320.300. Volunteer fire protection association, definition. - Missouri Statutes

Volunteer fire protection association, definition.

320.300. As used in sections 320.300 to 320.310, the phrase"volunteer fire protection association" means any fire department,including a municipal fire department, which is staffed by volunteers andorganized for the purpose of combating fires in a specified area. Theprovisions of sections 320.300 to 320.310 shall apply only to volunteerfire protection associations either partially or wholly funded bymembership or subscriber fees and shall not apply to fire protectiondistricts supported by local tax revenues, or which have contracted with apolitical subdivision to respond to fires within the area of anassociation's boundaries.

(L. 1986 H.B. 1418 § 1, A.L. 1987 H.B. 57, A.L. 1998 S.B. 898, A.L. 2006 S.B. 863)