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9	14		AN ACT ESTABLISHING AND TRANSFERRING VARIOUS
10	15		FUNCTIONS TO A DIVISION OF FIRE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
11	16		WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND
12		-	PUBLIC PROTECTION, REVISING THE POWERS AND
	17	+	PUBLIC PROTECTION AND REVISING THE POWERS AND
13	18		COMPOSITION OF THE COMMISSION ON FIRE PREVENTION AND
14		-	CONTROL ~~AND ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP~~.
	19	+	CONTROL.
15	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
16	21		Assembly convened:
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18		-	Section 1. Section 29-1b of the general statutes is repealed and the
19		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025):
20		-	(a) There shall be within the Department of Emergency Services and
21		-	Public Protection a Division of State Police. The Commissioner of
22		-	Emergency Services and Public Protection shall serve as administrative
23		-	head and commanding officer of the State Police Division. As
24		-	administrative head, said commanding officer of the Division of State
25		-	Police shall delegate said commanding officer's jurisdiction of the affairs
26		-	of the Division of State Police to a deputy commissioner who shall have
27		-	the powers and privileges conferred by statute upon a state policeman.
28		-	(b) There shall be within said department a Division of Emergency
29		-	Management and Homeland Security. The commissioner shall serve as
30		-	administrative head of said division. As administrative head, said
31		-	commissioner shall delegate said commissioner's jurisdiction of the Substitute ~~House~~ Bill No. 5483
	23	+	Section 1. Section 29-1b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
	24	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 2
	25	+	(a) There shall be within the Department of Emergency Services and 3
	26	+	Public Protection a Division of State Police. The Commissioner of 4
	27	+	Emergency Services and Public Protection shall serve as administrative 5
	28	+	head and commanding officer of the State Police Division. As 6
	29	+	administrative head, said commanding officer of the Division of State 7
	30	+	Police shall delegate said commanding officer's jurisdiction of the affairs 8
	31	+	of the Division of State Police to a deputy commissioner who shall have 9
	32	+	the powers and privileges conferred by statute upon a state policeman. 10
	33	+	(b) There shall be within said department a Division of Emergency 11
	34	+	Management and Homeland Security. The commissioner shall serve as 12
	35	+	administrative head of said division. As administrative head, said 13
	36	+	commissioner shall delegate said commissioner's jurisdiction of the 14 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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35		-	Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security to a
36		-	deputy commissioner. The deputy commissioner shall posse ss
37		-	professional training and knowledge consisting of not less than five
38		-	years of managerial or strategic planning experience in matters relating
39		-	to public safety, security, emergency services and emergency response.
40		-	No person possessing a record of any criminal, unlawful or unethical
41		-	conduct shall be eligible for or hold such position. Any person with any
42		-	present or past political activities or financial interests that may
43		-	substantially conflict with the duties of the deputy commissioner or
44		-	expose such person to potential undue influence or compromise such
45		-	person's ability to be entrusted with necessary state or federal security
46		-	clearances or information shall be deemed unqualified for such position
47		-	and shall not be eligible to hold such position.
48		-	(c) (1) There shall be within said department a Division of Fire
49		-	Services Administration. The State Fire Administrator shall be the
50		-	administrative head of said division.
51		-	(2) The functions, powers, duties and personnel of the former Office
52		-	of State Fire Administration shall be transferred to the Division of Fire
53		-	Services Administration pursuant to the provisions of sections 4-38d
54		-	and 4-39.
55		-	(3) The Division of Fire Services Administration shall constitute the
56		-	successor to the Office of State Fire Administration in accordance with
57		-	the provisions of sections 4-38d, 4-38e and 4-39. Wherever the words
58		-	"Office of State Fire Administration" are used in the general statutes, the
59		-	words "Division of Fire Services Administration within the Department
60		-	of Emergency Services and Public Protection" shall be substituted in lieu
61		-	thereof. Any order or regulation of the former Office of State Fire
62		-	Administration that is in force on the effective date of this section shall
63		-	continue in force and effect as an order or regulation of the Division of
64		-	Fire Services Administration within the Department of Emergency
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	43	+	Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security to a 15
	44	+	deputy commissioner. The deputy commissioner shall possess 16
	45	+	professional training and knowledge consisting of not less than five 17
	46	+	years of managerial or strategic planning experience in matters relating 18
	47	+	to public safety, security, emergency services and emergency response. 19
	48	+	No person possessing a record of any criminal, unlawful or unethical 20
	49	+	conduct shall be eligible for or hold such position. Any person with any 21
	50	+	present or past political activities or financial interests that may 22
	51	+	substantially conflict with the duties of the deputy commissioner or 23
	52	+	expose such person to potential undue influence or compromise such 24
	53	+	person's ability to be entrusted with necessary state or federal security 25
	54	+	clearances or information shall be deemed unqualified for such position 26
	55	+	and shall not be eligible to hold such position. 27
	56	+	(c) (1) There shall be within said department a Division of Fire 28
	57	+	Services Administration. The commiss ioner shall serve as 29
	58	+	administrative head of said division. As administrative head, said 30
	59	+	commissioner shall delegate said commissioner's jurisdiction of the 31
	60	+	Division of Fire Services Administration to the State Fire Administrator. 32
	61	+	The State Fire Administrator shall be recommended by the Commission 33
	62	+	on Fire Prevention and Control and appointed by the Governor. 34
	63	+	(2) The functions, powers, duties and personnel of the former Office 35
	64	+	of State Fire Administration, Office of the State Fire Marshal and Office 36
	65	+	of Education and Data Administration within the Department of 37
	66	+	Administrative Services shall be transferred to the Division of Fire 38
	67	+	Services Administration pursuant to the provisions of sections 4-38d 39
	68	+	and 4-39. 40
	69	+	(3) The Division of Fire Services Administration shall constitute the 41
	70	+	successor to the Office of State Fire Administration, the Office of the 42
	71	+	State Fire Marshal and the Office of Education and Data Administration 43
	72	+	in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d, 4-38e and 4-39. 44
	73	+	Wherever the words "Office of State Fire Administration" or "Office of 45
	74	+	State Fire Marshal" are used in the general statutes, the words "Division 46
	75	+	of Fire Services Administration within the Department of Emergency 47 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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69		-	pursuant to law.
70		-	Sec. 2. Section 7-323k of the general statutes is repealed and the
71		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
72		-	(a) (1) There is established a Commission on Fire Prevention and
73		-	Control. [to] Until June 30, 2025, the commission shall consist of twelve
74		-	members appointed by the Governor. The State Fire Marshal or his or
75		-	her designee and the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and
76		-	Universities or his or her designee shall serve as ex-officio, voting
77		-	members of said commission. Of the twelve members appointed by the
78		-	Governor, two shall represent The Connecticut State Firefighter's
79		-	Association, two shall represent the Connecticut Fire Chiefs
80		-	Association, two shall represent the Uniformed Professional Firefighters
81		-	of the International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO, two shall
82		-	represent the Connecticut Fire Marshals Association, two shall
83		-	represent the Connecticut Fire Department Instructors Association and
84		-	two shall represent the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities. The
85		-	term of any member appointed pursuant to this subdivision shall end
86		-	on June 30, 2025.
87		-	(2) On and after July 1, 2025, the commission shall consist of the
88		-	following members:
89		-	(A) Two members of The Connecticut State Firefighter's Association,
90		-	one of whom is the chairperson of the association's education
91		-	committee, appointed by the Governor;
92		-	(B) Two members of the Connecticut Fire Chiefs Association,
93		-	appointed by the Governor;
94		-	(C) Two members of the Connecticut Career Fire Chiefs' Association,
95		-	appointed by the Governor;
96		-	(D) Two members of the Uniformed Professional Firefighters of the Substitute House Bill No. 5483
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100		-	International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO, appointed by the
101		-	Governor;
102		-	(E) Two members of the Connecticut Fire Marshals Association,
103		-	appointed by the Governor;
104		-	(F) Two members of the Connecticut Fire Department Instructors
105		-	Association, appointed by the Governor;
106		-	(G) A representative of the Connecticut Council of Small Towns,
107		-	appointed by the Governor;
108		-	(H) A representative of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities,
109		-	appointed by the Governor;
110		-	(I) A representative of the Connecticut Council of Small Towns,
111		-	appointed by the House chairperson of the joint standing committee of
112		-	the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public
113		-	safety and security;
114		-	(J) A representative of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities,
115		-	appointed by the Senate chairperson of the joint standing committee of
116		-	the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public
117		-	safety and security;
118		-	(K) A member of the Connecticut Fire Equipment Mechanics
119		-	Association, appointed by the House ranking member of the joint
120		-	standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of
121		-	matters relating to public safety and security;
122		-	(L) A representative of the Emergency Medical Services Advisory
123		-	Board, appointed by the Senate ranking member of the joint standing
124		-	committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters
125		-	relating to public safety and security;
126		-	(M) The State Fire Marshal, who shall be a nonvoting member; Substitute House Bill No. 5483
	82	+	Services and Public Protection" shall be substituted in lieu thereof. Any 48
	83	+	order or regulation of the former Office of State Fire Administration, 49
	84	+	Office of the State Fire Marshal or Office of Education and Data 50
	85	+	Administration that is in force on the effective date of this section shall 51
	86	+	continue in force and effect as an order or regulation of the Division of 52
	87	+	Fire Services Administration within the Department of Emergency 53
	88	+	Services and Public Protection until amended, repealed or superseded 54
	89	+	pursuant to law. 55
	90	+	Sec. 2. Section 7-323k of the general statutes is repealed and the 56
	91	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 57
	92	+	(a) There is established a Commission on Fire Prevention and 58
	93	+	Control. [to] Until June 30, 2025, the commission shall consist of twelve 59
	94	+	members appointed by the Governor. The State Fire Marshal or his or 60
	95	+	her designee and the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and 61
	96	+	Universities or his or her designee shall serve as ex-officio, voting 62
	97	+	members of said commission. Of the twelve members appointed by the 63
	98	+	Governor, two shall represent The Connecticut State Firefighter's 64
	99	+	Association, two shall represent the Connecticut Fire Chiefs 65
	100	+	Association, two shall represent the Uniformed Professional Firefighters 66
	101	+	of the International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO, two shall 67
	102	+	represent the Connecticut Fire Marshals Association, two shall 68
	103	+	represent the Connecticut Fire Department Instructors Association and 69
	104	+	two shall represent the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities. On 70
	105	+	and after July 1, 2025, the council shall consist of the following members: 71
	106	+	(1) A member of the Connecticut Career Fire Chiefs' Association, 72
	107	+	appointed by the Governor; 73
	108	+	(2) A member of the Connecticut Fire Chiefs Association, appointed 74
	109	+	by the Governor; 75
	110	+	(3) A member of the Uniformed Professional Firefighters of the 76
	111	+	International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO, appointed by the 77
	112	+	Governor; 78 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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130		-	(N) The forest protection supervisor within the Forestry Division of
131		-	the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, or such
132		-	supervisor's designee, who shall be a nonvoting member; and
133		-	(O) The commanding officer of the Fire and Explosion Investigation
134		-	Unit of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency
135		-	Services and Public Protection, or such officer's designee, who shall be
136		-	a nonvoting member.
