§ 9.28.040. Operating under the influence—Responsibility for costs of emergency response.  


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  • A.

    If the acts for which a person is convicted under section 9.28.020 contribute to a motor vehicle crash, the court shall order the person to pay the reasonable costs of any emergency services responding to the crash, if the convicted person or the convicted person's insurer has not already paid the cost of the emergency services.

    B.

    If payment is required under this section, the payment shall be made directly to the emergency services and shall be equal to the actual cost of responding to the crash or the previous year's annual average cost of responding to a motor vehicle crash, whichever is higher.

    C.

    In this section, emergency services includes peace officers, fire department services, ambulance services, emergency medical technicians, and emergency trauma technicians.

(AO No. 2001-145(S-1), § 7, 12-11-01; AO No. 2006-152, § 3, 1-1-07; AO No. 2011-113(S), § 65, 11-22-11, eff. 12-22-11)

State law reference

AS 28.35.030(m).