This amendment reduces by $458,860 from the general fund and 4.0 positions the second year the amount proposed in the introduced budget for additional fire inspection positions, maintaining an increase of $229,430 and 2.0 positions. This is in addition to $217,000 from the general fund each year provided in the 2024 adopted budget for the same purpose. According to the Department of Fire Programs, fire inspection fee rates have not increased since 2003. Language directs the Virginia Fire Services Board and the Board of Housing and Community Development, who administer the Statewide Fire Prevention Code (SFPC), to submit joint recommendations on which fees, if any, are recommended for increase based on market costs, by October 17, 2025.