IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE repealing section 5230., Jackson County Code,1984, relating to the Traffic Code, and enacting eleven new sections relating to the same subject, with a penalty provision.
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ORDINANCE #4004, June 16, 2008
INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the County has established a Municipal Court for the disposition of County ordinance violations; and,
WHEREAS, the Administration now recommends that the penalty provision of the Traffic Code be amended to increase the maximum fine allowed on traffic code offenses from $500.00 to $1,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, the Sheriff's Office has requested that new offense sections be added to the Traffic Code, permitting the Sheriff to issue county ordinance violations for persons failing to have proper drivers' licenses or proof of insurance, valid vehicle registration, failure to wear a seat belt, endangering the health and welfare of other citizens by aggressive driving or failure to employ child passenger restraints, or for the use of alcohol and other substances in the operation of a vehicle; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Enacting Clause. Section 5230., Jackson County Code, 1984, is hereby repealed and eleven new sections enacted, to be known as sections 5230., 5243., 5244., 5245., 5246., 5247., 5248., 5249., 5257., 5258., and 5259., to read as follows:
5230. Penalty, Violation of Traffic Code.
Any person who violated any of the provisions of the Jackson County Traffic Code shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than [five hundred] one thousand dollars ($[500] 1,000) or by imprisonment in the County jail for a term not exceeding one hundred eighty (180) days, or both.
5243. Drivers To Have Licenses.
1. No person shall operate any motor vehicle, except farm tractors, upon any highwa...
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