Kentucky Statutes 75A.090 – Contracts between district and fire units or districts, municipal corporations, rescue squads, and others, for fire protection — Deemed governmental functions
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(1) The district may, through the board, make and enter into contracts with any other fire protection district, fire prevention district, municipal corporation, volunteer fire department, volunteer fire prevention unit, volunteer fire protection unit, any special district whose services are subject to the licensure provisions of KRS Chapter
311A, or any rescue squads established under KRS Chapter 39F, either within the same county or within an adjoining county in an area adjacent to the boundary line between the counties, for the furnishing or receiving of emergency services for all property within the confines of the area included in and covered by the contract or contracts, where these emergency services are not otherwise provided by some division of government or governmental agency.
(2) The personnel acting in their official capacities and equipment of a contracting party, in going to and returning from an emergency, or in answering and responding to a false alarm or call, and while endeavoring to provide emergency services within the area covered by the contract, shall be deemed and is declared to be engaged in the exercise of a governmental function.
Effective: June 29, 2021
History: Created 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 116, sec. 9, effective June 29, 2021.
311A, or any rescue squads established under KRS Chapter 39F, either within the same county or within an adjoining county in an area adjacent to the boundary line between the counties, for the furnishing or receiving of emergency services for all property within the confines of the area included in and covered by the contract or contracts, where these emergency services are not otherwise provided by some division of government or governmental agency.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 75A.090
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Volunteer: means any person who is a member of a consolidated emergency services district organized under this chapter who volunteers to provide services for the district, if the individual receives no salary, wages, or other compensation for services performed, or if the individual is paid expenses, reasonable benefits, or a nominal fee to perform the services for which the individual volunteered, and the services are not the same type of services which the individual is employed to perform for the consolidated emergency services district organized under this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 75A.120
(2) The personnel acting in their official capacities and equipment of a contracting party, in going to and returning from an emergency, or in answering and responding to a false alarm or call, and while endeavoring to provide emergency services within the area covered by the contract, shall be deemed and is declared to be engaged in the exercise of a governmental function.
Effective: June 29, 2021
History: Created 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 116, sec. 9, effective June 29, 2021.