SPONSOR: Violet
This bill authorizes municipalities located within St. Louis County, as well as St. Charles, Clay, Platte, and Greene counties to impose a property tax to provide fire protection services, with such tax not to exceed $0.25 per $100 assessed valuation.
The bill also authorizes ambulance districts, fire protection districts, and municipalities and counties to impose a sales tax of up to 1.0%, or up to 0.5% for ambulance districts, to provide ambulance and fire protection services. An ambulance district, fire protection district, or political subdivision imposing a sales tax authorized by this section must reduce any property tax levy imposed by the district or political subdivision for the purposes of providing ambulance and fire protection services such that the revenue generated by the property tax levy is offset in an amount equal to 50% of the amount of revenue generated by the sales tax imposed pursuant to this bill.
This bill is similar to SB 33 (2025).
Statutes affected: