HB4087 SFAT Weld #2 3-11

Toney  7816

Senator Weld moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 4087— A Bill to amend and reenact §15A-11-5, §29-3E-7, §33-3-14d, §33-3-33, §37‑6A‑5, and §55‑3A‑1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §37‑6‑5a; relating to requiring the State Fire Commission to propose rules relating to sprinkler protection, providing that buildings commencing construction after July 1, 2022, housing emergency fire, rescue, or ambulance services shall be protected throughout by approved automatic sprinkler systems; and exempting emergency services buildings meeting certain criteria that only house equipment and do not have sleeping areas or quarters within them from the requirement; all relating generally to residents of recovery residences; creating one pilot program in Cabell County relating to recovery residences as they relate to landlord-tenant law; defining terms; providing that a resident of a recovery residence in the pilot county may be immediately discharged in certain circumstances; establishing procedures for removing recovery resident in the pilot county; establishing refund process for fees for residency or services paid to a recovery residence in the pilot county; requiring return transportation be provided to an individual transported to a recovery residence in the pilot county from outside the state of West Virginia; requiring the reporting of certain information to West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources; requiring award of reasonable attorney's fees against recovery residence in the pilot county in certain instances; and requiring recovery residence in the pilot county file a petition for summary relief for wrongful occupation of residential rental property in certain circumstances; all relating generally to the distribution of certain taxes and surcharges to benefit volunteer and part-volunteer fire departments; defining terms; providing the method of allocation

and distribution for proceeds of the fireworks safety fee deposited in the Fire Protection Fund; eliminating obsolete language; increasing certain policy surcharge; establishing effective date for policy surcharge increase; requiring the State Fire Marshal provide certain information to the State Treasurer; and clarifying the requirements for distribution of funds in the Fire Protection Fund.

Adopted

Rejected