All Motor Vehicles Legislation - Missouri

SB 1284 - This act creates an administrative procedure in which a towing company may seek to recoup reasonable towing and storage fees associated with towing an abandoned vehicle from public property. The towing company may submit an affidavit within 30 days, but no more than 45 days of the tow to recoup the towing company's towing and storage fees. In addition to the affidavit, the towing company must submit an application which shall include an itemized accounting of the towing and storage fees. The application shall also be accompanied by a copy of the crime and inquiry inspection report (the DOR 4569 Form) and the applicant shall attest that the towing company has complied with all the statutory procedural requirements. Within five days of receiving the application, the Department of Revenue shall send notice to the registered owner of the abandoned motor vehicle that a claim for reasonable towing and storage charges has been filed with the department. The notice shall further state [...]

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SB 1265 - This act applies to contract carriers that transport railroad employees under the terms of a contractual agreement with a railroad corporation on a road or highway of this state in a vehicle designed to carry 8 or fewer passengers, including the driver. Under the act, a contract carrier that transports railroad employees shall: (1) Require each driver who transports railroad employees to have a valid chauffeur's license; (2) Provide drug and alcohol screening for each driver who transports railroad employees; (3) Conduct a background investigation of each person who transports railroad employees; (4) Require an application for employment from each prospective driver; (5) Conduct an annual review of the driving record of each driver who transports a railroad employee; and (6) Maintain a personnel file that includes a driving record for each driver who transports railroad employees.A contract carrier shall limit the hours of service by a driver who transports [...]

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SB 1239 - This act requires any applicant for a driver's license or a temporary permit who is 15 to 18 years of age and attends public school to present a certificate from his or her school stating that he or she has complied with the school district's standards for eligibility for a driver's license or temporary permit. A school district's standards must ensure that a student continues to make educational progress. If an applicant does not achieve the school district's standards, his or her driver's license test will be postponed until he or she demonstrates that the standards have been achieved. Any person who is emancipated and does not meet the qualification may request his or her district's school board to grant a waiver from the requirements. School boards will grant a waiver if it determines that possessing a license is in the best interest of the individual. Any person who drops out of school and earns a general educational development (GED) diploma will be granted, upon request,[...]

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SB 1163 - This act modifies the school bus endorsement criminal background check procedure. Under this act, each school district shall require from the authorized representative of any company contracting with it a certified statement certifying that all persons operating school buses have submitted themselves to a criminal history repository and criminal history files search as prescribed by the highway patrol and the FBI and that the results of those searches have not disqualified the applicants from receiving a school bus endorsement. Under the current law, the onus is on the school district to ensure that a criminal background check is conducted for school bus drivers (Section 168.133). Under the act, the highway patrol must provide a record of clearance or denial for any applicant for a school bus endorsement for certain convictions (drug convictions, child abuse, prostitution, weapon offenses, pornography, robbery, arson, burglary). The highway patrol is authorized to obtain [...]

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SB 986 - Under this act, every motor vehicle physical damage appraiser is required to give each consumer a written estimated price for labor and parts for specific motor vehicle repairs. The physical damage appraiser is required to describe in the estimate the major parts needed for the repair and shall designate whether parts will be new parts, used parts, rebuilt parts, repaired or aftermarket parts. The estimate shall indicate that the physical damage appraiser used a published flat rate manual or an automated system to determine the cost of the repairs. The flat rate manual shall be used in its entirety and without modification to establish the cost of repairing a vehicle. The act provides that if it is necessary to disassemble a vehicle in order to provide a written estimate, the estimate shall show the cost of any disassembly, diagnostics, storage and administrative fees if the consumer elects not to proceed with the repair of the vehicle. The estimate shall include the date [...]

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SB 963 - This act requires law enforcement agencies to establish rotation lists of towing truck companies to be called for removing disabled vehicles within a law enforcement agency's jurisdiction. Law enforcement agencies must establish guidelines for towing companies to follow in order to be included within the agency's rotation list. For example, towing companies must have the necessary equipment and qualified personnel to respond to law enforcement calls and such companies must also be able to respond to a call within a reasonable time. Under the act, towing companies that violate the criteria established for inclusion on a rotation list shall be removed the list for specified periods of time. The act requires each law enforcement agency to establish an appellate procedure by which a towing company can challenge its removal from a rotation list. The act also prohibits law enforcement agencies from calling a tow truck company from a rotation list if the owner of the disabled vehicle [...]

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