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Donation of 'Equipment: 'This would address the liability issue of donated equipi-nent and provide 11-11111unity from civil or criminal Lawsuit of any equipment donated by a public safety organization to any other entity. While iio lawsuit hasOCCUrred in Minnesota to the best of our 10-lowledge) there has been hesitancy for departments to donate equi , pment due to this concern. In some cases,, excess equipment has been donated to fire deprailnlents in enierging Countries, First Responder Relimbursenient-, 'nis would re�quirc insurance compames that provide, health care policies to reiniburse responding agencies that send an invoice for their services. Currcnt law allows fire departments (and 1_,NB and Police) to send. invoices; however, there is not current requirement to pay. 'I"his would not have any impact on individuals covercd by Medicaid 4C and Medicare, A. draft off a bill ts be ill WOrked on., Thip., Ntiimesata An-ib-ulane Assoclation is takinor the lead on this bill. Sales Tax Exemptiloil. This, bill woulid clarify and expand the sales tax exemption law currently on. the books to provide that all purchases related to training and response of em.ercrencies would be exempt fon-P, sales tax. This bill was introduced and hef-Ird in the 2007 session and had a fiscal -note just ov,cr $1 million for the biennYtim., While the 2008 session is not a budget year, there still may be a tax bill as the one passed in the 2,007 session was vetoed. Negligent Fig -e: An effort to remove the word "gross" from the s�tatutle as significant difficulty has arisen in certain parts of'the state in getting the local prosecutor to charge the crime, citill4D ul problems with. proving t a,mbi OFUlty 0 f the world 'A., gross."' Proponents ar ue t1ie cuiTclit 6�) ' 1 9 law has, resulted in criminal acts croina uncharcyed. due to the current lanauage. ZD 11 it) 4D Radio Pe rmit; Current law requires you to have a peen -iit (available and signed by the DPS commIssioner) for any portable or mobile radio, capable of recciving/tra ism itting on a public safety chamiel you have in any unrnmked 13ersional -vehiete. This is an outdated obscure law. The effort will be to strike the Permit language from the cuiTent statute. Supplemental Beflefit: Providied to retirincy members, of defined benefit and defined_ contribution lump sum p1mis. Current law is 10% or $ 1,000 maximuin (except in certain specific cases). This initiative, Would seek to increase the ai-nount which has not changed since it's inception III the early 11980's. I