137		-	(b) On or before July fifteenth, annually, each organization to be
138		-	represented on said commission shall submit to the [Governor]
139		-	appropriate appointing authority a list of nominees for appointment to
140		-	said commission, which list the [Governor] appointing authority may
141		-	use when making appointments to said commission. [On or before
142		-	September 1, 1975, the Governor shall appoint eight members of said
143		-	commission to serve for a term of three years and on or before
144		-	September 1, 1976, he shall appoint four members for a term of one year.
145		-	Thereafter he] Appointing authorities shall appoint members to said
146		-	commission [, to replace those whose terms have expired,] to serve for
147		-	three years, or until a successor is appointed. Any vacancy in the
148		-	membership of the commission shall be filled by the appointing
149		-	authority for the unexpired portion of the term. Persons appointed to
150		-	said commission shall be qualified, by experience or education, in the
151		-	fields of fire protection, fire prevention, fire suppression, fire fighting
152		-	and related fields.
153		-	(c) The commission shall meet at such times and at such places as it
154		-	deems proper. [Said] On and before June 30, 2025, the commission shall
155		-	elect from its membership a [chairman, vice chairman] chairperson, vice
156		-	chairperson and secretary who shall serve a one year term commencing
157		-	on October first of the year in which they are elected, provided such
158		-	terms shall expire on June 30, 2025, and nothing contained herein shall
159		-	prevent their reelection to such office. On and after July 1, 2025, the
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	119	+	(4) A member of The Connecticut State Firefighter's Association, 79
	120	+	appointed by the Governor; 80
	121	+	(5) A member of the Connecticut Fire Department Instructors 81
	122	+	Association, appointed by the Governor; 82
	123	+	(6) A member of the Connecticut Fire Marshals Association, 83
	124	+	appointed by the Governor; 84
	125	+	(7) A member of the Connecticut Career Fire Chiefs' Association, 85
	126	+	appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; 86
	127	+	(8) A member of the Connecticut Fire Chiefs Association, appointed 87
	128	+	by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 88
	129	+	(9) A member of the Uniformed Professional Firefighters of the 89
	130	+	International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO, appointed by the 90
	131	+	majority leader of the House of Representatives; 91
	132	+	(10) A member of The Connecticut State Firefighter's Association, 92
	133	+	appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 93
	134	+	(11) A member of the Connecticut Fire Department Instructors 94
	135	+	Association, appointed by the minority leader of the House of 95
	136	+	Representatives; 96
	137	+	(12) A member of the Connecticut Fire Marshals Association, 97
	138	+	appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 98
	139	+	(13) A representative of the Connecticut Council of Small Towns, 99
	140	+	appointed by the House chairperson of the joint standing committee of 100
	141	+	the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public 101
	142	+	safety and security; 102
	143	+	(14) A representative of the Connecticut Conference of 103
	144	+	Municipalities, appointed by the Senate chairperson of the joint 104
	145	+	standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 105
	146	+	matters relating to public safety and security; 106 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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164		-	commission's membership, and the commission shall elect from its
165		-	membership a vice chairperson and secretary, who shall serve one year
166		-	terms, provided nothing contained herein shall prevent their reelection
167		-	to such office. No member of said commission shall receive
168		-	compensation for such member's services.
169		-	(d) Members of the commission shall not be considered as holding
170		-	public office solely by virtue of their membership on said commission.
171		-	(e) On and after July 1, 2025, the members of the education committee
172		-	of the Connecticut State Firefighters Association, Inc., shall serve as a
173		-	subcommittee of the commission on matters relating to fire schools.
174		-	[(e)] (f) The commission shall be within the Department of Emergency
175		-	Services and Public Protection.
176		-	Sec. 3. Section 7-323l of the general statutes is repealed and the
177		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025):
178		-	(a) The commission shall:
179		-	(1) Recommend minimum standards of education and physical
180		-	condition [required of each candidate] for candidates for any firefighter
181		-	position;
182		-	(2) Establish standards for [a] fire service training and education
183		-	[program, on a voluntary basis] programs, and develop and conduct an
184		-	examination program to certify those fire service personnel who
185		-	satisfactorily demonstrate their ability to meet the requirements of the
186		-	fire service training and education program standards;
187		-	(3) Establish an optional fire service training and education program
188		-	in the handling of incidents, such as wandering, that involve juveniles
189		-	and adults with autism spectrum disorder, cognitive impairment or
190		-	nonverbal learning disorder, provided the curriculum for such Substitute House Bill No. 5483
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194		-	techniques is made available at no cost from (A) institutions of higher
195		-	education, health care professionals or advocacy organizations that are
196		-	concerned with juveniles and adults with autism spectrum disorder,
197		-	cognitive impairment or nonverbal learning disorder, or (B)
198		-	collaborations of such institutions, professionals or organizations;
199		-	(4) Conduct fire fighting training and education programs designed
200		-	to assist firefighters in developing and maintaining their skills and
201		-	keeping abreast of technological advances in fire suppression, fire
202		-	protection, fire prevention and related fields;
203		-	(5) Recommend standards for promotion to the various ranks of fire
204		-	departments;
205		-	(6) Be authorized, with the approval of the Commissioner of
206		-	Emergency Services and Public Protection, to apply for, receive and
207		-	distribute any state, federal or private funds or contributions available
208		-	for training and education of fire fighting personnel;
209		-	(7) Recommend that the Commissioner of Emergency Services and
210		-	Public Protection approve or reject the establishment of, or, when
211		-	appropriate, suspend or revoke the approval of, regional fire schools in
212		-	accordance with section 7-323u; [and]
213		-	(8) Advise the Division of Fire Services Administration within the
214		-	Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection on the
215		-	management of the Statewide Fire Service Disaster Response Plan;
216		-	(9) Implement the recommendations of the study of the fire service
217		-	authorized pursuant to subdivision (36) of subsection (b) of section 41
218		-	of public act 23-204; and
219		-	[(8)] (10) Submit to the Governor, the [Joint Legislative Management
220		-	Committee of the General Assembly] joint standing committee of the
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	154	+	Association, appointed by the House ranking member of the joint 108
	155	+	standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 109
	156	+	matters relating to public safety and security; 110
	157	+	(16) A representative of the Emergency Medical Services Advisory 111
	158	+	Board, appointed by the Senate ranking member of the joint standing 112
	159	+	committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 113
	160	+	relating to public safety and security; 114
	161	+	(17) The chairperson of the education committee of the Connecticut 115
	162	+	State Firefighters Association, Inc.; 116
	163	+	(18) The State Fire Marshal, or said State Fire Marshal's designee; 117
	164	+	(19) The forest protection supervisor within the Forestry Division of 118
	165	+	the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection; 119
	166	+	(20) The director of the Division of Emergency Management and 120
	167	+	Homeland Security within the Department of Emergency Services and 121
	168	+	Public Protection, or said director's designee, who shall be a nonvoting 122
	169	+	member; 123
	170	+	(21) The director of the Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit of the 124
	171	+	Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services 125
	172	+	and Public Protection, who shall be a nonvoting member; and 126
	173	+	(22) The executive director of the Connecticut Technical Education 127
	174	+	and Career System, or said executive director's designee, who shall be a 128
	175	+	nonvoting member. 129
	176	+	(b) On or before July fifteenth, annually, each organization to be 130
	177	+	represented on said commission shall submit to the [Governor] 131
	178	+	appropriate appointing authority a list of nominees for appointment to 132
	179	+	said commission, which list the [Governor] appointing authority may 133
	180	+	use when making appointments to said commission. [On or before 134
	181	+	September 1, 1975, the Governor shall appoint eight members of said 135 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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225		-	and security, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, and the
226		-	Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection an annual
227		-	report (A) relating to the activities, recommendations and
228		-	accomplishments of the commission, and (B) making recommendations
229		-	on the funding necessary for the operation of, the maintenance of and
230		-	capital improvements to the state fire school and regional fire schools.
231		-	(b) The commission may recommend, and the Commissioner of
232		-	Emergency Services and Public Protection may adopt, regulations in
233		-	accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 as necessary to implement
234		-	the provisions of this section.
235		-	Sec. 4. Section 7-323n of the general statutes is repealed and the
236		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025):
237		-	[There is established an Office of State Fire Administration, which
238		-	office] The Division of State Fire Services Administration within the
239		-	Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall: [(a)] (1)
240		-	Carry out the provisions of this part; [(b)] (2) administer the state's
241		-	responsibilities under federal laws relevant to fire service; [(c)] (3)
242		-	develop a master plan for fire prevention and control; and [(d)] (4) carry
243		-	out any other function which the commission may devise. [Subject to
244		-	the provisions of chapter 67, the commission may appoint such clerical
245		-	and other assistants as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions
246		-	of this section.]
