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FIRST REGULAR SESSION
[TRULY AGREED TO AND FINALLY PASSED]
SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 225
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
0321S.09T 2025
AN ACT
To repeal sections 43.080, 43.505, 57.280, 57.530, 57.952, 57.955, 57.961, 57.962, 57.967,
84.540, 84.570, 87.140, 87.145, 87.155, 87.260, 87.350, 94.900, 144.757, 190.053,
190.101, 190.109, 190.800, 197.135, 287.243, 300.100, 304.153, 321.552, 321.554,
321.556, 324.009, 483.088, 488.024, and 488.435, RSMo, and section 304.022 as
enacted by house bill no. 1606, one hundred first general assembly, second regular
session, and section 304.022 as enacted by senate bill no. 26 merged with senate bills
nos. 53 & 60, one hundred first general assembly, first regular session, and to enact in
lieu thereof forty new sections relating to first responders, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 43.080, 43.505, 57.280, 57.530, 57.952, 57.955, 57.961, 57.962,
2 57.967, 84.540, 84.570, 87.140, 87.145, 87.155, 87.260, 87.350, 94.900, 144.757, 190.053,
3 190.101, 190.109, 190.800, 197.135, 287.243, 300.100, 304.153, 321.552, 321.554, 321.556,
4 324.009, 483.088, 488.024, and 488.435, RSMo, and section 304.022 as enacted by house bill
5 no. 1606, one hundred first general assembly, second regular session, and section 304.022 as
6 enacted by senate bill no. 26 merged with senate bills nos. 53 & 60, one hundred first general
7 assembly, first regular session, are repealed and forty new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to
8 be known as sections 43.080, 43.505, 44.087, 57.280, 57.530, 57.952, 57.956, 57.961,
9 57.967, 84.540, 84.570, 87.140, 87.145, 87.155, 87.260, 87.350, 94.900, 144.757, 173.2655,
10 173.2660, 190.053, 190.076, 190.101, 190.109, 190.112, 190.166, 190.800, 197.135,
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
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11 287.243, 300.100, 304.022, 304.153, 321.552, 321.554, 321.556, 324.009, 488.435, 537.038,
12 574.207, and 650.040, to read as follows:
43.080. 1. The superintendent is authorized and empowered to prescribe policies
2 providing for increases in the salaries of members of the highway patrol. Each year, prior to
3 January first, the superintendent shall submit a salary schedule report to the governor, speaker
4 of the house of representatives, and the president pro tem of the senate. The salary schedule
5 report prepared by the superintendent shall include, in addition to other matters deemed
6 pertinent to the superintendent, a comparison of the salaries of police officers of the three
7 largest police departments in the state and a comparison of the salaries of police officers
8 employed by the following law enforcement agencies located in surrounding states:
9 (1) The Iowa State Patrol;
10 (2) The Nebraska State Patrol;
11 (3) The Illinois State Police;
12 (4) The Kentucky State Police;
13 (5) The Tennessee Highway Patrol;
14 (6) The Arkansas State Police;
15 (7) The Oklahoma Highway Patrol; and
16 (8) The Kansas Highway Patrol.
17 2. The governor may make additional recommendations to the report and forward
18 them to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tem of the senate.
19 The speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tem of the senate may assign
20 the salary schedule report to the appropriate standing committees to review the salary
21 comparisons to ensure that parity in the salary of members of the highway patrol and officers
22 of the three largest police departments is maintained. The superintendent of the highway
23 patrol shall testify before the appropriate committee on the salary schedule report if called
24 upon by such committee. The "service" of a member of the patrol, who has served in the
25 Armed Forces of the United States and who has subsequently been reinstated as a member of
26 the patrol within ninety days after receiving a discharge other than dishonorable from the
27 Armed Forces of the United States, shall be considered service with the patrol as a member of
28 the patrol rendered since last becoming a member prior to entrance into the Armed Forces of
29 the United States; except that no member shall be entitled to any credit, privilege or benefit
30 provided by this chapter if such member voluntarily extends or participates in an extension of
31 the period of service, whether by reenlistment, waiver of discharge, acceptance of
32 commission or any other action, with the Armed Forces beyond the period of service for
33 which such member was originally commissioned, enlisted, inducted or called.
43.505. 1. The department of public safety is hereby designated as the central
2 repository for the collection, maintenance, analysis and reporting of crime incident activity
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3 generated by law enforcement agencies in this state. The department shall develop and
4 operate a uniform crime reporting system that is compatible with the national uniform crime
5 reporting system operated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
6 2. The department of public safety shall:
7 (1) Develop, operate and maintain an information system for the collection, storage,
8 maintenance, analysis and retrieval of crime incident and arrest reports from Missouri law
9 enforcement agencies;
10 (2) Compile the statistical data and forward such data as required to the Federal
11 Bureau of Investigation or the appropriate Department of Justice agency in accordance with
12 the standards and procedures of the national system;
13 (3) Provide the forms, formats, procedures, standards and related training or training
14 assistance to all law enforcement agencies in the state as necessary for such agencies to report
15 incident and arrest activity for timely inclusion into the statewide system;
16 (4) Annually publish a report on the nature and extent of crime and submit such
17 report to the governor and the general assembly. Such report and other statistical reports shall
18 be made available to state and local law enforcement agencies and the general public through
19 an electronic or manual medium;
20 (5) Beginning January 1, 2026, publish quarterly clearance rates, as defined in
21 section 650.040, on the department's website by the fifteenth calendar day on the month
22 following the close of the preceding quarter;
23 (6) Beginning January 1, 2027, report the data collected pursuant to subdivision
24 (2) of subsection 3 of this section to the governor, Missouri Peace Officers Standards
25 and Training Commission, the chair of the committee on the judiciary and civil and
26 criminal jurisprudence of the senate, the chair of the committee on crime prevention
27 and public safety of the house of representatives, and the chair of the committee on the
28 judiciary of the house of representatives by July 1, 2027, and by July first of each year
29 thereafter. The department shall also make the report available to the public on the
30 department's website;
31 (7) Maintain the privacy and security of information in accordance with applicable
32 state and federal laws, regulations and orders; and
33 [(6)] (8) Establish such rules and regulations as are necessary for implementing the
34 provisions of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section
35 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective
36 only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable,
37 section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers
38 vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date
39 or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of
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40 rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2000, shall be invalid
41 and void.
42 3. Every law enforcement agency in the state shall:
43 (1) Submit crime incident reports to the department of public safety on forms or in the
44 format prescribed by the department; and
45 (2) Submit any other crime incident information which may be required by the
46 department of public safety.
47 (a) Beginning January 1, 2026, every law enforcement agency in the state shall
48 collect data documenting case clearances, including information on clearance rates, as
49 defined in section 650.040, for nonfatal shootings, as determined by the department of
50 public safety, and report such data to the department on a monthly basis.
51 (b) All clearance rate data collected and reported pursuant to this section shall
52 be disaggregated by whether the offense was cleared by arrest or the offense was cleared
53 by exceptional means, as defined in section 650.040, document the year of the offense,
54 the demographic information of the victim, and detail the average duration per office
55 from the date of the offense to the date of clearance.
56 4. Any law enforcement agency that violates this section after December 31, 2021,
57 may be ineligible to receive state or federal funds which would otherwise be paid to such
58 agency for law enforcement, safety or criminal justice purposes.
44.087. 1. The chief law enforcement executive for any law enforcement agency,
2 or such executive's designee, may request assistance from a law enforcement agency of
3 another jurisdiction, including a jurisdiction outside the state of Missouri but within the
4 United States.
5 2. If a law enforcement officer makes an arrest or apprehension outside such
6 officer's jurisdiction, the offender shall be delivered to the first available law
7 enforcement officer who is commissioned in the jurisdiction in which the arrest was
8 made. The officer making the initial arrest or apprehension shall assist in the
9 preparation of any affidavits filed with the complaint or based on other evidence that
10 there is probable cause to believe that both a crime has been committed and the
11 defendant has committed such crime.
12 3. For the purpose of liability, workers' compensation, and any other
13 employment-related matter, law enforcement officers remain employees of their
14 respective law enforcement agency throughout any request for assistance. Qualified
15 immunity, sovereign immunity, official immunity, and the public duty rule shall apply to
16 the provisions of this section as interpreted by the federal and state courts of the
17 responding agency.
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18 4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the actions of law
19 enforcement officers or agencies conducted in accordance with section 44.095 or 44.098,
20 or any other mutual aid agreement made under this chapter.
21 5. The provisions of chapter 544 are applicable to any law enforcement officers
22 from jurisdictions located outside the state of Missouri, but within the United States,
23 who are acting pursuant to a request made under this section.
57.280. 1. Sheriffs shall receive a charge for service of any summons, writ, or other
2 order of court, in connection with any civil case, and making on the same either a return
3 indicating service, a non est return or a nulla bona return, the sum of twenty dollars for each
4 item to be served, except that a sheriff shall receive a charge for service of any subpoena, and
5 making a return on the same, the sum of ten dollars; however, no such charge shall be
6 collected in any proceeding when [court] costs for service are to be paid by the state, county,
7 or municipality. In addition to such charge, the sheriff shall be entitled to receive for each
8 mile actually traveled in serving any summons, writ, subpoena, or other order of court the rate
9 prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service for all allowable expenses for motor vehicle use
10 expressed as an amount per mile, provided that such mileage shall not be charged for more
11 than one subpoena or summons or other writ served in the same cause on the same trip. All of
12 such charges shall be received by the sheriff who is requested to perform the service. Except
13 as otherwise provided by law, all charges made pursuant to this section shall be collected by
14 the [court clerk as court costs] sheriff's office responsible for service and are payable prior
15 to the time the service is rendered; provided that if the amount of such charge cannot be
16 readily determined, then the sheriff shall receive a deposit based upon the likely amount of
17 such charge, and the balance of such charge shall be payable immediately upon ascertainment
18 of the proper amount of said charge. A sheriff may refuse to perform any service in any
19 action or proceeding, other than when [court] costs for service are waived as provided by law,
20 until the charge provided by this section is paid. Failure to receive the charge shall not affect
21 the validity of the service.
22 2. The sheriff shall receive for receiving and paying moneys on execution or other
23 process, where lands or goods have been levied and advertised and sold, five percent on five
24 hundred dollars and four percent on all sums above five hundred dollars, and half of these
25 sums, when the money is paid to the sheriff without a levy, or where the lands or goods levied
26 on shall not be sold and the money is paid to the sheriff or person entitled thereto, his agent or
27 attorney. The party at whose application any writ, execution, subpoena, or other process has
28 issued from the court shall pay the sheriff's costs for the removal, transportation, storage,
29 safekeeping and support of any property to be seized pursuant to legal process before such
30 seizure. The sheriff shall be allowed for each mile, going and returning from the courthouse
31 of the county in which he resides to the place where the court is held, the rate prescribed by
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32 the Internal Revenue Service for all allowable expenses for motor vehicle use expressed as an
33 amount per mile. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to garnishment proceeds.
34 3. The sheriff upon the receipt of the charge herein provided for shall pay into the
35 treasury of the county any and all charges received pursuant to the provisions of this section.
36 The funds collected pursuant to this section, not to exceed [fifty] seventy-five thousand
37 dollars in any calendar year, shall be held in a fund established by the county treasurer, which
38 may be expended at the discretion of the sheriff for the furtherance of the sheriff's set duties.
39 Any such funds in excess of [fifty] seventy-five thousand dollars in any calendar year shall be
40 placed to the credit of the general revenue fund of the county. Moneys in the fund shall be
41 used only for the procurement of services and equipment to support the operation of the
42 sheriff's office. Moneys in the fund established pursuant to this subsection shall not lapse to
43 the county general revenue fund at the end of any county budget or fiscal year.
44 4. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 3 of this section to the contrary,
45 [the sheriff shall receive ten dollars] for service of any summons, writ, subpoena, or other
46 order of the court included under subsection 1 of this section, in addition to the charge for
47 such service that each sheriff receives under subsection 1 of this section, the sheriff of any
48 county of the first, second, or fourth classification or with a charter form of government
49 shall receive twenty dollars and the sheriff of any county of the third classification shall
50 receive fifteen dollars. The money received by the sheriff under this subsection shall be paid
51 into the county treasury and the county treasurer shall make such money payable to the state
52 treasurer.
53 (2) For any moneys received by the state treasurer from the county treasurer of
54 any county of the first, second, or fourth classification or with a charter form of
55 government, the state treasurer shall deposit ten dollars of such moneys in the deputy sheriff
56 salary supplementation fund created under section 57.278 and ten dollars of such moneys in
57 the sheriffs' retirement fund created under section 57.952, except that any moneys
58 received from a county that does not have a sheriff that participates in the sheriffs'
59 retirement system authorized by sections 57.949 to 57.997 shall be deposited in full in
60 the deputy sheriff supplementation fund. Any other person specially appointed to serve in
61 a county shall execute and deliver to the circuit clerk, along with the confirmation of service,
62 a signed and notarized affidavit of confirmation, made under penalty of perjury, that includes
63 the amount, check number, and date of payment to evidence payment was made to the sheriff
64 for the deputy sheriff salary supplementation fund and the sheriffs' retirement fund as
65 required by this subsection.
66 (3) For any moneys received by the state treasurer from the county treasurer of
67 any county of the third classification, the state treasurer shall deposit ten dollars of such
68 moneys in the deputy sheriff salary supplementation fund created under section 57.278
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69 and five dollars of such moneys in the sheriffs' retirement fund created under section
70 57.952, except that any moneys received from a county that does not have a sheriff that
71 participates in the sheriffs' retirement system authorized by sections 57.949 to 57.997
72 shall be deposited in full in the deputy sheriff supplementation fund. Any other person
73 specially appointed to serve in a county shall execute and deliver to the circuit clerk,
74 along with the confirmation of service, a signed and notarized affidavit of confirmation,
75 made under penalty of perjury, that includes the amount, check number, and date of
76 payment to evidence payment was made to the sheriff for the deputy sheriff salary
77 supplementation fund and the sheriffs' retirement fund as required by this subsection.
78 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 3 of this section, the court clerk shall
79 collect ten dollars as a court cost for service of any summons, writ, subpoena, or other order
80 of the court included under subsection 1 of this section if any person other than a sheriff is
81 specially appointed to serve in a county that receives funds under section 57.278. The
82 moneys received by the court clerk under this subsection shall be paid into the county treasury
83 and the county treasurer shall make such moneys payable to the state treasurer. The state
84 treasurer shall deposit such moneys in the deputy sheriff salary supplementation fund created
85 under section 57.278.
86 6. Sheriffs shall receive up to fifty dollars for service of any summons, writ, or other
87 order of the court in connection with any eviction proceeding, in addition to the charge for
88 such service that each sheriff receives under this section. All of such charges shall be
89 received by the sheriff who is requested to perform the service and shall be paid to the county
90 treasurer in a fund established by the county treasurer, which may be expended at the
91 discretion of the sheriff for the furtherance of the sheriff's set duties. All charges shall be
92 payable prior to the time the service is rendered; provided that if the amount of such charge
93 cannot be readily determined, then the sheriff shall receive a deposit based upon the likely
94 amount of such charge, and the balance of such charge shall be payable immediately upon
95 ascertainment of the proper amount of said charge.
57.530. The sheriff of the City of St. Louis shall, with the approval of a majority of
2 the circuit judges of the circuit court of said city, appoint as many deputies and assistants as
3 may be necessary to perform the duties of his office, and fix the compensation for their
4 services, which compensation, however, shall not in any case exceed the annual rate of
5 compensation fixed by the board of aldermen of the City of St. Louis therefor. The annual
6 compensation for sheriff's deputies shall be no less than fifty thousand dollars per year.
57.952. 1. There is hereby authorized a "Sheriffs' Retirement Fund" which shall be
2 under the management of [a] the board [of directors] as described in section 57.958. The
3 board [of directors] shall be responsible for the administration and the investment of the funds
4 of such sheriffs' retirement fund. The general assembly and the governing body of a county
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5 may appropriate funds for deposit in the sheriffs' retirement fund. [If insufficient funds are
6 generated to provide the benefits payable pursuant to the provisions of sections 57.949 to
7 57.997, the board shall proportion the benefits according to the funds available.]
8 2. The board may accept gifts, donations, grants, and bequests from public or private
9 sources to the sheriffs' retirement fund.
