(A) The county, any county volunteer fire department, any county agency, any agent of the county, or any other dispatched emergency response team responding to an incident shall respond to releases or threatened releases outside its service area or jurisdiction only if written agreements are executed with the handler, user, or other public entity requesting assistance, prior to the response. Said agreements are to be approved by the County Fiscal Court.
(B) In the event that the county, any county volunteer fire department, any county agency, any agent of the county, or any other dispatched emergency response team responding to an incident respond to a release or threatened release outside its service area or jurisdiction under the conditions described above, the handler, user, or other public entity requesting assistance shall assume responsibility to the county or any county volunteer fire department or any other dispatched emergency response team for all personnel costs incurred in responding to the release or threatened release, replacement costs of supplies and equipment contaminated as a result of the release or threatened release, and proper disposal of contaminated materials, cleanup, evacuation, and administrative and other expenses that result for the release or threatened release. The County Attorney is hereby authorized and directed to initiate such proceedings against the handler, user, or other public entity in the name of the county in any court having jurisdiction over such matters as are necessary to recover the costs described herein.
(Ord. 370, passed 2-5-2002)