8 states pass bills to ban fees
--’08: 5 states ban accident fees
Georgia (SB 348 was signed on May 16 ‘08 effective immediately);
Tennessee (HB 2547- Public Chapter No. 651) effective March 28 ‘09;
Missouri (SB 66) effective Jan. 1 ‘08;
Pennsylvania (HB 131) effective Feb. 18 ‘08 and
Indiana’s (SB 81) bill banning police fees became law on July 1 ‘08.
--’09: 3 states pass legislation and another passes a statewide resolution ban. 3 others in progress.
• Louisiana’s Senate and House unanimously passed HCR 147, directing local governing authorities and emergency service providers to cease the practice of imposing accident response fees.
• Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry signed HB 2013 into law on May 28, effective immediately, banning law enforcement fees for accident response or investigation.
• Florida’s bill SB 2282 is on its way to the Governor, effective July 1.
• Arkansas passed HB 1895 prohibiting accident response fees. The bill was signed by Gov. Beebe on April 6 ‘09 and is now Arkansas Act 973.
• CA introduces fee ban legislation in April.
• AL bill SB 546 was introduced in April prohibiting accident response service fees.
• IN introduces HB 1447 which included language to regulate volunteer fire dept. fee schedules. The state’s ’08 bill banned police accident response fees.