14 | | - | Section A. Sections 135.341, 136.055, 302.178, 302.181, 1 |
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15 | | - | 491.075, and 492.304, RSMo, are repealed and six new sections 2 |
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16 | | - | enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 135.341, 3 |
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17 | | - | 136.055, 302.178, 302.181, 491.075, and 492.304, to read as 4 |
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18 | | - | follows:5 |
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19 | | - | 135.341. 1. As used in this section, the following 1 |
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20 | | - | terms shall mean: 2 |
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21 | | - | (1) "CASA", an entity which receives funding from the 3 |
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22 | | - | court-appointed special advocate fund established under 4 |
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23 | | - | section 476.777, including an association based in this 5 |
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24 | | - | state, affiliated with a national association, organized to 6 |
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25 | | - | provide support to entities receiving funding from the court - 7 |
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26 | | - | appointed special advocate fund; 8 |
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27 | | - | (2) "Child advocacy centers", the regional child 9 |
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28 | | - | assessment centers listed in subsection 2 of section 10 |
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29 | | - | 210.001, including an association based in this state, 11 |
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30 | | - | affiliated with a national association, and organized to 12 |
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31 | | - | provide support to entities listed in subsection 2 of 13 |
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32 | | - | section 210.001; 14 SCS SB 83 2 |
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33 | | - | (3) "Contribution", the amount of donation to a 15 |
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34 | | - | qualified agency; 16 |
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35 | | - | (4) "Crisis care center", entities contracted with 17 |
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36 | | - | this state which provide temporary care for children whose 18 |
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37 | | - | age ranges from birth through seventeen years of age whose 19 |
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38 | | - | parents or guardian are experiencing an unexpected and 20 |
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39 | | - | unstable or serious condition that requires immediate action 21 |
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40 | | - | resulting in short-term care, usually three to five 22 |
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41 | | - | continuous, uninterrupted days, for children who may be at 23 |
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42 | | - | risk for child abuse, neglect, or in an emergency situation; 24 |
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43 | | - | (5) "Department", the department of revenue; 25 |
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44 | | - | (6) "Director", the director of the department of 26 |
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45 | | - | revenue; 27 |
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46 | | - | (7) "Qualified agency", CASA, child advocacy ce nters, 28 |
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47 | | - | or a crisis care center; 29 |
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48 | | - | (8) "Tax liability", the tax due under chapter 143 30 |
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49 | | - | other than taxes withheld under sections 143.191 to 143.265. 31 |
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50 | | - | 2. For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 32 |
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51 | | - | 2013, and ending on or before December 31, 2024, a tax 33 |
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52 | | - | credit may be claimed in an amount equal to up to fifty 34 |
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53 | | - | percent of a verified contribution to a qualified agency and 35 |
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54 | | - | shall be named the champion for children tax credit. For 36 |
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55 | | - | all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, a tax 37 |
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56 | | - | credit may be claimed in an amount not to exceed seventy 38 |
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57 | | - | percent of a verified contribution to a qualified agency. 39 |
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58 | | - | The minimum amount of any tax credit issued shall not be 40 |
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59 | | - | less than fifty dollars and shall be applied to taxes due 41 |
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60 | | - | under chapter 143, excludi ng sections 143.191 to 143.265. 42 |
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61 | | - | For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, a 43 |
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62 | | - | taxpayer shall not be allowed to claim a tax credit pursuant 44 |
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63 | | - | to this section in excess of fifty thousand dollars in any 45 |
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64 | | - | tax year. A contribution verification s hall be issued to 46 SCS SB 83 3 |
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65 | | - | the taxpayer by the agency receiving the contribution. Such 47 |
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66 | | - | contribution verification shall include the taxpayer's name, 48 |
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67 | | - | Social Security number, amount of tax credit, amount of 49 |
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68 | | - | contribution, the name and address of the agency receivi ng 50 |
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69 | | - | the credit, and the date the contribution was made. The tax 51 |
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70 | | - | credit provided under this subsection shall be initially 52 |
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71 | | - | filed for the year in which the verified contribution is 53 |
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72 | | - | made. 54 |
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73 | | - | 3. The cumulative amount of the tax credits redeemed 55 |
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74 | | - | shall not exceed one million dollars for all fiscal years 56 |
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75 | | - | ending on or before June 30, 2019 [, and]; one million five 57 |
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76 | | - | hundred thousand dollars for all fiscal years beginning on 58 |
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77 | | - | or after July 1, 2019 , and ending on or before June 30, 59 |
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78 | | - | 2025; and two million five h undred thousand dollars for all 60 |
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79 | | - | fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2025 . The amount 61 |
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80 | | - | available shall be equally divided among the three qualified 62 |
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81 | | - | agencies: CASA, child advocacy centers, or crisis care 63 |
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82 | | - | centers, to be used towards tax credits is sued. In the 64 |
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83 | | - | event tax credits claimed under one agency do not total the 65 |
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84 | | - | allocated amount for that agency, the unused portion for 66 |
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85 | | - | that agency will be made available to the remaining agencies 67 |
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86 | | - | equally. In the event the total amount of tax credits 68 |
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87 | | - | claimed for any one agency exceeds the amount available for 69 |
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88 | | - | that agency, the amount redeemed shall and will be 70 |
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89 | | - | apportioned equally to all eligible taxpayers claiming the 71 |
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90 | | - | credit under that agency. 72 |
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91 | | - | 4. Prior to December thirty -first of each year, each 73 |
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92 | | - | qualified agency shall apply to the department of social 74 |
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93 | | - | services in order to verify their qualified agency status. 75 |
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94 | | - | Upon a determination that the agency is eligible to be a 76 |
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95 | | - | qualified agency, the department of social services shall 77 |
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96 | | - | provide a letter of e ligibility to such agency. No later 78 SCS SB 83 4 |
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97 | | - | than February first of each year, the department of social 79 |
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98 | | - | services shall provide a list of qualified agencies to the 80 |
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99 | | - | department of revenue. All tax credit applications to claim 81 |
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100 | | - | the champion for children tax credit shall be filed between 82 |
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101 | | - | July first and April fifteenth of each fiscal year. A 83 |
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102 | | - | taxpayer shall apply for the champion for children tax 84 |
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103 | | - | credit by attaching a copy of the contribution verification 85 |
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104 | | - | provided by a qualified agency to such taxpayer's income t ax 86 |
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105 | | - | return. 87 |
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106 | | - | 5. Any amount of tax credit which exceeds the tax due 88 |
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107 | | - | or which is applied for and otherwise eligible for issuance 89 |
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108 | | - | but not issued shall not be refunded but may be carried over 90 |
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109 | | - | to any subsequent tax year, not to exceed a total of five 91 |
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110 | | - | years. 92 |
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111 | | - | 6. Tax credits may not be assigned, transferred or 93 |
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112 | | - | sold. 94 |
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113 | | - | 7. [(1)] In the event a full or partial credit 95 |
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114 | | - | denial, due to [lack of available funds ] the cumulative 96 |
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115 | | - | maximum amount of credits being redeemed for the fiscal 97 |
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116 | | - | year, causes [a balance-due notice] an income tax balance 98 |
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117 | | - | due to be [generated by the department of revenue, or any 99 |
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118 | | - | other redeeming agency ] owed to the state by the taxpayer , 100 |
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119 | | - | the taxpayer [will] shall not be held liable for any 101 |
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120 | | - | addition to tax, penalty, or interest on that income tax 102 |
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121 | | - | balance due, provided the balance is paid, or approved 103 |
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122 | | - | payment arrangements have been made, within sixty days from 104 |
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123 | | - | the issuance of notice of credit denial. 105 |
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124 | | - | [(2) In the event the balance is not paid within sixty 106 |
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125 | | - | days from the notice of denial, the remaining balance shall 107 |
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126 | | - | be due and payable under the provisions of chapter 143. ] 108 |
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127 | | - | 8. The department may promulgate such rules or 109 |
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128 | | - | regulations as are necessary to administer the provisions of 110 SCS SB 83 5 |
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129 | | - | this section. Any rule or portion of a r ule, as that term 111 |
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130 | | - | is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the 112 |
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131 | | - | authority delegated in this section shall become effective 113 |
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132 | | - | only if it complies with and is subject to all of the 114 |
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133 | | - | provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 115 |
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134 | | - | 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and 116 |
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135 | | - | if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 117 |
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136 | | - | pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective 118 |
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137 | | - | date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 119 |
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138 | | - | held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking 120 |
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139 | | - | authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 121 |
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140 | | - | 2013, shall be invalid and void. 122 |
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141 | | - | 9. Pursuant to section 23.253, of the Missouri sunset 123 |
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142 | | - | act: 124 |
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143 | | - | (1) The program authorized under this section shall be 125 |
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144 | | - | reauthorized as of [December 31, 2019] August 28, 2025, and 126 |
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145 | | - | shall expire on December 31, [2025] 2031, unless 127 |
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146 | | - | reauthorized by the general assembly; and 128 |
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147 | | - | (2) This section shall terminate on September first of 129 |
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148 | | - | the calendar year immediately following the calendar y ear in 130 |
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149 | | - | which the program authorized under this section is sunset; 131 |
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150 | | - | and 132 |
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151 | | - | (3) The provisions of this subsection shall not be 133 |
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152 | | - | construed to limit or in any way impair the department's 134 |
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153 | | - | ability to redeem tax credits authorized on or before the 135 |
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154 | | - | date the program authorized under this section expires or a 136 |
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155 | | - | taxpayer's ability to redeem such credits. 137 |
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156 | | - | 10. Beginning on March 29, 2013, any verified 138 |
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157 | | - | contribution to a qualified agency made on or after January 139 |
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158 | | - | 1, 2013, shall be eligible for tax credits as p rovided by 140 |
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159 | | - | this section. 141 SCS SB 83 6 |
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160 | | - | 136.055. 1. Except as provided in subsection 8 of 1 |
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161 | | - | this section, any person who is selected or appointed by the 2 |
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162 | | - | state director of revenue as provided in subsection 2 of 3 |
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163 | | - | this section to act as an agent of the department of 4 |
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164 | | - | revenue, whose duties shall be the processing of motor 5 |
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165 | | - | vehicle title and registration transactions and the 6 |
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166 | | - | collection of sales and use taxes when required under 7 |
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167 | | - | sections 144.070 and 144.440, and who receives no salary 8 |
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168 | | - | from the department of revenue, shall be authorized to 9 |
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169 | | - | collect from the party requiring such services additional 10 |
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170 | | - | fees as compensation in full and for all services rendered 11 |
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171 | | - | on the following basis: 12 |
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172 | | - | (1) For each motor vehicle or trailer registration 13 |
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173 | | - | issued, renewed or transferred, six dollars and twelve 14 |
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174 | | - | dollars for those licenses sold or biennially renewed 15 |
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175 | | - | pursuant to section 301.147; 16 |
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176 | | - | (2) For each application or transfer of title, six 17 |
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177 | | - | dollars; 18 |
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178 | | - | (3) For each instruction permit, nondriver license, 19 |
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179 | | - | chauffeur's, operator's or driver's license issued for a 20 |
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180 | | - | period of three years or less, six dollars and twelve 21 |
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181 | | - | dollars for licenses or instruction permits issued or 22 |
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182 | | - | renewed for a period exceeding three years; 23 |
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183 | | - | (4) For each notice of lien processed, six do llars; 24 |
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184 | | - | (5) Notary fee or electronic transmission per 25 |
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185 | | - | processing, two dollars. 26 |
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186 | | - | 2. The director of revenue shall award fee office 27 |
