Sec. 7-323s. Model guidelines re municipal emergency personnel. Municipal agreements re volunteer service of paid emergency personnel.
Sec. 7-323s. Model guidelines re municipal emergency personnel. Municipal
agreements re volunteer service of paid emergency personnel. (a) The State Fire
Administrator, within available appropriations, shall develop model guidelines, on or
before January 1, 2007, to be used by municipalities with paid municipal emergency
personnel and municipalities with volunteer emergency personnel in entering into
agreements authorizing volunteer emergency personnel to serve during personal time.
(b) A municipality with paid municipal emergency personnel and a municipality
with volunteer emergency personnel may enter into an agreement authorizing paid emergency personnel to serve during personal time as active members of a volunteer fire
department in the municipality in which they reside. In developing such agreements,
such municipalities shall consider the model guidelines developed by the State Fire
Administrator pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The municipalities that are parties to an agreement entered into under subsection
(b) of this section may request the Labor Commissioner, within available appropriations,
to provide assistance in resolving such issues arising out of the agreement as the commissioner deems appropriate.
(P.A. 06-22, S. 1; P.A. 08-131, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 06-22 effective May 2, 2006; P.A. 08-131 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec.
(b) re municipal agreements concerning volunteer service of paid emergency personnel and Subsec. (c) re requesting aid
of Labor Commissioner to resolve issues re such agreements, effective June 5, 2008.