SB 169 Summary

• Fire departments (paid or volunteer) may establish and collect service charges from toll road project operators for fire and emergency protection services provided on toll road projects.

• Service charges must be reasonable, cannot exceed the state fire marshal's recommended schedule, and cannot duplicate charges already collected from other sources.

• Fire departments must provide written notice to toll road operators before initiating the service charge schedule and when charges change, and must submit itemized bills within 30 days of providing services with copies of fire incident reports when applicable.

• Revenue collected from service charges must be used for costs and salaries attributable to providing fire or emergency protection services.

• Fire departments may pursue civil action to recover unpaid service charges.

• Effective July 1, 2010.