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187 | | - | contracts under this section through a competitive bidding 28 |
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188 | | - | process. The competitive bidding process shall give 29 |
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189 | | - | priority to organizations and entities that are exempt from 30 |
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190 | | - | taxation under Section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(6), or 501(c)(4), 31 |
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191 | | - | except those civic organizations that would be considered 32 SCS SB 83 7 |
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192 | | - | action organizations under 26 C.F.R. Section 1.501 (c)(3) - 33 |
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193 | | - | 1(c)(3), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, 34 |
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194 | | - | with special consideration given to those organizations and 35 |
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195 | | - | entities that reinvest a minimum of seventy -five percent of 36 |
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196 | | - | the net proceeds to charitable organizations in Missouri, 37 |
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197 | | - | and political subdivisions, incl uding but not limited to, 38 |
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198 | | - | municipalities, counties, and fire protection districts. 39 |
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199 | | - | The director of the department of revenue may promulgate 40 |
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200 | | - | rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions 41 |
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201 | | - | of this subsection. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that 42 |
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202 | | - | term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under 43 |
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203 | | - | the authority delegated in this subsection shall become 44 |
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204 | | - | effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of 45 |
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205 | | - | the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 46 |
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206 | | - | 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and 47 |
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207 | | - | if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 48 |
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208 | | - | pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective 49 |
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209 | | - | date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 50 |
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210 | | - | held unconstitutional, then the g rant of rulemaking 51 |
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211 | | - | authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 52 |
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212 | | - | 2009, shall be invalid and void. 53 |
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213 | | - | 3. All fees collected by a tax -exempt organization may 54 |
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214 | | - | be retained and used by the organization. 55 |
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215 | | - | 4. All fees charged shall not ex ceed those in this 56 |
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216 | | - | section. The fees imposed by this section shall be 57 |
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217 | | - | collected by all permanent offices and all full -time or 58 |
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218 | | - | temporary offices maintained by the department of revenue. 59 |
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219 | | - | 5. Any person acting as agent of the department of 60 |
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220 | | - | revenue for the sale and issuance of registrations, 61 |
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221 | | - | licenses, and other documents related to motor vehicles 62 |
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222 | | - | shall have an insurable interest in all license plates, 63 SCS SB 83 8 |
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223 | | - | licenses, tabs, forms and other documents held on behalf of 64 |
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224 | | - | the department. 65 |
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225 | | - | 6. The fees authorized by this section shall not be 66 |
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226 | | - | collected by motor vehicle dealers acting as agents of the 67 |
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227 | | - | department of revenue under section 32.095 or those motor 68 |
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228 | | - | vehicle dealers authorized to collect and remit sales tax 69 |
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229 | | - | under subsection 10 of section 144.070. 70 |
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230 | | - | 7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 71 |
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231 | | - | contrary, the state auditor may audit all records maintained 72 |
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232 | | - | and established by the fee office in the same manner as the 73 |
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233 | | - | auditor may audit any agency of the state, and the 74 |
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234 | | - | department shall ensu re that this audit requirement is a 75 |
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235 | | - | necessary condition for the award of all fee office 76 |
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236 | | - | contracts. No confidential records shall be divulged in 77 |
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237 | | - | such a way to reveal personally identifiable information. 78 |
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238 | | - | 8. The fees described in subsection 1 of thi s section 79 |
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239 | | - | shall not be collected from any person who qualifies as a 80 |
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240 | | - | homeless child or homeless youth, as defined in subsection 1 81 |
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241 | | - | of section 167.020, or as an unaccompanied youth as defined 82 |
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242 | | - | in 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a(6). Such person's status as a 83 |
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243 | | - | homeless child or youth or unaccompanied youth shall be 84 |
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244 | | - | verified by a letter signed by one of the following persons: 85 |
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245 | | - | (1) A director or designee of a governmental or 86 |
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246 | | - | nonprofit agency that receives public or private funding to 87 |
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247 | | - | provide services to homel ess persons; 88 |
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248 | | - | (2) A local education agency liaison for homeless 89 |
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249 | | - | children and youth designated under 42 U.S.C. Section 90 |
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250 | | - | 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii), or a school social worker or counselor; 91 |
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251 | | - | or 92 |
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252 | | - | (3) A licensed attorney representing the minor in any 93 |
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253 | | - | legal matter. 94 SCS SB 83 9 |
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254 | | - | 302.178. 1. Any person between the ages of sixteen 1 |
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255 | | - | and eighteen years who is qualified to obtain a license 2 |
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256 | | - | pursuant to sections 302.010 to 302.340 may apply for, and 3 |
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257 | | - | the director shall issue, an intermediate driver's license 4 |
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258 | | - | entitling the applicant, while having such license in his or 5 |
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259 | | - | her possession, to operate a motor vehicle of the 6 |
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260 | | - | appropriate class upon the highways of this state in 7 |
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261 | | - | conjunction with the requirements of this section. An 8 |
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262 | | - | intermediate driver's license s hall be readily 9 |
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263 | | - | distinguishable from a license issued to those over the age 10 |
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264 | | - | of eighteen. All applicants for an intermediate driver's 11 |
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265 | | - | license shall: 12 |
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266 | | - | (1) Successfully complete the examination required by 13 |
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267 | | - | section 302.173; 14 |
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268 | | - | (2) Pay the fee required by subsection 4 of this 15 |
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269 | | - | section; 16 |
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270 | | - | (3) Have had a temporary instruction permit issued 17 |
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271 | | - | pursuant to subsection 1 of section 302.130 for at least a 18 |
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272 | | - | six-month period or a valid license from another state; and 19 |
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273 | | - | (4) Have a parent, grandparent, l egal guardian, or, if 20 |
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274 | | - | the applicant is a participant in a federal residential job 21 |
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275 | | - | training program, a driving instructor employed by a federal 22 |
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276 | | - | residential job training program, sign the application 23 |
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277 | | - | stating that the applicant has completed at least fort y 24 |
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278 | | - | hours of supervised driving experience under a temporary 25 |
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279 | | - | instruction permit issued pursuant to subsection 1 of 26 |
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280 | | - | section 302.130, or, if the applicant is an emancipated 27 |
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281 | | - | minor, the person over twenty -one years of age who 28 |
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282 | | - | supervised such driving. For purposes of this section, the 29 |
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283 | | - | term "emancipated minor" means a person who is at least 30 |
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284 | | - | sixteen years of age, but less than eighteen years of age, 31 |
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285 | | - | who: 32 SCS SB 83 10 |
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286 | | - | (a) Marries with the consent of the legal custodial 33 |
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287 | | - | parent or legal guardian pursuant to section 451.080; 34 |
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288 | | - | (b) Has been declared emancipated by a court of 35 |
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289 | | - | competent jurisdiction; 36 |
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290 | | - | (c) Enters active duty in the Armed Forces; 37 |
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291 | | - | (d) Has written consent to the emancipation from the 38 |
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292 | | - | custodial parent or legal guardian; [or] 39 |
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293 | | - | (e) Through employment or other means provides for 40 |
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294 | | - | such person's own food, shelter and other cost -of-living 41 |
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295 | | - | expenses; or 42 |
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296 | | - | (f) Qualifies as a homeless child or homeless youth, 43 |
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297 | | - | as defined in subsection 1 of section 167.020, or as an 44 |
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298 | | - | unaccompanied youth as defi ned in 42 U.S.C. Section 45 |
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299 | | - | 11434a(6), and whose status as such is verified as provided 46 |
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300 | | - | under subsection 10 of this section; 47 |
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301 | | - | (5) Have had no alcohol-related enforcement contacts 48 |
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302 | | - | as defined in section 302.525 during the preceding twelve 49 |
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303 | | - | months; and 50 |
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304 | | - | (6) Have no nonalcoholic traffic convictions for which 51 |
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305 | | - | points are assessed pursuant to section 302.302, within the 52 |
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306 | | - | preceding six months. 53 |
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307 | | - | 2. An intermediate driver's license grants the 54 |
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308 | | - | licensee the same privileges to operate that classificatio n 55 |
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309 | | - | of motor vehicle as a license issued pursuant to section 56 |
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310 | | - | 302.177, except that no person shall operate a motor vehicle 57 |
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311 | | - | on the highways of this state under such an intermediate 58 |
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312 | | - | driver's license between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 59 |
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313 | | - | a.m. unless accompanied by a person described in subsection 60 |
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314 | | - | 1 of section 302.130; except the licensee may operate a 61 |
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315 | | - | motor vehicle without being accompanied if the travel is to 62 |
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316 | | - | or from a school or educational program or activity, a 63 SCS SB 83 11 |
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317 | | - | regular place of employment or in emer gency situations as 64 |
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318 | | - | defined by the director by regulation. 65 |
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319 | | - | 3. Each intermediate driver's license shall be 66 |
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320 | | - | restricted by requiring that the driver and all passengers 67 |
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321 | | - | in the licensee's vehicle wear safety belts at all times. 68 |
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322 | | - | This safety belt restr iction shall not apply to a person 69 |
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323 | | - | operating a motorcycle. For the first six months after 70 |
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324 | | - | issuance of the intermediate driver's license, the holder of 71 |
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325 | | - | the license shall not operate a motor vehicle with more than 72 |
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326 | | - | one passenger who is under the age of n ineteen who is not a 73 |
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327 | | - | member of the holder's immediate family. As used in this 74 |
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328 | | - | subsection, an intermediate driver's license holder's 75 |
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329 | | - | immediate family shall include brothers, sisters, 76 |
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330 | | - | stepbrothers or stepsisters of the driver, including adopted 77 |
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331 | | - | or foster children residing in the same household of the 78 |
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332 | | - | intermediate driver's license holder. After the expiration 79 |
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333 | | - | of the first six months, the holder of an intermediate 80 |
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334 | | - | driver's license shall not operate a motor vehicle with more 81 |
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335 | | - | than three passengers who are under nineteen years of age 82 |
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336 | | - | and who are not members of the holder's immediate family. 83 |
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337 | | - | The passenger restrictions of this subsection shall not be 84 |
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338 | | - | applicable to any intermediate driver's license holder who 85 |
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339 | | - | is operating a motor vehicle being used in agricultural work- 86 |
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340 | | - | related activities. 87 |
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341 | | - | 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 302.177 88 |
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342 | | - | to the contrary, the fee for an intermediate driver's 89 |
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343 | | - | license shall be five dollars and such license shall be 90 |
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344 | | - | valid for a period of two years. Such fee shall be waived 91 |
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345 | | - | for any person qualifying as an emancipated minor under 92 |
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346 | | - | subdivision (4) of subsection 1 of this section. 93 |
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347 | | - | 5. Any intermediate driver's licensee accumulating six 94 |
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348 | | - | or more points in a twelve -month period may be required to 95 SCS SB 83 12 |
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349 | | - | participate in and successfully complete a driver - 96 |
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350 | | - | improvement program approved by the state highways and 97 |
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351 | | - | transportation commission. The driver-improvement program 98 |
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352 | | - | ordered by the director of revenue shall not be used in lieu 99 |
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353 | | - | of point assessment. 100 |
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354 | | - | 6. (1) An intermediate driver's licensee who has, for 101 |
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355 | | - | the preceding twelve -month period, had no alcohol -related 102 |
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356 | | - | enforcement contacts, as defined in section 302.525 and no 103 |
