1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to emergency medical services; authorizing cities with full-time fire 
1.3 	departments to designate ambulance service providers;proposing coding for new 
1.4 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144E.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [144E.065] CITY AS PRIMARY SERVICE AREA.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.City powers.  Notwithstanding section144E.06, a home-rule charter 
1.8 	or statutory city with a full-time fire department may designate the city as a primary 
1.9 	service area and designate its fire department as the primary service provider of ambulance 
1.10 	services within the city.
1.11 		Subd. 2.Duties of board.  A city exercising the powers authorized in subdivision 
1.12 	1 must notify the board 30 calendar days before the designation is effective. The board 
1.13 	must adjust the primary service areas accordingly so that all other areas of the state are 
1.14 	part of a primary service area with a licensed ambulance service designated to provide 
1.15 	service to that area.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.