PURPOSE: This regulation promulgates rules for the regulation of traffic and parking upon the state capitol grounds and upon the grounds of other state buildings located at the seat of government. This rule was adopted pursuant to section 8.172, RSMo (1986).

1. (1) Definitions. For the purpose of this rule—

   1. (A) Capitol grounds means all state-owned real property improved or unimproved, located within the City of Jefferson and Cole County, Missouri including, but not limited to, the State Capitol Building, the Truman Building, the State Information Center Building, the Jefferson Building, the Broadway Building, the Supreme Court Building, the Electronic Data Processing Building, the Health Laboratory Building, the Highway Department Building, Lohman's Landing, the Chiller Building and the Governor's Mansion. It shall not mean property leased by Missouri;
   2. (B) Missouri Capitol police officers means Missouri Capitol police officers employed and commissioned pursuant to the provisions of section 8.177, RSMO (Supp. 1995);

   3. (C) Over-parking on capitol grounds means, for the purposes of sections 8.172, 8.177 and 8.178, RSMO (Supp. 1995)—

      1. 1. Stopping, standing or parking of a

motor vehicle on a sidewalk or pedestrian crosswalk; at any place where the curb is painted yellow; in any space if stopping, standing or parking a vehicle in that space would create an especially hazardous condition or cause unusual delay to traffic; or at any other place where official signs as designated by the Office of Administration prohibit stopping, standing or parking;

1. 2. Stopping, standing or parking of a

motor vehicle in any areas restricted to handicapped parking only unless the vehicle involved is marked by distinctive plates, placards, or hangtags issued to handicapped persons;

1. 3. Stopping, standing or parking of a

motor vehicle in any area designated by appropriate signs as a restricted parking area, in violation of any such sign;

1. 4. Stopping, standing, or parking of a

motor vehicle by a state employee who works in a facility on the capitol grounds in an area designated as visitor parking on a weekday between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.; and

1. 5. Stopping, standing or parking of a

motor vehicle in an area designated as visitor parking on a weekday between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. for a time period exceeding three (3) hours;

1. (D) Double-parking on capitol grounds means stopping, standing or parking on the roadside of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street; and
2. (E) Speeding means the operation of a motor vehicle at a speed exceeding twenty miles per hour (20 mph) on capitol grounds.

1. (2) Traffic and Parking Restrictions. Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law at the directions of a guard or police officer, or official traffic control device, no person operating a motor vehicle shall do any of the following on capitol grounds:

   1. (A) Over-park;
   2. (B) Speed;
   3. (C) Double-park; and
   4. (D) Fail to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.
2. (3) Fines. The fine for traffic violations pursuant to section 8.178, RSMo (Supp. 1995) shall not exceed five dollars ($5) for overparking, fifteen dollars ($15) for doubleparking and fifty dollars ($50) for speeding, and any tickets issued by a Missouri Capitol police officer for violations of over-parking, speeding or double-parking shall be referred to the circuit court of Cole County which has authority under section 8.178, RSMo (Supp. 1995) to enforce this law. The spirit of the enforcement of these traffic rules shall recognize that the ultimate goal is to achieve compliance with the regulations rather than the generation of parking revenue.
3. (4) Towing of Over-Parked or Double-Parked Vehicles. Missouri Capitol police officers appointed under the provisions of section (1) are authorized to remove a vehicle which is over-parked or double-parked on any capitol grounds from the capitol grounds to the nearest garage or other place of safety or to a garage designated or maintained by the state. The owner or operator of the vehicle who caused it to be illegally over-parked or double-parked in violation of this regulation shall be responsible for all cost incurred in the towing and storage of the illegally overparked vehicle. Whenever possible the Missouri Capitol police officer may notify the owner of the vehicle as to the action s/he has taken and the location of the vehicle.
4. (5) The commissioner of administration may select the garage to which vehicles are to be towed under the provisions of this regulation. 1 CSR 10-5

The commissioner also may prescribe the form of the ticket to be issued to persons violating the provisions of this regulation.

1. (6) Designation of No Parking and Restricted Parking Areas. The commissioner of administration shall determine those spaces where the parking, standing or stopping of a motor vehicle would cause a hazardous condition. Those spaces shall be marked with a suitable sign or the curb adjacent to the spaces shall be plainly marked in an appropriate fashion. Yellow curb markings shall designate no parking zones, while diagonal stripes shall mark pedestrian crossings and restricted parking areas shall be designated by an appropriate symbol or legend; for example, Reserved Parking 10.
2. (7) In any prosecution for a violation of any of the provisions of this regulation, proof that the vehicle described in the complaint was over-parked in violation of any provisions of this regulation, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was, at the time of the over-parking, the owner of the vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the owner of the vehicle was the person who parked the vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, the violation occurred.

AUTHORITY: section 8.172, RSMo (Supp. 1995).* Emergency rule filed March 15, 1979, effective March 26, 1979, expired June 15, 1979. Original rule filed March 15, 1979, effective Aug. 11, 1979. Amended: Filed Oct. 27, 1980, effective Feb. 12, 1981. Emergency amendment filed Dec. 29, 1989, effective Jan. 8, 1990, expired April 27, 1990. Amended: Filed Dec. 29, 1989, effective April 27, 1990. Amended: Filed Feb. 2, 1995, effective July 30, 1996. *Original authority 1995, amended 1957, 1965, 1995. Op. Atty. Gen. No. 85, Bradford, 5- 14-79. State capitol guards and watchmen employed and commissioned in accordance with section 8.035, RSMo have the authority to make arrests in the buildings and on the grounds at the seat of government of the state of Missouri. If the guards make arrests or issue summons for violations of the parking and traffic regulations, the prosecuting attorney of Cole County has the authority to prosecute these violations.