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357 | | - | traffic convictions for which points are assessed, upon 104 |
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358 | | - | reaching the age of eighteen years or within the thirty days 105 |
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359 | | - | immediately preceding their eighteenth birthday may apply 106 |
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360 | | - | for and receive without further examination, other than a 107 |
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361 | | - | vision test as prescribed by section 302.173, a license 108 |
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362 | | - | issued pursuant to this chapter granting full driving 109 |
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363 | | - | privileges. Such person shall pay the required fee for such 110 |
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364 | | - | license as prescribed in section 302.177. 111 |
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365 | | - | (2) If an intermediate driver's license expires on a 112 |
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366 | | - | Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, such license shall 113 |
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367 | | - | remain valid for the five business da ys immediately 114 |
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368 | | - | following the expiration date. In no case shall a licensee 115 |
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369 | | - | whose intermediate driver's license expires on a Saturday, 116 |
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370 | | - | Sunday, or legal holiday be guilty of an offense of driving 117 |
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371 | | - | with an expired or invalid driver's license if such offens e 118 |
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372 | | - | occurred within five business days immediately following an 119 |
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373 | | - | expiration date that occurs on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal 120 |
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374 | | - | holiday. 121 |
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375 | | - | (3) The director of revenue shall deny an application 122 |
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376 | | - | for a full driver's license until the person has had no 123 |
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377 | | - | traffic convictions for which points are assessed for a 124 |
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378 | | - | period of twelve months prior to the date of application for 125 |
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379 | | - | license or until the person is eligible to apply for a six - 126 |
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380 | | - | year driver's license as provided for in section 302.177, 127 SCS SB 83 13 |
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381 | | - | provided the applicant is otherwise eligible for full 128 |
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382 | | - | driving privileges. An intermediate driver's license shall 129 |
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383 | | - | expire when the licensee is eligible and receives a full 130 |
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384 | | - | driver's license as prescribed in subdivision (1) of this 131 |
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385 | | - | section. 132 |
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386 | | - | 7. No person upon reaching the age of eighteen years 133 |
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387 | | - | whose intermediate driver's license and driving privilege is 134 |
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388 | | - | denied, suspended, cancelled or revoked in this state or any 135 |
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389 | | - | other state for any reason may apply for a full driver's 136 |
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390 | | - | license until such license or driving privilege is fully 137 |
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391 | | - | reinstated. Any such person whose intermediate driver's 138 |
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392 | | - | license has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of 139 |
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393 | | - | sections 302.010 to 302.540 shall, upon receipt of 140 |
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394 | | - | reinstatement of the revocation from the director, pass the 141 |
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395 | | - | complete driver exami nation, apply for a new license, and 142 |
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396 | | - | pay the proper fee before again operating a motor vehicle 143 |
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397 | | - | upon the highways of this state. 144 |
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398 | | - | 8. A person shall be exempt from the intermediate 145 |
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399 | | - | licensing requirements if the person has reached the age of 146 |
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400 | | - | eighteen years and meets all other licensing requirements. 147 |
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401 | | - | 9. Any person who violates any of the provisions of 148 |
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402 | | - | this section relating to intermediate drivers' licenses or 149 |
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403 | | - | the provisions of section 302.130 relating to temporary 150 |
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404 | | - | instruction permits is guilty of an infraction, and no 151 |
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405 | | - | points shall be assessed to his or her driving record for 152 |
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406 | | - | any such violation. 153 |
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407 | | - | 10. A person's status as a homeless child or youth or 154 |
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408 | | - | unaccompanied youth under paragraph (f) of subdivision (4) 155 |
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409 | | - | of subsection 1 of this secti on shall be verified by a 156 |
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410 | | - | letter signed by one of the following persons: 157 SCS SB 83 14 |
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411 | | - | (1) A director or designee of a governmental or 158 |
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412 | | - | nonprofit agency that receives public or private funding to 159 |
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413 | | - | provide services to homeless persons; 160 |
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414 | | - | (2) A local education agency liaison for homeless 161 |
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415 | | - | children and youth designated under 42 U.S.C. Section 162 |
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416 | | - | 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii), or a school social worker or counselor; 163 |
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417 | | - | or 164 |
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418 | | - | (3) A licensed attorney representing the minor in any 165 |
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419 | | - | legal matter. 166 |
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420 | | - | 11. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is 167 |
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421 | | - | defined in section 536.010, that is created under the 168 |
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422 | | - | authority delegated in this section shall become effective 169 |
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423 | | - | only if it complies with and is subject to all of the 170 |
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424 | | - | provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 171 |
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425 | | - | 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and 172 |
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426 | | - | if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 173 |
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427 | | - | pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective 174 |
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428 | | - | date or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held 175 |
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429 | | - | unconstitutional, then th e grant of rulemaking authority and 176 |
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430 | | - | any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2000, shall be 177 |
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431 | | - | invalid and void. 178 |
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432 | | - | 302.181. 1. The license issued pursuant to the 1 |
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433 | | - | provisions of sections 302.010 to 302.340 shall be in such 2 |
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434 | | - | form as the director shall prescribe, but the license shall 3 |
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435 | | - | be a card made of plastic or other comparable material. All 4 |
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436 | | - | licenses shall be manufactured of materials and processes 5 |
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437 | | - | that will prohibit, as nearly as possible, the ability to 6 |
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438 | | - | reproduce, alter, counter feit, forge, or duplicate any 7 |
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439 | | - | license without ready detection. The license shall also 8 |
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440 | | - | bear the expiration date of the license, the classification 9 |
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441 | | - | of the license, the name, date of birth, residence address 10 |
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442 | | - | including the county of residence or a code nu mber 11 SCS SB 83 15 |
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443 | | - | corresponding to such county established by the department, 12 |
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444 | | - | and brief description and colored digitized image of the 13 |
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445 | | - | licensee, and a facsimile of the signature of the licensee. 14 |
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446 | | - | The director shall provide by administrative rule the 15 |
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447 | | - | procedure and format for a licensee to indicate on the back 16 |
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448 | | - | of the license together with the designation for an 17 |
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449 | | - | anatomical gift as provided in section 194.240 the name and 18 |
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450 | | - | address of the person designated pursuant to sections 19 |
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451 | | - | 404.800 to 404.865 as the licensee's att orney in fact for 20 |
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452 | | - | the purposes of a durable power of attorney for health care 21 |
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453 | | - | decisions. No license shall be valid until it has been so 22 |
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454 | | - | signed by the licensee. If any portion of the license is 23 |
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455 | | - | prepared by a private firm, any contract with such firm 24 |
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456 | | - | shall be made in accordance with the competitive purchasing 25 |
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457 | | - | procedures as established by the state director of the 26 |
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458 | | - | division of purchasing. 27 |
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459 | | - | 2. All digital images produced for licenses shall 28 |
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460 | | - | become the property of the department of revenue. 29 |
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461 | | - | 3. The license issued shall be carried at all times by 30 |
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462 | | - | the holder thereof while driving a motor vehicle, and shall 31 |
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463 | | - | be displayed upon demand of any officer of the highway 32 |
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464 | | - | patrol, or any police officer or peace officer, or any other 33 |
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465 | | - | duly authorized person, for inspection when demand is made 34 |
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466 | | - | therefor. Failure of any operator of a motor vehicle to 35 |
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467 | | - | exhibit his or her license to any duly authorized officer 36 |
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468 | | - | shall be presumptive evidence that such person is not a duly 37 |
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469 | | - | licensed operator. 38 |
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470 | | - | 4. The director of revenue shall not issue a license 39 |
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471 | | - | without a facial digital image of the license applicant, 40 |
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472 | | - | except as provided pursuant to subsection 7 of this 41 |
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473 | | - | section. A digital image of the applicant's full facial 42 |
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474 | | - | features shall be taken in a manner prescribed b y the 43 SCS SB 83 16 |
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475 | | - | director. No digital image shall be taken wearing anything 44 |
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476 | | - | which cloaks the facial features of the individual. 45 |
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477 | | - | 5. The department of revenue may issue a temporary 46 |
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478 | | - | license or a full license without the photograph or with the 47 |
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479 | | - | last photograph or digital image in the department's records 48 |
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480 | | - | to members of the Armed Forces, except that where such 49 |
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481 | | - | temporary license is issued it shall be valid only until the 50 |
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482 | | - | applicant shall have had time to appear and have his or her 51 |
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483 | | - | picture taken and a license wit h his or her photograph 52 |
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484 | | - | issued. 53 |
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485 | | - | 6. The department of revenue shall issue upon request 54 |
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486 | | - | a nondriver's license card containing essentially the same 55 |
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487 | | - | information and photograph or digital image, except as 56 |
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488 | | - | provided pursuant to subsection 7 of this sect ion, as the 57 |
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489 | | - | driver's license upon payment of six dollars. All 58 |
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490 | | - | nondriver's licenses shall expire on the applicant's 59 |
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491 | | - | birthday in the sixth year after issuance. A person who has 60 |
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492 | | - | passed his or her seventieth birthday shall upon application 61 |
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493 | | - | be issued a nonexpiring nondriver's license card. 62 |
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494 | | - | Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a 63 |
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495 | | - | nondriver's license containing a concealed carry endorsement 64 |
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496 | | - | shall expire three years from the date the certificate of 65 |
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497 | | - | qualification was issued pursuant to sec tion 571.101, as 66 |
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498 | | - | section 571.101 existed prior to August 28, 2013. The fee 67 |
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499 | | - | for nondriver's licenses issued for a period exceeding three 68 |
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500 | | - | years is six dollars or three dollars for nondriver's 69 |
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501 | | - | licenses issued for a period of three years or less. The 70 |
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502 | | - | nondriver's license card shall be used for identification 71 |
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503 | | - | purposes only and shall not be valid as a license. No fee 72 |
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504 | | - | shall be required or collected from a homeless child or 73 |
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505 | | - | homeless youth, as defined in subsection 1 of section 74 |
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506 | | - | 167.020, or unaccompanied y outh, as defined in 42 U.S.C. 75 SCS SB 83 17 |
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507 | | - | Section 11434a(6), for a first nondriver's license card 76 |
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508 | | - | issued under this subsection. Such person's status as a 77 |
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509 | | - | homeless child or youth or unaccompanied youth shall be 78 |
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510 | | - | verified by a letter signed by one of the following p ersons: 79 |
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511 | | - | (1) A director or designee of a governmental or 80 |
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512 | | - | nonprofit agency that receives public or private funding to 81 |
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513 | | - | provide services to homeless persons; 82 |
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514 | | - | (2) A local education agency liaison for homeless 83 |
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515 | | - | children and youth designated under 4 2 U.S.C. Section 84 |
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516 | | - | 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii), or a school social worker or counselor; 85 |
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517 | | - | or 86 |
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518 | | - | (3) A licensed attorney representing the minor in any 87 |
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519 | | - | legal matter. 88 |
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520 | | - | 7. If otherwise eligible, an applicant may receive a 89 |
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521 | | - | driver's license or nondriver's license without a photograph 90 |
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522 | | - | or digital image of the applicant's full facial features 91 |
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523 | | - | except that such applicant's photograph or digital image 92 |
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524 | | - | shall be taken and maintained by the director and not 93 |
