WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 534
SUBTITLE 4. FIRE, RESCUE, AND AMBULANCE SERVICES
10-401.

(A)   IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSONS OR ASSOCIATION TO
PROVIDE ANY FORMALLY ORGANIZED FIRE PROTECTION OR FIRE FIGHTING
SERVICE, RESCUE, OR AMBULANCE SERVICE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY UNLESS
A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, RESCUE DEPARTMENT, OR AMBULANCE
DEPARTMENT IS INCORPORATED, DESIGNATED, AND APPROVED AND
RECOGNIZED BY THE WASHINGTON COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE AND RESCUE
ASSOCIATION, INC., AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

(B)  ANY PERSON OR ORGANIZATION CONVICTED OF VIOLATING THIS
SUBTITLE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $1,000 FOR EACH
OFFENSE OR IMPRISONMENT FOR A TERM NOT EXCEEDING 6 MONTHS, OR
BOTH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT IN THE DISCRETION OF THE COURT. IN
ADDITION, ANY PERSON OR ASSOCIATION VIOLATING THIS SUBTITLE SHALL
BE SUBJECT TO BEING ENJOINED FROM VIOLATING THIS SUBTITLE, AND A
CIVIL PENALTY MAY BE RECOVERED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,000 FOR EACH OFFENSE FROM ANY
PERSON VIOLATING THIS SUBTITLE.

(C)  THIS SUBTITLE DOES NOT APPLY TO FIRE, RESCUE, AND
AMBULANCE DEPARTMENTS ORGANIZED BY AND FOR SERVICE TO GOVERNMENT
INSTALLATIONS OR PRIVATE INDUSTRY.

10-402.

(A) (1) THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WITH THE ADVICE
OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION,
INC., MAY, BY RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, PROVIDE SPECIFICATIONS FOR EQUIPMENT,
SERVICE AREA DESIGNATIONS, AND OPERATIONS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF
THE VOLUNTEER FIRE, RESCUE, AND AMBULANCE DEPARTMENTS IN THE
COUNTY. ANY VOLUNTEER FIRE, RESCUE, OR AMBULANCE DEPARTMENT
WHICH IS INCORPORATED AND APPROVED AND RECOGNIZED BY THE
WASHINGTON COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION, INC.,
AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WHICH DOES NOT MEET THE
STANDARDS FOR EQUIPMENT, SERVICE AREAS, OR OPERATIONS OF THE
WASHINGTON COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION, INC., OR
ANY OTHER CRITERIA ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
SHALL BE INELIGIBLE FOR ANY APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, AND ANY APPROPRIATIONS MAY BE DENIED,
WITHHELD, OR CURTAILED. ANY FIRE, RESCUE, OR AMBULANCE COMPANY
OR DEPARTMENT FAILING TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS SET BY THE BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL SUSPEND OPERATIONS IMMEDIATELY
AFTER NOTIFICATION THAT A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS HAS DIRECTED THE CESSATION OF OPERATIONS.

(2) THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY PROVIDE
LOANS TO APPROVED VOLUNTEER FIRE OR RESCUE COMPANIES FOR THE
PURCHASE OF FIRE OR RESCUE EQUIPMENT, LAND, OR BUILDINGS TO BE
USED BY THOSE COMPANIES. THE LOANS SHALL BE IN THE AMOUNTS AND

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