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FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1162

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHAAF.

Read 1st time March 26, 2007 and copies ordered printed.

D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

2707L.01I

AN ACT

To repeal sections 64.245, 67.318, 92.077, 144.518, 190.292, 190.294, 190.296, 190.300, 190.305, 190.307, 190.308, 190.309, 190.310, 190.320, 190.325, 190.327, 190.328, 190.329, 190.335, 190.337, 190.339, 190.340, 190.400, 190.420, 190.430, and 190.440, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof sixteen new sections relating to emergency services, with penalty provisions.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Sections 64.245, 67.318, 92.077, 144.518, 190.292, 190.294, 190.296, 190.300, 190.305, 190.307, 190.308, 190.309, 190.310, 190.320, 190.325, 190.327, 190.328, 190.329, 190.335, 190.337, 190.339, 190.340, 190.400, 190.420, 190.430, and 190.440, RSMo, are repealed and sixteen new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 64.245, 67.318, 92.077, 144.518, 190.292, 190.294, 190.296, 190.300, 190.305, 190.307, 190.308, 190.309, 190.310, 190.400, 190.420, and 190.430, to read as follows:

64.245. After the county commission has adopted the subdivision regulations, no plat or instrument describing a subdivision of land within the unincorporated area of the county shall be recorded or vacated until the plat is first submitted to the planning board. No plat shall be approved in any county in which emergency telephone services or central dispatching services are provided and funded pursuant to sections 190.300 to [190.329] 190.315, RSMo, unless any requirement by the governing body of the county [or of the board established pursuant to section 190.329, RSMo,] to provide such governing body or such board with maps and site plans of the subdivision so that the subdivision addresses, streets, drives and roadways may be added to and included in any computer database used in conjunction with providing such services are met. The board, after hearing, may vacate any plat of a subdivision of land including roads, streets, highways and alleys. At such hearing, the board may require that expert witnesses providing evidence be sworn in so that their statements are statements made under oath. Upon the vacation of the plat, the recorder of deeds shall be notified in writing of the vacation. If the county planning board does not report upon the plat within thirty days, it may then be deemed approved. If the plat is amended or rejected by the planning board, such action may be overruled and the plat approved only by the county commission, after public hearing. The reasons for the overruling shall be spread upon the minutes of the county commission. The recorder of deeds shall not record a plat of a subdivision of land in the unincorporated area of the county until the recorder has received a certificate of authority from the county planning director, who shall issue the certificate if the plat has been approved, pursuant to the provisions of sections 64.211 to 64.295. The county planning board may, upon written request of the legislative body of an incorporated area in which there is no municipal planning commission, pass upon subdivision plats within the incorporated areas, and the plat shall be subject to all rules and regulations of the county planning board and shall not be recorded until it has been approved in the same manner as a subdivision plat in an unincorporated area. If the county planning board does agree to pass upon plats in an incorporated area, the county recorder shall be advised of the fact by registered letter from the planning board and the municipal legislative body.

67.318. 1. The governing body of any county or municipality may by order or ordinance require that all residences and commercial businesses have the numbers of their street addresses conspicuously posted so that providers of fire protection services or other emergency services may better find the proper location when responding to an emergency call. Where such an ordinance or order is established, the fire department, fire protection district or volunteer fire protection association which provides fire protection services for the municipality or county, or portion thereof, shall enforce the provisions of such ordinance or order. The ordinance or order shall prescribe a grace period for persons who violate the ordinance or order, which shall allow such violator at least fifteen days to comply with the ordinance before any fine may be imposed.

2. With the exception of any city not within a county, the county commission or prevailing governing body of each county shall establish and maintain 911 addressing in all areas of its jurisdiction for which enhanced 911 service has been approved, including areas within the cities and other political subdivisions located therein. However, the county commission may delegate the authority to establish and maintain the addressing within municipalities to the governing body or political subdivision that has governmental authority over the municipality.

3. (1) Once 911 authority has been established, the assigned 911 address shall become the official address. All government entities shall use the 911 addresses for official records.

(2) Where road names must be changed as a result of the establishment of 911 addressing, the cost of materials related to sign changes shall be funded by the 911 revenues, which includes the cost of sign replacement within municipalities that have readdressed for enhanced 911 service. Cost of maintenance of signage lost, stolen, or damaged shall not be funded by 911 revenues.

(3) All entities having the responsibility to establish 911 addressing shall work with adjoining jurisdictions to coordinate naming and addressing of roads. Where roads extend into adjoining jurisdictions, such coordination shall be required to prevent duplicate addresses. Disagreements between jurisdictions shall be resolved by compromises reached in direct negotiations. If an agreement cannot be reached, arbitration shall be sought to resolve the conflict.

4. All addressing schemes shall meet the United States Post Office guidelines or current local established guidelines. The input and advice of the United States Post Office officials, local telephone companies, and other interested utilities shall be sought during all new addressing projects.

5. Any 911 public safety answering point database information shall be held as confidential, nonpublic information. All subscriber information, whether obtained from the telephone company or from the citizens themselves, shall be confidential, nonpublic information and shall not be used for purposes other than the operation of the 911 system.

6. The public safety answering point master street address guide database information containing only address ranges and street names shall be public information.

92.077. As used in sections 92.074 to 92.095, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms mean:

(1) "Business license tax", any tax, including any fee, charge, or assessment in the nature of a tax, assessed by a municipality on a telecommunications company for the privilege of doing business within the borders of such municipality, and specifically includes any tax assessed on a telecommunications company by a municipality under section 66.300, RSMo, and section 80.090, RSMo, section 92.073, section 94.110, 94.270, or 94.360, RSMo, or under authority granted in its charter, as well as an occupation license tax, gross receipts tax, franchise tax, or similar tax, but shall not include:

(a) Any state or municipal sales tax imposed under sections 144.010 to 144.525, RSMo; or

(b) Any municipal right-of-way usage fee imposed under the authority of a municipality's police powers under Section 253(c) of the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, or under sections 67.1830 to 67.1846, RSMo; or

(c) Any tax or fee levied for emergency services under section 190.292, 190.305, [190.325, 190.335,] or 190.430, RSMo, or any tax authorized by the general assembly after August 28, 2005, for emergency services;

(d) Any flat tax duly imposed on or before August 28, 2005;

(2) "Director", the director of the department of revenue;

(3) "Municipal", of or relating to a municipality;

(4) "Municipality", any city, county, town, or village in Missouri entitled by authority of section 66.300, RSMo, section 80.090, RSMo, section 92.073, section 94.110, 94.270, or 94.360, RSMo, or under authority granted in its charter to assess a business license tax on telecommunications companies;

(5) "Telecommunications company", any company doing business in this state that provides telecommunications service;

(6) "Telecommunications service", the same meaning as such term is defined in section 144.010, RSMo. The term telephone company, as used in sections 94.110, 94.270, and 94.360, RSMo, shall have the same meaning as telecommunications company as defined in this section.

