POLICE OFFICER'S AND FIRE FIGHTER'S SURVIVOR TUITION ACT (EXCERPT) Act 195 of 1996
390.1242 Definitions.
Sec. 2.
As used in this act:
(a) “Child” means an individual who is a natural or adopted child of a deceased Michigan police officer or deceased Michigan fire fighter and who was under the age of 21 at the time of the Michigan police officer's or Michigan fire fighter's death.
(b) “Department” means the department of state police.
(c) “Killed” means that the Michigan police officer's or Michigan fire fighter's death is the direct and proximate result of a traumatic injury incurred in the line of duty.
(d) “Line of duty” means an action that a Michigan police officer or Michigan fire fighter is obligated or authorized to perform by rule, regulation, condition of employment or service, or law, including, but not limited to, a social, ceremonial, or athletic function that the Michigan police officer or Michigan fire fighter is assigned to or compensated for by the public agency he or she serves.
(e) “Michigan police officer” means a sheriff or sheriff's deputy of a sheriff's department in this state; village or township marshal of a village or township in this state; officer of the police department of any city, village, or township in this state; officer of the Michigan state police; or any other police officer or law enforcement officer trained and certified pursuant to the Michigan law enforcement officers training council act of 1965, Act No. 203 of the Public Acts of 1965, being sections 28.601 to 28.616 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(f) “Michigan fire fighter” means a member including volunteer members and members paid on call of a fire department, or other organization that provides fire suppression and other fire-related services, of a city, township, village, or county who is responsible for or is in a capacity that includes responsibility for the extinguishment of fires. Michigan fire fighter does not include a person whose job description, duties, or responsibilities do not include direct involvement in fire suppression.
(g) “Occupational disease” means a disease that routinely constitutes a special hazard in, or is commonly regarded as concomitant of, the Michigan police officer's or Michigan fire fighter's occupation.
(h) “State institution of higher education” means a public community or junior college established under section 7 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963 or part 25 of the revised school code, Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 380.1601 to 380.1607 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or a state university described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963.
(i) “Traumatic injury” means a wound or the condition of the body caused by external force, including, but not limited to, an injury inflicted by bullet, explosive, sharp instrument, blunt object or other physical blow, fire, smoke, chemical, electricity, climatic condition, infectious disease, radiation, or bacteria, but excluding an injury resulting from stress, strain, or occupational disease.
(j) “Tuition” means tuition at the rate charged for residents of this state.
POLICE OFFICER'S AND FIRE FIGHTER'S SURVIVOR TUITION ACT (EXCERPT) Act 195 of 1996
390.1242 Definitions.
Sec. 2.
As used in this act:
(a) “Child” means an individual who is a natural or adopted child of a deceased Michigan police officer or deceased Michigan fire fighter and who was under the age of 21 at the time of the Michigan police officer's or Michigan fire fighter's death.
(b) “Department” means the department of state police.
(c) “Killed” means that the Michigan police officer's or Michigan fire fighter's death is the direct and proximate result of a traumatic injury incurred in the line of duty.
(d) “Line of duty” means an action that a Michigan police officer or Michigan fire fighter is obligated or authorized to perform by rule, regulation, condition of employment or service, or law, including, but not limited to, a social, ceremonial, or athletic function that the Michigan police officer or Michigan fire fighter is assigned to or compensated for by the public agency he or she serves.
(e) “Michigan police officer” means a sheriff or sheriff's deputy of a sheriff's department in this state; village or township marshal of a village or township in this state; officer of the police department of any city, village, or township in this state; officer of the Michigan state police; or any other police officer or law enforcement officer trained and certified pursuant to the Michigan law enforcement officers training council act of 1965, Act No. 203 of the Public Acts of 1965, being sections 28.601 to 28.616 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(f) “Michigan fire fighter” means a member including volunteer members and members paid on call of a fire department, or other organization that provides fire suppression and other fire-related services, of a city, township, village, or county who is responsible for or is in a capacity that includes responsibility for the extinguishment of fires. Michigan fire fighter does not include a person whose job description, duties, or responsibilities do not include direct involvement in fire suppression.
(g) “Occupational disease” means a disease that routinely constitutes a special hazard in, or is commonly regarded as concomitant of, the Michigan police officer's or Michigan fire fighter's occupation.
(h) “State institution of higher education” means a public community or junior college established under section 7 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963 or part 25 of the revised school code, Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 380.1601 to 380.1607 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or a state university described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963.
(i) “Traumatic injury” means a wound or the condition of the body caused by external force, including, but not limited to, an injury inflicted by bullet, explosive, sharp instrument, blunt object or other physical blow, fire, smoke, chemical, electricity, climatic condition, infectious disease, radiation, or bacteria, but excluding an injury resulting from stress, strain, or occupational disease.
(j) “Tuition” means tuition at the rate charged for residents of this state.
POLICE OFFICER'S AND FIRE FIGHTER'S SURVIVOR TUITION ACT (EXCERPT) Act 195 of 1996
390.1242 Definitions.
Sec. 2.
As used in this act:
(a) “Child” means an individual who is a natural or adopted child of a deceased Michigan police officer or deceased Michigan fire fighter and who was under the age of 21 at the time of the Michigan police officer's or Michigan fire fighter's death.
(b) “Department” means the department of state police.
(c) “Killed” means that the Michigan police officer's or Michigan fire fighter's death is the direct and proximate result of a traumatic injury incurred in the line of duty.
(d) “Line of duty” means an action that a Michigan police officer or Michigan fire fighter is obligated or authorized to perform by rule, regulation, condition of employment or service, or law, including, but not limited to, a social, ceremonial, or athletic function that the Michigan police officer or Michigan fire fighter is assigned to or compensated for by the public agency he or she serves.
(e) “Michigan police officer” means a sheriff or sheriff's deputy of a sheriff's department in this state; village or township marshal of a village or township in this state; officer of the police department of any city, village, or township in this state; officer of the Michigan state police; or any other police officer or law enforcement officer trained and certified pursuant to the Michigan law enforcement officers training council act of 1965, Act No. 203 of the Public Acts of 1965, being sections 28.601 to 28.616 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(f) “Michigan fire fighter” means a member including volunteer members and members paid on call of a fire department, or other organization that provides fire suppression and other fire-related services, of a city, township, village, or county who is responsible for or is in a capacity that includes responsibility for the extinguishment of fires. Michigan fire fighter does not include a person whose job description, duties, or responsibilities do not include direct involvement in fire suppression.
(g) “Occupational disease” means a disease that routinely constitutes a special hazard in, or is commonly regarded as concomitant of, the Michigan police officer's or Michigan fire fighter's occupation.
(h) “State institution of higher education” means a public community or junior college established under section 7 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963 or part 25 of the revised school code, Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 380.1601 to 380.1607 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or a state university described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963.
(i) “Traumatic injury” means a wound or the condition of the body caused by external force, including, but not limited to, an injury inflicted by bullet, explosive, sharp instrument, blunt object or other physical blow, fire, smoke, chemical, electricity, climatic condition, infectious disease, radiation, or bacteria, but excluding an injury resulting from stress, strain, or occupational disease.
(j) “Tuition” means tuition at the rate charged for residents of this state.
