HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 05-1590
CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 05- I 59rp
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
AMENDING CHAPTER 9 FIRE PROTECTION A~D
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 four hundred dollars ($400.00) for resident and five hundred ($500.00) for non-
resident 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, firm, corporation, situation or
circumstance, 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 ofthis ordinance shall remain in
full force and effect.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council ofthe City of The Colony, Texas
on this the 7th day of March, 2005. ~)L~JtO
A(I~ J o[n Dillard, Mayor
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Christie Wilson, TRMC, City Secretary
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Robert Hager, City