10 3. Each county shall make the payroll deductions for member contributions mandated
11 under section 57.961, and the county shall transmit such moneys to the board for deposit into
12 the sheriffs' retirement fund.
57.956. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
2 department of corrections shall subtract and make a payment to the state treasurer
3 from any per diem cost of incarceration to be received by each county under section
4 221.105, or from any per diem cost for jail reimbursement to be received by each county
5 under any other provision of law in effect on or after August 28, 2025, in the amount of
6 one dollar and seventy-five cents per day per prisoner. The state treasurer shall deposit
7 such funds in the sheriffs' retirement fund created under section 57.952.
8 2. Notwithstanding subsection 1 of this section to the contrary, if the sheriffs'
9 retirement fund is funded to at least ninety percent of the actuarially sound level and is
10 funded at a level above the actuarial need, the department of corrections shall subtract
11 and make a payment to the state treasurer from any per diem cost of incarceration to be
12 received by each county under section 221.105, or from any per diem cost for jail
13 reimbursement to be received by each county under any other provision of law in effect
14 on or after August 28, 2025, in the amount of one dollar per day per prisoner. The state
15 treasurer shall deposit such funds in the sheriffs' retirement fund created under section
16 57.952. The retirement system shall annually provide a copy of its actuarial report to
17 the department of corrections.
18 3. The payment authorized by this section shall only apply to counties that have
19 a sheriff who participates in the retirement system.
20 4. This section shall be effective on January 1, 2026.
57.961. 1. On and after the effective date of the establishment of the system, as an
2 incident to his or her employment or continued employment, each person employed as an
3 elected or appointed sheriff of a county shall become a member of the system. Such
4 membership shall continue as long as the person continues to be an employee, or receives or
5 is eligible to receive benefits under the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997.
6 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, each person who is a
7 member of the system on or after January 1, 2024, shall be required to contribute five percent
8 of the member's pay to the [retirement] system. Such contribution shall be made by the
9 member of the system notwithstanding that the minimum salary or wages provided by law
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10 for any member shall thereby be changed. Each member shall be deemed to consent and
11 agree to the deduction made and provided for herein. Payment of a member's compensation
12 less such deduction shall be a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and
13 demands whatsoever for services rendered by him or her to a county, except as to benefits
14 provided by this system.
15 3. The county employer, pursuant to the provisions of 26 U.S.C. Section 414(h)
16 (2), shall pick up and pay the contributions that would otherwise be payable by the
17 member under this section. The officer or officers responsible for making up the payrolls
18 for each county shall cause the contribution provided for in this section to be deducted from
19 the compensation of the member in the employ of the county, on each and every payroll, for
20 each and every payroll to the date his or her membership terminates. When deducted, each
21 contribution shall be paid by the county to the system; the payments shall be made in the
22 manner and shall be accompanied by such supporting data as the board shall from time to
23 time prescribe. When paid to the system, each of the contributions shall be credited to the
24 member from whose compensation the contributions were deducted. The contributions so
25 deducted shall be treated as [employee] employer contributions for purposes of determining
26 the member's pay that is includable in the member's gross income for federal income tax
27 purposes.
28 4. Member contributions [deducted and paid into the system by the county] picked
29 up by the employer shall be paid from the same source of funds used for the payment of pay
30 to a member. A deduction shall be made from each member's pay equal to the amount of the
31 member's contributions picked up by the employer. This deduction, however, shall not reduce
32 the member's pay for purposes of computing benefits under the [retirement] system under this
33 chapter.
34 5. The contributions, although designated as employee contributions, shall be paid by
35 the county in lieu of the contributions by the member. The member shall not have the option
36 of choosing to receive the contributed amounts directly instead of having them paid by the
37 county to the [retirement] system.
38 6. A former member who is not vested may request a refund of his or her
39 contributions. Such refund shall be paid by the system after ninety days from the date of
40 termination of employment or the request, whichever is later, and shall include all
41 contributions made to any retirement plan administered by the system.
42 7. Beginning September 1, 1986, any city not within a county and any county having
43 a charter form of government may elect, by a majority vote of its governing body, to come
44 under the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997 [except for the provisions of section
45 57.955]. Notice in writing of such election shall be given to the board, and the person
46 employed as sheriff of such county, as an incident of his contract of employment or continued
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47 employment, shall become a member of the system on the first day of the month immediately
48 following the date the board receives notice. Such membership shall continue as long as the
49 person continues to be an employee, or receives or is eligible to receive benefits under the
50 provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997, and upon becoming a member he shall receive credit
51 for all prior service as if he had become a member on December 22, 1983.
52 8. Subject to the limitations under sections 57.949 to 57.997, the board shall have the
53 authority to formulate and adopt rules and regulations for the administration of these
54 provisions.
57.967. 1. The normal annuity of a retired member shall equal two percent of the
2 final average compensation of the retired member multiplied by the number of years of
3 creditable service of the retired member, except that the normal annuity shall not exceed
4 seventy-five percent of the retired member's average final compensation. Such annuity shall
5 be not less than one thousand dollars per month.
6 2. The board, at its last meeting of each calendar year, shall determine the monthly
7 amount for medical insurance premiums to be paid to each retired member during the next
8 following calendar year. The monthly amount shall not exceed four hundred fifty dollars.
9 The monthly payments are at the discretion of the board on the advice of the actuary. The
10 anticipated sum of all such payments during the year plus the annual normal cost plus the
11 annual amount to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued liability in no more than thirty
12 years shall not exceed the anticipated moneys credited to the system pursuant to [sections]
13 section 57.952 [and 57.955]. The money amount granted here shall not be continued to any
14 survivor.
15 3. If a member with eight or more years of service dies before becoming eligible for
16 retirement, the member's surviving spouse, if he or she has been married to the member for at
17 least two years prior to the member's death, shall be entitled to survivor benefits under option
18 1 as set forth in section 57.979 as if the member had retired on the date of the member's death.
19 The member's monthly benefit shall be calculated as the member's accrued benefit at his or
20 her death reduced by one-fourth of one percent per month for an early commencement from
21 the member's normal retirement date: age fifty-five with twelve or more years of creditable
22 service or age sixty-two with eight years of creditable service, to the member's date of death.
23 Such benefit shall be payable on the first day of the month following the member's death and
24 shall be payable during the surviving spouse's lifetime.
84.540. 1. Upon recommendation of the chief of police, the board may authorize and
2 provide for the organization of a police reserve force composed of residents of the city who
3 qualify under the provisions of subsection 1 of section 84.570, however, in the interest of
4 efficiency and public safety, no person shall serve as a member of such police reserve
5 force following the last day of the month in which the person becomes sixty-five years of
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6 age. Such reserve force shall be under the command of the chief of police and shall be
7 provided training, equipment, uniforms, and arms as the chief shall direct with the approval of
8 the board; and when assigned to active duty the members of the reserve force shall possess all
9 of the powers of regular police officers and shall be subject to all laws and regulations
10 applicable to police officers; provided, however, that the city council or other governing body
11 of any such city may in its discretion fix a total in number which the reserve force may not
12 exceed.
13 2. In event of riot or other emergencies as declared and defined by the mayor, the city
14 council or other governing body in such city in concurrence with the board, the board, upon
15 recommendation of the chief, may appoint special officers or patrolmen for temporary service
16 in addition to the police reserve force herein provided for, but the length of time for which
17 such officers or patrolmen shall be employed shall be limited to the time during which such
18 emergency shall exist.
84.570. 1. No person shall be appointed policeman or officer of police who shall
2 have been convicted of any offense, the punishment of which may be confinement in the state
3 penitentiary; nor shall any person be appointed who is not proven to be of good character, or
4 who is not proven to be a bona fide citizen of the United States, or who cannot read and write
5 the English language and who does not possess ordinary physical strength and courage, nor
6 shall any person be originally appointed to said police force who is less than twenty-one years
7 of age. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board shall have the sole authority to
8 determine conditions of employment for police officers pursuant to section 84.460.
9 2. In the interest of efficiency and public safety, law enforcement officers, as
10 defined in 29 U.S.C. Section 630 or any successor statute, shall be separated from service
11 on the last day of the month in which the employee becomes sixty-five years of age or
12 reaches thirty-five years of creditable service as defined in subdivision (8) of section
13 86.900, whichever occurs later.
14 3. The board shall from time to time require open competitive examinations or tests
15 for determining the qualifications and fitness of all applicants for appointment to positions on
16 the police force. Such examinations and tests shall be practical and shall relate to matters
17 which fairly measure the relative fitness of the candidates to discharge the duties of the
18 positions to which they seek to be appointed. Notice of such examinations and tests shall be
19 given not less than ten days in advance thereof by public advertisement in at least one
20 newspaper of general circulation in such city, and by posting notice in the police headquarters
21 building. A list of those qualifying in such examinations shall be established, listing those
22 qualified in order of rank. When an appointment is to be made, the appointment shall be
23 made from such eligible list.
24 [3.] 4. The board shall also establish rules for:
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25 (1) Temporary employment for not exceeding sixty days in the absence of any
26 eligible list;
27 (2) Hours of work of police employees and officers subject to the provisions of
28 section 84.510; and
29 (3) Attendance regulations and leaves of absence.
87.140. 1. The general administration and the responsibility for the proper operation
2 of the retirement system shall be vested in a board of trustees of nine persons. The board shall
3 be constituted as follows:
4 (1) The chief of the fire department of the city, ex officio;
5 (2) The comptroller or deputy comptroller of the city, ex officio;
6 (3) Two members to be appointed by the mayor of the city to serve for a term of two
7 years;
8 (4) Three members to be elected by the members of the retirement system for a term
9 of three years who shall be members of the system and hold office only while members of the
10 system;
11 (5) Two members who shall be retired firemen to be elected by the retired firemen of
12 the city and who shall hold office for a term of three years.
13 2. If a vacancy occurs in the office of trustee, the vacancy shall be filled for the
14 unexpired term in the same manner as the office was previously filled.
15 3. The trustees shall serve without compensation, but they shall be reimbursed from
16 the expense fund for all necessary expenses which they may incur through service on the
17 board.
18 4. Each trustee shall, within ten days after his appointment or election, take an oath of
19 office before the clerk of circuit court of the city, that, so far as it devolves upon him, he will
20 diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the board and that he will not knowingly
21 violate or willingly permit to be violated any of the provisions of the law applicable to the
22 retirement system. The oath shall be subscribed to by the member making it and certified by
23 the clerk of circuit court and filed in his office.
24 5. Each trustee shall be entitled to one vote on the board. Five votes shall be
25 necessary for a decision by the trustees at any meeting of the board.
26 6. Notwithstanding any provision of sections 87.120 to 87.371 to the contrary, the
27 board of trustees of the retirement system shall not be prevented from simultaneously
28 acting as the trustees of any other pension plan that provides retirement, disability, and
29 death benefits for firefighters employed by any city not within a county and their
30 covered dependents. The administration of the other pension plan shall be in
31 accordance with the terms of such pension plan. Nothing in this subsection shall
32 prevent the board of alderman of a city not within a county from adopting ordinances to
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33 govern the pensioning of firefighters and their covered dependents in any other pension
34 plan simultaneously administered by the board of trustees of the retirement system.
87.145. The board of trustees shall have exclusive original jurisdiction in all matters
2 relating to or affecting the funds herein provided for, including, in addition to all other
3 matters, all claims for benefits and refunds under this law, and its action, decision or
4 determination in any matter shall be reviewable under chapter 536 only, and any party to the
5 proceedings shall have a right of appeal from the decision of the reviewing court. Subject to
6 the limitations of sections 87.120 to 87.370, the board of trustees shall, from time to time,
7 establish rules and regulations for the administration of funds created by this law, for the
8 transaction of its business, and for the limitation of the time within which claims may be filed.
9 The administration of any pension plan, other than the retirement system, includes the
10 ability of the board of trustees, from time to time, to establish rules and regulations for
11 the administration of funds of such other pension plan and for the transaction of such
12 other pension plan's business. Nothing in this section shall prevent the board of
13 alderman of a city not within a county from adopting ordinances to govern the
14 pensioning of firefighters and their covered dependents in any other pension plan
15 simultaneously administered by the board of trustees of the retirement system.
87.155. 1. The board of trustees shall keep in convenient form such data as is
2 necessary for actuarial valuation of the funds of the retirement system and for checking the
3 experience of the system.
4 2. The board of trustees shall keep a record of all its proceedings which shall be open
5 to public inspection. It shall publish annually a report showing the fiscal transactions of the
6 retirement system for the preceding fiscal year, the amount of the accumulated cash and
7 securities of the system, and the last balance sheet showing the financial condition of the
8 system by means of an actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the retirement
9 system.
10 3. To the extent the board of trustees administers a pension plan other than the
11 retirement system, the board of trustees shall maintain separate records of all
12 proceedings of such other pension plan.
87.260. The board of trustees of the firefighters' retirement system shall have the
2 exclusive authority and discretion to invest and reinvest the funds in property of any kind, real
3 or personal. The board of trustees shall invest and manage the fund as a prudent investor
4 would, by considering the purposes, terms, distribution requirements, and other circumstances
5 of the firefighters' retirement system. In satisfying this standard, the board of trustees shall
6 exercise reasonable care, skill, and caution. No trustee shall have any interest as a trustee in
7 the gains or profits made on any investment, except benefits from interest in investments
8 common to all members of the plan, if entitled thereto. To the extent the board of trustees
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9 administers a pension plan other than the retirement system, the board of trustees shall
10 also have the authority and discretion to invest and reinvest the funds of such other
11 pension plan in property of any kind, real or personal. The board of trustees may
12 choose to invest the funds of the retirement system and the funds of the other pension
13 plan in the same investments so long as the amounts invested and the gains, profits, or
14 losses on such investments are accounted for separately. No benefits due to the
15 firefighters or their covered dependents from the other pension plan shall be paid from
16 the funds of the retirement system. Nothing in this section shall prevent the board of
17 alderman of a city not within a county from adopting ordinances to govern the
18 pensioning of firefighters and their covered dependents in any other pension plan
19 simultaneously administered by the board of trustees of the retirement system.
87.350. The expense fund shall be the fund to which shall be credited all money
2 provided to pay the administration expenses of the retirement system and from which shall be
3 paid all the expenses necessary in connection with the administration and operation of the
4 system. Annually the board of trustees shall estimate the amount of money necessary to be
5 paid into the expense fund during the ensuing year to provide for the expense of operation of
6 the retirement system. Such estimate shall be provided by the board of trustees from interest
7 and other earnings on assets of the retirement system. In no event shall any expenses,
8 including administrative expenses, incurred by the board of trustees in the
9 administration of any pension plan other than the retirement system or in the
10 investment of any funds of any pension plan other than the retirement system be paid
11 from the funds of the retirement system. Such expenses shall be paid entirely from the
12 funds of the other pension plan.