247		-	Sec. 5. Section 7-323o of the general statutes is repealed and the
248		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025):
249		-	(a) There is established the position of State Fire Administrator. [who]
250		-	Prior to July 1, 2025, the State Fire Administrator shall be recommended
251		-	by the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control and be appointed by
252		-	the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. [and
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	188	+	commission to serve for a term of three years and on or before 136
	189	+	September 1, 1976, he shall appoint four members for a term of one year. 137
	190	+	Thereafter he] Appointing authorities shall appoint members to said 138
	191	+	commission, to replace those whose terms have expired, to serve for 139
	192	+	three years, or until a successor is appointed. Persons appointed to said 140
	193	+	commission shall be qualified, by experience or education, in the fields 141
	194	+	of fire protection, fire prevention, fire suppression, fire fighting and 142
	195	+	related fields. 143
	196	+	(c) The commission shall meet at such times and at such places as it 144
	197	+	deems proper. Said commission shall elect from its membership a 145
	198	+	[chairman, vice chairman] chairperson, vice chairperson and secretary 146
	199	+	who shall serve a one year term commencing on October first of the year 147
	200	+	in which they are elected, provided nothing contained herein shall 148
	201	+	prevent their reelection to such office. No member of said commission 149
	202	+	shall receive compensation for such member's services. 150
	203	+	(d) Members of the commission shall not be considered as holding 151
	204	+	public office solely by virtue of their membership on said commission. 152
	205	+	(e) The members of the education committee of the Connecticut State 153
	206	+	Firefighters Association, Inc., shall serve as a subcommittee of the 154
	207	+	commission on matters relating to fire schools. 155
	208	+	[(e)] (f) The commission shall be within the Department of Emergency 156
	209	+	Services and Public Protection. 157
	210	+	Sec. 3. Section 7-323l of the general statutes is repealed and the 158
	211	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 159
	212	+	(a) The commission shall: 160
	213	+	(1) [Recommend] Establish and periodically update required 161
	214	+	minimum standards of education and physical condition [required of 162
	215	+	each candidate] for candidates for any firefighter position; 163
	216	+	(2) Establish and periodically update required standards for [a] fire 164 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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257		-	occurring on or after July 1, 2025, the Commission on Fire Prevention
258		-	and Control may recommend candidates for the position of State Fire
259		-	Administrator to the commissioner, and the commissioner shall appoint
260		-	such State Fire Administrator, who shall be qualified for the position by
261		-	at least five years of experience in the fire service.
262		-	(b) The Division of Fire Services Administration shall:
263		-	[(1) Carry out the requirements of section 7-323n; (2) administer]
264		-	(1) Administer federal funds and grants allocated to the fire services
265		-	of the state; [(3) provide]
266		-	(2) Provide technical assistance and guidance to fire fighting forces of
267		-	any state or municipal agency; [(4) develop]
268		-	(3) Develop a centralized information and audiovisual library
269		-	regarding fire prevention and control; [(5) accumulate]
270		-	(4) Accumulate, disseminate and analyze fire prevention data; [(6)
271		-	recommend]
272		-	(5) Recommend specifications of fire service materials and equipment
273		-	and assist in the purchasing thereof; [(7) assist]
274		-	(6) Assist in mutual aid coordination; [(8) coordinate]
275		-	(7) Coordinate fire programs with those of the other states; [(9) assist]
276		-	(8) Assist in communications coordination; [(10) establish]
277		-	(9) Establish and maintain a fire service information program; [and
278		-	(11) review]
279		-	(10) Review and approve the purchase of fire apparatus or equipment
280		-	at state institutions, facilities and properties; [and, on and after July 1,
281		-	1985, coordinate the training and education of fire service personnel at Substitute House Bill No. 5483
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285		-	such institutions, facilities and properties.]
286		-	(11) Recommend and provide reports on revisions to statutes relating
287		-	to firefighter training and fire prevention and control;
288		-	(12) Advise and assist the Commission on Fire Prevention and
289		-	Control regarding legislative proposals;
290		-	(13) Encourage the expansion and improvement of existing regional
291		-	firefighter training facilities in cooperation with the Commission on Fire
292		-	Prevention and Control;
293		-	(14) Administer the state fire school and regional fire schools;
294		-	(15) Administer certification examinations, testing procedures and
295		-	reciprocity recognition for credentials in the fire service disciplines;
296		-	(16) Manage the Statewide Fire Service Disaster Response Plan, with
297		-	the advice of the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control; and
298		-	(17) Make recommendations to the Commission on Fire Prevention
299		-	and Control and the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public
300		-	Protection pertaining to the operational funding of the state fire school
301		-	and regional fire schools.
302		-	(c) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to apply to
303		-	forest fire prevention and control programs administered by the
304		-	Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to
305		-	sections 23-33 to 23-57, inclusive.
306		-	Sec. 6. Section 7-313m of the general statutes is repealed and the
307		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025):
308		-	(a) Not later than January 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the chief
309		-	of a volunteer fire department for a distressed municipality, as defined
310		-	in section 32-9p, shall submit to the [State Fire Administrator] Division Substitute House Bill No. 5483
	223	+	service training and education [program, on a voluntary basis] 165
	224	+	programs, and develop and conduct an examination program to certify 166
	225	+	those fire service personnel who satisfactorily demonstrate their ability 167
	226	+	to meet the requirements of the fire service training and education 168
	227	+	program standards; 169
	228	+	(3) Establish [an optional] a required fire service training and 170
	229	+	education program in the handling of incidents, such as wandering, that 171
	230	+	involve juveniles and adults with autism spectrum disorder, cognitive 172
	231	+	impairment or nonverbal learning disorder, provided the curriculum 173
	232	+	for such techniques is made available at no cost from (A) institutions of 174
	233	+	higher education, health care professionals or advocacy organizations 175
	234	+	that are concerned with juveniles and adults with autism spectrum 176
	235	+	disorder, cognitive impairment or nonverbal learning disorder, or (B) 177
	236	+	collaborations of such institutions, professionals or organizations; 178
	237	+	(4) Conduct fire fighting training and education programs designed 179
	238	+	to assist firefighters in developing and maintaining their skills and 180
	239	+	keeping abreast of technological advances in fire suppression, fire 181
	240	+	protection, fire prevention and related fields; 182
	241	+	(5) [Recommend] Establish standards for promotion to the various 183
	242	+	ranks of fire departments; 184
	243	+	(6) Be authorized, with the approval of the Commissioner of 185
	244	+	Emergency Services and Public Protection, to apply for, receive and 186
	245	+	distribute any state, federal or private funds or contributions available 187
	246	+	for training and education of fire fighting personnel; 188
	247	+	(7) Recommend that the Commissioner of Emergency Services and 189
	248	+	Public Protection approve or reject the establishment of, or, when 190
	249	+	appropriate, suspend or revoke the approval of, regional fire schools in 191
	250	+	accordance with section 7-323u; [and] 192
	251	+	(8) Distribute any state, federal or private funds or contributions for 193
	252	+	the daily operation of the state fire school and regional fire schools; and 194 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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314		-	of Fire Services Administration within the Department of Emergency
315		-	Services and Public Protection a report on the yearly average of the
316		-	number of volunteer firefighters from such municipality's volunteer fire
317		-	department who enrolled in Firefighter I certification and recruit
318		-	training based on the preceding four years, except the year commencing
319		-	January 1, 2020, shall not be included in any such four preceding years
320		-	for purposes of calculating such average.
321		-	(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year
322		-	thereafter, the [State Fire Administrator] Division of Fire Services
323		-	Administration shall award a grant to any distressed municipality with
324		-	a volunteer fire department for the purposes of covering costs related to
325		-	the provision of Firefighter I certification and recruit training for
326		-	volunteer firefighters at regional fire schools. The amount of such grant
327		-	award for each such distressed municipality shall be equal to the
328		-	product of (1) the average cost of a Firefighter I certification and recruit
329		-	training program at a regional fire school, and (2) the average number
330		-	of volunteer firefighters from such distressed municipality's volunteer
331		-	fire department who enrolled at a regional fire school for such
332		-	certification and training.
333		-	(c) Not later than February 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the [State
334		-	Fire Administrator] Division of Fire Services Administration shall
335		-	submit, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint
336		-	standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of
337		-	matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies a
338		-	report on the (1) reports submitted by the chiefs of volunteer fire
339		-	departments of distressed municipalities pursuant to subsection (a) of
340		-	this section, and (2) average cost of a Firefighter I certification and
341		-	recruit training program at a regional fire school.
342		-	Sec. 7. Section 7-323s of the general statutes is repealed and the
343		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): Substitute House Bill No. 5483
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	259	+	[(8)] (9) Submit to the Governor, the [Joint Legislative Management 195
	260	+	Committee of the General Assembly] joint standing committee of the 196
	261	+	General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety 197
	262	+	and security, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, and the 198
	263	+	Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection an annual 199
	264	+	report (A) relating to the activities, recommendations and 200
	265	+	accomplishments of the commission, and (B) making recommendations 201
	266	+	on the funding necessary for the operation of, the maintenance of and 202
	267	+	capital improvements to the state fire school and regional fire schools. 203
	268	+	(b) The commission may recommend, and the Commissioner of 204
	269	+	Emergency Services and Public Protection may adopt, regulations in 205
	270	+	accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 as necessary to implement 206
	271	+	the provisions of this section. 207
	272	+	Sec. 4. Section 7-323n of the general statutes is repealed and the 208
	273	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 209
	274	+	[There is established an Office of State Fire Administration, which 210
	275	+	office] The Division of State Fire Services Administration within the 211
	276	+	Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall: [(a)] (1) 212
	277	+	Carry out the provisions of this part; [(b)] (2) administer the state's 213
	278	+	responsibilities under federal laws relevant to fire service; [(c)] (3) 214
	279	+	develop a master plan for fire prevention and control; and [(d)] (4) carry 215
	280	+	out any other function which the commission may devise. [Subject to 216
	281	+	the provisions of chapter 67, the commission may appoint such clerical 217
	282	+	and other assistants as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions 218
	283	+	of this section.] 219
	284	+	Sec. 5. Section 7-323o of the general statutes is repealed and the 220
	285	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 221
	286	+	[There is established the position of State Fire Administrator who 222
	287	+	shall be recommended by the Commission on Fire Prevention and 223
	288	+	Control and appointed by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and 224
	289	+	Public Protection and who] (a) The Division of Fire Services 225 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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347		-	(a) The [State Fire Administrator] Division of Fire Services
348		-	Administration within the Department of Emergency Services and
349		-	Public Protection, within available appropriations, shall develop model
350		-	guidelines, on or before January 1, 2007, to be used by municipalities
351		-	with paid municipal emergency personnel and municipalities with
352		-	volunteer emergency personnel in entering into agreements authorizing
353		-	volunteer emergency personnel to serve during personal time.
354		-	(b) A municipality with paid municipal emergency personnel and a
355		-	municipality with volunteer emergency personnel may enter into an
356		-	agreement authorizing paid emergency personnel to serve during
357		-	personal time as active members of a volunteer fire department in the
358		-	municipality in which they reside. In developing such agreements, such
359		-	municipalities shall consider the model guidelines developed by the
360		-	[State Fire Administrator] Division of Fire Services Administration
361		-	within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection
362		-	pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
363		-	(c) The municipalities that are parties to an agreement entered into
364		-	under subsection (b) of this section may request the Labor
365		-	Commissioner to provide assistance, within available appropriations, in
366		-	resolving such issues arising out of the agreement as the commissioner
367		-	deems appropriate.
