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Committee hears $5 million proposal to fund local firefighter training facilities
Summary
House Bill 511 would create a firefighter training infrastructure account and transfer $5 million from the general fund to a new state special revenue fund to award grants for training facilities and equipment; proponents said the grants would raise training capacity statewide, while agencies described how grants would be administered if approved.
Representative Scott DeMouris presented House Bill 511 to create a firefighter training infrastructure account within the Department of Military Affairs and to transfer $5 million from the general fund to that new state special revenue fund. The sponsor described the measure as a time-limited, one-time funding stream (appropriated through 2029) to support property acquisition, construction and equipment for local training facilities.
Under the bill text discussed in committee, individual project awards would not exceed $250,000 and…
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