HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

HOUSE BILL NO. 127

AMEND House Bill No. 127 by deleting lines 5 through 9 in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“ (1) “Ambulance service provider” means an organization that is a recipient of a Grant-in-Aid for the current fiscal year for the operation and maintenance of ambulances in the public service.

(2) “Fire company” means a nonprofit fire company that is a recipient of a Grant-in-Aid for the current fiscal year.

(3) “Fire protection” means the prevention and extinguishment of fires; maintenance of apparatus and equipment, including ambulances, rescue trucks, aerial, or platform trucks and rescue boats; provision of basic life support; and operation of stations.

(4) “Fire protection provider” means a fire company or an ambulance service provider that provides fire protection outside City of Wilmington. ”.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 127 on line 17 by deleting “ fire companies ” and inserting in lieu thereof “ fire protection providers ”.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 127 on line 33 by deleting “ fire company ” and inserting in lieu thereof “ fire protection provider ”.

SYNOPSIS

This Amendment revises House Bill No. 127 to make ambulance service providers who are recipients of a Grant-in-Aid eligible for money collected from a county’s fire protection fee. There are currently 3 volunteer ambulance service providers that are not operated by fire companies but are treated in the same manner as fire companies for certification, audits, and all receive a Grant-in-Aid in the section of the annual Grant-in-Aid bill for fire companies.

Under HB 127, “fire protection” includes ambulances and basic life support, but only fire companies who are a recipient of a Grant-in-Aid and provide fire protection outside the City of Wilmington can receive money from a county’s fire protection fee.

This Amendment revises HB 127 to define “ambulance service provider” as a organization that is a recipient of a Grant-in-Aid for the operation and maintenance of ambulances and groups ambulance service providers with fire companies under the term “fire protection provider” so that all organizations that receive a Grant-in-Aid and provide ambulance services in the county, outside of the City of Wilmington, are eligible to receive money collected under a county fire protection fee and if these funds are received, the organization must include that money in the annual audit required under current law.