SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1163
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES HOSMER AND HOPPE (Co-sponsors).
Pre-filed December 10, 2001, and 1000 copies ordered printed.
TED WEDEL, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 302.341, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to reinstatement of drivers' licenses.
Section A. Section 302.341, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 302.341, to read as follows:
302.341. If a Missouri resident charged with a moving traffic violation of this state or any county or municipality of this
state fails to dispose of the charges of which he is accused through authorized prepayment of fine and court costs and fails
to appear on the return date or at any subsequent date to which the case has been continued, or without good cause fails to
pay any fine or court costs assessed against him for any such violation within the period of time specified or in such
installments as approved by the court or as otherwise provided by law, any court having jurisdiction over the charges shall
within ten days of the failure to comply inform the defendant by ordinary mail at the last address shown on the court
records that the court will order the director of revenue to suspend the defendant's driving privileges if the charges are not
disposed of and fully paid within thirty days from the date of mailing. Thereafter, if the defendant fails to timely act to
dispose of the charges and fully pay any applicable fines and court costs, the court shall notify the director of revenue of
such failure and of the pending charges against the defendant. Upon receipt of this notification, the director shall suspend
the license of the driver, effective immediately, and provide notice of the suspension to the driver at the last address for the
driver shown on the records of the department of revenue. Such suspension shall remain in effect until the court with the
subject pending charge requests setting aside the noncompliance suspension pending final disposition, or satisfactory
evidence of disposition of pending charges and payment of fine and court costs, if applicable, is furnished to the director by
the individual. Upon proof of disposition of charges and payment of fine and court costs, if applicable, and payment of the
reinstatement fee as set forth in section 302.304, in the case of an individual who possesses a noncommercial driver's
license the director shall [reinstate] return the license and remove the suspension from the individual's driving record.
In the case of an individual who possesses a commercial driver's license, the director shall reinstate the license. The
filing of financial responsibility with the bureau of safety responsibility, department of revenue, shall not be required as a
condition of reinstatement of a driver's license suspended solely under the provisions of this section. If any city, town or
village receives more than forty-five percent of its total annual revenue from fines for traffic violations occurring on state
highways, all revenues from such violations in excess of forty-five percent of the total annual revenue of the city, town or
village shall be sent to the director of the department of revenue and shall be distributed annually to the schools of the
county in the same manner that proceeds of all penalties, forfeitures and fines collected for any breach of the penal laws of
the state are distributed. For the purpose of this section the words "state highways" shall mean any state or federal
highway, including any such highway continuing through the boundaries of a city, town or village with a designated street
name other than the state highway number.
Missouri House of Representatives