(1) The division shall establish a pilot program to offer training courses to directors of fire protection districts whose territory includes wildland-urban interface areas, as defined by the Colorado state forest service.
(2) The division shall offer courses pursuant to this section on subjects including but not necessarily limited to:
Strategic planning; and
Community outreach on wildland-urban interface issues.
Repealed.
The division shall issue a certificate of wildland-urban interface fire safety to a director who successfully completes the courses offered pursuant to this section.
(a) (I) The division shall offer courses to directors of fire protection districts in accordance with this section at no charge and shall seek gifts, grants, and donations to fund the pilot program created pursuant to this section. Except for the money transferred in accordance with subsection (5)(a)(II) of this section, no general fund money shall be expended for the implementation of the program. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the division shall not implement the program until the division receives sufficient appropriations, gifts, grants, or donations to cover the costs of implementing the program. The division shall transmit gifts, grants, and donations received in accordance with this subsection (5) to the state treasurer, who shall credit the moneys, along with any moneys appropriated by the general assembly, to the wildland-urban interface training fund, which fund is hereby created in the state treasury. Any money in the fund in excess of those needed for the training of directors of fire protection districts shall be used for the purpose of providing firefighters with basic wildland firefighting and wildland-urban interface firefighting training through existing wildland fire training programs. All interest derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund is credited to the fund. Money not expended at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not be transferred or revert to the general fund.
(II) On July 1, 2017, and July 1, 2018, the state treasurer shall transfer forty-five thousand four hundred fifty-five dollars from the general fund to the wildland-urban interface training fund.
(b) and (c) Repealed.
(6) The director shall report to the general assembly on the results of the pilot program established pursuant to this section no later than July 1, 2010.
Source: L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 1503, § 2, effective August 5. L. 2009: (5) amended, (HB 09-1199), ch. 411, p. 2278, § 3, effective June 3. L. 2013: (5)(c) repealed, (HB 13-1300), ch. 316, p. 1684, § 61, effective August 7. L. 2017: (5)(a) amended, (SB 17-259), ch. 190, p. 690, § 4, effective May 3. L. 2018: (5)(a)(II) amended, (HB 18-1338), ch. 201, p. 1309, § 4, effective May 4; (3) repealed, (HB 18-1238), ch. 111, p. 804, § 2, effective July 1.
Editor's note: Subsection (5)(b)(II) provided for the repeal of subsection (5)(b), effective July 1, 2012. (See L. 2009, p. 2278.)