FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 244
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR STAPLES.
Read 1st time January 8, 2001, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
0857S.01I
AN ACT
To amend chapter 302, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to theft of motor fuel.
Section A. Chapter 302, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 302.286, to read as follows:
302.286. 1. No person shall drive a motor vehicle so as to cause it to leave the premises of an establishment at which motor fuel offered for retail sale was dispensed into the fuel tank of such motor vehicle unless payment or authorized charge for motor fuel dispensed has been made. A person found guilty or pleading guilty to stealing pursuant to section 570.030, RSMo, for the theft of motor fuel as described in this section shall have his or her driver's license suspended.
2. The person shall submit the driver's license to the court upon conviction and the court shall forward the driver's license to the department of revenue.
3. The first suspension of a driver's license under this section shall be for a period of six months.
4. A second or subsequent suspension of a driver's license under this section shall be for a period of one year.
5. At the expiration of the suspension period, and upon payment of a reinstatement fee of twenty-five dollars, the director shall terminate the suspension and shall return the person's driver's license. The reinstatement fee shall be in addition to any other fees required by law, and shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the state highway department fund, pursuant to section 302.228.