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525 | | - | printed on such license. In order to qualify for a license 94 |
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526 | | - | without a photograph or digital image pursuant to this 95 |
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527 | | - | section the applicant must: 96 |
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528 | | - | (1) Present a form provided by the department of 97 |
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529 | | - | revenue requesting the applicant's photograph be omitted 98 |
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530 | | - | from the license or nondriver's license due to religious 99 |
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531 | | - | affiliations. The form shall be signed by the applicant and 100 |
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532 | | - | another member of the religious tenant verifying the 101 |
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533 | | - | photograph or digital image exemption on the license or 102 |
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534 | | - | nondriver's license is required as part of their religious 103 |
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535 | | - | affiliation. The required signatures on the prescribed form 104 |
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536 | | - | shall be properly notarized; 105 |
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537 | | - | (2) Provide satisfactory proof to the director that 106 |
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538 | | - | the applicant has been a United States citizen for at least 107 SCS SB 83 18 |
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539 | | - | five years and a resident of this state for at least one 108 |
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540 | | - | year, except that an applicant moving to this state 109 |
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541 | | - | possessing a valid driver's license from another state 110 |
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542 | | - | without a photograph shall be exempt from the one -year state 111 |
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543 | | - | residency requirement. The director may establish rules 112 |
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544 | | - | necessary to determine satisfactory pr oof of citizenship and 113 |
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545 | | - | residency pursuant to this section; 114 |
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546 | | - | (3) Applications for a driver's license or nondriver's 115 |
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547 | | - | license without a photograph or digital image must be made 116 |
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548 | | - | in person at a license office determined by the director. 117 |
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549 | | - | The director is authorized to limit the number of offices 118 |
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550 | | - | that may issue a driver's or nondriver's license without a 119 |
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551 | | - | photograph or digital image pursuant to this section. 120 |
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552 | | - | 8. The department of revenue shall make available, at 121 |
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553 | | - | one or more locations within the sta te, an opportunity for 122 |
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554 | | - | individuals to have their full facial photograph taken by an 123 |
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555 | | - | employee of the department of revenue, or their designee, 124 |
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556 | | - | who is of the same sex as the individual being photographed, 125 |
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557 | | - | in a segregated location. 126 |
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558 | | - | 9. Beginning July 1, 2005, the director shall not 127 |
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559 | | - | issue a driver's license or a nondriver's license for a 128 |
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560 | | - | period that exceeds an applicant's lawful presence in the 129 |
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561 | | - | United States. The director may, by rule or regulation, 130 |
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562 | | - | establish procedures to verify the lawful presen ce of the 131 |
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563 | | - | applicant and establish the duration of any driver's license 132 |
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564 | | - | or nondriver's license issued under this section. 133 |
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565 | | - | 10. (1) Notwithstanding any biometric data 134 |
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566 | | - | restrictions contained in section 302.170, the department of 135 |
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567 | | - | revenue is hereby au thorized to design and implement a 136 |
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568 | | - | secure digital driver's license program that allows 137 |
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569 | | - | applicants applying for a driver's license in accordance 138 |
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570 | | - | with this chapter to obtain a secure digital driver's 139 SCS SB 83 19 |
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571 | | - | license in addition to the physical card -based license 140 |
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572 | | - | specified in this section. 141 |
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573 | | - | (2) A digital driver's license as described in this 142 |
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574 | | - | subsection shall be accepted for all purposes for which a 143 |
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575 | | - | license, as defined in section 302.010, is used. 144 |
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576 | | - | (3) The department may contract with one or more 145 |
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577 | | - | entities to develop the secure digital driver's license 146 |
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578 | | - | system. The department or entity may develop a mobile 147 |
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579 | | - | software application capable of being utilized through a 148 |
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580 | | - | person's electronic device to access the person's secure 149 |
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581 | | - | digital driver's license. 150 |
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582 | | - | (4) The department shall suspend, disable, or 151 |
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583 | | - | terminate a person's participation in the secure digital 152 |
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584 | | - | driver's license program if: 153 |
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585 | | - | (a) The person's driving privilege is suspended, 154 |
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586 | | - | revoked, denied, withdrawn, or cancelled as provided in this 155 |
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587 | | - | chapter; or 156 |
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588 | | - | (b) The person reports that the person's electronic 157 |
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589 | | - | device has been lost, stolen, or compromised. 158 |
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590 | | - | 11. The director of the department of revenue may 159 |
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591 | | - | promulgate rules as necessary for the implementation of this 160 |
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592 | | - | section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is 161 |
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593 | | - | defined in section 536.010 that is created under the 162 |
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594 | | - | authority delegated in this section shall become effective 163 |
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595 | | - | only if it complies with and is subject to all of the 164 |
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596 | | - | provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, sectio n 165 |
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597 | | - | 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and 166 |
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598 | | - | if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 167 |
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599 | | - | pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective 168 |
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600 | | - | date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 169 |
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601 | | - | held unconstitutiona l, then the grant of rulemaking 170 SCS SB 83 20 |
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602 | | - | authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 171 |
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603 | | - | 2020, shall be invalid and void. 172 |
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604 | | - | 491.075. 1. A statement made by a child under the age 1 |
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605 | | - | of [fourteen] eighteen, or a vulnerable person, relat ing to 2 |
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606 | | - | an offense under chapter 565, 566, 568 or 573, performed by 3 |
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607 | | - | another, not otherwise admissible by statute or court rule, 4 |
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608 | | - | is admissible in evidence in criminal proceedings in the 5 |
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609 | | - | courts of this state as substantive evidence to prove the 6 |
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610 | | - | truth of the matter asserted if: 7 |
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611 | | - | (1) The court finds, in a hearing conducted outside 8 |
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612 | | - | the presence of the jury that the time, content and 9 |
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613 | | - | circumstances of the statement provide sufficient indicia of 10 |
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614 | | - | reliability; and 11 |
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615 | | - | (2) (a) The child or vulnerable per son testifies at 12 |
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616 | | - | the proceedings; or 13 |
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617 | | - | (b) The child or vulnerable person is unavailable as a 14 |
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618 | | - | witness; or 15 |
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619 | | - | (c) The child or vulnerable person is otherwise 16 |
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620 | | - | physically available as a witness but the court finds that 17 |
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621 | | - | the significant emotional or psychological trauma which 18 |
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622 | | - | would result from testifying in the personal presence of the 19 |
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623 | | - | defendant makes the child or vulnerable person unavailable 20 |
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624 | | - | as a witness at the time of the criminal proceeding. 21 |
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625 | | - | 2. Notwithstanding subsection 1 of this section or any 22 |
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626 | | - | provision of law or rule of evidence requiring corroboration 23 |
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627 | | - | of statements, admissions or confessions of the defendant, 24 |
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628 | | - | and notwithstanding any prohibition of hearsay evidence, a 25 |
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629 | | - | statement by a child when under the age of [fourteen] 26 |
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630 | | - | eighteen, or a vulnerable person, who is alleged to be 27 |
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631 | | - | victim of an offense under chapter 565, 566, 568 or 573 is 28 |
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632 | | - | sufficient corroboration of a statement, admission or 29 |
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633 | | - | confession regardless of whether or not the child or 30 SCS SB 83 21 |
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634 | | - | vulnerable person is available to testify regarding the 31 |
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635 | | - | offense. 32 |
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636 | | - | 3. A statement may not be admitted under this section 33 |
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637 | | - | unless the prosecuting attorney makes known to the accused 34 |
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638 | | - | or the accused's counsel his or her intention to offer the 35 |
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639 | | - | statement and the particulars of the statement suf ficiently 36 |
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640 | | - | in advance of the proceedings to provide the accused or the 37 |
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641 | | - | accused's counsel with a fair opportunity to prepare to meet 38 |
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642 | | - | the statement. 39 |
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643 | | - | 4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit 40 |
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644 | | - | the admissibility of statements, admissions o r confessions 41 |
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645 | | - | otherwise admissible by law. 42 |
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646 | | - | 5. For the purposes of this section, "vulnerable 43 |
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647 | | - | person" shall mean a person who, as a result of an 44 |
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648 | | - | inadequately developed or impaired intelligence or a 45 |
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649 | | - | psychiatric disorder that materially affects abili ty to 46 |
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650 | | - | function, lacks the mental capacity to consent, or whose 47 |
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651 | | - | developmental level does not exceed that of an ordinary 48 |
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652 | | - | child of fourteen years of age. 49 |
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653 | | - | 492.304. 1. In addition to the admissibility of a 1 |
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654 | | - | statement under the provisions of section 492.303, the 2 |
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655 | | - | visual and aural recording of a verbal or nonverbal 3 |
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656 | | - | statement of a child when under the age of [fourteen who is 4 |
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657 | | - | alleged to be a victim of ] eighteen, relating to an offense 5 |
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658 | | - | under the provisions of chapter 565, 566 [or], 568, or 573, 6 |
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659 | | - | if performed by another, is admissible into evidence if: 7 |
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660 | | - | (1) No attorney for either party was present when the 8 |
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661 | | - | statement was made; except that, for any statement taken at 9 |
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662 | | - | a state-funded child assessment center as provided for in 10 |
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663 | | - | subsection 2 of section 210.001, an attorney representing 11 |
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664 | | - | the state of Missouri in a criminal investigation may, as a 12 |
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665 | | - | member of a multidisciplinary investigation team, observe 13 SCS SB 83 22 |
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666 | | - | the taking of such statement, but such attorney shall not be 14 |
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667 | | - | present in the room where t he interview is being conducted; 15 |
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668 | | - | (2) The recording is both visual and aural and is 16 |
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669 | | - | recorded on film or videotape or by other electronic means; 17 |
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670 | | - | (3) The recording equipment was capable of making an 18 |
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671 | | - | accurate recording, the operator of the equipm ent was 19 |
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672 | | - | competent, and the recording is accurate and has not been 20 |
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673 | | - | altered; 21 |
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674 | | - | (4) The statement was not made in response to 22 |
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675 | | - | questioning calculated to lead the child to make a 23 |
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676 | | - | particular statement or to act in a particular way; 24 |
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677 | | - | (5) Every voice on the recording is identified; 25 |
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678 | | - | (6) The person conducting the interview of the child 26 |
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679 | | - | in the recording is present at the proceeding and available 27 |
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680 | | - | to testify or be cross -examined by either party; and 28 |
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681 | | - | (7) The defendant or the attorney for the de fendant is 29 |
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682 | | - | afforded an opportunity to view the recording before it is 30 |
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683 | | - | offered into evidence. 31 |
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684 | | - | 2. If the child does not testify at the proceeding, 32 |
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685 | | - | the visual and aural recording of a verbal or nonverbal 33 |
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686 | | - | statement of the child shall not be admissibl e under this 34 |
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687 | | - | section unless the recording qualifies for admission under 35 |
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688 | | - | section 491.075. 36 |
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689 | | - | 3. If the visual and aural recording of a verbal or 37 |
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690 | | - | nonverbal statement of a child is admissible under this 38 |
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691 | | - | section and the child testifies at the proceeding , it shall 39 |
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692 | | - | be admissible in addition to the testimony of the child at 40 |
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693 | | - | the proceeding whether or not it repeats or duplicates the 41 |
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694 | | - | child's testimony. 42 |
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695 | | - | 4. As used in this section, a nonverbal statement 43 |
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696 | | - | shall be defined as any demonstration of the chi ld by his or 44 |
