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MO Rev Stat § 321.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.020 - Circuit court may establish districts.

Effective - 15 Jun 1979   321.020. Circuit court may establish districts. — The circuit court sitting in and for any county of this state, containing all or part of a proposed district, may, as provided in this chapter, establish fire protection districts. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 3, A.L. 1969 H.B. 322, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, S.B. 628, A.L. 1979 S.B. 236)  Effective 6-15-79
MO Rev Stat § 321.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.030 - Petition required for organization of fire district — who to sign.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   321.030. Petition required for organization of fire district — who to sign. — The organization of a district shall be initiated by a petition filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court vested with jurisdiction in any county in which all or part of the real property in the proposed district is situated. The petition shall be signed by one hundred voters or more of the district. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 4, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, S.B. 628)
MO Rev Stat § 321.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.040 - Contents of petition.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   321.040. Contents of petition. — The petition shall set forth:  (1) The name of the proposed district consisting of a chosen name preceding the words "fire protection district";  (2) An estimate of the number of inhabitants and of the assessed valuation of the taxable tangible property of the district, and of the yield from the intangible personal property located in the district;  (3) The estimated cost of the proposed improvements;  (4) A general description of the boundaries of the district or the territory to be included therein, with such certainty as to enable a property owner to determine whether or not his property is within the district, and a plat of the proposed district;  (5) Such other data and information as may be useful to the court in determining the necessity for the organization of the district;  (6) A prayer for the organization of the district. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 5)
MO Rev Stat § 321.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.050 - Amendment of petition — similar petitions or duplicates.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   321.050. Amendment of petition — similar petitions or duplicates. — No petition with the requisite signatures shall be declared null and void on account of alleged defects, but the court may at any time permit the petition to be amended to conform with the facts, by correcting any errors in the description of the territory, or in any other particular, except that the boundaries of the district may not be enlarged by taking in additional territory, without notice to the owners of the property thus affected, which notice may be made by publication or service of such pleadings and orders on the owners so affected. Similar petitions or duplicate copies of the same petition for the organization of the same district, revising the boundaries of the proposed district, or recommending another chosen name for the district, may be filed at any time before a hearing is had on the petition, and shall, together with the first petition, be regarded as one petition, and shall be considered by the court the same as though filed with the first petition placed on file. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 6)
MO Rev Stat § 321.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.060 - Filing fee.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   321.060. Filing fee. — There shall be filed with the petition, or petitions, a filing fee in the amount of one hundred dollars to cover the payment of court costs. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 7)
MO Rev Stat § 321.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.070 - Publication of notice of hearing — fixing time and place.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   321.070. Publication of notice of hearing — fixing time and place. — Immediately after the filing of such petition or any amended petition changing the boundaries, the court wherein such petition is filed or the judge thereof in vacation shall, by order, fix a time and place not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days after the petition is filed for a hearing thereon, and thereupon the circuit clerk shall cause notice by publication to be made of the filing of the petition and the pendency of the action and of the time and place of the hearing thereon. The circuit clerk shall also forthwith cause a copy of the notice to be mailed by United States registered mail to the governing body of each municipality having territory within the proposed boundaries of the proposed district, and to the county commission of each county in which the proposed district lies. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 8, A.L. 1978 S.B. 628)
MO Rev Stat § 321.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.080 - Jurisdiction of proceedings — judge owning property not disqualified.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   321.080. Jurisdiction of proceedings — judge owning property not disqualified. — The circuit court in and for the county in which the petition for the organization of a district has been filed shall thereafter for all purposes of this chapter, except as otherwise provided, maintain and have original and exclusive jurisdiction over all matters connected with or affected by said district. No judge of the circuit court wherein such petition is filed shall be disqualified to perform any duty imposed by this chapter by reason of ownership of property within the proposed district. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 9, A.L. 1969 H.B. 322)
