Bill Text: MI HB4857 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Local government; other; local government charging for emergency and rescue services to rescue an individual during a state of emergency for grossly negligent conduct by that individual; provide for and clarify which emergency and rescue services may be charged. Amends 1951 PA 33 (MCL 41.801 - 41.813) by adding sec. 6c. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4856'13
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-10-17 - Referred To Second Reading [HB4857 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB4857-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4857
June 20, 2013, Introduced by Reps. VerHeulen, Dillon, Yonker, Pscholka, Singh, Zemke, Victory, Brinks, Brunner, Smiley and Cavanagh and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
A bill to amend 1951 PA 33, entitled
"An act to provide police and fire protection for townships and for
certain areas in townships, certain incorporated villages, and
certain cities; to authorize contracting for fire and police
protection; to authorize the purchase of fire and police equipment,
and the maintenance and operation of the equipment; to provide for
defraying the cost of the equipment; to authorize the creation of
special assessment districts and the levying and collecting of
special assessments; to authorize the issuance of special
assessment bonds in anticipation of the collection of special
assessments and the advancement of the amount necessary to pay such
bonds, and to provide for reimbursement for such advances by
reassessment if necessary; to authorize the collection of fees for
certain emergency services in townships and other municipalities;
to authorize the creation of administrative boards and to prescribe
their powers and duties; to provide for the appointment of traffic
officers and to prescribe their powers and duties; and to repeal
acts and parts of acts,"
(MCL 41.801 to 41.813) by adding section 6c.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 6c. A municipality may only charge an individual under
section 6b for the cost of providing the following emergency and
rescue services in rescuing the individual:
(a) The salaries, wages, or other compensation, including
overtime pay, of fire department and emergency medical service
personnel, including volunteer firefighters or volunteer emergency
medical service personnel, for time spent in responding to and
providing firefighting, rescue, and emergency medical services in
relation to the rescue incident.
(b) The cost of medical supplies lost or expended by fire
department and emergency medical service personnel, including
volunteer firefighters or volunteer emergency medical service
personnel, in providing services in relation to the rescue
incident.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No.4856(request no.
02717'13) of the 97th Legislature is enacted into law.
