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Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION

Chapter 302

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  302.580.  Substance abuse traffic offender program, court may order participation in, when — professional assessment — supplemental fees, deposition — failure to remit, penalty. — 1.  Upon a finding of guilt for an offense of violating the provisions of section 577.010 or 577.012 or violations of county or municipal ordinances involving alcohol- or drug-related traffic offenses, the court shall order the person to participate in and successfully complete a substance abuse traffic offender program defined in section 302.010.

  2.  The fees for the substance abuse traffic offender program, or a portion thereof, to be determined by the division of alcohol and drug abuse of the department of mental health, shall be paid by the person enrolling in the program.  Any person who is enrolled in the program shall pay, in addition to any fee charged for the program, a supplemental fee to be determined by the department of mental health for the purposes of funding the substance abuse traffic offender program defined in section 302.010.  The administrator of the program shall remit to the division of alcohol and drug abuse of the department of mental health on or before the fifteenth day of each month the supplemental fees for all persons enrolled in the program, less two percent for administrative costs.  Interest shall be charged on any unpaid balance of the supplemental fees due to the division of alcohol and drug abuse pursuant to this section and shall accrue at a rate not to exceed the annual rates established pursuant to the provisions of section 32.065, plus three percentage points.  The supplemental fees and any interest received by the department of mental health pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the mental health earnings fund, which is created in section 630.053.

  3.  Any administrator who fails to remit to the division of alcohol and drug abuse of the department of mental health the supplemental fees and interest for all persons enrolled in the program pursuant to this section shall be subject to a penalty equal to the amount of interest accrued on the supplemental fees due to the division pursuant to this section.  If the supplemental fees, interest, and penalties are not remitted to the division of alcohol and drug abuse of the department of mental health within six months of the due date, the attorney general of the state of Missouri shall initiate appropriate action of the collection of said fees and accrued interest.  The court shall assess attorney fees and court costs against any delinquent program.

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(L. 1982 S.B. 513, A.L. 1993 S.B. 167, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1169 & 1271 merged with S.B. 722, A.L. 2003 H.B. 600, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)

Transferred 2014; formerly 577.049; Effective 1-01-17


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