MO Rev Stat § 321.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.090 - Protesting petition may be filed — who to sign — contents.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   321.090. Protesting petition may be filed — who to sign — contents. — Any time after the filing of a petition for the organization of a district and before the day fixed for the hearing thereon, a petition may be filed in the office of the circuit clerk, wherein the petition for the organization of such district is pending, protesting against the creation of the proposed district. Such protesting petition shall be signed and filed by or on behalf of one or more voters of the district, and shall recite wherein the incorporation of the district will not promote the purposes as set forth in the petition, or wherein sufficient facts have not been related to justify the incorporation of such district, and any other facts which may be useful to the court in determining whether or not such original petition shall be allowed. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 10, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 321.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.100 - Hearing — adjudication — corporate powers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   321.100. Hearing — adjudication — corporate powers. — Upon the hearing if it shall appear that a petition for the organization of a district has been signed and presented pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and that the allegations of the petition are true and that no protesting petition has been filed, or if one has been filed, that the facts adduced in behalf thereof at the hearing are insufficient to sustain the protesting petition, the court shall, by order duly entered of record, adjudicate all questions of jurisdiction, declare the district organized, define the boundaries thereof, and give it a corporate name by which in all proceedings it shall thereafter be known, and thereupon the district, subject to the election herein provided, shall be a political subdivision of the state of Missouri and a body corporate with all the powers of like or similar corporations. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 11, A.L. 1969 H.B. 322)
MO Rev Stat § 321.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.110 - Dismissal of proceedings — costs — review.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   321.110. Dismissal of proceedings — costs — review. — Upon the hearing if the court finds that the petition has not been signed, filed and presented pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or that the material facts are not as set forth in the petition filed, or that sufficient facts have not been presented to justify the incorporation of the district, it shall dismiss the proceedings and adjudge the costs against the signers of the petition, or petitions, in such proportion as it deems just and equitable. No appeal or writ of error shall lie from an order dismissing the proceeding; but nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the filing of a subsequent petition, or petitions, for similar improvements or for a similar district, and the right so to renew such proceeding is hereby expressly granted and authorized. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 14, A.L. 1969 H.B. 322)
MO Rev Stat § 321.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.130 - Directors, qualifications — candidate filing fee, oath.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories   321.130. Directors, qualifications — candidate filing fee, oath. — A person, to be qualified to serve as a director, shall be a resident and voter of the district for at least one year before the election or appointment and be over the age of twenty-four years. In the event the person is no longer a resident of the district, the person's office shall be vacated, and the vacancy shall be filled as provided in section 321.200. Nominations and declarations of candidacy shall be filed at the headquarters of the fire protection district by paying a filing fee equal to the amount of a candidate for county office as set forth under section 115.357, and filing a statement under oath that such person possesses the required qualifications. Thereafter, such candidate shall have the candidate's name placed on the ballot as a candidate for director. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 13, A.L. 1969 H.B. 322, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1981 S.B. 166, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1395 & 1448, A.L. 1993 H.B. 177 merged with S.B. 31 merged with S.B. 346, A.L. 1995 H.B. 484, et al., A.L. 2002 S.B. 1107, A.L. 2005 S.B. 210, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22, A.L. 2016 S.B. 732)
MO Rev Stat § 321.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.140 - Final order establishing district deemed conclusive — quo warranto — collateral attack.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   321.140. Final order establishing district deemed conclusive — quo warranto — collateral attack. — If a final order be entered establishing the district, such order shall be deemed final and conclusive, and no appeal or writ of error shall lie therefrom, and the entry of such order shall finally and conclusively establish the regular organization of said district against all persons except the state of Missouri, in an action in the nature of a writ of quo warranto, commenced by the attorney general within thirty days after said decree declaring such district finally organized as herein provided and not otherwise. The organization of such district shall not be directly or collaterally questioned in any suit, action or proceeding except as herein expressly authorized. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 15)
MO Rev Stat § 321.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.150 - Filing of copies of findings and decrees incorporating district.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   321.150. Filing of copies of findings and decrees incorporating district. — Within thirty days after the final order of the circuit court of the county in which the district has been declared a public corporation, the circuit clerk of that court shall transmit to the county clerk and to the recorder of deeds in each county in which the district is located copies of the findings and decrees of the court incorporating the district. The same shall be filed in the same manner as articles of incorporation are required to be filed under the general laws concerning corporations, and each recorder and clerk shall receive a fee of one dollar for filing and preserving the same. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 16, A.L. 1978 S.B. 628)
MO Rev Stat § 321.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.160 - Board members to file oaths of office — surety bonds.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   321.160. Board members to file oaths of office — surety bonds. — Whenever a district has been declared duly and finally organized, the members of the board shall thereafter qualify within fifteen days by filing with the circuit clerk their oaths of office, which shall be in the form prescribed by the constitution, and such board members shall also file with the circuit clerk corporate surety bonds to be furnished at the expense of the district in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars each, the form and amount thereof to be fixed and approved by the circuit court having jurisdiction, and said bonds to be conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties as directors. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 17)
MO Rev Stat § 321.162 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.162 - Educational training required for board of directors.

