GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 2250

Short Title:  Caldwell Ambulance Payment.	(Local)
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Sponsors: Representatives Robinson; Flaherty and Buchanan.
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Referred to:  Finance.
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June 1, 1990

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT CALDWELL COUNTY MAY LEVY ON TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY TO COLLECT AMOUNTS DUE FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 44-51.4 reads as rewritten:
"§ 44-51.4. Levy, attachment, or garnishment for county or city ambulance service.
Whenever ambulance services are provided by a county, by a  county-franchised ambulance service supplemented by county funds, or by a municipally owned and operated ambulance service and a recipient of such ambulance services or one legally responsible for the support of a recipient of such services fails to pay charges fixed for such services for a period of 90 days after the rendering of such services, the county or municipality providing the ambulance services may treat the amount due for such services as if it were a tax due to the county or municipality and may proceed to collect the amount due through the use of levy, attachment, and garnishment proceedings as set out in G.S. 105-367 and G.S. 105-368."
Sec. 2.  The title of Article 9B of Chapter 44 of the General Statutes reads as rewritten:
“Levy,  Attachment or Garnishment and Lien for Ambulance Service in Certain Counties."
Sec. 3.  This act applies to Caldwell County only.
Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.