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MO Rev Stat § 321.226 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.226 - Emergency ambulance service outside district — fee for services for all districts — emergency defined.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   321.226. Emergency ambulance service outside district — fee for services for all districts — emergency defined. — 1. Any fire protection district which is authorized to provide emergency ambulance service within its district may provide such emergency ambulance service outside its district. When providing emergency ambulance service for a person who does or does not reside within the district, a fire protection district may assess and collect from such person a usual and customary fee for such service.  2. As used in this section "emergency" means a situation resulting from a sudden or unforeseen situation or occurrence that requires immediate action to save life or prevent suffering or disability. ­­-------- (L. 1979 S.B. 237 § 1, A.L. 1985 H.B. 167, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 321.228 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.228 - Residential construction regulatory system, preemption of law by local governmental body over fire protection district, when, exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2012   321.228. Residential construction regulatory system, preemption of law by local governmental body over fire protection district, when, exceptions. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean:  (1) "Residential construction", new construction and erection of detached single-family or two-family dwellings or the development of land to be used for detached single-family or two-family dwellings;  (2) "Residential construction regulatory system", any bylaw, ordinance, order, rule, or regulation adopted, implemented, or enforced by any city, town, village, or county that pertains to residential construction, to any permitting system, or program relating to residential construction, including but not limited to the use or occupancy by the initial occupant thereof, or to any system or program for the inspection of residential construction. Residential construction regulatory system also includes the whole or any part of a nationally recognized model* code, with or without amendments specific to such city, town, village, or county.  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, if a city, town, village, or county adopts or has adopted, implements, and enforces a residential construction regulatory system applicable to residential construction within its jurisdiction, any fire protection districts wholly or partly located within such city, town, village, or county shall be without power, authority, or privilege to enforce or implement a residential construction regulatory system purporting to be applicable to any residential construction within such city, town, village, or county. Any such residential construction regulatory system adopted by a fire protection district or its board shall be treated as advisory only and shall not be enforced by such fire protection district or its board.  3. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, fire protection districts:  (1) Shall have final regulatory authority regarding the location and specifications of fire hydrants, fire hydrant flow rates, and fire lanes, all as it relates to residential construction. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to require the political subdivision supplying water to incur any costs to modify its water supply infrastructure; and  (2) May inspect the alteration, enlargement, replacement or repair of a detached single-family or two-family dwelling; and  (3) Shall not collect a fee for the services described in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection. ­­-------- (L. 2012 H.B. 1647 merged with S.B. 769)  *Word "mode" appears in original rolls of S.B. 769, 2012.
MO Rev Stat § 321.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.230 - Power to levy and collect ad valorem taxes.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   321.230. Power to levy and collect ad valorem taxes. — For the purpose of providing revenue for such districts, the board shall have the power and authority to order the levy and collection of ad valorem taxes on and against all taxable tangible property within the district, and to make timely demand and to sue for and collect any and all other taxes, contributions or allocations to which the district may be entitled. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 24)
MO Rev Stat § 321.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.240 - Tax levy, election, when — form of ballot.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   321.240. Tax levy, election, when — form of ballot. — To levy and collect taxes as herein provided, the board shall in each year determine the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation, and shall fix a rate of levy which, when levied upon every dollar of the taxable tangible property within the district as shown by the last completed assessment, and with other revenues, will raise the amount required by the district annually to supply funds for paying the expenses of organization and operation and the costs of acquiring, supplying and maintaining the property, works and equipment of the district, and maintain the necessary personnel, which rate of levy shall not exceed thirty cents on the one hundred dollars valuation; may fix an additional rate, not to exceed ten cents on the hundred dollars valuation, the revenues from which shall be deposited in a special fund and used only for the pension program of the district, by submitting the following question to the voters: Shall the board of directors of ______ Fire Protection District be authorized to increase the annual tax rate from ______ cents to ______ cents per one hundred dollars valuation, the revenues from which shall be deposited in a special fund and used only for the pension program of the district?  ­­provided, that if the question fails to receive a majority of the votes cast, it shall not be resubmitted to the voters within one year after the election; except, that any district may impose a tax not to exceed ten cents on the one hundred dollars valuation, in addition to the rate which the board may levy under this section, by submitting the following question to the voters at any election in such district at which a member of the board of directors is to be elected: Shall the board of directors of ______ Fire Protection District be authorized to increase the annual tax rate from ______ cents to ______ cents on the hundred dollars assessed valuation?  ­­and in addition thereto, to fix a rate of levy which will enable it to promptly pay in full when due all interest on and principal of bonds and other obligations of the district, and to pay any indebtedness authorized by a vote of the people as provided in this chapter; and in the event of accruing defaults or deficiencies in the bonded or contractual indebtedness, an additional levy may be made as provided in section 321.260. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 25, A.L. 1953 p. 665, A.L. 1965 pp. 513, 514, A.L. 1969 H.B. 322, A.L. 1977 H.B. 216, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1979 H.B. 322)
MO Rev Stat § 321.244 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.244 - Reduced tax levy may be increased to maximum limits, by elections, ballot form.

