HB 1942 -- EMERGENCY SERVICE BOARDS

Currently, a county emergency telephone service 911 board must
consist of 11 members appointed by the county governing body with
at least six members representing public safety agencies.  This
bill specifies that at least seven members of the Polk County
board must represent certain public safety agencies including the
county sheriff, county presiding commissioner, chief of police of
the county seat, mayor of the county seat, president of the
county fire association, and the chief executive officer and the
director of emergency services of the memorial hospital located
in the county seat.

An emergency service board, instead of the county governing
board, must annually establish a tax rate sufficient to fund
emergency services expenditures by September 1, publish the rate
in its minutes, and notify every retailer by mail of the new
rate.  The bill specifies that an emergency service board will be
a body corporate and a political subdivision of the state.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:12 pm