Legislative Session number- 84

Bill Name: SF2210

Relating to public safety; creating a fire safety account to be used by the
divisions of homeland security emergency management and fire marshal in the
department of public safety for certain programs and costs; requiring insurance
companies writing homeowners or commercial fire insurance policies in the state
to collect an annual premium surcharge for transfer to the commissioner of
public safety for deposit in the account, exempting farmers mutual or township
fire insurance companies and authorizing certain mutual property and casualty
insurers and reinsurers to remit a tax on gross fire premiums and assessments in
lieu of the surcharge to the commissioner; authorizing use of revenues in the
account by the division of homeland security emergency management for hazardous
materials response and state structural collapse teams activities and programs,
by the division of fire marshal for operation of the division, for certain
activities and programs and for certain fire service and public education
purposes and by the commissioner for fire training and education programs;
requiring annual reporting to the legislature of unspent funds; repealing the
fire insurance tax
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