Effective - 07 Jul 1997   321.244. Reduced tax levy may be increased to maximum limits, by elections, ballot form. — 1. Any fire protection district which has revised or reduced any levy which it has been authorized to impose under the provisions of section 321.225, 321.240, 321.241, 321.243, 321.246, 321.610, or 321.620, under any provision of the constitution or laws of this state, may increase each such revised or reduced levy up to, but not in excess of, the maximum limits allowed under the section authorizing the rate of levy sought to be increased by submitting the following proposition to the voters of the district at any primary, general or special election:   Shall the board of directors of the ______ Fire Protection District be authorized to increase the rate of levy for ______ (insert purpose of which tax is levied) from ______ cents to ______ cents on each one hundred dollars of assessed valuation?    ☐ YES   ☐ NO     2. If any of the propositions submitted under subsection 1 of this section is approved by a majority of the voters of the district voting thereon, the board of directors may increase the levy which was the subject of such proposition to the amount authorized by such proposition. ­­-------- (L. 1986 H.B. 877, A.L. 1997 S.B. 21)  Effective 7-07-97
MO Rev Stat § 321.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.250 - Board to certify rate of levy to county commission.

Effective - 28 Aug 2010   321.250. Board to certify rate of levy to county commission. — On or before the applicable date required under section 67.110 of each year, the board shall certify to the county commission of each county within which the district is located a rate of levy so fixed by the board as provided by law, with directions that at the time and in the manner required by law for levy of taxes for county purposes such county commissions shall levy a tax at the rate so fixed and determined upon the assessed valuation of all the taxable tangible property within the district, in addition to such other taxes as may be levied by such county commissions. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 26, A.L. 1978 S.B. 628, A.L. 1982 S.B. 649 & H.B. 1096, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1392)
MO Rev Stat § 321.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.260 - Matters considered when certifying annual levies — additional levies.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   321.260. Matters considered when certifying annual levies — additional levies. — The board in certifying annual levies as herein provided shall take into account, in addition to the amounts necessary for general purposes as herein provided, the maturing indebtedness for the ensuing year as provided in its bonds and the interest on bonds, and deficiencies and defaults of prior years and any contractual obligation and shall make ample provision for the payment thereof. In case the moneys produced from such levies, together with other revenues of the district are not sufficient to pay punctually the annual installments on its bonds and the interest thereon, and to pay any defaults and deficiencies on any such bonds or contracts duly approved by the voters of the district, then the board shall provide for such additional levying of taxes as may be necessary to pay for all such, and notwithstanding any limitations, such taxes shall be continued to be levied until the indebtedness of the district shall be fully and currently paid. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 27)
MO Rev Stat § 321.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.270 - Duty to levy and collect taxes — delinquent taxes constitute a lien.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   321.270. Duty to levy and collect taxes — delinquent taxes constitute a lien. — 1. The body having authority to levy taxes within each county in which all or part of a district lies shall levy the taxes provided in this chapter, and all officials charged with the duty of collecting taxes in each such county shall collect such taxes at the time and in the manner and with like interest and penalties as other taxes are collected. When collected such taxes shall be paid to the district ordering the levy and collection, or entitled to the same, and the payment of such collections shall be made monthly to the treasurer of the district and paid into the depositary thereof to the credit of the district. All funds received by the district shall be deposited in a depositary and secured in the manner provided by law for the deposit of county funds.  2. All taxes levied under the provisions of this chapter, together with interest thereon and penalties for default in payment thereof, and all costs of collecting the same, shall, until paid, constitute a lien on and against the property taxed, and such lien shall be on a parity with the tax lien of general taxes, and no sale of such property to enforce any general tax or other lien shall extinguish the lien of district taxes. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 28, A.L. 1955 p. 756, A.L. 1969 H.B. 322, A.L. 1978 S.B. 628)
