SB 22-080

Senate Bill 22-080, titled "Wildland Fire Investigations," requires the director of fire prevention and control in Colorado to investigate wildland fires and report findings to a committee focused on wildfire issues. The bill also creates a fund specifically for these investigations. This means that state resources will be dedicated to understanding how wildfires start and spread, which can help prevent future fires. Since the bill has been signed into law, it is now active and being implemented by the relevant authorities.

Official Summary

The bill establishes that conducting investigations of reporting on the investigation of wildland fires in the state to the wildfire matters review committee is a duty of the director of the division of fire prevention and control within the department of public safety and makes an appropriation creates the fire origin and cause investigation fund to fund such investigations. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

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