SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 976
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR HOUGH.
4701S.01I ADRIANE D. CROUSE, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 190.053, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
ambulance districts.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 190.053, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 190.053, 2
to read as follows:3
190.053. 1. All members of the board of directors of 1
an ambulance district first elected on or after January 1, 2
2008, shall attend and complete an educat ional seminar or 3
conference or other suitable training on the role and duties 4
of a board member of an ambulance district. The training 5
required under this section shall be offered by a statewide 6
association organized for the benefit of ambulance distr icts 7
or be approved by the state advisory council on emergency 8
medical services. Such training shall include, at a minimum: 9
(1) Information relating to the roles and duties of an 10
ambulance district director; 11
(2) A review of all state statut es and regulations 12
relevant to ambulance districts; 13
(3) State ethics laws; 14
(4) State sunshine laws, chapter 610; 15
(5) Financial and fiduciary responsibility; 16
(6) State laws relating to the setting of tax rates; 17
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(7) State laws relating to revenue limitations. 19
2. If any ambulance district board member fails to 20
attend a training session within twelve months after taking 21
office, the board member shall not be compensated for 22
attendance at meetings thereafter until the board member has 23
completed such training session. If any ambulance district 24
board member fails to attend a training session within 25
twelve months of taking office regardless of whether the 26
board member received an attendance fee for a training 27
session, the board member shall be ineligible to run for 28
reelection for another term of office until the board member 29
satisfies the training requirement of this section; however, 30
this requirement shall only apply to board members elected 31
after August 28, 2022 . 32