Effective - 28 Aug 2007   321.162. Educational training required for board of directors. — 1. All members of the board of directors of a fire protection district first elected on or after January 1, 2008, shall attend and complete an educational seminar or conference or other suitable training on the role and duties of a board member of a fire protection district. The training required under this section shall be conducted by an entity approved by the office of the state fire marshal. The office of the state fire marshal shall determine the content of the training to fulfill the requirements of this section. Such training shall include, at a minimum:  (1) Information relating to the roles and duties of a fire protection district director;  (2) A review of all state statutes and regulations relevant to fire protection districts;  (3) State ethics laws;  (4) State sunshine laws, chapter 610;  (5) Financial and fiduciary responsibility;  (6) State laws relating to the setting of tax rates; and  (7) State laws relating to revenue limitations.  2. If any fire protection district board member fails to attend a training session within twelve months after taking office, the board member shall not be compensated for attendance at meetings thereafter until the board member has completed such training session. ­­-------- (L. 2007 S.B. 22)
MO Rev Stat § 321.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.170 - Board to select officers — seal — records.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   321.170. Board to select officers — seal — records. — After taking their oaths and filing their bonds, the board shall choose one of its members as chairman of the board and president of the district, and shall elect a secretary and a treasurer of the board and of the district, who may or may not be members of the board. The secretary and the treasurer may be one person. Such board shall adopt a seal, and the secretary shall keep in a well-bound book a record of all its proceedings, minutes of all meetings, certificates, contracts, bonds given by employees and a record of corporate acts, which shall be open to inspection of all owners of property in the district, as well as to all other interested parties. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 18)
MO Rev Stat § 321.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.180 - Treasurer's duties — file bond — make annual financial statement.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   321.180. Treasurer's duties — file bond — make annual financial statement. — The treasurer shall keep strict and accurate accounts of all money received by and disbursed for and on behalf of the district in permanent records. He shall file with the clerk of the court, at the expense of the district, a corporate fidelity bond in an amount to be determined by the board for not less than five thousand dollars, conditioned on the faithful performance of the duties of his office. He shall file in the office of the county clerk of each county in which all or part of the district lies a detailed financial statement for the preceding fiscal year of the district on behalf of the board, on or before April first of the following year. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 19, A.L. 1965 p. 509, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1115, S.B. 628, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1107)
MO Rev Stat § 321.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.190 - Attendance fees authorized — reimbursement for expenses — secretary and treasurer, additional compensation, how set, limitation.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   321.190. Attendance fees authorized — reimbursement for expenses — secretary and treasurer, additional compensation, how set, limitation. — Each member of the board may receive an attendance fee not to exceed one hundred dollars for attending each regularly called board meeting, or special meeting, but shall not be paid for attending more than two in any calendar month, except that in a county of the first class having a charter form of government, he shall not be paid for attending more than four in any calendar month. However, no board member shall be paid more than one attendance fee if such member attends more than one board meeting in a calendar week. In addition, the chairman of the board of directors may receive fifty dollars for attending each regularly or specially called board meeting, but shall not be paid the additional fee for attending more than two meetings in any calendar month. Each member of the board shall be reimbursed for his or her actual expenditures in the performance of his or her duties on behalf of the district. The secretary and the treasurer, if members of the board of directors, may each receive such additional compensation for the performance of their respective duties as secretary and treasurer as the board shall deem reasonable and necessary, not to exceed one thousand dollars per year. The circuit court having jurisdiction over the district shall have power to remove directors or any of them for good cause shown upon a petition, notice and hearing. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 20, A.L. 1965 p. 509, A.L. 1971 H.B. 316, A.L. 1979 S.B. 224, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1395 & 1448, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58 merged with H.B.127 merged with S.B. 210)
