1-1 By: Duncan S.B. No. 1564 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2001; March 14, 2001, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 1-4 Relations; April 19, 2001, reported favorably by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 19, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the funding of emergency medical services by 1-9 municipalities with a population of 5,000 or more in counties with 1-10 a population of less than 60,000. 1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-12 SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is 1-13 amended by adding Chapter 123 to read as follows: 1-14 CHAPTER 123. FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES BY 1-15 CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES 1-16 Sec. 123.001. MUNICIPALITIES COVERED BY CHAPTER. This 1-17 chapter applies only to a municipality that: 1-18 (1) has a population of 5,000 or more; 1-19 (2) provides services through full-time employees of 1-20 the emergency medical services department of the municipality's 1-21 fire department; 1-22 (3) is not within a district that otherwise provides 1-23 emergency medical services; and 1-24 (4) is within a county with a population of less than 1-25 60,000. 1-26 Sec. 123.002. AUTHORITY TO ASSESS FEE FOR THE PROVISION OF 1-27 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. (a) The governing body of a 1-28 municipality subject to this chapter may levy or assess a fee by 1-29 ordinance in an amount not to exceed $2 per month to be paid by 1-30 persons to whom water, sewer, gas, or electrical services are 1-31 provided by the municipality. The fee, if imposed, shall be 1-32 collected in the same manner as any other utility payment collected 1-33 by the municipality. 1-34 (b) A fee imposed under this section must be enacted by 1-35 ordinance. 1-36 Sec. 123.003. COLLECTION AND USE OF FUNDS. Funds collected 1-37 by a municipality under this chapter must be accounted for in a 1-38 separate proprietary fund. The funds collected may be used only 1-39 for the provision of emergency medical services within the 1-40 municipality or the county in which the municipality is located. 1-41 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-42 * * * * *