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697 | | - | her actions, facial expressions, demonstrations with a doll 45 SCS SB 83 23 |
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698 | | - | or other visual aid whether or not this demonstration is 46 |
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699 | | - | accompanied by words. 47 |
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| 13 | + | Section A. Sections 135.341, 136.055, 302.178, 302.181, |
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| 14 | + | 491.075, and 492.304, RSMo, are repealed and six new sections |
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| 15 | + | enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 135.341, |
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| 16 | + | 136.055, 302.178, 302.181, 491.075, and 492.304, to read as |
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| 17 | + | follows: |
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| 18 | + | 135.341. 1. As used in this section, the following |
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| 19 | + | terms shall mean: |
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| 20 | + | (1) "CASA", an entity which receives funding from the |
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| 21 | + | court-appointed special advocate fund established under |
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| 22 | + | section 476.777, including an association based in this |
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| 23 | + | state, affiliated with a national association, organized to |
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| 24 | + | provide support to entities receiving funding from the court - |
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| 25 | + | appointed special advocate fund; |
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| 26 | + | (2) "Child advocacy centers", the regional child |
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| 27 | + | assessment centers listed in subsection 2 of section |
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| 28 | + | 210.001, including an association based in this state, |
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| 29 | + | affiliated with a national association, and organized to |
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| 30 | + | provide support to entities listed in subsection 2 of |
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| 31 | + | section 210.001; |
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| 32 | + | (3) "Contribution", the amount of donation to a |
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| 33 | + | qualified agency; |
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| 34 | + | (4) "Crisis care center", entities contracted with |
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| 35 | + | this state which provide temporary care for children whose |
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| 36 | + | age ranges from birth through seventeen years of age whose |
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| 37 | + | 2 |
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| 38 | + | parents or guardian are experiencing an unexpected and |
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| 39 | + | unstable or serious condition that requires immediate action |
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| 40 | + | resulting in short-term care, usually three to five |
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| 41 | + | continuous, uninterrupted days, for children who may be at |
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| 42 | + | risk for child abuse, neglect, or in an emergency situation; |
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| 43 | + | (5) "Department", the departmen t of revenue; |
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| 44 | + | (6) "Director", the director of the department of |
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| 45 | + | revenue; |
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| 46 | + | (7) "Qualified agency", CASA, child advocacy centers, |
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| 47 | + | or a crisis care center; |
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| 48 | + | (8) "Tax liability", the tax due under chapter 143 |
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| 49 | + | other than taxes withheld under sections 143.191 to 143.265. |
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| 50 | + | 2. For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, |
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| 51 | + | 2013, and ending on or before December 31, 2024 a tax credit |
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| 52 | + | may be claimed in an amount equal to up to fifty percent of |
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| 53 | + | a verified contribution to a qualified agen cy and shall be |
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| 54 | + | named the champion for children tax credit. For all tax |
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| 55 | + | years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, a tax credit |
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| 56 | + | may be claimed in an amount not to exceed seventy percent of |
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| 57 | + | a verified contribution to a qualified agency. The minimum |
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| 58 | + | amount of any tax credit issued shall not be less than fifty |
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| 59 | + | dollars and shall be applied to taxes due under chapter 143, |
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| 60 | + | excluding sections 143.191 to 143.265. For all tax years |
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| 61 | + | beginning on or after January 1, 2025, a taxpayer shall not |
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| 62 | + | be allowed to claim a tax credit pursuant to this section in |
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| 63 | + | excess of fifty thousand dollars in any tax year. A |
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| 64 | + | contribution verification shall be issued to the taxpayer by |
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| 65 | + | the agency receiving the contribution. Such contribution |
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| 66 | + | verification shall include the taxpayer's name, Social |
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| 67 | + | Security number, amount of tax credit, amount of |
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| 68 | + | contribution, the name and address of the agency receiving |
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| 69 | + | the credit, and the date the contribution was made. The tax |
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| 70 | + | credit provided under this subsection shall be initially |
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| 71 | + | 3 |
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| 72 | + | filed for the year in which the verified contribution is |
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| 73 | + | made. |
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| 74 | + | 3. The cumulative amount of the tax credits redeemed |
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| 75 | + | shall not exceed one million dollars for all fiscal years |
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| 76 | + | ending on or before June 30, 2019 [, and]; one million five |
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| 77 | + | hundred thousand dollars for all fiscal years beginning on |
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| 78 | + | or after July 1, 2019 , and ending on or before June 30, |
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| 79 | + | 2025; and two million five hundred thousand dollars for all |
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| 80 | + | fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2025 . The amount |
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| 81 | + | available shall be equally di vided among the three qualified |
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| 82 | + | agencies: CASA, child advocacy centers, or crisis care |
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| 83 | + | centers, to be used towards tax credits issued. In the |
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| 84 | + | event tax credits claimed under one agency do not total the |
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| 85 | + | allocated amount for that agency, the unused por tion for |
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| 86 | + | that agency will be made available to the remaining agencies |
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| 87 | + | equally. In the event the total amount of tax credits |
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| 88 | + | claimed for any one agency exceeds the amount available for |
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| 89 | + | that agency, the amount redeemed shall and will be |
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| 90 | + | apportioned equally to all eligible taxpayers claiming the |
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| 91 | + | credit under that agency. |
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| 92 | + | 4. Prior to December thirty -first of each year, each |
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| 93 | + | qualified agency shall apply to the department of social |
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| 94 | + | services in order to verify their qualified agency status. |
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| 95 | + | Upon a determination that the agency is eligible to be a |
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| 96 | + | qualified agency, the department of social services shall |
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| 97 | + | provide a letter of eligibility to such agency. No later |
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| 98 | + | than February first of each year, the department of social |
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| 99 | + | services shall provide a l ist of qualified agencies to the |
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| 100 | + | department of revenue. All tax credit applications to claim |
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| 101 | + | the champion for children tax credit shall be filed between |
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| 102 | + | July first and April fifteenth of each fiscal year. A |
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| 103 | + | taxpayer shall apply for the champion for c hildren tax |
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| 104 | + | credit by attaching a copy of the contribution verification |
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| 105 | + | 4 |
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| 106 | + | provided by a qualified agency to such taxpayer's income tax |
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| 107 | + | return. |
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| 108 | + | 5. Any amount of tax credit which exceeds the tax due |
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| 109 | + | or which is applied for and otherwise eligible for issuance |
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| 110 | + | but not issued shall not be refunded but may be carried over |
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| 111 | + | to any subsequent tax year, not to exceed a total of five |
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| 112 | + | years. |
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| 113 | + | 6. Tax credits may not be assigned, transferred or |
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| 114 | + | sold. |
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| 115 | + | 7. [(1)] In the event a full or partial credit |
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| 116 | + | denial, due to [lack of available funds ] the cumulative |
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| 117 | + | maximum amount of credits being redeemed for the fiscal |
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| 118 | + | year, causes [a balance-due notice] an income tax balance |
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| 119 | + | due to be [generated by the department of revenue, or any |
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| 120 | + | other redeeming agency ] owed to the state by the taxpayer , |
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| 121 | + | the taxpayer [will] shall not be held liable for any |
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| 122 | + | addition to tax, penalty, or interest on that income tax |
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| 123 | + | balance due, provided the balance is paid, or approved |
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| 124 | + | payment arrangements have been made, within sixty d ays from |
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| 125 | + | the issuance of notice of credit denial. |
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| 126 | + | [(2) In the event the balance is not paid within sixty |
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| 127 | + | days from the notice of denial, the remaining balance shall |
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| 128 | + | be due and payable under the provisions of chapter 143. ] |
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| 129 | + | 8. The department may promulgate such rules or |
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| 130 | + | regulations as are necessary to administer the provisions of |
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| 131 | + | this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term |
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| 132 | + | is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the |
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| 133 | + | authority delegated in this section shall becom e effective |
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| 134 | + | only if it complies with and is subject to all of the |
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| 135 | + | provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section |
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| 136 | + | 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and |
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| 137 | + | if any of the powers vested with the general assembly |
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| 138 | + | pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective |
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| 139 | + | 5 |
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| 140 | + | date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently |
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| 141 | + | held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking |
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| 142 | + | authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, |
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| 143 | + | 2013, shall be invalid and void. |
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| 144 | + | 9. Pursuant to section 23.253, of the Missouri sunset |
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| 145 | + | act: |
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| 146 | + | (1) The program authorized under this section shall be |
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| 147 | + | reauthorized as of [December 31, 2019] August 28, 2025, and |
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| 148 | + | shall expire on December 31, [2025] 2031, unless |
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| 149 | + | reauthorized by the genera l assembly; and |
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| 150 | + | (2) This section shall terminate on September first of |
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| 151 | + | the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in |
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| 152 | + | which the program authorized under this section is sunset; |
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| 153 | + | and |
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| 154 | + | (3) The provisions of this subsection shall no t be |
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| 155 | + | construed to limit or in any way impair the department's |
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| 156 | + | ability to redeem tax credits authorized on or before the |
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| 157 | + | date the program authorized under this section expires or a |
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| 158 | + | taxpayer's ability to redeem such credits. |
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| 159 | + | 10. Beginning on March 29, 2013, any verified |
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| 160 | + | contribution to a qualified agency made on or after January |
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| 161 | + | 1, 2013, shall be eligible for tax credits as provided by |
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| 162 | + | this section. |
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| 163 | + | 136.055. 1. Except as provided in subsection 8 of |
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| 164 | + | this section, any person who is selected or appointed by the |
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| 165 | + | state director of revenue as provided in subsection 2 of |
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| 166 | + | this section to act as an agent of the department of |
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| 167 | + | revenue, whose duties shall be the processing of motor |
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| 168 | + | vehicle title and registration transactions and the |
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| 169 | + | collection of sales and use taxes when required under |
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| 170 | + | sections 144.070 and 144.440, and who receives no salary |
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| 171 | + | from the department of revenue, shall be authorized to |
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| 172 | + | collect from the party requiring such services additional |
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| 173 | + | 6 |
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| 174 | + | fees as compensation in full a nd for all services rendered |
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| 175 | + | on the following basis: |
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| 176 | + | (1) For each motor vehicle or trailer registration |
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| 177 | + | issued, renewed or transferred, six dollars and twelve |
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| 178 | + | dollars for those licenses sold or biennially renewed |
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| 179 | + | pursuant to section 301.147; |
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| 180 | + | (2) For each application or transfer of title, six |
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| 181 | + | dollars; |
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| 182 | + | (3) For each instruction permit, nondriver license, |
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| 183 | + | chauffeur's, operator's or driver's license issued for a |
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| 184 | + | period of three years or less, six dollars and twelve |
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| 185 | + | dollars for licenses or instruction permits issued or |
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| 186 | + | renewed for a period exceeding three years; |
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| 187 | + | (4) For each notice of lien processed, six dollars; |
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| 188 | + | (5) Notary fee or electronic transmission per |
