Relating to collection of special emergency ambulance service fee by county commission

SB 709 amends West Virginia law to clarify how county commissions collect unpaid special emergency ambulance service fees. Currently, counties impose these fees to fund emergency ambulance services, but the process for recovering delinquent payments was unclear. The bill allows counties to use magistrate court or judgment liens to collect overdue fees without paying court costs themselves, and shifts all court fees to the person who owes the debt if a court rules in the county's favor. County commissions may also appoint a representative to handle collection efforts. This change streamlines fee recovery while keeping the fee's purpose - funding emergency ambulance services - unchanged.