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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Stapleton

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/23/07

HB 287

SHORT TITLE Firefighters Day of Remembrance

SB

ANALYST Wilson

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

Unknown

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 287 creates a firefighter day of remembrance each year on September 11 each year.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

If the legislature intends September 11 of each year to be a day to remember and honor

firefighters in our thoughts with special ceremonies and in educational programs in the schools,

the provisions of this bill can be handled in existing budgets.

If the bill is meant to make September 11 a formal holiday for the State then the costs will be

much higher as there will be one less working day each year

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The legislature wishes to celebrate the important, brave and compassionate work of firefighters

and honor all firefighters who have fallen in the line of duty.

TECHNICAL ISSUES

The bill does not specify what a “day of remembrance" means.

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS

What is meant by a day of remembrance.

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