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CJL:plc 8-11-75 ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1273 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 14-23 BY PROVIDING THE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND COLLECT FEES FOR MEDICAL CARE AND EMERGENCY SER- VICES RENDERED BY PARAMEDICS USING PARAMEDIC VEHI- CLES OWNED BY THE CITY OF SANTA ANA OR OTHER CITY OF SANTA ANA FIRE DEPARTMENT VEHICLES WHERE THE PERSON IS NOT TRANSPORTED BY A CITY OWNED PARAMEDIC OR OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENT VEHICLE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That the Santa Aha Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending Section 14-23, to read as follows: Sec. 14-23. Fees for Paramedic Services. The City may establish and collect fees, for emergency transportation of persons in paramedic or other Fire Department vehicles owned by the City of Santa Aha to a hospital for medical care and for emergency services rendered to persons by paramedics, and for emergency services and medical care rendered to persons by paramedics using City of Santa Aha owned paramedic vehicles or other City of Santa Ana Fire Department vehicles where the person is not transported by a City owned paramedic or other Fire Department vehicle. The City Council may establish such fees by resolution. The Fire Chief shall notify the Director of Finance following such emergency transportation, medical care, or emergency services, in writing of the name and address of the person, date and time of the transportation, medical care, or emergency services performed, and such other information as may be required. The Director of Finance shall thereafter cause appropriate billings to be made. Such fees for transportation, medical care gency services shall not be less than the average by commercial ambulances for comparable services and emer- fees charged in the City. The amount of such fees charged shall be deemed a debt to the City of the person or persons receiving said services and, if minors, their parents or guardians. Any person owing money shall be liable in an action brought in the name of the City for recovery of such amount, including reasonable attorney's fees. SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespec- tive of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, clauses, phrases or portions be declared invalid or unconstitu- tional.