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County
City of Wappinger
Town
Village
Local Law No.
11
of the year 20 07
A local law entitled Local No. 11 of the Year 2007, Creating Chapter 66 of the Town Code,
pnsert Title)
"Ambulance Notification."
Be it enacted by the TOWN BOARD of the
(Name of LegislativeBody)
❑ County
❑ City of Wappinger
0 Town
❑ Village
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LOCAL LAW NO. 11 OF THE YEAR 2007
A Local Law entitled "Local Law No. 11 of the Year 2007, Creating Chapter 66 of the
Town Code, Ambulance Notification.
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger as follows:
Section -I: Title.
This Local Law shall be known and cited as Town of Wappinger Local Law No. 11 of
2007 entitled "Local Law No. 11 of the Year 2007, Creating Chapter 66 of the Town Code,
Ambulance Notification". This Local Law No. 11 of the Year 2007 hereby establishes and
creates Chapter 66 "AMBULANCE NOTIFICATION" of the Code of the Town of Wappinger.
Section -II: Creation of Chapter 66: "AMBULANCE NOTIFICATION".
Chapter 66 of the Town Code of the Town of Wappinger is hereby adopted to read as
follows:
"CHAPTER 66
AMBULANCE NOTIFICATION
§ 66-1. Legislative Intent and Purpose.
A. The purpose of this chapter is to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the
people of the Town of Wappinger, New York, by imposing requirements to insure that
the 911 emergency response system receives notification from ambulance services of any
emergency in the Town of Wappinger that it responds to, in order that properly trained
and equipped first responders can promptly respond to the scene of an emergency. This
Local Law is enacted pursuant to the authority granted to the Town by Municipal Home
Rule Law § 10(1) for the protection, safety, health and well-being of the people of the
Town of Wappinger as well as the traveling, visiting and sojourning public.
B. The Town Board hereby finds that ambulance services have been called to the scene of
an emergency within the Town of Wappinger in response to a telephone request outside
of the 911 system. Calls outside of the 911 system may result in the response of multiple
ambulances to the scene, or the call may result in the dispatch of an improperly equipped
ambulance, or may result in an increased response time. Calls to ambulances made
outside of the 911 system, deprive injured persons at the scene of the emergency the
benefit of the trained and appropriate response from fire companies, police and other first
responders in the 911 system. Calls outside of the 911 system increase the cost of
providing ambulance services to local taxpayers and third -party insurers.
C. The Town Board further finds and determines that receiving calls for ambulance services
outside of the 911 system creates dual, uncoordinated and unnecessary responses on the
part of ambulance services and this constitutes an unsafe practice.
D. The Town Board also finds that such unsafe practice interferes with the emergency
medical services provided by the Wappinger Ambulance District and by volunteer fire
departments.
E. The purpose of this law is to stop the abuses and unsafe practices caused by the
uncoordinated and unnecessary response by ambulance services that have been called for
medical assistance outside of the 911 emergency response system.
§ 66-2. Defmitions.
A. The terms "ambulance service," "initial emergency medical assistance" and "advance life
support services" shall have the same meanings as defined in Article 30 of the Public
Health Law.
§ 66-3. Notification of emergency.
A. Any ambulance service receiving a request for initial emergency assistance and/or a
request for emergency advanced life support services to a location within the Town of
Wappinger shall notify the Dutchess County 911 Dispatcher of any request for such
services prior to dispatching an ambulance and any response shall be coordinated and
approved by the Dutchess County 911 Dispatcher.
§ 66-4. Penalty for Offense.
A. A first offense is punishable by a civil penalty as set forth in Chapter 122, Article V,
Section 122-20 HH (1) of the Code.
B. A second offense is a violation punishable by a fine, a civil penalty or both, as set forth in
Chapter 122, Article V, Section 122-20 HH (2) of the Code.
C. A third offense, and any subsequent offense, is a violation punishable by imprisonment of
not more than 15 days, a fine and/or a civil penalty as set forth in Chapter 122, Article V,
Section 122-20 HH (3) of the Code or any combination of the three.
Section -III: Amending "Chapter 122, FEES AND FINES."
"§ 122-20 is hereby amended by the addition of § 122-20 HH to read as follows:"
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HE Chapter 66 Ambulance Notification.
1. § 66-4 A., civil penalty:
(a) Minimum: $ 500.00
(b) Maximum: $ 1,000.00
2. § 66-4 B., fine:
(a) Minimum: $ 250.00
(b) Maximum: $ 500.00
§ 66-4 B., civil penalty:
(c) Minimum: $ 750.00
(d) Maximum: $ 1,500.00
3. § 66-4 C., fine:
(a) Minimum: $ 500.00
(b) Maximum: $ 2,000.00
§ 66-4 C., civil penalty:
(c) Minimum: $ 1,500.00
(d) Maximum: $ 5,000.00
Section -IV: Numbering for Codification.