368		-	Sec. 8. Section 7-323v of the general statutes is repealed and the
369		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025):
370		-	(a) The [State Fire Administrator] Division of Fire Services
371		-	Administration within the Department of Emergency Services and
372		-	Public Protection shall, within available appropriations, pay five
373		-	hundred dollars to each volunteer fire company for each call to which it
374		-	responds on (1) a limited access highway, designated pursuant to
375		-	section 13b-27, (2) the section of the highway known as the Berlin
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380		-	in the town of Meriden and extends northerly along Route 15 to the
381		-	beginning of a section of limited access highway in the town of
382		-	Wethersfield known as South Meadows Expressway, or (3) the section
383		-	of Route 8 in the town of Beacon Falls which is within the boundaries of
384		-	the Naugatuck State Forest.
385		-	(b) No municipality that provides funds to a volunteer fire company
386		-	may reduce such funding based on the payments that such company
387		-	receives, or is anticipated to receive, under subsection (a) of this section.
388		-	Sec. 9. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2025) Any regional fire school may
389		-	receive and use federal, state or private funds or contributions for the
390		-	facilities and operations of such school.
391		-	Sec. 10. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a working
392		-	group to make recommendations regarding the structure and
393		-	operations of the Office of State Fire Marshal and the Office of Education
394		-	and Data Management within the Department of Administrative
395		-	Services in order to effectively administer code development, code
396		-	enforcement, fire prevention and fire investigation functions.
397		-	(b) The working group shall consist of the following members:
398		-	(1) The chairpersons, vice-chairpersons and ranking members of the
399		-	joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of
400		-	matters relating to public safety and security, or their designees;
401		-	(2) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection,
402		-	or the commissioner's designee;
403		-	(3) The Commissioner of Administrative Services, or the
404		-	commissioner's designee;
405		-	(4) The head of the Office of Education and Data Management within
406		-	the Department of Administrative Services; and Substitute House Bill No. 5483
	296	+	Administration shall: 226
	297	+	[(1) Carry out the requirements of section 7-323n; (2) administer] 227
	298	+	(1) Administer federal funds and grants allocated to the fire services 228
	299	+	of the state; [(3) provide] 229
	300	+	(2) Provide technical assistance and guidance to fire fighting forces of 230
	301	+	any state or municipal agency; [(4) develop] 231
	302	+	(3) Develop a centralized information and audiovisual library 232
	303	+	regarding fire prevention and control; [(5) accumulate] 233
	304	+	(4) Accumulate, disseminate and analyze fire prevention data; [(6) 234
	305	+	recommend] 235
	306	+	(5) Recommend specifications of fire service materials and equipment 236
	307	+	and assist in the purchasing thereof; [(7) assist] 237
	308	+	(6) Assist in mutual aid coordination; [(8) coordinate] 238
	309	+	(7) Coordinate fire programs with those of the other states; [(9) assist] 239
	310	+	(8) Assist in communications coordination; [(10) establish] 240
	311	+	(9) Establish and maintain a fire service information program; [and 241
	312	+	(11) review] 242
	313	+	(10) Review the purchase of fire apparatus or equipment at state 243
	314	+	institutions, facilities and properties; [and, on and after July 1, 1985, 244
	315	+	coordinate the training and education of fire service personnel at such 245
	316	+	institutions, facilities and properties.] 246
	317	+	(11) Recommend and provide reports on revisions to statutes relating 247
	318	+	to firefighter training and fire prevention and control; 248
	319	+	(12) Advise and assist the Commission on Fire Prevention and 249
	320	+	Control regarding legislative proposals; 250 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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410		-	(5) A representative of the Connecticut State Fire Marshals
411		-	Association, who shall be appointed by the chairpersons of the joint
412		-	standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of
413		-	matters relating to public safety and security.
414		-	(c) All initial appointments to the working group shall be made not
415		-	later than July 1, 2024. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing
416		-	authority.
417		-	(d) The working group shall select a chairperson from among its
418		-	members. Such chairperson shall schedule the first meeting of the
419		-	working group, which shall be held not later than August 1, 2024.
420		-	(e) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the
421		-	General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety
422		-	and security shall serve as administrative staff of the working group.
423		-	(f) Not later than January 1, 2025, the working group shall submit a
424		-	report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing
425		-	committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters
426		-	relating to public safety and security, in accordance with the provisions
427		-	of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The working group shall
428		-	terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2025,
429		-	whichever is later.
430		-	Sec. 11. Section 7-323j of the general statutes is repealed and the
431		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024):
432		-	As used in this part, "commission" means the Commission on Fire
433		-	Prevention and Control; "municipality" means town, city, consolidated
434		-	town and city, consolidated town and borough, borough, school district,
435		-	fire district, fire and sewer district, sewer district, lighting district or any
436		-	other municipal corporation or taxing district upon which is placed the
437		-	duty of, or which has itself assumed the duty of, protecting its
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	327	+	(13) Encourage the expansion and improvement of existing local 251
	328	+	firefighter training facilities in cooperation with the Commission on Fire 252
	329	+	Prevention and Control; 253
	330	+	(14) Administer the state fire school; 254
	331	+	(15) Administer certification examinations, testing procedures and 255
	332	+	reciprocity recognition for credentials in the fire service disciplines; and 256
	333	+	(16) Make recommendations to the Commission on Fire Prevention 257
	334	+	and Control pertaining to the operational funding of the state fire school 258
	335	+	and regional fire schools. 259
	336	+	(b) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to apply to 260
	337	+	forest fire prevention and control programs administered by the 261
	338	+	Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to 262
	339	+	sections 23-33 to 23-57, inclusive. 263
	340	+	Sec. 6. Section 5-198 of the 2024 supplement to the general statutes is 264
	341	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 265
	342	+	2025): 266
	343	+	The offices and positions filled by the following-described 267
	344	+	incumbents shall be exempt from the classified service: 268
	345	+	(1) All officers and employees of the Judicial Department; 269
	346	+	(2) All officers and employees of the Legislative Department; 270
	347	+	(3) All officers elected by popular vote; 271
	348	+	(4) All agency heads, members of boards and commissions and other 272
	349	+	officers appointed by the Governor; 273
	350	+	(5) All persons designated by name in any special act to hold any state 274
	351	+	office; 275
	352	+	(6) All officers, noncommissioned officers and enlisted men in the 276 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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442		-	duties performed in connection with the suppression and prevention of
443		-	fires, fire training and rescue, fire investigation, arson investigation,
444		-	details and assignments to protect the public safety against fire and
445		-	other related work; "firefighters" means any person who is regularly
446		-	employed and paid by any municipality or by a contractor which is a
447		-	nonprofit corporation for the purpose of performing fire fighting duties
448		-	for a municipality on an average of not less than thirty-five hours per
449		-	week or any volunteer who performs fire fighting duties. [and who
450		-	elects to cooperate with the commission in accordance with section 7-
451		-	323m.]
452		-	Sec. 12. Section 7-323m of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective
453		-	July 1, 2025)
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	359	+	military or naval service of the state and under military or naval 277
	360	+	discipline and control; 278
	361	+	(7) (A) All correctional wardens, as provided in section 18-82, and (B) 279
	362	+	all superintendents of state institutions, the State Librarian, the 280
	363	+	president of The University of Connecticut and any other commissioner 281
	364	+	or administrative head of a state department or institution who is 282
	365	+	appointed by a board or commission responsible by statute for the 283
	366	+	administration of such department or institution; 284
	367	+	(8) The State Historian appointed by the State Library Board; 285
	368	+	(9) Deputies to the administrative head of each department or 286
	369	+	institution designated by statute to act for and perform all of the duties 287
	370	+	of such administrative head during such administrative head's absence 288
	371	+	or incapacity; 289
	372	+	(10) Executive assistants to each state elective officer and each 290
	373	+	department head, as defined in section 4-5, provided (A) each position 291
	374	+	of executive assistant shall have been created in accordance with section 292
	375	+	5-214, and (B) in no event shall the Commissioner of Administrative 293
	376	+	Services or the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management 294
	377	+	approve more than four executive assistants for a department head and, 295
	378	+	for any department with two or more deputies, more than two executive 296
	379	+	assistants for each such deputy; 297
	380	+	(11) One personal secretary to the administrative head and to each 298
	381	+	undersecretary or deputy to such head of each department or 299
	382	+	institution; 300
	383	+	(12) All members of the professional and technical staffs of the 301
	384	+	constituent units of the state system of higher education, as defined in 302
	385	+	section 10a-1, of all other state institutions of learning, of the Board of 303
	386	+	Regents for Higher Education, and of the agricultural experiment 304
	387	+	station at New Haven, professional and managerial employees of the 305
	388	+	Department of Education and the Office of Early Childhood, teachers 306
	389	+	and administrators employed by the Technical Education and Career 307 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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	396	+	System and teachers certified by the State Board of Education and 308
	397	+	employed in teaching positions at state institutions; 309
	398	+	(13) Physicians, dentists, student nurses in institutions and other 310
	399	+	professional specialists who are employed on a part-time basis; 311
	400	+	(14) Persons employed to make or conduct a special inquiry, 312
	401	+	investigation, examination or installation; 313
	402	+	(15) Students in educational institutions who are employed on a part-314
	403	+	time basis; 315
	404	+	(16) Forest fire wardens provided for by section 23-36; 316
	405	+	(17) Patients or inmates of state institutions who receive 317
	406	+	compensation for services rendered therein; 318
	407	+	(18) Employees of the Governor including employees working at the 319
	408	+	executive office, official executive residence at 990 Prospect Avenue, 320
	409	+	Hartford and the Washington D.C. office; 321
	410	+	(19) Persons filling positions expressly exempted by statute from the 322
	411	+	classified service; 323
	412	+	(20) Librarians employed by the State Board of Education or any 324
	413	+	constituent unit of the state system of higher education; 325
	414	+	(21) All officers and employees of the Division of Criminal Justice; 326
	415	+	(22) Professional employees in the education professions bargaining 327
	416	+	unit of the Department of Aging and Disability Services; 328
