On Monday August 16, 2010 Huntington Beach City Council approved the Emergency Services Cost Recovery Program. It is expected to generate a $100,000 in revenue for Surf City.


With the recovery program, non-Huntington Beach residents who cause an accident will now be billed up to $3,000 for emergency response being dispatched.


Surf City residents are exempt from the fee because they already pay taxes that go toward the emergency response services. The fees would be billed to the responsible party’s insurance company or the individual if they don’t have insurance.

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