MOTOR VEHICLES

Missouri House of Representatives
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2004)
Bills Indexed by Subject
MOTOR VEHICLES

: Revises Section 302.020, RSMo, to allow persons 21 years of age and older to ride a motorcycle without a helmet.

: Exempts new motor vehicles and boats assembled in Missouri from the sales/use tax.

: Allows for the submission of reinstatement fees and forms to any permanent branch or full-time office of the Department of Revenue.

: Prohibits insurers from having an ownership interest in auto body repair shops.

: Revises the statute relating to the towing of abandoned vehicles by allowing them to be sold for scrap metal under certain circumstances.

: Establishes a procedure for the creation of specialized license plates.

: Specifies which commercial motor vehicles should be issued two license plates.

: Requires the Department of Revenue to put the words "sex offender" on the license of registered sex offenders and the State Highway Patrol to provide the department with a list of offenders.

: Adds commercial passenger transport vehicles and railroad passenger cars that are stopped to load or unload passengers to the list of vehicles which may use flashing warning signals.

: Permits property and casualty insurers who offer automobile coverage to include comprehensive and collision coverage as an optional rider to an uninsured motorist policy.

: Extends the waste tire fee to January 1, 2011.

: Regulates speed limits for certain motor vehicles and the number of consecutive hours a driver may operate a motor vehicle within the state.

: Requires that motor vehicle headlamps be in use during inclement weather and makes the violation an infraction with a $10 fine and no court costs.

: Creates the crime of leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle in the third degree.

: Revises various statutes relating to intermediate driver's licenses, regulating the authority for commercial motor vehicles, and specialized license plate restrictions.

: Allows for a special license plate for members of Optimist International.

: Changes the requirements for claiming and reporting on economic incentives.

: Revises the definition of "motor vehicle" as it relates to motor vehicle time sales.

: Revises the statutes relating to the issuance of disabled license plates and placards.

: Revises the statute relating to bumper heights for pickup trucks.

: Changes various statutes relating to annual school bus inspections, regulation of low-speed vehicles, sales of abandoned property by the City of Kansas City, all-terrain vehicles, and bumper heights.

: Makes it a crime for an uninsured motorist involved in an accident to fail to pay restitution for the other person or persons' insurance deductibles and requires their license suspension.

: Requires drivers older than 75 years of age to take the complete examination every two years.

: Removes the requirement that persons who do not stop at a weigh station must be determined to be in noncompliance with weight limit provisions in order to be punished.

: Revises various statutes relating to motor vehicles, driver's licenses, emergency vehicles, child restraints, manufactured homes, failure to stop at weigh stations, and rail passenger cars.

: Revises various statutes relating to motor vehicles, driver's licenses, emergency vehicles, child restraints, manufactured homes, failure to stop at weigh stations, and rail passenger cars.

: Allows for a special license plate for members of the National Rifle Association.

: Requires operators of motorcycles and motortricycles who are under 21 years of age to wear protective headgear.

: Revises various statutes relating to motor vehicles, driver's licenses, emergency vehicles, child restraints, manufactured homes, failure to stop at weigh stations, and rail passenger cars.

: Prohibits open alcohol containers in certain vehicles.

: Revises various statutes relating to highway and bicycle safety.

: Prohibits the production of specialized license plates until at least 250 applications for a specific plate have been received by the Department of Revenue.

: Modifies various statutes relating to intoxication-related traffic offenses.

: Prohibits the display of adult entertainment films in the sight of children in vehicles.

: Changes various statutes relating to annual school bus inspections, regulation of low-speed vehicles, sales of abandoned property by the City of Kansas City, all-terrain vehicles, and bumper heights.

: Requires the use of various child safety restraints in a motor vehicle based on the age, weight, and height of a child.

: Adds to the definition of "driveaway operation" the movement of motor vehicles or trailers for the purpose of transporting vehicles from one place to another.

: Suspends the motor vehicle emissions inspection program.

: Allows law enforcement officers to make a vehicle stop for a seat belt violation as long as the violation is clearly visible before the stop.

