SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1254
92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR KLINDT.
Read 1st time February 16, 2004, and ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
4633S.01I
AN ACT
To repeal section 643.350, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the Missouri air emission reduction fund.
Section A. Section 643.350, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 643.350, to read as follows:
643.350. 1. A fee, not to exceed twenty-four dollars, may be charged for an emissions inspection conducted under the emissions inspection program established pursuant to sections 643.300 to 643.355, except that on days of operation, other than the last three days of operation in each calendar month, the fee shall be reduced by:
(1) Ten dollars for any person who is required to wait more than thirty minutes before the inspection begins; and
(2) Twenty dollars for any person who is required to wait more than sixty minutes before the inspection begins.
The waiting time shall begin at the time when the customer's vehicle is on the premises of the inspection station and available for inspection.
2. The commission shall establish, by rule, a time-stamping system to ensure that the time of arrival and the time inspection begins is accurately recorded for each vehicle at each emissions inspection facility.
3. The fee shall be conspicuously posted on the premises of each emissions inspection station.
4. The commission shall establish, by rule, the portion of the fee amount to be remitted by the contractor to the director of revenue and the number of days allowed for remitting fees.
5. The contractor shall remit the portion of fees collected, as established by the commission pursuant to this section, to the director of revenue within the time period established by the commission. The director of revenue shall deposit the fees received in the state treasury to the credit of the "Missouri Air Emission Reduction Fund", which is hereby created. Moneys in the fund shall, subject to appropriation, be expended for the administration and enforcement of sections 643.300 to 643.355 by the department of natural resources, the Missouri highway patrol, and other appropriate agencies, and a portion shall be used to fund programs that encourage alternative energy sources. Any balance in the fund at the end of the biennium shall remain in the fund and shall not be subject to the provisions of section 33.080, RSMo. All interest earned by moneys in the fund shall accrue to the fund.
6. In addition to funds from the Missouri air emission reduction fund, costs of capital or operations may be supplemented, upon appropriation, from the general revenue fund, the state highway department fund, federal funds or other funds available for that purpose.