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| 189 | + | processing, two dollars. |
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| 190 | + | 2. The director of revenue shall awa rd fee office |
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| 191 | + | contracts under this section through a competitive bidding |
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| 192 | + | process. The competitive bidding process shall give |
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| 193 | + | priority to organizations and entities that are exempt from |
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| 194 | + | taxation under Section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(6), or 501(c)(4), |
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| 195 | + | except those civic organizations that would be considered |
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| 196 | + | action organizations under 26 C.F.R. Section 1.501 (c)(3) - |
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| 197 | + | 1(c)(3), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, |
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| 198 | + | with special consideration given to those organizations and |
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| 199 | + | entities that reinvest a minimum of seventy -five percent of |
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| 200 | + | the net proceeds to charitable organizations in Missouri, |
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| 201 | + | and political subdivisions, including but not limited to, |
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| 202 | + | municipalities, counties, and fire protection districts. |
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| 203 | + | The director of the department of revenue may promulgate |
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| 204 | + | rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions |
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| 205 | + | of this subsection. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that |
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| 206 | + | term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under |
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| 207 | + | 7 |
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| 208 | + | the authority delegated in this subsection shall become |
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| 209 | + | effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of |
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| 210 | + | the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section |
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| 211 | + | 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and |
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| 212 | + | if any of the powers vested with the general assembly |
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| 213 | + | pursuant to chapter 5 36 to review, to delay the effective |
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| 214 | + | date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently |
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| 215 | + | held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking |
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| 216 | + | authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, |
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| 217 | + | 2009, shall be invalid and void. |
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| 218 | + | 3. All fees collected by a tax -exempt organization may |
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| 219 | + | be retained and used by the organization. |
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| 220 | + | 4. All fees charged shall not exceed those in this |
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| 221 | + | section. The fees imposed by this section shall be |
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| 222 | + | collected by all permanent offices and all full -time or |
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| 223 | + | temporary offices maintained by the department of revenue. |
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| 224 | + | 5. Any person acting as agent of the department of |
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| 225 | + | revenue for the sale and issuance of registrations, |
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| 226 | + | licenses, and other documents related to motor vehicles |
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| 227 | + | shall have an insurable in terest in all license plates, |
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| 228 | + | licenses, tabs, forms and other documents held on behalf of |
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| 229 | + | the department. |
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| 230 | + | 6. The fees authorized by this section shall not be |
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| 231 | + | collected by motor vehicle dealers acting as agents of the |
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| 232 | + | department of revenue under s ection 32.095 or those motor |
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| 233 | + | vehicle dealers authorized to collect and remit sales tax |
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| 234 | + | under subsection 10 of section 144.070. |
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| 235 | + | 7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the |
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| 236 | + | contrary, the state auditor may audit all records maintained |
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| 237 | + | and established by the fee office in the same manner as the |
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| 238 | + | auditor may audit any agency of the state, and the |
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| 239 | + | department shall ensure that this audit requirement is a |
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| 240 | + | necessary condition for the award of all fee office |
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| 241 | + | 8 |
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| 242 | + | contracts. No confidential records s hall be divulged in |
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| 243 | + | such a way to reveal personally identifiable information. |
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| 244 | + | 8. The fees described in subsection 1 of this section |
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| 245 | + | shall not be collected from any person who qualifies as a |
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| 246 | + | homeless child or homeless youth, as defined in subsectio n 1 |
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| 247 | + | of section 167.020, or as an unaccompanied youth as defined |
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| 248 | + | in 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a(6). Such person's status as a |
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| 249 | + | homeless child or youth or unaccompanied youth shall be |
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| 250 | + | verified by a letter signed by one of the following persons: |
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| 251 | + | (1) A director or designee of a governmental or |
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| 252 | + | nonprofit agency that receives public or private funding to |
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| 253 | + | provide services to homeless persons; |
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| 254 | + | (2) A local education agency liaison for homeless |
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| 255 | + | children and youth designated under 42 U.S.C. Section |
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| 256 | + | 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii), or a school social worker or counselor; |
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| 257 | + | or |
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| 258 | + | (3) A licensed attorney representing the minor in any |
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| 259 | + | legal matter. |
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| 260 | + | 302.178. 1. Any person between the ages of sixteen |
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| 261 | + | and eighteen years who is qualified to obtain a l icense |
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| 262 | + | pursuant to sections 302.010 to 302.340 may apply for, and |
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| 263 | + | the director shall issue, an intermediate driver's license |
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| 264 | + | entitling the applicant, while having such license in his or |
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| 265 | + | her possession, to operate a motor vehicle of the |
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| 266 | + | appropriate class upon the highways of this state in |
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| 267 | + | conjunction with the requirements of this section. An |
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| 268 | + | intermediate driver's license shall be readily |
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| 269 | + | distinguishable from a license issued to those over the age |
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| 270 | + | of eighteen. All applicants for an intermediate dri ver's |
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| 271 | + | license shall: |
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| 272 | + | (1) Successfully complete the examination required by |
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| 273 | + | section 302.173; |
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| 274 | + | 9 |
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| 275 | + | (2) Pay the fee required by subsection 4 of this |
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| 276 | + | section; |
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| 277 | + | (3) Have had a temporary instruction permit issued |
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| 278 | + | pursuant to subsection 1 of secti on 302.130 for at least a |
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| 279 | + | six-month period or a valid license from another state; and |
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| 280 | + | (4) Have a parent, grandparent, legal guardian, or, if |
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| 281 | + | the applicant is a participant in a federal residential job |
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| 282 | + | training program, a driving instructor employe d by a federal |
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| 283 | + | residential job training program, sign the application |
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| 284 | + | stating that the applicant has completed at least forty |
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| 285 | + | hours of supervised driving experience under a temporary |
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| 286 | + | instruction permit issued pursuant to subsection 1 of |
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| 287 | + | section 302.130, or, if the applicant is an emancipated |
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| 288 | + | minor, the person over twenty -one years of age who |
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| 289 | + | supervised such driving. For purposes of this section, the |
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| 290 | + | term "emancipated minor" means a person who is at least |
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| 291 | + | sixteen years of age, but less than eightee n years of age, |
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| 292 | + | who: |
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| 293 | + | (a) Marries with the consent of the legal custodial |
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| 294 | + | parent or legal guardian pursuant to section 451.080; |
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| 295 | + | (b) Has been declared emancipated by a court of |
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| 296 | + | competent jurisdiction; |
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| 297 | + | (c) Enters active duty in the Armed Forces; |
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| 298 | + | (d) Has written consent to the emancipation from the |
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| 299 | + | custodial parent or legal guardian; [or] |
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| 300 | + | (e) Through employment or other means provides for |
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| 301 | + | such person's own food, shelter and other cost -of-living |
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| 302 | + | expenses; or |
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| 303 | + | (f) Qualifies as a homeless child or homeless youth, |
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| 304 | + | as defined in subsection 1 of section 167.020, or as an |
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| 305 | + | unaccompanied youth as defined in 42 U.S.C. Section |
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| 306 | + | 11434a(6), and whose status as such is verified as provided |
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| 307 | + | under subsection 10 of this section; |
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| 308 | + | 10 |
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| 309 | + | (5) Have had no alcohol-related enforcement contacts |
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| 310 | + | as defined in section 302.525 during the preceding twelve |
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| 311 | + | months; and |
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| 312 | + | (6) Have no nonalcoholic traffic convictions for which |
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| 313 | + | points are assessed pursuant to section 302.302, within the |
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| 314 | + | preceding six months. |
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| 315 | + | 2. An intermediate driver's license grants the |
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| 316 | + | licensee the same privileges to operate that classification |
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| 317 | + | of motor vehicle as a license issued pursuant to section |
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| 318 | + | 302.177, except that no person shall operate a motor vehicle |
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| 319 | + | on the highways of this state under such an intermediate |
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| 320 | + | driver's license between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 |
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| 321 | + | a.m. unless accompanied by a person described in subsection |
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| 322 | + | 1 of section 302.130; except the licensee may operate a |
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| 323 | + | motor vehicle without being a ccompanied if the travel is to |
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| 324 | + | or from a school or educational program or activity, a |
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| 325 | + | regular place of employment or in emergency situations as |
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| 326 | + | defined by the director by regulation. |
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| 327 | + | 3. Each intermediate driver's license shall be |
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| 328 | + | restricted by requiring that the driver and all passengers |
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| 329 | + | in the licensee's vehicle wear safety belts at all times. |
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| 330 | + | This safety belt restriction shall not apply to a person |
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| 331 | + | operating a motorcycle. For the first six months after |
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| 332 | + | issuance of the intermediate driver's license, the holder of |
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| 333 | + | the license shall not operate a motor vehicle with more than |
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| 334 | + | one passenger who is under the age of nineteen who is not a |
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| 335 | + | member of the holder's immediate family. As used in this |
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| 336 | + | subsection, an intermediate driver's license hold er's |
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| 337 | + | immediate family shall include brothers, sisters, |
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| 338 | + | stepbrothers or stepsisters of the driver, including adopted |
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| 339 | + | or foster children residing in the same household of the |
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| 340 | + | intermediate driver's license holder. After the expiration |
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| 341 | + | of the first six months, the holder of an intermediate |
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| 342 | + | 11 |
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| 343 | + | driver's license shall not operate a motor vehicle with more |
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| 344 | + | than three passengers who are under nineteen years of age |
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| 345 | + | and who are not members of the holder's immediate family. |
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| 346 | + | The passenger restrictions of this su bsection shall not be |
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| 347 | + | applicable to any intermediate driver's license holder who |
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| 348 | + | is operating a motor vehicle being used in agricultural work - |
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| 349 | + | related activities. |
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| 350 | + | 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 302.177 |
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| 351 | + | to the contrary, the fee for an intermediate driver's |
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| 352 | + | license shall be five dollars and such license shall be |
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| 353 | + | valid for a period of two years. Such fee shall be waived |
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| 354 | + | for any person qualifying as an emancipated minor under |
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| 355 | + | subdivision (4) of subsection 1 of this section. |
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| 356 | + | 5. Any intermediate driver's licensee accumulating six |
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| 357 | + | or more points in a twelve -month period may be required to |
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| 358 | + | participate in and successfully complete a driver - |
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| 359 | + | improvement program approved by the state highways and |
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| 360 | + | transportation commission. The driver-improvement program |
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| 361 | + | ordered by the director of revenue shall not be used in lieu |
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| 362 | + | of point assessment. |
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| 363 | + | 6. (1) An intermediate driver's licensee who has, for |
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| 364 | + | the preceding twelve -month period, had no alcohol -related |
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| 365 | + | enforcement contacts, as def ined in section 302.525 and no |
