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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3687
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3687, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
| 3 | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
| 4 | following:
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| 5 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
| 6 | Technical Rescue Team Response Reimbursement Act. | ||||||
| 7 | Section 5. Intent. The General Assembly finds that the cost | ||||||
| 8 | to fire departments and fire protection districts for training, | ||||||
| 9 | equipping, and using technical rescue teams is high and beyond | ||||||
| 10 | a basic level of service. | ||||||
| 11 | Section 10. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||
| 12 | "Emergency action" means any action taken at or near the | ||||||
| 13 | scene of an emergency incident to prevent or minimize harm to | ||||||
| 14 | human health, to property, or to the environment. | ||||||
| 15 | "Emergency response agency" means a fire department or | ||||||
| 16 | volunteer fire protection organization that provides | ||||||
| 17 | firefighting services, emergency rescue services, or emergency | ||||||
| 18 | medical services. | ||||||
| 19 | "Person" means an individual, a corporation, a | ||||||
| 20 | partnership, an unincorporated association, or any unit of | ||||||
| 21 | federal, State, or local government. | ||||||
| 22 | "Responsible party" means any person who is responsible for | ||||||
| 23 | causing the need for technical rescue team services from an | ||||||
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| 1 | emergency response agency. | ||||||
| 2 | "Technical rescue team" means a career or volunteer mobile | ||||||
| 3 | support team that has been authorized by a unit of local | ||||||
| 4 | government to respond to building collapse, high angle rescue, | ||||||
| 5 | and other specialized rescue emergencies and that is primarily | ||||||
| 6 | designated for emergency response to technical rescue events. | ||||||
| 7 | Section 15. Reimbursement to agencies. It shall be the duty | ||||||
| 8 | of the responsible party to reimburse, within 90 days after the | ||||||
| 9 | receipt of a bill for the Tactical Rescue emergency incident, | ||||||
| 10 | the emergency response agencies responding to a Tactical Rescue | ||||||
| 11 | incident, and any private contractor responding to a Tactical | ||||||
| 12 | Rescue incident at the request of an emergency response agency, | ||||||
| 13 | the costs incurred in the course of providing emergency action. | ||||||
| 14 | All responsible parties shall be jointly and severally liable | ||||||
| 15 | for the costs incurred in using technical response teams to | ||||||
| 16 | provide emergency action. | ||||||
| 17 | Section 20. Violation. | ||||||
| 18 | (a) Reimbursement directly to an emergency response agency | ||||||
| 19 | does not constitute an admission of responsibility relative to | ||||||
| 20 | this Act or to any other State or federal laws, rules, or | ||||||
| 21 | regulations. | ||||||
| 22 | (b) If no party to the incident provides reimbursement to | ||||||
| 23 | the emergency response agency, the Attorney General may, at the | ||||||
| 24 | request of the State Fire Marshal, institute a civil action to | ||||||
| 25 | recover costs.".
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