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                         SENATE BILL 6394

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State of Washington   57th Legislature        2002 Regular Session

By Senators Eide, Rasmussen and Kline

Read first time 01/16/2002.  Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

Appropriating money for thermal imaging cameras.

    AN ACT Relating to making appropriations to assist city fire departments and fire protection districts with the purchase of thermal imaging equipment; and making an appropriation.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The sum of two million one hundred eighty‑eight thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, from the general fund to the emergency management division of the Washington state military department for the purposes of this act.  The appropriated funds shall be distributed by the emergency management division as grants to city fire departments and fire protection districts that have purchased thermal imaging cameras.  A grant to a city fire department or fire protection district shall not exceed fifty percent of the cost of purchase by a fire department or district.  Grants shall be based upon applications submitted to the emergency management division and distributed throughout the state in a fair and rational manner.

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