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 Ascension Parish
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 8. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

  § 8-9. Reimbursement of costs incurred during an emergency response.  

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  • (a)

    Policy and purpose. The parish shall have authority to charge any individual, corporation or entity causing or contributing to an emergency for costs incurred by public response agencies during an incident requiring emergency response.

    (b)

    The parish shall have authority to charge any individual, corporation or entity causing or contributing to an emergency for costs to include but not limited to time, material and equipment.

    (c)

    The parish shall have authority to charge any individual, corporation or entity causing or contributing to an emergency for costs incurred in activating the emergency telephone alerting system (first call).

    (d)

    The parish shall have authority to charge any individual, corporation or entity causing or contributing to an emergency for costs incurred during the remediation of an incident requiring an emergency response.

    (e)

    The governing authority of the parish may charge any individual corporation, municipality or public entity for costs related to actions taken in response to the emergency and shall also have the authority to use any reasonable means to collect and enforce the collection of such costs. In any such action, the governing authority of the parish shall be entitled to recover the amount of said costs, together with all costs of court and reasonable attorney's fees, including costs associated with responding subcontractors.

    (f)

    The parish shall have the authority to assign the Ascension Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness with the duty of billing on behalf of the unified command agencies desiring to recoup the costs of response, and of pursuing such collections. This shall include on scene data collection, invoicing, billing and coordination with any individual, corporation or entity causing or contributing to an emergency.

    (g)

    All costs that the parish or parish governing authority seeks to collect pursuant to this section must be reasonable and shall be approved in writing by the parish president and the director of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness prior to being submitted to any individual, corporation or entity for payment.

(Ord. of 4-6-95; Ord. of 6-6-13, Exh. A; Ord. of 11-21-13, Exh. A)