HB 2201 -- Volunteer Fire Protection Association Fees

Sponsor:  Kelly

This bill changes the laws regarding the assessment and
collection of volunteer fire protection association fees.  In its
main provisions, the bill:

(1)  Authorizes a county, after a request by voter petition and
upon voter approval by residents within a volunteer fire
protection association's boundaries, to collect association fees
by adding the fees to the personal property tax lists.  The
county will disburse the collected fees to the association;

(2)  Requires the annual assessment of association fees against
all owners of property within the association's boundaries.  An
owner will be assessed once for all unoccupied property and once
for all occupied property; and

(3)  Authorizes, upon association member voter approval, an
increase of up to 0.5% in association fees.  A proposal to
increase fees cannot be submitted for voter approval unless it
has been more than two years from the last increase in fees.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated October 15, 2008 at 3:12 pm