It is the intention of the Town of Wappinger and it is hereby enacted that the provisions
of this Local Law shall be included in the Code of the Town of Wappinger; that the sections and
sub -sections of this Local Law may be re -numbered or re -lettered to accomplish such intention;
the Codifier shall make no substantive changes to this Local Law; the word "Local Law" shall be
changed to "Chapter", "Section" or other appropriate word as required for codification; and any
such rearranging of the numbering and editing shall not effect the validity of this Local Law or
the provisions of the Code effected thereby.
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Section -V: Separability.
The provisions of this Local Law are separable and if any provision, clause, sentence,
subsection, word or part thereof is held illegal, invalid or unconstitutional, or inapplicable to any
person or circumstance, such illegality, invalidity, or unconstitutionality, or inapplicability, shall
not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, clauses, sentences, subsections, words or
parts of this Local Law or their application to other persons or circumstances. It is hereby
declared to be the legislative intent of the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger that this Local
Law would have been adopted if such illegal, invalid or unconstitutional provision, clause,
sentence, subsection, word or part had not been included therein, and if such person or
circumstance to which the Local Law or part thereof is held inapplicable had been specifically
exempt therefrom.
Section -VI: Effective Date.
This Local Law shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Secretary of
State as provided by law.
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(Complete the certification in the paragraph that applies to the filing of this local law and
strike out that which is not applicable.)
1. (Final adoption by local legislative body only.)
1 hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. 11 of 20 07 of
the (QXJIi*(MG )(Town)( ) of Wappinger was duly passed by the
TOWN BOARD on August 27th, 20 07 in accordance with the applicable
(Name of Legislative Body)
provisions of law.
2. (Passage by local legislative body with approval, no disapproval or repassage after disapproval by the Elective
Chief Executive Officer*.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. of 20 of
the (County)(City)(Town)(Village) of was duly passed by the
on 20 -and was (approved)(not approved)
(Name of Legislative Body)
(repassed after disapproval) by the
(Elective Chief Executive Officer*)
on 20 in accordance w ith the applicable provisions of law.
3. (Final adoption by referendum.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No.
the (County)(City)(Town)(Village) of
(Name of Legislative Body)
(repassed after disapproval) by the
and was deemed duly adopted
of 20 of
was duly passed by the
on 20 and was (approved)( not approved)
(Elective Chief Executive Officer*)
on 20
Such local law was submitted to the people by reason of a (mandatory)(permissive) referendum, and received the affirmative
vote of a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon at the (general) (special)(annual) election held on
20 in accordance with the applicable provisions of law.
4. (Subject to permissive referendum and final adoption because no valid petition was filed requesting referendum.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. of 20 of
the (County)(City)(Town)(Village) of was duly passed by the
on 20 and was (approved)(not approved)
(Name of Legislative Body)
(repassed after disapproval) by the on 20 . Such local
(Elective Chief Executive Officer*)
law was subject to permissive referendum and no valid petition requesting such referendum was filed as of
20 in accordance with the applicable provisions of law.
* Elective Chief Executive Officer means or includes the chief executive officer of a county, elected on a county -wide basis or, if there be none,
the chairperson of the county legislative body, the mayor of a city or village, or the supervisor of a town where such officer is vested with the
power to approve or veto local laws or ordinances.
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5. (City local law concerning Charter revision proposed by petition.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. of 20 of
the City of having been submitted to referendum pursuant to the provisions of section (36)(37) of
the Municipal Home Rule Law, and having received the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of such city voting
thereon at the (special)(general) election held on 20 , became operative.
6. (County local law concerning adoption of Charter.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. of 20 of
the County of State of New York, having been submitted to the electors at the General Election of
November 20 , pursuant to subdivisions 5 and 7 of section 33 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, and having
received the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the cities of said county as a unit and a majority of the
qualified electors of the towns of said county considered as a unit voting at said general election, became operative.
(If any other authorized form of final adoption has been followed, please provide an appropriate certification.)
I further certify that I have compared the preceding local law with the original on file in this office and that the same is a
correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of such original local law, and was finally adopted in the manner indicated in
paragraph 1 ,above. (J -,L C'
Clerk o e county le 'slative body, City, Town or Village Clerk or
officer esignatef d by local legislative body
(Seal) Date: I 0
(Certification to be executed by County Attorney, Corporation Counsel, Town Attorney, Village Attorney or other
authorized attorney of locality.)
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF DUTCHESS
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing local law contains the correct text and that all proper proceedings have been
had or taken for the enactment of the local law annexed hereto.
Signature
Albert P. Roberts, Attorney to the Town
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