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Commissioners direct staff to send letters opposing several state bills and a VIPER user fee
Summary
Brunswick County commissioners voted to send two letters to state legislators and leadership expressing concern about House bills affecting EMS certification and franchising, and about provisions in a Senate appropriations measure and a proposed VIPER user fee.
The Brunswick County Board of Commissioners voted on April 21 to send two letters to members of the General Assembly and legislative leadership raising concerns about several pending state bills and a proposed user fee for the statewide VIPER radio system.
Commissioners asked staff to draft and deliver: (1) a letter addressing House Bill 675 and House Bill 219 (both of which the county identified as potentially imposing new certification mandates and removing locally issued EMS franchise agreements), and (2) a letter addressing Senate Bill 257 (language within a larger appropriations bill that would alter emergency-response authority…
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