Effective - 28 Aug 2006
304.582. Fines for moving violations — fines for violations in work or construction zones — signs required for assessing fines — penalty for passing in work or construction zones — not applicable to court costs. — 1. Upon the first conviction or plea of guilty by any person for a moving violation as defined in section 302.010, or any offense listed in section 302.302, the court shall assess a fine of thirty-five dollars in addition to any other fine authorized to be imposed by law, if the offense occurred within a construction zone or a work zone. Upon a second or subsequent such conviction or plea of guilty, the court shall assess a fine of seventy-five dollars in addition to any other fine authorized to be imposed by law.
2. Upon the first conviction or plea of guilty by any person for a speeding violation under either section 304.009 or 304.010, or a passing violation under subsection 4 of this section, the court shall assess a fine of two hundred fifty dollars in addition to any other fine authorized by law if the offense occurred within a construction zone or a work zone and at the time the speeding or passing violation occurred there was any highway worker in such zone. Upon a second or subsequent such conviction or plea of guilty, the court shall assess a fine of three hundred dollars in addition to any other fine authorized by law. However, no person assessed an additional fine under this subsection shall also be assessed an additional fine under subsection 1 of this section, and no person shall be assessed an additional fine under this subsection if no signs have been posted under subsection 3 of this section.
3. The penalty authorized by subsection 2 of this section shall only be assessed by the court if the department of transportation or a contractor or subcontractor performing work for the department of transportation has erected signs upon or around a construction zone or work zone which are clearly visible from the highway and which state substantially the following message: "Warning: Minimum $250 fine for speeding or passing in this work zone when workers are present.".
4. The driver of a motor vehicle may not overtake or pass another motor vehicle within a work zone or construction zone as provided in this subsection. Violation of this subsection is a class C misdemeanor.
(1) This subsection applies to a construction zone or work zone located upon a highway divided into two or more marked lanes for traffic moving in the same direction and for which motor vehicles are instructed to merge from one lane into another lane and not pass by appropriate signs or traffic control devices erected by the department of transportation or a contractor or subcontractor performing work for the department of transportation.
(2) This subsection also prohibits the operator of a motor vehicle from passing or attempting to pass another motor vehicle in a work zone or construction zone located upon a two-lane highway when highway workers or equipment are working and when appropriate signs or traffic control devices have been erected by the department of transportation or a contractor or subcontractor performing work for the department of transportation.
5. The additional fines imposed by this section shall not be construed to enhance the assessment of court costs or the assessment of points under section 302.302.
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(L. 2006 S.B. 872, et al.)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation
Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations
Section 304.001 - Definitions for chapter 304 and chapter 307.
Section 304.009 - Speed limit — violation, penalty.
Section 304.012 - Motorists to exercise highest degree of care — violation, penalty.
Section 304.014 - Rules of the road to be observed.
Section 304.015 - Drive on right of highway — traffic lanes — signs — violations, penalties.
Section 304.016 - Passing regulations — violations, penalties.
Section 304.017 - Distance at which vehicle must follow, penalty.
Section 304.019 - Hand and mechanical signals, violations, penalty.
Section 304.023 - Passing stopped streetcars, penalty.
Section 304.024 - Crosswalks and parking regulations established — signs — violation, an infraction.
Section 304.025 - Highway and vehicle defined.
Section 304.027 - Spinal cord injury fund created, uses — surcharge imposed, when.
Section 304.028 - Brain injury fund created, moneys in fund, uses — surcharge imposed, when.
Section 304.029 - Operation of low-speed vehicles on highway, permitted when — exemptions.
Section 304.031 - Traffic signal preemption system, use of, permitted when — violations, penalty.
Section 304.040 - Failure to stop, penalty.
Section 304.044 - Buses and trucks not to follow within three hundred feet — penalty.
Section 304.070 - Violation of section 304.050, penalty.
Section 304.075 - School bus signs to be removed, when — misdemeanor.
Section 304.076 - Head Start buses to bear signs.
Section 304.079 - Use of designated disabled parking spaces, when.
Section 304.110 - Violation of sections 304.080 to 304.110, penalty.
Section 304.120 - Municipal regulations — owner or lessor not liable for violations, when.
Section 304.125 - Traffic violation citation quota prohibited--exception.
Section 304.140 - Penalty for violations.
Section 304.152 - Roadside checkpoints and roadblock patterns based on vehicle type prohibited.
Section 304.159 - Municipality may prohibit storage of certain vehicles, exceptions.
Section 304.160 - Glass, tacks, injurious substances, duty to remove from highway, when — penalty.
Section 304.172 - Fire-fighting equipment exempt from size restrictions.
Section 304.181 - Buses, axle weight limits.
Section 304.200 - Special permits for oversize or overweight loads — rules for issuing — when valid.
Section 304.210 - Reduction of maximum weight by highways and transportation commission — notice.
Section 304.220 - Weight limits on county roads and bridges reduced, when — penalty for violation.
Section 304.230 - Enforcement of load laws — commercial vehicle inspectors, powers.
Section 304.250 - Restriction on use of metal-tired vehicles — penalty.
Section 304.260 - Tractors exempt — designation of truck routes by commission.
Section 304.271 - Observance of traffic-control devices — presumptions — penalty.
Section 304.285 - Red light violations by motorcycles or bicycles, affirmative defense, when.
Section 304.289 - Timing of signals, minimum interval times to be established.
Section 304.291 - Rules for pedestrians controlled by special signs.
Section 304.301 - Rules for vehicular traffic controlled by flashing signals — violation, penalty.
Section 304.311 - Observance of lane — direction — control signals.
Section 304.331 - Alteration or removal of traffic-control devices prohibited.
Section 304.341 - Turns at intersection — violation, penalty.
Section 304.361 - Penalty for violation of sections 304.271 to 304.351.
Section 304.373 - Hazardous materials, requirements for transportation — violations, penalties.
Section 304.570 - Penalty for violations.
Section 304.580 - Definitions.
Section 304.590 - Travel safe zone defined — doubling of fine for violation in — signage required.
Section 304.665 - Riding in open bed of truck prohibited, when, exceptions, penalty.
Section 304.678 - Distance to be maintained when overtaking a bicycle — violation, penalty.
Section 304.890 - Definitions.