: Revises law regarding disposal of damaged vehicles to require that ordinances contain certain specific provisions.

: Establishes child passenger restraint system guidelines.

: Exempts motor vehicles manufactured and sold in Missouri from state sales tax.

: Revises the law on prior and persistent intoxication-related traffic offenses.

: Requires used motor vehicle dealers to prominently display buyers guides for the vehicles the dealer sells and to give buyers a copy of the guide when a vehicle is sold.

: Gives car dealers and manufacturers the right to file a complaint with the Administrative Hearing Commission if the Department of Revenue refuses to issue or renew their license.

: Provides for the staggering of commercial motor vehicle registrations.

: Revises the definition of "salvage vehicle" and provides that salvage titles be negotiable with one reassignment on the back of the title by registered dealers or insurance companies.

: Revises the statutes relating to car rental insurance.

: Establishes marine franchise dealer standards.

: Revises the statutes relating to manufacturer's contractual agreements.

: Provides that a person is guilty of a class D felony if a death occurs as a result of an accident when the person is driving carelessly and imprudently.

: Allows the court to impound the vehicle or vehicles owned by a person convicted of driving while intoxicated or with excessive blood alcohol content.

: Revises the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree by adding persons who operate vehicles while intoxicated or drugged when there is a person under 17 years of age in the vehicle.

: Revises the statutes relating to claims for damages for personal injuries.

: Allows the Director of the Department of Revenue to refuse to issue or renew a motor vehicle registration if the owner of the vehicle owes vehicle-related fees or fines to the City of St. Louis.

: Revises the seat belt law to allow peace officers to stop, inspect, or detain a person solely to determine compliance with the law, but prohibits use of noncompliance as a probable cause for searches.

: Revises various statutes relating to stealing, tampering, and receiving stolen property.

: Allows police to stop motorists for safety belt violations, makes it illegal to have an open container in a vehicle, and allows police to submit certified reports instead of sworn to the Revenue Department.

: Changes various statutes relating to annual school bus inspections, regulation of low-speed vehicles, sales of abandoned property by the City of Kansas City, all-terrain vehicles, and bumper heights.

: Establishes the Missouri Uniform Trust Code.

: Prohibits automobile insurers from recommending that a motor vehicle be repaired at a specific automobile repair shop.

: Changes the times when drivers must use their vehicle lights to one-half hour before sunset and one-half hour after sunrise.

: Revises the statute on penalties for failure to yield at an intersection by adding surcharges and suspensions under certain circumstances.

: Revises statutes relating to special license plates, delinquent registrations, annual registration fees, trailer registration fees, license tabs and window stickers, and reissuance of license plates.

: Revises statutes relating to motor vehicle licensing and establishes new statutes relating to special license plates.

: Extends the termination date of certain statutes relating to nuisances in the City of Hazelwood.

: Gives motor vehicle owners the option of biennial motor vehicle registration and four-year motor vehicle registration.

: Requires auto-dealer franchisors to give notice to same line dealers one year before moving into the area.

: Requires passenger seat belts on every school bus beginning with the 2004-2005 school year and creates the School Bus Seat Belt Fund to help school districts pay for the seat belts.

: Revises the statutes pertaining to accident reports and their disclosure.

: Requires inspection stations conducting emissions testing to maintain liability insurance to cover possible damage to vehicles during the testing process.

: Requires owners or operators of motor vehicle inspection stations to maintain liability insurance to cover possible damage to vehicles during the inspection process.

: Allows armored car crew members who have a valid permit or license issued by any political subdivision in the state to carry concealable firearms anywhere in the state.

: Revises the statute relating to transactions involving trade-ins on motor vehicles.

: Revises the definition of "all-terrain vehicle."

: Requires all temporary permits or license plates to be issued by the Department of Revenue and entirely eliminates the car dealer's present authority to issue these tags.

: Suspends the motor vehicle emissions inspection program.

: Prohibits recovery for damages if the owner or operator of a motor vehicle fails to maintain financial responsibility or if certain public safety offenses are committed.

