Bills › 88th General Assembly
HSB 584
Topics:State budgetCities & countiesPublic safety & emergencies
Same legislation: HF 2487
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 21, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 28, 2020
- Done: House committeeFebruary 19, 2020
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill authorizes a municipality, defined as a city, county, township, benefited fire district, or agency authorized by law to provide emergency response services, to establish a length of service award program as described in section 457(e)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code for volunteer fire fighters and emergency medical care providers. The bill provides that the governing body of a municipality that establishes the program shall, in consultation with the chief or other person in command of the fire department of the municipality, adopt guidelines providing for minimum contribution requirements, eligibility requirements for participation by volunteer fire fighters and emergency medical care providers, minimum vesting requirements, distribution requirements, and such other guidelines as deemed necessary to operate the program.
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The bill also establishes a length of service award program grant fund under the control of the state fire service and emergency response council. The bill provides for a standing appropriation of $1 million each fiscal year from the general fund of the state for deposit in the fund. _____ response council for grants to municipalities establishing a length of service award program to provide contributions to the program on behalf of participants. The bill requires the state fire service and emergency response council to develop and submit to the state fire marshal for adoption rules establishing a grant application process which shall provide for a dollar-for-dollar funding match from a municipality establishing a length of service award program. The bill further provides that moneys in the fund shall not revert at the end of a fiscal year and that interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
House subcommittee
Named January 28, 2020. On February 10, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.
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