If an entity or the employees of an entity are regulated under this subchapter so that as a consequence of the regulation a certification fee is paid to the commission on behalf of each employee of the entity who would be fire protection personnel under § 419.021 if the employee were employed by a local government, the commission shall use the special account in the general revenue fund created under § 419.026(d) to provide training assistance to the entity to the same extent that the commission provides training assistance to a fire department under § 419.031.