12-16,129. Accident response service fee prohibited. (a) As used in this section:
(1) "Municipality" means a city, county, township, fire district or any other political and taxing subdivisions in this state.
(2) "Accident response service fee" means any fee imposed on the driver or owner of a motor vehicle, an insurance company or any other person, for the response to or investigation of a motor vehicle accident, but does not include the usual and customary charges for providing ambulance and emergency services when immediate action is required to save life, prevent suffering or disability or to protect and save property.
(3) "Emergency services" includes the actual costs of police, fire, technical rescue situations, including, but not limited to, vehicle extrication, trench rescue, high-angle rescue, confined-space rescue and swift-water rescue and emergency medical service personnel and equipment deemed appropriate by the municipality to address reasonably anticipated needs including, but not limited to, unknown number of injured persons and possible environmental and health threats involving hazardous material.
(b) No municipality shall charge an accident response service fee to persons receiving emergency services inside or outside of such municipality, except for actual costs of providing such emergency services in response to a motor vehicle accident.
History: L. 2011, ch. 77, § 1; July 1.
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