ROADS AND HIGHWAYS

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2008)
Bills Indexed by Subject
ROADS AND HIGHWAYS

: Changes the laws regarding transportation

: Prohibits any state entity from closing a state highway with a certain traffic volume for a continuous period exceeding 60 days

: Exempts certain implements of husbandry used for spraying chemicals or spreading fertilizer for agricultural purposes from the motor vehicle titling, registration, and licensing requirements

: Establishes the Missouri Universal Red Light Enforcement Act which allows political entities to establish automated photo red light enforcement systems to detect red light signal violations

: Prohibits a person from operating a motorcycle or motortricyle while carrying a passenger 10 years of age or younger

: Designates a portion of U. S. Highway 63 in Maries County as the "Roy Bassett Memorial Highway"

: Establishes David's Law which requires the Department of Transportation to establish and administer a drunk driving memorial sign program

: Allows persons who have been convicted more than twice of driving while intoxicated to obtain an ignition interlock restricted license for a one-year period if the person meets certain requirements

: Requires commercial driver's license tests to be given in the English language

: Expands the crimes of involuntary manslaughter and assault of a law enforcement officer, emergency personnel, or probation and parole officer in all degrees to include highway workers in work zones

: Prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle on public property while using a wireless telephone with certain exceptions

: Creates the crime of motorcycle stunt driving

: Requires every applicant for a motorcycle license or endorsement to show proof that he or she has successfully completed an approved motorcycle training course

: Changes the laws regarding transportation

: Designates spotted knapweed and sericea lespedeza as noxious weeds

: Raises the legal driving age from 16 to 18 years of age and the age to obtain an instruction permit from 15 to 17 years of age

: Designates a portion of State Highway 80 in New Madrid County as the "Gene Curtis Memorial Highway"

: Creates an affirmative defense for a person operating a motorcycle who enters or crosses an intersection controlled by a traffic signal against a red light under certain circumstances

: Exempts certain nonresidents from the state driver's license requirements as long as they entered and are in this country legally

: Sets the speed limits for certain motor vehicles and the number of consecutive hours a driver may operate a motor vehicle within the state

: Designates a portion of State Highway 87 in Moniteau County as the "Lance Corporal Leon B. Deraps Memorial Highway"

: Requires commercial vehicle enforcement officers to meet the mandatory standards for basic training and licensure of peace officers

: Requires all entities which ship radioactive waste through or within the state to be assessed a fee

: Designates the Table Rock Lake Bridge on Highway 39 in Shell Knob as the "State Senator Larry Gene Taylor Memorial Bridge"

: Requires all new signs erected after August 28, 2008, to contain the words "Accessible Parking" instead of "Handicap Parking"

: Renames the portion of Interstate 70 in St. Louis City which is designated as the "Mark McGwire Highway" to the "John F. Bass Memorial Highway"

: Allows various political entities to establish automated photo red light enforcement systems to detect red light signal violations

: Requires the Department of Transportation to develop and implement a pavement management system for each mile of roadway in the state highway system to avoid a major replacement at the same time

: Establishes additional requirements for individuals younger than 18 years of age to obtain an intermediate driver's license

: Specifies the powers and authority the Department of Transporation has over roadways designated as scenic byways

: Designates a portion of State Highway 13 in Polk County as the "Rick Seiner Memorial Highway"

: Requires animal-drawn vehicles to display reflective tape meeting certain standards on the rear and on the front corners of the vehicle

: Allows the Highways and Transportation Commission to erect directional signs along a highway for tourist attractions

: Allows for automated speed enforcement in construction and work zones when workers are present

: Exempts first classification counties from the procedural requirements when establishing regulations related solely to speed limits

: Designates the bridge over the Gasconade River on U. S. Highway 63 in Maries County as the "Roy Bassett Memorial Bridge"

: Requires certain wrecker and towing services to be licensed and requires the Department of Public Safety to place a licensed wrecker or towing service on the State Highway Patrol's rotation log

: Designates a portion of State Route WW in Boone County as the "Carl Edwards Drive"

: Requires all newly established state public road to be 60 feet in total width and the traveled surface at least 20 feet in total width on each side of the centerline

: Requires the Department of Transportation to provide full consideration for bicyclists, pedestrians, disabled persons, and transit users in its plans, programs, and projects

: Increases the maximum allowable total gross weight of vehicles traveling on non-interstate roads from 80,000 to 85,500 pounds

: Specifies that any person who commits a steady red light violation that is detected and enforced through an automated photo red light enforcement system will be guilty of an infraction

: Allows a left turn on a red light from a one-way street into another one-way street upon yielding to pedistrians and any other traffic

: Designates a portion of Interstate 55 in Jefferson County as the "Jeff McBride Memorial Highway"

