June 12, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Meekhof, Opsommer, Hammel, Marleau, Agema, Green, Nitz, Meadows, Hammon, Hune, Huizenga, Stahl and Dean and referred to the Committee on Intergovernmental, Urban and Regional Affairs.
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,"
by amending section 6a (MCL 41.806a), as added by 1990 PA 102.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 6a. (1) The legislative body of a municipality providing
emergency police or fire service or the legislative bodies of
municipalities
acting jointly to provide such a service pursuant to
under this act may authorize by ordinance the collection of fees
for the service. The township board of a township or the county
board of commissioners of a county providing emergency ambulance
and inhalator service alone or jointly with another municipality
and
the legislative body of such a municipality may authorize by
ordinance the collection of fees for the service.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a township
board of a township or a county board of commissioners of a county
providing emergency response services for hazardous materials
releases or spills or emergency responses requiring the deployment
of units and personnel trained in confined space and technical
rescue operations may authorize by ordinance the collection of fees
for the services provided.