EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted in the law. FIRST REGULAR SESSION SENATE BILL NO. 629 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY SENATOR WEBBER. 2540S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary AN ACT To repeal section 190.800, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the ground ambulance service reimbursement allowance. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: Section A. Section 190.800, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1 section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 190.800, 2 to read as follows:3 190.800. 1. Each ground ambulance service, except for 1 any ambulance service owned and operated by [an entity owned 2 and operated by the state of Missouri, including but not 3 limited to any hospital owned or operated by the board of 4 curators, as defined in chapter 172, or ] any department of 5 the state, shall, in addition to all other fees and taxes 6 now required or paid, pay an ambulance service reimbursement 7 allowance tax for the privilege of engaging in the business 8 of providing ambulance services in this state. 9 2. For the purpose of this section, the following 10 terms shall mean: 11 (1) "Ambulance", the same meaning as such term is 12 defined in section 190.100; 13 (2) "Ambulance service", the same meaning as such term 14 is defined in section 190.100; 15 (3) "Engaging in the business of providing ambulance 16 services in this state", accepting payment for such services. 17