Missouri Senate

Perfected

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 allows the Department of Transportation to establish a utility corridor that is up to 12 feet wide when space is reasonably available. Utility providers shall be reimbursed by the Department of Transportation for the expense of moving any preexisting utility facilities located on land that is outside of an existing right-of-way or utility corridor and is acquired for the purpose of expanding a state highway. The 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 similar to the perfected SCS/SB 598 (2018), SB 380 (2017) and HB 1310 (2015).

INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGNATIONS (Sections 227.539, 227.541, 227.542, and 227.544)

This act designates the portion of State Highway 30 from State Highway 21 continuing east to State Highway P in Saint Louis County the "Officer Blake Snyder Memorial Highway". (Section 227.539)

These provisions are identical to HB 2330 (2018) and provisions in HCB 14 (2018).

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).

This act designates the portion of State Highway 42 within Maries County that is located within the city limits of Vienna the "PFC Ralph A. Branson, Jr. Memorial Highway". (Section 227.544)

These provisions are identical to SCS/SB 1049 (2018).

BRUSH CONTROL ON COUNTY RIGHTS-OF-WAY (Section 263.245)

This act adds a reference to the existing voter approval requirements for imposing obligations on landowners to control brush on county rights-of-way and easements in certain counties, and specifies that the landowners shall prevent brush from interfering with vehicles traveling on the road.

Under the act, brush elimination costs charged against a parcel of land shall become due on the landowner's personal property tax assessment rather than becoming a lien on the land. The act specifies that notice by mail of brush elimination requirements may be given via any mail service with delivery tracking rather than only by certified mail.

This act provides that the county right-of-way or maintenance easement shall extend 15 feet from the center of the county road, or the distance set forth in the original conveyance, whichever is greater. In the event a county is required to obtain a land survey to enforce brush control provisions, the costs of the survey shall be divided evenly between the county and the landowner.

These provisions are identical to SCS/SB 657 (2018) and HB 1646 (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. The act removes the statewide requirement for autocycles to be equipped with a roof in order for passengers to not be required to wear protective headgear.

These provisions are identical to SCS/HB 1389 (2018).

COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES AND MOTORCYCLE ENDORSEMENTS (Sections 302.170, 302.173, and 302.720)

This act specifies that the Department of Revenue may retain documents submitted by a commercial driver's license applicant who is active duty or retired military if the documents allow for waiver of the commercial driver's license knowledge test, skills test, or both.

Currently, completion of a civilian or military motorcycle rider training course qualifies a license applicant for a waiver of the driving test requirement. This act expands the waiver to include the practical knowledge test, and specifies that course completion shall be accepted for purposes of motorcycle license or endorsement issuance for one year from the date of course completion.

The Director of Revenue currently has the authority to waive the driving skills test for a commercial driver's license for qualified military applicants. This act allows the Director of Revenue to also waive the knowledge test. The act lengthens, from 90 days to one year, how recently an applicant must have been employed in a qualifying military position in order to be eligible for the waivers.

These provisions are identical to provisions in SB 919 (2018).

DRIVER'S LICENSES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING (Section 302.174)

This act changes, from "J88" to "DHH", the notation on a person's driver's license that indicates the person has a diminished capacity to discriminate speech when spoken in a normal conversational tone. The Department of Revenue may, by rule, elect to use the phrase "deaf or hard of hearing" in lieu of the "DHH" notation.

This act also requires the Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to make an informational video in American Sign Language explaining deaf or hard of hearing license notations. A QR code linking to the video shall be posted conspicuously in every license office in the state.

These provisions are identical to provisions in the perfected SB 919 (2018), and to SCS/SB 814 (2018) and HCS/HB 1572 (2018).

USE OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICES WHILE DRIVING (Sections 304.012 and 304.820)

This act repeals provisions of the existing texting while driving statute that relate to noncommercial vehicles, as well as eliminates an exception for the relaying of information between transit or for-hire drivers and their dispatcher when the device used is permanently affixed to the vehicle.

The act also modifies a statute requiring motorists to exercise the highest degree of care to prohibit operation of a motor vehicle while using certain devices other than via hands-free or voice-operated technology if proven to have caused the driver to be distracted, or while otherwise diverting one's attention from safe operation of the vehicle. This express prohibition does not apply where the device or technology being used is a permanent part of the vehicle, but such use is still subject to the other provisions of the statute. The act specifies minimum fine amounts for convictions under these provisions.

These provisions are similar to SCS/SB 903 (2018) and SB 510 (2017).

TRANSPORTATION OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (Section 304.060)

This act states that the Kansas City Public Schools school board may contract with any municipality, bi-state agency, or other governmental entity to transport high school children. The contract shall be for additional transportation services and shall not replace or fulfill any of the school district's obligations to transport students to and from school. The school district may notify students of the option to use district contracted transportation services.

TRANSPORTATION OF CRANES (Section 304.180)

This act provides that the Highways and Transportation Commission shall issue single-use special permits for or upon request of the equipment owner annual permits for the transportation of cranes. The Commission shall also set parameters for the transportation of cranes under this act.

These provisions are identical to the perfected SB 683 (2018).

COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTIONS (Section 304.180)

This act specifies that roadside safety inspections shall not be performed on the shoulder of any highway with a posted speed limit in excess of forty miles per hour.

BOAT PASSENGERS (Section 306.126)

This act specifies that the requirement for boat passengers to ride only within adequate guards or railing when underway shall not apply to vessels propelled by propellers or jet motors when such vessels are operating on a stretch of waterway not created or widened by impoundment.

This act is identical to SS/SCS/SB 752 (2018), and similar to HB 2116 (2018), SB 65 (2017), HB 558 (2017), HB 2230 (2016), and HB 836 (2015).

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, authorized vehicles or equipment that are not owned or leased by the State Highways and Transportation Commission and operated by an authorized MODOT employee 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.

These provisions contain an emergency clause.

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

FUEL STANDARDS (Section 414.032)

Currently, all fuels shall meet American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards, in addition to rules promulgated by the Director of the Department of Agriculture. Under this act, the Director may waive specific requirements, or establish temporary alternative requirements in the event of an extreme and unusual fuel supply circumstance. Such waiver shall be as limited in scope and applicability as necessary, and shall apply equally and uniformly to all persons and companies in the impacted fuel supply and distribution system.

These provisions are identical to SCS/SB 998 (2018).

ERIC VANDER WEERD