There is hereby created in the Village of East Hampton the Department
of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) as a Department of Village government.
The Department of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) shall also be known
as the East Hampton Village Emergency Medical Service (EMS).
The function of the Department of Emergency Medical Service
(EMS) shall be to provide a municipal paid and volunteer general ambulance
service in the Village and in contracted-for areas of the Town of
East Hampton.
If any section or subsection, paragraph, clause, phrase or provision
of this law shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional by
any court of competent jurisdiction, any judgment made thereby shall
not affect the validity of this law as a whole or any part thereof
other than the part or provision so adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional.
Nothing herein prevents the Emergency Medical Service (EMS)
Department members from joining or creating an ambulance or EMS association
or associations for social, educational, charitable and honorific
purposes and for purposes of providing volunteers for the Emergency
Medical Service (EMS) Department.
This local law shall take effect upon filing with the Secretary
of State pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law.