The ambulance service equipment held by the town shall be utilized as an ambulance service for persons requesting or utilizing such services, which shall be subject to the further provisions of this division, and such ambulance service shall be under the immediate supervision of the fire chief of the town and under the overall supervision of the town manager, and such equipment shall be maintained at locations under the direction of such fire chief, subject to the approval of the town manager.
(Ordinance 363 adopted 8/12/02; 2006 Code, sec. 5.501; Ordinance adopting 2021 Code)
Any person who utilizes the ambulance service of the town, by reason of emergencies then existing, whether such person requested the same or not, shall pay for said services the charges as established by resolution of the town council from time to time.
(Ordinance 363 adopted 8/12/02; 2006 Code, sec. 5.502)
Any person who utilizes the ambulance service of the town and who fails to pay for said services within thirty (30) days after a statement of costs for such services has been mailed to the address of the user or parent, in the event a minor is the user, which address shall be sufficient for the purposes of this division, in accordance with the address which is supplied to the operator of the ambulance or which is obtained from the hospital where such person is delivered, such notice and failure to pay shall be prima facie evidence by the copy of notice of statement as forwarded by the town for the purposes of this division.
(Ordinance 363 adopted 8/12/02; 2006 Code, sec. 5.503)
It shall be prima facie evidence that the person utilizing such service did so with the intent to defraud upon a showing that such person was notified in writing of the indebtedness for such service, which notice in writing shall be by certified or registered mail to the address, and upon failure of such person to pay such indebtedness within ten (10) days after receipt of notice. A copy of the caption of the ordinance adopting this division shall accompany the notice forwarded to the user of such services by certified or registered mail.
(Ordinance 363 adopted 8/12/02; 2006 Code, sec. 5.504)
Ambulances owned and operated by the town shall be restricted to responding to emergency calls in the unincorporated and incorporated territories of Dallas County, Texas. Ambulances owned and operated by the town shall not be used for the transport of non-emergency patients.
(Ordinance 363 adopted 8/12/02; 2006 Code, sec. 5.505)
Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this division shall be fined in accordance with section 1.01.009 of this code, and each day’s violation thereof shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ordinance 363 adopted 8/12/02; 2006 Code, sec. 5.506)