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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
3 HOUSE BILL 2759 By: Caldwell (Trey)
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6 AS INTRODUCED
7 An Act relating to volunteer firefighters;
establishing the Oklahoma Volunteer Firefighter
8 Support Program; creating a grant program; allowing
for a certain number of training hours; providing for
9 certification of training; requiring an application
process; allowing for promulgation of rules; creating
10 the Oklahoma Volunteer Firefighter Support Revolving
Fund; providing for codification; and providing an
11 effective date.
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
15 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
16 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 342.22 of Title 74, unless there
17 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
18 This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma
19 Volunteer Firefighter Support Program".
20 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
21 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 342.23 of Title 74, unless there
22 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
23 A. There is hereby created a grant program to support training
24 needs of volunteer firefighters in Oklahoma. The program shall
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1 assist volunteer firefighters to receive up to ten (10) hours in
2 training a year from programs approved by the State Fire Marshall or
3 by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry's
4 Forestry Division.
5 B. The State Fire Marshall shall create an application system
6 for volunteer firefighters to apply for the grant assistance. The
7 State Fire Marshall may promulgate rules for the grant program.
8 SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
9 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 342.24 of Title 74, unless there
10 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
11 There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund
12 for the State Fire Marshall to be designated the "Oklahoma
13 Volunteer Firefighter Support Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a
14 continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall
15 consist of all monies received by the State Fire Marshall from
16 appropriations, donations, grants, or other sources of funding
17 specifically designated for deposit to the Oklahoma Volunteer
18 Firefighter Support Revolving Fund. All monies accruing to the
19 credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and
20 expended by the State Fire Marshall for the purpose of this act.
21 Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by
22 the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with
23 the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for
24 approval and payment.
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1 SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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