MO Rev Stat § 321.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.280 - Property may be sold for nonpayment of taxes.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   321.280. Property may be sold for nonpayment of taxes. — If the taxes levied are not paid as herein provided, then the delinquent real property shall be sold at the regular tax sale for the payment of said taxes, interest and penalties, in the manner provided by the statutes of the state of Missouri for selling property for the nonpayment of general taxes. If there are no bids at said tax sale for the property so offered, said property shall be struck off to the county or other agency provided by law, and the county or agency shall account to the district in the same manner as provided by law for accounting for school, town and city taxes. Delinquent personal property shall be distrained and sold as provided by general law. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 29)
MO Rev Stat § 321.290 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.290 - Reserve fund, taxes for.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   321.290. Reserve fund, taxes for. — Whenever any bonded or contractual indebtedness has been incurred by a district, it shall be lawful for the board to levy taxes and collect revenue for the purpose of creating a reserve fund in such amount as the board may determine, to be used to meet the obligations of the district. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 30)
MO Rev Stat § 321.301 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.301 - Extension of boundaries if petition does not include all required signatures, effect — election, ballot form.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   321.301. Extension of boundaries if petition does not include all required signatures, effect — election, ballot form. — 1. If the petition to add any territory or tract of land to the district contained fewer than all of the signatures required pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection 2 of section 321.300, the decree of extension of boundaries shall not become final and conclusive until it has been submitted to an election of the voters residing within the boundaries described in such decree and until it has been assented to by a majority vote of the voters in the newly included area voting on the question. The decree shall also provide for the holding of the election to vote on the proposition of extending the boundaries of the district, and shall fix the date for holding the election.  2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:   Shall the boundaries of the ______ Fire Protection District be extended to include the following described property? (Describe property.)    ☐ YES   ☐ NO     3. If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition vote in favor of the extension of the boundaries of the district, then the court shall enter its further order declaring the decree of extension of the boundaries to be final and conclusive. In the event, however, that the court finds that a majority of the voters voting thereon voted against the proposition to extend the boundaries of the district, then the court shall enter its further order declaring the decree of extension of boundaries to be void and of no effect. ­­-------- (L. 1982 H.B. 1096, A.L. 1989 H.B. 731, A.L. 1990 S.B. 862)
MO Rev Stat § 321.302 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.302 - Recording of boundary extension, duties — fees.

Effective - 28 Aug 1982   321.302. Recording of boundary extension, duties — fees. — Within thirty days after the final order of the circuit court extending the boundaries of the district, 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 extending the boundaries of 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. 1982 H.B. 1096)
MO Rev Stat § 321.320 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.320 - Property in city of 40,000 inhabitants not wholly within district, to be excluded.

