July 16, 2014, Introduced by Reps. Glardon, Somerville, Graves, Franz and Kelly and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
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 Subject
to subsection (3), the legislative
body of a municipality providing emergency police or fire service
or the legislative bodies of municipalities acting jointly to
provide
such a emergency police or
fire service pursuant to this
act may authorize by ordinance the collection of fees for the
service.
(2) The Subject
to subsection (3), 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.
(3) A municipality shall not enact, maintain, or enforce an
ordinance, regulation, or resolution that allows the municipality
to charge a fee to an individual, or that allows the municipality
to seek reimbursement for costs from an individual, for the
municipality providing emergency police or fire service or
emergency ambulance and inhalator service at a motor vehicle
accident.