S.B. 6002 Enrolled

FIRE ACADEMY SUPPORT ACCOUNT
AMENDMENTS
2002 SIXTH SPECIAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: John L. Valentine
This act modifies the Public Safety Code to modify the purposes for which the Fire
Academy Support Fund may be used. This act takes effect immediately.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
53-7-204.2, as last amended by Chapter 25, Laws of Utah 2001
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 53-7-204.2 is amended to read:
53-7-204.2. Fire Academy -- Establishment -- Fire Academy Support Fund --
Funding.
(1) In this section:
(a) "Account" means the Fire Academy Support Account created in Subsection (4).
(b) "Property insurance premium" has the same meaning as provided in Section
31A-1-301 .
(2) The board shall:
(a) establish a fire academy that:
(i) provides instruction and training for paid, volunteer, institutional, and industrial
firefighters;
(ii) develops new methods of firefighting and fire prevention;
(iii) provides training for fire and arson detection and investigation;
(iv) provides public education programs to promote fire safety;
(v) provides for certification of firefighters, pump operators, instructors, and officers;
and
(vi) provides facilities for teaching fire-fighting skills;
(b) establish a cost recovery fee in accordance with Section 63-38-3.2 for training

commercially employed firefighters; and
(c) request funding for the academy.
(3) The board may:
(a) accept gifts, donations, and grants of property and services on behalf of the fire
academy; and
(b) enter into contractual agreements necessary to facilitate establishment of the school.
(4) (a) To provide a funding source for the academy and for the general operation of the
State Fire Marshal Division, there is created in the General Fund a restricted account known as
the Fire Academy Support Account.
(b) The following revenue shall be deposited in the account to implement this section:
(i) the percentage specified in Subsection (5) of the annual tax for each year that is
levied, assessed, and collected under Title 59, Chapter 9, Taxation of Admitted Insurers, upon
property insurance premiums and as applied to fire and allied lines insurance collected by
insurance companies within the state;
(ii) the percentage specified in Subsection (6) of all money assessed and collected upon
life insurance premiums within the state;
(iii) the cost recovery fees established by the board;
(iv) gifts, donations, and grants of property on behalf of the fire academy; and
(v) appropriations made by the Legislature.
(5) The percentage of the tax specified in Subsection (4)(b)(i) to be deposited in the
account each fiscal year is 25%.
(6) The percentage of the money specified in Subsection (4)(b)(ii) to be deposited in the
account each fiscal year is 5%.
Section 2. Effective date.
If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this act takes effect
upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto, the
date of veto override.

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