Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 390
Motor Carriers and Express Companies
←390.021
Section 390.030.1
390.041→
August 28, 2015
Vehicles exempted--discrimination prohibited, when.
390.030. 1. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:
(1) School buses;
(2) Taxicabs;
(3) Motor vehicles while being used exclusively to transport:
(a) Stocker and feeder livestock from farm to farm, or from market to
farm,
(b) Farm or dairy products including livestock from a farm or dairy,
(c) Agricultural limestone or fertilizer to farms,
(d) Property from farm to farm,
(e) Raw forest products from farm, or
(f) Cotton, cottonseed, and cottonseed hulls;
(4) Motor vehicles when operated under contract with the federal
government for carrying the United States mail and when on a trip provided in
the contract;
(5) Motor vehicles used solely in the distribution of newspapers from
the publisher to subscribers or distributors;
(6) The transportation of passengers or property performed by a carrier
pursuant to a contract between the carrier and the state of Missouri or any
civil subdivision thereof, where the transportation services are paid directly
to the carrier by the state of Missouri or civil subdivision;
(7) Freight-carrying motor vehicles duly registered and licensed in
conformity with the provisions of chapter 301 for a gross weight of six
thousand pounds or less;
(8) The transportation of passengers or property wholly within a
municipality, or between contiguous municipalities, or within a commercial
zone as defined in section 390.020, or within a commercial zone established
by the division of motor carrier and railroad safety pursuant to the
provisions of subdivision (4) of section 390.041; provided, the exemption in
this subdivision shall not apply to motor carriers of persons operating to,
from or between points located wholly or in part in counties now or hereafter
having a population of more than three hundred thousand persons, where such
points are not within the same municipality and to motor carriers of
commodities in bulk to include liquids, in tank or hopper type vehicles, and
in a commercial zone as defined herein or by the division;
(9) Street railroads and public utilities other than common carriers as
defined in section 386.020;
(10) Motor vehicles whose operations in the state of Missouri are
interstate in character and are limited exclusively to a municipality and its
commercial zone;
(11) Motor vehicles, commonly known as tow trucks or wreckers, designed
and exclusively used in the business of towing or otherwise rendering
assistance to abandoned, disabled or wrecked vehicles;
(12) Motor vehicles while being used solely by a group of employees to
commute to and from their place or places of employment, except that the
motor vehicle must be driven by a member of the group.
2. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to exempt the
vehicles of driveaway operators.
3. Except for the provisions of subdivision (5) of section 390.041, the
provisions of this chapter shall not apply to private carriers.
4. No agency of state government nor any county or municipality or their
agencies shall discriminate against any motor carrier or private carrier or
deny any such carrier operating a motor vehicle public access to any building,
facility or area owned by or operated for the public unless such
discrimination or denial is based solely on reasonable vehicle size or weight
considerations. The provisions of this subsection shall only apply in cities
not within a county and first class counties with a charter form of
government which adjoin any city not within a county.
5. Beginning January 1, 2008, the exemptions in subdivisions (8) and (10)
of subsection 1 of this section shall not apply to intrastate motor carriers
that transport household goods.
(RSMo 1939 § 5721, A.L. 1945 p. 1206, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 390, A.L. 1951
p. 547, A.L. 1959 H.B. 24, A.L. 1969 p. 530, A.L. 1971 S.B. 253,
A.L. 1978 H.B. 1325, S.B. 691, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1428, A.L. 1988
S.B. 423, A.L. 2007 H.B. 28 merged with S.B. 30)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Division of motor carrier and railroad safety abolished, duties and
functions transferred to highways and transportation commission
and department of transportation, 226.008
1991
1991
390.030. 1. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply
to:
(1) School buses;
(2) Taxicabs;
(3) Motor vehicles while being used exclusively to
transport;
(a) Stocker and feeder livestock from farm to farm, or from
market to farm,
(b) Farm or dairy products including livestock from a farm
or dairy,
(c) Agricultural limestone or fertilizer to farms,
(d) Property from farm to farm,
(e) Raw forest products from farm, or
(f) Cotton, cottonseed, and cottonseed hulls;
(4) Motor vehicles when operated under contract with the
federal government for carrying the United States mail and when
on a trip provided in the contract;
(5) Motor vehicles used solely in the distribution of
newspapers from the publisher to subscribers or distributors;
(6) The transportation of passengers or property performed
by a carrier pursuant to a contract between the carrier and the
state of Missouri or any civil subdivision thereof, where the
transportation services are paid directly to the carrier by the
state of Missouri or civil subdivision;
(7) Freight-carrying motor vehicles duly registered and
licensed in conformity with the provisions of chapter 301, RSMo,
for a gross weight of six thousand pounds or less;
(8) The transportation of passengers or property wholly
within a municipality, or between contiguous municipalities, or
within a commercial zone as defined in section 390.020, or within
a commercial zone established by the division of motor carrier and
railroad safety pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (4) of section
390.041; provided, the exemption in this subdivision shall not apply to
motor carriers of persons operating to, from or between points
located wholly or in part in counties now or hereafter having a
population of more than three hundred thousand persons, where
such points are not within the same municipality and to motor
carriers of commodities in bulk to include liquids, in tank or
hopper type vehicles, and in a commercial zone as defined herein
or by the division;
(9) Street railroads and public utilities other than common
carriers as defined in section 386.020, RSMo;
(10) Motor vehicles whose operations in the state of
Missouri are interstate in character and are limited exclusively
to a municipality and its commercial zone;
(11) Motor vehicles, commonly known as tow trucks or
wreckers, designed and exclusively used in the business of towing
or otherwise rendering assistance to abandoned, disabled or
wrecked vehicles;
(12) Motor vehicles while being used solely by a group of
employees to commute to and from their place or places of
employment, except that the motor vehicle must be driven by a
member of the group.
2. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to
exempt the vehicles of driveaway operators.
3. Except for the provisions of subdivision (5) of section
390.041, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to
private carriers.
4. No agency of state government nor any county or
municipality or their agencies shall discriminate against any
motor carrier or private carrier or deny any such carrier
operating a motor vehicle public access to any building, facility
or area owned by or operated for the public unless such
discrimination or denial is based solely on reasonable vehicle
size or weight considerations. The provisions of this subsection
shall only apply in cities not within a county and first class
counties with a charter form of government which adjoin any city
not within a county.
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