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ORDINANCE NO. 83_2
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF GULF
STREAM, FLORIDA, PROVIDING THAT A FEE OF ONE HUNDRED
SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS ($175.00) BE IMPOSED AGAINST ANY
..PERSON WITHIN THE TOWN WHO CAUSES EMERGENCY MEDICAL
EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH TO
BE DISPATCHED WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL LIMITS OF THE TOWN
OF GULFSTREAM.
WHEREAS, the Town of Gulf Stream has entered into an
Interlocal agreement with the City of Delray Beach, wherein the
Town of Gulf Stream employs the services of the City of Delray
Beach Emergency Medical Service; and
WHEREAS, to provide the above referenced service the
City of Delray Beach charges the Town of Gulf Stream the amount
of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS ($175.00) for each occasion
in which the City of Delray Beach dispatches emergency medical
equipment and personnel within the limits of the Town of Gulf
Stream;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COMMISSION
OF THE TOWN OF GULF STREAM, FLORIDA, as follows:
Section 1. In the event, because of an emergency
situation, it is necessary that the City of Delray Beach dispatch
emergency medical equipment and personnel within the municipal
limits of the Town of Gulf Stream, for which a charge of ONE
HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS ($175.00) is imposed, it shall be
the responsibility of the party for whom the emergency medical
equipment and personnel were dispatched to reimburse the Town of
Gulf Stream in the amount of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS
($175.00) for said services. Said amount shall be paid to the
Town no later than thirty days from the date the emergency
medical equipment and personnel were dispatched for the benefit
of the person for whom the services were employed.
Section 2. In the event it becomes necessary for the
Town of Gulf Stream to take legal action in order to collect the
fee referenced herein from the party responsible therefore, the
Town, in the event it prevails in court, shall be entitled to
court costs and attorney's fees incurred as a result of having to
take said action.
Section 3. Should any section or provision of this
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Ordinance or any portion thereof, any paragraph, sentence or word
be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder
hereof as a whole or any part thereof other than the part
declared to be invalid.
Section 4 That permission to codify this Ordinance is
hereby granted.
Section 5 That this Ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon its passage and approval as provided by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON READING THIS 14
day of 1983.
MAYOR
(ATTEST:
TOWN CLERK