Vermont H 349: An act relating to increasing access to reproductive health care

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H.349 1
Introduced by Representative Howard of Rutland City 2
Referred to Committee on 3
Date: 4
Subject: State employees; Judiciary; State buildings; security 5
Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to establish the 6
Vermont State Building Security Board; transfer responsibility for security in 7
all State facilities except the State House to the Vermont State Building 8
Security Board; and establish the Buildings and Courthouses Police 9
Department. 10
An act relating to the creation of the Vermont State Building Security Board 11
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 12
Sec. 1. 29 V.S.A. § 171 is amended to read: 13
§ 171. RESPONSIBILITY FOR SECURITY 14
(a) The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services Vermont State 15
Building Security Board shall be responsible for ensuring the security of all 16
State facilities, regardless of funding source for construction or renovation, the 17
lands upon which those facilities are located, and the occupants of those 18
facilities and places, and State-owned or State-leased buildings that house a 19
court plus one or more other functions, in those buildings that function 20

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exclusively as courthouses, and the space occupied by the Supreme Court, 1
except that:, 2
(1) in those State-owned or State-leased buildings that house a court plus 3
one or more other functions, security for the space occupied by the court shall 4
be under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and security elsewhere shall be 5
under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services; 6
(2) in those buildings which function exclusively as courthouses, security 7
shall be under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court; 8
(3) the space occupied by the Supreme Court shall be under the 9
jurisdiction of the Supreme Court; and 10
(4) in the State House, security shall be under the jurisdiction of the 11
Sergeant at Arms. 12
(b) The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services Vermont State 13
Building Security Board shall develop a security plan for each facility, except 14
for those under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and of the Sergeant at 15
Arms State House, and shall regularly update these plans as necessary and be 16
responsible for coordinating responses to all security needs. The Supreme 17
Court and the Sergeant at Arms shall, in cooperation with the Commissioner of 18
Buildings and General Services Vermont State Building Security Board, 19
prepare and update such plans for the facilities under their respective 20
jurisdictions the Sergeant at Arms’ jurisdiction. 21

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(c) The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services Vermont State 1
Building Security Board may delegate the responsibility for security at 2
specified facilities. 3
(d) All security improvements to State facilities shall be under the direction 4
of the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services Vermont State 5
Building Security Board, who which shall set statewide standards for policies, 6
materials, and equipment, including voice and data reception and transmission 7
upgrades and installations. 8
(e) Under this section, the Commissioner of Buildings and General 9
Services Vermont State Building Security Board is responsible for the 10
protection of State facilities, the lands upon which the facilities are situated, 11
and the occupants of those facilities, which is vital to sustaining the essential 12
services of government in an emergency. The Commissioner Board shall 13
develop plans for continuity of government and continuity of operations as an 14
addendum to the State emergency operations plan maintained by the 15
Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management and 16
referenced in 20 V.S.A. § 8(b)(2). 17
(f) The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services, Vermont State 18
Building Security Board and the Sergeant at Arms, and the Court 19
Administrator shall execute a memorandum of understanding to coordinate the 20
provision of security plans and law enforcement services within the Capitol 21

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Complex. The memorandum of understanding shall incorporate any existing 1
agreements related to the provision of law enforcement services or security in 2
the Capitol Complex. As used in this section, “Capitol Complex” has the same 3
meaning as used in section 182 of this title. 4
Sec. 2. 29 V.S.A. § 173 is added to read: 5
§ 173. VERMONT STATE BUILDING SECURITY BOARD 6
(a) The Vermont State Building Security Board is established to oversee 7
the safety and security of worksites for Vermont State employees and the 8
employees of the Judiciary. 9
(b)(1) The Board shall consist of the following seven members: 10
(A) two members, appointed by the Governor; 11
(B) the Vermont St