	417	+	(23) Lieutenant colonels in the Division of State Police within the 329
	418	+	Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection; 330
	419	+	(24) The Deputy State Fire Marshal within the Department of 331
	420	+	[Administrative Services] Emergency Services and Public Protection; 332
	421	+	(25) The chief administrative officer of the Workers' Compensation 333 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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	428	+	Commission; 334
	429	+	(26) Employees in the education professions bargaining unit; 335
	430	+	(27) Disability policy specialists employed by the Council on 336
	431	+	Developmental Disabilities; 337
	432	+	(28) The director for digital media and motion picture activities in the 338
	433	+	Department of Economic and Community Development; and 339
	434	+	(29) Any Director of Communications 1, Director of Communications 340
	435	+	1 (Rc), Director of Communications 2, Director of Communications 2 341
	436	+	(Rc), Legislative Program Manager, Communications and Legislative 342
	437	+	Program Manager, Director of Legislation, Regulation and 343
	438	+	Communication, Legislative and Administrative Advisor 1, or 344
	439	+	Legislative and Administrative Advisor 2 as such positions are 345
	440	+	classified within the Executive Department. 346
	441	+	Sec. 7. Section 7-313m of the general statutes is repealed and the 347
	442	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 348
	443	+	(a) Not later than January 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the chief 349
	444	+	of a volunteer fire department for a distressed municipality, as defined 350
	445	+	in section 32-9p, shall submit to the [State Fire Administrator] Division 351
	446	+	of Fire Services Administration within the Department of Emergency 352
	447	+	Services and Public Protection a report on the yearly average of the 353
	448	+	number of volunteer firefighters from such municipality's volunteer fire 354
	449	+	department who enrolled in Firefighter I certification and recruit 355
	450	+	training based on the preceding four years, except the year commencing 356
	451	+	January 1, 2020, shall not be included in any such four preceding years 357
	452	+	for purposes of calculating such average. 358
	453	+	(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year 359
	454	+	thereafter, the [State Fire Administrator] Division of Fire Services 360
	455	+	Administration shall award a grant to any distressed municipality with 361
	456	+	a volunteer fire department for the purposes of covering costs related to 362
	457	+	the provision of Firefighter I certification and recruit training for 363 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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	464	+	volunteer firefighters at regional fire schools. The amount of such grant 364
	465	+	award for each such distressed municipality shall be equal to the 365
	466	+	product of (1) the average cost of a Firefighter I certification and recruit 366
	467	+	training program at a regional fire school, and (2) the average number 367
	468	+	of volunteer firefighters from such distressed municipality's volunteer 368
	469	+	fire department who enrolled at a regional fire school for such 369
	470	+	certification and training. 370
	471	+	(c) Not later than February 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the [State 371
	472	+	Fire Administrator] Division of Fire Services Administration shall 372
	473	+	submit, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint 373
	474	+	standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 374
	475	+	matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies a 375
	476	+	report on the (1) reports submitted by the chiefs of volunteer fire 376
	477	+	departments of distressed municipalities pursuant to subsection (a) of 377
	478	+	this section, and (2) average cost of a Firefighter I certification and 378
	479	+	recruit training program at a regional fire school. 379
	480	+	Sec. 8. Section 7-323s of the general statutes is repealed and the 380
	481	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 381
	482	+	(a) The [State Fire Administrator] Division of Fire Services 382
	483	+	Administration within the Department of Emergency Services and 383
	484	+	Public Protection, within available appropriations, shall develop model 384
	485	+	guidelines, on or before January 1, 2007, to be used by municipalities 385
	486	+	with paid municipal emergency personnel and municipalities with 386
	487	+	volunteer emergency personnel in entering into agreements authorizing 387
	488	+	volunteer emergency personnel to serve during personal time. 388
	489	+	(b) A municipality with paid municipal emergency personnel and a 389
	490	+	municipality with volunteer emergency personnel may enter into an 390
	491	+	agreement authorizing paid emergency personnel to serve during 391
	492	+	personal time as active members of a volunteer fire department in the 392
	493	+	municipality in which they reside. In developing such agreements, such 393
	494	+	municipalities shall consider the model guidelines developed by the 394
	495	+	[State Fire Administrator] Division of Fire Services Administration 395 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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	502	+	within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection 396
	503	+	pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. 397
	504	+	(c) The municipalities that are parties to an agreement entered into 398
	505	+	under subsection (b) of this section may request the Labor 399
	506	+	Commissioner to provide assistance, within available appropriations, in 400
	507	+	resolving such issues arising out of the agreement as the commissioner 401
	508	+	deems appropriate. 402
	509	+	Sec. 9. Section 7-323v of the general statutes is repealed and the 403
	510	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 404
	511	+	(a) The [State Fire Administrator] Division of Fire Services 405
	512	+	Administration within the Department of Emergency Services and 406
	513	+	Public Protection shall, within available appropriations, pay five 407
	514	+	hundred dollars to each volunteer fire company for each call to which it 408
	515	+	responds on (1) a limited access highway, designated pursuant to 409
	516	+	section 13b-27, (2) the section of the highway known as the Berlin 410
	517	+	Turnpike, which begins at the end of the existing Wilbur Cross Parkway 411
	518	+	in the town of Meriden and extends northerly along Route 15 to the 412
	519	+	beginning of a section of limited access highway in the town of 413
	520	+	Wethersfield known as South Meadows Expressway, or (3) the section 414
	521	+	of Route 8 in the town of Beacon Falls which is within the boundaries of 415
	522	+	the Naugatuck State Forest. 416
	523	+	(b) No municipality that provides funds to a volunteer fire company 417
	524	+	may reduce such funding based on the payments that such company 418
	525	+	receives, or is anticipated to receive, under subsection (a) of this section. 419
	526	+	Sec. 10. Subsection (a) of section 14-103d of the general statutes is 420
	527	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 421
	528	+	2025): 422
	529	+	(a) No motor vehicle which uses any pressurized gas except natural 423
	530	+	gas or hydrogen as a fuel for its engine may enter or be parked in any 424
	531	+	area that is under grade level. Any vehicle within the state which carries 425
	532	+	any pressurized gas as its fuel in a tank attached to the vehicle in any 426 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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	539	+	concealed area, including, but not limited to, trunks, compartments or 427
	540	+	under such vehicle, except a vehicle that is in compliance with all 428
	541	+	applicable federal codes and standards for light duty passenger use, 429
	542	+	shall have displayed on its exterior the words "Pressurized Flammable 430
	543	+	Gas" or a standard abbreviation or symbol as determined by the [Office 431
	544	+	of the State Fire Marshal] Division of Fire Services Administration 432
	545	+	within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in 433
	546	+	block letters at least two inches high, which letters shall be of contrasting 434
	547	+	colors and shall be placed as near as possible to the area where the tank 435
	548	+	is located. No person may dispense any pressurized gas used as a 436
	549	+	vehicle fuel into any tank in a concealed area of a vehicle unless the 437
	550	+	vehicle is in compliance with the requirements of this subsection. The 438
	551	+	Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall adopt regulations in accordance 439
	552	+	with the provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the provisions of this 440
	553	+	section. 441
	554	+	Sec. 11. Subsection (a) of section 19a-510a of the general statutes is 442
	555	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 443
	556	+	2025): 444
	557	+	(a) The attending physician, the director of a health care institution, 445
	558	+	his designee, or any health care provider shall report the provision of 446
	559	+	treatment for (1) a second or third degree burn to five per cent or more 447
	560	+	of the body, (2) any burn to the upper respiratory tract, (3) laryngeal 448
	561	+	edema due to the inhalation of superheated air, (4) each case of a burn 449
	562	+	injury which is likely to or may result in death, and (5) any injury 450
	563	+	resulting from the use of fireworks, immediately, by telephone, to the 451
	564	+	local fire marshal of the jurisdiction where the incident which caused 452
	565	+	the burn occurred, and within forty-eight hours, in writing, to the 453
	566	+	[Office of the State Fire Marshal] Division of Fire Services 454
	567	+	Administration within the Department of Emergency Services and 455
	568	+	Public Protection on forms provided by that office. The office shall 456
	569	+	compile the information and publish a statistical abstract to be 457
	570	+	submitted annually to local fire marshals and the General Assembly. 458
	571	+	Sec. 12. Subdivision (10) of section 20-330 of the general statutes is 459 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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	578	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 460
	579	+	2025): 461
	580	+	(10) "State Fire Marshal" means the State Fire Marshal appointed by 462
	581	+	the Commissioner of [Administrative Services] Emergency Services and 463
	582	+	Public Protection; 464
	583	+	Sec. 13. Subsection (a) of section 29-1ff of the general statutes is 465
	584	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 466
	585	+	2025): 467
	586	+	(a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, 468
	587	+	in consultation with [the Commissioner of Administrative Services,] the 469
	588	+	State Fire Marshal, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management 470
	589	+	and the chairman of the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, 471
	590	+	shall, within available appropriations, establish and administer a pilot 472
	591	+	program for the purpose of implementing a data collection system 473
	592	+	related to fire and rescue service delivery in the state. For a period of 474
	593	+	three years commencing from July 1, 2022, the commissioner shall 475
	594	+	administer such pilot program in any local or regional fire department 476
	595	+	or district that has self-identified as challenged or in crisis regarding the 477
	596	+	delivery of fire and rescue services. 478
	597	+	Sec. 14. Section 29-250 of the general statutes is repealed and the 479
	598	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 480
	599	+	There shall be [(1) an Office of the State Fire Marshal, and (2)] an 481
	600	+	Office of the State Building Inspector, within the Department of 482
	601	+	Administrative Services. The head of [each] said office shall report to the 483
	602	+	Commissioner of Administrative Services. 484
	603	+	Sec. 15. Section 29-291 of the general statutes is repealed and the 485
	604	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 486
	605	+	For the purposes of this part and any other statute related to fire 487
	606	+	prevention and safety, the Commissioner of [Administrative Services] 488
	607	+	Emergency Services and Public Protection shall appoint a person to 489 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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	614	+	serve as the State Fire Marshal. The commissioner may delegate such 490
