The Sacramento, Calif., City Council has resorted to reducing the availability of fire engines to close a $43 million budget gap in the current fiscal year. Now the city council’s Law and Legislation Committee will consider imposing a fee on nonresidents who get into crashes requiring emergency services assistance. On Tuesday, July 20, the committee will consider a measure that would impose fees ranging from $435 for routine crashes to $2,275 for responses requiring hazardous materials cleanup and helicopter transport. According to a city staff report cited by The Sacramento Bee, several other cities in the state charge nonresidents for such services.
For more information, read the full story from The Sacramento Bee.
Sacramento, Calif., to Consider 'Crash Tax' for Nonresidents
by News Report on July 19, 2010
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