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| 366 | + | traffic convictions for which points are assessed, upon |
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| 367 | + | reaching the age of eighteen years or within the thirty days |
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| 368 | + | immediately preceding their eighteenth birthday may apply |
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| 369 | + | for and receive without further examination, o ther than a |
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| 370 | + | vision test as prescribed by section 302.173, a license |
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| 371 | + | issued pursuant to this chapter granting full driving |
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| 372 | + | privileges. Such person shall pay the required fee for such |
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| 373 | + | license as prescribed in section 302.177. |
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| 374 | + | (2) If an intermediate driver's license expires on a |
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| 375 | + | Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, such license shall |
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| 376 | + | 12 |
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| 377 | + | remain valid for the five business days immediately |
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| 378 | + | following the expiration date. In no case shall a licensee |
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| 379 | + | whose intermediate driver's license expires on a Satu rday, |
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| 380 | + | Sunday, or legal holiday be guilty of an offense of driving |
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| 381 | + | with an expired or invalid driver's license if such offense |
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| 382 | + | occurred within five business days immediately following an |
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| 383 | + | expiration date that occurs on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal |
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| 384 | + | holiday. |
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| 385 | + | (3) The director of revenue shall deny an application |
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| 386 | + | for a full driver's license until the person has had no |
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| 387 | + | traffic convictions for which points are assessed for a |
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| 388 | + | period of twelve months prior to the date of application for |
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| 389 | + | license or until the person is eligible to apply for a six - |
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| 390 | + | year driver's license as provided for in section 302.177, |
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| 391 | + | provided the applicant is otherwise eligible for full |
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| 392 | + | driving privileges. An intermediate driver's license shall |
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| 393 | + | expire when the licensee is eligible and receives a full |
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| 394 | + | driver's license as prescribed in subdivision (1) of this |
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| 395 | + | section. |
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| 396 | + | 7. No person upon reaching the age of eighteen years |
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| 397 | + | whose intermediate driver's license and driving privilege is |
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| 398 | + | denied, suspended, cancelled or revoked in t his state or any |
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| 399 | + | other state for any reason may apply for a full driver's |
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| 400 | + | license until such license or driving privilege is fully |
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| 401 | + | reinstated. Any such person whose intermediate driver's |
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| 402 | + | license has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of |
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| 403 | + | sections 302.010 to 302.540 shall, upon receipt of |
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| 404 | + | reinstatement of the revocation from the director, pass the |
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| 405 | + | complete driver examination, apply for a new license, and |
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| 406 | + | pay the proper fee before again operating a motor vehicle |
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| 407 | + | upon the highways of this state. |
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| 408 | + | 13 |
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| 409 | + | 8. A person shall be exempt from the intermediate |
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| 410 | + | licensing requirements if the person has reached the age of |
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| 411 | + | eighteen years and meets all other licensing requirements. |
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| 412 | + | 9. Any person who violates any of the provisions of |
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| 413 | + | this section relatin g to intermediate drivers' licenses or |
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| 414 | + | the provisions of section 302.130 relating to temporary |
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| 415 | + | instruction permits is guilty of an infraction, and no |
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| 416 | + | points shall be assessed to his or her driving record for |
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| 417 | + | any such violation. |
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| 418 | + | 10. A person's status as a homeless child or youth or |
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| 419 | + | unaccompanied youth under paragraph (f) of subdivision (4) |
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| 420 | + | of subsection 1 of this section shall be verified by a |
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| 421 | + | letter signed by one of the following persons: |
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| 422 | + | (1) A director or designee of a governmental or |
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| 423 | + | nonprofit agency that receives public or private funding to |
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| 424 | + | provide services to homeless persons; |
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| 425 | + | (2) A local education agency liaison for homeless |
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| 426 | + | children and youth designated under 42 U.S.C. Section |
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| 427 | + | 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii), or a school social worker or counselor; |
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| 428 | + | or |
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| 429 | + | (3) A licensed attorney representing the minor in any |
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| 430 | + | legal matter. |
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| 431 | + | 11. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is |
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| 432 | + | defined in section 536.010, that is created under the |
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| 433 | + | authority delegated in this section shall become e ffective |
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| 434 | + | only if it complies with and is subject to all of the |
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| 435 | + | provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section |
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| 436 | + | 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and |
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| 437 | + | if any of the powers vested with the general assembly |
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| 438 | + | pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective |
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| 439 | + | date or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held |
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| 440 | + | unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and |
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| 441 | + | 14 |
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| 442 | + | any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2000, shall be |
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| 443 | + | invalid and void. |
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| 444 | + | 302.181. 1. The license issued pursuant to the |
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| 445 | + | provisions of sections 302.010 to 302.340 shall be in such |
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| 446 | + | form as the director shall prescribe, but the license shall |
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| 447 | + | be a card made of plastic or other comparable material. All |
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| 448 | + | licenses shall be ma nufactured of materials and processes |
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| 449 | + | that will prohibit, as nearly as possible, the ability to |
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| 450 | + | reproduce, alter, counterfeit, forge, or duplicate any |
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| 451 | + | license without ready detection. The license shall also |
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| 452 | + | bear the expiration date of the license, the classification |
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| 453 | + | of the license, the name, date of birth, residence address |
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| 454 | + | including the county of residence or a code number |
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| 455 | + | corresponding to such county established by the department, |
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| 456 | + | and brief description and colored digitized image of the |
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| 457 | + | licensee, and a facsimile of the signature of the licensee. |
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| 458 | + | The director shall provide by administrative rule the |
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| 459 | + | procedure and format for a licensee to indicate on the back |
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| 460 | + | of the license together with the designation for an |
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| 461 | + | anatomical gift as provided in se ction 194.240 the name and |
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| 462 | + | address of the person designated pursuant to sections |
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| 463 | + | 404.800 to 404.865 as the licensee's attorney in fact for |
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| 464 | + | the purposes of a durable power of attorney for health care |
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| 465 | + | decisions. No license shall be valid until it has be en so |
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| 466 | + | signed by the licensee. If any portion of the license is |
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| 467 | + | prepared by a private firm, any contract with such firm |
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| 468 | + | shall be made in accordance with the competitive purchasing |
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| 469 | + | procedures as established by the state director of the |
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| 470 | + | division of purchasing. |
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| 471 | + | 2. All digital images produced for licenses shall |
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| 472 | + | become the property of the department of revenue. |
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| 473 | + | 3. The license issued shall be carried at all times by |
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| 474 | + | the holder thereof while driving a motor vehicle, and shall |
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| 475 | + | 15 |
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| 476 | + | be displayed upon demand of any officer of the highway |
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| 477 | + | patrol, or any police officer or peace officer, or any other |
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| 478 | + | duly authorized person, for inspection when demand is made |
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| 479 | + | therefor. Failure of any operator of a motor vehicle to |
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| 480 | + | exhibit his or her license to any duly authorized officer |
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| 481 | + | shall be presumptive evidence that such person is not a duly |
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| 482 | + | licensed operator. |
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| 483 | + | 4. The director of revenue shall not issue a license |
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| 484 | + | without a facial digital image of the license applicant, |
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| 485 | + | except as provided pursuant to subse ction 7 of this |
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| 486 | + | section. A digital image of the applicant's full facial |
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| 487 | + | features shall be taken in a manner prescribed by the |
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| 488 | + | director. No digital image shall be taken wearing anything |
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| 489 | + | which cloaks the facial features of the individual. |
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| 490 | + | 5. The department of revenue may issue a temporary |
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| 491 | + | license or a full license without the photograph or with the |
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| 492 | + | last photograph or digital image in the department's records |
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| 493 | + | to members of the Armed Forces, except that where such |
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| 494 | + | temporary license is issued it shall be valid only until the |
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| 495 | + | applicant shall have had time to appear and have his or her |
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| 496 | + | picture taken and a license with his or her photograph |
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| 497 | + | issued. |
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| 498 | + | 6. The department of revenue shall issue upon request |
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| 499 | + | a nondriver's license card containing e ssentially the same |
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| 500 | + | information and photograph or digital image, except as |
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| 501 | + | provided pursuant to subsection 7 of this section, as the |
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| 502 | + | driver's license upon payment of six dollars. All |
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| 503 | + | nondriver's licenses shall expire on the applicant's |
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| 504 | + | birthday in the sixth year after issuance. A person who has |
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| 505 | + | passed his or her seventieth birthday shall upon application |
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| 506 | + | be issued a nonexpiring nondriver's license card. |
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| 507 | + | Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a |
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| 508 | + | nondriver's license containing a conce aled carry endorsement |
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| 509 | + | 16 |
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| 510 | + | shall expire three years from the date the certificate of |
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| 511 | + | qualification was issued pursuant to section 571.101, as |
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| 512 | + | section 571.101 existed prior to August 28, 2013. The fee |
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| 513 | + | for nondriver's licenses issued for a period exceeding three |
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| 514 | + | years is six dollars or three dollars for nondriver's |
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| 515 | + | licenses issued for a period of three years or less. The |
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| 516 | + | nondriver's license card shall be used for identification |
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| 517 | + | purposes only and shall not be valid as a license. No fee |
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| 518 | + | shall be required or collected from a homeless child or |
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| 519 | + | homeless youth, as defined in subsection 1 of section |
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| 520 | + | 167.020, or unaccompanied youth, as defined in 42 U.S.C. |
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| 521 | + | Section 11434a(6), for a first nondriver's license card |
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| 522 | + | issued under this subsection. Such person's status as a |
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| 523 | + | homeless child or youth or unaccompanied youth shall be |
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| 524 | + | verified by a letter signed by one of the following persons: |
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| 525 | + | (1) A director or designee of a governmental or |
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| 526 | + | nonprofit agency that receives public or private funding to |
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| 527 | + | provide services to homeless persons; |
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| 528 | + | (2) A local education agency liaison for homeless |
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| 529 | + | children and youth designated under 42 U.S.C. Section |
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| 530 | + | 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii), or a school social worker or counselor; |
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| 531 | + | or |
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| 532 | + | (3) A licensed attorney representing the mino r in any |
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| 533 | + | legal matter. |
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| 534 | + | 7. If otherwise eligible, an applicant may receive a |
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| 535 | + | driver's license or nondriver's license without a photograph |
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| 536 | + | or digital image of the applicant's full facial features |
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| 537 | + | except that such applicant's photograph or digital i mage |
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| 538 | + | shall be taken and maintained by the director and not |
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| 539 | + | printed on such license. In order to qualify for a license |
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| 540 | + | without a photograph or digital image pursuant to this |
