6119 AMH APP H3301.1

SB 6119  - H COMM AMD
     By Committee on Appropriations

ADOPTED 04/06/2007

     Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"Sec. 1   RCW 43.43.944 and 2005 c 518 s 929 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The fire service training account is hereby established in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of:
     (a) All fees received by the Washington state patrol for fire service training;
     (b) All grants and bequests accepted by the Washington state patrol under RCW 43.43.940; ((and))
     (c) Twenty percent of all moneys received by the state on fire insurance premiums; and
     (d) General fund--state moneys appropriated into the account by the legislature
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     (2) Moneys in the account may be appropriated only for fire service training. ((During the 2005-2007 fiscal biennium, the legislature may appropriate funds from this account for school fire prevention activities within the Washington state patrol.)) The state patrol may use amounts appropriated from the fire service training account under this section to contract with the Washington state firefighters apprenticeship trust for the operation of the firefighter joint apprenticeship training program. The contract may call for payments on a monthly basis.
     (3) Any general fund--state moneys appropriated into the account shall be allocated solely to the firefighter joint apprenticeship training program. The Washington state patrol may contract with outside entities for the administration and delivery of the firefighter joint apprenticeship training program.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   If specific funding for the purposes of this act, referencing this act by bill or chapter number, is not provided by June 30, 2007, in the omnibus appropriations act, this act is null and void."

     Correct the title.

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