Calif., Colorado Consider Banning ‘Crash Taxes’
Legislators in both California and Colorado have proposed new laws that would prohibit communities from charging a fee when police and fire personnel respond to motor vehicle accidents. The city of Sacramento recently adopted just such a “fire recovery charge” on out of town automobile drivers. Sacramento’s “crash tax” imposes a fee on out-of-town drivers who get into auto accidents in order to fund the fire department’s response services. The fee would be imposed on non-resident drivers if insurers find them at fault in the accident. But business owners who live outside the city but have property inside the city are exempt from the tax.
By Patricia-Anne Tom - Insurance Journal
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