	615	+	powers as the commissioner deems expedient for the proper 491
	616	+	administration of this part and any other statute related to fire 492
	617	+	prevention and safety to any employee of (1) the Department of 493
	618	+	[Administrative Services] Emergency Services and Public Protection, (2) 494
	619	+	The University of Connecticut at Storrs Division of Public Safety, 495
	620	+	provided the commissioner and the president of The University of 496
	621	+	Connecticut enter into a memorandum of understanding concerning 497
	622	+	such delegation of powers in accordance with section 10a-109ff, and (3) 498
	623	+	the Connecticut Airport Authority upon any premises, road or land 499
	624	+	under the control of the authority, provided the commissioner and the 500
	625	+	executive director of the authority enter into a memorandum of 501
	626	+	understanding concerning such delegation of powers. 502
	627	+	Sec. 16. Section 29-291e of the general statutes is repealed and the 503
	628	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 504
	629	+	(a) For the purposes of this section, "proposed code" means a 505
	630	+	proposal by the State Fire Marshal, in coordination with the advisory 506
	631	+	committee for a new State Fire Prevention Code or for a change in, 507
	632	+	addition to or repeal of any provision of the State Fire Prevention Code 508
	633	+	and "advisory committee" means the advisory committee established 509
	634	+	under subsection (b) of section 29-291a. 510
	635	+	(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 54, the adoption of the 511
	636	+	State Fire Prevention Code and any amendments thereto shall not be 512
	637	+	required to comply with the provisions of chapter 54, except as provided 513
	638	+	in this section. 514
	639	+	(c) Prior to the adoption of the State Fire Prevention Code and any 515
	640	+	amendments thereto, the State Fire Marshal shall (1) post any proposed 516
	641	+	code, a statement of purpose for which the proposed code is proposed, 517
	642	+	a fiscal note associated with compliance with the proposed code 518
	643	+	prepared pursuant to section 4-168 and a regulatory flexibility analysis 519
	644	+	prepared pursuant to section 4-168a on the Internet web site of the 520
	645	+	Department of [Administrative Services] Emergency Services and 521 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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	652	+	Public Protection, (2) give notice electronically to the joint standing 522
	653	+	committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 523
	654	+	relating to public safety and security, (3) give notice to any person who 524
	655	+	has requested the State Fire Marshal for advance notice of the proposed 525
	656	+	code adoption proceedings, (4) provide for a public comment period of 526
	657	+	forty-five days following the posting of such proposed code, fiscal note 527
	658	+	and regulatory flexibility analysis, and (5) hold a public hearing on the 528
	659	+	proposed code not less than twenty nor more than thirty-five days after 529
	660	+	such posting. 530
	661	+	(d) After the close of the public comment period, the State Fire 531
	662	+	Marshal, in coordination with the advisory committee, shall respond to 532
	663	+	each written and oral comment respecting the proposed code received 533
	664	+	during the public comment period and at the public hearing. Such 534
	665	+	response shall include any change made to the proposed code if 535
	666	+	applicable, and the rationale for such change. The State Fire Marshal 536
	667	+	shall post such response on the Internet web site of the Department of 537
	668	+	[Administrative Services] Emergency Services and Public Protection not 538
	669	+	later than thirty days after the close of the public comment period. 539
	670	+	(e) The State Fire Marshal, in coordination with the advisory 540
	671	+	committee, shall create and maintain a code-making record for each 541
	672	+	proposed code, submit such code-making record electronically to the 542
	673	+	standing legislative regulation review committee and the joint standing 543
	674	+	committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 544
	675	+	relating to public safety and security, and post such code-making record 545
	676	+	on the Internet web site of the Department of [Administrative Services] 546
	677	+	Emergency Services and Public Protection. Such code-making record 547
	678	+	shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) The final wording of the 548
	679	+	proposed code in a format consistent with a nationally recognized 549
	680	+	model building code, (2) the fiscal note prepared pursuant to subsection 550
	681	+	(c) of this section, (3) the regulatory flexibility analysis prepared 551
	682	+	pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, (4) all written and oral 552
	683	+	comments received during the public comment period, and (5) the 553
	684	+	response to such comments prepared pursuant to subsection (d) of this 554 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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	691	+	section. 555
	692	+	(f) The standing legislative regulation review committee shall have 556
	693	+	not more than forty-five days from the date the code-making record is 557
	694	+	submitted to the committee pursuant to subsection (e) of this section to 558
	695	+	convene a meeting to approve, disapprove or reject without prejudice 559
	696	+	the proposed code, in whole or in part. If the proposed code is 560
	697	+	withdrawn, the State Fire Marshal shall resubmit the proposed code and 561
	698	+	the committee shall have not more than forty-five days from the date of 562
	699	+	such resubmittal to convene a meeting to approve, disapprove or reject 563
	700	+	without prejudice the resubmitted proposed code. If the committee 564
	701	+	notifies the State Fire Marshal in writing that it is waiving its right to 565
	702	+	convene a meeting or does not act on a proposed code or a resubmitted 566
	703	+	proposed code, as the case may be, within such forty-five-day period, 567
	704	+	the proposed code or resubmitted proposed code shall be deemed to be 568
	705	+	approved by the committee. 569
	706	+	(g) If the committee disapproves a proposed code, in whole or in part, 570
	707	+	the committee shall notify the State Fire Marshal of the disapproval and 571
	708	+	the reasons for the disapproval. The State Fire Marshal shall not take 572
	709	+	any action to implement such disapproved code, except that the State 573
	710	+	Fire Marshal may submit a substantively new proposed code in 574
	711	+	accordance with the provisions of this section, provided the General 575
	712	+	Assembly may reverse such disapproval in accordance with the 576
	713	+	provisions of section 4-171. 577
	714	+	(h) If the committee rejects a proposed code without prejudice, in 578
	715	+	whole or in part, the committee shall notify the State Fire Marshal of the 579
	716	+	reasons for the rejection and the State Fire Marshal shall resubmit the 580
	717	+	proposed code in revised form to the committee not later than thirty 581
	718	+	days after the date of rejection without prejudice. Each resubmission of 582
	719	+	the proposed code under this subsection shall include a summary of any 583
	720	+	revisions to the proposed code. The committee shall have not more than 584
	721	+	forty-five days after the receipt of the resubmittal to review and take 585
	722	+	action on such resubmitted proposed code in the same manner as 586
	723	+	provided in subsection (f) of this section. 587 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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	730	+	(i) The State Fire Prevention Code or any amendment thereto 588
	731	+	approved or deemed approved by the committee pursuant to subsection 589
	732	+	(f) of this section is effective and enforceable against any person or party 590
	733	+	upon its posting on the Internet web site of the Department of 591
	734	+	[Administrative Services] Emergency Services and Public Protection, 592
	735	+	except that: (1) If a later date is required by statute or specified in the 593
	736	+	code, the later date is the effective date, and (2) a code may not be 594
	737	+	effective before the effective date of the public act requiring or 595
	738	+	permitting the code. Such posting shall include a statement by the State 596
	739	+	Fire Marshal certifying that the electronic copy of the code is a true and 597
	740	+	accurate copy of the code approved or deemed approved in accordance 598
	741	+	with subsection (f) of this section. The electronic copy of the State Fire 599
	742	+	Prevention Code posted on the Internet web site of the Department of 600
	743	+	[Administrative Services] Emergency Services and Public Protection 601
	744	+	shall be the official version for all purposes, including all legal and 602
	745	+	administrative proceedings. 603
	746	+	(j) No provision of the State Fire Prevention Code or any amendment 604
	747	+	thereto adopted after May 31, 2016, is valid unless adopted in 605
	748	+	substantial compliance with the requirements of this section. A 606
	749	+	proceeding to contest any provision of the code on the ground of 607
	750	+	noncompliance with the requirements of this section shall be 608
	751	+	commenced within two years from the effective date of the code. 609
	752	+	(k) The State Fire Marshal shall advise the public concerning how to 610
	753	+	obtain a copy of the State Fire Prevention Code and any amendments 611
	754	+	thereto. 612
	755	+	Sec. 17. Section 29-292a of the general statutes is repealed and the 613
	756	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 614
	757	+	(a) For the purposes of this section, "proposed code" means a 615
	758	+	proposal by the State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards 616
	759	+	Committee for a new Fire Safety Code or for a change in, addition to or 617
	760	+	repeal of any provision of the Fire Safety Code. 618 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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	767	+	(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 54, the adoption of the 619
	768	+	Fire Safety Code and any amendments thereto shall not be required to 620
	769	+	comply with the provisions of chapter 54, except as provided in this 621
	770	+	section. 622
	771	+	(c) Prior to the adoption of the Fire Safety Code and any amendments 623
	772	+	thereto, the State Fire Marshal shall (1) post any proposed code, a 624
	773	+	statement of purpose for which the proposed code is proposed, a fiscal 625
	774	+	note associated with compliance with the proposed code prepared 626
	775	+	pursuant to section 4-168, and a regulatory flexibility analysis prepared 627
	776	+	pursuant to section 4-168a on the Internet web site of the Department of 628
	777	+	[Administrative Services] Emergency Services and Public Protection, (2) 629
	778	+	give notice electronically to the joint standing committee of the General 630
	779	+	Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety and 631
	780	+	security, (3) give notice to any person who has requested the State Fire 632
	781	+	Marshal for advance notice of the proposed code adoption proceedings, 633
	782	+	(4) provide for a public comment period of forty-five days following the 634
	783	+	posting of such proposed code, fiscal note and regulatory flexibility 635
	784	+	analysis, and (5) hold a public hearing on the proposed code not less 636
	785	+	than twenty nor more than thirty-five days after such posting. 637
	786	+	(d) After the close of the public comment period, the State Fire 638
	787	+	Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee shall respond to each 639
	788	+	written and oral comment respecting the proposed code received 640
	789	+	during the public comment period and at the public hearing. Such 641
	790	+	response shall include any change made to the proposed code if 642
	791	+	applicable, and the rationale for such change. The State Fire Marshal 643
	792	+	shall post such response on the Internet web site of the Department of 644
	793	+	[Administrative Services] Emergency Services and Public Protection not 645
	794	+	later than thirty days after the close of the public comment period. 646
	795	+	(e) The State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee 647
	796	+	shall create and maintain a code-making record for each proposed code, 648
	797	+	submit such code-making record electronically to the standing 649
	798	+	legislative regulation review committee and the joint standing 650
