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BILL NO. 92-140
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMAN NILGES
{ ORDINANCE NO. 11368
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AMENDING THE .
CODE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, BY ADDING NEW ARTICLE
VII OF CHAPTER 19 AS IT PERTAINS TO FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI,
AS FOLLOWS:
" Section 1. That Chapter 19 of the Code of the City of Jefferson, Missouri,
entitled Motor Vehicles and Traffic, is hereby amended by enacting new Article VII
and sections to be numbered Sections 19-350 through 19-355 to read as follows:
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' ARTTICLE VII. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIRED.
Section 19-350. No person shall operate a motor vehicle registered in
this state, whether owned by such operator or by another, upon the
streets, alleys or highways of this City, unless such operator, or the
owner of the vehicle, maintains financial responsibility which covers the
operation of that vehicle by such operator.
Section 19-351. No person shall operate a motor vehicle registered in
this state, whether owned by such operator or by another, upon the
streets, alleys or highways of this City, unless such operator exhibits
proof of financial responsibility upon demand of a police officer, which
proof covers the operation of that vehicle by such operator.
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Section 19-352. For purposes of this section, the term "financial
responsibility" shall mean the ability to respond in damages for liability
occurring after the effective date of proof of such financial responsibility,
arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle, in
the amount of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) because of
bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident, and, subject
• to said limit for one person, in the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars
($50,000.00)because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons
in any one accident, and in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars
($10,000.00) because of iwury to or destruction of property of others in
s any one accident.
Section 19-353. Proof of financial responsibility may be shown by any
of the following.
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A. An insurance identification card issued by a motor vehicle
insurer or by the Director of Revenue of the State of
Missouri for self-insurance, as provided by Section 303.024
f of the Revised Statutes of Missouri. A motor vehicle
u a insurance policy, a motor vehicle liability insurance binder,
z ; or receipt which contains the name and address of the
insurer, the name and address of the named insured, the
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policy number, the effective dates of the policy and a
description by year and make of the vehicle, or at least five
digits of the vehicle identification number or the word
"Fleet" if the insurance policy covers five or more motor
vehicles, shall be satisfactory evidence of insurance in lieu
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B. A certificate of the State Treasurer of Missouri of a cash
a deposit as provided by Section 303.240 of the Revised
Statutes of Missouri.
o C. A surety bond filed with the Director of Revenue of the
State of Missouri as provided by Section 303.230 of the
Revised Statutes of Missouri.
'. Section 19-354. Proof of financial responsibility shall be carried at all
times in the insured motor vehicle or by the operator of the motor
vehicle if the proof of financial responsibility is effective as to the
operator rather than to the vehicle. The operator of the motor vehicle
shall exhibit the proof of financial responsibility on the demand of any
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engaged in the performance of the duties of his office. No person shall
be stopped, inspected, or detailed solely to determine compliance with
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this subsection.
Section 1919-355. Failure of any person who operates a motor vehicle on
the streets, alleys or highways of this City to exhibit proof of financial
responsibility on the demand of any police officer who lawfully stops
such person shall be prima facie evidence that such person, or that the
owner of the vehicle, does not maintain financial responsibility as
required by this section. It shall be an absolute affirmative defense to
a violation charged under Section 19-350 that the operator of a motor
vehicle, or the owner of the vehicle,did maintain financial responsibility
which covered operation of the vehicle by such operator on the date of
the violation. It shall be a mitigating circumstance to a violation
charged under Section 19-350 that the operator, subsequent to the date
of the offense, and prior to a trial or guilty plea, obtained and
maintained financial responsibility which covers operation of motor
vehicles by such operator.
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