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Title

03APPENDIX

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Executive Orders






Chapter

019

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HIGHWAYS











 

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EO19-5. (No. 02-15) [Governor's Highway Safety Program

WHEREAS, the

Governor is responsible for administering the State's Highway Safety Program

and may designate an appropriate agency and representative to implement the

program;

WHEREAS, the Governor's

Highway Safety Program currently resides at the Department of Public Safety;

WHEREAS, since

2012, the Agency of Transportation ("VTrans") has had a leadership

role in the formation of Vermont's Highway Safety Alliance, and currently

implements highway safety improvements throughout the transportation network;

and

WHEREAS, VTrans

is now is required by Section 1203 of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st

Century Act, Pub. L. No. 112-141 (2012) ("MAP-21") to meet federal

highway safety performance measures and to implement a highway safety

improvement program.

NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED that I, Peter Shumlin, by virtue of the power vested in me as

Governor, do hereby designate the Agency of Transportation as the appropriate

agency to implement the State's Highway Safety Program, and do further

designate the Secretary of Transportation as the Governor's Representative for

Highway Safety.

This Executive

Order supersedes Executive Order 19-4 (codified as 02-03) dated March 20, 2003,

on the same subject.

Dated March 20,

2015