Missouri Senate

Introduced

TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE (Sections 108.120 and 137.555)

This act removes requirements that money in the Road Bond Construction Fund and Special Road and Bridge Fund be used only on roads that are continuous through a political subdivision, and specifies that counties may contract with political subdivisions to share the bond proceeds for authorized purposes.

These provisions are identical to SB 956 (2018).

MODOT UTILITY CORRIDORS (Section 227.240)

This act requires that the Department of Transportation utility corridor be up to 12 feet wide when space is reasonably available. The location, construction, maintenance, removal, and relocation of any utility facility under this act shall be performed in accordance with existing law. This act also requires the State Highways and Transportation Commission to promulgate rules setting forth a standardized system for requesting and issuing variances to certain requirements.

These provisions are identical to SCS/SB 598 (2018), and similar to SB 380 (2017) and HB 1310 (2015).

INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGNATIONS (Sections 227.541 and 227.542)

This act designates the portion of Interstate 70 from Rangeline Street continuing west to Business Loop 70 in Boone County the "Highway Patrol Sgt. Benjamin Booth Memorial Highway". (Section 227.541)

This act designates the portion of Interstate 70 from the eastern edge of the intersection of U.S. Highway 63 and Interstate 70 continuing west to Rangeline Street in Boone County the "Sheriff Roger I. Wilson Memorial Highway". (Section 227.542)

These provisions are identical to SCS/SBs 999 & 1000 (2018).

DISTRIBUTION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (Section 292.606)

Under current law, certain provisions relating to fees collected relating to the transportation and delivery of petroleum products are due to expire on August 28, 2018. This act extends this expiration date to August 28, 2024.

These provisions are identical to SB 626 (2018), and substantially similar to SB 515 (2017) and HB 1167 (2017).

REGISTRATION OF AUTOCYCLES (Sections 301.010, 301.020, 301.055, 301.130, 301.350, and 304.005)

This act creates a registration framework specific to autocycles, as defined in the act, and adds straddle-type seating and handlebar-based controls to the definition of motortricycle. The act specifies that autocycles registered as motorcycles or motortricycles prior to August 20, 2018, shall remain in effect until their expiration, after which time the vehicles must be registered as autocycles.

These provisions are identical to HB 1389 (2018).

PLATOONING (Sections 304.001 and 304.044)

This act specifies that when multiple vehicles are traveling in a unified manner at electronically coordinated speeds, non-lead vehicles in the group are exempt from certain requirements relating to minimum following distance.

These provisions are identical to SCS/SB 861 (2018), HCS/HB 1295 (2018), and similar to SB 243 (2017), provisions in HCS/HB 108 (2017), SCS/SB 923 (2016), SS/HB 1733 (2016), and HCS/HB 2345 (2016).

DISPLAY OF FIXED, FLASHING, OR ROTATING LIGHTS (Section 307.175)

Currently, vehicles owned by a utility or by an entity performing work for the department of transportation may display fixed, flashing, or rotating lights under certain circumstances. This act specifies that both vehicles and equipment may display the lights, whether owned or leased by their users.

This act specifies that no more than two vehicles per work zone may display fixed, flashing, or rotating red or red and blue lights.

Under the act, in order to display amber or amber and white lights, the vehicles or equipment shall be located in a marked work zone with workers present. This act also removes the requirement that vehicles owned or leased by MODOT contractors be stationary to display the lights.

The act removes the State Highways and Transportation Commission's authority to issue and revoke permits for the use of sirens and blue lights.

These provisions contain an emergency clause.

These provisions are identical to SCS/SB 842 (2018).

ERIC VANDER WEERD