Missouri HB 1439: Modifies provisions relating to when a person is charged with a moving traffic violation and fails to prepay a fine and appear in court.

Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1439
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE HELMS.
3196H.02I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 302.341, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to traffic
violations.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 302.341, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 302.341, to read as follows:
302.341. 1. If a Missouri resident charged with a moving traffic violation of this state
2 or any county or municipality of this state fails to dispose of the charges of which the resident
3 is accused through authorized prepayment of fine and court costs and fails to appear on the return
4 date or at any subsequent date to which the case has been continued, or without good cause fails
5 to pay any fine or court costs assessed against the resident for any such violation within the
6 period of time specified or in such installments as approved by the court or as otherwise provided
7 by law, any court having jurisdiction over the charges shall within ten days of the failure to
8 comply inform the defendant by ordinary mail at the last address shown on the court records that
9 the court [will] may order the director of revenue to suspend the defendant's driving privileges
10 if the charges are not disposed of and fully paid within thirty days from the date of mailing.
11 Thereafter, if the defendant fails to timely act to dispose of the charges and fully pay any
12 applicable fines and court costs, the court [shall] may notify the director of revenue of such
13 failure and of the pending charges against the defendant. Upon receipt of this notification, the
14 director shall suspend the license of the driver, effective immediately, and provide notice of the
15 suspension to the driver at the last address for the driver shown on the records of the department
16 of revenue. Such suspension shall remain in effect until the court with the subject pending
17 charge requests setting aside the noncompliance suspension pending final disposition, or
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 satisfactory evidence of disposition of pending charges and payment of fine and court costs, if
19 applicable, is furnished to the director by the individual. The filing of financial responsibility
20 with the [bureau of safety responsibility,] department of revenue[,] shall not be required as a
21 condition of reinstatement of a driver's license suspended solely under the provisions of this
22 section.
23 2. The provisions of subsection 1 of this section shall not apply to minor traffic
24 violations as defined in section 479.350.
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