94.900. 1. (1) The governing body of the following cities may impose a tax as
2 provided in this section:
3 (a) Any city of the third classification with more than ten thousand eight hundred but
4 less than ten thousand nine hundred inhabitants located at least partly within a county of the
5 first classification with more than one hundred eighty-four thousand but less than one
6 hundred eighty-eight thousand inhabitants;
7 (b) Any city of the fourth classification with more than four thousand five hundred
8 but fewer than five thousand inhabitants;
9 (c) Any city of the fourth classification with more than eight thousand nine hundred
10 but fewer than nine thousand inhabitants;
11 (d) Any home rule city with more than forty-eight thousand but fewer than forty-nine
12 thousand inhabitants;
13 (e) Any home rule city with more than seventy-three thousand but fewer than
14 seventy-five thousand inhabitants;
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15 (f) Any city of the fourth classification with more than thirteen thousand five hundred
16 but fewer than sixteen thousand inhabitants;
17 (g) Any city of the fourth classification with more than seven thousand but fewer than
18 eight thousand inhabitants;
19 (h) Any city of the fourth classification with more than four thousand but fewer than
20 four thousand five hundred inhabitants and located in any county of the first classification
21 with more than one hundred fifty thousand but fewer than two hundred thousand inhabitants;
22 (i) Any city of the third classification with more than thirteen thousand but fewer than
23 fifteen thousand inhabitants and located in any county of the third classification without a
24 township form of government and with more than thirty-three thousand but fewer than thirty-
25 seven thousand inhabitants;
26 (j) Any city of the fourth classification with more than three thousand but fewer than
27 three thousand three hundred inhabitants and located in any county of the third classification
28 without a township form of government and with more than eighteen thousand but fewer than
29 twenty thousand inhabitants and that is not the county seat of such county;
30 (k) Any city with more than ten thousand but fewer than eleven thousand inhabitants
31 and partially located in a county with more than two hundred thirty thousand but fewer than
32 two hundred sixty thousand inhabitants;
33 (l) Any city with more than four thousand nine hundred but fewer than five thousand
34 six hundred inhabitants and located in a county with more than thirty thousand but fewer than
35 thirty-five thousand inhabitants; [or]
36 (m) Any city with more than twelve thousand five hundred but fewer than fourteen
37 thousand inhabitants and that is the county seat of a county with more than twenty-two
38 thousand but fewer than twenty-five thousand inhabitants;
39 (n) Any village with more than four hundred thirty but fewer than four hundred
40 eighty inhabitants and partially located in a county with more than forty thousand but
41 fewer than fifty thousand inhabitants and with a county seat with more than two
42 thousand but fewer than six thousand inhabitants;
43 (o) Any city with more than sixteen thousand but fewer than eighteen thousand
44 inhabitants and located in more than one county;
45 (p) Any city with more than twelve thousand five hundred but fewer than
46 fourteen thousand inhabitants and located in a county with more than twenty-two
47 thousand but fewer than twenty-five thousand inhabitants and with a county seat with
48 more than nine hundred but fewer than one thousand four hundred inhabitants;
49 (q) Any city with more than fifty-one thousand but fewer than fifty-eight
50 thousand inhabitants and located in more than one county;
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51 (r) Any city with more than eight thousand but fewer than nine thousand
52 inhabitants and that is the county seat of a county with more than nineteen thousand but
53 fewer than twenty-two thousand inhabitants;
54 (s) Any city with more than one hundred sixty-five but fewer than one hundred
55 eighty-five inhabitants and located in a county with more than eleven thousand but
56 fewer than twelve thousand five hundred inhabitants and with a county seat with more
57 than four thousand but fewer than five thousand inhabitants; or
58 (t) Any city with more than two thousand one hundred fifty but fewer than two
59 thousand four hundred inhabitants and located in a county with more than seven
60 hundred thousand but fewer than eight hundred thousand inhabitants.
61 (2) The governing body of any city listed in subdivision (1) of this subsection is
62 hereby authorized to impose, by ordinance or order, a sales tax in the amount of up to one-half
63 of one percent on all retail sales made in such city which are subject to taxation under the
64 provisions of sections 144.010 to 144.525 for the purpose of improving the public safety for
65 such city, which shall be limited to expenditures on equipment, salaries and benefits, and
66 facilities for police, fire and emergency medical providers. The tax authorized by this section
67 shall be in addition to any and all other sales taxes allowed by law, except that no ordinance or
68 order imposing a sales tax pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be effective unless
69 the governing body of the city submits to the voters of the city, at a county or state general,
70 primary or special election, a proposal to authorize the governing body of the city to impose a
71 tax.
72 2. If the proposal submitted involves only authorization to impose the tax authorized
73 by this section, the ballot of submission shall contain, but need not be limited to, the
74 following language:
75 Shall the city of _________ (city's name) impose a citywide sales tax of __
76 _______ (insert amount) for the purpose of improving the public safety of
77 the city?
78 ☐ YES ☐ NO
79 If you are in favor of the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "YES".
80 If you are opposed to the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "NO".
81
82 If a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters voting thereon are in
83 favor of the proposal submitted pursuant to this subsection, then the ordinance or order and
84 any amendments thereto shall be in effect on the first day of the second calendar quarter after
85 the director of revenue receives notification of adoption of the local sales tax. If a proposal
86 receives less than the required majority, then the governing body of the city shall have no
87 power to impose the sales tax herein authorized unless and until the governing body of the
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88 city shall again have submitted another proposal to authorize the governing body of the city to
89 impose the sales tax authorized by this section and such proposal is approved by the required
90 majority of the qualified voters voting thereon. However, in no event shall a proposal
91 pursuant to this section be submitted to the voters sooner than twelve months from the date of
92 the last proposal pursuant to this section.
93 3. All revenue received by a city from the tax authorized under the provisions of this
94 section shall be deposited in a special trust fund and shall be used solely for improving the
95 public safety for such city for so long as the tax shall remain in effect.
96 4. Once the tax authorized by this section is abolished or is terminated by any means,
97 all funds remaining in the special trust fund shall be used solely for improving the public
98 safety for the city. Any funds in such special trust fund which are not needed for current
99 expenditures may be invested by the governing body in accordance with applicable laws
100 relating to the investment of other city funds.
101 5. All sales taxes collected by the director of the department of revenue under this
102 section on behalf of any city, less one percent for cost of collection which shall be deposited
103 in the state's general revenue fund after payment of premiums for surety bonds as provided in
104 section 32.087, shall be deposited in a special trust fund, which is hereby created, to be
105 known as the "City Public Safety Sales Tax Trust Fund". The moneys in the trust fund shall
106 not be deemed to be state funds and shall not be commingled with any funds of the state. The
107 provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary notwithstanding, money in this fund shall not be
108 transferred and placed to the credit of the general revenue fund. The director of the
109 department of revenue shall keep accurate records of the amount of money in the trust and
110 which was collected in each city imposing a sales tax pursuant to this section, and the records
111 shall be open to the inspection of officers of the city and the public. Not later than the tenth
112 day of each month the director of the department of revenue shall distribute all moneys
113 deposited in the trust fund during the preceding month to the city which levied the tax; such
114 funds shall be deposited with the city treasurer of each such city, and all expenditures of funds
115 arising from the trust fund shall be by an appropriation act to be enacted by the governing
116 body of each such city. Expenditures may be made from the fund for any functions
117 authorized in the ordinance or order adopted by the governing body submitting the tax to the
118 voters.
119 6. The director of the department of revenue may make refunds from the amounts in
120 the trust fund and credited to any city for erroneous payments and overpayments made, and
121 may redeem dishonored checks and drafts deposited to the credit of such cities. If any city
122 abolishes the tax, the city shall notify the director of the department of revenue of the action at
123 least ninety days prior to the effective date of the repeal and the director of the department of
124 revenue may order retention in the trust fund, for a period of one year, of two percent of the
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125 amount collected after receipt of such notice to cover possible refunds or overpayment of the
126 tax and to redeem dishonored checks and drafts deposited to the credit of such accounts.
127 After one year has elapsed after the effective date of abolition of the tax in such city, the
128 director of the department of revenue shall remit the balance in the account to the city and
129 close the account of that city. The director of the department of revenue shall notify each city
130 of each instance of any amount refunded or any check redeemed from receipts due the city.
131 7. Except as modified in this section, all provisions of sections 32.085 and 32.087
132 shall apply to the tax imposed pursuant to this section.
133 8. If any city in subsection 1 of this section enacts the tax authorized in this section,
134 the city shall budget an amount to public safety that is no less than the amount budgeted in the
135 year immediately preceding the enactment of the tax. The revenue from the tax shall
136 supplement and not replace amounts budgeted by the city.
144.757. 1. As used in sections 144.757 to 144.761, "taxing jurisdiction" shall
2 include any county, municipality, or any other political subdivision authorized to impose
3 a sales tax under section 94.850, 94.890, 190.040, 190.305, 190.335, 190.455, or 321.552
4 or any other statute authorizing the imposition of a sales tax for emergency services.
5 2. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any [county or
6 municipality] taxing jurisdiction may, by a majority vote of its governing body, impose a
7 local use tax if a local sales tax is imposed as defined in section 32.085 or if a sales tax is
8 imposed under section 94.850 [or], 94.890, [with] 190.040, 190.305, 190.335, 190.455, or
9 321.552 or any other statute authorizing the imposition of a sales tax for emergency
10 services.
11 (2) Such local use tax shall be imposed on the same property and services upon
12 which the local sales tax or sales tax is imposed at a rate equal to the rate of the
13 corresponding local sales tax [and any] or sales tax imposed [under section 94.850 or
14 94.890] by such [county or municipality; provided, however, that no ordinance or order
15 enacted pursuant to sections 144.757 to 144.761] taxing jurisdiction.
16 (3) No such use tax shall be effective unless the governing body of the [county or
17 municipality] taxing jurisdiction submits to the voters thereof at a municipal, county, or state
18 general, primary, or special election a proposal to authorize the governing body [of the county
19 or municipality] to impose a local use tax pursuant to sections 144.757 to 144.761.
20 [(1)] (4) The ballot of submission for a local use tax corresponding to a local sales
21 tax, as defined in section 32.085, or a sales tax under section 94.850 or 94.890 shall
22 contain substantially the following language:
23 Shall the ______ (county or municipality's name)
24 impose a local use tax at the same rate as the total local
25 sales tax rate, provided that if the local sales tax rate is
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26 reduced or raised by voter approval, the local use tax rate
27 shall also be reduced or raised by the same action?
28 ☐ YES ☐ NO
29 If you are in favor of the question, place an “X” in the
30 box opposite “YES”. If you are opposed to the question,
31 place an “X” in the box opposite “NO”.
32 (5) The ballot of submission for a local use tax corresponding to a sales tax
33 imposed under section 190.040, 190.305, 190.335, 190.455, or 321.552 or any other
34 statute authorizing the imposition of a sales tax for emergency services shall contain
35 substantially the following language:
36 "Shall the ______ (insert taxing jurisdiction's name) impose a local
37 use tax at the same rate as the ______ (insert name of the
38 corresponding sales tax), provided that if the ______ (insert name of
39 the corresponding sales tax) rate is reduced or raised by voter
40 approval, the local use tax rate shall also be reduced or raised by the
41 same action?".
42 [(2)] If [any of such ballots are submitted on August 6, 1996, and if a majority of the
43 votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the proposal,
44 then the ordinance or order and any amendments thereto shall be in effect October 1, 1996,
45 provided the director of revenue receives notice of adoption of the local use tax on or before
46 August 16, 1996. If any of such ballots are submitted after December 31, 1996, and if] a
47 majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of
48 the proposal, then the ordinance or order and any amendments thereto shall be in effect on the
49 first day of the calendar quarter which begins at least forty-five days after the director of
50 revenue receives notice of adoption of the local use tax. If a majority of the votes cast by the
51 qualified voters voting are opposed to the proposal, then the governing body of the [county or
52 municipality] taxing jurisdiction shall have no power to impose the local use tax as herein
53 authorized unless and until the governing body of the [county or municipality] taxing
54 jurisdiction shall again have submitted another proposal to authorize the governing body of
55 the [county or municipality] taxing jurisdiction to impose the local use tax and such proposal
56 is approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon.
57 [2.] 3. The local use tax may be imposed at the same rate as [the local] any sales tax
58 listed in subsection 1 of this section then currently in effect in the county or municipality
59 upon all transactions which are subject to the taxes imposed pursuant to sections 144.600 to
60 144.745 within the county or municipality adopting such tax; provided, however, that if any
61 local sales tax is repealed or the rate thereof is reduced or raised by voter approval, the local
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62 use tax rate shall also be deemed to be repealed, reduced, or raised by the same action
63 repealing, reducing, or raising [the local] such sales tax. A county or municipality
64 collecting a local use tax corresponding to a sales tax imposed for an emergency service
65 shall disburse a proportional share of such local use tax to such emergency service
66 agency or department.
67 [3.] 4. For purposes of sections 144.757 to 144.761, the use tax may be referred to or
68 described as the equivalent of a sales tax on purchases made from out-of-state sellers by in-
69 state buyers and on certain intrabusiness transactions. Such a description shall not change the
70 classification, form or subject of the use tax or the manner in which it is collected. The use
71 tax shall not be described as a new tax or as not a new tax and shall not be advertised or
72 promoted in a manner in violation of section 115.646.
73 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a local use tax
74 corresponding to a sales tax imposed under section 190.040, 190.305, 190.335, 190.455,
75 or 321.552 or any other statute authorizing the imposition of a sales tax for emergency
76 services shall be collected, deposited, distributed, refunded, repealed, or otherwise
77 administered as provided in the authorizing statute for the corresponding sales tax.
173.2655. 1. This section and section 173.2660 shall be known and may be cited
2 as the "Public Safety Recruitment and Retention Act".
3 2. For purposes of this section and section 173.2660, unless the context clearly
4 indicates otherwise, the following terms mean:
5 (1) "Advanced emergency medical technician", as such term is defined in section
6 190.100;
7 (2) "Department", the department of higher education and workforce
8 development;
9 (3) "Emergency medical technician", as such term is defined in section 190.100;
10 (4) "Firefighter", any officer or employee of a fire department who is employed
11 for the purpose of fighting fires, excluding volunteer firefighters and anyone employed
12 in a clerical or other capacity not involving fire-fighting duties;
13 (5) "Institution of higher education", a public community college, state college,
14 or state university located in Missouri; or an approved private institution, as such term
15 is defined in section 173.1102, that chooses to accept any tuition award money pursuant
16 to subdivision (2) of subsection 7 of this section; or an emergency medical services
17 training entity accredited or certified by the Missouri department of health and senior
18 services pursuant to the provisions of section 190.131;
19 (6) "Legal dependent", as such term is defined by the United States Department
20 of Education for purposes of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid;
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21 (7) "Line of duty", any action that public safety personnel is authorized or
22 obligated by law, rule, or regulation to perform, related to or as a condition of
23 employment or service;
24 (8) "Open seat", a vacant position in a class, course, or program that is available
25 for enrollment, and which may become available when a student drops out or transfers,
26 or when a class, course, or program has unused capacity, allowing new students to
27 register or enroll;
28 (9) "Paramedic", as such term is defined in section 190.100;
29 (10) "Police officer", any person who, by virtue of office or public employment,
30 is vested by law with the power and duty to make arrests for violation of the laws of the
31 state of Missouri or ordinances of any municipality thereof, while acting within the
32 scope of his or her authority as an employee of a public law enforcement agency, as such
33 term is defined in section 590.1040;
34 (11) "Public safety personnel", includes any police officer, firefighter,
35 paramedic, telecommunicator first responder, emergency medical technician, or
36 advanced emergency medical technician who is trained and authorized by law or rule
37 to render emergency medical assistance or treatment;
38 (12) "Telecommunicator first responder", as such term is defined in section
39 650.320;
40 (13) "Tuition", the charges and cost of tuition as set by the governing body of an
41 institution of higher education, including fees such as course fees, activity fees,
42 technology fees, and mandatory fees charged by such institution to all full-time students
43 as a condition of enrollment, but excluding the costs of room, board, books, and any
44 other educational materials, equipment, or supplies.
45 3. Subject to appropriation, public safety personnel with at least six years of
46 service shall be entitled to an award worth up to one hundred percent of the resident
47 tuition charges of an institution of higher education if the individual:
48 (1) Possesses one of the following:
49 (a) A current, valid license issued by the department of health and senior
50 services authorizing such person to serve as an emergency medical technician, advanced
51 emergency medical technician, or paramedic;
52 (b) A current, valid license issued by the peace officer standards and training
53 commission authorizing such person to serve as a peace officer pursuant to the
54 provisions of chapter 590;
55 (c) A current, valid certificate issued by the division of fire safety authorizing
56 such person to serve as a firefighter; or
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57 (d) A current, valid certificate confirming successful completion of any ongoing
58 training requirements pursuant to section 650.340; and
59 (e) For all public safety personnel, a certificate of verification signed by the
60 individual's supervisor or employer verifying that such individual is currently employed
61 full-time as public safety personnel and trained and authorized by law or rule to render
62 emergency medical assistance or treatment;
63 (2) Meets all admission requirements of the institution of higher education;
64 (3) Has not already earned a baccalaureate degree;
65 (4) Pursues studies leading to a license or certification issued by a training entity
66 accredited or certified pursuant to the provisions of section 190.131, an associate degree
67 or baccalaureate degree in one of the following academic subject areas:
68 (a) For police officers, eligible subjects include forensic science, fisheries and
69 wildlife, political science, psychology, history, philosophy, sociology, anthropology,
70 global studies, Spanish, journalism, advertising, public relations, nutrition and health
71 sciences, communication sciences and disorders, and criminal justice;
72 (b) For firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and advanced
73 emergency medical technicians, eligible subjects include biology, chemistry,
74 biochemistry, microbiology, nutrition and health sciences, communication sciences
75 and disorders, Spanish, advertising, public relations, paramedicine, fire science, fire
76 technology, fire administration, fire management, communications, homeland security,
77 emergency management, disaster management, and crisis management; and
78 (c) For telecommunicator first responders, eligible subjects include any subject
79 specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subdivision;
80 (5) Submits verification of the professional license or certificate and the
81 certificate of verification required by subdivision (1) of this subsection to the
82 department, in a form and manner as prescribed by the department;
83 (6) Files with the department documentation showing proof of employment as
84 public safety personnel and proof of residence in Missouri each year such individual or
85 such individual's legal dependent applies for and receives the tuition award;
86 (7) First applies for all other forms of federal and state student financial aid
87 before applying for a tuition award, including, but not limited to, filing the United States
88 Department of Education Free Application for Federal Student Aid and, if applicable,
89 applying for financial assistance pursuant to the provisions of 38 U.S.C. Section 3301, et
90 seq.; and
91 (8) Submits a document to the department confirming that the public safety
92 personnel has satisfied the provisions of subdivision (7) of this subsection, to be
93 submitted in a form and manner as prescribed by the department.