: Designates a portion of State Highway 169 in Gentry County as the "Mo. Hwy. Patrol Corporal Henry C. Bruns Memorial Highway"

: Increases the rate certain counties are authorized to impose on agricultural and horticultural property for a special road rock fund tax

: Designates a portion of Interstate 44 in St. Louis County as the "Police Officer Nicholas K. Sloan Memorial Highway"

: Authorizes a reduction in the motor fuel tax rate if the average price per gallon of motor fuel in Missouri exceeds certain dollar amounts

: Designates a two-mile portion of Interstate 44 in St. Louis County as the "Police Officer Robert Stanze Memorial Highway"

: Designates the portion of State Highway 39 from the intersection of U. S. Highway 60 south to the intersection of State Highway 86 as a state scenic highway

: Recognizes the I-49 Coalition as the official organization for the project to upgrade U.S. Highway 71 to interstate standards

: Urges the Missouri Department of Transportation to conduct a comprehensive engineering study regarding the placement of a traffic control signal at an intersection in Weldon Spring, Missouri

: Proposes a constitutional amendment distributing 10% of the general revenue growth to the State Road Fund and the State Transportation Fund

: Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing the Highways and Transportation Commission to construct and maintain toll roads

SB 728 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
: Designates certain stretches of highway after law enforcement or military personnel

SB 753 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
: Designates certain stretches of highway after law enforcement or military personnel

SB 774 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill
: Modifies various laws relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles

SB 793 --- Sponsor: Bartle, Matt
: Allows Department of Transportation to construct toll roads under certain conditions

SB 809 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill
: Imposes various billboard standards to billboards adjacent to Interstate 70 and Interstate 44 during period of interstate construction

SB 841 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill
: Increases weight limit for certain motor vehicles equipped with idle reduction technology

SB 842 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill
: WITHDRAWN

SB 872 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill
: Provides that certain billboards erected prior to August 28, 2002, but which fail to comply with new legal standards on that date shall be considered as legal conforming out of standard signs under Missour

SB 881 --- Sponsor: Green, Timothy P.
: Establishes the drunk driving memorial sign program

SB 884 --- Sponsor: Graham, Chuck
: Modifies Missouri's seat belt law by making it applicable to all passengers and allows for primary enforcement

SB 887 --- Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
: Prohibits the operation of a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone under certain circumstances

SB 892 --- Sponsor: Green, Timothy P.
: Prohibits local governments from using automated photo red light enforcement systems unless the traffic control signals are also equipped with devices that display the numerical time remaining befor

SB 896 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill
: Modifies the methods in which certain special road districts may form, expand or dissolve within fourth class counties

SB 906 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
: Designates certain stretches of highway after law enforcement or military personnel

SB 937 --- Sponsor: Shoemyer, Wes
: Allows utility vehicles to be operated upon Missouri highways

SB 1026 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
: Designates certain stretches of highway after law enforcement or military personnel

SB 1057 --- Sponsor: Scott, Delbert
: Modifies procedure for forming transportation development districts within multiple counties

SB 1067 --- Sponsor: Ridgeway, Luann
: Exempts persons 21 years of age or older from wearing protective headgear except when operating or riding motorcycles upon interstate highways

SB 1099 --- Sponsor: Graham, Chuck
: Designates a portion of Missouri Route WW in Boone County as "Carl Edwards Drive"

SB 1133 --- Sponsor: Ridgeway, Luann
: Repeals the current statutory requirement that a 1st class county hold 3 public hearings and publish notice in 2 local newspapers prior to adopting a traffic regulation

SB 1135 --- Sponsor: Callahan, Victor E.
: Changes the law regarding street grading in cities with over 300,000 inhabitants

SB 1198 --- Sponsor: Purgason, Chuck
: Prohibits the denial of access to horseback riders on state public land where horseback riding has previously been allowed except in certain circumstances

SB 1201 --- Sponsor: Griesheimer, John E.
: Modifies several provisions relating to transportation development districts

SB 1217 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill
: Submits to the voters a one-cent sales tax proposal to assist in the reconstruction, rebuilding, construction, and conversion of Interstate 70 and Interstate 44 into an eight-lane interstate system

SB 1257 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
: Creates new criminal penalties for killing or assaulting a highway worker

SJR 31 --- Sponsor: Bartle, Matt
: Proposes constitutional change to allow Department of Transportation to construct and maintain toll roads

SJR 43 --- Sponsor: Loudon, John
: Distributes ten percent of general revenue growth to the State Road Fund and the State Transportation Fund

SJR 48 --- Sponsor: Stouffer, Bill
: Institutes a one percent sales and use tax for the purpose of converting Interstate 70 and Interstate 44 into an eight-lane interstate system

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