HB 1724 Summary

• Prohibits operating or maintaining motor vehicles on public highways in Missouri with dyed motor fuel in the fuel tank, with limited exceptions.

• Exempts vehicles that received dyed fuel outside Missouri in jurisdictions where such fuel is permitted for highway use.

• Exempts dyed fuel uses that are lawful under the Internal Revenue Code and Missouri regulations.

• Exempts motor vehicles engaged in public safety or utility service restoration during a gubernatorial state of emergency declaration, including public utility and rural electric cooperative vehicles and their contractors.

• Establishes criminal penalties of class A misdemeanor for knowingly violating provisions with intent to evade fuel taxes, with liability matching federal penalties under 26 U.S.C. Section 6715.