| Passed by the Senate March 12, 2003 YEAS 49 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 16, 2003 YEAS 97 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5824 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2003 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 03/05/03.
AN ACT Relating to allowing rural fire protection districts to contract with cities for ambulance services and impose a monthly utility service charge on each developed residential property located in the fire protection district; and adding a new section to chapter 52.12 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 52.12 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) A rural fire protection district organized under this title may
enter into a contract pursuant to chapter 39.34 RCW with a contiguous
city for the furnishing by the city to the fire protection district or
districts of emergency medical services in the form of ambulance
services, provided that the contract may not provide for the
establishment of any ambulance service that would compete with any
existing, private ambulance service. The fire protection district or
districts may impose a monthly utility service charge on each developed
residential property located in the portion of the fire protection
district or districts served pursuant to the contract in an amount
equal to the amount imposed by the city on similar city developed
residential property. Developed residential property includes single-family residences, apartments, manufactured homes, mobile homes, and
trailers available for occupancy for a continuous period greater than
thirty days. A fire protection district or districts may contract with
the contiguous city or with any other governmental entity pursuant to
chapter 39.34 RCW for the billing and collection services related to
the monthly utility service charge for ambulance service. A city
providing ambulance services to a fire protection district or districts
under a contract entered into pursuant to this subsection may charge
individuals actually using the ambulance services reasonable rates and
charges for the ambulance services.
(2) For purposes of this section, "rural" means a population
density within the fire protection district or districts as a whole of
ten or fewer persons per square mile.