144.518. In addition to the exemptions granted pursuant to section 144.030, there is hereby specifically exempted from the provisions of sections 66.600 to [66.635] 66.630, RSMo, sections 67.391 to 67.395, RSMo, sections 67.500 to 67.545, RSMo, section 67.547, RSMo, sections 67.550 to 67.594, RSMo, sections 67.665 to 67.667, RSMo, sections 67.671 to 67.685, RSMo, sections 67.700 to 67.727, RSMo, section 67.729, RSMo, sections 67.730 to 67.739, RSMo, sections 67.1000 to 67.1012, RSMo, section 82.850, RSMo, sections 92.325 to 92.340, RSMo, sections 92.400 to 92.421, RSMo, sections 94.500 to [94.570] 94.550, RSMo, section 94.577, RSMo, sections 94.600 to 94.655, RSMo, section 94.660, RSMo, sections 94.700 to 94.755, RSMo, sections 94.800 to 94.825, RSMo, section 94.830, RSMo, sections 94.850 to 94.857, RSMo, sections 94.870 to 94.881, RSMo, section 94.890, RSMo, sections 144.010 to 144.525, and sections 144.600 to 144.761, [sections 190.335 to 190.337, RSMo,] sections 238.235 and 238.410, RSMo, section 321.242, RSMo, section 573.505, RSMo, and section 644.032, RSMo, and from the computation of the tax levied, assessed or payable pursuant to sections 66.600 to [66.635] 66.630, RSMo, sections 67.391 to 67.395, RSMo, sections 67.500 to 67.545, RSMo, section 67.547, RSMo, sections 67.550 to 67.594, RSMo, sections 67.665 to 67.667, RSMo, sections 67.671 to 67.685, RSMo, sections 67.700 to 67.727, RSMo, section 67.729, RSMo, sections 67.730 to 67.739, RSMo, sections 67.1000 to 67.1012, RSMo, section 82.850, RSMo, sections 92.325 to 92.340, RSMo, sections 92.400 to 92.421, RSMo, sections 94.500 to [94.570] 94.550, RSMo, section 94.577, RSMo, sections 94.600 to 94.655, RSMo, section 94.660, RSMo, sections 94.700 to 94.755, RSMo, sections 94.800 to 94.825, RSMo, section 94.830, RSMo, sections 94.850 to 94.857, RSMo, sections 94.870 to 94.881, RSMo, section 94.890, RSMo, sections 144.010 to 144.525, sections 144.600 to 144.761, [sections 190.335 to 190.337, RSMo,] sections 238.235 and 238.410, RSMo, section 321.242, RSMo, section 573.505, RSMo, and section 644.032, RSMo, machines or parts for machines used in a commercial, coin-operated amusement and vending business where sales tax is paid on the gross receipts derived from the use of commercial, coin-operated amusement and vending machines.

190.292. 1. In [lieu of] addition to the tax levy authorized under section 190.305 for [emergency telephone services] a public safety answering point, hereafter referred to as PSAP, the [county commission] governing body of any county may impose a county sales tax for the provision of [central dispatching of fire protection, including law enforcement agencies, emergency ambulance service or any other emergency services, including emergency telephone services, which shall be collectively referred to herein as] a PSAP for emergency dispatching of "emergency services", and which may also include the purchase and maintenance of communications and emergency equipment, including the operational costs associated therein, in accordance with the provisions of this section.

2. Such [county commission] governing body may, by a majority vote of its members, submit to the voters of the county, at a public election, a proposal to authorize the [county commission] governing body to impose a tax under the provisions of this section. If the residents of the county present a petition signed by a number of residents equal to ten percent of those in the county who voted in the most recent gubernatorial election, then the county commission shall submit such a proposal to the voters of the county.

3. The ballot of submission shall be in substantially the following form:

Shall the county of ................... (insert name of county) impose a county sales tax of ............ (insert rate of percent) percent for the purpose of providing [central] a PSAP and emergency dispatching [of fire protection, emergency ambulance service, including emergency telephone services,] for police, fire, and emergency medical services and other emergency response services?

□ YES □ NO

If a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the proposal, then the ordinance shall be in effect as provided herein. If a majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters voting are opposed to the proposal, then the county commission shall have no power to impose the tax authorized by this section unless and until the county commission shall again have submitted another proposal to authorize the county commission to impose the tax under the provisions of this section, and such proposal is approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon.

4. The sales tax may be imposed at a rate not to exceed one percent on the receipts from the sale at retail of all tangible personal property or taxable services at retail within any county adopting such tax, if such property and services are subject to taxation by the state of Missouri under the provisions of sections 144.010 to 144.525, RSMo. The sales tax shall not be collected prior to thirty-six months before operation of [the central] a PSAP and the emergency dispatching [of emergency services].

5. Except as modified in this section, all provisions of sections 32.085 and 32.087, RSMo, shall apply to the tax imposed under this section.

6. Any tax imposed pursuant to section 190.305 shall terminate at the end of the tax year in which the tax imposed pursuant to this section [for emergency services] is certified by the board to be fully operational. Any revenues collected from the tax authorized under section 190.305 shall be credited for the purposes for which they were intended.

7. At least once each calendar year, the board, as established by subsection [11] 8 of this section, shall establish a tax rate, not to exceed the amount authorized by the voters, that together with any surplus revenues carried forward will produce sufficient revenues to fund the expenditures authorized by sections 190.290 to 190.296. Amounts collected in excess of that necessary within a given year shall be carried forward to subsequent years. The board shall make its determination of such tax rate each year no later than September first and shall fix the new rate which shall be collected as provided in sections 190.290 to 190.296. Immediately upon making its determination and fixing the rate, the board shall publish in its minutes the new rate, and it shall notify [every retailer] the director of revenue by mail of the new rate.

8. Immediately upon the affirmative vote of voters of such a county on the ballot proposal to establish a county sales tax pursuant to the provisions of this section, the county commission shall appoint the initial members of a board to administer the funds and oversee the provision of 911 emergency services in the county. [Beginning with the general election in 1994,] All board members shall be elected according to this section and other applicable laws of this state. At the time of the appointment of the initial members of the board, the commission shall relinquish and no longer exercise the duties prescribed in this chapter with regard to the provision of 911 emergency services and such duties shall be exercised by the board.

9. The initial board shall consist of seven members who shall reside in the district that they represent and who shall be appointed without regard to political affiliation[,] . Three [of whom] members shall be selected from[,] and [who shall] represent[,] the fire protection districts, ambulance districts, sheriff's department, municipalities, and any other emergency services. Four of the members of the board shall not be selected from or represent the fire protection districts, ambulance districts, sheriff's department, municipalities, or any other emergency services. [Any individual serving on the board on August 28, 2004, may continue to serve and seek reelection or reappointment to the board, notwithstanding any provisions of this subsection.] This initial board shall serve until its successor board is duly elected and installed in office. The commission shall ensure geographic representation of the county by appointing no more than four members from each district of the county commission.

