301.571. Mobility motor vehicle dealers, definitions, authority. - Missouri Statutes

Mobility motor vehicle dealers, definitions, authority.

301.571. 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:

(1) "Mobility motor vehicle", a motor vehicle that is designed andequipped to transport a person with a disability and:

(a) Contains a lowered floor or lowered frame, or a raised roofand/or raised door;

(b) Contains an electronic or mechanical wheelchair, scooter, orplatform lift that enables a person to enter or exit the vehicle whileoccupying a wheelchair or scooter; an electronic or mechanical wheelchairramp; or a system to secure a wheelchair or scooter to allow for a personto be safely transported while occupying the wheelchair or scooter; and

(c) Is installed as an integral part or permanent attachment to themotor vehicle chassis;

(2) "Mobility motor vehicle dealer", a dealer who is licensed as anew or used motor vehicle dealer under this chapter who is engaged in thebusiness of buying, selling, or exchanging mobility motor vehicles andservicing or repairing mobility motor vehicles at an established andpermanent place of business.

2. Notwithstanding any other law, a mobility motor vehicle dealermay:

(1) Purchase or otherwise acquire a new motor vehicle from afranchised dealer to fit or equip the motor vehicle for retail sale as amobility motor vehicle from a franchised dealer wherever located;

(2) Display a new motor vehicle to a person with a disability to fitor equip the vehicle as a mobility motor vehicle for the person; or

(3) Sell a new motor vehicle that has been fitted or equipped as anew mobility motor vehicle with the resale occurring through or by afranchised dealer.

3. A mobility motor vehicle dealer who purchased or acquired a newmotor vehicle from a franchised dealer to equip the vehicle as a mobilityvehicle shall not advertise the vehicle for resale until the vehicle isfitted or equipped as a mobility motor vehicle.

4. A mobility motor vehicle dealer shall not, except as permitted bysubdivision (2) of subsection 2 of this section, display or offer todisplay a new motor vehicle that is not a mobility motor vehicle to thepublic.

(L. 2009 H.B. 683)