HB3271 HFA ARMSTEAD, NELSON & LANE 3-1

    Delegates Armstead, Nelson and Lane move to amend the bill in §33-3-33a, on page 7, following line 11, by inserting the following new subsection:

(b)Beginning July 1, 2011, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the moneys collected pursuant to section seventeen, article three, chapter sixty of this code and deposited into the Volunteer Fire Department Workers’ Compensation Premium Subsidy Fund established pursuant to section fourteen-a, article four, chapter twelve of this code, shall be expended solely for the purposes established in that section until each qualifying volunteer company or department has received a workers’ compensation premium subsidy equal to one hundred percent of its premium increase.

AND

immediately following this new subsection, by inserting the following new section

§33-3-33b. Distributions through the Volunteer Fire Department Recruitment and Retention Fund; moneys in this fund may be used, if needed, by the Volunteer Fire Department Workers’ Compensation Premium Subsidy Fund.

(a) There is hereby established a special fund in the state treasury which shall be known as the Volunteer Fire Department Recruitment and Retention Fund. During the next preceding calendar year as provided in this subsection, from this special fund the State Treasurer shall distribute moneys to individual volunteer and part volunteer fire departments in the state, in accordance with those rules proposed by the State Fire Marshal, in accordance with this section, to provide incentives for recruitment and retention of members for volunteer and part volunteer fire companies and departments. If there is a shortage of moneys needed to meet the obligation of the Volunteer Fire Department Workers’ Compensation Premium Subsidy Fund, such that each qualifying volunteer company or department shall receive a workers’ compensation premium subsidy equal to one hundred percent of its premium increase in accordance with section thirty-three-a of article three of chapter thirty-three of this code, then any moneys required to be expended in furtherance of this requirement may be withdrawn from this fund, up to a total amount not to exceed five million dollars.

(b) The State Fire Marshal shall propose rules in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code for legislative approval, to provide to volunteer and part volunteer fire departments incentives for recruitment and retention of members for volunteer and part volunteer fire companies and departments, including academic scholarships for use by recruits, members, or member’s dependents, length of service awards, automobile licensing discounts or fee waiver, or such other incentives as the State Fire Marshal shall deem useful or expedient for recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters. The State Fire Marshal shall report such rules to the Legislature no later than July 1, 2011.

AND

immediately following this new section, by inserting the following

CHAPTER 60. STATE CONTROL OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.

ARTICLE 3. SALES BY COMMISSIONER.

Ҥ60-3-17. Regulations as to handling and depositing of moneys collected; monthly remittances; remittances to the Volunteer Fire Department Recruitment and Retention Fund beginning July 1, 2011; criminal penalty.

    (a) The commissioner, with the approval of the state treasurer, shall prescribe regulations for the handling and depositing of all moneys collected by the commissioner. All receipts accruing to and available for the general revenue fund in excess of the requirements of the operating fund, the requirements of subsection (b) of this section, and the license fee and additional sales tax imposed by the provisions of this chapter shall be remitted by the commissioner to the state treasury monthly within fifteen days next after the end of each calendar month.

    (b) Beginning July 1, 2011, and in each fiscal year thereafter, from the moneys collected annually by the commissioner in excess of the requirements of the operating fund, up to $5 million of the excess amount shall be remitted by the commissioner to the state treasury and deposited by the state treasurer into the Volunteer Fire Department Recruitment and Retention Fund established in section thirty-three-b, article three, chapter thirty-three of this code. After the requirements of the operating fund have been met, the amounts required by this subsection shall be remitted by the commissioner to the state treasury monthly within fifteen days next after the end of each calendar month and deposited in pro rata amounts into that fund.

Adopted
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