ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-fourth Legislature

Second Regular Session

House: NREW DP 11-0-0-2-0

HB 2102: appropriation; unreimbursed wildland suppression activities

Sponsor:  Representative Griffin, LD 14

Committee on Appropriations

Overview

Appropriates $39,600 from the state General Fund in FY 2021 to reimburse the Mescal-J6 fire district for wildland suppression activities.

History

The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) provides land management and prevention and suppression of wildland fires on State Trust Land and private land outside incorporated municipalities. The State Forester leads the DFFM and must annually develop and implement a comprehensive statewide wildfire response plan for deploying state, county, municipal, fire district, volunteer fire association and private fire service provider contract resources to wildfire suppression activities (A.R.S. § 37-1301 and A.R.S. § 37-1302).

The Mescal-J6 fire district is in Benson, Arizona. 

Provisions

1.    Appropriates $39,600 from the state General Fund to the DFFM in FY 2021 to reimburse the Mescal-J6 fire district for wildlife suppression activities it performed with this department in 2017.☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note

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