§ 6606 — Annual report; financial statement and budget

Delaware § 6606

• Jurisdiction: Delaware
• Title: 16
• Part: Safety
• Ch. 66: FIRE PREVENTION
• Subch.: State Fire Prevention Commission

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(a) The State Fire Prevention Commission shall annually, on or before September 30, transmit to the Governor a full report of its proceedings under this chapter and such statistics as it may wish to include therein. It shall also recommend any amendments to the law which in its judgment shall be desirable.

(b) Along with the annual report, the State Fire Prevention Commission shall transmit a financial statement showing all expenditures and income of the State Fire Prevention Commission covering the preceding 12 months, starting July 1 and ending June 30.

(c) In the even-numbered years the State Fire Prevention Commission shall submit to the Budget Commission a budget showing proposed expenditures for the biennium beginning July 1 next succeeding.

(d) The State Fire Prevention Commission shall be given the authority to reimburse volunteer fire companies which incur extraordinary expenses, an amount not to exceed the amount specified in the annual appropriations act, upon request from a volunteer fire company. An “extraordinary expense” under the provisions of this section shall be defined as an expense for which a volunteer fire company would not normally prepare for in its company budget and is not covered by said company’s own private insurance.

Legislative History

16 Del. C. 1953, § 6612; 52 Del. Laws, c. 5, § 1 ; 73 Del. Laws, c. 309, § 3 ; 77 Del. Laws, c. 444, § 4