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94 4. Public safety personnel may receive the tuition award pursuant to subsection
95 3 of this section for up to five years if they otherwise continue to be eligible for the
96 tuition award. The five years of tuition award eligibility starts once the individual
97 applies for and receives the tuition award for the first time and is available to such
98 individual for the next five consecutive years or the individual's achievement of one
99 hundred twenty credit hours, whichever occurs first.
100 5. Subject to appropriation, a legal dependent of public safety personnel with at
101 least ten years of service shall be entitled to a tuition award worth up to one hundred
102 percent of the resident tuition charges of an institution of higher education for an
103 associate or baccalaureate degree program if such public safety personnel satisfies the
104 provisions of subdivisions (1), (5), and (6) of subsection 3 of this section and the legal
105 dependent:
106 (1) Executes an agreement with the department in accordance with the
107 provisions of section 173.2660;
108 (2) Has not previously earned a baccalaureate degree;
109 (3) Meets all admission requirements of the institution of higher education;
110 (4) First applies for all other forms of federal and state student financial aid
111 before applying for a tuition award, including, but not limited to, filing the United States
112 Department of Education Free Application for Federal Student Aid and, if applicable,
113 applying for financial assistance pursuant to the provisions of 38 U.S.C. Section 3301, et
114 seq.;
115 (5) Submits a document to the department confirming that the legal dependent
116 has satisfied subdivision (4) of this subsection, to be submitted in a form and manner as
117 prescribed by the department;
118 (6) Submits the verification required pursuant to subsection 8 of this section to
119 the department; and
120 (7) Pursues studies leading to a license or certification issued by a training entity
121 accredited or certified pursuant to the provisions of section 190.131, an associate degree
122 or baccalaureate degree in any one of the subject areas specified in paragraphs (a) to (c)
123 of subdivision (4) of subsection 3 of this section.
124 6. A legal dependent may receive the tuition award for up to five years if the
125 public safety personnel and the legal dependent continue to be eligible for such tuition
126 award. The five years of tuition award eligibility starts once the legal dependent applies
127 for and receives the tuition award for the first time and is available to such legal
128 dependent for the next five consecutive years or the legal dependent's achievement of
129 one hundred twenty credit hours, whichever occurs first.
130 7. The tuition award shall be worth:
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131 (1) Up to one hundred percent of the public safety personnel's or the legal
132 dependent's tuition remaining due after subtracting awarded federal financial aid
133 grants and state scholarships and grants for the eligible public safety personnel or legal
134 dependent during the time the public safety personnel or legal dependent is enrolled. To
135 remain eligible, the public safety personnel or legal dependent shall comply with all
136 requirements of the institution for continued attendance and award of an associate
137 degree or a baccalaureate degree; or
138 (2) In the case of tuition at an approved private institution, up to one hundred
139 percent of the public safety personnel's or the legal dependent's tuition remaining due
140 after subtracting awarded federal financial aid grants and state scholarships and grants
141 for the eligible public safety personnel or legal dependent during the time the public
142 safety personnel or legal dependent is enrolled, up to a maximum amount that is equal
143 to the total cost of tuition and mandatory fees charged to a Missouri resident at the
144 public community college, state college, or state university with the highest combined
145 tuition and mandatory fee cost in the state at the time a tuition grant is awarded, as
146 determined by the department. A private institution that chooses to accept as a tuition
147 payment any tuition award money pursuant to this subdivision shall not charge the
148 recipient of the tuition award any tuition that exceeds the maximum combined tuition
149 and mandatory fee cost as determined by the department prior to the application of the
150 tuition award.
151 8. (1) An application for a tuition award shall include a verification of the public
152 safety personnel's satisfaction of the requirements of subdivisions (1), (5), and (6) of
153 subsection 3 of this section. The public safety personnel shall include such verification
154 when he or she or his or her legal dependent is applying to the department for a tuition
155 waiver.
156 (2) The death of public safety personnel in the line of duty which occurs after
157 submission of an application for a tuition award shall not disqualify such individual's
158 otherwise eligible legal dependent from receiving the tuition award. In such case, in lieu
159 of submitting the certificate of verification provided for in subdivision (1) of this
160 subsection, the legal dependent shall submit a statement attesting that:
161 (a) At the time of death, such public safety personnel satisfied the requirements
162 of subdivision (1) of this subsection; and
163 (b) Such public safety personnel died in the line of duty.
164 9. The department shall provide a tuition award to public safety personnel and
165 legal dependents who satisfy the provisions of this section and section 173.2660, if
166 applicable, and apply for an open seat at an institution of higher education, but shall not
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167 provide a tuition award if doing so would require the institution to create additional
168 seats exceeding class, course, or program capacity.
169 10. All applicants for a tuition award shall submit their applications to the
170 department no later than December fifteenth annually. No later than March first
171 annually, the department shall send written notice of the applicant's eligibility or
172 ineligibility for the tuition award and state whether the application has been approved
173 or denied. If the applicant is determined not to be eligible for the tuition award, the
174 notice shall include the reason or reasons for such determination. If the application is
175 denied, the notice shall include the reason or reasons for the denial.
176 11. The department shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this
177 section and section 173.2660. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in
178 section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall
179 become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter
180 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable
181 and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to
182 review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently
183 held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or
184 adopted after August 28, 2025, shall be invalid and void.
185 12. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Public Safety
186 Recruitment and Retention Fund", which shall consist of moneys appropriated by the
187 general assembly or any gifts, donations, or bequests for the purpose of implementing
188 the provisions of this section and section 173.2660. The state treasurer shall be
189 custodian of the fund. In accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the state treasurer
190 may approve disbursements. The fund shall be a dedicated fund and money in the fund
191 shall be used solely by the department of higher education and workforce development
192 for the purpose of granting tuition awards as provided in this section and section
193 173.2660.
194 (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys
195 remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the
196 general revenue fund.
197 (3) The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as
198 other funds are invested. Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be
199 credited to the fund.
200 13. In any year in which moneys in the public safety recruitment and retention
201 fund are insufficient to fully fund tuition awards for all eligible applicants, tuition
202 awards shall be awarded in the following order of priority; provided that, in the event of
203 a tie in eligibility, available funds shall be distributed on a pro rata basis:
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204 (1) Priority class one shall include public safety personnel, in the following
205 order:
206 (a) Public safety personnel in departments located wholly or partially in counties
207 or cities not within a county with the highest crime rate per capita, as determined by the
208 most recent uniform crime reporting statistics from the Federal Bureau of
209 Investigation; and
210 (b) Public safety personnel with the most years of service; and
211 (2) Priority class two shall include dependents of public safety personnel, in the
212 following order:
213 (a) Dependents of public safety personnel in departments located wholly or
214 partially in counties or cities not within a county with the highest crime rate per capita,
215 as determined by the most recent uniform crime reporting statistics from the Federal
216 Bureau of Investigation; and
217 (b) Dependents of public safety personnel with the most years of service.
218 14. The tuition awards provided for in this section and section 173.2660 are
219 subject to appropriation. If there are no moneys in the fund established in subsection 12
220 of this section, no tuition awards shall be granted.
173.2660. 1. Each legal dependent who is a tuition award recipient pursuant to
2 the provisions of section 173.2655 shall execute an agreement as provided in this section.
3 Such agreement shall include the following terms, as appropriate:
4 (1) The tuition award recipient agrees to reside within the state of Missouri for a
5 period of five years following the use of the tuition award;
6 (2) Each year during the five-year period following use of the tuition award, the
7 tuition award recipient agrees to file a state income tax return and provide a copy of
8 such tax return to the department to document that such recipient still resides in the
9 state of Missouri;
10 (3) If the tuition award recipient fails to annually file a tax return to prove
11 residency in the state of Missouri for the five-year period following the use of the tuition
12 award or fails to remain a resident of Missouri for the five-year period following the use
13 of the tuition award, the tuition award recipient agrees that the tuition award shall be
14 treated as a loan to such recipient, subject to the following conditions:
15 (a) Interest shall be charged on the unpaid balance of the amount received from
16 the date the recipient ceases to reside in Missouri until the amount received is paid back
17 to the state. The interest rate shall be adjusted annually and shall be equal to one
18 percentage point over the prevailing United States prime rate in effect on January first
19 of such year; and
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20 (b) The servicer of such loans shall be the higher education loan authority of the
21 state of Missouri created pursuant to sections 173.350 to 173.445; and
22 (4) Any residency, filing, or payment obligation incurred by the tuition award
23 recipient under section 173.2655 is canceled in the event of the tuition award recipient's
24 total and permanent disability or death.
25 2. The five-year residency requirement begins once the legal dependent applies
26 for and receives the tuition award for the first time and continues until the tuition award
27 recipient's:
28 (1) Completion of the five-year tuition award eligibility period;
29 (2) Completion of a baccalaureate degree at an institution of higher education;
30 (3) Completion of an associate degree at a public community college and
31 notification to the department that such recipient does not intend to pursue a
32 baccalaureate degree or additional associate degree using tuition awards pursuant to the
33 public safety recruitment and retention act; or
34 (4) Notification to the department that such recipient does not plan to use
35 additional tuition awards pursuant to the public safety recruitment and retention act.
190.053. 1. All members of the board of directors of an ambulance district first
2 elected on or after January 1, 2008, shall attend and complete an educational seminar or
3 conference or other suitable training on the role and duties of a board member of an
4 ambulance district. The training required under this section shall be offered by a statewide
5 association organized for the benefit of ambulance districts or be approved by the state
6 advisory council on emergency medical services. Such training shall include, at a minimum:
7 (1) Information relating to the roles and duties of an ambulance district director;
8 (2) A review of all state statutes and regulations relevant to ambulance districts;
9 (3) State ethics laws;
10 (4) State sunshine laws, chapter 610;
11 (5) Financial and fiduciary responsibility;
12 (6) State laws relating to the setting of tax rates; and
13 (7) State laws relating to revenue limitations.
14 2. [If any ambulance district board member fails to attend a training session within
15 twelve months after taking office, the board member shall not be compensated for attendance
16 at meetings thereafter until the board member has completed such training session. If any
17 ambulance district board member fails to attend a training session within twelve months of
18 taking office regardless of whether the board member received an attendance fee for a
19 training session, the board member shall be ineligible to run for reelection for another term of
20 office until the board member satisfies the training requirement of this section; however, this
21 requirement shall only apply to board members elected after August 28, 2022] All members
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22 of the board of directors of an ambulance district shall complete three hours of
23 continuing education for each term of office. The continuing education shall be offered
24 by a statewide association organized for the benefit of ambulance districts or be
25 approved by the state advisory council on emergency medical services.
26 3. Any ambulance district board member who fails to complete the initial
27 training and continuing education requirements on or before the anniversary date of his
28 or her election or appointment shall immediately be disqualified from office and his or
29 her position shall be vacant without further process or declaration. The vacancy shall
30 be filled in the manner provided for pursuant to section 190.052.
190.076. Each ambulance district shall arrange for an audit of the records and
2 accounts of the district at least every three years by a certified public accountant or firm
3 of certified public accountants. The audit shall be made available to the public on the
4 district's website or otherwise freely available by other electronic means.
190.101. 1. There is hereby established a "State Advisory Council on Emergency
2 Medical Services" which shall consist of [sixteen] no more than twenty-three members, one
3 of which shall be [a resident] the chief paramedic of a city not within a county. The
4 members of the council shall be appointed [by the governor with the advice and consent of the
5 senate] in accordance with subsection 2 of this section and shall serve terms of four years.
6 The [governor shall designate one of the members as chairperson] council members shall
7 annually select a chairperson, along with other officers as the council deems necessary.
8 The chairperson may appoint subcommittees that include noncouncil members.
9 2. Council members shall be appointed as follows:
10 (1) The director of the department of health and senior services shall make
11 appointments to the council from the recommendations provided by the following:
12 (a) The statewide professional association representing ambulance service
13 managers;
14 (b) The statewide professional association representing emergency medical
15 technicians and paramedics;
16 (c) The statewide professional association representing ambulance districts;
17 (d) The statewide professional association representing fire chiefs;
18 (e) The statewide professional association representing fire protection districts;
19 (f) The statewide professional association representing firefighters;
20 (g) The statewide professional association representing emergency nurses;
21 (h) The statewide professional association representing the air ambulance
22 industry;
23 (i) The statewide professional association representing emergency medicine
24 physicians;
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25 (j) The statewide association representing hospitals; and
26 (k) The statewide association representing pediatric emergency professionals;
27 (2) The director of health and senior services shall appoint a member to the
28 council with a background in mobile integrated health care-community paramedicine
29 (MIH-CP);
30 (3) Each regional EMS advisory committee shall appoint one member; and
31 (4) The time-critical diagnosis advisory committee established under section
32 190.257 shall appoint one member.
33 3. The state EMS medical directors advisory committee and the regional EMS
34 advisory committees will be recognized as subcommittees of the state advisory council on
35 emergency medical services.
36 [3.] 4. The council shall have geographical representation and representation from
37 appropriate areas of expertise in emergency medical services including volunteers,
38 professional organizations involved in emergency medical services, EMT's, paramedics,
39 nurses, firefighters, physicians, ambulance service administrators, hospital administrators and
40 other health care providers concerned with emergency medical services. [The regional EMS
41 advisory committees shall serve as a resource for the identification of potential members of
42 the state advisory council on emergency medical services.
43 4.] 5. The state EMS medical director, as described under section 190.103, shall serve
44 as an ex officio member of the council.
45 [5.] 6. The members of the council and subcommittees shall serve without
46 compensation except that members of the council shall, subject to appropriations, be
47 reimbursed for reasonable travel expenses and meeting expenses related to the functions of
48 the council.
49 [6.] 7. The purpose of the council is to make recommendations to the governor, the
50 general assembly, and the department on policies, plans, procedures and proposed regulations
51 on how to improve the statewide emergency medical services system. The council shall
52 advise the governor, the general assembly, and the department on all aspects of the emergency
53 medical services system.
54 [7.] 8. (1) There is hereby established a standing subcommittee of the council to
55 monitor the implementation of the recognition of the EMS personnel licensure interstate
56 compact under sections 190.900 to 190.939, the interstate commission for EMS personnel
57 practice, and the involvement of the state of Missouri. The subcommittee shall meet at least
58 biannually and receive reports from the Missouri delegate to the interstate commission for
59 EMS personnel practice. The subcommittee shall consist of at least seven members appointed
60 by the chair of the council, to include at least two members as recommended by the Missouri
61 state council of firefighters and one member as recommended by the Missouri Association of
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62 Fire Chiefs. The subcommittee may submit reports and recommendations to the council, the
63 department of health and senior services, the general assembly, and the governor regarding
64 the participation of Missouri with the recognition of the EMS personnel licensure interstate
65 compact.
66 (2) The subcommittee shall formally request a public hearing for any rule proposed
67 by the interstate commission for EMS personnel practice in accordance with subsection 7 of
68 section 190.930. The hearing request shall include the request that the hearing be presented
69 live through the internet. The Missouri delegate to the interstate commission for EMS
70 personnel practice shall be responsible for ensuring that all hearings, notices of, and related
71 rulemaking communications as required by the compact be communicated to the council and
72 emergency medical services personnel under the provisions of subsections 4, 5, 6, and 8 of
73 section 190.930.
