Bill Text: MI HB5684 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Law enforcement; fire personnel; fireworks safety fund used to provide compensation to firefighters in certain circumstances; provide for. Amends secs. 13 & 14 of 1966 PA 291 (MCL 29.373 & 29.374). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5685'18
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-07 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/06/2018 [HB5684 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB5684-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5684
March 6, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Cochran, Lucido, Lasinski, Yancey, Elder, Sabo, Hertel, Chirkun, Singh, Gay-Dagnogo, Yaroch, Pagan and Green and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 1966 PA 291, entitled
"Firefighters training council act,"
by amending sections 13 and 14 (MCL 29.373 and 29.374), as amended
by 2017 PA 144.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
13. (1) Firefighter training provided under this act The
following must be funded by the money collected from fireworks
safety fees imposed under section 8 of the Michigan fireworks
safety act, 2011 PA 256, MCL 28.458, and the fees collected under
section 11 of this act and deposited in the fireworks safety fund
created in section 11 of the Michigan fireworks safety act, 2011 PA
256,
MCL 28.461: .
(a) Firefighter training provided under this act.
(b) Compensation, including overtime compensation, that an
organized fire department must pay to maintain the minimum staffing
level required of that department while a firefighter of that
department attends training described under subdivision (a).
(2) The fund must be distributed to fund firefighter training
programs as provided in section 11 of the Michigan fireworks safety
act, 2011 PA 256, MCL 28.461.
(3) (2)
Firefighter training provided under
this act may also
be funded by any additional funding sources identified by the
council or state fire marshal.
Sec. 14. (1) From the amount annually deposited in and
appropriated to the fireworks safety fund for firefighter training
under section 11 of the Michigan fireworks safety act, 2011 PA 256,
MCL 28.461, the council may request and the state fire marshal may
approve annual training expenditures for the purposes of payments
to the designated fiduciary of each county's training committee to
fund firefighter training and overtime compensation under section
13, and provide for firefighter training equipment and other
related activities required under this act. The state fire marshal
may deny requests not meeting the requirements of this act.
(2) The money approved under subsection (1) must be disbursed
to county training committees using a formula composed 70% of
county population and 30% of square miles within the county. A
minimum disbursement to each county training committee may be
requested by the council and approved by the state fire marshal.
(3) The chairperson of a firefighter training committee
established in each county shall survey the training needs of
organized fire departments and public safety departments in the
county and shall expend money for firefighter training,
compensation, firefighter training equipment, or other activities
required under this act as prioritized by the organized fire
departments or public safety departments in the county. If money
distributed to a county under this section for a fiscal year is not
designated by the chairperson for expenditure as provided in this
subsection by the county by January 1 of the fiscal year, the
undesignated money must be returned to the council and may be
redistributed by the council through the application process under
section 15. The state fire marshal may deny requests for
redistribution that do not meet the requirements of this act. The
council shall deposit undesignated money that is not redistributed
through an application under section 15 into the fireworks safety
fund created in section 11 of the Michigan fireworks safety act,
2011 PA 256, MCL 28.461.
(4) Money must be distributed under this section only to
support training for personnel from an organized fire department or
public safety department that has adhered to the standards
established under this act for personnel recruited or trained by
the organized fire department or public safety department during
the current and prior fiscal years and that has complied with the
incident reporting requirements under section 4 of the fire
prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.4, during the 12 months
preceding an application made under this act.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5685 (request no.
04668'17 a) of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.
