Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › Division 50 - Missouri State Highway Patrol › Chapter 2 - Motor Vehicle Inspection › Section 11 CSR 50-2.010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment adds a definition of
				  "autocycle" to the rule and updates the definitions of "revocation" and
				  "suspension".
(1) The
				following words and terms as used in these rules shall have the following
				meaning:
(A) Approval certificate is the
				white copy of the written document which is given to the vehicle owner and
				which shows that the vehicle meets the inspection requirements;
(B) Autocycle is a three-wheeled motor
				vehicle in which the drivers and passengers ride in a partially or completely
				enclosed non-straddle seating area, that is designed to be controlled with a
				steering wheel and foot pedals, and that has met applicable Department of
				Transportation National Highway Safety Administration requirements or federal
				motorcycle safety standards.
(C)
				Commercial motor vehicle is a motor vehicle designed or regularly used for
				carrying freight and merchandise or more than eight (8) passengers;
(D) Decal is a gummed decalcomania that is
				attached to a motorcycle on an exterior location other than the windshield when
				the vehicle meets the inspection requirements;
(E) Inspector/mechanic is any automotive mechanic
				issued a permit by the superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol to
				conduct inspections;
(F)
				Motorcycle is a motor vehicle operated on two (2) wheels;
(G) Motor tricycle is a motor vehicle operated on
				three (3) wheels, including a motorcycle while operated with any conveyance,
				temporary or otherwise, requiring the use of a third wheel. A motor tricycle
				shall not be included in the definition of all-terrain vehicle;
(H) Motor vehicle is any self-propelled
				vehicle not operated exclusively upon tracks, except farm tractors;
(I) Lights, lamps, and signaling devices
				consisting of multiple light emitting diodes shall be deemed to function
				properly if no less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the light emitting
				diodes of such light, lamp, or signaling device is operational;
(J) Rejection notice is a document which is
				given to the vehicle owner indicating the vehicle does not meet the inspection
				requirements;
(K) Revocation is
				the rescinding of an inspection permit for a period of one (1) year;
(L) School bus is any motor vehicle used
				solely to transport students to and from school or to transport students to or
				from any place for educational purposes.
1. A
				Type "A" school bus is a van conversion or bus constructed utilizing a cutaway
				front-section vehicle with a left side driver's door. The entrance door is
				behind the front wheels. This definition includes two (2) classifications: Type
				A1, with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) less than or equal to ten
				thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.); and Type A2, with a GVWR of greater than ten
				thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.).
2. A
				Type "B" school bus is constructed utilizing a stripped chassis. The entrance
				door is behind the front wheels. This definition includes two (2)
				classifications: Type B1, with a GVWR less than or equal to ten thousand pounds
				(10,000 lbs.); and Type B2, with a GVWR greater than ten thousand pounds
				(10,000 lbs.).
3. A Type "C" school
				bus is constructed utilizing a chassis with a hood and fender assembly. The
				entrance door is behind the front wheels.
4. A Type "D" school bus is constructed
				utilizing a stripped chassis. The entrance door is ahead of the front
				wheels;
(M) Sticker is
				a gummed label or decalcomania that is attached to the windshield of a motor
				vehicle when the vehicle meets the inspection requirements;
(N) Suspension is the temporary removal of an
				inspection permit for a period of thirty (30) days to three hundred, sixty four
				(364) days.
(O) Trailer is any
				vehicle without motor power designed for carrying property or passengers on its
				own structure and for being drawn by self-propelled vehicles, except those
				running exclusively on tracks, including a semitrailer or vehicle of the
				trailer type designed and used in conjunction with a self-propelled vehicle
				that a considerable part of its own weight rests upon and is carried by the
				towing vehicle;
(P) Truck-tractor
				is any self-propelled motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing
				other vehicles and not constructed to carry a load other than a part of the
				weight of the vehicle and load being drawn; and
(Q) Vehicle owner is any person, firm, corporation, or
				association who holds the legal title to a vehicle, or in the event a vehicle
				is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with
				the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the
				agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional
				vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to
				possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed
				the owner for the purpose of this chapter. The term "vehicle owner" also shall
				include any person renting or leasing a vehicle and having exclusive use of the
				vehicle for a period longer than thirty (30) days, the holder of a lessee title
				or the agent or personal representative of an owner as defined in this
				rule.