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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 2282

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

By Representatives Jones, Sayan, Zellinsky, D. Sommers, Rector, Holland, Anderson, Crane, Inslee, Haugen, Todd, Kremen and Pruitt

Prefiled with Chief Clerk 1/5/90. Read first time 1/8/90 and referred to Committees on Local Government/Appropriations.

AN ACT Relating to funding for county fire marshal programs; and adding new sections to chapter 43.63A RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     The state treasurer shall distribute, on or before the first day of June of each year, ten percent of the proceeds from the fire insurance premiums tax imposed under chapter 48.14 RCW, to the department of community development for the sole purpose of funding county fire marshal programs in the state.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     The director of fire protection shall develop a plan for the distribution of the proceeds received under section 1 of this act.  In determining distributions to county fire marshal programs, the director shall take into account the following:

          (1) The availability of fire marshal services in any county;

          (2) Standards for county fire marshal activities;

          (3) Adequacy of local building codes, fire safety codes, and other pertinent local codes;

          (4) Any other information as is deemed appropriate by the director of fire protection; and

          (5) The timing of county distributions.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     Distributions to county fire marshal programs shall not supplant other local revenues utilized for county fire marshal purposes.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.     Sections 1 through 3 of this act are each added to chapter 43.63A RCW.