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AZ HB2025
Bill
Status
3/21/2017
Primary Sponsor
Russell Bowers
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AI Summary
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Repeals the old "fire fighters and emergency paramedics memorial board" and establishes a new "Arizona fallen firefighter memorial committee" with 8 members including the president of the state's largest professional firefighters organization as chairperson, state forester, historical advisory commission director, department of administration director, and others.
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Authorizes the committee to establish standards for memorializing fallen firefighters on the Arizona fallen firefighter memorial located in Wesley Bolin plaza, determine eligible persons, and maintain the memorial annually.
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Requires the committee to conduct an annual fallen firefighter memorial service and determine eligibility for tuition waiver scholarships under section 15-1808 for children and spouses of firefighters killed in the line of duty.
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Establishes the Arizona fallen firefighter memorial fund to receive donations and pay authorized expenses, with investment earnings credited to the fund and monies exempt from lapsing appropriations.
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Terminates the committee on July 1, 2027, with the entire article and related statutes repealed on January 1, 2028.
Legislative Description
Fallen firefighter memorial; committee
State Government
Last Action
Chapter 21
3/21/2017