§ 8557 - Vermont fire service training council
§ 8557. Vermont fire service training council
(a) Sums for the expenses of the operation of training facilities and curriculum of the Vermont fire service training council not to exceed $800,000.00 per year shall be paid to the fire safety special fund created by section 3157 of Title 20 by insurance companies, including surplus lines companies, writing fire, homeowners multiple peril, allied lines, farm owners multiple peril, commercial multiple peril (fire and allied lines), private passenger and commercial auto, and inland marine policies on property and persons situated within the state of Vermont within 30 days after notice from the commissioner of banking, insurance, securities, and health care administration of such estimated expenses. Captive companies shall be excluded from the effect of this section. The commissioner shall annually, on or before July 1, apportion such charges among all such companies and shall assess them for the same on a fair and reasonable basis as a percentage of their gross direct written premiums on such insurance written during the second prior calendar year on property situated in the state. An amount not less than $100,000.00 shall be specifically allocated to the provision of what are now or formerly referred to as Level I, units I, II, and III (basic) courses for entry level firefighters.
(b) The executive director of the division of fire safety shall, at the end of each fiscal quarter, prepare a comprehensive written report on the status of training programs and expenditures to date. The report shall be submitted to the commissioner of public safety, the chairperson of the legislative joint fiscal committee when the legislature is not in session and the chairperson of the house appropriations committee when the legislature is in session. The department of public safety shall continue to provide budgeting, accounting and administrative support to the Vermont division of fire safety as such was originally described in Sec. 98 of Act No. 245 of the Acts of 1992. (Added 1993, No. 87, § 1; amended 1995, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 38(a); No. 186 (Adj. Sess.), § 29, eff. May 22, 1996; 2001, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. June 21, 2002; 2007, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 33, 34; 2009, No. 42, §§ 13, 14.)