Sec. 7-323p. State fire school. Training and education extension account. Auxiliary services account.
Sec. 7-323p. State fire school. Training and education extension account. Auxiliary services account. (a) The Office of State Fire Administration shall maintain and
operate a state fire school which shall serve as the training and education arm of the
Commission on Fire Prevention and Control. The use of any hazardous material, as
defined in section 29-307a, except a virgin fuel, is prohibited in the simulation of any
fire. The office shall fix fees for training and education programs and sessions and for
such other purposes deemed necessary for the operation and support of the school,
subject to the approval of the commission. Such fees shall be used solely for training
and education purposes.
(b) The commission may establish and maintain a state fire school training and
education extension account, which shall be a separate account within the General Fund.
The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account.
The account may be used for the operation of such training and education extension
programs and sessions as the Office of State Fire Administration may establish, for the
purchase of such equipment as is required for use in the operation of such programs and
sessions, and for (1) reimbursement to municipalities and municipal fire departments
for one-half of the costs of Firefighter I certification and recruit training of municipal
volunteer and paid fire service personnel, and (2) reimbursement to state agencies for
one-half of the costs of Firefighter I certification and recruit training of state agency fire
service personnel. All proceeds derived from the operation of the training and education
extension programs and sessions shall be deposited in the General Fund and shall be
credited to and become a part of the resources of the account. All direct expenses incurred
in the conduct of the training, certification and education programs and sessions shall
be charged, and any payments of interest and principal of bonds or any sums transferable
to any fund for the payment of interest and principal of bonds and any cost of equipment
for such operations may be charged, against the account on order of the State Comptroller. Any balance of receipts above expenditures shall remain in the account to be used
for its training and education programs and sessions, and for the acquisition, as provided
by section 4b-21, alteration and repairs of real property for educational facilities, except
such sums as may be required to be transferred from time to time to any fund for the
redemption of bonds and payment of interest on bonds, provided repairs, alterations or
additions to educational facilities costing fifty thousand dollars or less shall require the
approval of the Commissioner of Public Works, and capital projects costing over fifty
thousand dollars shall require the approval of the General Assembly or, when the General
Assembly is not in session, of the Finance Advisory Committee.
(c) The commission may establish and maintain a state fire school auxiliary services
account, which shall be a separate account within the General Fund. The account shall
be used for the operation, maintenance and repair of auxiliary service facilities and
for such other auxiliary activities of the state fire school as the Office of State Fire
Administration determines. The proceeds of such activities shall be deposited in the
General Fund and shall be credited to and become a part of the resources of the account.
All direct expenses of operation, maintenance and repair of facilities, food services and
other auxiliary activities shall be charged, and any payments of interest and principal
of bonds or any sums transferable to any fund for the payment of interest and principal
of bonds and any cost of equipment for such operations may be charged, against the
account on order of the State Comptroller. Any balance of receipts above expenditures
shall remain in the account to be used for the improvement and extension of such activities, except such sums as may be required to be transferred from time to time to any
fund for the redemption of bonds and payment of interest on bonds, provided repairs,
alterations or additions to auxiliary service facilities costing fifty thousand dollars or
less shall require the approval of the Commissioner of Public Works, and capital projects
costing over fifty thousand dollars shall require the approval of the General Assembly
or, when the General Assembly is not in session, of the Finance Advisory Committee.
The commission, with the approval of the Finance Advisory Committee, may borrow
from the resources of the General Fund at any time such sum or sums as it deems
advisable, to establish or continue auxiliary services activities, such sums to be repaid
in accordance with such schedule as the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall establish.
(P.A. 83-566, S. 1, 6; P.A. 84-546, S. 14, 173; P.A. 86-312, S. 1, 21; 86-373, S. 2, 3; P.A. 87-496, S. 45, 110; June Sp.
Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 84-546 made technical change in Subsec. (a); P.A. 86-312 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to change training
and education extension "fund" and auxiliary services "fund" to separate "accounts" within the general fund; P.A. 86-373
amended Subsec. (a) to prohibit use of any hazardous material in fire simulation; P.A. 87-496 replaced administrative
services commissioner with public works commissioner; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 amended Subsec. (b) to provide the
account contain any required moneys, add Subdivs. (1) and (2) re costs reimbursements and provide that expenses incurred
for certification be charged to the account, effective July 1, 2007.