10. [Beginning in 1994,] Three members shall be elected from each district of the county commission and one member shall be elected at large. The members of the board shall annually elect, from among their number, the chairman of the board. Of those first elected, four members from districts of the county commission shall be elected for terms of two years and two members from districts of the county commission and the member at large shall be elected for terms of four years. [In 1996, and] Thereafter, all terms of office shall be four years. The election of the board members shall be conducted at the first municipal election held in a calendar year.

11. When the board is organized, it shall be a body corporate and a political subdivision of the state and shall be known as the "............ Emergency Services Communications Board".

12. [This section shall only apply to any county of the third classification without a township form of government and with more than twenty-four thousand five hundred but less than twenty-four thousand six hundred inhabitants.] The emergency services communications board's powers and duties shall be as provided in section 190.294.

13. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections 8 to 10 of this section to the contrary, in any county of the first classification with more than two hundred forty thousand three hundred but fewer than two hundred forty thousand four hundred inhabitants, any emergency services communications board appointed by the county under sections 190.290 to 190.296 which is in existence on the date the voters approve a sales tax under this chapter shall continue to exist and shall have the powers under section 190.294.

14. Any tax that was adopted under sections 190.290 to 190.296 before August 28, 2007, shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to provide for funding the provision of a PSAP for emergency dispatching.

190.294. 1. The powers and duties of the emergency services communications board shall include, but not be limited to:

(1) Planning a PSAP 911 system and emergency dispatching system;

(2) Coordinating and supervising the implementation, upgrading or maintenance of the system, including the establishment of equipment specifications and coding systems;

(3) Receiving money from any county sales tax, emergency telephone tax, or communication tax authorized to be levied pursuant to section 190.292, 190.305, or 190.430 and authorizing disbursements from such moneys collected;

(4) Hiring any staff necessary for the implementation, upgrade or operation of the system;

(5) Acquiring land in fee simple, rights in land and easements upon, over, or across land and leasehold interests in land and tangible and intangible personal property used or useful for the location, establishment, maintenance, development, expansion, extension, or improvement of the [central] PSAP emergency dispatching [of emergency services] or communications service. The acquisition may be by dedication, purchase, gift, agreement, lease, use, or adverse possession;

(6) Borrowing money and issuing bonds, notes, certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness for the purpose of accomplishing any of its corporate purposes, subject to compliance with any condition or limitation set forth in sections 190.290 to 190.296 or otherwise provided by the Constitution of Missouri;

(7) Suing and being sued, and to be party to suits, actions, and proceedings;

(8) Having and using a corporate seal;

(9) Entering into contracts, franchises, and agreements with any person, partnership, association, or corporation, public or private, affecting the affairs of the board;

(10) Having the management, control, and supervision of all the business affairs of the board and the construction, installation, operation, and maintenance of any improvements;

(11) Hiring and retaining agents and employees and providing for their compensation, including health and pension benefits;

(12) Adopting and amending bylaws and any other rules and regulations;

(13) Paying all expenses connected with the first election and all subsequent elections;

(14) Having and exercising all rights and powers necessary or incidental to or implied from the specific powers granted in this section. Such specific powers shall not be considered as a limitation upon any power necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent of sections 190.290 to 190.296;

(15) Maintaining [central] the PSAP and emergency dispatching [of emergency services] or communications service for the benefit of the inhabitants of the area comprising the district regardless of race, creed, or color, and to adopt such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary to render the highest quality [of the central] PSAP and emergency dispatching [of emergency services] or communications service; excluding from the use of the [central] emergency dispatching [of emergency services] or communications service all persons who willfully disregard any of the rules and regulations so established; extending the privileges and use of the [central] emergency dispatching [of emergency services] or communications service to persons residing outside the area of the district upon such terms and conditions as the board prescribes by its rules and regulations;

(16) Purchasing insurance indemnifying the district and its employees, officers, volunteers, and directors against liability in rendering services incidental to the furnishing of [central] emergency dispatching [of emergency services]. Purchase of insurance pursuant to this section is not intended to waive sovereign immunity, official immunity, or the Missouri public duty doctrine defenses.

2. The administrative control and management of the moneys from any county sales tax, emergency telephone tax, or communications tax authorized to be levied pursuant to section 190.292, 190.305, or 190.430 and the administrative control and management of the [central] PSAP and emergency dispatching [of emergency services] or communications service shall rest solely with the board, and the board shall employ all necessary personnel, affix their compensation and provide suitable quarters and equipment for the operation of the [central] PSAP and emergency dispatching [of emergency services] or communications service from the funds available for this purpose.

3. The board may contract to provide services relating in whole or in part to [central] the PSAP and emergency dispatching [of emergency services] or communications service and for such purpose may expend the tax funds or other funds.

4. The board shall elect a vice chairman, treasurer, secretary and such other officers as it deems necessary. Before taking office, the treasurer shall furnish a surety bond in an amount to be determined and in a form to be approved by the board for the faithful performance of the treasurer's duties and faithful accounting of all moneys that may come into the treasurer's hands. The treasurer shall enter into the surety bond with a surety company authorized to do business in Missouri, and the cost of such bond shall be paid by the board of directors.

5. The board may accept any gift of property or money for the use and benefit of the [central] PSAP and emergency dispatching [of emergency services] or communications service, and the board is authorized to sell or exchange any such property which it believes would be to the benefit of the service so long as the proceeds are used exclusively for [central] the PSAP and emergency dispatching [of emergency services] or communications service. The board shall have exclusive control of all gifts, property or money it may accept; of all interest of other proceeds which may accrue from the investment of such gifts or money or from the sale of such property; of all tax revenues collected by the [county] governing body on behalf of the [central] PSAP and emergency dispatching [of emergency services] or communications service; and of all other funds granted, appropriated or loaned to it by the federal government, the state or its political subdivisions so long as such resources are used solely to benefit the [central] PSAP and emergency dispatching [of emergency services] or communications service.

6. Any board member may, following notice and an opportunity to be heard, be removed from any office by a majority vote of the other members of the board for any of the following reasons:

(1) [Failure to attend five consecutive meetings, without good cause;

(2)] Conduct prejudicial to the good order and efficient operation of the [central] PSAP and emergency dispatching [of emergency services] or communications service; or

[(3)] (2) Neglect of duty.

7. The chairperson of the board shall preside at such removal hearing, unless the chairperson is the person sought to be removed, in which case the hearing shall be presided over by another member elected by a majority vote of the other board members. All interested parties may present testimony and arguments at such hearing, and the witnesses shall be sworn in by oath or affirmation before testifying. Any interested party may, at his or her own expense, record the proceedings.

8. It shall be the duty of the chairperson to preside at all board meetings, to act as official head of the emergency services communications board, and to execute all contracts required to be executed by the board. In the absence or disability of the chairperson, the vice chairperson shall assume the duties of the chairperson.

