Opinion No. (2004)

Dear Representative Covey,

¶ 0 This office has received your request for an official Attorney General Opinion in which you ask, in effect, the following questions:

1. May a municipality or a municipal utility authority legally subsidize a privately owned ambulance service?

2. May a municipality or a municipal utility authority impose a monthly fee on a utility customer's bill to subsidize a privately owned ambulance service?

¶ 1 You ask whether a municipality or a municipal utility authority may legally subsidize a privately owned ambulance service and whether that municipality or municipal…