74 (3) The department of health and senior services shall not establish or increase fees
75 for Missouri emergency medical services personnel licensure in accordance with this chapter
76 for the purpose of creating the funds necessary for payment of an annual assessment under
77 subdivision (3) of subsection 5 of section 190.924.
78 [8.] 9. The council shall consult with the time-critical diagnosis advisory committee,
79 as described under section 190.257, regarding time-critical diagnosis.
190.109. 1. The department shall, within a reasonable time after receipt of an
2 application, cause such investigation as the department deems necessary to be made of the
3 applicant for a ground ambulance license.
4 2. Any person that owned and operated a licensed ambulance on December 31, 1997,
5 shall receive an ambulance service license from the department, unless suspended, revoked or
6 terminated, for that ambulance service area which was, on December 31, 1997, described and
7 filed with the department as the primary service area for its licensed ambulances on August
8 28, 1998, provided that the person makes application and adheres to the rules and regulations
9 promulgated by the department pursuant to sections 190.001 to 190.245.
10 3. The department shall issue a new ground ambulance service license to an
11 ambulance service that is not currently licensed by the department, or is currently licensed by
12 the department and is seeking to expand its ambulance service area, except as provided in
13 subsection 4 of this section, to be valid for a period of five years, unless suspended, revoked
14 or terminated, when the director finds that the applicant meets the requirements of ambulance
15 service licensure established pursuant to sections 190.100 to 190.245 and the rules adopted by
16 the department pursuant to sections 190.001 to 190.245. In order to be considered for a new
17 ambulance service license, an ambulance service shall submit to the department a letter of
18 endorsement from each ambulance district or fire protection district that is authorized to
19 provide ambulance service, or from each municipality not within an ambulance district or fire
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20 protection district that is authorized to provide ambulance service, in which the ambulance
21 service proposes to operate. If an ambulance service proposes to operate in unincorporated
22 portions of a county not within an ambulance district or fire protection district that is
23 authorized to provide ambulance service, in order to be considered for a new ambulance
24 service license, the ambulance service shall submit to the department a letter of endorsement
25 from the county. Any letter of endorsement required pursuant to this section shall verify that
26 the political subdivision has conducted a public hearing regarding the endorsement and that
27 the governing body of the political subdivision has adopted a resolution approving the
28 endorsement. The letter of endorsement shall affirmatively state that the proposed ambulance
29 service:
30 (1) Will provide a benefit to public health that outweighs the associated costs;
31 (2) Will maintain or enhance the public's access to ambulance services;
32 (3) Will maintain or improve the public health and promote the continued
33 development of the regional emergency medical service system;
34 (4) Has demonstrated the appropriate expertise in the operation of ambulance
35 services; and
36 (5) Has demonstrated the financial resources necessary for the operation of the
37 proposed ambulance service.
38 4. A contract between a political subdivision and a licensed ambulance service for the
39 provision of ambulance services for that political subdivision shall expand, without further
40 action by the department, the ambulance service area of the licensed ambulance service to
41 include the jurisdictional boundaries of the political subdivision. The termination of the
42 aforementioned contract shall result in a reduction of the licensed ambulance service's
43 ambulance service area by removing the geographic area of the political subdivision from its
44 ambulance service area, except that licensed ambulance service providers may provide
45 ambulance services as are needed at and around the state fair grounds for protection of
46 attendees at the state fair.
47 5. The department shall renew a ground ambulance service license if the applicant
48 meets the requirements established pursuant to sections 190.001 to 190.245, and the rules
49 adopted by the department pursuant to sections 190.001 to 190.245.
50 6. The department shall promulgate rules relating to the requirements for a ground
51 ambulance service license including, but not limited to:
52 (1) Vehicle design, specification, operation and maintenance standards;
53 (2) Equipment requirements;
54 (3) Staffing requirements;
55 (4) Five-year license renewal;
56 (5) Records and forms;
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57 (6) Medical control plans;
58 (7) Medical director qualifications;
59 (8) Standards for medical communications;
60 (9) Memorandums of understanding with emergency medical response agencies that
61 provide advanced life support;
62 (10) Quality improvement committees; [and]
63 (11) Response time, patient care and transportation standards;
64 (12) Participation with regional emergency medical services advisory
65 committees; and
66 (13) Ambulance service administrator qualifications.
67 7. Application for a ground ambulance service license shall be made upon such forms
68 as prescribed by the department in rules adopted pursuant to sections 190.001 to 190.245.
69 The application form shall contain such information as the department deems necessary to
70 make a determination as to whether the ground ambulance service meets all the requirements
71 of sections 190.001 to 190.245 and rules promulgated pursuant to sections 190.001 to
72 190.245.
190.112. 1. Each ambulance service licensed under this chapter shall identify to
2 the department the individual serving as the ambulance service administrator who is
3 responsible for the operations and staffing of the ambulance service. The ambulance
4 service administrator shall be required to have achieved basic training of at least forty
5 hours regarding the operations of an ambulance service and two hours of annual
6 continuing education. The training required under this section shall be offered by a
7 statewide association organized for the benefit of ambulance districts or be approved by
8 the state advisory council on emergency medical services and shall include the
9 following:
10 (1) Basic principles of accounting and economics;
11 (2) State and federal laws applicable to ambulance services;
12 (3) Regulatory requirements applicable to ambulance services;
13 (4) Human resources management and laws;
14 (5) Grant writing, contracts, and fundraising;
15 (6) State sunshine laws in chapter 610, as well as applicable ethics requirements;
16 and
17 (7) Volunteer and community involvement.
18 2. Ambulance service administrators serving in this capacity as of August 28,
19 2025, shall have until January 1, 2026, to demonstrate compliance with the provisions of
20 this section.
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190.166. 1. In addition to the provisions of section 190.165, the department of
2 health and senior services may refuse to issue, deny renewal of, or suspend a license
3 required pursuant to section 190.109, or take other corrective actions as described in
4 this section, based on the following considerations:
5 (1) The license holder is determined to be financially insolvent;
6 (2) The ambulance service has inadequate personnel to operate the ambulance
7 service to provide basic emergency operations. The ambulance service shall not be
8 deemed to have such inadequate personnel as long as the ambulance service staffs to
9 meet the needs of its emergency call volume. Smaller ambulance services shall have the
10 ability to staff a minimum of one ambulance unit twenty-four hours each day, seven
11 days each week, with at least two licensed emergency medical technicians, and have a
12 reasonable plan and schedule for the services of a second ambulance unit;
13 (3) The ambulance service requires an inordinate amount of mutual aid from
14 neighboring services, such as more than ten percent of the total runs in the service area
15 in any given month, or than would be considered prudent and thus cannot provide an
16 appropriate level of emergency response for the service area as would be considered
17 prudent by the typical ground ambulance services operator;
18 (4) The principal manager, board members, or other executives are determined
19 to be criminally liable for actions related to the license or service provided;
20 (5) The license holder or principal manager, board members, or other executives
21 are determined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to be ineligible for
22 participation in Medicare;
23 (6) The license holder or principal manager, board members, or other executives
24 are determined by the MO HealthNet division to be ineligible for participation in MO
25 HealthNet;
26 (7) The ambulance service administrator has failed to meet the required
27 qualifications or failed to complete the training required pursuant to section 190.112;
28 and
29 (8) Three or more board members have failed to complete required training
30 pursuant to section 190.053 if the ambulance service is an ambulance district.
31 2. If the department makes a determination of insolvency or insufficiency of
32 operations of a license holder under subsection 1 of this section, then the department
33 may require the license holder to submit a corrective plan within fifteen days and
34 require implementation of the corrective plan within thirty days.
35 3. The department shall be required to provide notice of any determination by
36 the department of insolvency or insufficiency of operations of a license holder to other
37 license holders operating in the license holder's vicinity, members of the general
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38 assembly who represent the license holder's service area, the governing officials of any
39 county or municipal entity in the license holder's service area, the appropriate regional
40 emergency medical services advisory committee, and the state advisory council on
41 emergency medical services.
42 4. The department shall immediately engage with other license holders in the
43 area to determine the extent to which ground ambulance service may be provided to the
44 affected service area during the time in which the license holder is unable to provide
45 adequate services, including any long-term service arrangements. The nature of the
46 agreement between the license holder and other license holders providing services to the
47 affected area may include an agreement to provide services, a joint powers agreement,
48 formal consideration, or some payment for services rendered.
49 5. Any license holder who provides assistance in the service area of another
50 license holder whose license has been suspended under this section shall have the right
51 to seek reasonable compensation from the license holder whose license to operate has
52 been suspended for all calls, stand-by time, and responses to medical emergencies
53 during such time as the license remains suspended. The reasonable compensation shall
54 not be limited to those expenses incurred in actual responses, but may also include
55 reasonable expenses to maintain ambulance service, including, but not limited to, the
56 daily operation costs of maintaining the service, personnel wages and benefits,
57 equipment purchases and maintenance, and other costs incurred in the operation of a
58 ground ambulance service. The license holder providing assistance shall be entitled to
59 an award of costs and reasonable attorney fees in any action to enforce the provisions of
60 this subsection.
190.800. 1. Each ground ambulance service[, except for any ambulance service
2 owned and operated by an entity owned and operated by the state of Missouri, including but
3 not limited to any hospital owned or operated by the board of curators, as defined in chapter
4 172, or any department of the state,] shall, in addition to all other fees and taxes now required
5 or paid, pay an ambulance service reimbursement allowance tax for the privilege of engaging
6 in the business of providing ambulance services in this state.
7 2. For the purpose of this section, the following terms shall mean:
8 (1) "Ambulance", the same meaning as such term is defined in section 190.100;
9 (2) "Ambulance service", the same meaning as such term is defined in section
10 190.100;
11 (3) "Engaging in the business of providing ambulance services in this state",
12 accepting payment for such services.
197.135. 1. Beginning January 1, 2023, or no later than six months after the
2 establishment of the statewide telehealth network under section 192.2520, whichever is later,
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3 any hospital licensed under this chapter shall perform a forensic examination using an
4 evidentiary collection kit upon the request and consent of the victim of a sexual offense, or
5 the victim's guardian, when the victim is at least fourteen years of age. In the case of minor
6 consent, the provisions of subsection 2 of section 595.220 shall apply. Victims under fourteen
7 years of age shall be referred, and victims fourteen years of age or older but less than eighteen
8 years of age may be referred, to a SAFE CARE provider, as such term is defined in section
9 334.950, for medical or forensic evaluation and case review. Nothing in this section shall be
10 interpreted to preclude a hospital from performing a forensic examination for a victim under
11 fourteen years of age upon the request and consent of the victim or victim's guardian, subject
12 to the provisions of section 595.220 and the rules promulgated by the department of public
13 safety.
14 2. (1) An appropriate medical provider, as such term is defined in section 595.220,
15 shall perform the forensic examination of a victim of a sexual offense. The hospital shall
16 ensure that any provider performing the examination has received training conducting such
17 examinations that is, at a minimum, equivalent to the training offered by the statewide
18 telehealth network under subsection 4 of section 192.2520. Nothing in this section shall
19 require providers to utilize the training offered by the statewide telehealth network, as long as
20 the training utilized is, at a minimum, equivalent to the training offered by the statewide
21 telehealth network.
22 (2) If the provider is not a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE), or another similarly
23 trained physician or nurse, then the hospital shall utilize telehealth services during the
24 examination, such as those provided by the statewide telehealth network, to provide guidance
25 and support through a SANE, or other similarly trained physician or nurse, who may observe
26 the live forensic examination and who shall communicate with and support the onsite
27 provider with the examination, forensic evidence collection, and proper transmission and
28 storage of the examination evidence.
29 3. The department of health and senior services may issue a waiver of the telehealth
30 requirements of subsection 2 of this section if the hospital demonstrates to the department, in
31 writing, a technological hardship in accessing telehealth services or a lack of access to
32 adequate broadband services sufficient to access telehealth services. Such waivers shall be
33 granted sparingly and for no more than a year in length at a time, with the opportunity for
34 renewal at the department's discretion.
35 4. The department shall waive the requirements of this section if the statewide
36 telehealth network established under section 192.2520 ceases operation, the director of the
37 department of health and senior services has provided written notice to hospitals licensed
38 under this chapter that the network has ceased operation, and the hospital cannot, in good
39 faith, comply with the requirements of this section without assistance or resources of the
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40 statewide telehealth network. Such waiver shall remain in effect until such time as the
41 statewide telehealth network resumes operation or until the hospital is able to demonstrate
42 compliance with the provisions of this section without the assistance or resources of the
43 statewide telehealth network.
44 5. The provisions of section 595.220 shall apply to the reimbursement of the
45 reasonable costs of the examinations and the provision of the evidentiary collection kits.
46 6. No individual hospital shall be required to comply with the provisions of this
47 section and section 192.2520 unless and until the department provides such hospital with
48 access to the statewide telehealth network for the purposes of mentoring and training services
49 required under section 192.2520 without charge to the hospital.
50 7. A specialty hospital shall be considered exempt from the provisions of this
51 section and section 192.2520 if such hospital has a policy for the transfer of a victim of a
52 sexual offense to an appropriate hospital with an emergency department. As used in
53 this section, "specialty hospital" shall mean a hospital licensed under this chapter and
54 designated by the department as something other than a general acute care hospital.
287.243. 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Line of Duty
2 Compensation Act".
3 2. As used in this section, unless otherwise provided, the following words shall mean:
4 (1) "Air ambulance pilot", a person certified as an air ambulance pilot in accordance
5 with sections 190.001 to 190.245 and corresponding regulations applicable to air ambulances
6 adopted by the department of health and senior services;
7 (2) "Air ambulance registered professional nurse", a person licensed as a registered
8 professional nurse in accordance with sections 335.011 to 335.096 and corresponding
9 regulations adopted by the state board of nursing, 20 CSR 2200-4, et seq., who provides
10 registered professional nursing services as a flight nurse in conjunction with an air ambulance
11 program that is certified in accordance with sections 190.001 to 190.245 and the
12 corresponding regulations applicable to such programs;
13 (3) "Air ambulance registered respiratory therapist", a person licensed as a registered
14 respiratory therapist in accordance with sections 334.800 to 334.930 and corresponding
15 regulations adopted by the state board for respiratory care, who provides respiratory therapy
16 services in conjunction with an air ambulance program that is certified in accordance with
17 sections 190.001 to 190.245 and corresponding regulations applicable to such programs;
18 (4) "Child", any natural, illegitimate, adopted, or posthumous child or stepchild of a
19 deceased public safety officer who, at the time of the public safety officer's fatality is:
20 (a) Eighteen years of age or under;
21 (b) Over eighteen years of age and a student, as defined in 5 U.S.C. Section 8101; or
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22 (c) Over eighteen years of age and incapable of self-support because of physical or
23 mental disability;
24 (5) "Emergency medical technician", a person licensed in emergency medical care in
25 accordance with standards prescribed by sections 190.001 to 190.245 and by rules adopted by
26 the department of health and senior services under sections 190.001 to 190.245;
27 (6) "Firefighter", any person, including a volunteer firefighter, employed by the state
28 or a local governmental entity as an employer defined under subsection 1 of section 287.030,
29 or otherwise serving as a member or officer of a fire department either for the purpose of the
30 prevention or control of fire or the underwater recovery of drowning victims;
31 (7) "Flight crew member", an individual engaged in flight responsibilities with an air
32 ambulance licensed in accordance with sections 190.001 to 190.245 and corresponding
33 regulations applicable to such programs;
34 (8) "Killed in the line of duty", when any person defined in this section loses his or
35 her life when:
36 (a) Death is caused by an accident, illness, or the willful act of violence of another;
37 (b) The public safety officer is in the active performance of his or her duties in his or
38 her respective profession and there is a relationship between the accident, illness, or
39 commission of the act of violence and the performance of the duty, even if the individual is
40 off duty; the public safety officer is traveling to or from employment; or the public safety
41 officer is taking any meal break or other break which takes place while that individual is on
42 duty;
43 (c) Death is the natural and probable consequence of the injury or illness; and
44 (d) Death occurs within three hundred weeks from the date the injury was received or
45 illness was contracted.
