The Riverside County, Calif., Board of Supervisors has voted 4 – 0 to charge at-fault drivers in auto accidents a fee for emergency response services. The ordinance backed by the Riverside County Fire Department and Office of Emergency Services, and …
A bill that would have prevented state and local governments from imposing accident response fees for emergency response in vehicle accidents has died in the Senate Public Safety Committee. Senate Bill 49 would have prohibited a city from charging a …
California’s Senate Public Safety Committee held a hearing yesterday, evaluating the need to ban local governments from charging accident response fees or “crash taxes” for emergency responses to vehicle accidents. SB 49 (Strickland) would prohibit a city from charging a …
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill to stop local governments from charging accident response fees. House Bill 2003, sponsored by Rep. John Kavanaugh, R-Fountain Hills, prohibits local governments from levying a a fee for emergency response services at …
Taking a proactive stance against “crash taxes,” Utah legislators have approving a measure to restrict emergency response organizations such as fire and police from charging fees to motorist or insurers for accident response costs. The Emergency Responder Fees bill, SB …
The American Insurance Association (AIA) announced it testified in favor of legislation in Kansas — House Bill 2119 — that would prohibit municipalities from adopting accident response fees or “crash taxes.” AIA’s testimony was presented by Brad Smoot, AIA’s Kansas …
Legislators in both California and Colorado have proposed new laws that would prohibit communities from charging a fee when police and fire personnel respond to motor vehicle accidents. The city of Sacramento recently adopted just such a “fire recovery charge” …
