FIRST REGULAR SESSION
[TRULY AGREED TO AND FINALLY PASSED]
SENATE SUBSTITUTE NO. 2 FOR
SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AN ACT
To repeal sections 44.090, 174.700, 190.092, 306.903, and 701.355, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof six new sections relating to public safety, with an expiration date for a certain section.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 44.090, 174.700, 190.092, 306.903, and 701.355, RSMo, are repealed and six new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 44.090, 67.281, 174.700, 190.092, 306.903, and 701.355, to read as follows:
44.090. 1. The executive officer of any political subdivision or public safety agency may enter into mutual-aid arrangements or agreements with other public and private agencies within and without the state for reciprocal emergency aid. Such arrangements or agreements shall be consistent with the state disaster plan and program and the provisions of section 70.837, RSMo, and section 320.090, RSMo. In time of emergency it shall be the duty of each local organization for emergency management to render assistance in accordance with the provisions of such mutual-aid arrangements or agreements.
2. Any contracts that are agreed upon may provide for compensation from the parties and other terms that are agreeable to the parties and may be for an indefinite period as long as they include a sixty-day cancellation notice provision by either party. The contracts agreed upon may not be entered into for the purpose of reduction of staffing by either party.
3. At the time of significant emergency such as fire, earthquake, flood, tornado, hazardous material incident, terrorist incident, or other such manmade or natural emergency disaster or public safety need anywhere within the state or bordering states, the highest ranking official of [a] any political subdivision [available] or public safety agency or their designee may render aid to or request aid from any [requesting political] jurisdiction, agency, or organization even without written agreement, as long as he or she is in accordance with the policies and procedures set forth by the governing [board] boards of [that jurisdiction] those jurisdictions, agencies, or organizations. A public safety need, as used in this section, shall include any event or incident necessitating mutual-aid assistance from another public safety agency.
4. When responding to mutual aid or emergency aid requests, political subdivisions or public safety agencies shall be subject to all provisions of law as if it were providing service within its own jurisdiction.
5. All political subdivisions and public safety agencies within the state are, upon enactment of this legislation or execution of an agreement, automatically a part of the Missouri statewide mutual aid system. A political subdivision within the state may elect not to participate in the statewide mutual aid system upon enacting an appropriate resolution by its governing body declaring that it elects not to participate in the statewide mutual aid system and by providing a copy of the resolution to the [state fire marshal and state emergency management agency] director of the department of public safety or his or her designee.
6. [Emergency response] The Missouri mutual aid system shall be administered by the department of public safety, which may authorize any organization to assist in the administration of the mutual aid system. The department of public safety may promulgate rules for this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, RSMo, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo, and, if applicable, section 536.028, RSMo. This section and chapter 536, RSMo, are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly under chapter 536, RSMo, to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2009, shall be invalid and void.
7. For the purpose of this section, public safety agencies shall include, but shall not be limited to, fire service organizations, law enforcement agencies, emergency medical service organizations, public health and medical personnel, emergency management officials, infrastructure departments, public works agencies, and those other agencies, organizations, [and] departments, and specialized emergency response teams that have personnel with special skills or training that are needed to provide services during an emergency, public safety need, or disaster, declared or undeclared.
[7.] 8. It shall be the responsibility of each political subdivision and public safety agency to adopt and put into practice the National Incident Management System promulgated by the United States Department of Homeland Security.
[8.] 9. In the event of a disaster or other public safety need that is beyond the capability of local political subdivisions, the local governing authority or public safety agency having jurisdiction may request assistance under this section.
[9.] 10. Any entity or individual that holds a license, certificate, or other permit issued by a participating political subdivision, public safety agency, or state shall be deemed licensed, certified, or permitted in the requesting political subdivision or public safety agency's jurisdiction for the duration of the [declared] emergency or authorized drill.
[10.] 11. Reimbursement for services rendered under this section shall be in accordance with any local, state and federal guidelines. Any political subdivision or public safety agency providing assistance shall receive appropriate reimbursement according to those guidelines.
[11.] 12. Applicable benefits normally available to personnel while performing duties for their jurisdiction are also available to such persons when an injury or death occurs when rendering assistance to another political subdivision or public safety agency under this section. Responders shall be eligible for the same state and federal benefits that may be available to them for line-of-duty deaths or injuries, if such services are otherwise provided for within their jurisdiction.
[12. All activities performed under this section are deemed to be governmental functions.] 13. For the purposes of liability, all [participating] members of any political [subdivisions] subdivision or public safety agency responding under operational control of the requesting political subdivision or a public safety agency are deemed employees of such [participating] responding political subdivision or public safety agency and are subject to the liability and workers' compensation provisions provided to them as employees of their respective political subdivision or public safety agency.
67.281. A builder of single family dwellings or residences or multi-unit dwellings of four or fewer units shall offer to any purchaser on or before the time of entering into the purchase contract the option, at the purchaser's cost, to install or equip fire sprinklers in the dwelling, residence, or unit. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no purchaser of such a single family dwelling, residence, or multi-unit dwelling shall be denied the right to choose or decline to install a fire sprinkler system in such dwelling or residence being purchased by any code, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, or resolution by any county or other political subdivision. Any county or other political subdivision shall provide in any such code, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, or resolution the mandatory option for purchasers to have the right to choose and the requirement that builders offer to purchasers the option to purchase fire sprinklers in connection with the purchase of any single family dwelling, residence, or multi-unit dwelling of four or fewer units. The provisions of this section shall expire on December 31, 2011.
