190.015. Petition to form, contents--ambulance district boundaries (St. Louis County). - Missouri Statutes

Petition to form, contents--ambulance district boundaries(St. Louis County).

190.015. 1. Whenever the creation of an ambulance district isdesired, a number of voters residing in the proposed district equal to tenpercent of the vote cast for governor in the proposed district in the nextpreceding gubernatorial election may file with the county clerk in whichthe territory or the greater part thereof is situated a petition requestingthe creation thereof. In case the proposed district is situated in two ormore counties, the petition shall be filed in the office of the countyclerk of the county in which the greater part of the area is situated, andthe commissioners of the county commission of the county shall set thepetition for public hearing. The petition shall set forth:

(1) A description of the territory to be embraced in the proposeddistrict;

(2) The names of the municipalities located within the area;

(3) The name of the proposed district;

(4) The population of the district which shall not be less than twothousand inhabitants;

(5) The assessed valuation of the area, which shall not be less thanten million dollars; and

(6) A request that the question be submitted to the voters residingwithin the limits of the proposed ambulance district whether they willestablish an ambulance district pursuant to the provisions of sections190.001 to 190.090 to be known as "............. Ambulance District" forthe purpose of establishing and maintaining an ambulance service.

2. In any county with a charter form of government and with more thanone million inhabitants, fire protection districts created under chapter321, RSMo, may choose to create an ambulance district with boundariescongruent with each participating fire protection district's existingboundaries provided no ambulance district already exists in whole or partof any district being proposed and the dominant provider of ambulanceservices within the proposed district as of September 1, 2005, ceases tooffer or provide ambulance services, and the board of each participatingdistrict, by a majority vote, approves the formation of such a district andparticipating fire protection districts are contiguous. Upon approval bythe fire protection district boards, subsection 1 of this section shall befollowed for formation of the ambulance district. Services provided by adistrict under this subsection shall only include emergency ambulanceservices as defined in section 321.225, RSMo.

(L. 1971 S.B. 108 § 2, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1998 S.B. 743, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58 merged with S.B. 210)

(1977) Held, failure to include description of area to be included in district and failure to hold hearing within statutory time did not invalidate formation of district. See also dissents. State at Information of Fleming v. Zimmerschied (Mo.), 559 S.W.2d 178.