HOUSE BILL No. 6566

 

November 10, 2010, Introduced by Reps. Roberts, Valentine, Lindberg and McDowell and referred to the Committee on Intergovernmental and Regional Affairs.

 

     A bill to prohibit a local unit of government from charging a

 

fee to a person, or from seeking reimbursement for costs from a

 

person, for providing emergency response services at a motor

 

vehicle accident.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the

 

"emergency response services fee prohibition act".

 

     Sec. 3. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Emergency response services" means police department

 

services, fire department services, or emergency medical services.

 

     (b) "Local unit of government" means a county, city, village,

 

township, or charter township.

 

     Sec. 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the


 

contrary, a local unit of government shall not enact, maintain, or

 

enforce an ordinance, regulation, or resolution that allows the

 

local unit of government to charge a fee to a person, or that

 

allows the local unit of government to seek reimbursement for costs

 

from a person, for the local unit of government providing emergency

 

response services at a motor vehicle accident.