Bill Text: MI HB5630 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Law enforcement; fire personnel; funding for firefighter training; modify. Amends secs. 2, 13 & 14 of 1966 PA 291 (MCL 29.362 et seq.).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-10 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 05/04/2016 [HB5630 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB5630-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5630
May 4, 2016, Introduced by Reps. Hughes and Vaupel and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 1966 PA 291, entitled
"Firefighters training council act,"
by amending sections 2, 13, and 14 (MCL 29.362, 29.373, and
29.374), as amended by 2006 PA 213.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2. As used in this act:
(a) "Council" means the firefighters training council.
(b) "Executive secretary" means the executive secretary of the
council.
(c) "Firefighter" means a member, including volunteer members
and members paid on call, of an organized fire department who is
responsible for, or is in a capacity that includes responsibility
for, the extinguishment of fires, the directing of the
extinguishment of fires, the prevention and detection of fires, and
the enforcement of the general fire laws of this state. Firefighter
does not include a person whose job description, duties, or
responsibilities do not include direct involvement in fire
suppression.
(d) "Organized fire department" means that term as defined in
section 1 of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1.
(e) "Firefighter training" means an education or training
program eligible to receive grants for firefighter training from
the fireworks safety fund created in section 11 of the Michigan
fireworks safety act, 256 PA 2011, MCL 28.461, designed and
intended to enhance the ability of an organized fire department or
the personnel of an organized fire department to safeguard life and
property from damage from explosion, fire, or disaster, and to
deliver fire suppression, emergency medical service, hazardous
material response, technical rescue, airport rescue and
firefighting, fire inspection, fire investigation, fire safety
education and other related fire services. Firefighter training
includes, but is not limited to, the training required for fire
fighter I and fire fighter II under "standard for fire fighter
professional qualifications" National Fire Protection Association
standard no. 1001.
Sec.
13. There is created in the state treasury the
firefighters
training fund from which the legislature shall
appropriate
an amount of money deemed necessary for the purposes of
this
act but appropriations from the firefighters training fund
shall
not exceed 75% of money paid into the fund.Firefighter
training provided under this act shall be funded by the money
collected from fireworks safety fees under section 8 of the
Michigan fireworks safety act, 256 PA 2011, MCL 28.458, and
deposited in the fireworks safety fund created in section 11 of the
Michigan fireworks safety act, 256 PA 2011, MCL 28.461. The fund
shall be distributed to fund firefighter training programs as
provided in section 11 of the Michigan fireworks safety act, 256 PA
2011, MCL 28.461. Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year
shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse into the general fund.
Sec.
14. (1) From the amount annually appropriated by law for
the
council deposited into the
fireworks safety fund for
firefighter training under section 11 of the Michigan fireworks
safety act, 2011 PA 356, MCL 28.461, the council may request and
the state fire marshal may approve annual training expenditures for
the purposes of payments to counties to reimburse organized fire
departments for firefighter training and other 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) shall be disbursed
to counties using a formula composed 70% of county population and
30% of square miles within the county. A minimum disbursement to
each county 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 in the county and shall distribute the
money received by the county under this section as prioritized by
the organized fire departments in the county. If money distributed
to a county under this section for a fiscal year is not designated
by the chairperson for distribution to organized fire departments
in the county by January 1 of the fiscal year, the undesignated
money
shall be returned to the council for redistribution using the
formula
under subsection (2).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 356, MCL 28.461.
(4) Money shall be distributed under this section only to an
organized fire department that has adhered to the standards
established under this act for personnel recruited or trained by
the organized fire department during the current and prior fiscal
years.
(5) Annual expenditures of the funds in the fireworks safety
fund dedicated to funding firefighter training under section 11 of
the Michigan fireworks safety act, 2011 PA 356, MCL 28.461, shall
not exceed 75% of the revenue generated through the collection of
fireworks safety fees under section 8 of the Michigan fireworks
safety act, 2011 PA 256, MCL 28.458, unless the expenditure is
approved by the council and state fire marshal.
