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MO SB347
Bill
Status
2/24/2011
Primary Sponsor
Robin Wright-Jones
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AI Summary
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Repeals and replaces section 70.441, RSMo to establish conduct rules and penalties for users of Bi-State Development Agency transit facilities and conveyances
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Requires persons convicted, pleading guilty, or pleading nolo contendere for fare evasion to reimburse the agency's reasonable costs for enforcement, investigation, and prosecution of the offense in addition to unpaid fares and any fines or penalties
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Establishes misdemeanor penalties for fare evasion violations: fines of $25-$250 for first offense and $50-$500 for subsequent offenses, with possible imprisonment of up to 30 days for first offense and 60 days for repeat offenses
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Prohibits various conduct on agency facilities including loitering, consuming alcohol, smoking, weapons, explosives, and interference with transit operations
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Authorizes the agency to remove stalled, disabled, or abandoned vehicles from its property at the owner's expense after 72 hours of abandonment
Legislative Description
Requires persons convicted of failing to pay a fare for the use of Bi-State Development Agency facilities to reimburse the reasonable costs attributable to the enforcement, investigation and prosecution of such offense to the agency
Last Action
Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
3/3/2011