GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	2 

SENATE BILL 133
Second Edition Engrossed 2/16/95

Short Title:  Graham Co. Ambulance Service	(Local)

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Sponsors: Senator Carpenter:

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Referred to:  Local Government and Regional Affairs

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February 6, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW GRAHAM COUNTY AND MACON COUNTY TO EMPLOY ATTACHMENT OR GARNISHMENT AND TO OBTAIN A LIEN FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES AND TO MAKE IT A MISDEMEANOR TO OBTAIN AMBULANCE SERVICES WITHOUT INTENT TO PAY OR TO MAKE AN UNNEEDED AMBULANCE REQUEST IN GRAHAM COUNTY AND POLK COUNTY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 44-51.8 reads as rewritten:
"§ 44-51.8. Counties to which Article applies.
The provisions of this Article shall apply only to Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Cleveland, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Graham, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Iredell, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Lincoln, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Onslow, Pasquotank, Person, Pitt, Polk, Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Transylvania, Tyrrell, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, Washington, Watauga, Wilkes, Wilson, Yadkin and Yancey Counties."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 14-111.2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-111.2.  Obtaining ambulance services without intending to pay therefor – certain named counties.
Any person who with intent to defraud shall obtain ambulance services without intending at the time of obtaining such services to pay, if financially able, any reasonable charges therefor shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.  A determination by the court that the recipient of such services has willfully failed to pay for the services rendered for a period of 90 days after request for payment, and that the recipient is financially able to do so, shall raise a presumption that the recipient at the time of obtaining the services intended to defraud the provider of the services and did not intend to pay for the services.
The section shall apply to Anson, Ashe, Beaufort, Caldwell, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Cumberland, Davie, Duplin, Forsyth, Gaston, Graham, Guilford, Haywood, Henderson, Hoke, Hyde, Iredell, Macon, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Orange, Pasquotank, Person, Polk, Randolph, Robeson, Rockingham, Scotland, Stanly, Surry, Transylvania, Union, Vance, Washington, Wilkes and Yadkin Counties only."
Sec. 3.  G.S. 14-111.3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-111.3.  Making unneeded ambulance request in certain counties.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to willfully obtain or attempt to obtain ambulance service that is not needed, or to make a false request or report that an ambulance is needed.  Every person convicted of violating this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
This section shall apply only to the Counties of Ashe, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Davie, Duplin, Graham, Greene, Haywood, Hoke, Macon, Madison, Polk, Robeson, Washington, Wilkes and Yadkin."
Sec. 4.  Sections 2 and 3 of this act become effective December 1, 1995, and the remainder of this act is effective upon ratification.