Chief Patron: Cosgrove
Location of State Fire Marshall's Office

Item 400 #1h

Language
Page 427, line 11, strike "$5,884,832" and insert "$8,676,163".
Page 427, after line 25, insert:
"A.  Out of the amounts appropriated for Fire Training and Technical Support Services, $2,327,380 from the general fund and $463,951 from nongeneral funds is provided to transfer the Office of the State Fire Marshall from the Department of Housing and Community Development to the Department of Fire Programs, pursuant to the provisions of House Bill 2356.
B.  The Department of Fire Programs and Department of Housing and Community Development shall work to determine a method of recovering from the Department of Health the Office of the State Fire Marshall's share of the costs associated with federal life safety code inspections and enforcement actions."

Explanation
(This amendment transfers the funding and positions as of June 30, 2006, for the Office of the State Fire Marshall to the Department of Fire Programs, pursuant to the provisions of House Bill 2356.)