174.700. The board of regents or board of governors of any state college or university may appoint and employ as many college or university police officers as it may deem necessary to protect persons, property, and to preserve peace and good order only in the public buildings, properties, grounds, and other facilities and locations over which it has charge or control and to respond to emergencies or natural disasters outside of the boundaries of university property and provide services if requested by the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction.
190.092. 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Public Access to Automated External Defibrillator Act".
2. A person or entity who acquires an automated external defibrillator shall ensure that:
(1) Expected defibrillator users receive training by the American Red Cross or American Heart Association in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators, or an equivalent nationally recognized course in defibrillator use and cardiopulmonary resuscitation;
(2) The defibrillator is maintained and tested according to the manufacturer's operational guidelines;
(3) Any person who renders emergency care or treatment on a person in cardiac arrest by using an automated external defibrillator activates the emergency medical services system as soon as possible; and
(4) Any person or entity that owns an automated external defibrillator that is for use outside of a health care facility shall have a physician review and approve the clinical protocol for the use of the defibrillator, review and advise regarding the training and skill maintenance of the intended users of the defibrillator and assure proper review of all situations when the defibrillator is used to render emergency care.
[2.] 3. Any person or entity who acquires an automated external defibrillator shall notify the emergency communications district or the ambulance dispatch center of the primary provider of emergency medical services where the automated external defibrillator is to be located.
[3.] 4. Any person who [has had appropriate training, including a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, has demonstrated a proficiency in the use of an automated external defibrillator, and who] gratuitously and in good faith renders emergency care [when medically appropriate] by use of or provision of an automated external defibrillator[, without objection of the injured victim or victims thereof,] shall not be held liable for any civil damages as a result of such care or treatment, [where the person acts as an ordinarily reasonable, prudent person would have acted under the same or similar circumstances] unless the person acts in a willful and wanton or reckless manner in providing the care, advice, or assistance. The person or entity who provides appropriate training to the person using an automated external defibrillator, the person or entity responsible for the site where the automated external defibrillator is located, the person or entity that owns the automated external defibrillator, the person or entity that provided clinical protocol for automated external defibrillator sites or programs, and the licensed physician who reviews and approves the clinical protocol shall likewise not be held liable for civil damages resulting from the use of an automated external defibrillator[, provided that all other requirements of this section have been met]. Nothing in this section shall affect any claims brought pursuant to chapter 537 or 538, RSMo.
[4.] 5. The provisions of this section shall apply in all counties within the state and any city not within a county.
306.903. 1. Any person who abandons a boat dock and permits it to float freely without being moored upon lakes having at least nine hundred fifty miles of aggregate shoreline is guilty of an infraction, the penalty for which shall be a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars or more than one hundred dollars.
2. Any person who abandons a boat dock shall be responsible for the retrieval and disposal of such boat dock. Any person who violates subsection 1 of this section and who does not properly retrieve and dispose of such abandoned boat dock shall, upon a plea of guilty or a finding of guilt for such an offense, be ordered to reimburse the appropriate law enforcement agency, including the state water patrol, for the costs associated with the retrieval and disposal of the abandoned boat dock. The law enforcement agency may establish a schedule of such costs. However, the court may reduce the costs if it determines that the costs are excessive.
3. The state water patrol may accept gifts, grants, in-kind services and appropriations, and may enter into contracts with private or public entities for the enforcement and administration of this section.
4. Beginning January 1, [1996] 2010, any person owning a boat dock on lakes having at least nine hundred fifty miles of shoreline and lakes constructed or maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers except bodies of water owned by a person, corporation, association, partnership, municipality or other political subdivision, public water supply impoundments, and except drainage ditches construction by a drainage district, but not to include any body of water which has been leased to or owned by the state department of conservation shall display identifying information on the dock, including but not limited to, a permit number issued to the owner by an entity having authority to issue such identification or permit number and the appropriate "911" address or in the absence of a "911" system, the physical address nearest to the dock by land. Any person owning a boat dock on lakes having at least nine hundred fifty miles of aggregate shoreline who violates this subsection may be guilty of an infraction, the penalty for which shall not exceed twenty-five dollars.
701.355. The board shall have the following powers:
(1) To consult with engineering authorities and organizations who are studying and developing elevator safety codes;
(2) To adopt a code of rules and regulations governing licenses of elevator mechanics and elevator contractors, construction, maintenance, testing, and inspection of both new and existing installations. The board shall have the power to adopt a safety code only for those types of equipment defined in the rule. In promulgating the elevator safety code the board may consider any existing or future American National Standards Institute safety code affecting elevators as defined in sections 701.350 to 701.380, or any other nationally acceptable standard;
(3) To certify state, municipal inspectors and political subdivision inspectors, and special inspectors, who shall enforce the provisions of a safety code adopted pursuant to sections 701.350 to 701.380;
(4) To appoint a chief safety inspector together with a staff for the purpose of ensuring compliance with any safety code established pursuant to sections 701.350 to 701.380.
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