 There are multiple enactments of 321.320Effective - 28 Aug 1969, 2 histories   *321.320. Property in city of 40,000 inhabitants not wholly within district, to be excluded. — If any property, located within the boundaries of a fire protection district, is included within a city having a population of forty thousand inhabitants or more, which city is not wholly within the fire protection district, and which city maintains a city fire department, the property is excluded from the fire protection district. ­­-------- (L. 1949 p. 540 § 32a, A.L. 1957 p. 723, A.L. 1961 p. 553, A.L. 1969 H.B. 322)  *Revisor's Note: This section is reprinted in accordance with section 3.066. H.B. 1446 in 2018 amended this section and was declared unconstitutional as a violation of Art. III, Sec. 23, of the Missouri Constitution (see 2021 annotation below), rendering the repeal and reenactment of this section ineffective. (2021) Provisions contained in HB 1446 from 2018 declared unconstitutional as that bill violated the single subject requirement of Article III, Section 23 of the Missouri Constitution. City of De Soto v. Parson, 2021 WL 3117987 (Mo.banc).
MO Rev Stat § 321.330 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.330 - Property not to be subject to taxes, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   321.330. Property not to be subject to taxes, when. — All real property included within, or excluded from, a district shall thereafter be subject to the levy of taxes for the payment of any indebtedness of the district outstanding at the time of inclusion or exclusion; provided, however, that after any real property shall have been excluded from a district, as herein provided, any buildings and improvements thereafter erected or constructed on said excluded real property, and all machinery and equipment thereafter installed or placed therein or thereon, and all tangible personal property not in said district at the time of the exclusion of said real property from said district which shall thereafter be situate on or used in connection with said real property, shall not be subject to any taxes levied by said district. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 33)
MO Rev Stat § 321.340 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.340 - Bonds of district.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   321.340. Bonds of district. — To carry out the purposes of this chapter, the board is hereby authorized to issue negotiable coupon bonds of the district as herein provided. Bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding six percent per annum, payable semiannually, and shall be due and payable serially, either annually or semiannually, commencing not later than three years and extending not more than twenty years from their date. The form and terms of said bonds, including provisions for their payment and redemption, shall be determined by the board. If the board so determines, such bonds may be redeemable prior to maturity upon payment of a premium, not exceeding three percent of the principal thereof. Said bonds shall be executed in the name of and on behalf of the district and signed by the chairman of the board, with the seal of the district affixed thereto and attested by the secretary of the board. Said bonds shall be in such denominations as the board shall determine and the bonds and coupons thereto attached shall be payable to bearer. Interest coupons shall bear the original or facsimile signature of the chairman of the board. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 34)
MO Rev Stat § 321.350 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.350 - Election to vote on issuing bonds or creating indebtedness.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   321.350. Election to vote on issuing bonds or creating indebtedness. — Whenever any board shall, by resolution, determine that the interest of said district and the public interest or necessity demand the acquisition, construction, installation or completion of any works or other improvements or facilities, or the making of any contract with the United States or other persons or corporations, to carry out the objects or purposes of said district, requiring the creation of an indebtedness in an amount exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided for such year plus any unencumbered balances from previous years, said board shall order the submission of the proposition of issuing such obligations or bonds, or creating other indebtedness, to the voters of the election. The declaration of public interest or necessity herein required and the provision for holding of such election may be included within one and the same resolution, which resolution, in addition to such declaration of public interest or necessity, shall recite the objects and purposes for which the indebtedness is proposed to be incurred, the estimated cost of the works or improvements, as the case may be, the amount of principal of the indebtedness to be incurred therefor, and the maximum rate of interest to be paid on such indebtedness. Such resolution shall also fix the date upon which such election shall be held. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 35, A.L. 1969 H.B. 322, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 321.360 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.360 - Form of ballot.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   321.360. Form of ballot. — 1. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall ______ (Insert name of district.) ______ Fire Protection District ______ (Here state the proposition to be submitted.) ______?  2. The proposition so submitted, if relating to bonds, shall set out the amount of the issue and the purpose. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 36, A.L. 1969 H.B. 322, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, S.B. 628)
MO Rev Stat § 321.370 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 321 - Fire Protection Districts|Section 321.370 - Results of election to be announced.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   321.370. Results of election to be announced. — At any regular or special meeting of the board held within five days following the date of such election, the board shall declare the results. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 37, A.L. 1969 H.B. 322, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)