Authorization of gifts to certain volunteer service personnel.

(A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, the governing body of a local government may authorize the distribution of a gratuitous year-end or holiday monetary or other type of gift to the following categories of volunteer service personnel: (1) reserve law enforcement officers; (2) volunteer firefighters; or (3) volunteer emergency medical service personnel. (B) If the governing body of a local government elects to authorize the distribution of a gratuitous year-end or holiday monetary or other type of gift, it shall ensure all personnel in that respective category bequeathed pursuant to this section are treated equally. Editor's Note 2013 Act No. 76, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act shall be known as the 'Volunteer Service Personnel Appreciation Act'."