HCS HB 300 -- FIRE PROTECTION (Bruns)

COMMITTEE OF ORIGIN:  Special Committee on General Laws

This substitute establishes the Volunteer Firefighter Job
Protection Act which prohibits public and private employers from
terminating an employee who becomes a volunteer firefighter or
who is absent from or late to work due to his or her service as a
volunteer firefighter.  If an employee is absent from or late to
work due to his or her service as a volunteer firefighter, the
employee may lose pay and may be required to provide a written
verification from the firefighter supervisor as to the time and
date of the emergency.  The volunteer firefighter must make a
reasonable effort to notify his or her employer that he or she
may be absent from or late to work due to an emergency.

Currently, all fire protection districts, fire departments, and
volunteer fire protection associations must file the name and
address of the district, department, or association with the
State Fire Marshal by October 13 of each year.  Beginning
January 1, 2008, the substitute requires the district,
department, or association to complete and file the fire
department registration form provided by the State Fire Marshal
by March 1 of each year.  The State Fire Marshal may conduct
periodic reviews of the information provided on the registration
forms.

Currently, a volunteer fire protection association may identify
its boundaries and file this information with its county's
administrative body.  The substitute requires that all
associations file this information and allows an association's
boundaries to encroach upon or include any portion of another
fire department's legally established boundaries upon the
approval of a majority vote of the governing body of the existing
registered fire protection district.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2008, FY 2009, and
FY 2010.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated July 25, 2007 at 11:18 am