Missouri 2025 Regular Session

Missouri House Bill HB1385 Compare Versions

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11 FIRSTREGULARSESSION
22 HOUSEBILLNO.1385
33 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
44 INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVECHRIST.
55 2786H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk
66 ANACT
77 Torepealsection72.418,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingtofire
88 protectionservices.
99 BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
1010 SectionA.Section72.418,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
1111 2thereof,tobeknownassection72.418,toreadasfollows:
1212 72.418.1.Notwithstandinganyotherprovisionoflawtothecontrary,nonewcity
1313 2createdpursuanttosections72.400to72.423shallestablishamunicipalfiredepartmentto
1414 3providefireprotectionservices,includingemergencymedicalservices,ifsuchcityformerly
1515 4consistedofunincorporatedareasinthecountyormunicipalitiesinthecounty,orboth,which
1616 5areprovidedfireprotectionservicesandemergencymedicalservicesbyoneormorefire
1717 6protectiondistricts.Suchfireprotectiondistrictsshallcontinuetoprovideservicestothearea
1818 7comprisingthenewcityandmaylevyandcollecttaxesthesameassuchdistrictshadpriorto
1919 8thecreationofsuchnewcity.
2020 9 2.Fireprotectiondistrictsservingtheareaincludedwithinanyannexationbyacity
2121 10havingafiredepartment,includingsimplifiedboundarychanges,shallcontinuetoprovide
2222 11fireprotectionservices,includingemergencymedicalservicestosucharea.Theannexing
2323 12cityshallpayannuallytothefireprotectiondistrictanamountequaltothatwhichthefire
2424 13protectiondistrictwouldhaveleviedonalltaxablepropertywithintheannexedarea.Such
2525 14annexedareashallnotbesubjecttotaxationforanypurposethereafterbythefireprotection
2626 15districtexceptforbondedindebtednessbythefireprotectiondistrictwhichexistedpriorto
2727 16theannexation.Theamounttobepaidannuallybythemunicipalitytothefireprotection
2828 17districtpursuantheretoshallbeasumequaltotheannualassessedvaluemultipliedbythe
2929 EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
3030 intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18annualtaxrateascertifiedbythefireprotectiondistricttothemunicipality,includingany
3131 19portionofthetaxcreatedforemergencymedicalserviceprovidedbythedistrict,perone
3232 20hundreddollarsofassessedvalueinsucharea.Thetaxratesocomputedshallincludeanytax
3333 21onbondedindebtednessincurredsubsequenttosuchannexation,butshallnotincludeany
3434 22portionofthetaxrateforbondedindebtednessincurredpriortosuchannexation.
3535 23Notwithstandinganyotherprovisionoflawtothecontrary,theresidentsofanarea
3636 24annexedonorafterMay26,1994,mayvoteinallfireprotectiondistrictelectionsandmaybe
3737 25electedtothefireprotectiondistrictboardofdirectors.
3838 26 3.Thefireprotectiondistrictmayapproveorrejectanyproposalfortheprovisionof
3939 27fireprotectionandemergencymedicalservicesbyacity.
4040 28 4.Notwithstandinganyotherprovisionoflawtothecontrary,inanycitywith
4141 29morethaneleventhousandbutfewerthantwelvethousandfivehundredinhabitants
4242 30andlocatedinacountywithmorethanonemillioninhabitantsthatbecamea
4343 31constitutionalchartercityafter1990andthatpaysafireprotectiondistrictunderthis
4444 32section,allresidentsofthecityshallreceivefireprotectionservicesfromthecityfire
4545 33departmentbeginningJanuary1,2026,solongasthecityfiredepartmentisin
4646 34existence,andnotafireprotectiondistrict,andthecityshallnotmakeanypaymentsto
4747 35afireprotectiondistrictunderthissectiononorafterJanuary1,2026.Nothinginthis
4848 36subsectionshallpreventsuchcityfromcontractingwithanyfireprotectiondistrictfor
4949 37servicesifthecityandfireprotectiondistrictmutuallyagree.Uponthecityproviding
5050 38fireprotectionservicesasdescribedinthissubsection,theresidentsofanareaannexed
5151 39onorafterMay26,1994,shallnolongerbeabletovoteinanyfireprotectiondistrict
5252 40electionandshallnotbeelectedtoanyfireprotectiondistrict'sboardofdirectors.
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