Kentucky Statutes 95A.230 – Requirements for participation in fund
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Each local government which meets the following requirements shall be eligible to share in the distribution of funds from the fund:
(1) Employs one (1) or more firefighters.
(2) Pays every firefighter a minimum annual salary of eight thousand dollars ($8,000). (3) Maintains the minimum educational requirement of a high school degree, or its
equivalent as determined by the commission, for employment of firefighters on or
after August 1, 1980. All firefighters employed prior to August 1, 1980, shall be deemed to have met requirements of this subsection.
(4) Requires all firefighters employed on or after July 15, 1982, to successfully complete a basic training course of four hundred (400) hours duration or a lesser duration as established by the commission pursuant to KRS § 95A.240(5) as mandated by the commission as to subject matter and number of hours for each subject, within one (1) year of the date of employment at a school or method certified or recognized by the commission. The training requirement may be met through training and educational programs of a local government conducting its own annual in-service training school certified or recognized by the commission which may provide a different number of hours of instruction as established in KRS
95A.240.
(5) Requires all firefighters, whether originally employed before or after August 1,
1980, to successfully complete in each calendar year an in-service training program appropriate to the firefighters rank and responsibility, of one hundred (100) hours duration or a lesser duration as established by the commission pursuant to KRS
95A.240(5) at a school certified or recognized by the commission. This requirement shall be waived for the period of time that a professional firefighter is serving on active duty in the United States Armed Forces. This waiver shall be retroactive for professional firefighters from the date of September 11, 2001.
(6) Requires compliance with all provisions of law applicable to local firefighters.
(7) Requires compliance with all rules and regulations, appropriate to the size and location of the local fire department or fire prevention district, issued by the commission to facilitate the administration of the fund and further the provisions of KRS § 95A.200 to KRS § 95A.300.
Effective: July 15, 2016
History: Amended 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 112, sec. 11, effective July 15, 2016. — Amended
2003 Ky. Acts ch. 106, sec. 1, effective June 24, 2003. — Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 125, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. — Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 373, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1980.
2022-2024 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2022 Ky. Acts ch.
199, Pt. I, J, 11, (2) at 1698.
(1) Employs one (1) or more firefighters.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 95A.230
- branch budget: means an enactment by the General Assembly which provides appropriations and establishes fiscal policies and conditions for the biennial financial plan for the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and the executive branch, which shall include a separate budget bill for the Transportation Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(2) Pays every firefighter a minimum annual salary of eight thousand dollars ($8,000). (3) Maintains the minimum educational requirement of a high school degree, or its
equivalent as determined by the commission, for employment of firefighters on or
after August 1, 1980. All firefighters employed prior to August 1, 1980, shall be deemed to have met requirements of this subsection.
(4) Requires all firefighters employed on or after July 15, 1982, to successfully complete a basic training course of four hundred (400) hours duration or a lesser duration as established by the commission pursuant to KRS § 95A.240(5) as mandated by the commission as to subject matter and number of hours for each subject, within one (1) year of the date of employment at a school or method certified or recognized by the commission. The training requirement may be met through training and educational programs of a local government conducting its own annual in-service training school certified or recognized by the commission which may provide a different number of hours of instruction as established in KRS
95A.240.
(5) Requires all firefighters, whether originally employed before or after August 1,
1980, to successfully complete in each calendar year an in-service training program appropriate to the firefighters rank and responsibility, of one hundred (100) hours duration or a lesser duration as established by the commission pursuant to KRS
95A.240(5) at a school certified or recognized by the commission. This requirement shall be waived for the period of time that a professional firefighter is serving on active duty in the United States Armed Forces. This waiver shall be retroactive for professional firefighters from the date of September 11, 2001.
(6) Requires compliance with all provisions of law applicable to local firefighters.
(7) Requires compliance with all rules and regulations, appropriate to the size and location of the local fire department or fire prevention district, issued by the commission to facilitate the administration of the fund and further the provisions of KRS § 95A.200 to KRS § 95A.300.
Effective: July 15, 2016
History: Amended 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 112, sec. 11, effective July 15, 2016. — Amended
2003 Ky. Acts ch. 106, sec. 1, effective June 24, 2003. — Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 125, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. — Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 373, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1980.
2022-2024 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2022 Ky. Acts ch.
199, Pt. I, J, 11, (2) at 1698.