WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION ENGROSSEDENROLLED House Bill 4404 ByBYD DelegatesELEGATESH Heckert,ECKERT, Hillenbrand,ILLENBRAND, Amos,MOS, Foggin,OGGIN Fehrenbacher,, Sheedy,FEHRENBACHER, SHEEDY, G.
Howell,OWELL,AND andHOTT Hott[Passed [IntroducedMarch January12, 16, 2026;
referredin toeffect thefrom Committeepassage] onEnr Finance] Eng HB 4404 AAN BILLACT to amend and reenact §8-15-8b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to increasing the allowance for volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and departments to make an expenditure for educational and training supplies and fire prevention promotional materials from $500 to $5,000 per year.
Provided, That no moneys received from the Municipal Pensions and Protection Fund or the Fire Protection EngEnr HB 4404 Fund may be used for equipment for personal vehicles owned or operated by volunteer or part- volunteer fire company or department members;
EngEnr HB 4404 (11) Dues paid to national, state, and county associations;
(13) Educational and training supplies and fire prevention promotional materials, not to exceed $500 $5,000 per a year;
If any money is received from sources otherEnr Eng HB 4404 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.
Provided, That volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and departments shall may not commingle the received moneys with funds received from any other source, shall may not use the invested money as collateral or security for any loan, and shall retain all resulting statements of accounts and earnings for a minimum of five years from the date of the statements.
Enr HB 4404 The Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate hereby certify that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.
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Clerk of the Senate Originated in the House of Delegates.
In effect from passage.
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