Safety. The Commission shall consist of 18 members: eight ex officio members, including the Commissioner of Public Safety, the Secretary of Natural Resources, the Secretary of Transportation, the Commissioner of Health, the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets, the Commissioner of Labor, the Director of Fire Safety, and the Director of Emergency Management, or designees; and ten public members, including a representative from each of the following: local government, the local emergency planning committee, a regional planning commission, the fire service, law enforcement, public works, emergency medical service, a hospital, a transportation entity required under EPCRA to report chemicals to the State Emergency Response Commission, and another entity required to report extremely hazardous substances under EPCRA.(b) The ten public members shall be appointed for staggered three-year terms as described in this subsection. (1) Three public members, appointed by the Speaker of the House.(2) Three public members, appointed by the Senate Committee on Committees.(3) Four public members, appointed by the Governor.(4) When the seat of a public member is vacated, the replacement member shall be appointed on a rotating basis starting with the Speaker of the House, with the next appointment to be made by the Senate Committee on Committees, and then the next appointment to be made by the Governor, and then beginning again.(c) The Governor shall appoint the Chair of the Commission.(d) Members of the Commission, except State employees who are not otherwise compensated as part of their employment and who attend meetings, shall be entitled to a per diem and expenses as provided in 32 V.S.A. § 1010.Amended by 2024, No. 143,§ 32, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by 2021 , No. 52, § 13, eff. 7/1/2021.Added 1989, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 23; amended 1993, No. 194 (Adj. Sess.) , § 3, eff. 6/14/1994; 2003, No. 42 , § 2, eff. 5/27/2003; 2005, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.) , § 22; 2007, No. 47 , § 16.