46
47 The term excludes death resulting from the willful misconduct or intoxication of the public
48 safety officer. The division of workers' compensation shall have the burden of proving such
49 willful misconduct or intoxication;
50 (9) "Law enforcement officer", any person employed by the state or a local
51 governmental entity as a police officer, peace officer certified under chapter 590, or serving as
52 an auxiliary police officer or in some like position involving the enforcement of the law and
53 protection of the public interest at the risk of that person's life;
54 (10) "Local governmental entity", includes counties, municipalities, townships, board
55 or other political subdivision, cities under special charter, or under the commission form of
56 government, fire protection districts, ambulance districts, and municipal corporations;
57 (11) "Public safety officer", any law enforcement officer, firefighter, uniformed
58 employee of the office of the state fire marshal, emergency medical technician, police officer,
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59 capitol police officer, parole officer, probation officer, state correctional employee, water
60 safety officer, park ranger, conservation officer, or highway patrolman employed by the state
61 of Missouri or a political subdivision thereof who is killed in the line of duty or any
62 emergency medical technician, air ambulance pilot, air ambulance registered professional
63 nurse, air ambulance registered respiratory therapist, or flight crew member who is killed in
64 the line of duty;
65 (12) "State", the state of Missouri and its departments, divisions, boards, bureaus,
66 commissions, authorities, and colleges and universities;
67 (13) "Volunteer firefighter", a person having principal employment other than as a
68 firefighter, but who is carried on the rolls of a regularly constituted fire department either for
69 the purpose of the prevention or control of fire or the underwater recovery of drowning
70 victims, the members of which are under the jurisdiction of the corporate authorities of a city,
71 village, incorporated town, or fire protection district. Volunteer firefighter shall not mean an
72 individual who volunteers assistance without being regularly enrolled as a firefighter.
73 3. (1) A claim for compensation under this section shall be filed by survivors of the
74 deceased with the division of workers' compensation not later than [one year] two years from
75 the date of death of a public safety officer. If a claim is made within [one year] two years of
76 the date of death of a public safety officer killed in the line of duty, compensation shall be
77 paid, if the division finds that the claimant is entitled to compensation under this section.
78 (2) The amount of compensation paid to the claimant shall be [twenty-five] one
79 hundred thousand dollars, subject to appropriation, for death occurring on or after June 19,
80 2009.
81 4. Any compensation awarded under the provisions of this section shall be distributed
82 as follows:
83 (1) To the surviving spouse of the public safety officer if there is no child who
84 survived the public safety officer;
85 (2) Fifty percent to the surviving child, or children, in equal shares, and fifty percent
86 to the surviving spouse if there is at least one child who survived the public safety officer, and
87 a surviving spouse of the public safety officer;
88 (3) To the surviving child, or children, in equal shares, if there is no surviving spouse
89 of the public safety officer;
90 (4) If there is no surviving spouse of the public safety officer and no surviving child:
91 (a) To the surviving individual, or individuals, in shares per the designation or,
92 otherwise, in equal shares, designated by the public safety officer to receive benefits under
93 this subsection in the most recently executed designation of beneficiary of the public safety
94 officer on file at the time of death with the public safety agency, organization, or unit; or
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95 (b) To the surviving individual, or individuals, in equal shares, designated by the
96 public safety officer to receive benefits under the most recently executed life insurance policy
97 of the public safety officer on file at the time of death with the public safety agency,
98 organization, or unit if there is no individual qualifying under paragraph (a) of this
99 subdivision;
100 (5) To the surviving parent, or parents, in equal shares, of the public safety officer if
101 there is no individual qualifying under subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this subsection; or
102 (6) To the surviving individual, or individuals, in equal shares, who would qualify
103 under the definition of the term "child" but for age if there is no individual qualifying under
104 subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of this subsection.
105 5. Notwithstanding subsection 3 of this section, no compensation is payable under
106 this section unless a claim is filed within the time specified under this section setting forth:
107 (1) The name, address, and title or designation of the position in which the public
108 safety officer was serving at the time of his or her death;
109 (2) The name and address of the claimant;
110 (3) A full, factual account of the circumstances resulting in or the course of events
111 causing the death at issue; and
112 (4) Such other information that is reasonably required by the division.
113
114 When a claim is filed, the division of workers' compensation shall make an investigation for
115 substantiation of matters set forth in the application.
116 6. The compensation provided for under this section is in addition to, and not
117 exclusive of, any pension rights, death benefits, or other compensation the claimant may
118 otherwise be entitled to by law.
119 7. Neither employers nor workers' compensation insurers shall have subrogation
120 rights against any compensation awarded for claims under this section. Such compensation
121 shall not be assignable, shall be exempt from attachment, garnishment, and execution, and
122 shall not be subject to setoff or counterclaim, or be in any way liable for any debt, except that
123 the division or commission may allow as lien on the compensation, reasonable attorney's fees
124 for services in connection with the proceedings for compensation if the services are found to
125 be necessary. Such fees are subject to regulation as set forth in section 287.260.
126 8. Any person seeking compensation under this section who is aggrieved by the
127 decision of the division of workers' compensation regarding his or her compensation claim,
128 may make application for a hearing as provided in section 287.450. The procedures
129 applicable to the processing of such hearings and determinations shall be those established by
130 this chapter. Decisions of the administrative law judge under this section shall be binding,
131 subject to review by either party under the provisions of section 287.480.
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132 9. [Pursuant to section 23.253 of the Missouri sunset act:
133 (1) The provisions of the new program authorized under this section shall
134 automatically sunset six years after June 19, 2019, unless reauthorized by an act of the general
135 assembly; and
136 (2) If such program is reauthorized, the program authorized under this section shall
137 automatically sunset twelve years after the effective date of the reauthorization of this section;
138 and
139 (3) This section shall terminate on September first of the calendar year immediately
140 following the calendar year in which the program authorized under this section is sunset.
141 10.] The provisions of this section, unless specified, shall not be subject to other
142 provisions of this chapter.
143 [11.] 10. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Line of Duty Compensation
144 Fund", which shall consist of moneys appropriated to the fund and any voluntary
145 contributions, gifts, or bequests to the fund. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the
146 fund and shall approve disbursements from the fund in accordance with sections 30.170 and
147 30.180. Upon appropriation, money in the fund shall be used solely for paying claims under
148 this section. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys
149 remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general
150 revenue fund. The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as other
151 funds are invested. Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be credited to
152 the fund.
153 [12.] 11. The division shall promulgate rules to administer this section, including but
154 not limited to the appointment of claims to multiple claimants, record retention, and
155 procedures for information requests. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in
156 section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become
157 effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if
158 applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the
159 powers vested with the general assembly under chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective
160 date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant
161 of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after June 19, 2009, shall be invalid
162 and void.
300.100. 1. The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an
2 emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law or when
3 responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm, may exercise the privileges set forth in
4 this section, but subject to the conditions herein stated.
5 2. The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle may:
6 (1) Park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of this ordinance;
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7 (2) Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may
8 be necessary for safe operation;
9 (3) Exceed the maximum speed limits so long as he does not endanger life or
10 property;
11 (4) Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified
12 directions.
13 3. The exemptions herein granted to an authorized emergency vehicle shall apply
14 only when the driver of any said vehicle while in motion sounds audible signal by siren or
15 while having at least one lighted lamp exhibiting a red light visible under normal atmospheric
16 conditions from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of such vehicle or a flashing blue
17 light authorized by section 307.175, except that an authorized emergency vehicle operated
18 as a police vehicle is not required to use an audible signal or display a visual signal when
19 the vehicle is being used to:
20 (1) Obtain evidence of a speeding violation on a maintained federal or state
21 highway and where the speed limit is set by state statute;
22 (2) Respond to a suspected crime in progress when use of an audible or visual
23 signal, or both, could reasonably result in the destruction of evidence or escape of a
24 suspect; or
25 (3) Conduct surveillance of a vehicle or the passengers of a vehicle who are
26 suspected of involvement in a crime.
27 4. The foregoing provisions shall not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency
28 vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons, nor shall such
29 provisions protect the driver from the consequences of his reckless disregard for the safety of
30 others.
[304.022. 1. Upon the immediate approach of an emergency vehicle
2 giving audible signal by siren or while having at least one lighted lamp
3 exhibiting red light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a
4 distance of five hundred feet to the front of such vehicle or a flashing blue light
5 authorized by section 307.175, the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the
6 right-of-way and shall immediately drive to a position parallel to, and as far as
7 possible to the right of, the traveled portion of the highway and thereupon stop
8 and remain in such position until such emergency vehicle has passed, except
9 when otherwise directed by a police or traffic officer.
10 2. Upon approaching a stationary vehicle displaying lighted red or red
11 and blue lights, or a stationary vehicle displaying lighted amber or amber and
12 white lights, the driver of every motor vehicle shall:
13 (1) Proceed with caution and yield the right-of-way, if possible with
14 due regard to safety and traffic conditions, by making a lane change into a lane
15 not adjacent to that of the stationary vehicle, if on a roadway having at least
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16 four lanes with not less than two lanes proceeding in the same direction as the
17 approaching vehicle; or
18 (2) Proceed with due caution and reduce the speed of the vehicle,
19 maintaining a safe speed for road conditions, if changing lanes would be
20 unsafe or impossible.
21 3. The motorman of every streetcar shall immediately stop such car
22 clear of any intersection and keep it in such position until the emergency
23 vehicle has passed, except as otherwise directed by a police or traffic officer.
24 4. An "emergency vehicle" is a vehicle of any of the following types:
25 (1) A vehicle operated by the state highway patrol, the state water
26 patrol, the Missouri capitol police, a conservation agent, or a state or a county
27 or municipal park ranger, those vehicles operated by enforcement personnel of
28 the state highways and transportation commission, police or fire department,
29 sheriff, constable or deputy sheriff, federal law enforcement officer authorized
30 to carry firearms and to make arrests for violations of the laws of the United
31 States, traffic officer, coroner, medical examiner, or forensic investigator of the
32 county medical examiner's office, or by a privately owned emergency vehicle
33 company;
34 (2) A vehicle operated as an ambulance or operated commercially for
35 the purpose of transporting emergency medical supplies or organs;
36 (3) Any vehicle qualifying as an emergency vehicle pursuant to
37 section 307.175;
38 (4) Any wrecker, or tow truck or a vehicle owned and operated by a
39 public utility or public service corporation while performing emergency
40 service;
41 (5) Any vehicle transporting equipment designed to extricate human
42 beings from the wreckage of a motor vehicle;
43 (6) Any vehicle designated to perform emergency functions for a civil
44 defense or emergency management agency established pursuant to the
45 provisions of chapter 44;
46 (7) Any vehicle operated by an authorized employee of the department
47 of corrections who, as part of the employee's official duties, is responding to a
48 riot, disturbance, hostage incident, escape or other critical situation where
49 there is the threat of serious physical injury or death, responding to mutual aid
50 call from another criminal justice agency, or in accompanying an ambulance
51 which is transporting an offender to a medical facility;
52 (8) Any vehicle designated to perform hazardous substance emergency
53 functions established pursuant to the provisions of sections 260.500 to
54 260.550;
55 (9) Any vehicle owned by the state highways and transportation
56 commission and operated by an authorized employee of the department of
57 transportation that is marked as a department of transportation emergency
58 response or motorist assistance vehicle; or
59 (10) Any vehicle owned and operated by the civil support team of the
60 Missouri National Guard while in response to or during operations involving
61 chemical, biological, or radioactive materials or in support of official requests
62 from the state of Missouri involving unknown substances, hazardous
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63 materials, or as may be requested by the appropriate state agency acting on
64 behalf of the governor.
65 5. (1) The driver of any vehicle referred to in subsection 4 of this
66 section shall not sound the siren thereon or have the front red lights or blue
67 lights on except when such vehicle is responding to an emergency call or when
68 in pursuit of an actual or suspected law violator, or when responding to, but
69 not upon returning from, a fire.
70 (2) The driver of an emergency vehicle may:
71 (a) Park or stand irrespective of the provisions of sections 304.014 to
72 304.025;
73 (b) Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after
74 slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation;
75 (c) Exceed the prima facie speed limit so long as the driver does not
76 endanger life or property;
77 (d) Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning
78 in specified directions.
79 (3) The exemptions granted to an emergency vehicle pursuant to
80 subdivision (2) of this subsection shall apply only when the driver of any such
81 vehicle while in motion sounds audible signal by bell, siren, or exhaust whistle
82 as may be reasonably necessary, and when the vehicle is equipped with at least
83 one lighted lamp displaying a red light or blue light visible under normal
84 atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of
85 such vehicle.
86 6. No person shall purchase an emergency light as described in this
87 section without furnishing the seller of such light an affidavit stating that the
88 light will be used exclusively for emergency vehicle purposes.
89 7. Violation of this section shall be deemed a class A misdemeanor.]
304.022. 1. Upon the immediate approach of an emergency vehicle giving audible
2 signal by siren or while having at least one lighted lamp exhibiting red light visible under
3 normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of such
4 vehicle or a flashing blue light authorized by section 307.175, the driver of every other
5 vehicle shall yield the right-of-way and shall immediately drive to a position parallel to, and
6 as far as possible to the right of, the traveled portion of the highway and thereupon stop and
7 remain in such position until such emergency vehicle has passed, except when otherwise
8 directed by a police or traffic officer.
9 2. Upon approaching a stationary vehicle displaying lighted red or red and blue lights,
10 or a stationary vehicle displaying lighted amber or amber and white lights, the driver of every
11 motor vehicle shall:
12 (1) Proceed with caution and yield the right-of-way, if possible with due regard to
13 safety and traffic conditions, by making a lane change into a lane not adjacent to that of the
14 stationary vehicle, if on a roadway having at least four lanes with not less than two lanes
15 proceeding in the same direction as the approaching vehicle; or
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16 (2) Proceed with due caution and reduce the speed of the vehicle, maintaining a safe
17 speed for road conditions, if changing lanes would be unsafe or impossible.
18 3. The motorman of every streetcar shall immediately stop such car clear of any
19 intersection and keep it in such position until the emergency vehicle has passed, except as
20 otherwise directed by a police or traffic officer.
21 4. An "emergency vehicle" is a vehicle of any of the following types:
22 (1) A vehicle operated by the state highway patrol, the state water patrol, the Missouri
23 capitol police, a conservation agent, or a state or a county or municipal park ranger, those
24 vehicles operated by enforcement personnel of the state highways and transportation
25 commission, police or fire department, sheriff, constable or deputy sheriff, federal law
26 enforcement officer authorized to carry firearms and to make arrests for violations of the laws
27 of the United States, traffic officer, coroner, medical examiner, or forensic investigator of the
28 county medical examiner's office, or by a privately owned emergency vehicle company;
29 (2) A vehicle operated as an ambulance or operated commercially for the purpose of
30 transporting emergency medical supplies or organs;
31 (3) Any vehicle qualifying as an emergency vehicle pursuant to section 307.175;
32 (4) Any wrecker, or tow truck or a vehicle owned and operated by a public utility or
33 public service corporation while performing emergency service;
34 (5) Any vehicle transporting equipment designed to extricate human beings from the
35 wreckage of a motor vehicle;
36 (6) Any vehicle designated to perform emergency functions for a civil defense or
37 emergency management agency established pursuant to the provisions of chapter 44;
38 (7) Any vehicle operated by an authorized employee of the department of corrections
39 who, as part of the employee's official duties, is responding to a riot, disturbance, hostage
40 incident, escape or other critical situation where there is the threat of serious physical injury
41 or death, responding to mutual aid call from another criminal justice agency, or in
42 accompanying an ambulance which is transporting an offender to a medical facility;
43 (8) Any vehicle designated to perform hazardous substance emergency functions
44 established pursuant to the provisions of sections 260.500 to 260.550;
45 (9) Any vehicle owned by the state highways and transportation commission and
46 operated by an authorized employee of the department of transportation that is marked as a
47 department of transportation emergency response or motorist assistance vehicle; or
48 (10) Any vehicle owned and operated by the civil support team of the Missouri
49 National Guard while in response to or during operations involving chemical, biological, or
50 radioactive materials or in support of official requests from the state of Missouri involving
51 unknown substances, hazardous materials, or as may be requested by the appropriate state
52 agency acting on behalf of the governor.
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53 5. (1) The driver of any vehicle referred to in subsection 4 of this section shall not
54 sound the siren thereon or have the front red lights or blue lights on except when such vehicle
55 is responding to an emergency call or when in pursuit of an actual or suspected law violator,
56 or when responding to, but not upon returning from, a fire.
