SENATE BILL NO. 1237


   September 15, 1998, Introduced by Senator BENNETT and referred to
        the Committee on Local, Urban and State Affairs.



        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 cities under 15,000 population; to authorize contracting for
   fire and police protection; to authorize the purchase of fire and
   police equipment, and the maintenance and operation of the equip-
   ment; 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 col-
   lection 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 col-
   lection 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 certain acts and parts of acts,"

   by amending section 5 (MCL 41.805).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 5.  The township board of  any  A
             township  ,  where

 2    appropriations have been made as  herein  provided
              , shall have

 3     power to  UNDER THIS ACT MAY enact  such
                        ordinances and


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 1    establish and enforce  such  resolutions as they
              shall deem 

 2    CONSIDER necessary to guard against the occurrence of fires and

 3    to protect the property and persons of the citizens against

 4    damage and accident resulting  therefrom  FROM
             FIRES.  Any town-

 5     ship adopting ordinances under the provisions of this
                       section

 6     shall have the power to adopt any standard fire prevention
                       code

 7     which has been promulgated by the state or by any
                       department,

 8     board or agency thereof, or by any national organization or
                       asso-

 9     ciation which is organized and conducted for the purpose of

10     developing such codes with specific date of publication by
                       refer-

11     ence thereto in an adopting ordinance and without publishing
                       such

12     code in full.  The code shall be clearly identified in the
                       ordi-

13     nance and the purpose of the code shall be published with
                       the

14     adopting ordinance and printed copies shall be kept in the
                       office

15     of the township clerk, available for inspection by and
                       distribu-

16     tion to the public at all times.  The publication shall
                       contain a

17     notice to the effect that a complete copy of the code is
                       avail-

18     able for public use and inspection at the office of the
                       township

19     clerk.  A TOWNSHIP MAY BY ORDINANCE ADOPT A FIRE
                       CODE AS PROVIDED

20    UNDER 1945 PA 246, MCL 41.181 TO 41.187.

21         Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

22    effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____

23    (request no. 03737'97) of the 89th Legislature is enacted into

24    law.









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