FIRST REGULAR SESSION
92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES WHORTON, ADAMS AND MOORE (Co-sponsors).
Read 1st time February 25, 2003, and copies ordered printed.
STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 379, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to insurance policy fees for fire department training.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 379, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 379.997, to read as follows:
379.997. 1. Each insurer or insurance producer, agent, or broker shall impose an additional one dollar fee on all automobile liability insurance policies issued within the state and on all basic property insurance policies purchased by homeowners to insure property within the state. The fee imposed by this section shall apply only to policies purchased after January 1, 2004.
2. The revenue derived from the one dollar fee shall be remitted to the director of the department of revenue, and the director shall remit such payments to the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall deposit such payments into the fire education fund created in section 320.094, RSMo. The revenue shall be used exclusively for providing training and continuing education relating to fire department operations and personal safety of firefighters while performing fire department activities to members of volunteer fire departments, organizations, or associations.