MO HB455

Repeals Missouri's mandatory biennial vehicle safety inspection program for most motor vehicles, eliminating requirements for inspections of brakes, lighting, steering, tires, exhaust systems, and other safety equipment at official inspection stations

Maintains annual safety inspection requirements specifically for school buses, which must still be inspected within 60 days before operating during the school year and undergo a second Missouri Highway Patrol inspection after February 1st each year

Eliminates the official inspection station permit system, the $10 annual station permit fee, the $1.50 per-sticker fee collected by the Highway Patrol, and the inspector certification program

Removes pre-sale inspection requirements that previously mandated sellers inspect vehicles before sale, and post-accident inspection requirements when directed by police

Effective date of January 1, 2016; violations of the retained school bus inspection requirements would be a class C misdemeanor