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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-1751REL:adg 9/4/84 ORDINANCE NO. NS-1751 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTION 14-90 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO FEES FOR PARAMEDIC SERVICES THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That Section 14-90 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 14-90. Fees for Paramedic Services. The city may establish and collect fees for trans- portation of persons in paramedic or other fire department vehicles owned by the City of Santa Ana to a hospital for medical care and for services rendered to persons by paramedics and for services and medical care rendered to persons by para- medics using City of Santa Ana owned paramedic vehicles or other City of Santa Ana Fire Department vehicles where the person is not transported by a city-owned paramedic or other fire depart- ment vehicle. The city council may establish such fees by resolution. The fire chief shall notify the director of finance following such transportation, medical care, or services, in writing, of the name and address of the person, date and time of the transportation, medical care or, services performed, and such other information as may be required. The director of finance shall thereafter cause appropriate billings to be made. Such fees for transportation, medical care and services shall not be less than the average fees charged by commercial ambulances for comparable services in the city. The amount of such fees charged shall be deemed a debt to the city of the person or persons receiving said services and, if minors, their parents or guardians. Any person owing money shall be liable in an action brought in the name of the city for recovery of such amount, including reasonable attorney fees. ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1751 PAGE TWO SECTION 2: The provisions of Section 14-90 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code as amended by this Ordinance shall apply retro- actively to June 25, 1984. SECTION 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court or competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or uncon- stitutional. SECTION 4: Neither the adoption of this Ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provision applicable to any cash deposit in lieu thereof, re- quired to be posted, filed or deposit pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall .continue in full force and effect. ADOPTED this 15th ~ay of 0ct0ber , 1984. ATTEST: /~anice C. Guy / /~/ ~Cl~erk of the Cohnci'l/ COUNC I LMEMBERS: Luxembourger Aye Acosta Aye Bricken Absent Griset A~e Johnson McGuigan Young --~ye Mayo~/ L/ E~dw~r~d ~(. -C~o~er City A t t C~!~'