57 (2) The driver of an emergency vehicle may:
58 (a) Park or stand irrespective of the provisions of sections 304.014 to 304.025;
59 (b) Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may
60 be necessary for safe operation;
61 (c) Exceed the prima facie speed limit so long as the driver does not endanger life or
62 property;
63 (d) Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified
64 directions.
65 (3) The exemptions granted to an emergency vehicle pursuant to subdivision (2) of
66 this subsection shall apply only when the driver of any such vehicle while in motion sounds
67 audible signal by bell, siren, or exhaust whistle as may be reasonably necessary, and when the
68 vehicle is equipped with at least one lighted lamp displaying a red light or blue light visible
69 under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of such
70 vehicle, except that an authorized emergency vehicle operated as a police vehicle is not
71 required to use an audible signal or display a visual signal when the vehicle is being used
72 to:
73 (a) Obtain evidence of a speeding violation on a maintained federal or state
74 highway and where the speed limit is set by state statute;
75 (b) Respond to a suspected crime in progress when use of an audible or visual
76 signal, or both, could reasonably result in the destruction of evidence or escape of a
77 suspect; or
78 (c) Conduct surveillance of a vehicle or the passengers of a vehicle who are
79 suspected of involvement in a crime.
80 6. No person shall purchase an emergency light as described in this section without
81 furnishing the seller of such light an affidavit stating that the light will be used exclusively for
82 emergency vehicle purposes.
83 7. Violation of this section shall be deemed a class A misdemeanor.
304.153. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean:
2 (1) "Firefighter", any person, including a volunteer firefighter, employed by the
3 state or a political subdivision or otherwise serving as a member or officer of a fire
4 department;
5 (2) "Law enforcement officer", any public servant, other than a patrol officer, who is
6 defined as a law enforcement officer under section 556.061;
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7 [(2)] (3) "Motor club", a legal entity that, in consideration of dues, assessments, or
8 periodic payments of moneys, promises to provide motor club services to its members or
9 subscribers in accordance with section 385.450;
10 [(3)] (4) "Patrol officer", a Missouri state highway patrol officer;
11 [(4)] (5) "Tow list", a list of approved towing companies compiled, maintained, and
12 utilized by the Missouri state highway patrol or its designee;
13 [(5)] (6) "Tow management company", any sole proprietorship, partnership,
14 corporation, fiduciary, association, or other business entity that manages towing logistics
15 for government agencies or motor clubs;
16 [(6)] (7) "Tow truck", a rollback or car carrier, wrecker, or tow truck as defined under
17 section 301.010;
18 [(7)] (8) "Towing", moving or removing, or the preparation therefor, of a vehicle by
19 another vehicle for which a service charge is made, either directly or indirectly, including any
20 dues or other charges of clubs or associations which provide towing services;
21 [(8)] (9) "Towing company", any person, partnership, corporation, fiduciary,
22 association, or other entity that operates a wrecker or towing service as defined under section
23 301.010.
24 2. In authorizing a towing company to perform services, any patrol officer or law
25 enforcement officer within the officer's jurisdiction, firefighter in a city not within a county,
26 or Missouri department of transportation employee[,] may utilize the services of a tow
27 management company or tow list, provided:
28 (1) The Missouri state highway patrol is under no obligation to include or retain the
29 services of any towing company in any contract or agreement with a tow management
30 company or any tow list established pursuant to this section. A towing company is subject to
31 removal from a tow list at any time;
32 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any regulation established pursuant
33 to this section, an owner or operator's request for a specific towing company shall be honored
34 by the Missouri state highway patrol unless:
35 (a) The requested towing company cannot or does not respond in a reasonable time,
36 as determined by a law enforcement officer; or
37 (b) The vehicle to be towed poses an immediate traffic hazard, as determined by a law
38 enforcement officer or by a firefighter in a city not within a county.
39 3. A patrol officer, or firefighter in a city not within a county, shall not use a
40 towing company located outside of Missouri under this section except under the following
41 circumstances:
42 (1) A state or federal emergency has been declared; or
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43 (2) The driver or owner of the vehicle, or a motor club of which the driver or owner is
44 a member, requests a specific out-of-state towing company.
45 4. A towing company shall not tow a vehicle to a location outside of Missouri without
46 the consent of the driver or owner of the motor vehicle, or without the consent of a motor club
47 of which the driver or owner of the motor vehicle is a member.
48 5. Any towing company or tow truck arriving at the scene of an accident that has not
49 been called by a patrol officer, a law enforcement officer, a firefighter in a city not within a
50 county, a Missouri department of transportation employee, or the driver or owner of the
51 motor vehicle or his or her authorized agent, including a motor club of which the driver or
52 owner is a member, shall be prohibited from towing the vehicle from the scene of the
53 accident, unless the towing company or tow truck operator is rendering emergency aid in the
54 interest of public safety, or is operating during a declared state of emergency under section
55 44.100.
56 6. A tow truck operator that stops and tows a vehicle from the scene of an accident in
57 violation of subsection 5 of this section shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor upon
58 conviction or pleading guilty for the first violation, and such tow truck shall be subject to
59 impounding. The penalty for a second violation shall be a class A misdemeanor, and the
60 penalty for any third or subsequent violation shall be a class D felony. A violation of this
61 section shall not preclude the tow truck operator from being charged with tampering under
62 chapter 569.
63 7. The provisions of this section shall also apply to motor vehicles towed under
64 section 304.155 or 304.157.
65 8. The provisions of this section shall not apply to counties of the third or fourth
66 classification.
321.552. 1. [Except in any county of the first classification with over two hundred
2 thousand inhabitants, or any county of the first classification without a charter form of
3 government and with more than seventy-three thousand seven hundred but less than seventy-
4 three thousand eight hundred inhabitants; or any county of the first classification without a
5 charter form of government and with more than one hundred eighty-four thousand but less
6 than one hundred eighty-eight thousand inhabitants; or any county with a charter form of
7 government with over one million inhabitants; or any county with a charter form of
8 government with over two hundred eighty thousand inhabitants but less than three hundred
9 thousand inhabitants,] The governing body of any ambulance or fire protection district may
10 impose a sales tax in an amount up to [one-half of] one percent on all retail sales made in such
11 ambulance or fire protection district which are subject to taxation pursuant to the provisions
12 of sections 144.010 to 144.525 provided that such sales tax shall be accompanied by a
13 reduction in the district's tax rate as defined in section 137.073. The tax authorized by this
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14 section shall be in addition to any and all other sales taxes allowed by law, except that no sales
15 tax imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be effective unless the governing
16 body of the ambulance or fire protection district submits to the voters of such ambulance or
17 fire protection district, at a municipal or state general, primary or special election, a proposal
18 to authorize the governing body of the ambulance or fire protection district to impose a tax
19 pursuant to this section.
20 2. The ballot of submission shall contain, but need not be limited to, the following
21 language:
22 Shall ______ (insert name of ambulance or fire
23 protection district) impose a sales tax of ______ (insert
24 amount up to [one-half) of] one percent) for the purpose
25 of providing revenues for the operation of the ______
26 (insert name of ambulance or fire protection district) and
27 the total property tax levy on properties in the ______
28 (insert name of the ambulance or fire protection district)
29 shall be reduced annually by an amount which reduces
30 property tax revenues by an amount equal to fifty
31 percent of the previous year's revenue collected from this
32 sales tax?
33 ☐ YES ☐ NO
34 If you are in favor of the question, place an "X" in the
35 box opposite "YES". If you are opposed to the question,
36 place an "X" in the box opposite "NO".
37 3. If a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters voting thereon
38 are in favor of the proposal, then the sales tax authorized in this section shall be in effect and
39 the governing body of the ambulance or fire protection district shall lower the level of its tax
40 rate by an amount which reduces property tax revenues by an amount equal to fifty percent of
41 the amount of sales tax collected in the preceding year. If a majority of the votes cast by the
42 qualified voters voting are opposed to the proposal, then the governing body of the ambulance
43 or fire protection district shall not impose the sales tax authorized in this section unless and
44 until the governing body of such ambulance or fire protection district resubmits a proposal to
45 authorize the governing body of the ambulance or fire protection district to impose the sales
46 tax authorized by this section and such proposal is approved by a majority of the qualified
47 voters voting thereon.
48 4. All revenue received by a district from the tax authorized pursuant to this section
49 shall be deposited in a special trust fund, and be used solely for the purposes specified in the
50 proposal submitted pursuant to this section for so long as the tax shall remain in effect.
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51 5. All sales taxes collected by the director of revenue pursuant to this section, less one
52 percent for cost of collection which shall be deposited in the state's general revenue fund after
53 payment of premiums for surety bonds as provided in section 32.087, shall be deposited in a
54 special trust fund, which is hereby created, to be known as the "Ambulance or Fire Protection
55 District Sales Tax Trust Fund". The moneys in the ambulance or fire protection district sales
56 tax trust fund shall not be deemed to be state funds and shall not be commingled with any
57 funds of the state. The director of revenue shall keep accurate records of the amount of
58 money in the trust and the amount collected in each district imposing a sales tax pursuant to
59 this section, and the records shall be open to inspection by officers of the county and to the
60 public. Not later than the tenth day of each month the director of revenue shall distribute all
61 moneys deposited in the trust fund during the preceding month to the governing body of the
62 district which levied the tax; such funds shall be deposited with the board treasurer of each
63 such district.
64 6. The director of revenue may make refunds from the amounts in the trust fund and
65 credit any district for erroneous payments and overpayments made, and may redeem
66 dishonored checks and drafts deposited to the credit of such district. If any district abolishes
67 the tax, the district shall notify the director of revenue of the action at least ninety days prior
68 to the effective date of the repeal and the director of revenue may order retention in the trust
69 fund, for a period of one year, of two percent of the amount collected after receipt of such
70 notice to cover possible refunds or overpayment of the tax and to redeem dishonored checks
71 and drafts deposited to the credit of such accounts. After one year has elapsed after the
72 effective date of abolition of the tax in such district, the director of revenue shall remit the
73 balance in the account to the district and close the account of that district. The director of
74 revenue shall notify each district of each instance of any amount refunded or any check
75 redeemed from receipts due the district.
76 7. Except as modified in this section, all provisions of sections 32.085 and 32.087
77 shall apply to the tax imposed pursuant to this section.
321.554. 1. [Except in any county of the first classification with more than two
2 hundred forty thousand three hundred but less than two hundred forty thousand four hundred
3 inhabitants, or any county of the first classification with more than seventy-three thousand
4 seven hundred but less than seventy-three thousand eight hundred inhabitants, or any county
5 of the first classification with more than one hundred eighty-four thousand but less than one
6 hundred eighty-eight thousand inhabitants, or any county with a charter form of government
7 and with more than one million inhabitants, or any county with a charter form of government
8 and with more than two hundred fifty thousand but less than three hundred fifty thousand
9 inhabitants,] When the revenue from the ambulance or fire protection district sales tax is
10 collected for distribution pursuant to section 321.552, the board of the ambulance or fire
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11 protection district, after determining its budget for the year pursuant to section 67.010 and the
12 rate of levy needed to produce the required revenue and after making any other adjustments to
13 the levy that may be required by any other law, shall reduce the total operating levy of the
14 district in an amount sufficient to decrease the revenue it would have received therefrom by
15 an amount equal to fifty percent of the previous fiscal year's sales tax receipts. Loss of
16 revenue due to a decrease in the assessed valuation of real property located within the
17 ambulance or fire protection district as a result of general reassessment and from state-
18 assessed railroad and utility distributable property based upon the previous fiscal year's
19 receipts shall be considered in lowering the rate of levy to comply with this section in the year
20 of general reassessment and in each subsequent year. In the event that in the immediately
21 preceding year the ambulance or fire protection district actually received more or less sales
22 tax revenue than estimated, the ambulance or fire protection district board may adjust its
23 operating levy for the current year to reflect such increase or decrease. The director of
24 revenue shall certify the amount payable from the ambulance or fire protection district sales
25 tax trust fund to the general revenue fund to the state treasurer.
26 2. Except that, in the first year in which any sales tax is collected pursuant to section
27 321.552, any taxing authority subject to this section shall not reduce the tax rate as defined in
28 section 137.073.
29 3. In a year of general reassessment, as defined by section 137.073, or assessment
30 maintenance as defined by section 137.115 in which an ambulance or fire protection district
31 in reliance upon the information then available to it relating to the total assessed valuation of
32 such ambulance or fire protection district revises its property tax levy pursuant to section
33 137.073 or 137.115, and it is subsequently determined by decisions of the state tax
34 commission or a court pursuant to sections 138.430 to 138.433 or due to clerical errors or
35 corrections in the calculation or recordation of assessed valuations that the assessed valuation
36 of such ambulance or fire protection district has been changed, and but for such change the
37 ambulance or fire protection district would have adopted a different levy on the date of its
38 original action, then the ambulance or fire protection district may adjust its levy to an amount
39 to reflect such change in assessed valuation, including, if necessary, a change in the levy
40 reduction required by this section to the amount it would have levied had the correct assessed
41 valuation been known to it on the date of its original action, provided:
42 (1) The ambulance or fire protection district first levies the maximum levy allowed
43 without a vote of the people by Article X, Section 11(b) of the Constitution; and
44 (2) The ambulance or fire protection district first adopts the tax rate ceiling otherwise
45 authorized by other laws of this state; and
46 (3) The levy adjustment or reduction may include a one-time correction to recoup lost
47 revenues the ambulance or fire protection district was entitled to receive during the prior year.
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321.556. 1. [Except in any county of the first classification with more than two
2 hundred forty thousand three hundred but less than two hundred forty thousand four hundred
3 inhabitants, or any county of the first classification with more than seventy-three thousand
4 seven hundred but less than seventy-three thousand eight hundred inhabitants, or any county
5 of the first classification with more than one hundred eighty-four thousand but less than one
6 hundred eighty-eight thousand inhabitants, or any county with a charter form of government
7 and with more than one million inhabitants, or any county with a charter form of government
8 and with more than two hundred fifty thousand but less than three hundred fifty thousand
9 inhabitants,] The governing body of any ambulance or fire protection district, when presented
10 with a petition signed by at least twenty percent of the registered voters in the ambulance or
11 fire protection district that voted in the last gubernatorial election, calling for an election to
12 repeal the tax pursuant to section 321.552, shall submit the question to the voters using the
13 same procedure by which the imposition of the tax was voted. The ballot of submission shall
14 be in substantially the following form:
15 Shall ______ (insert name of ambulance or fire
16 protection district) repeal the ______ (insert amount up
17 to one-half) of one percent sales tax now in effect in the
18 ______ (insert name of ambulance or fire protection
19 district) and reestablish the property tax levy in the
20 district to the rate in existence prior to the enactment of
21 the sales tax?
22 ☐ YES ☐ NO
23 If you are in favor of the question, place an "X" in the
24 box opposite "Yes". If you are opposed to the question,
25 place an "X" in the box opposite "No".
26 2. If a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters of the district
27 voting thereon are in favor of repeal, that repeal shall become effective December thirty-first
28 of the calendar year in which such repeal was approved.
324.009. 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:
2 (1) "License", a license, certificate, registration, permit, accreditation, or military
3 occupational speciality that enables a person to legally practice an occupation or profession in
4 a particular jurisdiction;
5 (2) "Military", the Armed Forces of the United States including the Air Force, Army,
6 Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, Space Force, National Guard and any other military
7 branch that is designated by Congress as part of the Armed Forces of the United States, and
8 all reserve components and auxiliaries. Such term also includes the military reserves and
9 militia of any United States territory or state;
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10 (3) "Missouri law enforcement officer", any person employed by or otherwise
11 serving in a position for the state or a local governmental entity in the state of Missouri
12 as a police officer, peace officer certified under chapter 590, auxiliary police officer,
13 sheriff, sheriff's deputy, member of the patrol as that term is defined in section 43.010,
14 or in some like position involving the enforcement of the law and protection of the public
15 interest at the risk of that person's life and who is a permanent resident of the state of
16 Missouri or who is domiciled in the state of Missouri;
17 (4) "Nonresident military or law enforcement spouse"[,]:
18 (a) A nonresident spouse of an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the
19 United States who has been transferred or is scheduled to be transferred to the state of
20 Missouri, or who has been transferred or is scheduled to be transferred to an adjacent state
21 and is or will be domiciled in the state of Missouri, or has moved to the state of Missouri on a
22 permanent change-of-station basis; or
23 (b) A nonresident spouse of a person residing outside the state of Missouri who
24 has accepted an offer of employment with the state or a local governmental entity in the
25 state of Missouri and who will become a Missouri law enforcement officer upon the
26 commencement of such employment;
27 [(4)] (5) "Oversight body", any board, department, agency, or office of a jurisdiction
28 that issues licenses;
29 [(5)] (6) "Resident military or law enforcement spouse", a spouse of an active duty
30 member of the Armed Forces of the United States who has been transferred or is scheduled to
31 be transferred to the state of Missouri or an adjacent state and who is a permanent resident of
32 the state of Missouri, who is domiciled in the state of Missouri, or who has Missouri as his or
33 her home of record, or a spouse of a Missouri law enforcement officer.
