SB 417 — Relating to authorized expenditures of revenues from certain state funds for fire departments

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Red = new code to be enacted WEST VIRGINIAvirginia LEGISLATURElegislature REGULARregular SESSIONsession IntroducedCommittee Substitute for Senate Bill 417 By Senators Sypolt, Brown, Hamilton, Martin, Maynard, Stollings, Stover, Woelfel, Lindsay, Caputo, and CaputoRomano [Introduced[Originating Januaryin 18,the 2022;Committee on Government Organization;

referredreported on January 21, 2022]     A BILL to amend and reenact §8-15-8b of the CommitteeCode onof GovernmentWest Organization;Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorized expenditures of revenues from certain state funds for fire departments;

and then to the Committee on Finance] A BILL to amend and reenact §8-15-8b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorized expenditures of revenues from certain state funds for fire departments;

(1) Personal protective equipment, including protective head gear helmet,helmets, bunker coats, gloves, pants, boots, combination of bunker pants and boots, coats, and gloves, and a Nomex Hoodhood or equivalent;

(2) Equipment for compliance with the national fire protection standard or for automotive fire apparatus, NFPA-1901;

(5) Capital improvements reasonably required for effective and efficient fire protection service and maintenance of the capital improvements The direct costs incurred due to the purchase of land, the construction of new facilities, or the expansion of current facilities, when these costs can be demonstrated by the department to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the fire protection services;services, as well as maintenance required to maintain the functionality of physical facilities of the department;

as well as maintenance required to maintain the functionality of physical facilities of the department;

(8) Payment of the cost of immunizations, including any laboratory work incident to the immunizations, for firefighters against hepatitis-bHepatitis-b and other blood-borne pathogens Provided, That the vaccine shall be purchased through the state immunization program or from the lowest-cost vendor available:

(2) All other moneys, including state grants, mustshall be transferred out of the account used to receive state funds and transferred into another bank account within 60 days of receipt and such transfer mustshall be in the exact amount of the deposit.

If any money is received from sources other than the Municipal Pensions and Fire Protection Fund or the Fire Protection Fund and is not transferred to another account within 60 days, the money may only be used in accordance with this section.

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The purpose of this bill is to clarify allowable expenditures for fire departments receiving distributions from the Municipal Pensions and Fire Protection Fund or the Fire Protection Fund.

This bill was recommended for passage during the 2022 Regular Session by the Joint Committee on Volunteer Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

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