9. The secretary shall:

(1) Keep the official records of the meetings of the board;

(2) Attest all official documents with the seal of the board;

(3) When called upon, make reports pertaining to the business of the secretary's office;

(4) Attend the board meetings; and

(5) Perform such other duties as may be imposed upon the secretary by the applicable provisions of this chapter.

10. The treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds of the board and pay money out of the treasury only upon valid checks or drafts drawn upon the treasury.

11. The board may, from time to time, provide for additional rules and regulations concerning the duties of its officers.

12. Vacancies on the board occasioned by removals, resignations or otherwise shall be filled by the remaining members of the board. The appointee or appointees shall act until the next election at which a director or directors are elected to serve the remainder of the unexpired term.

[9.] 13. Individual board members shall not be eligible for employment by the board within twelve months of termination of service as a member of the board.

[10.] 14. No person shall be employed by the board who is related within the fourth degree by blood or by marriage to any member of the board.

[11.] 15. 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 sections [190.300 to 190.341] 190.290 to 190.330 and sections 190.400 to 190.430 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 pursuant to 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, 2004, shall be invalid and void.

[12. This section shall only apply to any county of the third classification without a township form of government and with more than twenty-four thousand five hundred but less than twenty-four thousand six hundred inhabitants.]

190.296. 1. For the purpose of purchasing any property or equipment necessary or incidental to the operation of [central] the PSAP and emergency dispatching [of emergency services], the board may borrow money and issue bonds for the payment thereof in the manner provided herein. The question of the loan shall be decided by the submission of the question to the eligible voters of the county at the [first] next regularly scheduled municipal election [held in a calendar year].

2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

Shall the ........... emergency services communications board borrow money in the amount of ............ dollars for the purpose of ........ and issue bonds for the payment thereof?

3. If the constitutionally required percentage of the votes cast are for the loan, the board shall, subject to the restrictions of subsection 4 of this section, be vested with the power to borrow money in the name of the board, to the amount and for the purposes specified on the ballot, and issue the bonds of the board for the payment thereof.

4. The loans authorized by this section shall not be contracted for a period longer than twenty years, and the entire amount of the loan shall at no time exceed, including the existing indebtedness of the board, in the aggregate, ten percent of the value of taxable tangible property therein, as shown by the last completed assessment for state and county purposes, the rate of interest to be agreed upon by the parties, but in no case to exceed the highest legal rate allowed by contract; when effected, it shall be the duty of the directors to direct a portion of the tax collected pursuant to [section] sections 190.292 and 190.430 in an amount sufficient to pay the interest on the indebtedness as it falls due, and also to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof within the time the principal becomes due.

[5. This section shall only apply to any county of the third classification without a township form of government and with more than twenty-four thousand five hundred but less than twenty-four thousand six hundred inhabitants.]

190.300. As used in sections 190.300 to [190.320] 190.315, the following terms and phrases mean:

(1) "Emergency telephone service", a telephone system utilizing a single three digit number "911" for reporting police, fire, medical or other emergency situations;

(2) "Emergency telephone tax", a tax to finance the operation of emergency telephone service;

(3) "Exchange access facilities", all facilities provided by the service supplier for local telephone exchange access to a service user;

(4) "Governing body", the legislative body for a city, county or city not within a county;

(5) "Person", any individual, firm, partnership, copartnership, joint venture, association, cooperative organization, corporation, municipal or private, and whether organized for profit or not, state, county, political subdivision, state department, commission, board, bureau or fraternal organization, estate, trust, business or common law trust, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, trustee or trustee in bankruptcy, or any other service user;

(6) "Public agency", any city, county, city not within a county, municipal corporation, public district or public authority located in whole or in part within this state which provides or has authority to provide fire fighting, law enforcement, ambulance, emergency medical, or other emergency services;

(7) "Service supplier", any person providing exchange telephone services to any service user in this state;

(8) "Service user", any person, other than a person providing pay telephone service pursuant to the provisions of section 392.520, RSMo, not otherwise exempt from taxation, who is provided exchange telephone service in this state;

(9) "Tariff rate", the rate or rates billed by a service supplier to a service user as stated in the service supplier's tariffs, approved by the Missouri public service commission which represent the service supplier's recurring charges for exchange access facilities or their equivalent, exclusive of all taxes, fees, licenses or similar charges whatsoever.

190.305. 1. In addition to its other powers for the protection of the public health, a governing body may provide for the operation of an emergency telephone service and may pay for it by levying an emergency telephone tax for such service in those portions of the governing body's jurisdiction for which emergency telephone service has been contracted. The governing body may do such other acts as are expedient for the protection and preservation of the public health and are necessary for the operation of the emergency telephone system. The governing body is hereby authorized to levy the tax in an amount not to exceed fifteen percent of the tariff local service rate, as defined in section 190.300, or seventy-five cents per access line per month, whichever is greater, [except as provided in sections 190.325 to 190.329,] in those portions of the governing body's jurisdiction for which emergency telephone service has been contracted. In any county of the third classification with a population of at least thirty-two thousand but not greater than forty thousand that borders a county of the first classification, a governing body of a third or fourth class city may, with the consent of the county commission, contract for service with a public agency to provide services within the public agency's jurisdiction when such city is located wholly within the jurisdiction of the public agency. [Consent shall be demonstrated by the county commission authorizing an election within the public agency's jurisdiction pursuant to section 190.320. Any contract between governing bodies and public agencies in existence on August 28, 1996, that meets such criteria prior to August 28, 1996, shall be recognized if the county commission authorized the election for emergency telephone service and a vote was held as provided in section 190.320. The governing body shall provide for a board pursuant to sections 190.327 and 190.328.]

2. The tax shall be utilized to pay for the operation of emergency telephone service and the operational costs associated with the answering and dispatching of emergency calls as deemed appropriate by the governing body, and may be levied at any time subsequent to execution of a contract with the provider of such service at the discretion of the governing body, but collection of such tax shall not begin prior to twenty-seven months before operation of the emergency telephone service and dispatch center.

3. Such tax shall be levied only upon the tariff rate. No tax shall be imposed upon more than one hundred exchange access facilities or their equivalent per person per location.

4. Every billed service user is liable for the tax until it has been paid to the service supplier.

5. The duty to collect the tax from a service user shall commence at such time as specified by the governing body in accordance with the provisions of sections 190.300 to [190.320] 190.315. The tax required to be collected by the service supplier shall be added to and may be stated separately in the billings to the service user.

6. Nothing in this section imposes any obligation upon a service supplier to take any legal action to enforce the collection of the tax imposed by this section. The service supplier shall provide the governing body with a list of amounts uncollected along with the names and addresses of the service users refusing to pay the tax imposed by this section, if any.

