Section 156-D. Thermal imaging camera grant program

1. Subject to available
  appropriation,  there  is  hereby  established  in  the  office  of fire
  prevention and control a thermal imaging  camera  grant  program,  under
  which  grants  shall  be  made  available  to fire organizations for the
  purchase of one thermal imaging camera each or for reimbursement to such
  fire organizations for public funds, other than state or federal  funds,
  that  have  been  expended  by such fire organizations on or after April
  first, two thousand for  the  purchase  of  a  thermal  imaging  camera,
  provided,  however,  no  reimbursement,  when combined with any required
  match, shall exceed the office of general services  contract  price  per
  camera.  Such  grants  shall  be made available upon application by such
  fire organizations.  Fire  organizations  that  are  without  a  thermal
  imaging camera shall receive priority from the office of fire prevention
  and control for grants made pursuant to this section. The office of fire
  prevention  and  control may require, pursuant to such uniform standards
  as such office  may  prescribe,  that  applicants  for  such  grants  or
  reimbursement  provide  matching  funds of up to, but not more than, the
  amount awarded; provided, however, that a fire  organization  having  an
  annual  operating  budget  of one hundred fifty thousand dollars or less
  shall not be required to provide matching  funds.  The  office  of  fire
  prevention  and  control  shall promulgate such rules and regulations as
  are necessary to advance the purposes of this section. Such  regulations
  shall  establish,  among other things, training requirements for the use
  of thermal imaging cameras by fire organizations.
    2. As used in this section, "fire organizations" means a board of fire
  commissioners, which operates a fire department  pursuant  to  the  town
  law,  a  fire  department  established  pursuant  to  the village law or
  general city law or a fire company  located  within  a  fire  protection
  district pursuant to the town law.