HB 1540 -- Infractions

Sponsor:  Lipke

Beginning January 1, 2012, this bill requires that the judicial
procedure for an infraction will be the same as for a
misdemeanor.  If a defendant fails to appear in court for or
respond to a notice of an infraction from the Central Violations
Bureau, the court may issue a default judgment for court costs
and fines for the infraction unless the court determines that
good cause or excusable neglect exists for the defendant's
failure to appear.  A court may issue a warrant for failure to
appear for any violation which is classified as an infraction.

Any operator of a vehicle or the rider of an animal traveling on
a road of this state must stop and obey any reasonable signal or
direction of a law enforcement officer when enforcing any
infraction.  Anyone willfully failing or refusing to obey or who
willfully resists or opposes an officer while properly enforcing
an infraction will be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

The bill contains an emergency clause.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:11 pm