7. The tax imposed by this section shall be collected insofar as practicable at the same time as, and along with, the charges for the tariff rate in accordance with the regular billing practice of the service supplier. The tariff rates determined by or stated on the billing of the service supplier are presumed to be correct if such charges were made in accordance with the service supplier's business practices. The presumption may be rebutted by evidence which establishes that an incorrect tariff rate was charged.

190.307. 1. No public agency or public safety agency, nor any officer, agent or employee of any public agency, shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission except willful and wanton misconduct or gross negligence, in connection with developing, adopting, operating or implementing any plan or system required by sections 190.300 to [190.340] 190.315.

2. No person who gives emergency instructions through a system established pursuant to sections 190.300 to [190.340] 190.315 to persons rendering services in an emergency at another location, nor any persons following such instructions in rendering such services, shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of issuing or following the instructions, unless issuing or following the instructions constitutes willful and wanton misconduct, or gross negligence.

190.308. 1. In any county that has established an emergency telephone service pursuant to sections 190.300 to [190.320] 190.315, it shall be unlawful for any person to misuse the emergency telephone service. For the purposes of this section, "emergency" means any incident involving danger to life or property that calls for an emergency response dispatch of police, fire, EMS or other public safety organization, "misuse the emergency telephone service", includes, but is not limited to, repeatedly calling the "911" for nonemergency situations causing operators or equipment to be in use when emergency situations may need such operators or equipment and "repeatedly" means three or more times within a one-month period.

2. Any violation of this section is a class B misdemeanor.

190.309. 1. Any county may establish an "Emergency Telephone Service 911 Board", referred to in this section as the "board". The powers and duties of the board may be defined by order or ordinance of the county. Such powers shall include, but not be limited to:

(1) Planning a 911 system;

(2) Coordinating and supervising the implementation, upgrading, or maintenance of the system, including the establishment of equipment specifications and coding systems;

(3) Receiving moneys from any emergency telephone service tax levy authorized by the governing body of the county pursuant to section 190.305, and authorizing disbursements from such moneys collected;

(4) Hiring any staff necessary for the implementation or upgrade of the system.

2. Members of the board shall be appointed by the governing body of the county, and shall be known as the board of directors of the emergency service telephone 911 board. The governing body shall appoint eleven persons to the board. At least six of such members shall represent public safety agencies. At least nine of the board members shall be residents of the county described in subsection 1 of this section or a county adjoining such county. All board members shall be appointed to serve for a term of three years, except that of the first board appointed, five members shall be appointed for one-year terms, three members for two-year terms and three members for three-year terms. Board members may be reappointed. The members of the board shall not receive compensation for their services, but may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses.

3. The administrative control and management of the county emergency telephone 911 service shall rest solely with the board, and the board shall employ all necessary personnel, fix their compensation, and provide suitable quarters and equipment for the operation of the facility from funds made available for this purpose. Employees of the board shall be eligible for membership in the Missouri local government employees' retirement system pursuant to sections 70.600 to 70.755, RSMo.

4. The board may contract to provide services relating in whole or in part to emergency telephone 911 service and for such purpose may expend the tax funds or other funds.

5. The board shall elect a chairman, vice chairman, treasurer, and such other officers as it deems necessary for its membership. Before taking office, the treasurer shall furnish a surety bond, in an amount to be determined and in a form to be approved by the board, for the faithful performance of the treasurer's duties and faithful accounting of all moneys that may come into the treasurer's hands. The treasurer shall enter into the surety bond with a surety company authorized to do business in Missouri, and the cost of such bond shall be paid by the board.

6. The board shall set rules for establishment and operation of the emergency 911 system, and shall do all other things necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 190.300 to [190.320] 190.315.

7. The board may contract with any not-for-profit corporation including any corporation which is incorporated for the purpose of implementing the provisions of sections 190.300 to [190.320] 190.315.

8. The board may accept any gift of property or money for the use and benefit of the emergency telephone 911 service in the county, and the board is authorized to sell or exchange any such property which the board believes would be to the benefit of the service so long as the proceeds are used exclusively for emergency telephone services. The board shall have exclusive control of all gifts, property or money the board may accept; of all interest or other proceeds which may accrue from the investment of such gifts or money or from the sale of such property; of all tax revenues collected by the county on behalf of the emergency telephone 911 services; and of all other funds granted, appropriated, or loaned to the board by the federal government, the state, or its political subdivisions so long as these resources are used solely to benefit the emergency telephone service in the county.

9. Any board member may, following notice and an opportunity to be heard, be removed from office by a majority vote of the other members of the board for any of the following grounds:

(1) Failure to attend five consecutive meetings, without good cause;

(2) Conduct prejudicial to the good order and efficient operation of the emergency telephone service; or

(3) Neglect of duty.

10. The chairman of the board shall preside at such removal hearing, unless the chairman is the person sought to be removed, in which case the hearing shall be presided over by another member elected by the majority vote of the other board members. All interested parties may present testimony and arguments at such hearing, and the witnesses shall be sworn by oath or affirmation before testifying. Any interested party may, at his or her own expense, record the proceedings.

11. Vacancies on the board occasioned by removals, resignations or otherwise shall be reported by the board chairman to the governing body of the county and shall be filled in like manner as original appointments; except that, if the vacancy occurs during an unexpired term, the appointment shall be for only the unexpired portion of that term.

12. Individual board members shall not be eligible for employment by the board within twelve months of termination of service as a member of the board.

13. No person shall be employed by the board who is related within the fourth degree of consanguinity or affinity to any member of the board.

190.310. 1. The tax imposed by sections 190.300 to [190.320] 190.315 and the amounts required to be collected are due quarterly. The amount of tax collected in one calendar quarter by the service supplier shall be remitted to the governing body no later than sixty days after the close of a calendar quarter. On or before the sixtieth day of each calendar quarter following, a return for the preceding quarter shall be filed with the governing body in such form as the governing body and service supplier shall agree. The service supplier will include the list of any service user refusing to pay the tax imposed by sections 190.300 to [190.320] 190.315 with each return filing. The service supplier required to file the return shall deliver the return, together with a remittance of the amount of the tax collected under the provisions of sections 190.300 to [190.320] 190.315. The records shall be maintained for a period of one year from the time the tax is collected.

2. From every remittance to the governing body made on or before the date when the same becomes due, the service supplier required to remit the same shall be entitled to deduct and retain, as a collection fee, an amount equal to two percent thereof.

3. At least once each calendar year, the governing body shall establish a tax rate, not to exceed the amount authorized, that together with any surplus revenues carried forward will produce sufficient revenues to fund the expenditures authorized by sections 190.300 to [190.320] 190.315. Amounts collected in excess of that necessary within a given year shall be carried forward to subsequent years. The governing body shall make its determination of such tax rate each year no later than September first and shall fix the new rate which shall be collected as provided in sections 190.300 to [190.320] 190.315. Immediately upon making its determination and fixing the rate, the governing body shall publish in its minutes the new rate, and it shall notify by mail every service supplier registered with it of the new rate. The governing body may require an audit of the service supplier's books and records concerning the collection and remittance of the tax authorized by sections 190.300 to [190.320] 190.315.

