HCS SB 900 -- TRANSPORTATION

SPONSOR:  Goode (Dusenberg)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on
Transportation and Motor Vehicles by a vote of 19 to 1.

This substitute exempts from vehicle emission testing all
vehicles manufactured 26 years or more prior to the current model
year.

"Local log truck tractors" are defined as commercial motor
vehicles used to transport harvested forest products in an area
not greater than 50 miles from the forested site with a weight
not exceeding 22,000 pounds on one axle or 44,000 pounds on a
tandem axle.

New registration procedures are established for street rods and
custom vehicles.  The annual fee will be $15 plus the regular
registration fees.  Owners of these vehicles must certify at the
time of registration that the vehicles will be maintained for
occasional transportation, exhibits, club activities, parades,
tours, and similar uses and will not be used for daily
transportation.  These vehicles are exempt from vehicle
inspections and emission tests.  License plates for these
vehicles will bear the words "STREET ROD" or "CUSTOM VEHICLE."  A
street rod or custom vehicle may use blue dot tail lights for
stop lamps, rear turning indicator lamps, rear hazard lamps, and
rear reflectors.

Commercial motor vehicles operated in intrastate commerce to
transport property with a gross vehicle weight or gross
combination weight rating of 26,000 pounds or less will be exempt
from federal safety requirements.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on General Revenue Fund in FY 2005, FY
2006, and FY 2007.  Estimated Income on Other State Funds of
$21,179 in FY 2005, $92,917 in FY 2006, and $93,831 in FY 2007.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill changes the fixed date
of the age of a vehicle exempt from emission testing to a
variable date of 26 years from the current model year.

Testifying for the bill was Senator Griesheimer.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Robert Triplett, Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 23, 2004 at 11:16 am