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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill requires cities and counties to provide or contract for emergency medical
10 services within their jurisdictions.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 ▸ provides that cities and counties shall provide or contract for emergency medical
14 services within their jurisdictions; and
15 ▸ makes technical corrections.
16 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
17 None
18 Other Special Clauses:
19 None
20 Utah Code Sections Affected:
21 AMENDS:
22 11-7-1, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 174
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24 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25 Section 1. Section 11-7-1 is amended to read:
26 11-7-1. Cooperation with other governmental units -- Fire protection --
27 Emergency medical services -- Burning permits -- Contracts.
28 (1) The governing body of every incorporated municipality and the board of
29 commissioners or county council of every county shall:
30 (a) provide adequate fire protection and, subject to Title 26, Chapter 8a, Utah
31 Emergency Medical Services System Act, emergency medical services within their own
32 territorial limits; and
33 (b) cooperate with all contiguous counties, municipal corporations, private
34 corporations, nonprofit corporations, fire and emergency medical services special service
35 districts, state agencies, or federal governmental agencies to maintain adequate fire protection
36 and emergency medical services within their territorial limits.
37 (2) Every incorporated municipality and every county may:
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39 any forest, wildland urban interface, brush, range, grass, grain, stubble, or hay land, except that
40 a municipality or county may not require a burning permit for the burning of fence lines on
41 cultivated lands, canals, or irrigation ditches, provided that the individual notifies the nearest
42 fire department of the approximate time that the burning will occur;
43 (b) maintain and support a fire-fighting force or fire department and, subject to Title
44 26, Chapter 8a, Utah Emergency Medical Services System Act, maintain and support
45 emergency medical services within its jurisdiction for its own protection;
46 (c) contract to furnish fire protection and emergency medical services to any proximate
47 county, municipal corporation, private corporation, nonprofit corporation, fire [
48 emergency medical services special service districts, state agency, or federal agency;
49 (d) contract to receive fire protection and emergency medical services from any
50 contiguous county, municipal corporation, private corporation, nonprofit corporation, fire
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52 governmental agency;
53 (e) contract to jointly provide fire protection and emergency medical services with any
54 contiguous county, municipal corporation, private corporation, nonprofit corporation, fire
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56 governmental agency; or
57 (f) contract to contribute toward the support of a fire-fighting force, or fire department
58 and emergency medical services in any contiguous county, municipal corporation, private
59 corporation, nonprofit corporation, fire [
60 service districts, state agency, or federal governmental agency in return for fire protection and
61 emergency medical services.
62 (3) Contract fees or agreements for fire protection and emergency medical services
63 shall be reasonably related to the cost of services provided by the service provider.