302.541. Additional reinstatement fee, license to operate motor vehicle, when--proof of financial responsibility, not required, when. - Missouri Statutes

Additional reinstatement fee, license to operate motor vehicle,when--proof of financial responsibility, not required, when.

302.541. 1. In addition to other fees required by law, any personwho has had a license to operate a motor vehicle suspended or revokedfollowing a determination, pursuant to section 302.505, or section 577.010,577.012, 577.041 or 577.510, RSMo, or any county or municipal ordinance,where the defendant was represented by or waived the right to an attorney,that such person was driving while intoxicated or with a blood alcoholcontent of eight-hundredths of one percent or more by weight or, where suchperson was at the time of the arrest less than twenty-one years of age andwas driving with a blood alcohol content of two-hundredths of one percentor more by weight, shall pay an additional fee of twenty-five dollars priorto the reinstatement or reissuance of the license.

2. Any person less than twenty-one years of age whose drivingprivilege has been suspended or revoked solely for a first determinationpursuant to sections 302.500 to 302.540 that such person was driving amotor vehicle with two-hundredths of one percent or more blood alcoholcontent is exempt from filing proof of financial responsibility with thedepartment of revenue in accordance with chapter 303, RSMo, as aprerequisite for reinstatement of driving privileges or obtaining arestricted driving privilege as provided by section 302.525.

(L. 1991 S.B. 125 & 341 § 2, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1169 & 1271 merged with S.B. 722, A.L. 2001 H.B. 302 & 38, A.L. 2005 H.B. 353 merged with S.B. 37, et al.)

(2001) Section is not ambiguous and exempts from requirement of filing proof of financial responsibility twenty-year-old motorist who had a blood alcohol content of .133% when stopped. Baldwin v. Director of Revenue, 38 S.W.3d 401 (Mo.banc).