| 53154. The expense of an emergency response
shall be a charge against the person liable for expenses
under this article. The charge constitutes a debt of that
person and is collectible by the public agency incurring
those costs in the same manner as in the case of an obligation
under a contract, expressed or implied, except that liability
for the expenses provided for in this article shall not
be insurable and no insurance policy shall provide or
pay for the expenses. |
| 53155. In no event shall a person's liability
under this article for the expense of an emergency response
exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for a particular
incident. |
| 53156. As used in this article: |
| (a) |
"Expense of an emergency response"
means reasonable costs incurred by a public agency in
reasonably making an appropriate emergency response
to the incident, but shall only include those costs
directly arising because of the response to the particular
incident. Reasonable costs shall include the costs of
providing police, firefighting, rescue, and emergency
medical services at the scene of the incident, as well
as the salaries of the personnel responding to the incident.
|
| (b) |
"Public agency" means the state
and any city, county, municipal corporation, district,
or public authority located, in whole or in part, within
this state which provides or may provide firefighting,
police, ambulance, medical, or other emergency services.
|
| (c) |
"Intentionally wrongful conduct"
means conduct intended to
injure another person or property. |
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