Missouri HB 2444: Modifies provisions relating to registration fees for fleet vehicles.

Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2444
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE RUTH.
5377H.01I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 301.032, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to fleet
vehicle registration.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 301.032, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 301.032, to read as follows:
301.032. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 301.030 and 301.035 to the
2 contrary, the director of revenue shall establish a system of registration of all fleet vehicles
3 owned or purchased by a fleet owner registered pursuant to this section. The director of revenue
4 shall prescribe the forms for such fleet registration and the forms and procedures for the
5 registration updates prescribed in this section. Any owner of ten or more motor vehicles which
6 must be registered in accordance with this chapter may register as a fleet owner. All registered
7 fleet owners may, at their option, register all motor vehicles included in the fleet on a calendar
8 year or biennial basis pursuant to this section in lieu of the registration periods provided in
9 sections 301.030, 301.035, and 301.147. The director shall issue an identification number to
10 each registered owner of fleet vehicles.
11 2. All fleet vehicles included in the fleet of a registered fleet owner shall be registered
12 during April of the corresponding year or on a prorated basis as provided in subsection 3 of this
13 section. Fees of all vehicles in the fleet to be registered on a calendar year basis or on a biennial
14 basis shall be payable not later than the last day of April of the corresponding year, with two
15 years' fees due for biennially-registered vehicles. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
16 307.355, an application for registration of a fleet vehicle must be accompanied by a certificate
17 of inspection and approval issued no more than one hundred twenty days prior to the date of
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended
to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.

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18 application. The fees for vehicles added to the fleet which must be licensed at the time of
19 registration shall be payable at the time of registration, except that when such vehicle is licensed
20 between July first and September thirtieth the fee shall be three-fourths the annual fee, when
21 licensed between October first and December thirty-first the fee shall be one-half the annual fee
22 and when licensed on or after January first the fee shall be one-fourth the annual fee. When
23 biennial registration is sought for vehicles added to a fleet, an additional year's annual fee will
24 be added to the partial year's prorated fee.
25 3. At any time during the calendar year in which an owner of a fleet purchases or
26 otherwise acquires a vehicle which is to be added to the fleet or transfers plates to a fleet vehicle,
27 the owner shall present to the director of revenue the identification number as a fleet number and
28 may register the vehicle for the partial year as provided in subsection 2 of this section. The fleet
29 owner shall also be charged a transfer fee of two dollars for each vehicle so transferred pursuant
30 to this subsection.
31 4. Except as specifically provided in this subsection, all fleet vehicles registered pursuant
32 to this section shall be issued a special license plate which shall have the words "Fleet Vehicle"
33 in place of the words "Show-Me State" in the manner prescribed by the advisory committee
34 established in section 301.129. Alternatively, for a one-time additional five dollar per-vehicle
35 fee beyond the regular registration fee, a fleet owner of at least fifty fleet vehicles may apply for
36 fleet license plates bearing a company name or logo, the size and design thereof subject to
37 approval by the director. All fleet license plates shall be made with fully reflective material with
38 a common color scheme and design, shall be clearly visible at night, and shall be aesthetically
39 attractive, as prescribed by section 301.130. Fleet vehicles shall be issued multiyear license
40 plates as provided in this section which shall not require issuance of a renewal tab. Upon
41 payment of appropriate registration fees, the director of revenue shall issue a registration
42 certificate or other suitable evidence of payment of the annual or biennial fee, and such evidence
43 of payment shall be carried at all times in the vehicle for which it is issued.
44 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 307.350 to 307.390 to the contrary, a fleet
45 vehicle registered in Missouri is exempt from the requirements of sections 307.350 to 307.390
46 if at the time of the annual fleet registration, such fleet vehicle is