West Virginia HB4404: Increase the allowance for volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and allowing fire departments to make an expenditure for educational and training supplies and fire prevention promotional materials

What the bill says

An act to amend and reenact §8-15-8b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to increasing the allowance for volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and departments to make an expenditure for educational and training supplies and fire prevention promotional materials from $500 to $5,000 per year. §8-15-8b. Authorized expenditures of revenues from the Municipal Pensions and Protection Fund and the Fire Protection Fund; deductions for unauthorized expenditures; record retention. (a) Money received from the state for volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and departments.

From the enrolled text, March 12, 2026:

AN ACT to amend and reenact §8-15-8b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to increasing the allowance for volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and departments to make an expenditure for educational and training supplies and fire prevention promotional materials from $500 to $5,000 per year. §8-15-8b. Authorized expenditures of revenues from the Municipal Pensions and Protection Fund and the Fire Protection Fund; deductions for unauthorized expenditures; record retention. (a) Money received from the state for volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and departments, pursuant to §33-3-14d, §33-3-33, and §33-12C-7 of this code, shall be deposited into a bank account dedicated to state received funds and may not be commingled with moneys received from any source other than the state. Distributions from the Municipal Pensions and Protection Fund and the Fire Protection Fund allocated to volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and departments may be expended only for the (2) Equipment for compliance with the national fire protection standard or automotive fire apparatus, NFPA-1901; (3) Compliance with insurance service office recommendations relating to fire departments; (4) Rescue equipment, communications equipment, and ambulance (5) The direct costs incurred due to the purchase of land, the construction of new facilities, or the expansion of current facilities, when these costs can be demonstrated by the department to increase the effectiveness and efficiency …