HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 03-1508 CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 03-1508
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
AMENDING CHAPTER 9 FIRE PROTECTION AND
PREVENTION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, ARTICLE
IV. FEES, SECTION 9-51; REVISING THE AMBULANCE
TRANSPORT FEES; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City of The Colony wishes to amend the EMS transport fee rate;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Chapter 9 Fire Protection and Prevention of the Code of
Ordinances shall be and is hereby amended in Sec. 9-51 Fees - Generally as follows:
"This division shall determine that EMS will charge a basic fee for ambulance
transportation of three hundred and fifty dollars ($350.00) for resident and four hundred and fifty
dollars ($450.00) for non-residem person per incident, plus a fee of seven dollars ($7.00) per mile
from the incident location to the nearest medical facility that is able to care for the patient
appropriately."
Section 2. If any section or provision of this ordinance, or application of that
section or provision to any person, firm, corporation, situation or circumstance is for any reason
judged invalid, the adjudication shall not affect any other section or provision of this ordinance or
the application of any other section or provision to any other person, ftrm, corporation, situation or
cimumstance, and the City Council declares that it would have adopted the valid portions of the
Ordinance without the invalid parts and to this end the provisions of this ordinance shall remain in
full force and effect.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas
on this the 1st day of December,2003.
A~.~ ~ ~ ,~O~ J~ ~)illard, IV~ayor -
Patti A. Hicks, TRMC, City Secretary
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