SF0091 - Fire suppression account.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0410

 

 

 

SENATE FILE NO.  SF0091

 

 

Fire suppression account.

 

Sponsored by:  Senator(s) Geis

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to public lands; providing for county and
 2  other entities participation in the emergency fire
 3  suppression account; providing a definition; providing for
 4  assessments to participate in the account; repealing
 5  provision regarding assessment when account exceeds certain
 6  amount; and providing for an effective date.

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 8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

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10         Section 1.  W.S. 36-1-401(a) by creating a new
11  paragraph (v) and 36-1-404(a), (b)(intro) and (e) are
12  amended to read:

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14         36-1-401.  Definitions.

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16         (a)  As used in this article:

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 1              (v)  "Participating entity" means a fire
 2  district, municipal, volunteer or combined fire department
 3  within a participating county.

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 5         36-1-404.  Participation by counties; assessments;
 6  withdrawal from participation; forfeiture of assessments
 7  for failure to pay assessments.

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 9         (a)  Counties desiring to participate in the emergency
10  fire suppression account shall enter into a written
11  contract with the state forester and shall pay the
12  assessments provided for in this section. The assessment
13  for a participating county shall not change due to the
14  participation of a participating entity within the county.

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16         (b)  Except as provided in subsection (d) of this
17  section, Each participating county shall pay an annual
18  assessment to the account in an amount equal to:

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20         (e)  Any county electing to participate in the account
21  in any year after July 1, 1987 may become a participating
22  county by paying an initial assessment equal to the annual
23  assessment computed for that county under subsection (b) of
24  this section times the greatest number of years any other

 

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 1  participating county has paid annual assessments into the
 2  account multiplied by three (3).

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 4         Section 2.  W.S. 36-1-404(d) is repealed.

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 6         Section 3.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

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 8                         (END)

 

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