190.400. As used in sections 190.400 to [190.440] 190.430, the following words and terms shall mean:

(1) "911", the primary emergency telephone number within the wireless system;

(2) "Board", the wireless service provider enhanced 911 advisory board;

(3) "Public safety agency", a functional division of a public agency which provides fire fighting, police, medical or other emergency services. For the purpose of providing wireless service to users of 911 emergency services, as expressly provided in this section, the department of public safety and state highway patrol shall be considered a public safety agency;

(4) "Public safety answering point", the location at which 911 calls are initially answered;

(5) "Wireless service provider", a provider of commercial mobile service pursuant to Section 332(d) of the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. Section 151 et seq).

190.420. 1. There is hereby established in the state treasury a fund to be known as the "Wireless Service Provider Enhanced 911 Service Fund". All fees collected pursuant to sections 190.400 to [190.440] 190.430 by wireless service providers shall be remitted to the director of the department of revenue. The director shall remit such payments to the state treasurer.

2. The state treasurer shall deposit such payments into the wireless service provider enhanced 911 service fund. Moneys in the fund shall be used for the purpose of reimbursing expenditures actually incurred in the implementation and operation of the wireless service provider enhanced 911 system.

3. Any unexpended balance in the fund shall be exempt from the provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, relating to the transfer of unexpended balances to the general revenue fund, and shall remain in the fund. Any interest earned on the moneys in the fund shall be deposited into the fund.

190.430. 1. The commissioner of the office of administration is authorized to establish a fee[, if approved by the voters pursuant to section 190.440,] not to exceed fifty cents per wireless telephone number per month to be collected by wireless service providers from wireless service customers.

2. The office of administration shall promulgate rules and regulations to administer the provisions of sections 190.400 to [190.440] 190.430. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, RSMo, that is promulgated pursuant to the authority delegated in sections 190.400 to [190.440] 190.430 shall become effective only if it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo. All rulemaking authority delegated prior to July 2, 1998, is of no force and effect and repealed; however, nothing in this section shall be interpreted to repeal or affect the validity of any rule filed or adopted prior to July 2, 1998, if it fully complied with the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo. This section and chapter 536, RSMo, are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to 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 July 2, 1998, shall be invalid and void.

3. The office of administration is authorized to administer the fund and to distribute the moneys in the wireless service provider enhanced 911 service fund for approved expenditures as follows:

(1) For the reimbursement of actual expenditures for implementation of wireless enhanced 911 service by wireless service providers in implementing Federal Communications Commission order 94-102; and

(2) To subsidize and assist the public safety answering points based on a formula established by the office of administration, which may include, but is not limited to the following:

(a) The volume of wireless 911 calls received by each public safety answering point;

(b) The population of the public safety answering point jurisdiction;

(d) Any other criteria found to be valid by the office of administration provided that of the total amount of the funds used to subsidize and assist the public safety answering points, at least ten percent of said funds shall be distributed equally among all said public safety answering points providing said services under said section;

(3) For the reimbursement of actual expenditures for equipment for implementation of wireless enhanced 911 service by public safety answering points to the extent that funds are available, provided that ten percent of funds distributed to public safety answering points shall be distributed in equal amounts to each public safety answering point participating in enhanced 911 service;

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no proprietary information submitted pursuant to this section shall be subject to subpoena or otherwise released to any person other than to the submitting wireless service provider, without the express permission of said wireless service provider. General information collected pursuant to this section shall only be released or published in aggregate amounts which do not identify or allow identification of numbers of subscribers or revenues attributable to an individual wireless service provider.

4. Wireless service providers are entitled to retain one percent of the surcharge money they collect for administrative costs associated with billing and collection of the surcharge.

5. No more than five percent of the moneys in the fund, subject to appropriation by the general assembly, shall be retained by the office of administration for reimbursement of the costs of overseeing the fund and for the actual and necessary expenses of the board.

6. The office of administration shall review the distribution formula once every year and may adjust the amount of the fee within the limits of this section, as determined necessary.

7. The provisions of sections 190.307 and 190.308 shall be applicable to programs and services authorized by sections 190.400 to [190.440] 190.430.

8. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, in no event shall any wireless service provider, its officers, employees, assigns or agents, be liable for any form of civil damages or criminal liability which directly or indirectly result from, or is caused by, an act or omission in the development, design, installation, operation, maintenance, performance or provision of 911 service or other emergency wireless two- and three-digit wireless numbers, unless said acts or omissions constitute gross negligence, recklessness or intentional misconduct. Nor shall any wireless service provider, its officers, employees, assigns, or agents be liable for any form of civil damages or criminal liability which directly or indirectly result from, or is caused by, the release of subscriber information to any governmental entity as required under the provisions of this act unless the release constitutes gross negligence, recklessness or intentional misconduct.

[190.320. Before any governing body may establish emergency telephone service and impose an emergency telephone tax under the provisions of sections 190.300 to 190.320, it shall submit a proposal to its voters for the approval of such service and such tax. The ballot of submission shall contain, but need not be limited to, the following language:

May the (City, County) of . . . . . . . establish an emergency telephone service and impose a telephone tax to finance such service?

Yes

The initial tax imposed shall be . . . . . . .

(Here the governing body in 25 words or less shall describe the tax per telephone per year or any other wording which will give the voter an approximation of what the tax will cost the taxpayer.)

If a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the proposal, then the governing body may establish the service and impose the tax allowed by the provisions of sections 190.300 to 190.320. If a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters voting thereon are opposed to the proposal, then the governing body submitting the proposal shall not be allowed to implement the provisions of sections 190.300 to 190.320 until it has again submitted such proposal to its qualified voters and a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the proposal.]

[190.325. 1. In any county of the first classification without a charter form of government with a population of at least one hundred fifty thousand inhabitants but less than two hundred thousand inhabitants, the county commission may use all or a part of the moneys derived from the emergency telephone tax authorized pursuant to section 190.305 for central dispatching of fire protection, emergency ambulance service or any other emergency services, which may include the purchase and maintenance of communications and emergency equipment. In the event such commission chooses to use the tax provided in that section for such services, the provisions of sections 190.300 to 190.320 shall apply except as provided in this section.

2. The tax shall not exceed a percentage of the base tariff rate and such percentage shall not exceed an amount equal to a maximum rate of one dollar thirty cents per line per month, the provisions of section 190.305 to the contrary notwithstanding. The tax imposed by this section and the amounts required to be collected are due monthly. The amount of tax collected in one calendar month by the service supplier shall be remitted to the governing body no later than one month after the close of a calendar month. On or before the last day of each calendar month, a return for the preceding month shall be filed with the governing body in such form as the governing body and service supplier shall agree. The service supplier shall include the list of any service user refusing to pay the tax imposed by this section with each return filing. The service supplier required to file the return shall deliver the return, together with a remittance of the amount of the tax collected. The records shall be maintained for a period of one year from the time the tax is collected. From every remittance to the governing body made on or before the date when the same becomes due, the service supplier required to remit the same shall be entitled to deduct and retain, as a collection fee, an amount equal to two percent thereof.