: Allows municipalities and counties to establish school zones with enhanced fines for speeding and moving violations in designated areas.

: Makes it unlawful for an unauthorized person to use a traffic signal preemption system to control traffic.

: Exempts the failure to exhibit an insurance identification card from the definition of "moving violation" in Section 302.010, RSMo.

: Amends various provisions regarding the use of child restraint systems in motor vehicles.

: Increases length of revocation periods and amount of liability insurance that must be carried by certain drivers.

: Exempts motorcyclists age 21 and older from wearing a helmet when operating a motorcycle or motortricycle.

: Requires that amateur radio license plates contain the words "AMATEUR RADIO" in place of the words " SHOW-ME-STATE".

: Modifies various laws relating to motor vehicles.

: Allows operators of low-speed vehicles to use public highways under certain conditions.

: Allows certain motor vehicles that stop to load or unload passengers to use flashing warning signals.

: Prohibits the issuance of special overwidth permits for manufactured homes in certain circumstances.

: Exempts persons operating fire equipment during nonemergency functions from possessing a CDL.

: Requires law enforcement officers to provide specified notice before administering portable chemical test.

: Modifies law regarding the seizure of motor vehicles that have missing or illegible identification numbers.

: Modifies the law relating to the evasion of weigh stations.

: Modifies various laws related to motor vehicles.

: Motor Vehicle Emissions Inspections.

: Allows members of the NRA to obtain specialized license plates.

: Modifies the offset for reducing the taxable purchase price of a vehicle.

: Amends the current Missouri bumper height law for certain motor vehicles.

: Amends the school bus inspection law to include the inspection of frames on school buses.

: Vehicles manufactured twenty-six years prior to the current model year are exempt from the emission inspection program.

: Allows members of the Missouri Association of State Troopers Emergency Relief Society to obtain license plates bearing the organization's emblem.

: Revises the law relating to disabled license plates and religious photograph driver's license exemption.

: Limits the ability to carry a concealed weapon in a passenger compartment to those with a concealed carry endorsement.

: Allows persons operating animal-driven vehicles to use lanterns and reflective material during nighttime hours.

: Modifies seat belt evidence rule and modifies sovereign immunity principles with respect to public employees.

: Regulates the sale of motor vehicle extended service contracts.

: Proposes several measures relating to bicycle safety.

: Applies administrative hearing commission procedures to motor vehicle dealer license denials.

: Revises proof of property taxes procedure for motor vehicles registration for certain tax-exempt organizations.

: Modifies ATV law to allow passengers to ride on ATVs if such vehicles are designed to carry more than one person.

: Creates crimes relating to motor vehicles.

: Revises the law relating to disabled license plates and religious photograph driver's license exemption.

: Allows various jurisdictions to adopt ordinances to install automatic traffic control enforcement systems.

: Regulates the use of traffic-control devices known as "Traffic Signal Preemption Systems".

: Requires used motor vehicle dealers to display buyers guide and obtain buyer's acknowledgment of its receipt.

: Imposes additional surcharges and driver's license suspensions on any person failing to yield the right-of-way.

: Repeals mandatory inspections on certain vehicles and revises law regarding motor vehicle registration.

: Permits law enforcement officers to enforce the seat belt law if violation is clearly visible.

: Revises the law regarding salvage vehicles.

: Revises the law regarding car rental insurance agreements.

: Regulates the operation of motor scooters.

: Allows certain fee offices to collect the statutory fees for processing motor vehicle transactions.

: Modifies law regarding sovereign immunity and allows introduction of evidence of failure to wear seatbelt.

: Prohibition against transporting a concealable firearm in a vehicle without a concealed firearm endorsement.

: Prohibits against carrying concealed weapons in certain locations.

: Prohibits recovery of noneconomic damages for injuries incurred during certain motor vehicle violations.

: Allows motor carriers to submit to voluntary audits and prohibits local enforcement of commercial motor vehicle laws.

: Revises the current transportation funding scheme with respect to various state agencies.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated October 7, 2004 at 11:09 am