2005 Missouri Revised Statutes - § 578.420. — Investigation of alleged violations--rulemaking authority.

578.420. 1. The director shall have the authority to investigate any alleged violation of sections 578.414 to 578.420, along with any other law enforcement agency, and may take any action within the director's authority necessary for the enforcement of sections 578.414 to 578.420. The attorney general, the highway patrol, and other law enforcement officials shall provide assistance required in the conduct of an investigation.

2. The director may promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the enforcement of sections 578.414 to 578.420. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, RSMo, that is created under the authority delegated in sections 578.414 to 578.420 shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo, and, if applicable, section 536.028, RSMo. Sections 578.414 to 578.420 and chapter 536, RSMo, are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536, RSMo, to review, to delay the effective date or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2001, shall be invalid and void.

(L. 2001 S.B. 462)