3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any municipality or other political subdivision to join the central dispatching system established pursuant to this section. The governing body of any municipality or other political subdivision may contract with the board established pursuant to section 190.327 for such services or portion of such services, or for the purchase and maintenance of communication and emergency equipment.]

[190.327. 1. Immediately upon the decision by the commission to utilize a portion of the emergency telephone tax for central dispatching and an affirmative vote of the telephone tax, the commission shall appoint the initial members of a board which shall administer the funds and oversee the provision of central dispatching for emergency services in the county and in municipalities and other political subdivisions which have contracted for such service. Beginning with the general election in 1992, all board members shall be elected according to this section and other applicable laws of this state. At the time of the appointment of the initial members of the board, the commission shall relinquish to the board and no longer exercise the duties prescribed in this chapter with regard to the provision of emergency telephone service and in chapter 321, RSMo, with regard to the provision of central dispatching service, and such duties shall be exercised by the board.

2. Elections for board members may be held on general municipal election day, as defined in subsection 3 of section 115.121, RSMo, after approval by a simple majority of the county commission.

3. For the purpose of providing the services described in this section, the board shall have the following powers, authority and privileges:

(1) To have and use a corporate seal;

(2) To sue and be sued, and be a party to suits, actions and proceedings;

(3) To enter into contracts, franchises and agreements with any person, partnership, association or corporation, public or private, affecting the affairs of the board;

(4) To acquire, construct, purchase, maintain, dispose of and encumber real and personal property, including leases and easements;

(5) To have the management, control and supervision of all the business affairs of the board and the construction, installation, operation and maintenance of any improvements;

(6) To hire and retain agents and employees and to provide for their compensation including health and pension benefits;

(7) To adopt and amend bylaws and any other rules and regulations;

(8) To fix, charge and collect the taxes and fees authorized by law for the purpose of implementing and operating the services described in this section;

(9) To pay all expenses connected with the first election and all subsequent elections; and

(10) To have and exercise all rights and powers necessary or incidental to or implied from the specific powers granted in this subsection. Such specific powers shall not be considered as a limitation upon any power necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent of sections 190.300 to 190.329.]

[190.328. 1. Beginning in 1997, within the area from which voters and the commission have approved the provision of central dispatching for emergency services by a public agency for an area containing third or fourth class cities in counties of the third classification with a population of at least thirty-two thousand but no greater than forty thousand that border a county of the first classification but do not border the Mississippi River, the initial board shall consist of two members from each township within such area and one at-large member who shall serve as the initial chairperson of such board.

2. Within the area from which voters and the commission have approved the provision of central dispatching for emergency services by a public agency for an area containing third or fourth class cities in counties of the third classification with a population of at least thirty-two thousand but no greater than forty thousand that border a county of the first classification, voters shall elect a board to administer funds and oversee the provision of central dispatching for emergency services. Such board shall consist of two members elected from each of the townships within such area and one member elected at large who shall serve as the chairperson of the board.

3. Of those initially elected to the board as provided in this section, four from the townships shall be elected to a term of two years, and four from the townships and the at-large member shall be elected to a term of four years. Upon the expiration of these initial terms, all members shall thereafter be elected to terms of four years.]

[190.329. 1. Except in areas from which voters and the commission have approved the provision of central dispatching for emergency services by a public agency for an area containing third or fourth class cities located in counties of the third classification with a population of at least thirty-two thousand but no greater than forty thousand that border a county of the first classification but do not border the Mississippi River, the initial board shall consist of seven members appointed without regard for political party who shall be selected from and shall represent the fire protection districts, ambulance districts, sheriff's department, municipalities, any other emergency services and the general public. This initial board shall serve until its successor board is duly elected and installed in office. The commission shall ensure geographic representation of the county by appointing no more than four members from any one commission district of the county.

2. Beginning in 1992, three members shall be elected from each commission district and one member shall be elected at large, with such at-large member to be a voting member and chairman of the board. Of those first elected, four members from commission districts shall be elected for terms of two years and two members from commission districts and the member at large shall be elected for terms of four years. In 1994, and thereafter, all terms of office shall be for four years, except as provided in subsection 3 of this section. Any vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the initial appointment was made. Four members shall constitute a quorum.

3. Upon approval by the county commission for the election of board members to be held on general municipal election day, pursuant to subsection 2 of section 190.327, the terms of those board members then holding office shall be reduced by seven months. After a board member's term has been reduced, all following terms for that position shall be for four years.]

[190.335. 1. In lieu of the tax levy authorized under section 190.305 for emergency telephone services, the county commission of any county may impose a county sales tax for the provision of central dispatching of fire protection, including law enforcement agencies, emergency ambulance service or any other emergency services, including emergency telephone services, which shall be collectively referred to herein as "emergency services", and which may also include the purchase and maintenance of communications and emergency equipment, including the operational costs associated therein, in accordance with the provisions of this section.

2. Such county commission may, by a majority vote of its members, submit to the voters of the county, at a public election, a proposal to authorize the county commission to impose a tax under the provisions of this section. If the residents of the county present a petition signed by a number of residents equal to ten percent of those in the county who voted in the most recent gubernatorial election, then the commission shall submit such a proposal to the voters of the county.

3. The ballot of submission shall be in substantially the following form:

Shall the county of ............................... (insert name of county) impose a county sales tax of ............ (insert rate of percent) percent for the purpose of providing central dispatching of fire protection, emergency ambulance service, including emergency telephone services, and other emergency services?

□ YES □ NO

5. Except as modified in this section, all provisions of sections 32.085 and 32.087, RSMo, shall apply to the tax imposed under this section.

6. Any tax imposed pursuant to section 190.305 shall terminate at the end of the tax year in which the tax imposed pursuant to this section for emergency services is certified by the board to be fully operational. Any revenues collected from the tax authorized under section 190.305 shall be credited for the purposes for which they were intended.

7. At least once each calendar year, the governing body shall establish a tax rate, not to exceed the amount authorized, that together with any surplus revenues carried forward will produce sufficient revenues to fund the expenditures authorized by this act. Amounts collected in excess of that necessary within a given year shall be carried forward to subsequent years. The governing body shall make its determination of such tax rate each year no later than September first and shall fix the new rate which shall be collected as provided in this act. Immediately upon making its determination and fixing the rate, the governing body shall publish in its minutes the new rate, and it shall notify every retailer by mail of the new rate.

8. Immediately upon the affirmative vote of voters of such a county on the ballot proposal to establish a county sales tax pursuant to the provisions of this section, the county commission shall appoint the initial members of a board to administer the funds and oversee the provision of emergency services in the county. Beginning with the general election in 1994, all board members shall be elected according to this section and other applicable laws of this state. At the time of the appointment of the initial members of the board, the commission shall relinquish and no longer exercise the duties prescribed in this chapter with regard to the provision of emergency services and such duties shall be exercised by the board.

