FIRST REGULAR SESSION
[P E R F E C T E D]
SENATE BILL NO. 436
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR GOODE.
Read 1st time February 7, 2001, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
Read 2nd time February 12, 2001, and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Reported from the Committee March 5, 2001, with recommendation that the bill do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar.
Taken up March 12, 2001. Read 3rd time and placed upon its final passage; bill passed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
1827S.01P
AN ACT
To repeal sections 302.177 and 302.735, RSMo 2000, relating to the issuance of driver's licenses, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to the same subject.
Section A. Sections 302.177 and 302.735, RSMo 2000, are repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 302.177 and 302.735, to read as follows:
302.177. 1. To all applicants for a license or renewal to transport persons or property classified in section 302.015 who are at least twenty-one years of age and under the age of seventy, and who submit a satisfactory application and meet the requirements set forth in sections 302.010 to 302.605, the director shall issue or renew a license upon the payment of a fee of thirty dollars; except that, no license shall be issued if an applicant's license is currently suspended, taken up, canceled, revoked, or deposited in lieu of bail.
2. To all applicants for a license or renewal who are between twenty-one and sixty-nine years of age, and who submit a satisfactory application and meet the requirements set forth in sections 302.010 to 302.605, the director shall issue or renew a license upon the payment of a fee of fifteen dollars; except that, no license shall be issued if an applicant's license is currently suspended, taken up, canceled, revoked, or deposited in lieu of bail.
3. All licenses issued pursuant to subsections 1 and 2 of this section shall expire on the applicant's birthday in the sixth year after issuance and must be renewed on or before the date of expiration, which date shall be shown on the license. The director shall have the authority to stagger the expiration date of driver's licenses and nondriver's licenses being [issue] issued or renewed over a six-year period.
4. To all applicants for a license or renewal to transport persons or property classified in section 302.015 who are between eighteen and twenty-one years of age or greater than sixty-nine years of age, and who submit a satisfactory application and meet the requirements set forth in sections 302.010 to 302.605, the director shall issue or renew a license upon the payment of a fee of fifteen dollars.
5. To all other applicants for a license or renewal less than twenty-one years of age or greater than sixty-nine years of age who submit a satisfactory application and meet the requirements set forth in sections 302.010 to 302.605, the director shall issue or renew a license upon the payment of a fee of seven dollars and fifty cents. All licenses issued pursuant to subsections 4 and 5 of this section shall expire on the applicant's birthday in the third year after issuance.
6. The director of revenue may adopt any rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated pursuant to the authority of this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo.
302.735. 1. The application for a commercial driver's license shall include, but not be limited to, the legal name, mailing and residence address, if different, a physical description of the person, including sex, height, weight and eye color, the person's Social Security number, date of birth and any other information deemed appropriate by the director.
2. The application for a commercial driver's license or renewal shall be accompanied by the payment of a fee of forty dollars. The fee for a duplicate commercial driver's license shall be twenty dollars. A commercial driver's license shall expire on the applicant's birthday in the sixth year after issuance and must be renewed on or before the date of expiration. The director shall have the authority to stagger the issuance or renewal of commercial driver's license applicants over a six-year period. When a person changes such person's name[, mailing or residence address, such person shall notify the director] an application for a duplicate license shall be made to the director of revenue. When a person changes such person's mailing address or residence the applicant shall notify the director of revenue of said change, however, no application for a duplicate license is required. To all applicants for a commercial license or renewal who are between eighteen and twenty-one years of age and seventy years of age and older, the application shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty dollars. A commercial license issued pursuant to an applicant less than twenty-one years of age and seventy years of age and older shall expire on the applicant's birthday in the third year after issuance.
3. Within thirty days after moving to this state, the holder of a commercial driver's license shall apply for a commercial driver's license in this state. The applicant shall meet all other requirements of sections 302.700 to 302.780, except that the director may waive the driving test for a commercial driver's license as required in section 302.720 if the applicant for a commercial driver's license has a valid commercial driver's license from a state which has requirements for issuance of such license comparable to those in this state.
4. Any person who falsifies any information in an application or test for a commercial driver's license shall not be licensed to operate a commercial motor vehicle, or the person's commercial driver's license shall be canceled, for a period of one year after the director discovers such falsification.