[TRULY AGREED TO AND FINALLY PASSED]
SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 197
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2001
0781S.03T
AN ACT
To repeal section 320.091, RSMo 2000, relating to fire protection, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.
Section A. Section 320.091, RSMo 2000, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 320.091, to read as follows:
320.091. There shall be no cause of action against any fire protection district, volunteer fire protection association, or any fire department of any political subdivision which donates [used personal protection] equipment [and] used to suppress fire or fire protection clothing to another department, association or district if the following conditions are met:
(1) Such equipment is approved by the state fire marshal or [his] the state fire marshal's designee;
(2) Motor vehicles so donated must pass a safety inspection by the Missouri state highway patrol;
(3) The receiving agency demonstrates to the state fire marshal's office that the equipment received works properly; and
(4) The donor agency informs the receiving agency in writing of any defects in the equipment about which it knows.
This immunity shall apply only to causes of action directly related to the equipment mentioned [herein] in this section.