MO Rev Stat § 321.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.210 - Election and terms of directors — filing fee.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories   321.210. Election and terms of directors — filing fee. — On the first Tuesday in April after the expiration of at least two full calendar years from the date of the election of the first board of directors, and on the first Tuesday in April every two years thereafter, an election for members of the board of directors shall be held in the district. Nominations shall be filed at the headquarters of the fire protection district in which a majority of the district is located by paying a filing fee equal to the amount of a candidate for county office as set forth under section 115.357 and filing a statement under oath that the candidate possesses the required qualifications. The candidate receiving the most votes shall be elected. Any new member of the board shall qualify in the same manner as the members of the first board qualify. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 22, A.L. 1969 H.B. 322, A.L. 1975 H.B. 332, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1981 S.B. 166, A.L. 1995 H.B. 452, et al., A.L. 2013 H.B. 307 merged with H.B. 336, A.L. 2016 S.B. 732)
MO Rev Stat § 321.221 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.221 - Municipality purchasing fire protection, annual payments, how computed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1982   321.221. Municipality purchasing fire protection, annual payments, how computed. — The amount to be paid annually by the municipality to the fire district pursuant to subdivision (16) of section 321.220 shall be the annual assessed value of all property subject to tax in the municipality determined from the tax assessment ledgers, and including public utilities and intangible property within such area, multiplied by the annual tax rate as certified by the fire protection district to the municipality (but not including any portion of the tax rate for ambulance service provided by the district) per one hundred dollars of assessed value in such area. The tax rate so computed shall include any tax on bonded indebtedness incurred by the district prior to entering into such contract, but shall not include any of the tax rate for bonded indebtedness incurred during the term that the contract is in force. ­­-------- (L. 1982 H.B. 1096)
MO Rev Stat § 321.223 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.223 - Fire protection districts may contract to provide fire protection to municipalities not in the district, certain counties (including St. Louis County) — may also provide ambulance service, when.

Effective - 27 Jun 2000   321.223. Fire protection districts may contract to provide fire protection to municipalities not in the district, certain counties (including St. Louis County) — may also provide ambulance service, when. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any fire protection district within a county of the first classification with a charter form of government with a population of at least nine hundred thousand may contract with any municipality or village that does not operate its* own fire department to provide fire protection services for a fee to any area of the municipality or village that does not belong to the fire protection district. In such event, the municipality and the fire protection district shall, by ordinance duly enacted by the governing board of each, agree upon the terms by** which such fire protection shall be furnished. The agreement may provide for the payment of a stated sum per year upon any method of compensation for such fire protection that is agreed upon by the fire district and the municipality entering into such contract; provided that any contract for a period longer than five years shall have no binding force until ratified by a majority of the voters in the fire district and the municipality entering into such a contract.  2. If the fire protection district is authorized to provide ambulance service within its district, the fire protection district may also provide ambulance service to the municipality, upon such terms as the fire district and the municipality may agree, which are not inconsistent with any requirement of subsection 1 of this section. ­­-------- (L. 2000 H.B. 1967)  Effective 6-27-00  *Word "their" appears in original rolls.  **Word "by" does not appear in original rolls.