CCS/HS/SS/SCS/SB 19 - This act makes various changes to the current laws affecting the registration, inspection, emission testing, insuring and towing of motor vehicles.

ELECTRONIC VERIFICATION OF REGISTRATION FORMS - This act allows the Director of Revenue to accept and renew motor vehicle registrations by electronic means. The documents required for registration may be verified by electronic means.

BIENNIAL REGISTRATION - Motor vehicle owners are given the option of registering their vehicles on an annual or biennial basis. The fee for a biennial registration shall include a prorata amount for the additional year. Beginning July 1, 2000, fee agents shall receive $4.00 (currently $2.50) for every motor vehicle license renewed on a biennial basis. Fee agents will also be able to collect $4.00 (up from $2.50) for six year drivers' licenses.

PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES - No license registration shall be issued unless the personal property tax receipt shows that the previous year's taxes and delinquent taxes, if any, have been paid. Assessors must list taxes to be imposed upon omitted taxable personal property in the current year and the prior year. In the event the registration is a renewal of a registration made 2 or 3 years previously, the application must be accompanied by proof that taxes were not due or have been paid for the 2 or 3 years which immediately precede the year in which the vehicle registration is due. If a motor vehicle owner does not pay the personal property tax on his or her motor vehicle within 30 days, the county collector may notify the Director of Revenue to suspend the owner's vehicle registration. The suspension of the motor vehicle registration will remain in effect until the taxes are paid and a $20 reinstatement fee is paid. This act also allows cities to pass ordinances to collect unpaid parking tickets by including the unpaid tickets on the person's personal property tax.

DEALER PLATES - Buyers may operate a motor vehicle with dealer plates for a period of thirty days after purchase. Currently, a purchaser may operate a motor vehicle with dealer plates for fifteen days after purchase.

DISABLED LICENSE PLATES - This act allows optometrists to certify that for purposes of obtaining a disabled license plate or placard a person is disabled. A physician, chiropractor, podiatrist or optometrist certifying an individual for a disabled license plate outside his or her specialty will be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. These provisions are similar to HB 315.

HANDICAPPED PARKING CONES - This act allows handicapped individuals issued a handicapped license plate or placard to obtain parking cones designated with the words "wheelchair parking space".

HOMEMADE TRAILER INSPECTIONS - This act authorizes the Missouri State Highway Patrol to inspect homemade trailers. This portion of the act is similar to Senate Bill 500 and HB 60 (1999).

OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT A VALID LICENSE - A person operating a motor vehicle or motorcycle without a valid license is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. A third or subsequent offense constitutes a Class D felony.

PARENTAL VETO - This act prohibits those persons under age eighteen from receiving drivers' licenses if their parents or legal guardians file a certified document with the Department of Revenue stating that the Director shall not issue a drivers' license. This act shall not apply to persons who are legally emancipated. The parents or legal guardians may later file an additional document to reinstate the child's ability to receive a drivers' license. This provision is contained in SB 392 et al.

GRADUATED DRIVER'S LICENSE - This act establishes a graduated driver's license system. Current law allows people 16 and older to apply for unrestricted driver's licenses. Starting in January 2001, applicants age 16 to 18 can apply for intermediate drivers' licenses. They must have had temporary permits for at least six months and proof from a parent or guardian that they have had 20 hours of supervised driving. Drivers with an intermediate license would be banned from driving alone between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. unless traveling to and from school or a job. Anyone with an intermediate license who gets six or more points for driving violations in a 12-month period would have to complete a driver improvement program. Those who meet the conditions can apply for a full license at the age of 18. The graduated driver's license provisions are similar to those in SB 392 et al.

DRIVERS' LICENSES - This act requires an applicant for a drivers' license to take and successfully complete a sign recognition test before a license may be issued. All applicants for a chauffeur's or operator's license who are 21 years or older will be issued a license for 6 years to expire on the person's date of birth. The fee for a chauffeur's license is doubled from $15 to $30. The fee for an operator's license is doubled from $7.50 to $15. An applicant between 18 and 21 who applies for a chauffeur's license will be issued a 3 year license that will expire on the applicant's date of birth. The fee is $15. An applicant under the age of 21 or over the age of 69, who apply for an operator's license, will be issued a 3 year license that will expire on the applicant's date of birth. The fee for a commercial driver's license (CDL) is doubled from $20 to $40. A duplicate CDL will cost $20. All applicants for a CDL, 21 years of age or older, will be issued 6 year licenses expiring on the applicant's date of birth. An applicant between the age of 18 and 21 will be issued a 3 year CDL expiring on the applicant's date of birth. The fee is $20. These provisions are similar to SB 392 et al and HB 723 (1999). Nondriver's licenses are extended to six years and persons over 70 years of age will be issued a nonexpiring nondriver's license.

SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATES - This act allows individuals to apply for Lions Club, professional sports team, emergency medical technician and Ducks Unlimited License plates. In order to obtain the specialty license plate, the individual must pay a fee to the appropriate organization and pay a fee, in addition to regular registration fees, to the Department of Revenue. These provisions are similar to the ones contained in HB 60 and SB 498 (1999).

BIENNIAL INSPECTIONS - Motor vehicles shall submit to a biennial