65A-8-208 - Presuppression costs -- Disbursements from fund -- Credit against assessment -- Limited by appropriation.
65A-8-208. Presuppression costs -- Disbursements from fund -- Credit againstassessment -- Limited by appropriation.
(1) The state forester or the state forester's authorized representative may makedisbursements from the Wildland Fire Suppression Fund to pay for costs of presuppression andfire management activities initiated by counties participating in the fund, subject to thelimitations specified in this section.
(2) Payments to a county for costs of presuppression and fire management activities inany year may not exceed the county's assessment under Subsection 65A-8-205(2)(a).
(3) (a) In lieu of making a disbursement from the fund for a county's costs ofpresuppression and fire management activities, the county may be given a credit against itsassessment under Subsection 65A-8-205(2)(a) equal to those costs.
(b) The credit may not exceed the county's assessment under Subsection65A-8-205(2)(a).
(4) The total amount of money in the fund that may be allocated to cover costs ofpresuppression and fire management activities initiated by counties may not exceed thelegislative appropriation to the fund for those costs.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 136, 2007 General Session