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Ordinance No. 5,613900913 -1 ORDINANCE NO. 5613 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 101 "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO PROVIDE FOR DIRECT TRANSPORT OF PATIENTS OUTSIDE OF THE SERVICE AREA AND ESTABLISHING A SERVICE FEE; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS: Section 1: That Section 10 -1 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended to add a definition to read as follows: Sec. 10 -1. Definitions. Direct Transport - Transporting a patient from the scene of an accident or location to a facility capable of providing appropriate care. Section 2: That the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended by adding a subsection, to be numbered 10- 3(a)(3), which said section reads as follows: Sec. 10 -3. Fees. (a)(3) For direct transport to medical facility not within the city limits or the city's additional service area ..................$250.00 Section 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance. Section 4: If any provisions, section, exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any person or set of circumstances, shall for any reason be held unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances and to this end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 5: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown. INTRODUCED, City Council of September, 1990. • ATTEST: 900913 -1a READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the the City of Baytown, this the 13th day of ILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk RANDALL B. STRONG City Attorney C:1:53:25 • 0. H UTTO, Mayor