EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 200
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BEAN.
0746S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 643.315, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to farm
vehicles.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 643.315, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 643.315, 2
to read as follows:3
643.315. 1. Except as provided in sec tions 643.300 to 1
643.355, all motor vehicles which are domiciled, registered 2
or primarily operated in an area for which the commission 3
has established a motor vehicle emissions inspection program 4
pursuant to sections 643.300 to 643.355 shall be inspect ed 5
and approved prior to sale or transfer; provided that, if 6
such vehicle is inspected and approved prior to sale or 7
transfer, such vehicle shall not be subject to another 8
emissions inspection for ninety days after the date of sale 9
or transfer of such vehicle. In addition, any such vehicle 10
manufactured as an even -numbered model year vehicle shall be 11
inspected and approved under the emissions inspection 12
program established pursuant to sections 643.300 to 643.355 13
in each even-numbered calendar year and any such vehicle 14
manufactured as an odd -numbered model year vehicle shall be 15
inspected and approved under the emissions inspection 16
program established pursuant to sections 643.300 to 643.355 17
in each odd-numbered calendar year. All motor vehicles 18 SB 200 2
subject to the inspection requirements of sections 643.300 19
to 643.355 shall display a valid emissions inspection 20
sticker, and when applicable, a valid emissions inspection 21
certificate shall be presented at the time of registration 22
or registration renew al of such motor vehicle. The 23
department of revenue shall require evidence of the safety 24
and emission inspection and approval required by this 25
section in issuing the motor vehicle annual registration in 26
conformity with the procedure required by sectio ns 307.350 27
to 307.390 and sections 643.300 to 643.355. The director of 28
revenue may verify that a successful safety and emissions 29
inspection was completed via electronic means. 30
2. The inspection requirement of subsection 1 of this 31
section shall apply to all motor vehicles except: 32
(1) Motor vehicles with a manufacturer's gross vehicle 33
weight rating in excess of eight thousand five hundred 34
pounds; 35
(2) Motorcycles and motortricycles if such vehicles 36
are exempted from the motor vehicle emissions inspection 37
under federal regulation and approved by the commission by 38
rule; 39
(3) Model year vehicles manufactured prior to 1996; 40
(4) Vehicles which are powered exclusively by electric 41
or hydrogen power or by fuels other than gasolin e which are 42
exempted from the motor vehicle emissions inspection under 43
federal regulation and approved by the commission by rule; 44
(5) Motor vehicles registered in an area subject to 45
the inspection requirements of sections 643.300 to 643.355 46
which are domiciled and operated exclusively in an area of 47
the state not subject to the inspection requirements of 48
sections 643.300 to 643.355, but only if the owner of such 49
vehicle presents to the department an affidavit that the 50 SB 200 3
vehicle will be operated e xclusively in an area of the state 51
not subject to the inspection requirements of sections 52
643.300 to 643.355 for the next twenty -four months, and the 53
owner applies for and receives a waiver which shall be 54
presented at the time of registration or regist ration 55
renewal; 56
(6) New and unused motor vehicles, of model years of 57
the current calendar year and of any calendar year within 58
two years of such calendar year, which have an odometer 59
reading of less than six thousand miles at the time of 60
original sale by a motor vehicle manufacturer or licensed 61
motor vehicle dealer to the first user; 62
(7) Historic motor vehicles registered pursuant to 63
section 301.131; 64
(8) School buses; 65
(9) Heavy-duty diesel-powered vehicles with a gross 66
vehicle weight rating in excess of eight thousand five 67
hundred pounds; 68
(10) New motor vehicles that have not been previously 69
titled and registered, for the four -year period following 70
their model year of manufacture, provided the odometer 71
reading for such motor vehicles are under forty thousand 72
miles at their first required biennial safety inspection 73
conducted under sections 307.350 to 307.390; otherwise such 74
motor vehicles shall be subject to the emissions inspection 75
requirements of subsection 1 of this section during the same 76
period that the biennial safety inspection is conducted; 77
(11) Motor vehicles that are driven fewer than twelve 78
thousand miles between biennial safety inspections; [and] 79
(12) Qualified plug-in electric drive vehicl es. For 80
the purposes of this section, "qualified plug -in electric 81
drive vehicle" shall mean a plug -in electric drive vehicle 82 SB 200 4
that is made by a manufacturer, has not been modified from 83
original manufacturer specifications, and can operate solely 84
on electric power and is capable of recharging its battery 85
from an on-board generation source and an off -board 86
electricity source; and 87
(13) Motor vehicles over ten years old that are 88
registered as local commercial motor vehicles used for farm 89
or farming transportation operations, as described in 90
section 301.010, or that are otherwise defined as covered 91
farm vehicles under federal laws and regulations . 92
3. The commission may, by rule, allow inspection 93
reciprocity with other states having equival ent or more 94
stringent testing and waiver requirements than those 95
established pursuant to sections 643.300 to 643.355. 96
4. (1) At the time of sale, a licensed motor vehicle 97
dealer, as defined in section 301.550, may choose to sell a 98
motor vehicle subject to the inspection requirements of 99
sections 643.300 to 643.355 either: 100
(a) With prior inspection and approval as provided in 101
subdivision (2) of this subsection; or 102
(b) Without prior inspection and approval as provided 103
in subdivision (3) of this subsection. 104
(2) If the dealer chooses to sell the vehicle with 105
prior inspection and approval, the dealer shall disclose, in 106
writing, prior to sale, whether the vehicle obtained 107
approval by meeting the emissions standards established 108
pursuant to sections 643.300 to 643.355 or by obtaining a 109
waiver pursuant to section 643.335. A vehicle sold pursuant 110
to this subdivision by a licensed motor vehicle dealer shall 111
be inspected and approved within the one hundred twenty days 112
immediately preceding the date of sale, and, for the purpose 113 SB 200 5
of registration of such vehicle, such inspection shall be 114
considered timely. 115
(3) If the dealer chooses to sell the vehicle without 116
prior inspection and approval, the purchaser may return the 117
vehicle within ten days of the date of purchase, provided 118
that the vehicle has no more than one thousand additional 119
miles since the time of sale, if the vehicle fails, upon 120
inspection, to meet the emissions standards specified by the 121
commission and the dealer shall have the vehicle inspected 122
and approved without the option for a waiver of the 123
emissions standard and return the vehicle to the purchaser 124
with a valid emissions certificate and sticker within five 125
working days or the purchaser and dealer may ent er into any 126
other mutually acceptable agreement. If the dealer chooses 127
to sell the vehicle without prior inspection and approval, 128
the dealer shall disclose conspicuously on the sales 129
contract and bill of sale that the purchaser has the option 130
to return the vehicle within ten days, provided that the 131
vehicle has no more than one thousand additional miles since 132
the time of sale, to have the dealer repair the vehicle and 133
provide an emissions certificate and sticker within five 134
working days if the vehi cle fails, upon inspection, to meet 135
the emissions standards established by the commission, or 136
enter into any mutually acceptable agreement with the 137
dealer. A violation of this subdivision shall be an 138
unlawful practice as defined in section 407.020. No 139
emissions inspection shall be required pursuant to sections 140
643.300 to 643.360 for the sale of any motor vehicle which 141
may be sold without a certificate of inspection and 142
approval, as provided pursuant to subsection 2 of section 143
307.380. 144