301.147. Biennial registration, requirements, fee--rulemaking authority, procedure--staggering registration periods. - Missouri Statutes

Biennial registration, requirements, fee--rulemaking authority,procedure--staggering registration periods.

301.147. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 301.020 to thecontrary, beginning July 1, 2000, the director of revenue may provideowners of motor vehicles, other than commercial motor vehicles licensed inexcess of twelve thousand pounds gross weight, the option of bienniallyregistering motor vehicles. Any vehicle manufactured as an even-numberedmodel year vehicle shall be renewed each even-numbered calendar year andany such vehicle manufactured as an odd-numbered model year vehicle shallbe renewed each odd-numbered calendar year, subject to the followingrequirements:

(1) The fee collected at the time of biennial registration shallinclude the annual registration fee plus a pro rata amount for theadditional twelve months of the biennial registration;

(2) Presentation of all documentation otherwise required by law forvehicle registration including, but not limited to, a personal property taxreceipt or certified statement for the preceding year that no such taxeswere due as set forth in section 301.025, proof of a motor vehicle safetyinspection and any applicable emission inspection conducted within sixtydays prior to the date of application and proof of insurance as required bysection 303.026, RSMo.

2. The director of revenue may prescribe rules and regulations forthe effective administration of this section. The director is authorizedto adopt those rules that are reasonable and necessary to accomplish thelimited duties specifically delegated within this section. Any rule orportion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, RSMo, thatis promulgated pursuant to the authority delegated in this section shallbecome effective only if it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisionsof chapter 536, RSMo. This section and chapter 536, RSMo, are nonseverableand if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant tochapter 536, RSMo, to review, to delay the effective date or to disapproveand annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant ofrulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after July 1, 2000,shall be invalid and void.

3. The director of revenue shall have the authority to stagger theregistration period of motor vehicles other than commercial motor vehicleslicensed in excess of twelve thousand pounds gross weight. Once the ownerof a motor vehicle chooses the option of biennial registration, suchregistration must be maintained for the full twenty-four month period.

(L. 1999 S.B. 19, A.L. 2003 S.B. 54)