Section 285.040

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Chapter 285

Effective - 21 Sep 2020, 2 histories, see footnote (history) 

  285.040.  Public safety employees — residency requirements (City of St. Louis). — 1.  As used in this section, "public safety employee" shall mean a person trained or authorized by law or rule to render emergency medical assistance or treatment, including, but not limited to, firefighters, ambulance attendants and attendant drivers, emergency medical technicians, emergency medical technician paramedics, dispatchers, registered nurses, physicians, and sheriffs and deputy sheriffs.

  2.  No public safety employee of a city not within a county who is hired prior to September 1, 2023, shall be subject to a residency requirement of retaining a primary residence in a city not within a county but may be required to maintain a primary residence located within a one-hour response time.

  3.  Public safety employees of a city not within a county who are hired after August 31, 2023, may be subject to a residency rule no more restrictive than a requirement of retaining a primary residence in a city not within a county for a total of seven years and of then allowing the public safety employee to maintain a primary residence outside the city not within a county so long as the primary residence is located within a one-hour response time.

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(L. 2020 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 46)

Effective 9-21-20