Missouri Revised Statutes

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 622.015 (2026)

Transfer of all powers and duties of the public service commission regulating transportation activities to division

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622.015. Transfer of all powers and duties of the public service commission regulating transportation activities to division — railroad expense fund established, purpose — definitions applicable, substitutions for commission and commissioner. — The division shall be organized so as to assume all regulatory and supervisory powers, duties and functions heretofore performed by the public service commission relating to transportation activities within the state. All the powers, duties and functions of the public service commission relating to such activities are hereby transferred to this division by type II transfer as set forth in the reorganization act of 1974. Assessments made for the expenses of railroad regulation, as required by law, shall be paid into the "Railroad Expense Fund", a special fund which is hereby established in the state treasury. The fund shall be applicable to appropriation of the general assembly and shall be devoted solely to the payment of expenditures incurred by the division and attributable to the regulation of railroads. Any amount remaining in the special fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general revenue fund. All powers, duties and functions of the public service commission relating to common carriers generally, chapter 387, railroad corporations, chapters 388 and 389, motor carriers and express companies, chapter 390, street railroads, chapter 391, and other statutes relevant to transportation activities are transferred to the motor carrier and railroad safety division of the department of economic development and that division is the successor to the public service commission for the purposes of those chapters. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of chapter 386 that relate to the powers and duties of the public service commission and the procedure before the public service commission and the courts are hereby made applicable to the motor carrier and railroad safety division. Definitions contained in those chapters shall continue and shall be applied by the motor carrier and railroad safety division as they have been applied prior to July 1, 1985, until changed by law. Wherever the word "commission" is used, the word "division" shall be substituted therefor. Wherever the word "commissioner" is used, the words "administrative law judge" shall be substituted therefor.

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(L. 1985 S.B. 2 § 1 subsec. 2)

Effective 7-01-85

CROSS REFERENCE:

Powers and duties of the public service commission now transferred to the division of motor carrier and railroad safety, 386.320

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases, 1986–1997 · leading case: Coon v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, 826 S.W.2d 66 (Mo. Ct. App. 1992).

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Coon v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, 826 S.W.2d 66 (Mo. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 6× “By the adoption of § 622.015, RSMo 1986, which became effective on July 1, 1985, the General Assembly transferred all powers, duties and functions relating to transportation activity within the State from the Public Service Commission to the Division of Transportation of the…”

State Ex Rel. Missouri Div. of Transp. v. Sure-Way Transp., Inc., 884 S.W.2d 349 (Mo. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “This section is applicable to the Division pursuant to § 622.015, RSMo 1986. 4 . The trial in this case was held on September .”

State ex rel. Holland Indus., Inc. v. Div. of Transp., 762 S.W.2d 48 (Mo. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 4× “Although that section referred to the Public Service Commission, the General Assembly had adopted Section 622.015, which became effective on July 1, 1985.”

Holland Indus., Inc. v. Div. of Transp. of the State, 763 S.W.2d 666 (Mo. 1989). · cites it 2× “Holland argues that section 622.015 is equally unconstitutional.”

State ex rel. Sure-Way Transp. v. Div. of Transp., 778 S.W.2d 839 (Mo. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 4× “In particular, § 622.015, RSMo 1986, states that “All powers, duties and functions of the public service commission relating to common carriers generally, chapter 387, RSMo .”

Wilson v. City of St. Robert, 714 S.W.2d 738 (Mo. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “979, now codified as § 622.015, RSMo Supp.1985. Our inspection of the regulations adopted by the Division of Transportation concerning carriers indicates that initially, the Division of Transportation has adopted the PSC’s regulation in toto.”

Leathers v. Missouri High. & Transp. Comm'n, 961 S.W.2d 83 (Mo. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “By the adoption of § 622.015, RSMo 1986, the legislature transferred all powers, duties, and functions relating to transportation activity within the State from the PSC to the Division of Transportation of the Department of Economic Development.”

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