(1) (a) Each county that participates in a cooperative agreement with the division, as described in Section 65A-8-203, shall be represented by a county fire warden at a minimum during the closed fire season, as described in Section 65A-8-211, except as provided in Subsections (1)(b) and (c). (b) A county of the fifth class that, as of January 1, 2016, is cost-sharing a fire warden with an adjacent county may continue to do so with the approval of the state forester. (c) A county of the sixth class may cost-share a county fire warden with an adjacent county, with the approval of the state forester.

(a) Each county that participates in a cooperative agreement with the division, as described in Section 65A-8-203, shall be represented by a county fire warden at a minimum during the closed fire season, as described in Section 65A-8-211, except as provided in Subsections (1)(b) and (c).

(b) A county of the fifth class that, as of January 1, 2016, is cost-sharing a fire warden with an adjacent county may continue to do so with the approval of the state forester.

(c) A county of the sixth class may cost-share a county fire warden with an adjacent county, with the approval of the state forester.

(2) The salary and benefits paid to a county fire warden shall be: (a) divided by the division and the county; or (b) paid partly by the division with the remainder shared by agreement between all the counties the county fire warden represents.

(a) divided by the division and the county; or

(b) paid partly by the division with the remainder shared by agreement between all the counties the county fire warden represents.

(3) (a) The division shall employ all county fire wardens. (b) An individual who is employed by a county as a county fire warden on or before January 1, 2016, is not subject to the requirement to be employed by the division.

(a) The division shall employ all county fire wardens.

(b) An individual who is employed by a county as a county fire warden on or before January 1, 2016, is not subject to the requirement to be employed by the division.