Effective 28 Aug 1996
622.140. Division of motor carrier and railroad safety conferences, cooperative agreements and joint investigations and hearings with other agencies, division's receipt and disbursement of grants. — 1. The division may confer in person, or by correspondence, by attending conventions, or in any other way, with the members of any railroad, transportation, public utility, public service commission, or similar division of other states and the United States of America, or any official, agency or instrumentality thereof, on any matter relating to the performance of its duties.
2. The division may enter into and establish fair and equitable cooperative agreements or contracts with or act as an agent or licensee for the United States of America, or any official, agency or instrumentality thereof, or any railroad, transportation, public utility, public service commission, or similar division of other states, that are proper, expedient, fair and equitable and in the interest of the state of Missouri and the citizens thereof, for the purpose of carrying out its duties under this chapter with reference to railroads or street railroads, as limited and supplemented by section 622.110 and to that end the division may receive and disburse any contributions, grants or other financial assistance as a result of or pursuant to such agreements or contracts. Any contributions, grants or other financial assistance so received shall be deposited in the railroad expense fund established in section 622.015 and appropriated for the purposes for which they are received.
3. The division may make joint investigations, hold joint hearings within or without the state, and issue joint or concurrent orders in conjunction or concurrence with any railroad, transportation, public utility, public service commission, or similar division, of other states or the United States of America, or any official, agency or any instrumentality thereof, except that in the holding of such investigations or hearings, or in the making of such orders, the division shall function under agreements or contracts between states or under the concurrent power of states to regulate interstate commerce, or as an agent of the United States of America, or any official, agency or instrumentality thereof, or otherwise.
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(L. 1996 S.B. 780)
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