1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; appropriating money from the fire safety account;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299F.012, subdivision 1.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299F.012, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subdivision 1.Authorized programs within department. From the revenues 
1.7 	appropriated from the fire safety account, established under section 297I.06, subdivision 
1.8 	3, the commissioner of public safety may expend funds for the activities and programs 
1.9 	identified by the advisory committee established under subdivision 2 and recommended to 
1.10 	the commissioner of public safety. The commissioner shall not expend funds without the 
1.11 	recommendation of the advisory committee established under subdivision 2. These funds 
1.12 	are to be used to provide resources needed for identified activities and programs of the 
1.13 	Minnesota fire service and to ensure the State Fire Marshal Division responsibilities are 
1.14 	fulfilled. Any balance remaining in the account after the first year of the biennium must be 
1.15 	appropriated to the commissioner of public safety for the purposes specified in law.

1.16 	Sec. 2. FIRE SAFETY ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.17 	(a) $13,100,000 in fiscal year 2016 and  $13,100,000 in fiscal year 2017 are 
1.18 	appropriated from the fire safety account in the special revenue fund for activities under 
1.19 	Minnesota Statutes, section 299F.012. Of this amount:
1.20 	(1) $5,970,000 each year is to fund the Minnesota Board of Firefighter Training 
1.21 	and Education for activities recommended by the fire safety advisory committee under 
1.22 	Minnesota Statutes, section 299F.012, subdivision 2;
1.23 	(2) $5,287,000 each year is to fund the state fire marshal division;
2.1 	(3) $1,200,000 each year is to fund Minnesota Task Force 1;
2.2 	(4) $1,309,000 each year is transferred to the Homeland Security and Emergency 
2.3 	Management division to fund chemical assessment and emergency response teams; and
2.4 	(5) $190,000 each year is to fund the Minnesota Air Rescue Team (MART).
2.5 	(b) $75,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $75,000 in fiscal year 2017 are appropriated from 
2.6 	the fire safety account in the special revenue fund to the Board of Firefighter Training and 
2.7 	Education. This is a onetime appropriation.
2.8 	(c) $1,328,000 in fiscal year 2016 is appropriated from the fire safety account to the 
2.9 	Board of Firefighter Training and Education. This is a onetime appropriation.
2.10 	(d) $600,000 in fiscal year 2016 is appropriated from the fire safety account in the 
2.11 	special revenue fund to the state fire marshal. This is a onetime appropriation.
2.12 	(e) $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 is appropriated from the fire safety account to 
2.13 	Minnesota Task Force 1 for training and equipment. This is a onetime appropriation.
2.14 	(f) $100,000 in fiscal year 2016 is appropriated from the fire safety account to the 
2.15 	Homeland Security and Emergency Management division. This is a onetime appropriation.