9.1-204 - Fire service training facilities; allocation of funds therefor.
§ 9.1-204. Fire service training facilities; allocation of funds therefor.
A. At the beginning of each fiscal year, the Board may allocate availablefunds to counties, cities, and towns within the Commonwealth for the purposeof assisting such counties, cities, towns and volunteer fire companies in theconstruction, improvement or expansion of fire service training facilities.
B. Available funds shall be allocated at the discretion of the Board, basedupon the following:
1. The total amount of funds available for distribution;
2. Financial participation by counties, cities, towns and volunteer firecompanies, any such participation being optional on the part of the localityor the particular volunteer fire company;
3. Anticipated use of such facilities by the Commonwealth, its subdivisionsor volunteer fire companies.
C. Such funds shall be distributed to the counties, cities, and townspursuant to contracts prepared by the office of Attorney General.
D. Allocations of such funds to volunteer fire companies shall not becontingent upon or conditioned in any way upon compliance with the provisionsof § 9.1-201 or with any rules, regulations, or guidelines enacted pursuantto the provisions of § 9.1-201.
(1981, c. 154, § 9-155.1; 2001, c. 844.)