72.418. New city not to provide fire services, when--annexation, continuation of services--city to pay fire protection district, amount--voting provisions. - Missouri Statutes

New city not to provide fire services, when--annexation, continuationof services--city to pay fire protection district, amount--votingprovisions.

72.418. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to thecontrary, no new city created pursuant to sections 72.400 to 72.423 shallestablish a municipal fire department to provide fire protection services,including emergency medical services, if such city formerly consisted ofunincorporated areas in the county or municipalities in the county, orboth, which are provided fire protection services and emergency medicalservices by one or more fire protection districts. Such fire protectiondistricts shall continue to provide services to the area comprising the newcity and may levy and collect taxes the same as such districts had prior tothe creation of such new city.

2. Fire protection districts serving the area included within anyannexation by a city having a fire department, including simplifiedboundary changes, shall continue to provide fire protection services,including emergency medical services to such area. The annexing city shallpay annually to the fire protection district an amount equal to that whichthe fire protection district would have levied on all taxable propertywithin the annexed area. Such annexed area shall not be subject totaxation for any purpose thereafter by the fire protection district exceptfor bonded indebtedness by the fire protection district which existed priorto the annexation. The amount to be paid annually by the municipality tothe fire protection district pursuant hereto shall be a sum equal to theannual assessed value multiplied by the annual tax rate as certified by thefire protection district to the municipality, including any portion of thetax created for emergency medical service provided by the district, per onehundred dollars of assessed value in such area. The tax rate so computedshall include any tax on bonded indebtedness incurred subsequent to suchannexation, but shall not include any portion of the tax rate for bondedindebtedness incurred prior to such annexation. Notwithstanding any otherprovision of law to the contrary, the residents of an area annexed on orafter May 26, 1994, may vote in all fire protection district elections andmay be elected to the fire protection district board of directors.

3. The fire protection district may approve or reject any proposalfor the provision of fire protection and emergency medical services by acity.

(L. 1989 H.B. 487 § 7, A.L. 1992 S.B. 571, A.L. 1993 S.B. 256, A.L. 1995 H.B. 446, A.L. 1996 S.B. 735, A.L. 1999 S.B. 160 & 82, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1967)

Effective 6-27-00