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Rangeland fire protection associations urge state help; bills would let state transfer equipment and fund RFPAs with $1 million
Summary
House Bills 3,349 and 3,350 would authorize the State Forester to transfer or sell surplus firefighting vehicles to Rangeland Fire Protection Associations and create a $1 million fund to support RFPA equipment, training and operations, witnesses told a March 25 public hearing.
Ranchers and volunteer firefighters urged the House Committee on Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans on March 25 to support House Bill 3,349 and House Bill 3,350, which would increase the State Forester’s authority to transfer or sell state firefighting vehicles to Rangeland Fire Protection Associations (RFPAs) and appropriate $1,000,000 to an RFPA fund.
LPRO staff summarized HB 3,349 as expanding the State Department of Forestry’s authority to regulate disposal and transfer of department vehicles and authorizing sale or transfer of ownership of state vehicles to RFPAs; HB 3,350 appropriates funding for the…
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