Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §27-14 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§27-14. Ordinances as to fire departments and fire companies.

A. The governing body of any county, city, or town in which a fire department or fire company is established may make such ordinances in relation to the powers and duties of such fire departments or fire companies, and chiefs and other officers of such fire departments or fire companies, as it may deem proper, including billing property owners on behalf of volunteer fire departments as provided in §38.2-2130 and billing on behalf of volunteer fire departments for the provision of emergency medical services, as defined in §32.1-111.1.

B. The ordinances shall not require a minor who achieved certification under National Fire Protection Association 1001, level one, firefighter standards, as administered by the Department of Fire Programs, on or before January 1, 2006, between the ages of 15 and 16, to repeat the certification after his sixteenth birthday.

[ 2. That the provisions of this act shall not become effective unless reenacted by the 2025 Session of the General Assembly. ]