Bill Text: MI SB0867 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Law enforcement; peace officers; reference to Michigan police officer certification under the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act under the police officer's and fire fighter's survivor tuition grant act; modify. Amends sec. 2 of 1996 PA 195 (MCL 390.1242).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-10-18 - Assigned Pa 0295'16 With Immediate Effect [SB0867 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-SB0867-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 867
March 24, 2016, Introduced by Senators SCHUITMAKER and JONES and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1996 PA 195, entitled
"Police officer's and fire fighter's survivor tuition grant act,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 390.1242), as amended by 2012 PA 470.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2. As used in this act:
(a) "Academic year" means the period from September 1 of a
calendar year to August 31 of the next calendar year.
(b) "Child" means an individual who is a natural or adopted
child of a deceased Michigan police officer or deceased Michigan
fire fighter and who was under the age of 21 at the time of the
Michigan police officer's or Michigan fire fighter's death.
(c) "Department" means the department of treasury.
(d) "Eligible student" means a child or surviving spouse of a
Michigan police officer or Michigan fire fighter who was or is
killed in the line of duty.
(e) "Eligible tuition" means the tuition charged by a state
institution of higher education for an undergraduate class.
(f) "Killed" means that the Michigan police officer's or
Michigan fire fighter's death is the direct and proximate result of
a traumatic injury incurred in the line of duty.
(g) "Line of duty" means an action that a Michigan police
officer or Michigan fire fighter is obligated or authorized to
perform by rule, regulation, condition of employment or service, or
law, including, but not limited to, a social, ceremonial, or
athletic function that the Michigan police officer or Michigan fire
fighter is assigned to or compensated for by the public agency he
or she serves.
(h) "Michigan police officer" means a sheriff or sheriff's
deputy of a sheriff's department in this state; village or township
marshal of a village or township in this state; officer of the
police department of any city, village, or township in this state;
officer of the Michigan state police; or any other police officer
or law enforcement officer trained and licensed or certified under
the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA
203,
MCL 28.601 to 28.616.28.615.
(i) "Michigan fire fighter" means a member including volunteer
members and members paid on call of a fire department, or other
organization that provides fire suppression and other fire-related
services, of a city, township, village, or county who is
responsible for or is in a capacity that includes responsibility
for the extinguishment of fires. Michigan fire fighter does not
include a person whose job description, duties, or responsibilities
do not include direct involvement in fire suppression.
(j) "Occupational disease" means a disease that routinely
constitutes a special hazard in, or is commonly regarded as
concomitant of, the Michigan police officer's or Michigan fire
fighter's occupation.
(k) "State institution of higher education" means a public
community or junior college established under section 7 of article
VIII of the state constitution of 1963 or part 25 of the revised
school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1601 to 380.1607, or a state
university described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article VIII of the
state constitution of 1963.
(l) "Survivor's tuition grant" means a tuition grant awarded
to an eligible student under this act.
(m) "Traumatic injury" means a wound or the condition of the
body caused by external force, including, but not limited to, an
injury inflicted by bullet, explosive, sharp instrument, blunt
object or other physical blow, fire, smoke, chemical, electricity,
climatic condition, infectious disease, radiation, or bacteria, but
excluding an injury resulting from stress, strain, or occupational
disease.
(n) "Undergraduate class" means a class or course that
provides a student with academic credit applicable toward a
bachelor or associate degree from a state institution of higher
education.
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. 92 or House Bill No.____ (request no.
00913'15 *) of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.
