SB 764 - Under current law, fire protection districts in St. Louis County that have a service area annexed by a city shall continue to provide fire protection services and emergency medical services to that area, unless another proposal by the city is agreed upon by the fire protection district.

This act provides that the city of Hazelwood may provide fire protection services to an annexed area of land by a petition of the property owners within the annexed area as provided in the act. The city shall not have any obligation to make any payment for fire protection services currently being provided to the annexed area by the fire protection district. However, no corporation that is annexed into a fire protection district that has its own fire department shall be subject to taxes for such services. Finally, any area which is annexed into a city that no longer provides fire protection services or emergency medical services shall revert back to the district boundaries of the fire protection district that provided such services and shall be subject to taxation by that fire protection district.

MARY GRACE PRINGLE