Sec. 14.
(1) From the amount annually appropriated by law for the council, 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.
(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).
(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.
History: 1966, Act 291, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 213, Imd. Eff. June 19, 2006
Last modified: October 10, 2016