SECOND REGULAR SESSION
[TRULY AGREED TO AND FINALLY PASSED]
SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AN ACT
To repeal sections 43.250, 43.251, and 610.200, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof three new sections relating to accident reports.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 43.250, 43.251, and 610.200, RSMo, are repealed and three new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 43.250, 43.251, and 610.200, to read as follows:
43.250. Every law enforcement officer who investigates a vehicle accident resulting in injury to or death of a person, or total property damage to an apparent extent of five hundred dollars or more to one person, or who otherwise prepares a written or computer-generated report as a result of an investigation either at the time of and at the scene of the accident or thereafter by interviewing the participants or witnesses, shall forward a [written] report of such accident to the superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol within ten days after his or her investigation of the accident, except that upon the approval of the superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol the report may be forwarded at a time and/or in a form other than as required in this section.
43.251. 1. The Missouri division of highway safety shall prepare and upon request supply to police departments, sheriffs, and other appropriate agencies or individuals forms for written accident reports as required by sections 43.250 and 43.251. [The written reports] Reports shall call for sufficiently detailed information to disclose, with reference to a vehicle accident, the cause, conditions then existing and the persons and vehicles involved.
2. Every written or computer-generated accident report required to be made [in writing] shall be [made] submitted on the appropriate form or in the appropriate computer format approved by the superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol and shall contain all the information required therein unless not available.
610.200. [1. Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section] All law enforcement agencies that maintain a daily log or record that lists suspected crimes, accidents, or complaints, shall make available the following information for inspection and copying by the public:
(1) The time, substance, and location of all complaints or requests for assistance received by the agency;
(2) The time and nature of the agency's response to all complaints or requests for assistance; and
(3) If the incident involves an alleged crime or infraction:
(a) The time, date, and location of occurrence;
(b) The name and age of any victim, unless the victim is a victim of a crime under chapter 566, RSMo;
(c) The factual circumstances surrounding the incident; and
(d) A general description of any injuries, property or weapons involved.
[2. Any law enforcement agency with custody of an accident report or incident report, as defined in section 610.100, shall not release for sixty days after the date of the accident or incident the report containing the factual circumstances or general description of any injuries as provided in paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of this section to a person that is not an interested party. For the purposes of this subsection, an "interested party" is any law enforcement agency, any person who was involved in the accident or incident, the street department of the jurisdiction involved, the owner of any vehicle involved in the accident or incident, the insurance company, physician or family member of any person involved in the accident or incident or any attorney or any member of the news media.]