AUTHORITY; ALLOW TO SERVE PART MUNICIPALITY H.B. 4360 (H-1):

SUMMARY OF BILL

REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

House Bill 4360 (Substitute H-1 as reported without amendment)

Sponsor: Representative Felicia Brabec

House Committee: Local Government and Municipal Finance

Senate Committee: Local Government

CONTENT

The bill would amend Section 2 of Public Act 57 of 1988, which allows multiple municipalities to incorporate emergency services authorities, to do the following:

-- Allow incorporating municipalities to determine the territory under an authority's jurisdiction.

-- Require an incorporating municipality to post an authority's articles of incorporation to its website or, if a website were not available, in the appropriate clerk's office.

MCL 124.602

BRIEF RATIONALE

Municipalities often allow multiple emergency service providers to service different parts of their territory to provide faster and safer response times; however, municipalities are not allowed to establish emergency services authorities that have jurisdiction over partial territories. As a result, emergency service providers may not serve emergency service authorities with jurisdiction over partial territories, resulting in many emergency service providers being ineligible for millages and grants. This can lead to funding issues for these emergency service providers. Some people believe that the State should allow authorities to have jurisdiction over partial territories within municipalities to address funding concerns.

Legislative Analyst: Alex Krabill

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would not have any direct fiscal impact on the State or local units of government. Any impacts on local units of government would be at the local unit of government s discretion.

Date Completed: 3-19-24 Fiscal Analyst: Bobby Canell

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.