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The Funds Fire Bill
State funds fire training schools without raising insurance fees
An Act Requiring Funding For Regional Fire Training Schools Through Appropriations In The State Budget.
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If passed, the state would pay for nine fire training schools using the regular budget, not by adding new taxes or insurance fees.
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Funding better fire training helps keep neighborhoods safe, and it does so without making drivers pay higher insurance premiums, so voters should watch this bill as it moves.
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The facts
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- Bill would allocate state budget money to nine regional fire training schools.
- Funding would come from general appropriations, not from new taxes or insurance fees.
- Sponsors are all Republicans in the state Senate and House.
- Bill is currently introduced and referred to the Joint Committee on Appropriations.
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