BILL REQ. #:  S-0773.1 

Read first time 01/27/2003.   Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.

     AN ACT Relating to making appropriations to assist fire departments that have purchased thermal imaging cameras; making an appropriation; and declaring an emergency.

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, 2003, 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, and shall be based on actual documented costs incurred. Grants shall be based upon applications submitted to the emergency management division and distributed throughout the state in a fair and rational manner. To the extent that funds remain unexpended from this appropriation on June 30, 2003, these funds are hereby reappropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.