Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 316 - Shows, Circuses, Amusement Buildings and Festivals
Section 316.204 - Amusement ride safety board established — members — meetings, when.

Effective - 01 Jan 2005
316.204. Amusement ride safety board established — members — meetings, when. — 1. There is hereby established an "Amusement Ride Safety Board" to be composed of nine members, one of whom shall be the state fire marshal or the marshal's designee. The remaining eight members of the board shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Each member appointed by the governor shall be appointed for a staggered term of five years or until a successor is appointed. The governor shall fill any vacancy on the board for the remainder of the unexpired term with a representative of the same interest as that of the member whose term is vacant. No more than four members of the board, who are not employees of state or local government, shall be members of the same political party.
2. Three members of the board shall represent the interests of small amusement ride businesses that operate in this state. Three members of the board shall represent the interests of the fixed amusement ride parks. One member of the board shall be a resident of this state. One member of the board shall be a mechanical engineer knowledgeable of amusement rides.
3. The state fire marshal shall call the first meeting of the board within sixty days after all members have been appointed and qualified. The members from among their membership shall elect a chairperson. After the initial meeting the members shall meet at the call of the chairperson, but shall meet at least three times per year. Five members of the board shall constitute a quorum.
4. The members of the board shall receive no compensation for their services, and shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
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(L. 2000 H.B. 1434, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1403)
Effective 1-01-05

Structure Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals

Chapter 316 - Shows, Circuses, Amusement Buildings and Festivals

Section 316.010 - County commissions may tax public shows, how.

Section 316.020 - Order levying tax as execution — sheriff to collect.

Section 316.030 - Proceeds to go into school fund.

Section 316.040 - License for shows required, tax imposed.

Section 316.045 - Penalty for delinquent payment of license tax.

Section 316.050 - Penalty.

Section 316.060 - Places of public amusement — construction — exit defined.

Section 316.070 - Exempted structures.

Section 316.080 - Building requirements.

Section 316.090 - Licenses not granted, when.

Section 316.100 - Penalty for violations.

Section 316.150 - Definitions.

Section 316.155 - Festival license required — exception.

Section 316.160 - Application for license — fee — contents of application.

Section 316.165 - Public hearing on application, when held.

Section 316.170 - License to issue, when.

Section 316.175 - Grounds for denial of license.

Section 316.180 - Penalty for violation.

Section 316.185 - Reasonable conditions authorized — notice of conditions, mailed when.

Section 316.200 - Rules, effective when.

Section 316.203 - Definitions.

Section 316.204 - Amusement ride safety board established — members — meetings, when.

Section 316.205 - Amusement ride safety board — powers and duties — rulemaking.

Section 316.206 - Rulemaking authority.

Section 316.209 - Operation of ride to cease, when — notification of serious incident to fire marshal — inspection, costs.

Section 316.210 - Amusement ride operation, qualifications — inspection, insurance, bond, permit.

Section 316.212 - Maintenance, inspection and accident records to be retained.

Section 316.213 - Portable amusement rides, itinerary to be filed, contents.

Section 316.215 - Director may enjoin operation of ride.

Section 316.218 - Penalty.

Section 316.221 - Exemptions.

Section 316.224 - Political subdivisions may license and regulate.

Section 316.227 - Liability of owner and state.

Section 316.230 - Passenger to obey rules — prohibited acts — penalty.

Section 316.233 - Passenger may not ride, when.

Section 316.237 - Rules, effective, when — invalid and void, when.

Section 316.238 - Rock climbing walls, subject to amusement ride regulations, when.

Section 316.250 - Ethan's Law — maintenance of adequate insurance required, when — definitions — violations, penalty.

Section 316.265 - Hairstyling, employees engaged in at public venues not subject to Chapter 329, when.