301.453. General assembly member, special license plates, application, form, fee--member of Congress, special license plates, application, form, fee--statewide elected official, special plates, applic

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

301.453. General assembly member, special license plates, application, form, fee--member of Congress, special license plates, application, form, fee--statewide elected official, special plates, applic

General assembly member, special license plates, application, form,fee--member of Congress, special license plates, application, form,fee--statewide elected official, special plates, application, form,fee.

301.453. 1. Any member of the general assembly of the state ofMissouri while holding office, upon application and payment of the feerequired for personalized license plates in section 301.144, and other feesand documents which may be required by law, may apply for specialpersonalized license plates bearing the state seal in gold and black colorsalong with the words "Representative" or "Senator" in preference to thewords "SHOW-ME STATE". The director of revenue shall annually set asidespecial personalized license plates bearing the letters and numbers S-1 toS-34 and S01 to S034, R-1 to R-163 and R01 to R0163 to be issued to amember of the general assembly of the state of Missouri while such memberis holding that office, upon such member's written request. For the firstset of special personalized license plates issued to a member of thegeneral assembly, such plates shall bear the letter "S" and the number ofthe senator's district for a member of the state senate or the letter "R"and the number of the representative's district for a member of the houseof representatives and for the second set of plates issued to a member ofthe general assembly, such plates shall bear the letter "S" and the numberof the senator's district preceded by the numeral "0" for a member of thestate senate or the letter "R" and the number of the representative'sdistrict preceded by the numeral "0" for a member of the house ofrepresentatives. Only two sets of such plates may be issued to any onemember of the general assembly.

2. Any member of the United States Congress while he or she isholding that office, upon his or her written request and upon a payment ofthe additional fee required for personalized plates in section 301.144, mayapply for special personalized license plates bearing the state seal ingold and black along with the words "Member of Congress" instead of thewords "SHOW-ME STATE" and either the letters and numbers "USS-1, USS-01"and "USS-2, USS-02" for the senior and junior United States Senators fromMissouri, respectively, or, in the case of members of the United StatesHouse of Representatives, bearing the letters "USC-1 to USC-9 and USC-01 toUSC-09". Only two sets of such plates may be issued to any one individualcongressman.

3. The director shall annually set aside special personalized licenseplates bearing the state seal in gold and black and the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4,5, and 6 along with the words "Governor", "Lieutenant Governor", "Secretaryof State", "State Auditor", "State Treasurer" and "Attorney General" inpreference to the words "SHOW-ME STATE" to be issued to the governor,lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer,and attorney general, respectively, upon written request and upon paymentof the fee required for personalized license plates in section 301.144, andother fees and documents as may be required by law. These plates shall beheld by the appropriate public official only while such person remains inthat office. Upon leaving that office the public official shall surrenderthe personalized license plates to the director, who shall make themavailable as provided in this subsection to the succeeding public official.

4. All special license plates issued under this section shall be madewith fully reflective material with a common color scheme and design, shallbe clearly visible at night, and shall be aesthetically attractive, asprescribed by section 301.130.