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| 541 | + | section the applicant must: |
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| 542 | + | 17 |
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| 543 | + | (1) Present a form provided by the departmen t of |
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| 544 | + | revenue requesting the applicant's photograph be omitted |
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| 545 | + | from the license or nondriver's license due to religious |
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| 546 | + | affiliations. The form shall be signed by the applicant and |
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| 547 | + | another member of the religious tenant verifying the |
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| 548 | + | photograph or digital image exemption on the license or |
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| 549 | + | nondriver's license is required as part of their religious |
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| 550 | + | affiliation. The required signatures on the prescribed form |
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| 551 | + | shall be properly notarized; |
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| 552 | + | (2) Provide satisfactory proof to the director that |
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| 553 | + | the applicant has been a United States citizen for at least |
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| 554 | + | five years and a resident of this state for at least one |
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| 555 | + | year, except that an applicant moving to this state |
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| 556 | + | possessing a valid driver's license from another state |
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| 557 | + | without a photograph shall be exemp t from the one-year state |
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| 558 | + | residency requirement. The director may establish rules |
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| 559 | + | necessary to determine satisfactory proof of citizenship and |
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| 560 | + | residency pursuant to this section; |
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| 561 | + | (3) Applications for a driver's license or nondriver's |
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| 562 | + | license without a photograph or digital image must be made |
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| 563 | + | in person at a license office determined by the director. |
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| 564 | + | The director is authorized to limit the number of offices |
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| 565 | + | that may issue a driver's or nondriver's license without a |
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| 566 | + | photograph or digital image pursuant to this section. |
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| 567 | + | 8. The department of revenue shall make available, at |
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| 568 | + | one or more locations within the state, an opportunity for |
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| 569 | + | individuals to have their full facial photograph taken by an |
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| 570 | + | employee of the department of revenue, or their designee, |
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| 571 | + | who is of the same sex as the individual being photographed, |
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| 572 | + | in a segregated location. |
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| 573 | + | 9. Beginning July 1, 2005, the director shall not |
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| 574 | + | issue a driver's license or a nondriver's license for a |
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| 575 | + | period that exceeds an applicant's lawful presence in the |
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| 576 | + | 18 |
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| 577 | + | United States. The director may, by rule or regulation, |
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| 578 | + | establish procedures to verify the lawful presence of the |
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| 579 | + | applicant and establish the duration of any driver's license |
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| 580 | + | or nondriver's license issued under this section. |
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| 581 | + | 10. (1) Notwithstanding any biometric data |
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| 582 | + | restrictions contained in section 302.170, the department of |
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| 583 | + | revenue is hereby authorized to design and implement a |
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| 584 | + | secure digital driver's license program that allows |
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| 585 | + | applicants applying for a driver's license i n accordance |
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| 586 | + | with this chapter to obtain a secure digital driver's |
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| 587 | + | license in addition to the physical card -based license |
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| 588 | + | specified in this section. |
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| 589 | + | (2) A digital driver's license as described in this |
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| 590 | + | subsection shall be accepted for all purposes for which a |
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| 591 | + | license, as defined in section 302.010, is used. |
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| 592 | + | (3) The department may contract with one or more |
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| 593 | + | entities to develop the secure digital driver's license |
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| 594 | + | system. The department or entity may develop a mobile |
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| 595 | + | software application cap able of being utilized through a |
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| 596 | + | person's electronic device to access the person's secure |
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| 597 | + | digital driver's license. |
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| 598 | + | (4) The department shall suspend, disable, or |
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| 599 | + | terminate a person's participation in the secure digital |
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| 600 | + | driver's license program if : |
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| 601 | + | (a) The person's driving privilege is suspended, |
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| 602 | + | revoked, denied, withdrawn, or cancelled as provided in this |
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| 603 | + | chapter; or |
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| 604 | + | (b) The person reports that the person's electronic |
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| 605 | + | device has been lost, stolen, or compromised. |
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| 606 | + | 11. The director of the department of revenue may |
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| 607 | + | promulgate rules as necessary for the implementation of this |
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| 608 | + | section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is |
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| 609 | + | defined in section 536.010 that is created under the |
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| 610 | + | 19 |
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| 611 | + | authority delegated in this section shall be come effective |
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| 612 | + | only if it complies with and is subject to all of the |
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| 613 | + | provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section |
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| 614 | + | 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and |
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| 615 | + | if any of the powers vested with the general assembly |
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| 616 | + | pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective |
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| 617 | + | date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently |
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| 618 | + | held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking |
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| 619 | + | authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, |
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| 620 | + | 2020, shall be invalid and void. |
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| 621 | + | 491.075. 1. A statement made by a child under the age |
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| 622 | + | of [fourteen] eighteen, or a vulnerable person, relating to |
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| 623 | + | an offense under chapter 565, 566, 568 or 573, performed by |
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| 624 | + | another, not otherwise admissible by statute or court rule, |
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| 625 | + | is admissible in evidence in criminal proceedings in the |
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| 626 | + | courts of this state as substantive evidence to prove the |
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| 627 | + | truth of the matter asserted if: |
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| 628 | + | (1) The court finds, in a hearing conducted outside |
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| 629 | + | the presence of the jury that the time, conten t and |
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| 630 | + | circumstances of the statement provide sufficient indicia of |
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| 631 | + | reliability; and |
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| 632 | + | (2) (a) The child or vulnerable person testifies at |
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| 633 | + | the proceedings; or |
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| 634 | + | (b) The child or vulnerable person is unavailable as a |
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| 635 | + | witness; or |
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| 636 | + | (c) The child or vulnerable person is otherwise |
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| 637 | + | physically available as a witness but the court finds that |
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| 638 | + | the significant emotional or psychological trauma which |
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| 639 | + | would result from testifying in the personal presence of the |
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| 640 | + | defendant makes the child or vulnerable person unavailable |
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| 641 | + | as a witness at the time of the criminal proceeding. |
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| 642 | + | 2. Notwithstanding subsection 1 of this section or any |
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| 643 | + | provision of law or rule of evidence requiring corroboration |
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| 644 | + | 20 |
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| 645 | + | of statements, admissions or confessions of the defendant, |
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| 646 | + | and notwithstanding any prohibition of hearsay evidence, a |
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| 647 | + | statement by a child when under the age of [fourteen] |
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| 648 | + | eighteen, or a vulnerable person, who is alleged to be |
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| 649 | + | victim of an offense under chapter 565, 566, 568 or 573 is |
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| 650 | + | sufficient corroboratio n of a statement, admission or |
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| 651 | + | confession regardless of whether or not the child or |
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| 652 | + | vulnerable person is available to testify regarding the |
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| 653 | + | offense. |
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| 654 | + | 3. A statement may not be admitted under this section |
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| 655 | + | unless the prosecuting attorney makes known to the accused |
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| 656 | + | or the accused's counsel his or her intention to offer the |
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| 657 | + | statement and the particulars of the statement sufficiently |
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| 658 | + | in advance of the proceedings to provide the accused or the |
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| 659 | + | accused's counsel with a fair opportunity to prepare to m eet |
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| 660 | + | the statement. |
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| 661 | + | 4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit |
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| 662 | + | the admissibility of statements, admissions or confessions |
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| 663 | + | otherwise admissible by law. |
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| 664 | + | 5. For the purposes of this section, "vulnerable |
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| 665 | + | person" shall mean a person w ho, as a result of an |
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| 666 | + | inadequately developed or impaired intelligence or a |
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| 667 | + | psychiatric disorder that materially affects ability to |
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| 668 | + | function, lacks the mental capacity to consent, or whose |
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| 669 | + | developmental level does not exceed that of an ordinary |
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| 670 | + | child of fourteen years of age. |
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| 671 | + | 492.304. 1. In addition to the admissibility of a |
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| 672 | + | statement under the provisions of section 492.303, the |
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| 673 | + | visual and aural recording of a verbal or nonverbal |
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| 674 | + | statement of a child when under the age of [fourteen who is |
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| 675 | + | alleged to be a victim of ] eighteen, relating to an offense |
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| 676 | + | under the provisions of chapter 565, 566 [or], 568, or 573, |
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| 677 | + | if performed by another, is admissible into evidence if: |
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| 678 | + | 21 |
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| 679 | + | (1) No attorney for either party was present when the |
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| 680 | + | statement was made; except that, for any statement taken at |
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| 681 | + | a state-funded child assessment center as provided for in |
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| 682 | + | subsection 2 of section 210.001, an attorney representing |
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| 683 | + | the state of Missouri in a criminal investigation may, as a |
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| 684 | + | member of a multidiscipl inary investigation team, observe |
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| 685 | + | the taking of such statement, but such attorney shall not be |
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| 686 | + | present in the room where the interview is being conducted; |
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| 687 | + | (2) The recording is both visual and aural and is |
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| 688 | + | recorded on film or videotape or by other electronic means; |
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| 689 | + | (3) The recording equipment was capable of making an |
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| 690 | + | accurate recording, the operator of the equipment was |
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| 691 | + | competent, and the recording is accurate and has not been |
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| 692 | + | altered; |
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| 693 | + | (4) The statement was not made in response to |
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| 694 | + | questioning calculated to lead the child to make a |
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| 695 | + | particular statement or to act in a particular way; |
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| 696 | + | (5) Every voice on the recording is identified; |
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| 697 | + | (6) The person conducting the interview of the child |
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| 698 | + | in the recording is present at the proce eding and available |
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| 699 | + | to testify or be cross -examined by either party; and |
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| 700 | + | (7) The defendant or the attorney for the defendant is |
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| 701 | + | afforded an opportunity to view the recording before it is |
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| 702 | + | offered into evidence. |
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| 703 | + | 2. If the child does not testif y at the proceeding, |
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| 704 | + | the visual and aural recording of a verbal or nonverbal |
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| 705 | + | statement of the child shall not be admissible under this |
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| 706 | + | section unless the recording qualifies for admission under |
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| 707 | + | section 491.075. |
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| 708 | + | 3. If the visual and aural recordin g of a verbal or |
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| 709 | + | nonverbal statement of a child is admissible under this |
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| 710 | + | section and the child testifies at the proceeding, it shall |
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| 711 | + | be admissible in addition to the testimony of the child at |
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| 712 | + | 22 |
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| 713 | + | the proceeding whether or not it repeats or duplicates the |
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| 714 | + | child's testimony. |
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| 715 | + | 4. As used in this section, a nonverbal statement |
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| 716 | + | shall be defined as any demonstration of the child by his or |
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| 717 | + | her actions, facial expressions, demonstrations with a doll |
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| 718 | + | or other visual aid whether or not this demonstration is |
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| 719 | + | accompanied by words. |
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