Section 28.651 - Definitions. - Michigan Statutes

MUNICIPAL FIRE INSURANCE RATE CLASSIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD (EXCERPT)
Act 340 of 1976

***** Act 340 of 1976 EXPIRED DECEMBER 31, 1982, PURSUANT TO § 28.656. ON DECEMBER 31, 1982, THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 494 OF 1982, EFFECTIVE MARCH 30, 1983 *****

28.651 Definitions.

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

(a) “Board” means the municipal fire service classification board created by section 2.

(b) “Fire service classification scale” means the criteria by which a fire service delivery system is evaluated.

(c) “Fire service delivery system” means all the equipment, personnel, procedures, and resources which are utilized in the prevention and suppression of fire.

(d) “Grade” means the fire protection level which a fire service delivery system achieves on the fire service classification scale.

(e) “Municipality” means a city, village, township, or county.

(f) “Organized fire department” means an organization or department which provides a fire service delivery system within a municipality and is a fire department of a municipality or is a fire service delivery system designated by a municipality pursuant to a contract with that municipality. Organized fire department includes a department of county employees who are responsible for providing a fire service delivery system for an airport operated by the county or an agency of the county.

History: 1976, Act 340, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 1976 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 494, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
Compiler's Notes: Act 340 of 1976 expired December 31, 1982, pursuant to MCL 28.656, as amended by Act 20 of 1979. On December 31, 1982, this section was amended by Act 494 of 1982, effective March 30, 1983.