Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 285 - Employers and Employees Generally
Section 285.200 - Ride-sharing arrangement, defined — liability for injury to participants — special taxes prohibited — travel time as work hours — use of government vehicles — registration of vehicle — license plates.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983
285.200. Ride-sharing arrangement, defined — liability for injury to participants — special taxes prohibited — travel time as work hours — use of government vehicles — registration of vehicle — license plates. — 1. The term "ride-sharing arrangement" means an arrangement whereby a fixed group is transported in a vanpool between their places of abode or a terminal near such places, and their places of employment in a single daily round trip when the driver is also on the way to or from his place of employment.
2. Chapter 287 providing compensation for workers injured during the course of their employment shall not apply to a person injured while participating in a ride-sharing arrangement between his place of residence and place of employment or terminal near such places unless the employer owns, leases or contracts for the motor vehicle used in such arrangement.
3. An employer shall not be liable for injuries to passengers and other persons resulting from the operation or use of a motor vehicle, not owned, leased or contracted for by the employer, in a ride-sharing arrangement.
4. An employer shall not be liable for injuries to passengers and other persons because he provides information, incentives or otherwise encourages his employees to participate in ride-sharing arrangements.
5. No county or municipality shall impose a special tax specifically applicable solely to a motor vehicle used in a ride-sharing arrangement.
6. Transportation to and from work in an employer-sponsored ride-sharing arrangement shall not constitute any part of the employee's work hours unless otherwise agreed to by the employer.
7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, motor vehicles owned or operated by any state or local agency may be used in ride-sharing arrangements for public employees. Participants in any such ride-sharing arrangement shall be required to pay a fee to reimburse the state or local agency for the cost of vehicle acquisition, operation, depreciation and insurance costs.
8. The director of revenue shall issue a distinctive vanpool license plate for vehicles registered as vanpools under the provisions of section 301.066. All vehicles used in a ride-sharing arrangement shall be registered as a vanpool vehicle and bear the distinctive vanpool plate, except for motor vehicles owned or operated by a state or local agency.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 149, et al. & 517 § 6)

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Structure Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XVIII - Labor and Industrial Relations

Chapter 285 - Employers and Employees Generally

Section 285.010 - List to be furnished municipalities levying an earnings tax — request, how made — contents of list — exception.

Section 285.015 - Lists to be confidential.

Section 285.020 - Penalty for violation of sections 285.010 to 285.020.

Section 285.025 - Employers of illegal aliens ineligible for state economic incentives, right of appeal, criminal penalties.

Section 285.035 - Microchip technology, employer not to require employees to be implanted — violation, penalty.

Section 285.040 - Public safety employees — residency requirements (City of St. Louis).

Section 285.100 - Willful failure to pay a misdemeanor.

Section 285.105 - Employee retirement or welfare plan defined.

Section 285.110 - Penalty for violation of sections 285.100 to 285.110.

Section 285.125 - Reduced health care premiums for nonsmokers permitted.

Section 285.200 - Ride-sharing arrangement, defined — liability for injury to participants — special taxes prohibited — travel time as work hours — use of government vehicles — registration of vehicle — license plates.

Section 285.230 - Transient employers, defined, bonding requirements — exceptions — specific requirements — penalties — records to be kept, how — discontinuance in activity, notice to director of revenue — inapplicability to certain out-of-state busi...

Section 285.232 - Construction contractors, who are transient employers, proof and financial assurance required — list of contractors to be published — inapplicability to certain out-of-state businesses.

Section 285.233 - Transient employers not filing financial assurance, escrow requirements — failure of political subdivision or private entity to escrow funds, penalties — transient employer not in compliance with law, writ of attachment or injunctio...

Section 285.234 - Transient employer to post notice of registration for income tax withholding, workers' compensation and unemployment insurance, violation, penalty — inapplicability to certain out-of-state businesses.

Section 285.235 - Definitions.

Section 285.237 - Certain job openings and training, priorities for veterans — annual report by state agencies — duties of certain state agencies.

Section 285.240 - Federal earned income credit, employer duties.

Section 285.250 - Hiring preference for veterans and spouses of disabled or deceased veterans, nonpublic employers.

Section 285.300 - Withholding form, completion required — forwarding to state agencies — state directory of new hires, cross-check of unemployment compensation recipients — compliance by employers with employees in two or more states.

Section 285.302 - Failure of employer to submit certain information, penalty.

Section 285.304 - Content of withholding forms.

Section 285.306 - Failure to complete form, penalty.

Section 285.308 - False statement, penalty.

Section 285.309 - Federal 1099 forms, certain employers required to submit to department — fine for failure to report.

Section 285.500 - Definitions.

Section 285.503 - Misclassification of workers by employers, failure to claim worker as employee — attorney general may investigate, powers.

Section 285.506 - State to have burden of proof.

Section 285.512 - Attorney general may seek injunction, when.

Section 285.515 - Penalties for violations.

Section 285.525 - Definitions.

Section 285.530 - Employment of unauthorized aliens prohibited — federal work authorization program, requirements for participation in — liability of contractors and subcontractors.

Section 285.535 - Attorney general to enforce — action to be initiated, when — complaint procedures — verification of status required — violations, corrective actions, penalties.

Section 285.540 - Rulemaking authority.

Section 285.543 - Database to be maintained.

Section 285.550 - Failure to suspend a business permit, city or county deemed to have adopted a sanctuary policy.

Section 285.555 - Discontinuance of federal work authorization program, effect of.

Section 285.575 - Citation of law — definitions — at-will employment doctrine codified — protected persons, prohibited discharge — action for damages, when, remedies.

Section 285.625 - Definitions.

Section 285.630 - Unpaid leave provided, when — amount of leave — notice by employee — certification requirements — confidentiality — written statement.

Section 285.635 - Group health coverage during leave — recovery of premiums, when — certification for inability to return to work — confidentiality.

Section 285.650 - Safety accommodations — inapplicability, when.

Section 285.665 - Notice to employees summarizing requirements for leave due to domestic or sexual violence.

Section 285.670 - Federal, state, or local law, effect on.

Section 285.700 - Citation of law — secretary of state to enforce.

Section 285.705 - Definitions.

Section 285.710 - Collective bargaining agreements, existing contracts, licensing requirements not impacted by act — government benefits, employees are employees of client only.

Section 285.715 - Registration required — application, contents — initial registration, renewal — reporting requirements, satisfied how — limited registration, when — list of organizations — electronic filing — confidentiality of records.

Section 285.720 - Fees.

Section 285.725 - Working capital or bond requirements.

Section 285.730 - Rights of client and PEO — employer agreements, contents — notice requirements — liability — PEO not engaged in sale of insurance — political subdivisions, taxes.

Section 285.740 - Workers' compensation requirements.

Section 285.750 - Prohibited acts — disciplinary action, when — sanctions.