Michigan Laws 29.374 – Training expenditures; disbursement to county training committees; distribution
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 29.374
- Council: means the firefighters training council created under section 3. See Michigan Laws 29.362
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Firefighter: means a member of an organized fire department or public safety 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 directing or management of emergency response activities, fire safety prevention inspection, plans examination, fire investigation, hazardous materials response, technical rescue response, airport rescue response, airport rescue firefighting, fire service instruction, and the enforcement of the general fire laws of this state and the community where he or she serves. See Michigan Laws 29.362
- Firefighter training: means an education or training program including a program eligible to receive funding from the fireworks safety fund created in section 11 of the Michigan fireworks safety act, 2011 PA 256, MCL 28. See Michigan Laws 29.362
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Organized fire department: means that term as defined in section 1 of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29. See Michigan Laws 29.362
- Public safety department: means a department of a political subdivision providing both law enforcement and fire services either separately or utilizing a combined response force with personnel trained and certified as both firefighters under this act and law enforcement officers under the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28. See Michigan Laws 29.362
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(1) From the amount annually deposited in and appropriated to the fireworks safety fund for firefighter training under section 11 of the Michigan fireworks safety act, 2011 PA 256, MCL 28.461, the council may request and the state fire marshal may approve annual training expenditures for the purposes of payments to the designated fiduciary of each county’s training committee to fund firefighter training and provide for firefighter training equipment and other related 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) must be disbursed to county training committees using a formula composed 70% of county population and 30% of square miles within the county. A minimum disbursement to each county training committee 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 and public safety departments in the county and shall expend money for firefighter training, firefighter training equipment, or other activities required under this act as prioritized by the organized fire departments or public safety departments in the county. If money distributed to a county under this section for a fiscal year is not designated by the chairperson for expenditure as provided in this subsection by the county by January 1 of the fiscal year, the undesignated money must be returned to the council 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 256, MCL 28.461.
(4) Money must be distributed under this section only to support training for personnel from an organized fire department or public safety department that has adhered to the standards established under this act for personnel recruited or trained by the organized fire department or public safety department during the current and prior fiscal years and that has complied with the incident reporting requirements under section 4 of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.4, during the 12 months preceding an application made under this act.