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	806	+	relating to public safety and security, and post such code-making record 652
	807	+	on the Internet web site of the Department of [Administrative Services] 653
	808	+	Emergency Services and Public Protection. Such code-making record 654
	809	+	shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) The final wording of the 655
	810	+	proposed code in a format consistent with a nationally recognized 656
	811	+	model building code, (2) the fiscal note prepared pursuant to subsection 657
	812	+	(c) of this section, (3) the regulatory flexibility analysis prepared 658
	813	+	pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, (4) all written and oral 659
	814	+	comments received during the public comment period, and (5) the 660
	815	+	response to such comments prepared pursuant to subsection (d) of this 661
	816	+	section. 662
	817	+	(f) The standing legislative regulation review committee shall have 663
	818	+	not more than forty-five days from the date the code-making record is 664
	819	+	submitted to the committee pursuant to subsection (e) of this section to 665
	820	+	convene a meeting to approve, disapprove or reject without prejudice 666
	821	+	the proposed code, in whole or in part. If the proposed code is 667
	822	+	withdrawn, the State Fire Marshal shall resubmit the proposed code and 668
	823	+	the committee shall have not more than forty-five days from the date of 669
	824	+	such resubmittal to convene a meeting to approve, disapprove or reject 670
	825	+	without prejudice the resubmitted proposed code. If the committee 671
	826	+	notifies the State Fire Marshal in writing that it is waiving its right to 672
	827	+	convene a meeting or does not act on a proposed code or a resubmitted 673
	828	+	proposed code, as the case may be, within such forty-five-day period, 674
	829	+	the proposed code or resubmitted proposed code shall be deemed to be 675
	830	+	approved by the committee. 676
	831	+	(g) If the committee disapproves a proposed code, in whole or in part, 677
	832	+	the committee shall notify the State Fire Marshal of the disapproval and 678
	833	+	the reasons for the disapproval. The State Fire Marshal shall not take 679
	834	+	any action to implement such disapproved code, except that the State 680
	835	+	Fire Marshal may submit a substantively new proposed code in 681
	836	+	accordance with the provisions of this section, provided the General 682
	837	+	Assembly may reverse such disapproval in accordance with the 683
	838	+	provisions of section 4-171. 684 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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	845	+	(h) If the committee rejects a proposed code without prejudice, in 685
	846	+	whole or in part, the committee shall notify the State Fire Marshal of the 686
	847	+	reasons for the rejection and the State Fire Marshal shall resubmit the 687
	848	+	proposed code in revised form to the committee not later than thirty 688
	849	+	days after the date of rejection without prejudice. Each resubmission of 689
	850	+	the proposed code under this subsection shall include a summary of any 690
	851	+	revisions to the proposed code. The committee shall have not more than 691
	852	+	forty-five days after the receipt of the resubmittal to review and take 692
	853	+	action on such resubmitted proposed code in the same manner as 693
	854	+	provided in subsection (f) of this section. 694
	855	+	(i) The Fire Safety Code or any amendment thereto approved or 695
	856	+	deemed approved by the committee pursuant to subsection (f) of this 696
	857	+	section is effective and enforceable against any person or party upon its 697
	858	+	posting on the Internet web site of the Department of [Administrative 698
	859	+	Services] Emergency Services and Public Protection, except that: (1) If a 699
	860	+	later date is required by statute or specified in the code, the later date is 700
	861	+	the effective date, and (2) a code may not be effective before the effective 701
	862	+	date of the public act requiring or permitting the code. Such posting 702
	863	+	shall include a statement by the State Fire Marshal certifying that the 703
	864	+	electronic copy of the code is a true and accurate copy of the code 704
	865	+	approved or deemed approved in accordance with subsection (f) of this 705
	866	+	section. The electronic copy of the Fire Safety Code posted on the 706
	867	+	Internet web site of the Department of [Administrative Services] 707
	868	+	Emergency Services and Public Protection shall be the official version 708
	869	+	for all purposes, including all legal and administrative proceedings. 709
	870	+	(j) No provision of the Fire Safety Code or any amendment thereto 710
	871	+	adopted after May 31, 2016, is valid unless adopted in substantial 711
	872	+	compliance with the requirements of this section. A proceeding to 712
	873	+	contest any provision of the code on the ground of noncompliance with 713
	874	+	the requirements of this section shall be commenced within two years 714
	875	+	from the effective date of the code. 715
	876	+	(k) The State Fire Marshal shall advise the public concerning how to 716
	877	+	obtain a copy of the Fire Safety Code and any amendments thereto. 717 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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	883	+
	884	+	Sec. 18. Section 29-294 of the general statutes is repealed and the 718
	885	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 719
	886	+	The Fire Safety Code and all amendments to said code shall be posted 720
	887	+	on the Internet web site of the Department of [Administrative Services] 721
	888	+	Emergency Services and Public Protection in accordance with section 722
	889	+	29-292a, as amended by this act, and, in addition, a copy shall be 723
	890	+	provided to each local fire marshal, fire chief and building inspector, 724
	891	+	and other governmental officials who request said code. 725
	892	+	Sec. 19. Section 29-298a of the general statutes is repealed and the 726
	893	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 727
	894	+	There shall be established within the Department of [Administrative 728
	895	+	Services] Emergency Services and Public Protection a Fire Marshal 729
	896	+	Training Council which shall advise the State Fire Marshal and the 730
	897	+	Codes and Standards Committee on all matters pertaining to (1) 731
	898	+	certification training programs, (2) decertification hearings, (3) in-732
	899	+	service training for fire marshals in the state, and (4) programs for all 733
	900	+	other persons eligible to receive training pursuant to subsections (a) to 734
	901	+	(c), inclusive, of section 29-251c. The council shall be composed of 735
	902	+	twelve members as follows: The State Fire Marshal or his designee; a 736
	903	+	member of the Codes and Standards Committee to be elected by such 737
	904	+	committee; three members appointed by the Connecticut Fire Marshals 738
	905	+	Association, one of whom shall be a volunteer, one of whom shall be a 739
	906	+	part-time paid, and one of whom shall be a full-time, local fire marshal, 740
	907	+	deputy fire marshal or fire inspector; one member appointed by the 741
	908	+	Board of Regents for Higher Education; two members appointed by the 742
	909	+	Board of Trustees for the Community-Technical Colleges; the chief 743
	910	+	elected official of a municipality having a population in excess of 744
	911	+	seventy thousand persons, appointed by the Governor; the chief elected 745
	912	+	official of a municipality having a population of less than seventy 746
	913	+	thousand persons, appointed by the Governor; and two public 747
	914	+	members, appointed by the Governor. Members shall be residents of 748
	915	+	this state and shall not be compensated for their services but shall be 749
	916	+	reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their 750 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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	922	+
	923	+	duties. The council may elect such officers as it deems necessary. 751
	924	+	Sec. 20. Section 29-312 of the general statutes is repealed and the 752
	925	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 753
	926	+	The Commissioner of [Administrative Services] Emergency Services 754
	927	+	and Public Protection may appoint a Deputy State Fire Marshal who 755
	928	+	shall be subject to the supervision and direction of the [Commissioner 756
	929	+	of Administrative Services] commissioner and be vested with all the 757
	930	+	powers conferred upon the State Fire Marshal by section 29-310. 758
	931	+	Sec. 21. Section 29-315c of the general statutes is repealed and the 759
	932	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 760
	933	+	The Commissioner of [Administrative Services] Emergency Services 761
	934	+	and Public Protection may establish, within available appropriations, a 762
	935	+	public awareness campaign to educate the public concerning the 763
	936	+	dangers of not having smoke and carbon monoxide detection and 764
	937	+	warning equipment in residential dwellings and to promote the 765
	938	+	installation of smoke and carbon monoxide detection and warning 766
	939	+	equipment in all residential dwellings. 767
	940	+	Sec. 22. Section 29-319 of the general statutes is repealed and the 768
	941	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 769
	942	+	As used herein, "emergency" means the existence in any community 770
	943	+	of general distress because of a shortage of fuel, or threatened distress 771
	944	+	because of probable shortage of fuel, when public proclamation to that 772
	945	+	effect is made by the Governor; "hoard" means the withholding by any 773
	946	+	person, firm or corporation dealing in fuel of the same from sale or 774
	947	+	delivery at a reasonable price during an emergency; and "profiteer" 775
	948	+	means to hold for sale, or sell, fuel at an excessive profit, or charge an 776
	949	+	excessive rate or place unreasonable restrictions or conditions upon the 777
	950	+	sale, delivery or transportation of fuel. Whenever the Governor, by 778
	951	+	public proclamation, declares that an emergency exists, the provisions 779
	952	+	hereof may be enforced from the date of such proclamation until, in like 780
	953	+	manner, he declares the emergency at an end. During such emergency, 781 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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	959	+
	960	+	no person, firm or corporation, and no employee of any person, firm or 782
	961	+	corporation, shall hoard or profiteer in fuel, or hinder or obstruct or in 783
	962	+	any way interfere with its prompt sale, distribution or transportation. 784
	963	+	Each person, firm or corporation dealing in fuel shall make and keep 785
	964	+	accurate and complete written records of all transactions concerning the 786
	965	+	same, showing, as to each purchase and sale, the date, kind, quantity 787
	966	+	and price, the name and address of the vendor and vendee and the 788
	967	+	identity of the agency of delivery. No person, firm or corporation shall 789
	968	+	knowingly give any false, deceiving or misleading information, or 790
	969	+	knowingly engage in any transaction that is calculated to create false, 791
	970	+	deceiving or misleading information, or knowingly incorporate or 792
	971	+	permit to remain in his or its books, accounts or other printed or written 793
	972	+	record any information that is calculated to create or convey false, 794
	973	+	deceiving or misleading information essential to the ascertainment of 795
	974	+	the facts concerning his or its dealings and profit in fuel. During any 796
	975	+	emergency, the Labor Commissioner, any member of the Labor 797
	976	+	Department under his direction and any local fire marshal shall have 798
	977	+	and exercise, in the enforcement of this section, the same powers of 799
	978	+	investigation, as far as applicable, as are conferred upon local fire 800
	979	+	marshals under the provisions of this part, and the commissioner, in the 801
	980	+	enforcement of this section, shall have and exercise the same powers, as 802
	981	+	far as applicable, as are conferred upon the Commissioner of 803
	982	+	[Administrative Services] Emergency Services and Public Protection by 804
	983	+	the provisions of section 29-310. Any person, firm or corporation 805
	984	+	violating any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one 806
	985	+	thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. 807
	986	+	Sec. 23. Subsection (b) of section 29-417 of the general statutes is 808