9. The initial board shall consist of seven members appointed without regard to political affiliation, who shall be selected from, and who shall represent, the fire protection districts, ambulance districts, sheriff's department, municipalities, any other emergency services and the general public. This initial board shall serve until its successor board is duly elected and installed in office. The commission shall ensure geographic representation of the county by appointing no more than four members from each district of the county commission.

10. Beginning in 1994, three members shall be elected from each district of the county commission and one member shall be elected at large, such member to be the chairman of the board. Of those first elected, four members from districts of the county commission shall be elected for terms of two years and two members from districts of the county commission and the member at large shall be elected for terms of four years. In 1996, and thereafter, all terms of office shall be four years.

11. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections 8 to 10 of this section to the contrary, in any county of the first classification with more than two hundred forty thousand three hundred but fewer than two hundred forty thousand four hundred inhabitants, any emergency telephone service 911 board appointed by the county under section 190.309 which is in existence on the date the voters approve a sales tax under this section shall continue to exist and shall have the powers set forth under section 190.339.]

[190.337. 1. The sales tax established by a county according to the provisions of section 190.335 shall be permanent and revenues from it shall be disbursed only for the purposes for which it was collected. Upon receipt of a petition signed by a number of voters in the county equal to ten percent of the number of voters in the county who voted in the most recent gubernatorial election requesting the submission of the question of continuation or termination, the county commission in any county which has adopted the sales tax as a means of paying for emergency services in lieu of financing such services through taxes as provided in section 190.305, shall submit to the voters of the county the question to continue or to terminate the sales tax.

2. The question shall be submitted in the following form:

Shall the county of ............ (insert name of county) continue to impose a county sales tax of ............ (insert rate of percent) percent for the purpose of providing central dispatching of fire protection, emergency ambulance, or emergency telephone, services?

YES NO

3. If a majority of those voting on the question vote "YES" for continuation, the sales tax shall be continued unless and until terminated by a vote of the qualified voters voting thereon; if a majority of those voting on the question vote "NO" for the termination of the sales tax, the county commission shall declare the sales tax terminated effective the first day of the second calendar quarter following notification to the director of revenue that the tax has been repealed and shall discharge any board appointed pursuant to section 190.335. Any order adopted by the board shall be void and of no effect from and after the termination of the sales tax.

4. If the majority of the voters vote "NO" pursuant to subsection 3 of this section, the emergency services shall be deemed to have been terminated. Such emergency services may be reestablished in the county pursuant to the provisions of section 190.305.]

[190.339. 1. The powers and duties of the emergency services board shall include, but not be limited to:

(1) Planning a 911 system and dispatching system;

(2) Coordinating and supervising the implementation, upgrading or maintenance of the system, including the establishment of equipment specifications and coding systems;

(3) Receiving money from any county sales tax authorized to be levied pursuant to section 190.335 and authorizing disbursements from such moneys collected;

(4) Hiring any staff necessary for the implementation, upgrade or operation of the system.

2. The administrative control and management of the moneys from any county sales tax authorized to be levied pursuant to section 190.335 and the administrative control and management of the central dispatching of emergency services shall rest solely with the board, and the board shall employ all necessary personnel, affix their compensation and provide suitable quarters and equipment for the operation of the central dispatching of emergency services from the funds available for this purpose.

3. The board may contract to provide services relating in whole or in part to central dispatching of emergency services and for such purpose may expend the tax funds or other funds.

5. The board may accept any gift of property or money for the use and benefit of the central dispatching of emergency services, and the board is authorized to sell or exchange any such property which it believes would be to the benefit of the service so long as the proceeds are used exclusively for central dispatching of emergency services. The board shall have exclusive control of all gifts, property or money it may accept; of all interest of other proceeds which may accrue from the investment of such gifts or money or from the sale of such property; of all tax revenues collected by the county on behalf of the central dispatching of emergency services; and of all other funds granted, appropriated or loaned to it by the federal government, the state or its political subdivisions so long as such resources are used solely to benefit the central dispatching of emergency services.

6. Any board member may, following notice and an opportunity to be heard, be removed from any office by a majority vote of the other members of the board for any of the following reasons:

(1) Failure to attend five consecutive meetings, without good cause;

(2) Conduct prejudicial to the good order and efficient operation of the central dispatching of emergency services; or

(3) Neglect of duty.

8. Vacancies on the board occasioned by removals, resignations or otherwise, shall be filled by the remaining members of the board. The appointee or appointees shall act until the next election at which a director or directors are elected to serve the remainder of the unexpired term.

9. Individual board members shall not be eligible for employment by the board within twelve months of termination of service as a member of the board.

10. No person shall be employed by the board who is related within the fourth degree by blood or by marriage to any member of the board.]

[190.340. 1. It shall be the duty of the chairperson to preside at all board meetings, to act as official head of the emergency services board and to execute all contracts required to be executed by the board. In the absence and disability of the chairperson, the vice chairperson shall assume the duties of the chairperson.

2. The secretary shall keep the official records of the meetings of the board, shall attest all official documents with the seal of the board, shall, when called upon, make reports pertaining to the business of the secretary's office, attend the board meetings and perform such other duties as may be imposed upon the secretary by the provisions of sections 190.335 to 190.342 and the rules of the board.

3. The treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds of the board and pay money out of the treasury only upon valid checks or drafts drawn on the treasury.

4. The board may, from time to time, provide for additional rules and regulations concerning the duties of its officers.]

[190.440. 1. The office of administration shall not be authorized to establish a fee pursuant to the authority granted in section 190.430 unless a ballot measure is submitted and approved by the voters of this state. The ballot measure shall be submitted by the secretary of state for approval or rejection at the general election held and conducted on the Tuesday immediately following the first Monday in November, 1998, or at a special election to be called by the governor on the ballot measure. If the measure is rejected at such general or special election, the measure may be resubmitted at each subsequent general election, or may be resubmitted at any subsequent special election called by the governor on the ballot measure, until such measure is approved.

2. The ballot of the submission shall contain, but is not limited to, the following language:

Shall the Missouri Office of Administration be authorized to establish a fee of up to fifty cents per month to be charged every wireless telephone number for the purpose of funding wireless enhanced 911 service?

□ YES □ NO

If you are in favor of the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "Yes". If you are opposed to the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "No".

3. If a majority of the votes cast on the ballot measure by the qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of such measure, then the office of administration shall be authorized to establish a fee pursuant to section 190.430, and the fee shall be effective on January 1, 1999, or the first day of the month occurring at least thirty days after the approval of the ballot measure. If a majority of the votes cast on the ballot measure by the qualified voters voting thereon are opposed to the measure, then the office of administration shall have no power to establish the fee unless and until the measure is approved.]

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