BILL REQ. #:  H-1653.1 

Read first time 02/08/2007.   Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

     AN ACT Relating to changing the distribution to and allocation of the fire service training account; and amending RCW 43.43.944.

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

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)) Thirty-five percent of all moneys received by the state on fire insurance premiums.
     (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.)) Of the funds received under subsection (1)(c) of this section, twenty-eight and one-half percent shall be allocated to the firefighter joint apprenticeship training program.