State fire marshal's office created; state fire marshal created. (Effective July 1, 2021.)

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5. State fire marshal's office created; state fire marshal created. (Effective July 1, 2021.)

A. The "state fire marshal's office" is created as a division under the homeland security and emergency management department.

B. The position of "state fire marshal" is created as the director of the state fire marshal's office.

C. The office consists of the:

(1) firefighter training academy program;

(2) fire service support program;

(3) fire investigations program; and

(4) fire code enforcement program.

History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 947; 1998, ch. 108, § 38; 2007, ch. 161, § 5; 2020, ch. 9, § 29.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2020 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, created the state fire marshal's office in the Homeland Security and Emergency Management department; in the section heading, added "marshal's office created; state fire"; added a new Subsection A; in Subsection B, after "director of the", deleted "fire marshal division under the public regulation commission" and added "state fire marshal's office"; and added Subsection C.

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