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Committee sends search‑and‑rescue reimbursement threshold to 14th order to correct drafting
Summary
House Bill 185 would raise the point at which search‑and‑rescue operations are treated as "catastrophic" from $4,000 to $8,000; sponsors said the existing catastrophic fund has capacity and the change aligns reimbursements with current costs.
The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee moved House Bill 185 to the fourteenth order for an amendment to correct drafting and to change the reimbursement threshold for search‑and‑rescue operations.
Senator James Ruckde (District 29) presented HB 185, which increases the statutory threshold that triggers catastrophic fund reimbursement for search‑and‑rescue operations from $4,000 to $8,000. Senator Ruckde told the committee a cross‑reference to $4,000 on the bill’s first page should also…
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