389.945. Safety rules for motor vehicles used to transport employees by rail--hearings--inspection of vehicles--penalties.
Safety rules for motor vehicles used to transport employees byrail--hearings--inspection of vehicles--penalties.
389.945. 1. The motor carrier and railroad safety division of thedepartment of economic development of Missouri shall make and enforcereasonable safety rules and regulations relating to motorvehicles designed for highway use and used by common carriers byrail to transport employees, tools and supplies, to and fromtheir places of employment or during the course of theiremployment. These rules and regulations shall establish minimumstandards:
(1) For the construction and mechanical equipment of a motorvehicle;
(2) For the loading and carrying of tools, supplies, andemployees; the transportation of gasoline, or other inflammablematerials and explosives;
(3) For the safety of employees in a motor vehicle, wheregang size will not permit all employees to ride in driver's cab,adequate seating facilities, heating facilities and communicationbetween cab and rear compartment and means of retaining tools andsupplies within the motor vehicle;
(4) The rules and regulations shall apply only to vehiclesacquired after the effective date of the rules and regulations.In case of an emergency, vehicles not complying with the rulesand regulations may be used.
2. Before formulating such rules and regulations, thedivision of motor carrier and railroad safety shall conduct hearings andinvite participation of interested groups. These groups may makesuggestions relating to the minimum standards to be embodied inthe rules and regulations. The division shall consider thesuggestions prior to the issuance of any rules and regulations.
3. The division may amend the rules and regulations at anytime upon its own motion or upon complaint by an individual orgroup, in the same manner as it adopts other rules andregulations.
4. The division may, in enforcing the rules and regulations,inspect any motor vehicle to which these rules apply. Uponrequest, the superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrolshall assist the division in these inspections.
5. Violation by the owner of a motor vehicle of any rule orregulation or any amendment thereto promulgated pursuant to thissection or any order issued by the division under this section,or willful failure to comply with such an order, is amisdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, the owner shall besentenced to undergo imprisonment for not more than one year, orto pay a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or both.
(L. 1965 p. 590 §§ 1 to 5)CROSS REFERENCE:
Division of motor carrier and railroad safety abolished, duties and functions transferred to highways and transportation commission and department of transportation, RSMo 226.008