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SS/SCS/SB 271 - This act modifies provisions relating to emergency services. FIRE PROTECTION ORDINANCES This act provides that any fire protection or fire prevention ordinance adopted by any county in this state shall not be exercised so as to impose regulations or to require permits with respect to the erection, maintenance, repair, alteration, or extension of farm buildings or farm structures. (Section 64.003) Additionally, current law authorizes fire protection district boards to adopt and amend fire protection and fire prevention ordinances. This act provides that any fire protection and fire prevention ordinances adopted shall not be exercised so as to impose regulations or to require permits with respect to the erection, maintenance, repair, alteration, or extension of farm buildings or farm structures. (Section 321.220) These provisions are substantially similar to SB 602 (2025) and HB 533 (2025). LOCAL USE TAXES Current law authorizes counties and municipalities to impose a local use tax if a local sales tax is imposed. This act extends such authority to any political subdivision with the ability to impose a sales tax for emergency services. (Section 144.757) This provision is substantially similar to HCS/HB 641 (2025), SB 1264 (2024), and HB 2503 (2024). STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES This act modifies the State Advisory Council on Emergency Medical Services by changing the number of council members from 16 to no more than 23 and specifying the members who shall serve on the Council. Currently, members are appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Under this act, the Director of the Department of Health and Senior Services, the regional EMS advisory committees, and the Time-Critical Diagnosis Advisory Committee shall appoint members. (Section 190.101) This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/HB 943 (2025) and is substantially similar to a provision in SCS/SB 317 (2025), SB 548 (2025), SB 206 (2025), SB 270 (2025), SB 1277 (2024), and a provision in SCS/SB 1382 (2024). FIRE PROTECTION AND AMBULANCE DISTRICTS SALES TAX Current law authorizes ambulance and fire protection districts in certain counties to propose a sales tax at a rate of up to 0.5%. This act allows such districts to propose a sales tax of up to 1.0%, and repeals a prohibition on certain counties imposing such tax. (Sections 321.552 to 321.556) These provisions are identical to provisions in substantially similar to SB 354 (2023), SB 966 (2022), SB 175 (2021), SB 869 (2020), and HB 2386 (2020), and to a provision in SCS/SB 33 (2025), SCS/SB 770 (2020), SS#2/SCS/HCS/HB 1854 (2020), and HCS/SS#2/SB 704 (2020). JOSH NORBERG
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