	987	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 809
	988	+	2025): 810
	989	+	(b) Cigarettes to be sold, or offered for sale, to consumers within this 811
	990	+	state, whether directly or through a distributor, dealer, or similar 812
	991	+	intermediary or intermediaries, shall: (1) Have been tested in 813
	992	+	accordance with the test method specified in section 29-418, as amended 814 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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	998	+
	999	+	by this act, and meet the performance standard specified in section 29-815
	1000	+	418, as amended by this act; (2) have been listed in a written certification 816
	1001	+	submitted to the [Office of the State Fire Marshal] Division of Fire 817
	1002	+	Services Administration within the Department of Emergency Services 818
	1003	+	and Public Protection in accordance with section 29-419, as amended by 819
	1004	+	this act; and (3) be in packages marked in accordance with section 29-820
	1005	+	421. 821
	1006	+	Sec. 24. Section 29-418 of the general statutes is repealed and the 822
	1007	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 823
	1008	+	(a) All testing by or on behalf of a holder of a cigarette manufacturer's 824
	1009	+	license or by or on behalf of the [Office of the State Fire Marshal] 825
	1010	+	Division of Fire Services Administration within the Department of 826
	1011	+	Emergency Services and Public Protection to determine a cigarette's 827
	1012	+	compliance with the performance standard specified in this section shall 828
	1013	+	be conducted in accordance with the following requirements: 829
	1014	+	(1) Testing of cigarettes shall be conducted in accordance with the 830
	1015	+	American Society of Testing and Materials or "ASTM" standard E2187-831
	1016	+	04, "Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of 832
	1017	+	Cigarettes" or a subsequent ASTM Standard Test Method for Measuring 833
	1018	+	the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes upon a finding by the State Fire 834
	1019	+	Marshal that such subsequent method does not result in a change in the 835
	1020	+	percentage of full-length burns exhibited by any tested cigarette when 836
	1021	+	compared to the percentage of full-length burns the same cigarette 837
	1022	+	would exhibit when tested in accordance with ASTM standard E2187-838
	1023	+	04 and the performance standard in subdivision (3) of this subsection; 839
	1024	+	(2) Testing shall be conducted on ten layers of filter paper; 840
	1025	+	(3) Not more than twenty-five per cent of the cigarettes tested in a test 841
	1026	+	trial in accordance with this section shall exhibit full-length burns. Forty 842
	1027	+	replicate tests shall comprise a complete test trial for each cigarette 843
	1028	+	tested; 844
	1029	+	(4) The performance standard required by this section shall only be 845 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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	1035	+
	1036	+	applied to a complete test trial; 846
	1037	+	(5) Written certifications shall be based upon testing conducted by a 847
	1038	+	laboratory that has been accredited pursuant to standard ISO or IEC 848
	1039	+	17025 of the International Organization for Standardization or such 849
	1040	+	other comparable accreditation standard as the [Office of the State Fire 850
	1041	+	Marshal] Division of Fire Services Administration within the 851
	1042	+	Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection may require 852
	1043	+	by regulation; 853
	1044	+	(6) Laboratories conducting testing in accordance with this section 854
	1045	+	shall implement a quality control and quality assurance program that 855
	1046	+	includes a procedure that will determine the repeatability of the testing 856
	1047	+	results. The repeatability value shall be no greater than 0.19. Such 857
	1048	+	program ensures that the testing repeatability remains within the 858
	1049	+	required repeatability value set forth in this subdivision for all test trials 859
	1050	+	used to certify cigarettes in accordance with this section and section 29-860
	1051	+	419, as amended by this act; and 861
	1052	+	(7) No additional testing under this section is required if cigarettes 862
	1053	+	are tested consistent with this section for any other purpose. 863
	1054	+	(b) Each cigarette that uses lowered permeability bands in the 864
	1055	+	cigarette paper to achieve compliance with the performance standard 865
	1056	+	set forth in this section shall have not less than two nominally identical 866
	1057	+	bands on the paper surrounding the tobacco column. At least one 867
	1058	+	complete band shall be located not less than fifteen millimeters from the 868
	1059	+	lighting end of the cigarette. For cigarettes on which the bands are 869
	1060	+	positioned by design, there shall be not less than two bands fully located 870
	1061	+	at least fifteen millimeters from the lighting end and ten millimeters 871
	1062	+	from the filter end of the tobacco column, or ten millimeters from the 872
	1063	+	labeled end of the tobacco column for nonfiltered cigarettes. 873
	1064	+	(c) A holder of a cigarette manufacturer's license that manufactures a 874
	1065	+	cigarette that the State Fire Marshal determines cannot be tested in 875
	1066	+	accordance with the test method prescribed in subdivision (1) of 876 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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	1072	+
	1073	+	subsection (a) of this section may propose an alternate test method and 877
	1074	+	performance standard for the cigarette to the State Fire Marshal. Upon 878
	1075	+	approval and a determination by the State Fire Marshal that the 879
	1076	+	performance standard proposed by the holder is equivalent to the 880
	1077	+	performance standard prescribed in subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of 881
	1078	+	this section, the holder may employ such test method and performance 882
	1079	+	standard to certify such cigarette pursuant to section 29-419, as 883
	1080	+	amended by this act. If the State Fire Marshal determines that another 884
	1081	+	state has enacted reduced cigarette ignition propensity standards that 885
	1082	+	include a test method and performance standard that are the same as 886
	1083	+	those contained in this section, and the State Fire Marshal finds that the 887
	1084	+	officials responsible for implementing those requirements have 888
	1085	+	approved the proposed alternative test method and performance 889
	1086	+	standard for a particular cigarette proposed by a holder as meeting the 890
	1087	+	reduced cigarette ignition propensity standards of that state's law or 891
	1088	+	regulations under a legal provision comparable to this section, then the 892
	1089	+	State Fire Marshal shall authorize that holder to employ the alternative 893
	1090	+	test method and performance standard to certify that cigarette for sale 894
	1091	+	in this state, unless the State Fire Marshal has a reasonable basis for 895
	1092	+	deciding that the alternative test should not be accepted under said 896
	1093	+	sections. All other applicable requirements of this section shall apply to 897
	1094	+	the holder. 898
	1095	+	(d) Each holder of a cigarette manufacturer's license shall maintain 899
	1096	+	copies of the reports of all tests conducted on all cigarettes with respect 900
	1097	+	to which such holder has submitted written certification in accordance 901
	1098	+	with the provisions of section 29-419, as amended by this act. Such 902
	1099	+	holder shall provide copies of the reports available to the [Office of the 903
	1100	+	State Fire Marshal] Division of Fire Services Administration within the 904
	1101	+	Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and to the 905
	1102	+	office of the Attorney General upon written request. Any holder that 906
	1103	+	fails to provide such copies not later than sixty days after receiving a 907
	1104	+	written request shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten 908
	1105	+	thousand dollars for each day after the sixtieth day that the holder does 909
	1106	+	not make such copies available. 910 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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	1112	+
	1113	+	Sec. 25. Subsection (a) of section 29-419 of the general statutes is 911
	1114	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 912
	1115	+	2025): 913
	1116	+	(a) Each holder of a cigarette manufacturer's license shall submit to 914
	1117	+	the [Office of the State Fire Marshal] Division of Fire Services 915
	1118	+	Administration within the Department of Emergency Services and 916
	1119	+	Public Protection a written certification every three years attesting that: 917
	1120	+	(1) Each cigarette listed in the certification has been tested in accordance 918
	1121	+	with section 29-418, as amended by this act; and (2) each cigarette listed 919
	1122	+	in the certification meets the performance standard set forth in section 920
	1123	+	29-418, as amended by this act. 921
	1124	+	Sec. 26. Subsection (a) of section 29-420 of the general statutes is 922
	1125	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 923
	1126	+	2025): 924
	1127	+	(a) Not later than July 1, 2008, the [Office of the State Fire Marshal] 925
	1128	+	Division of Fire Services Administration within the Department of 926
	1129	+	Emergency Services and Public Protection shall develop and make 927
	1130	+	available for public inspection, on its web site and in such other forms 928
	1131	+	as the State Fire Marshal deems appropriate, a Connecticut Fire Safe 929
	1132	+	Cigarette Directory listing of all holders that have provided current 930
	1133	+	certifications conforming to the requirements of section 29-419, as 931
	1134	+	amended by this act, and all cigarettes that are listed in such 932
	1135	+	certifications. The State Fire Marshal shall update the directory as 933
	1136	+	necessary in order to correct mistakes and to add or remove a holder or 934
	1137	+	cigarette to keep the directory current and in conformity with the 935
	1138	+	requirements of sections 29-416 to 29-421, inclusive. 936
	1139	+	Sec. 27. Subsection (d) of section 29-453 of the 2024 supplement to the 937
	1140	+	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 938
	1141	+	thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 939
	1142	+	(d) The [Office of the State Fire Marshal] Division of Fire Services 940
	1143	+	Administration within the Department of Emergency Services and 941 Substitute Bill No. 5483
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	1149	+
	1150	+	Public Protection shall (1) in consultation with an association 942
	1151	+	representing the interests of realtors, a bar association and an 943
	1152	+	association representing the interests of fire marshals, develop a model 944
	1153	+	form that may be used for the affidavit required by subsection (a) of this 945
	1154	+	section, and (2) in consultation with an association representing the 946
	1155	+	interests of fire marshals, develop a guide outlining smoke detection 947
	1156	+	and warning equipment requirements to assist transferors with the 948
	1157	+	completion of such affidavit. 949
	1158	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	1159	+	sections:
	1160	+
	1161	+	Section 1 July 1, 2025 29-1b
	1162	+	Sec. 2 July 1, 2025 7-323k
	1163	+	Sec. 3 July 1, 2025 7-323l
	1164	+	Sec. 4 July 1, 2025 7-323n
	1165	+	Sec. 5 July 1, 2025 7-323o
	1166	+	Sec. 6 July 1, 2025 5-198
	1167	+	Sec. 7 July 1, 2025 7-313m
	1168	+	Sec. 8 July 1, 2025 7-323s
	1169	+	Sec. 9 July 1, 2025 7-323v
	1170	+	Sec. 10 July 1, 2025 14-103d(a)
	1171	+	Sec. 11 July 1, 2025 19a-510a(a)
	1172	+	Sec. 12 July 1, 2025 20-330(10)
	1173	+	Sec. 13 July 1, 2025 29-1ff(a)
	1174	+	Sec. 14 July 1, 2025 29-250
	1175	+	Sec. 15 July 1, 2025 29-291
	1176	+	Sec. 16 July 1, 2025 29-291e
	1177	+	Sec. 17 July 1, 2025 29-292a
	1178	+	Sec. 18 July 1, 2025 29-294
	1179	+	Sec. 19 July 1, 2025 29-298a
	1180	+	Sec. 20 July 1, 2025 29-312
	1181	+	Sec. 21 July 1, 2025 29-315c
	1182	+	Sec. 22 July 1, 2025 29-319
	1183	+	Sec. 23 July 1, 2025 29-417(b)
	1184	+	Sec. 24 July 1, 2025 29-418
	1185	+	Sec. 25 July 1, 2025 29-419(a)
	1186	+	Sec. 26 July 1, 2025 29-420(a)
	1187	+	Sec. 27 July 1, 2025 29-453(d) Substitute Bill No. 5483
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	1194	+
	1195	+	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
	1196	+	Sections 6, 12 and 13 were added to make conforming changes.
	1197	+
	1198	+	PS Joint Favorable Subst.
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