34 2. Any person who holds a valid current license issued by another state, a branch or
35 unit of the military, a territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, and who has
36 been licensed for at least one year in such other jurisdiction, may submit an application for a
37 license in Missouri in the same occupation or profession, and at the same practice level, for
38 which he or she holds the current license, along with proof of current licensure and proof of
39 licensure for at least one year in the other jurisdiction, to the relevant oversight body in this
40 state.
41 3. The oversight body in this state shall:
42 (1) Within six months of receiving an application described in subsection 2 of this
43 section, waive any examination, educational, or experience requirements for licensure in this
44 state for the applicant if it determines that there were minimum education requirements and, if
45 applicable, work experience and clinical supervision requirements in effect and the other state
46 verifies that the person met those requirements in order to be licensed or certified in that state.
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47 An oversight body that administers an examination on laws of this state as part of its licensing
48 application requirement may require an applicant to take and pass an examination specific to
49 the laws of this state; or
50 (2) Within thirty days of receiving an application described in subsection 2 of this
51 section from a nonresident military or law enforcement spouse or a resident military or law
52 enforcement spouse, waive any examination, educational, or experience requirements for
53 licensure in this state for the applicant and issue such applicant a license under this section if
54 such applicant otherwise meets the requirements of this section.
55 4. (1) The oversight body shall not waive any examination, educational, or
56 experience requirements for any applicant who has had his or her license revoked by an
57 oversight body outside the state; who is currently under investigation, who has a complaint
58 pending, or who is currently under disciplinary action, except as provided in subdivision (2)
59 of this subsection, with an oversight body outside the state; who does not hold a license in
60 good standing with an oversight body outside the state; who has a criminal record that would
61 disqualify him or her for licensure in Missouri; or who does not hold a valid current license in
62 the other jurisdiction on the date the oversight body receives his or her application under this
63 section.
64 (2) If another jurisdiction has taken disciplinary action against an applicant, the
65 oversight body shall determine if the cause for the action was corrected and the matter
66 resolved. If the matter has not been resolved by that jurisdiction, the oversight body may
67 deny a license until the matter is resolved.
68 5. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the oversight body from denying a license to
69 an applicant under this section for any reason described in any section associated with the
70 occupation or profession for which the applicant seeks a license.
71 6. Any person who is licensed under the provisions of this section shall be subject to
72 the applicable oversight body's jurisdiction and all rules and regulations pertaining to the
73 practice of the licensed occupation or profession in this state.
74 7. This section shall not be construed to waive any requirement for an applicant to
75 pay any fees, post any bonds or surety bonds, or submit proof of insurance associated with the
76 license the applicant seeks.
77 8. This section shall not apply to business, professional, or occupational licenses
78 issued or required by political subdivisions.
79 9. The provisions of this section shall not impede an oversight body's authority to
80 require an applicant to submit fingerprints as part of the application process.
81 10. [The provisions of this section shall not apply to an oversight body that has
82 entered into a licensing compact with another state for the regulation of practice under the
83 oversight body's jurisdiction.] The provisions of this section shall not be construed to alter
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84 the authority granted by, or any requirements promulgated pursuant to, any interjurisdictional
85 or interstate compacts adopted by Missouri statute or any reciprocity agreements with other
86 states in effect [on August 28, 2018], and whenever possible this section shall be interpreted
87 so as to imply no conflict between it and any compact, or any reciprocity agreements with
88 other states in effect [on August 28, 2018].
89 11. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a license issued under this section
90 shall be valid only in this state and shall not make a licensee eligible to be part of an interstate
91 compact. An applicant who is licensed in another state pursuant to an interstate compact shall
92 not be eligible for licensure by an oversight body under the provisions of this section.
93 12. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any occupation set forth in
94 subsection 6 of section 290.257, or any electrical contractor licensed under sections 324.900
95 to 324.945.
488.435. 1. Sheriffs shall receive a charge, as provided in section 57.280, for service
2 of any summons, writ or other order of court, in connection with any civil case, and making
3 on the same either a return indicating service, a non est return or a nulla bona return, the sum
4 of twenty dollars for each item to be served, as provided in section 57.280, except that a
5 sheriff shall receive a charge for service of any subpoena, and making a return on the same,
6 the sum of ten dollars, as provided in section 57.280; however, no such charge shall be
7 collected in any proceeding when court costs are to be paid by the state, county or
8 municipality. In addition to such charge, the sheriff shall be entitled, as provided in section
9 57.280, to receive for each mile actually traveled in serving any summons, writ, subpoena or
10 other order of court, the rate prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service for all allowable
11 expenses for motor vehicle use expressed as an amount per mile, provided that such mileage
12 shall not be charged for more than one subpoena or summons or other writ served in the same
13 cause on the same trip. All of such charges shall be received by the sheriff who is requested
14 to perform the service. Except as otherwise provided by law, all charges made pursuant to
15 section 57.280 shall be collected by the court clerk as court costs and are payable prior to the
16 time the service is rendered; provided that if the amount of such charge cannot be readily
17 determined, then the sheriff shall receive a deposit based upon the likely amount of such
18 charge, and the balance of such charge shall be payable immediately upon ascertainment of
19 the proper amount of such charge. A sheriff may refuse to perform any service in any action
20 or proceeding, other than when court costs are waived as provided by law, until the charge
21 provided by this section is paid. Failure to receive the charge shall not affect the validity of
22 the service.
23 2. The sheriff shall, as provided in section 57.280, receive for receiving and paying
24 moneys on execution or other process, where lands or goods have been levied and advertised
25 and sold, five percent on five hundred dollars and four percent on all sums above five hundred
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26 dollars, and half of these sums, when the money is paid to the sheriff without a levy, or where
27 the lands or goods levied on shall not be sold and the money is paid to the sheriff or person
28 entitled thereto, his or her agent or attorney. The party at whose application any writ,
29 execution, subpoena or other process has issued from the court shall pay the sheriff's costs, as
30 provided in section 57.280, for the removal, transportation, storage, safekeeping and support
31 of any property to be seized pursuant to legal process before such seizure. The sheriff shall be
32 allowed for each mile, as provided in section 57.280, going and returning from the courthouse
33 of the county in which he or she resides to the place where the court is held, the rate
34 prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service for all allowable expenses for motor vehicle use
35 expressed as an amount per mile. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to
36 garnishment proceeds.
37 3. As provided in subsection 4 of section 57.280, [the sheriff shall receive ten dollars]
38 for service of any summons, writ, subpoena, or other order of the court included under
39 subsection 1 of section 57.280, in addition to the charge for such service that each sheriff
40 receives under subsection 1 of section 57.280, the sheriff of any county of the first, second,
41 or fourth classification or with a charter form of government shall receive twenty
42 dollars and the sheriff of any county of the third classification shall receive fifteen
43 dollars. The money received by the sheriff under subsection 4 of section 57.280 shall be paid
44 into the county treasury and the county treasurer shall make such money payable to the state
45 treasurer. As provided in subdivision (2) or (3) of subsection 4 of section 57.280, the state
46 treasurer shall deposit such moneys in the deputy sheriff salary supplementation fund created
47 under section 57.278 or the sheriffs' retirement fund created under section 57.952.
48 4. As provided in subsection 5 of section 57.280, the court clerk shall collect ten
49 dollars as a court cost for service of any summons, writ, subpoena, or other order of the court
50 included under subsection 1 of this section if any person other than a sheriff is specially
51 appointed to serve in a county that receives funds under section 57.278. The moneys received
52 by the clerk under this subsection shall be paid into the county treasury and the county
53 treasurer shall make such moneys payable to the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall
54 deposit such moneys in the deputy sheriff salary supplementation fund created under section
55 57.278.
537.038. Any person may, without compensation, render emergency care or
2 assistance at the scene of an emergency or accident and shall not be liable for any civil
3 damages for acts or omissions other than damages occasioned by gross negligence or by
4 willful or wanton acts or omissions by such person in rendering such emergency care.
574.207. 1. A person commits the offense of interference with a first responder
2 if:
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3 (1) The person has received a verbal warning not to approach from a person that
4 he or she knows or reasonably should know to be a first responder;
5 (2) The first responder is engaged in the lawful performance of a legal duty; and
6 (3) The person knowingly and willfully violates the verbal warning and
7 approaches within twenty feet of the first responder with the intent to:
8 (a) Impede or interfere with the first responder's ability to perform his or her
9 legal duty;
10 (b) Threaten the first responder with physical harm; or
11 (c) Engage in a course of conduct directed at a first responder which serves no
12 legitimate purpose.
13 2. The offense of interference with a first responder is a class B misdemeanor for
14 a first offense and a class A misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense.
15 3. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
16 (1) "Advanced emergency medical technician", the same meaning as such term
17 is defined in section 190.100;
18 (2) "Emergency medical technician", the same meaning as such term is defined
19 in section 190.100;
20 (3) "Firefighter", any officer or employee of a fire department or fire protection
21 district who is employed for the purpose of fighting fires, but does not include anyone
22 employed in a clerical or other capacity not involving fire-fighting duties;
23 (4) "First responder", any law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic,
24 emergency medical technician, or advanced emergency medical technician;
25 (5) "Paramedic", the same meaning as such term is defined in section 190.100.
26 4. This section shall have no impact on an individual's first amendment rights,
27 and shall not restrict the ability to observe or record first responders.
650.040. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean:
2 (1) "Clearance rates", the rate at which law enforcement agencies clear an
3 offense by arrest or by exceptional means;
4 (2) "Offense cleared by an arrest", when at least one person has been arrested,
5 charged with the commission of the offense, and turned over to the court for
6 prosecution;
7 (3) "Offense cleared by exceptional means", when the law enforcement agency
8 has:
9 (a) Identified the offender;
10 (b) Gathered enough evidence to support an arrest, make a charge, and turn
11 over the offender to the court for prosecution;
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12 (c) Identified the offender's exact location so that the suspect could be taken into
13 custody immediately; and
14 (d) Encountered a circumstance outside the control of such agency that
15 prohibited the agency from arresting, charging, and prosecuting the offender.
16 2. There is hereby created the "Missouri Violent Crime Clearance Grant
17 Program" within the department of public safety. This program shall be developed in
18 consultation with the Missouri peace officers standards and training commission
19 created pursuant to section 590.120, the office for victims of crime created pursuant to
20 section 650.310, and the crime laboratory review commission created pursuant to
21 section 650.059.
22 3. The purpose of this program is to improve law enforcement strategies and
23 initiatives aimed at increasing violent crime clearance rates.
24 4. To the extent that such uses can be demonstrated to advance the purposes
25 described in subsection 2 of this section, eligible uses for the funding include:
26 (1) Improved investigatory resources, including the hiring of personnel assigned
27 to investigate violent crimes or collect, process, and test forensic evidence;
28 (2) Development of evidence-based policies, procedures, and training;
29 (3) Technical assistance;
30 (4) Law enforcement equipment or technology, including investigative, evidence-
31 processing, or forensic-testing equipment or technology;
32 (5) Contractual support;
33 (6) Information systems, with prioritization for projects that would improve
34 data integration and the ability to share information across and between law
35 enforcement agencies, prosecuting attorneys' offices, and crime labs;
36 (7) Officer health and wellness services;
37 (8) Hiring and retention of victim-witness coordinators;
38 (9) Partnership with hospital-based violence intervention programs;
39 (10) Partnership with accredited behavioral health programs; and
40 (11) Partnership with local community service providers to improve support for
41 victims of violent crime.
42 5. In awarding a grant under subsection 2 of this section for an allowable use
43 under subsection 3 of this section, the department of public safety shall give priority to
44 law enforcement agencies:
45 (1) With consistent public reporting of low clearance rates;
46 (2) That demonstrate a commitment to working with community-based
47 organizations and government agencies to reduce violent crime rates; or
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48 (3) That detail a process for evaluating the effectiveness of both investigators
49 and investigative units, including the development of specific goals and performance
50 metrics.
51 6. All law enforcement agencies that receive funding under this section shall
52 report to the department of public safety annually on activities carried out to reduce
53 violent crime and improve clearance rates during the preceding fiscal year, including,
54 but not limited to:
55 (1) The number of personnel hired or assigned to investigate violent crimes,
56 disaggregated between sworn law enforcement officers and civilian or unsworn
57 professional staff;
58 (2) The number of personnel hired or assigned to collect, process, and test
59 forensic evidence;
60 (3) The number of personnel hired or assigned to provide victim services;
61 (4) The description of any training developed or implemented;
62 (5) The description of any new technology purchased or acquired;
63 (6) How grant-funded activities have impacted clearance rates;
64 (7) The record management system, or equivalent, used to collect case
65 information and its ability to integrate with other agencies', prosecuting attorney
66 offices', and crime labs' record management systems; and
67 (8) How the grantee worked with community-based organizations to improve
68 violent crime rates and clearance rates for violent crimes.
69 7. Distribution of state funds or technical assistance shall be by contractual
70 arrangement between the department and each recipient law enforcement agency.
71 Terms of the contract shall be negotiable each year. The state auditor may periodically
72 audit all law enforcement agencies receiving state funds.
73 8. Nothing in this section shall prohibit any law enforcement agency from
74 receiving federal or local funds should such funds become available.
75 9. No state funds shall be expended unless appropriated by the general assembly
76 for this purpose.
[57.955. 1. There shall be assessed and collected a surcharge of three
2 dollars in all civil actions filed in the courts of this state and in all criminal
3 cases including violation of any county ordinance or any violation of criminal
4 or traffic laws of this state, including infractions, but no such surcharge shall
5 be assessed when the costs are waived or are to be paid by the state, county or
6 municipality or when a criminal proceeding or the defendant has been
7 dismissed by the court. For purposes of this section, the term "county
8 ordinance" shall not include any ordinance of the city of St. Louis. The clerk
9 responsible for collecting court costs in civil and criminal cases, shall collect
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10 and disburse such amounts as provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020. Such
11 funds shall be payable to the sheriffs' retirement fund. Moneys credited to the
12 sheriffs' retirement fund shall be used only for the purposes provided for in
13 sections 57.949 to 57.997 and for no other purpose.
14 2. The board may accept gifts, donations, grants and bequests from
15 public or private sources to the sheriffs' retirement fund.]
[57.962. Other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, any
2 county or city not within a county who has elected or elects in the future to
3 come under the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997 shall, after August 28,
4 2002, or on the date that such election is approved by the board of directors of
5 the retirement system, whichever later occurs, be subject to the provisions of
6 section 57.955.]
[483.088. Each circuit clerk shall prepare a summary of all amounts
2 collected pursuant to section 57.955 during the preceding calendar year and
3 shall annually, by July first of the succeeding year, send a copy of such
4 summary to the state auditor.]
[488.024. As provided by section 57.955, there shall be assessed and
2 collected a surcharge of three dollars in all civil actions filed in the courts of
3 this state and in all criminal cases including violation of any county ordinance
4 or any violation of criminal or traffic laws of this state, including infractions,
5 but no such surcharge shall be assessed when the costs are waived or are to be
6 paid by the state, county or municipality or when a criminal proceeding or the
7 defendant has been dismissed by the court. For purposes of this section, the
8 term "county ordinance" shall not include any ordinance of the City of St.
9 Louis. The clerk responsible for collecting court costs in civil and criminal
10 cases shall collect and disburse such amounts as provided by sections 488.010
11 to 488.020. Such funds shall be payable to the sheriffs' retirement fund.]
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