331.385 - POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO EMERGENCY SERVICES.

        331.385  POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO EMERGENCY      SERVICES.         1.  A county may, by resolution, assume the exercise of the powers      and duties of township trustees relating to fire protection service      and emergency medical service for any township located in the      unincorporated area of the county.         2.  The board of supervisors shall publish notice of the proposed      resolution, and of a public hearing to be held on the proposed      resolution, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at      least ten days but no more than twenty days before the date of the      public hearing.  If, after notice and hearing, the resolution is      adopted, the board of supervisors shall assume the exercise of the      powers and duties of township trustees relating to fire protection      service and emergency medical service as set forth in sections 359.42      through 359.45.         3.  All of the real and personal township property used to provide      fire protection service or emergency medical service shall be      transferred to the county.  The county shall assume all of the      outstanding obligations of the township relating to fire protection      service or emergency medical service.  If the township provides fire      protection outside of the county's boundaries, the county shall      continue to provide fire protection to this area for at least ninety      days after adoption of the resolution.         4.  Fire protection service and emergency medical service shall be      paid from the emergency services fund of the county authorized in      section 331.424C.         5. a.  Notwithstanding subsection 1, if as of July 1, 2006, a      township has in force an agreement entered into pursuant to chapter      28E for a city or another township to provide fire protection service      or fire protection service and emergency medical service for the      township, or if a township is otherwise contracting with a city or      another township for provision to the township of fire protection      service or fire protection service and emergency medical service, the      county board of supervisors shall, for the fiscal year beginning July      1, 2007, and subsequent fiscal years, negotiate for and enter into an      agreement pursuant to chapter 28E providing for continued fire      protection service, or fire protection service and emergency medical      service, to the township, and shall certify taxes for levy in the      township, pursuant to section 331.424C, in amounts sufficient to meet      the financial obligations pertaining to the agreement.         b.  This subsection applies to a county with a population in      excess of three hundred thousand.  This subsection does not prohibit      a county with a population in excess of three hundred thousand from      also assuming the powers and duties of township trustees in      accordance with the provisions of subsections 1 through 4, for those      townships in the county that are not subject to paragraph "a".      
         Section History: Recent Form
         2000 Acts, ch 1117, §18; 2004 Acts, ch 1146, §1, 2; 2005 Acts, ch      74, §1, 3, 4         Referred to in § 331.424C, 359.42 
         Footnotes
         2005 amendment to subsection 5 is effective April 28, 2005, and      applies retroactively to January 1, 2005; former subsection 5, as it      appeared in Code 2005, is void and of no effect with regard to      township fire protection service or emergency medical service      agreements or contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2005;      2005 Acts, ch 74, §3, 4